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CARTERSVILLE AMERICAN. VOLUME 111. Tie Cartersville American. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF BARTOW CO. PUBLISHED EVKRY TUEBDAY MORNING Y American Publishing Cos. CA KTE RSVILLK, OA, OPPIOEI Fu-SUirs, North-Hast Corner of West Main and Erwin Streets. All romrminlcations or letters on business should be addressed to AMERICAN PUBUSHING CO. Carteravtlle, On. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: One Year, Cash in Advance $1 50 six Months, ** “ 15 Three “ “ “ 5U 11 not paid in 4 months, $2.00 per year. Papers sent outside oi the County, 15 cents additional for postage. KATES OF ADVERTISING: For each Square ol 1 inch or less, for the first insertion, $1.00; each subsequent insertion, 50 cents. Special contracts made lor larger space nr longer time. All contract advertisements must be paid quarterly. Local Notices, 20 cents per line lor the first insertion, and 10 cents for each subsequent in sertion. Special Notices ten cents per line, t ributes of Respect and Obituaries over six lines. 10 cents per line. All nersonal curds in Local Columns 25 cents per line. DIRECTORY. COURT CALENDAR—CHEROKEE CIR CUIT. .j.C. Fain, Judge. J. W. Harris, Jr., Solicitor General. Bartow County—Second Monday in January nr.d July. i afoosa County—Second Monday in February und August Murray County—Thliß Monday in February and August. Gordon Comity—Fourth Monday in February and August. L ade County—Third Monday in March and September. Whitfield County—First Mpnday in April and October. KARTOYV COUNTY COURT. G. S. Tutnlin. Judge. J. J. Connor, Sol. Gen. Geo. A. Howard, Clerk. J. U. Broughton, Bailin'. 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,: Cartersville— No. 822d Second Tue days, Adairsville “ 866th.... Fourth Fridays, Cassville “ 828th.....'second Fridays, Kingston “ Us2d. First Fridays, Euli'trlce “ 861st Sec’ncl Saturdays, Allatoona “ 819th.... Third Saturdays, Wolf Pen “ 10415 t.... Fourth Saturdays, Stump Creek “ 963 J Third Saturdays. Sixth Distiict '* 936th.... Fourth Saturdays Pine Log “ 821th....First Saturdays. COUNTY OFFICERS. A. Howard, Ordinary. F. M. Durham, Clerk Superior Court. 11. W. Cobb, Treasurer. John A. Gladden, sheriff. A. M. Franklin, Deputy Sheriff. Bailey A. Barton, Tax Collector. W. \V. Ginn, Tax Receiver. A. M. W illingham, Ccroner. l>. IV. K. Peacock, Surveyor. Commissioners—S. C. Prichard, T. C. Moore, A. Vincent, John H. Wik.e, T. S. Hawkins. CITY OFFICERS. A. I*. Wofford. Mayor. James D. VVilkerson, Marshal. Geo. 8. Cobb, Clerk. B. R. Mouutcastlc, Treasurer. Alderinen—First Ward, J. C. Wofford, A. R. Hudgins; Second Ward, G. Harwell, W. H. Barron: Third Ward, John Stover, Elihu Hull; Fourth Ward, W. C. Edwards, Aaron Collins. STANDING COMMITTEES. Street—Collins, Hudgins. Barron. Finance —Stover, Edwards, Wofford. Cemetery—Hudgins, Collins, Edwards. Public Hall—Hall, Wofford, Barron. Relief—Edwards, Barron, Harwell. CHURCH DIRECTORY. Methodist.— Pastor, Rev. J. B. Robins. Ser vices, every Sunday at 11. a. m , and 1:30, p. m. Prayer meeting, every Wednesday at 1:30, p. m. Sabbath School, every Sunday at 9:30, a. in.; Jno. W. Akin, Sunt. Young men’s prayer meeting, every Thursday at 1:30. 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. m. Sabbath School, every Sunday at 9:30, a nr.; I>. AV. K. Peacock, hupt. Young men’s prayer meeting, every Suud yat2, p. in. Ser viee ol song, every Sunday at 3, p. in. Month ly conference, third Sundry ol each month at 3, p. m, Presbyterian.— Pastor, Rev. T. E. Smith. Services, every fir.-t and third Sundays at 11, p. in. Sabh.ith School, every Sunday at 9, a. in.; T. AV. Milner, Supt. Prayer meeting, every Wednesday at 7:30, p. m. Episcopal.— Church of the Ascension. Min ister in charge. Rev. W. It. McConnell. Ser vices. every feumlav, except third in each mouth, at 11, a. in. Sabbath School, every Sun day at 10. a. in. Professional Cards. T. W. MILNER. J. W. HARRIS, JK. niLIKK 4& IIA Kit IS, Aliofuejs-At-Law. Office over Howard’s Bank. Cartersvillc, Ga. JOHN H. WIKLE. DOUGLAS WIKLE. WIHLE & WIKLE, Attorneys-at-Law & Real Estate Agents Offices At Court House and on Main Street above Erwin, Cartersvillc, Ga. A. M. FOUTE. WALTEK M. RYALS. FOITE & RI ALS, Attorneys- At-Law. