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CARTERSVILLE AMERICAN. VOLUME 111. Tie Caitaille American. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARTOW CO. n’HI.IsIIKP KVKUY TUESDAY MORNING -IT American Publishing Co* CARTERSVILLE, UA, OPPIOEI Uu-Stiir*’ North-East Corner of West Main and Erwin Streets. 411 communication* or letters on business should be addressed to A M EHICAN i'U B LISHING CO. Cartaruvllle, Ga. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Vear, Cash in Advance $1 50 six Mouths, •* “ 1b Three “ “ “ W It not paid in 4 months, S2.IM per year. Papers sent outside ol the County, 15 cents additional for postage. RATES OF ADVERTISING: lor each Square ol 1 inch or less, for the first insertion, I'. 1 * 1 ", each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Special contracts made lor larger space or longer time. All contract advertisements must be paid quarterly. . _ Cue a l Notices, 20 cents per line lor the first Insertion, and 10 cents lor each subsequent in sertion. Special Notices ten cents per line. 't ributes of Respect and Obituaries over six lines, 10 cents per I ine. AII personal cards in Local Col uinns 25 cents per line. DIRECTORY. COURT CALENDAR—CIIEIIOKEE CIR CUIT. .I.C. Fain, Judge. J. W. Harris, Jr., Solicitor General. tlartow County—Second Monday in January “ Caioosa Ooanty—Second Monday in February and August Murray County—Third Monday in February and August. Gordon County—Fourth Monday in February and August. L ade County—Third Monday in March and Septemhe r. Whitfield County—First Monday in April and October. BAItTOW COUNTY COURT. G. S. Tumi in. Judge. J. J. Coiner, Sol. Gen. Geo. A. Howard. Clerk. J. G. Broughton, 11 nililf. Quarterly Terms—First Monday in March, June, September and December. Monthly Term—F irst Monday in each month. JUSTICES COURTS. Times for holding Justices Courts in the dif ferent Militia Districts of Bartow county, Ga,: Cariersville— No. 8224 Second T tied ays, Adairsville “ 856i.h....F'ourfch F'ridays, ( tti-sville “ 828th....second F’ridays, Kingston “ 952<f F'irst Fridays, F.ulnrlee “ 851st Scc’nd Saturdays, Allatoona “ 81!Uh....Third Saturdays, Wolf Pen “ 1041st....fourth Saturdays, Stamp Creek “ 963d Third Saturdays, Sixth Disti let “ 9:l6th ... F'ourthSaturdays Line Log “ 827th.... F'irst Saturdays. COUNTY OFFICERS. J. A. Howard,Ordinary. K. 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. W illingham. Coroner. D. W. K. Peacock, Surveyor. Commissioners —S. C. Prichard, T. C. Moore, A. Vincent, John 11. Wik.e, T. S. Hawkins. CITY OFFICERS. A. P. Woffor t. Mayor. James I>. W ilkersoa, Marshal. Geo. S. Cobb, Clerk. B. R. Mountcustle, Treasurer. Aldermen—F'irst Ward, J. C. Wofford, A. U. Hudgins: Second Ward. G. Harwell, W. 11. Rarrou; Third Ward, John Stover, Fllibu llall; Fourth Ward, W. C. Edwards, Aaron Colliu. BTANDINU COMMITTEES. Street—Collins, Hudgins. Barron. Finance—Stover, Edwards, Wolford. Cemetery—Hudgins, Collins, Edwards. Public Hall—llall, Wofford, Barron. Belief— Fid ward?, Barron, Harwell. CIIURCU DIRECTORY. Siruodist.— Pastor, Rev. J. B. Robins. Ser vices, every Sunday at 11. a. m , and 7:30, p. m. Prayer meeting, every Wednesday at 1:30, p. in. Sabbath School, every Sunday at 9:30, a. m.; Jno. W. Akin, Sunt. Yourg 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. m. and 7:15, p. in. Prayer meeting, every Wednesday at 7:15, p. ni. Sabbath School, every Sunday at 9:30, u. in.; I>. W. K. Peacock, Supt. Y'oung men’s prayer meeting, every Sund y at 2, p. ni. Ser vice ol song, every Suuday at 3, p. in. Month ly conference, third Sundry ol each month at J, p in. Pkksbytkrian.—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. Flpiscopai,.— 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. HARRIS, JR. MILIEU & HARRIS, Attorneys-At-Law. Oflice over Howard’s Bank. Cartersviile, Ga. JOHN n. WIKLE. DOUGLAS WIKLE. WIKLE & WIKLE, Altomeys-at-Law & Real Estate Agents Oftices at Court House and on Main Street above Erwin, Cartersviile, Ga. tiEORGE H. JOUISOI, Atiornuy-at-Law, OMe. W*SW. GA. jffjr- will practice lu all the Courts. A. M. FOUTK. WALTKB M. BYAI,S. FOITE RIALS, Attorneys-At-I*aw* WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COORTS of this stute. Prompt and faithlul at tention Riven to all business entrusted to us. Oflioe, corner Maiu and Erwin Streets, up stairs. Cartersviile, Ga. J. M. NKKL, J. J* CONN KB. W. J. NEEL. IEEL, COIIER & HEEIj, Attorneys-At-Law. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS of this state. Litigated cases made a specialty. Prompt attention given to all nus iness entrusted to us. „ . „ , OUice on Erwiu Street, between Alain ana Market. Cartersviile, Ga. JAMES R. COIIERS, Attorney-a t-Law. Office Up-Stairs, Bank Block, Cartersviile, Ga Will practice in all the Courts of the Chero kee and adjoining Circuits, and in the Su preme Court. Prompt attention given to ail business. Collections made a specialty. Railroads. KENNESAW ROUTE! WESTERNiftTLANTICR. R. The following time card in effect Sunday, June 15th, 1884: NORTH BOUND. NO. 3-WESTERN EXPRESS-Daily. Leave Atlanta 8 20 a. in. Arrive Marietta 9 10 •* Cartersville 10 12 “ Kingston 10 38 “ Dalton.... 126 “ Chattanooga .. 13up. m. NO* 1-FAST EXPRESS—DaiIy. Leave Atlanta 285 p.m. Arrive Marietta 3 27 *• Cartersville 4 29 “ Daiton 6 22 “ Chattanooga 800 NO. 11—LIMITED EX PRESS-Daily. Leave Atlanta 1140 p.m. Arrive Marietta 12 39 ... in “ Cartersville 1 48 *• Dalton 3 41 “ Chattanooga 5J5 Rome Express—North—Daily, except Sunday. Leave Atlanta 3 45 p. m. Arrive Marietta 4 38 Cartersville 5 30 “ 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 800 a. m. Arrive Dalton 933 *• Kingston 1118 “ Cartersville 1142 “ Marietta 1246 p.m. Arrive Atlanta 1 40 NO. 2—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 11 49 Cartersville 1 47 a. m. “ 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, Gen’l. Pass. Agt. R. A. ANDFIRSON, Superintendent. EAST & WEST R. R. OF ALA. ON and after Sunday, July 20th, 1884, trains on this road will run as follows: GOINu WEST—Daily, Except Sunday. no. 1. no. 3. Leave Cartersville 10 17 a. m. 1 50 p. m. 44 Ladd’s 10 29 2 10 “ Stilesboro. 10 49 2 38 “ McGinniss 10 55 2 51 “ Tuylorsville 1193 302 “ Deaton’s ..1114 313 Davitte’s 11 18 3 2:1 “ Waddell’s 1121 3 28 “ Rockmart 11 36 4 01 Pineville 11 42 4 18 44 Goddard’s .11 48 4 40 “ F'isb Creek 11 55 4 58 “ Cedariown 12 25 p. m. “ Berry’s 12 41 “ FJsoni Hill 1255 “ Rowell’s. 1 21 “ J Hay’s 1 35 “ Cross Plains 1 50 “ East & West Jun.. 2 35 “ Sulphur Spring... 312 “ Duke’s 8 29 “ Ilebron 3 56 “ Gray’s 4 13 “ Ohatchie 4 25 “ F'rancis 4 42 “ Singleton 4 55 “ Ackers 5 03 “ Ragland 5 33 “ F'airview 6 02 “ Rowland’s 6 13 Arrive Broken Arrow... 630 GOING EAST—Daily, Except Sunday. NO. 2. NO. 4. Leave Broken Arrow. ... 8 45a.m. 44 Rowland’s - 9 12 “ F'airview 9 23 “ Ragland 9 57 “ Ackers 10 22 “ Singleton’s 10 30 “ F'rancis. .10 45 “ Ohatchie 1100 “ Gray’s 11 12 * “ Hebron 1139 “ • Duke’s 11 56 “ Sulphur Spring. ...1213 44 FI AW. June 12 55 “ Cross Plains 2 25 p. m. Delay’s 2 40 • 44 Rowell’s 255 44 Esom Hill 3 22 44 Berry’s 335 44 Cedartown 4 00 5 50 a. m. “ F'ish Creek 4:30 6:33 “ Goddards 4 36 646 “ Pineville 4 43 7 06 “ Rockmart 4 56 7 28 44 Waddell’s 5 09 7 48 44 Davitte’s 5 14 7 55 44 Deaton’s 5 18 8 00 44 Taylorsville 531 816 44 McGinniss’ 5 39 8 29 44 Stiesboro 5 51 8 42 “ Ladd’s 6 09 9 35 Arrive Cartersville . 625 940 ROME RAILROAD. The following is the present passenger schedule: NO. 1. NO. 3. Leave Rome 610a. m. 415 p, m. Arrive Kingston 8 55 5 30 no. 2. no. 4. Leave Kingston. 920a. m. 555 p. m. Arrive Rome 1025 if. m. 650 no. 5. Leave Rome 8 00 a. m. Arrive Kingston 9 00 no. 6. Leave Kingston 9 20 a. m. Arrive Rome 10 10 Nos. 1,2, Sand 4 will run daily except Sun days. Nos. 5 and 6 will run Sundays only. No 1 will not stop at the junction. Maxes close connection at Kingston for Atlanta and Chattanooga. No. 2 makes connection at Rome with F.. I. Va. & Ga. it. It., for points south. EKF3N HILLYER, President. J. A. SMITH. Geu’l. Pass. Agent. EISEMAN BROS MANUFACTURING CLOTHIERS & TAILORS 55 WHITEH ALL STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA^ Riverside, Cal. The dry climate cure* Nose, Throve Longs, full idea, 86 p., route, cost, free. MARRIAGE^Igp*: (All that the doubtful curious or thoughtful want to W|ff, Cloth and guilt bindlae 00 ote.paper 26c,Mar., rloae Guide. 