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL TIIE COORTS of this state. Prompt and l'aithtui at tention given to all business entrusted to us. Office, corner Main and Erwin Streets, up stairs. Cartersville, Ga. j. M. NEEL. J. J. CONNER. W. J. NEEL. S££L, COALER & SEEL, Attorneys- A t-Law. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS of this state. Litigate) cases made a specialty. Prompt attention given to all bus iness entrusted to us. . ; office on Erwin Street, between Main and Market. Cartersville, Ga. JAMEB B. COJIERS, Attorney-at-Jiaw. Office Up-Stairs, Bank Block, Cartersville, Ga Will practice in all the Courts of the Chero kee and adjoining Circuits, and in the Su preme Court. Prompt.attention given to all business. Collections made a special tv. J. T. SHEPHERD, Physician and Burgeon, Office on Main Street, above Erwio, Cartersvillc, Ga. Railroads. KENNESAW ROUTE! WESTERN & ATLfINTIC R. R. The following time card in effect Sunday, J une I.7th, 188-1: NORTH BOUND NO. 3-AVESfERN EXPRESS—DaiIy. Leave Atlanta 8 20 a.m. Arrive Marietta 9 10 •* Cartersville 10 12 “ Kingston 10 38 “ Dalton 12 1 (5 “ Chattanooga 130 p.m. NO. I—FAST EXPRESS—DaiIy. Leave a tlanta 2 35 p. m. Arrive Marietta 3 27 “ Cartersville \ 29 “ Dalton f, 22 “ Chattanooga 800 NO. 11—LIMITED EXPRESS-Daily. Leave Atlanta 1140p.m. Arrive Marietta 12 89 a. m. *• Cartersville 148 “ Dalton 3 41 “ Chattanooga 515 Rome Express—Nort i—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 9 33 *' Kingston 1118 “ Cartersville ....1142 “ Marietta.... 12 46 p.m. Arrive Atlanta 140 NO. 2—SOUTHERN EXPRESS. Leave Chattanooga 2 55 p, m. Arrive Dalton 4 30 “ Kingston ....... . 602 “ Cartersville 6 31 “ Marietta 741 Arrive Atlanta 8 40 NO. 12—LIMITED EXPRESS—DaiIy. Leave Chattanooga 10 15 p. m. Arrive Dalton li 40 • 4 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 1145 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. VV. WBENN, Gen’l. Puss. Agt. R. 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: GOINu WEST—Daily, Except Sunday. NO. 1. NO. 3. Leave Cartersville 10 17 a. m. 150 p. m. “ Ladd’s 10 29 2 1(1 “ Stilesboro 10 49 2 38 “ McGinniss 10 55 2 51 “ Taylorsville 11 03 3 02 “ Deaton’s ...1114 3 13 Davitte’s 11 18 3 23 “ Waddell’s 1121 3 28 “ Rockraart 11 36 4 01 “ I’ineville 11 42 4 18 “ Goddard’s .11 48 4 40 “ Fish Creek 11 55 4 58 “ Ccdartown 12 25 p. m. “ Berry’s 12 41 “ Esom Hill 12 55 “ Rowell’s 121 “ Dlay’s 1 33 “ Cross Plains 1 50 “ East & W e*t J tin.. 235 “ Sulphur Spring... 312 “ Duke’s 3 29 “ Hebron 3 56 “ Gray’s 4 13 “ Ohatchie 4 25 “ Francis 4 42 “ Siugleton 4 55 “ Ackers 5 03 “ Ragland 5 33 “ Fairview 6 02 “ Rowland’s 6 13 Arrive Broken Arrow... 63G GOING EAST—Daily, Except Sunday. no. 2. NO. 4. Leave Broken Arrow.. .8 45 a. nr. “ Rowland’s*.... 9 12 “ Fairview 9 23 “ Ragland 9 57 “ A'kers 10 22 “ Singleton’s 10 3) “ Francis ...10 45 “ Ohatchie 11(X) “ Gray’s 1112 “ Hebron 1139 “ Duke’s 11 56 “ Sul pluir Spring —1213 *• E. & W. June 12 55 “ Cross Plains 2 25 p, in. “ Delay’s 2 40 “ Rowell’s 2 55 “ Esom Hill 322 “ Berry’s 335 “ Cedar town 4 IK) 5 50 a. m. “ Fish Creek 4 30 6 33 “ Goddards 4 36 6 46 “ Pineville 4 43 1 06 “ Rock mart... - . 4 56 1 28 “ Waddell’s 5 09 7 48 *• Davitte’s 5 14 7 55 “ Deaton’s 5 18 8 tiO “ Taylorsville 531 816 “ McGinniss’ 5 39 8 29 “ Sti.esboro ... 5 51 842 “ 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 Kingston 8 55 5 30 no. 2. no. 4. Leave Kingston 920a. m. t> 55 p. m. Arrive Rome 10 25 a. in. 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.s 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. K. It., for points south. EBEN HILLYEIt, President. J. A. SMITH, Gen’l. Pass. Agent. EISEMAN BROS MANUFACTURING CLOTHIERS & TAILORS 55 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA SANITARIUM. Rivornlde, Cal. The dry climate errea Nose, Throat, Longs, full idea, 86 p., route, cost, free. MARRIAGPSfFj i; All that the donbtful curious or thoughtful want to, heow v Olotta and guilt binding 50 cts, pa per 25c,Mar-,; ' riage Guido, 144 plsc 4 sent seeled, money or stps.by > DR. WHITTIER J 1 The great specialist. Nervous l>el)illtyjmj>edimeata , ' Marriage, and i Sum poßMTALoeiljeii. Just Issued, A circular entitled, “Fruits and how to Preserve thcln. ,, VV rite or apply once ut Curry’s druj store for a eoy'j. CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1884/ The Cartersville American. Entered at the Post Office at Cartersville , Ga., May 1 Hh, I*B2, as second class matter. TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, ISB4. CLEVELAND ACCEPTS. HIS LETTER IN ANSWER TO HIS NO TIFICATION. Opposed to Presidential Effort* for Be-Eiec tion—The People Should not be H&r rassed by Office Seekers at the Polls—The Keports of Workingmen. Albany, N. Y., August 19. — The fol lowing was received to-day by Colonel Lamont, Secretary to Governor Cleve land, who is at Upper Saranac lake, with instructions to make it public on receipt : Albany, N. Y., August 18, 1884—Gen tlemen : I have received your communi cation dated July 28, 1884, informing me of my nomination to the office of presi dent of the United States by the national democratic convention, lately assembled at Chicago. I accept the nomination with grateful appreciation of the supreme honor conferred and a solemn sense of the responsibility, which in its acceptance, I assume. VIEWS ON THE PLATFORM. I have carefully considered the plat form adopted by the convention, and cor dially approve the same. A plain state ment of the democratic law’s and princi ples upon which that party appeals to the suffrages of the people needs no suple ment or explanation. It should be re membered that the office of president is essentially executive in its nature. The laws enacted by the legislative branch of the government the chief executive is bound faithfully to enforce, and when the wisdom of the political party which selects one of its members as a nominee for that office, has outlined its policy and declared its principles, it seems to me that nothing in the character of the of fice or the necessities of the case requires more from the candidate accepting such nomination than the suggestion of certain well known truths, so absolutely vital to the safety and welfare of the nation, that they cannot be too often recalled or too seriously enforced. We proudly call ours a government by the people. It is not such when a class is tolerated which arro gates to itself the management of public affairs, seeking to control the people in stead of representing them. Parties are the necessary outgrowths of our institu tions, but the government is not by the people when one party fastens its control upon the country and perpetuates its power by cajoling and betraying the peo ple, instead of serving them. Govern ment is not by the people when the re sult, which should represent the intelli gent will of free and thinking men, is or can be determined by the shameless cor ruption of their suffrages. THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE INELIGIBLE FOR RE-ELECTION. When an election to office, to be a se lection by the voters of one of their num ber, to assume for the time a public trust instead of his dedication to the profession of politics; when the holders of the bal lot, quickened by a sense of duty, shall avenge truth betrayed and pledges broken and wlien suffrage shall be altogether free aud uncorrupted, the full realization of a government by the people will be at hand and of the means to this end not one would, in my judgment, be more effec tual than an amendment to the constitu tion disqualifying the president from re election. When we consider the patron age of this great office, the allurements of power, the temptation to retain pub ic id aces once gained, and more than all, the availably a party finds in an incum bent, when a herd of office holders, with the zeal born of benefits received, and fostered by the hope of favors yet to come, and stand ready to aid with money and trained political service, we recog nize in the eligibility of the president for re-election a most serious danger to that calm, deliberate and intelligent political action which must characterize a govern ment by the people. THE WORKINGMEN. True American sentiment recognizes the dignity of labor, and the fact that honor lies in honest toil. Contented la bor is an element of national prosperity. Ability to work constitutes the capital and the wages of the laborer, the income of a vast number of our population, aud this interest should be jealously pro tected. Our workingmen are not asking unreasonable indulgence, but as intelli gent and manly citizens they seek the same