144 p 150. sent seeled, money or sCp,by . OR. WHITTIER “ettfet®,! The greet specialist, Nervouelteblllty,lmpedimenta , Just Issued, a circular entitled, “Fruits and how to preserve them.” Write or apply at once at Curry’s drug store lor a cop7* CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1884. The Cartersville American. Entered at the Pont Office at Cartersville , Ga., May flfA, 18-82, as second class matter. TUESI)AY, AUGUST 12, 1884. PROHIBITION. A Masteity and Brilliant Argument in Favor of Temperance. Editors American: The time is at hand when the people of this state who hold different views on the whisky ques tion must engage in mortal conflict for supremacy. The great body of the peo ple are certainly in favor of prohibition, while some are advocating the unre stricted sale of whisky. The issue is squarely made, and it is this: Shall a progressive, free people, be all jwed to vote upon it ? Have they the right to say for themselves- whether liquor shall be sold in their midst or not ? This is the great question, it cannot be dodged nor longer delayed. The people are commendably in earnest, they are de manding the privilege of being heard, and w r ho will stand up for freedom in everything else, but for slavery in this? In this fight we know that Gog and Magog will be mustered in, and this is the very thing the friends of temperance desire, and then, so far as saloons and tippling houses are concerned, the be lief is, that the straggle will prove an Armageddon to them, and memorize a new Golgotha for whisky in every county. In almost every instance where the issue has been made, Prince Alcohol has been defeated in spite of the strategy of old Pluto himself. In the county of Pike, however, we are sorry to say, the good people seem to have been too weak, in a recent contest there, to prevent the sacrifice of more of the young to Moloch. Whisky seems to be rivited upon that people. The scales have not fallen from their eyes. They have voted to retain for themselves a pestilence in their society, a viper in their bosom and a dark exit as they leave this world. And while the friends of whisky may re joice for a time, let them remember thaj Pike county can vote again. The mill of the gods grind slowly, but reformation is sure. It is know’n to be true that this sad calamity can never be laid at the door of the good people of that county, but rather at the door of that unfortu nate class of citizens, wlio have no door of their own at which to lay either an evil or a good, and whose earthly for tune and stock in trade consists of a yellow dog, a walking stick, one vote, and a willingness to sell it out for whis ky, or for small silver money. How will such a triumph be characterized by the civilized world, who will not be ashamed to rejoice at it; only those who would have fiddled and laughed w'hile Rome was on fire. Now,if the people of the state will vote all the whisky to Pike county, and carry it to the top of Pine mountain and start every barrel down the slope, with the bung knocked out, and fire the woods below, this would give a faint conception of the terrible ruin lying in the track of whisky. Such people as have no houses to burn, w T ho feel no interest in this w’orld or the next, may, if they happen to be tempo rarily in the majority, vote a ruin like this upon a good people, and may the Lord pardon them for it and deliver the sufferers ! Whenever the people of this state or any county come to vote on this ques tion, we may expect a noise about vest ed rights and interference with business, a sufficient reply is that no man ever had the right, directly or indirectly, to ruin another, and if a business has such a tendency as that, good government never did have any interest in its pro tection. Demetrius, who was hired to make shrines and images for worship in the temple of Diana, raised a storm against Paul because the spread of his doctrine tended to cut off the gain inci dent to that craft, he saw nothing to be accomplished outside of his business better than gain, principles destined to carry good will and happiness to millions were all nothing to him, nevertheless, the doctrine stood fast, men glorified in it, and the business fell. And so it will be as to the interested opinions of a misguided portion of our own citizens now. The distribution of whisky is con sidered a craft. By it some men make fortunes and others their daily bread, but the bargain is not equal, it carries gain to one party and ruin to the ether; principle is against it, and the right w r ill prevail, even if the business has to suc cumb. History sustains the thought that light often breaks in seemingly un bidden as civilization moves onward, like it did on Paul between Jerusalem and Damascus, forming