consideration which those demand who have other interests at stake. They should receive their full share of the care and attention of those who make and ex ecute the laws, to the end that the wants and needs of employers and employed shall alike be subserved, and the prosper ity of the country, the common heritage of both he advanced. As related to this subject, while we should not discourage the immigration of those who come to acknowledge alle giance to our government, and add to our citizen population, yet as a means of protection to our workingmen, a differ ent rule should prevail concerning those who, if they come or are brought to our i land, don’t intend to become Americans, i but will injuriously compete with those justly entitled to our field labor. Iu my letter accepting the nomination to the office of governor, nearly two years ago, I made the following statement, to which I have steadily adhered: “The laboring classes constitute the main part of our population. They should be protected hi their efforts, peaceably, to assert their rights, 6 hen endangeied by aggregated capital, and all the statutes on this sub ject should recognize the care of the state for honest toil, and be framed with a view of improving the condition of the workingman, a proper regard for the welfare of the workingman being insep arably connected. Within the integrity of our institutions, none of our citizens are more interested than they in guard ing against any corrupting influences which seek to prevent the beneficent purposes of our government, and none should be more watchful of the artful machinations of those who allure them to self-inflicted injury.” against sumptuary laws. Iu a free country the curtailment of the absolute rights of an individual should only be such as is essential to the peace and good order of the community. The limit between proper subjects of government control, and those which can be more fittingly left to the moral and self-imposed restraint of the citizen, should be carefully kept in view. Thus laws unnecessarily interfering with the habits and customs of our people, which are not offensive to the moral sentiments of the civilized world, and which are consistent with good citizenship and public welfare, are unwise and vexatious. THE QUESTION OF TRANSPORTATION. The commerce of the nation, to a great extent, determines its supremacy. Cheap and easy transportation should, therefore, be liberally fostered within the limit of the constitution. The gen eral government should so improve and protect its natural water ways as will enable the producers of the country to reach profitable markets. The people pay the wages of the public employees, and they are entitled to fair and honest work, which the money thus paid should thus command. It is the duty of those entrusted with the management of these affairs to see that such public service is forthcoming. THE CIVIL SERVICE. The selection and retention of subor dinates iu government employment should depend on their ascertained fit ness and the value of then- work, and they should be neither expected nor al lowed to do questionable party service. The interests of the people will be bet ter protected, the estimate of public la bor and duty will be immensely improv ed, public employment will be open to all who can demonstrate their fitness to enter it. Unseemly scrambles for place under the government, with the conse quent importunity which embitters offi cial life, will cease, and the public de partments will not be filled with those who conceive it to be their first duty to aid the party to which they owe their places, instead of rendering an honest return to the people. I believe that the public temper is such that the vo ters of the land are prepared to support the party which gives the best promise of administering the government in an honest, simple and plain manner, which is consistent with its charter and pur poses. They have learned that mystery and concealment in the management of their affairs cover the tricks and betray, als of statesmanship they require con sists in honesty and frugality, a prompt response to the needs of the people as they arise, and a vigilant protection of all their varied interests. If I should be called to the cliief magistracy of the nation by the suffrages of my fellow-citi zens, I will assume the duties of that high office with a solemn determination to dedicate every effort to the country’s good, and with an humble reliance upon the favor and support of the Supreme Being, who, I believe, will always bless honest human endeavors in the consci entious discharge of public duty. Grover Cleveland. To Colonel Wm. F. Vilas, chairman, and D. P. Bestor and other members of the notifying committee of the dem ocratic national convention. HENDRICKS ACCEPTS. Indianapolis, Ind., August 20,1884. — Gentlemen: I have the honor to ac knowlege the receipt of your communi cation notifying me of my nomination by the democratic convention at Chicago as a candidate for the office of Vice-Presi dent of the United States. May I re peat what I said on another occasion, that it is a nomination which I had neither expected nor desired, yet I recognize and appreciate the high honor done me by the convention. The choice of such a body, pronounced with such unusual unanimity a:id accompanied with so gen erous an expression of esteem and confi dence ought to outweigh all mere personal desires and preferences of my own. It is with this feeling, and I trust also from a deep sense of public duty, I now ac cept the nomination, and shall abide the judgment of my countrymen. I have examined with care the declaration of principles adopted by the convention, a copy of which you submitted to me, and in their sum and substance I heartily en dorse and approve the same. I am, gen tlemen your obedient servant. (Signed.) Thos. A. Hehdricks. To Hon. Y/m. F. Vilas, chairman, Nich olas B. Bell, secretary, aud others of the committee of the National Demo cratic Convention, Epithelioma or Skin Disease. This form of cancer is the most pre valent type, and is in many cases fatal, ! as it gradually eats away until it destroys life. It would seem that Swift’s Specific is indeed a specific for the scourage. Mrs. A. Iv. Armstrong, Verona, Miss., | writes under date of May 16,1884: “After i taking six bottles of Swift’s Specific the j cancer is healing; is greatly reduced in j size. It now gives me no pain, and my ; general health has so much improved j that lain able to be up and attend to my household duties—something I had not been able to do iu several years. I feel ! that it will cure me. Mr. M. X. Clayton, Red Clay, Ga., writes under recent date: “All painful sensations iu my cancer are decreasing. I feel decidedly better, and the cancer has commenced to heal.” Dr. M. F. Crumley, Oglethorpe, Ga., I writes und*r date of May 10th: “Mr. Naves, who had such a terrible cancer on his face, is about well. New 7 skin lias grown all over his face, and looks almost as well as it ever did, and I would like some of your company to see him.” Messrs. J. & J. B. Harter, of North Manchester, Ind., writes under date of May Ist: “The lady with cancer is im proving right along. The Specific in creased the discharge for the first few 7 days, but the soreness is gone and she is much better.” Mrs. W. H. Route, of Gordonsville, Va., writes under date of May 11th, 1884: “I am much improved. The cancer is better; does not pain me at all: It is a wonder to all of my friends.” Mr. James E. Ligon,of Micliaux Ferry, Va., writes under date of May 19, 1884: “My condition is greatly improved; my general health is good; my appetite good; cancer decidedly better, and has begun to heal nicely. How* can I ever repay you?” Mr. J. S. Rhodes, of Mill River, N. C., writes under date of May 19, 1884: “My mother has been using Swift’s Specific about two weeks, and is improving. The cancer is not now painful and is heal ing.” Mr. T. J. Teate, of Wacissa, Fla., writes under date of May 2,1884: “Swift’s Specifie has cured a cancer on my face, and has almost made a young man out of me.” Mr. E. Tinsley, of Burr Mills, Va., writes May 1, 1884: “My w 7 ife has taken four bottles of Swift’s Specific for a can cer, and his improved wonderfully. I shall keep it uphave no doubt it xvill cure her.” The Swift Specific Cos., Drawer 3, Atlanta, Ga., 159 W. 23d St., N. Y., and 1205 Chestnut St,, Phila. The failure of banks, where they take your money and give you back a quarter of it, or less, and sometimes nothing at all, is bad enough in itself, but the example it sets to other business men is the worst thing about it. You