anew era by turning popular sentiment up side down, and then the march is onward still. Here, as in that day, we have men busi ly engaged in making jugs and bottles to be used in the worship of Bacchus; oth ers are filling the jugs with a poison far more deadiy to body and soul than the worship of a heathen goddess. When these bottles are uncorked to the young and unweary, the business takes shape and manifests itself. It brings in a liv ing and gain to one side, it is true, and cheats thousands out of bread, educa tion and clothes on the other is equally jru#, It turns the aspiration of all con- nected w ith it downward in place of up ward. If prohibition can bring harmony out of such confusion, and substitute good in place of such au evil, then there is as much of earthly salvation in it as there was of the heavenly in the teach ings of Paul. THEN LET US TRY IT. Every county in the state ought to see to it that this whisky question is sub mitted to a fair vote of the people at the earliest possible day. Such an effort has been made by prohibitionists here for two or three years. A bill was pass ed by the house of representatives in the last general assembly allowing the people of this county so to vote, but un fortunately it was defeated in the senate, simply because our own senator opposed it. Now, no one will criticise him for adhering to his conscientious views in opposition to this bill. Independence of thought is a part of the birthright of every American citizen. Eut there is another theory which is equally true, and held to lie binding, which is, that a representative of the people in a popu lar government, while he may hold his ow T n private view's, ought to vote as his constituents may desire, w'lien their will is fairly made known. This is the basis of such an agency. If our senator done this in good faith he is excusable for de feating the lull. If he did not, the peo ple ought to hold him answerable for its failure, and they are his judges. But here, another question comes up, what ought to be said about some other sena tors who aided in the defeat of that bill; criticism is too mild a course to be pur sued as to them, in the face of common honesty, and common sense, and in broad day light. Some of said senators (and the country will inquire who they are) stood up and said that this bill pass ed by the house allowing th*e people of Bartow to vote upon and control the whisky question for themselves was un objectionable, and all right in principle, and really they said it ought to Jpass in the senate. But still they said they w'ould vote against the bill, because one other senator wanted it that way, and desired its defeat. They were governed by the same profound reason the darkie had for stealing the chicken and giving it aw'ay, he simply wanted another fel low’ to control the chicken, the right or wrong of the transaction never bothered him. To say the least that propriety will allow, these narrow-minded sena tors were guilty of swapping principle for courtesy. By this act they dodged a plain duty, and jumped their oaths. By it they oppressed the helpless and earned conscience to the guillotine. No decent, sensible people can desire that such a scene shall ever be repeated, and to guard against it, all shades of political opinion unite in the desire that Dr. Fel ton and A. W. Fite shall represent the county in the next general assembly. Can there be any objection to either of them? Dr. Felton has shown his devo tion to principle all the way from youth to gray hairs. He has labored zealously to advance all the interests of liis coun trymen, as but few 7 men have done in our time. He has proven his patriotism and statesmanship on many hard fought fields; all of this has gone into the histo ry of our country. Mr. Fite is one of the coming young men of this part of the state, he is earnest, reliable* honora ble and brave, having the experience of one official term as a legislator. He started out on the right line, and it would take tightening to knock him off. Such traits of character will be noticea ble in his biography. These are the tw T o men the people will call to represent them. will vote for the passage of law 7 allowing the people to vote on the whisky question and control it for them selves, and at the same time no other duty will be omitted. And now the call is for every man, woman and child, to