buy milk tickets of a milk man and expect to get the milk each ticket calls for; but suppose the milk man puts up a notice on his wagon to the effect that the cows have gone into liquidation, or that the wagon is tem porarily embarrassed, and you can’t get any milk. Then your milk tickets are no better than a certificate of deposit on a busted bank. Banks ought to be care ful about failing or they will give milk men a pointer that will cut short our supply of milk. People can stand it to be short of money; but they must have milk. The wicked people of the east had a not very gentle reminder last Sunday that it is aboiit time they were mending their ways. A genuine earthquake shook them up pretty lively for a few seconds, and many, thinking then* last hour had come, fell upon their knees and prayed as well as they knew how, being entire ly out of practice. There is no doubt about the genuineness of the shock, as an Italian peanut vender said: “Me ze earthquake at Napoli; much afraida housa tumble downa. ” Here is an op portunity for the ministers to “point a moral,” and we may look for an ava lanche of earthquake sermons.” The crop report for July is just out. It shows the condition and prospect as compared to an average to be as follows: In North Georgia, cotton 82; corn 92; sorghum 99; field peas 103; sweet pota toes 97; wheat 105. The average for the whole State on August Ist, 1884, as compared to an average is as follows: Cotton 85; corn 95; sugar cane 89; sorgham 91; field peas 95; sweet potatoes 102; wheat 100. We think it is safe to say that since Commissioner Henderson made up this report on the Ist of the present month, the condition of the crop has very materially improved in north Geor gia, especially in the com crop—indeed, there is a very gratifying improvement in crops of all kinds within the past month. An instance of filial affection occurred at Syracuse a few days ago, when a wo man had her eighty-vear-old m filter ar rested for petit larceny. Syracuse salt won’t save such a woman. An English paper says: “Oscar Wilde wears a perennial smile. He is as good as he is beautiful.” When he used to “smile” in America, he always had it flavored with mint instead of pennyroyal. CHAFF. Jeff Davis w ill not vote for Cleveland. The bouse of correcliou —tbe printing house. Vanderbilt’s iucome is a million a month. A dissipated unvu is apt to ue dizzy-pated, also. A game name for a petulant wife—La crosse. A sound reason—the inventor of a tile phone. j There is a post-office in Souk Caroliu i nam ed Catarrh. Colorado is being visited by destructive ! prairie fires. The Deleware peach erop will reach 4,000,- 000 baskets. The prince of orange kept sixty parrots in his bed room. There are deep matterings of rebellion in Tammany Hall. American sewing machines aud plows sell rapidly iu Mexico. Oarsman ll.u tin has left Australia L-y steamer for America. At a receut election iu Seattle, W. TANARUS., there were GOO votes ca~t by women. A Syracuse woman had her eighty year-old mother arrested for petit larceny. The son of a Sioux chief is employed as de livery clerk in a Philadelphia store. One of Governor Clevel aid’s sisters has been a missionary iu Ceylon lor thirty years. A correspondent says Queen Victoria “is fat, has no shape, and has very large feet.” A Baltimore court has decided that nobody knows or can say what the word “orthodox” means. In Japan, where cremation is regularly practised, ihe most expensive form costs only seven dollars. Henry Bergh, the animals’ friend, has a new' idea. He thinks oysters should be chloro formed belore eaten. Two creeks, named “Froze to Death” and “Starved to Death,” are on the new map of Custer county, Montaua. In nil old tenement that was recently pulled 1 down in London, thirteen cat'.loads of cock. I roaches were carried away. A negro at Athens, Ga., bound out his child I lor one year u> raise money to go on an ex cursion with a fire company. Governor St. John ran away from home at j twelve years of age, was married at nineteen and was a widower at twenty. The estimated corn crop of Nebraska this | year is 120,000,000 bushels— nearly 19,000,000 bushels greater tluu last year. Aftdr eating two quarts of ice cream at a church fair, James Gormley, of Setauker, N. Y., went home and dropped dead. There ! s great joy in Maryland over the discovery ot the dies of the seal ef the State of 165 S—Lord Baltimore’s great seal. In Mexico it is the custom to ki-s the feet ot young ladies in saying adieu. Iu Chicago it is the custom to stumble over them. An English advertisement lately announced “ten dozen of port for sale, the property of a widow, full-bodied and seven years iu cellar.” The ( hillian government has declared a war of extermination against the condor. It offers a reward ot $5 for every condor killed. The secret of the red cheeks, now so fash ionable at the watering places, is a lump of ice rubbed ou the hi ash places for teu min utes. General Logan has promised to speak at the ratification meeting to be held by the Phila delphia Young Republican Club ou the Bth of October. The Republican papers are just beginning to see that Butler is a laboring man, a gentle man, a toe to monopolists, and the hero of the late war. An injunction has been procured by the New York city authorities against John H. Stariu to prevent him from running terries to Staten Island. Two burglars in New York were caught in a lady’s room. As they were not under the bed is needless to say they were not dis covered by the lady. Twenty-two thousand dollars’ worth of twine was required to bind the 1881 crop of wheat iu Ransom county, Dakota, where the first furrow was turned iu 1881. Dog stealing has been reduced to such a science in Boston that a protective society against it has been formed, one man starting it with a contribution of SI,OOO. Life is like a harness. There are traces of care, lines of trouble, bits of good fortune, breaches of good manners, bridled tongues and everybody has a tug to pull through. “Well, well!” said old Mrs. Gumbo, as she laid down her morning paper, “so they’ve res cued poor old Greeley alive ? Ido hope that Horaee’ll take hold of the Tribune again aDd edit it sensibly like he used ter !” John S. Sammons, an eccentric farmer of Orange county, New York has coffined his firm friend and companion ot many years in an iron casket hermetically sealed, and placed it in state in his house. The lriend and com panion was his dog. There are now living in Weare, N. 11., twenty six men wh® voted for Andrew Jack* son, twenty-two of them at his first election, and probably the larger number would indorse the sentiment of one who said : ‘-Do it agin, too, if he want dead.” In 1791 Benjamin Franklin made the city of Bostou the trustee of a fund of £I,OOO, to be lent to young mechanics, calculating that in IS9I the fuud would amount to $582,000. His figures must have beeu faulty, however, for the fuud only amounts to $291,000. The following testimonial of a certain patent mcdiciue speaks for itself: “Dear sir—Two mouths ago my wife could scarcely speak. She has takeu two bodies of your “Life Re newer,” and now she can’t speak at all. Piea6e send me two more bottles. I wouldn’t be without it.” Sir John Astley has testided in a London court that he permits his own cab driver to pick up fares as a common cabman, he pay ing Sir John $2 50 a day from the receipts, and he also declared that the Duke of Mari boroug had cabs runniug for him on the Lon don streets. NUMBER 17. CI&PAICN ROTES. The Republicans don't seem able to rivet the great Ii irli bolt. The Republican party has begun to part its votes in the middle. No political Gabriel will ever blow bis trumpet in Keifer’s ear. Blaine may come or Cleveland go, but the corn grows on forever. James G. Blaine—“We dislike him for the friends he has made.” Mr.St. John’s liquor policy appears to be 1 also a giu-go policy. Mr. Jij Gould is pleased with the nomina tion of Mr. Cleveland. It suits him. Vote the St. John ticket and you will not have a headache iu the morning. Grover Cleveland—“We love him for the enemies he has nude.” ’Tis a pity for 3t. John’s sake that the Salt River is not fresh enough to driuk. Mr. Dana still sleeps with his Democratic shoulder ii; a refrigerator. St. John is evidently disposed to throw cold i water on both the old parties. We are almost persuaded that Johu Kelly’s silence is the greatest effort of his life. Although Cougrcss adjourned a month ago, the Congressional Record is still in sessiou. While Dr. Blaine is “book-making,” would it not be well to send Logan toa night-school® The Independent Republicans