come to the rescue with their influence in this election. If you are a father, come and vote a great good to your chil dren. If you are a mother, talk it in the houses of your friends, remembering that wherever liquor is used to excess, it is equal to death to the women. If you are a young man, come and start out right on this question, and help to move a great temptation which is hard to resist. If the reader is a young lady, send every young man to the election who calls on you, with a dry ticket writ ten by yourself, if they refuse to vote where you are so deeply interested, then save your hand for another. In a con test where the stake is morality, and the aim is so high, the co-operation of all raoes and colors is expected; where the purpose is so grand, help will be looked for from every father and mother, broth er and sister, uncle and aunt, nephew and niece. This election means every thing that is desirable to tlie ladies, and if they will think about their power, even without a vote, a banner will come from every house, and a wreath of flowers from every hand. “Not the tbuuder of huzzas From shouting natiou’s cause Yield *uch delight as from your hearts Soft whispers of applause.” M. R. Stansell. Bicycle riders may be gird to know that there has been iuveuted an appliance to eu able them to come heads up when tossed over their wheels. The parson at the wedding is the right man in the rite place. SAM BROWN. He Talks About Serving on the Jury - Ugly Bailiffs - Swinging Hammocks. &c*> &c- Some people love to serve on the jury, and fam one of that some. It is very nice, after you have pulled out of your grassy crop, to sit back in one of those wide-open, springy, easy, jury chairs, and hear the intelligent witnesses swear, and the eloquent lawyers orate, and hear the learned and clear-headed judge un ravel the metaphysical, intricate, en tmgled and exceedingly interesting questions of law and equity. And then some of the bailiffs are so interesting. They are sour looking enough for pickle without any vinegar to change the fla voring, and ugly enough to change an independent into a regular organized democrat. I asked the sheriff why he se lected such a handsome set of bailiffs. He said that he wanted to get men what it would not be pleasant to talk to, and what would look fierce and forbidding. I congratulated him on liis abundant success; I did, certain. These bailiffs never smile. Sometimes they try to smile when you give them a “two-for five-ceuts” cigar or a chew of pop-skull tobacco, but their endeavor invariably breaks into a sickly little tadpole grin, and their faces then resemble a weath er-beaten, cracked and sun-dried piece of cheap oil cloth. Fierce and bloody thoughts would go crashing through my brain, if a man were accidentally to mis take me for a Cartersville bailiff. Dur ing my wildest moments, when my im agination gets the better of my judg ment, and my whole being is swept away in a tidal wave of dreams, I have never conceived of such an horrid look ing set of men. Why hobgoblins and bloody maniacs are nowhere. I was never frightened but once in my life, and that was last spring. I was serving on the jury, and one day at din ner time the judge told us to come back in the afternoon at a certain hour. I met up with an old friend at the Ten nesse house, where I went for my din ner. While talking to him on various subjects,seconds glided into minutes and minutes lengthened into hoars, and I reached the court house fifteen minutes late. As I walked in, six ugly bailiffs eyed me fiercely. The judge ran his hand through his hair and clapped on a sour and sapient look, and spake: “Mr. Brown, why are you late?” My feelings were not pleasant. I en deavored to preserve a calm exterior, but internally the machinery was work ing like a steel-plated trip hammer. “If, if, if, your honor don’t please very bad, my Beck got loose when I went to water him and I had to catch him, and— says I. “Well, Mr. Brown,” said the stern and sapient judge, “I have a good, but rather sneaking notion, to fine you about forty dollars. I’ll excuse you this time, but be careful in the future.” “Yes ma’am,” says I. When I looked at that stern and sa pient judge, my heart seemed to dissolve and run into my boots, my eyes felt glassy and my head began to spin around like a flying jenny. Ab Baker, who was standing near me, seemed to