don’t at all like Butler’s way of being au ludepeudeut Democrat. Ben Butler doesn’t appear to be securely bottled just now. At least the gas seems to be escaping. The mother-in-law will not be an important factor iu the white house during Cleveland’s administration. The Prohibitionists are banging away r.ud having Justus much fuu as the other fellows, if they ain’t as big. It would take a very small bottle to hold all the tears that Jim Blaine his ever shed for Iceland or any other country. There is a paper published in Gordon, Texas, which is named the Cross Eye, and the Gal veston News urges that it ought to support Beu Butler. Blaine may be naughty, is naughty, but he is the darling of his party, and it is folly to think he cuu he beateu without a strong effort. Ben Butler’s optic deformity is slid to have originated In an early-formed habit of looking the wrong way for the unattainable. Susan B. Anthony has decided iu favor of the Plumed Knight, and Benjamin Franklin Butler will sadly return her photograph and love letters. General Logan refuses to talk to reporters, the General is not going to give away his grammar iu this critical moment of the cam paign. Ihe new post-office iu Logan county has been christened Blaine. A local habitation and a name are all Jim anti Jack will ever get in Arkansas. If cafididuto- 9V John wants to open the campaign with a boom he should do it with a bung-starter. No soda-water fizz will do his cause any good. “I shall fight it out on this lyin’ if it takes ail summer,” remarked the political stump speaker as he sent to head quarters for mure “doctored facts.” The President is going into the Catskills with his fishing tackle. The departments are doing nolhi ig for Blaine, and the President appears willing to help them do it. Which I wish to remark, And my language is plain, That for copious bark This voluminous Blaine Is extremely—extremely peculiar. The purification of the Democratic party by the destruction of Tammany Hall power is a significant event full of promise for future Democratic success. Talk about the Democratic tail beiugstrong er than the head, just interview some of the Grand Army boys and you will think the Re publican ticket is all tail. Cassius M. Clay has again been worked over and made a part of the Republican party. He should be baited at once before he has a chance to change his shape again. The enemy who is most dangerous to you is the enemy to attack. Mr. Blaine will find that Gen. Butler is a more serious competitor than he has probably been in the habit of supposing. A Frenchman is said to once have cured the cholera by drinkiug copious draughts of bran dy. The appearance of the cholera in this country would probably be fatal to Mr. St. John’s campaign. Ben Butler says that his name will be re membered long after that of Rutherford B. Hayes is forgotten. Possibly Benjamin in tends to have his initials engraved upon the White House spoons. Nothing helps the Republican campaign along so effectually as the spectacle of a mil lionaire patting an impoverished workiugman on the back and saying : “How splendidly we get along under Republican legislation. Now that Mr. Blaine is fishing for the votes of the Irish, his Republican organs tenderly refer to them as “Celtic Americans.” It was formerly their habit to speak of these estima ble persons as “flannel-mouth Micks.” “Like a mud spot, if auy one daubs you with slander, let it alone; for if you attempt to rub it out you only rub it deeper in. Wait until the slander dries out, aud then you can brush it off without being contaminated. Miss Susan B. Anthony might have been a solace aud support for Mr. Butler in his de cliniug years and a tender stepmother to the rag-baby; but heartless maiden ! she would not have it so, and all of Benjamin’s brightest hopes have perished. Blow the brass trumpets aDd beat the big drums! The great General Butler has stepped into the field at 1 vat aud placed himself at the head of the Blaine reserve, ready to do Hes >iau service on the Republican side in the presidential campaign. Mr. Blaine has goue back to work on his book Volume I. was for the purpose of cap turing ihe nomination. Volume 11. will pro bably be for the purpose of catching the elec tion. Mr. Blaine seems to have learned anew use for the historical pen.