enjoy my discomforture very much. He told me afterwards that the skin on the back of my neck twitched like a ragged flutter mill under a swift mill-race. Last spring I did not have such an awful good time, but during this last term of the court I was in clover up to my neck all tlie time; I w r as, certain. I took my lodging and meals at the H. I. Tennessee House, what is a good place to stop at, and what is run by a mighty clever man. Mose Scheuer boards at this house, what shows good judgment on tlie part of Mose; it does, certain. Monday night of last week, after Iliad partaken of a good, square supper, and liad cooled my head m the nocturnal zephyrs on tlie front porch, I sauntered out to the back porch to wet my throat with a little water. A pleasant sight met my gaze. Between two beautiful and heavily fruited peach trees there hangs a wide swing, what I took for a fishing net hung up to dry. Upon in quiry I ascertained that the swing was called a hammock. In this hammock were seated a young man and a young lady. They seemed to be encircled by an invisible medium of mellifluous felic ity—especially the young man. The moon was shining for all she was worth. Her soft and silvery rays’! made every thing look ecstatically lovely. It was a night what poets write about. The mind of the young man what was sit ting in the hammock, reasonably and easily turned to spooney thoughts. He looked like he felt powerful good and sweet; he did, certain. Mose Scheuer was standing on the upper back porch where he could get an easy view of the whole situation. He heal'd me say that I took the hammock for a fish net hung up to dry, and he wanted to know what kind of fish were in the net. I told him the young lady looked like a shad and the young man like a trout. This steamed up Mose’s risibilities to a pretty high pitch, aud he asked me what kind of a fish I thought he was. I told him that I would class him with the family of fish called Cyclopteridae. He did not seem to understand what I meant, so I told him that vulgar plebians would call him a “sucker.” Mose suddenly disappeared, not to return until rosy morn. The hammock laughed and so did the entire hotel, for the conversation was carried on in a very loud tone of voice. Mose has not spoken to me since. I hear that he says I am a fraud. Happily yours, Sam Brown, CHAFF. The great Suez canal is to be widened. Governor Cleveland is an expeil angler. Blaine oecasi ually drinks a glass of wine. Shakespeare’s grave is seventeen feet deep. There are over 3,000 pawnshops in London. There is a John A. Logan in a New York jail. Cleveland is lofty -seven, Hendricks sixty five. Professor Wiggins has discovered a cholera cure. Thirty-two suicides so far this season at Monaco. New York City wants Governor’s Island for a park. The Loudon Times has become a convert to cremation. No more telegraph poles can be erected in New York. An expedition to the pole—looking for a barber shop. John Kelly was bom in New York sixty two years ago. Patti is thought to be worth more than a million dollars. Grashoppcrs have returned this year to plague California. The savings bank.of New York hold oil de posit $430,000,000. If Hubbel wants another job now is the time for him to speak up. It is much safer to apply the cucumber as a liver pad thau as a relish. Five thousand men are at work on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Bricks made of cork now constitute one of the new German industries. The uurnber of tax-paying Indians has more than doubled in the last decade. Diarrhoea is the invariable warniug aud pre cursor of an attack of cholera. The hottest weather of this summer is pre dicted for the first week in August. Cyrus 11. McCormick left an estate, as the inventory shows, work $10,000,000. Crow Indians on the Big Horn are succeed ing admirably at farming this season. A bass weighing thirty-two pouuds was caught off Blackwell’s Island Suuday. A Muscatine (Iowa) man has just graduated a law student at the age of fifty-seven. Henry Ward Beecher can’t save anything out of au iucorne of nearly SIOO,OOO a year. Mr. Blaine thinks lie is combing tariff burrs from the golden hair of the star-eyed goddess. Electric headlights will soon be iu use on the passenger locomotives of most railways. There is said to be nearly 38,000,000 barrels of petroleum stored in tauks in Pennsylvania. A company has been formed in New Eng land for the purpose of converting water into fuel. Cooper Institute reeds $1,000,000 iu order that its usefulness may be continued unim paired, Eben S. Safford has occupied the editorial ohair of the Essex (Mass.) Banner for half a century. Ben. Butler’s habit of winking always puz. zles a soda-water clerk who is not acquainted with him. “Cold Water’s Cause” is what Henry Wat terson contemptuously calls the prohibition movement. Typographical Union No. G is preparing for a vigorous campaign agaiust the New York Tribune. A New York contemporary says that Wall street is so named because those who frequent it “go to the wall.” A man near Wiuterville, Ga., has 15,000 cigars made by his father thirty years ago- He smokes one daily. We shall not be surprised, by-and-by, to hear that Mary Anderson is going to elope with Pere Hyacintbe. A Loudon correspondent says every pound of salt pork aud bacon sold in England is of American production. The South sticks to Webster’s spelling book, especially iu the country districts, and buys 1,000,000 a year of them. One kind of a crank is a man who will give S4O for au old bible when he can get a much better one for 40 cents. Detectives are trying to locate the under ground railway by which Chinamen are be ing brought into the country. A factory for the production of artificial teth is to be established a Utica, N. Y., with a capacity of 3,000 sets per day. A number of married American women now in Paris without their husbands excile the astonishment of the natives. The Japanese call a dog cart a “jiu-riuki shiya,” They have no word in their language for the dude who drives the cart. Rube Allen the oldest engiueer on the New York Central, completed his forty years as a passenger locomotive driver last week. Germany is the largest sugar producing country of Europe. It produces annually over 800,000 tons and has 357 refineries. It beats all how many republican editors have recently discovered that John Kelly is a better man than George William Curtis. Brooklyn is delighted to learn that the Pros pect Park reservoir, the source of its water supply, is much favored by tramp bathers. As soon as the public hears of a distin guished Republican coming out “for the ticket” it naturally iuquires :.“Which ticket?” A Liverpool bicyclist who was riding down a steep hill near that city was shot through a cottage window by the breaking of his ma chine. A Paris lady recently gave a ball to her fe male friends, and as-ked'each to bring a living animal. All except three brought their hus bands. It is stated that the principal business of the Pittsburg glass houses just now is the turning out of diamonds for seaside hotel clerks. Mrs. Caroline E. Brown, mother of the humorist, “Artemus Ward” (Charles F. Brawn), died at Waterford. Maine, July 12th, aged 78. The young women of Sehnectady, N. Y., have resolved to girlcott any young man that Btnokes or goes out of the theatre between the acts. NUMBER Id. Additional hot spring* are being developed at Hot Spring, Arkansas, by digging’ in the side of the mountain, ont ot wnlch the other j hot spriugs issue. The Baltimore courts have struck out boldly lor reform. A few days ago a man was fined #2sand sentenced to three months’imprison* ' merit lor lying in a horse trade. The women of France are discussing a pro ject of erecting a monument at Paris to the memory of the late Dr. Sins, ns the greatest surgical beuefacror of their sex. The president ial candidates will, of course, be accused of all knds of intsdeeds, but a ; Portland (Me.) man “piles on the agony” by I aceu-d’jg Cleveland of writing “The Bread j Wiuuers.” Two danes have undertaken the task ot paddling, iu a skin-covered canoe, from Alaska to San Francisco, a distance of about 2,500 miles. The canoe is nineteen feet long, and covered with the skin of sea lions. miPAIuN NOTES. The New York World has discoved a citizen, Henry Richards, who has worked in the mines owned by Blaine and Elkins, in Pennsylvania. Mr. Richards says that no Irish are employed in these mines, that the laborers are chiefly Italians, and that the pay is from sixty to sixty five cents a day. The central idea in this campaign Is that there should be a change in the federal gov ernment. The republican party has now been in power for twenty-four years. It begins to think that it owns the earth. It mußt stand aside and give the democratic party a chance to purify this government. All the great democratic statesment are working earnestly for Cleveland and Hen dricks, and the democratic press is united in support of the ticket, aud republican recruits are climbing over the party wall so fast that they cannot he counted. There is nothing bnt serenity and happiness inside of the Demo cratic camp. There is something peculiarly uufortunate tor Mr. Blaiue in his prohibition record. It is just atroug enough to secure the antagonism of the Germans, and yet it is not robust enough to at tract the support of the prohibitionist*, if Mr. Blaine had remained in Pennsylvania, where he was born, possibly he would not be in this predicament. It is possible that the republican newspapers have slightly overworked the case of Mr. Pur cell, of Rochester, who resigned his editorial chair rather than support Cleveland. They are advertising the fact that np to this time Mr. Purcell is the only democrat of any con sequence in this great big country who has gone back on the ticket. The cheek of the Republican editors who are appealing to the Irish Catholic vote would supply the new navy, that is to be, with au armament ot brass gnus. These ate the same editors who were agging on the criminal Know Knothing crusade against the Catholic church in the Ohio campaign in 1875. They are men who have insulted the Irish race oa every conceivable occasion. One great good will come out of this cam paign. It will demonstrate how dearly the republican party loves the Iriehmau. Hereto fore the grand old party ha 9 hidden this love, aud let concealment like a worm in the hud feed upon her damaged cheek. And the Irish man has occasionally remarked : ’Twas all very well to dissemble your love, But why did you kick me down stairs V” The difference between the two parties was well illustrated by the personnel of the two national conventions. The active spirits in the republican convention were office-holders, adveuturers and star-routers, while the prom inent men in the democratic convention were great statesmen, whose lives make a large part of the history of their country —Thur- man, Hendricks, Randall, Morrison, Carlisle, Wallace, Barnum. Leon, Abbott, Waller, Beck, Voorhees, Palmer, Vilas and others. Ohio is developing as the central point of interest. If the republicans should carry the state, no harm would be done to the Demo cratic cause. But if the Democrats should carry the state the damage to the Republican party would be almost Irreparable. The Gor mans of Ohio, who voted the democraiic ticket with eonfciderable unanimity last October, are very much exercise over Blaine’s prohibition record. The situation in Ohio is very inter esting and may become exciting. The big managers of the republican party have been loafiDg around for some time with a smirk of satisfaction oil iheir faces, waiting tor the democratic party to make a fool of it self, But the democratic party has acted with singular wisdom, and the look of satisfaction on the faces Mr. Elkios aud Mr. B. Finance Jones has changed to an expeession of wild eyed apprehension, wfiich is close kin to des pair. There is no hope left for the republican party except in its favorite old argument of two-dollar bills on election day. An Editor’s Experience. After trying numerous remedies for rheumatism, but without permanent re lief, I was advised to-use S. S. S., which had given permanent relief to others suf fering from rheumatism. After taking half a dozen bottles I found that the dis ease was entirely driven out of my sys tem, and a permanent cure secured. This was over a year ago, and since then, even during our most severe weather, with sudden changes, I have never suf fered a return of the old attacks which disabled me from editorial work. It is very seldom, indeed, that I rec ommend anything to the public in this manner, but I feel it due to your valua ble preparation, that has given me such long desired and much needed relief, to state these facts thus publicly. I am sure that but for your Specific, I should have been laid aside from journalistic work, as the severest attack was in my right arm and hand. Sidney Herbert, Atlanta, Ga. Treatise on blood and skin diseases mailed free. The Swift specific Cos., drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., 159 W. 23d St., N. Y., and 6205 Chestnut St., Phila,