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VOLUME IV.
EDITORIAL BRIEFS.
Ben Butler haa joined the Grand Army
of the Republic. What has Ben got his
eye on now.
The prohibition election is the red-hot
test thing Atlanta has experienced in a
long time.
The country now anxiously awaits the
effect of Mr. Cleveland’s soothing syrup on
the New Yo'k mugwumps.
Tramps now say it is cheaper to ride
between Chat'.anooga and Atlanta than to
walk, if it wasn’t for the matter of grub.
New beginners are allowed to use these
briefs without credit, but if some of the
old veterans don’t quit it we’ll go for ’em.
Iu slandering old And)' Johnson, we
suppjae Mr. Depew was simply lying
under a misapprehension of the facts in
the cose.
Chauncey Depew insists that all his
former tomfoolery about Andrew John
son’s wanting to hang Lee and his gen
erals is really true.
Fish says Ward was the rascal, and
Ward says it was Fish. The courts com
promise this difference of opinion by put
ting striped clothes on both of them.
If you take out the parties who are
financially interested in perpetuating
the bar-room nuisance in Atlanta, the
papers of that city will have a hard time
making the crowd appear respectable.
It is said that the once lamous “ground
hog” Col. Jack Brown, of Georgia, has
more influence in Washington than some
Democratic Congressmen. Jack is bound
to be solid with the man who carries the
crib keys.
The President has given notice that his
other duties will not admit of his person
ally considering applications for positions
in the government services. Applicants
will now have to wage war on the heads
of departments.
BOTH DUELISTS KILLED,
A Texan and an Indian Policeman Fig U ta
iSovol Battle.
Dknniston, Texas, October 27.
A novel du* lin the Indian Territory
came off at Tishamingo, in the Choctaw
Nation, last Friday. Tishamingo is a
small village where the Indians do
their trading and is the frequent resort
of hard characters from Texas and other
parts of the United States. The region
is full of outlaws. Among a dozen
outlaws and Indians sitting in a Baloon
on Friday was a tall Texan named Chal
mers. An Indian Police officer named
Brown entered the saloon and Chalmers
insisted on treating. As they were
about to drink Brown inauaged to spill
Chalmers’ liquor on the floor, telling him
he had enough. This enraged the Tex
an, who demanded blood and pulled his
revolver with one hand and his dirk
with the other. Brown also drew his
weapon and a fight was about to open
when the spectators interfered and at
tempted to settle the matter.
Nothing would satisfy the wounded
honor of Chalmers but blood, so the oth
er white men and Indians fixed up a fight
on the following terms: The two men
were to stand back to back in the middle
of the floor. At a given signal each
man was to run out of the room, the
Indian through the front door and the
Texan by the back door. They were to
run in the same direction after cleariug
the doors and began firing promiscuous
ly. Both principles agreed to these
terms and tock their positions. The
signal was given and both started from
the house, pistols in hand. They faced
each other on the north side of the
house and opened fire at almost the
same instant. Three rounds were fired
it quick succession. Then the Indiau
began to stagger and, running towards
Chalmers with a drawn knife, plunged
it into the Texan’s breast just as the lat
ter fired his last bullet, which pene
trated the ludian’s heart, killing him
instantly. Chalmers died half an hour
after his antagonist. Over fifty Indians
and whites witnessed the duel.
HABIT.
There was ouce a horse that used to
pull arouud a sweep which lifted dirt from
liie depths of the earth. He was kept
t the business for twenty years until he
beeame old, blind, and too stiff in the
joints to bo of any further use. So he
vraa turned into a pasture, or left to crop
the grass without any one to disturb or
bother him. But the funny thing about
the old horse, was that every morning
after graziug awhile, he would start on a
tramp, going around and around in a
circle, just as he had been accustomed
to do for so many years. He would
keep it up for hours, and people would
often stop to look and wonder what
had got into the head of the venerable
animal to make him walk around in
such a solemn way when there was no
earthly need of it. It was the force of
habit. And the boy who forma bad or
good habits in his youth, will be led by
them when he becomes old,, and will be
miserable or happy accordingly.
Senator Gray-Bayard’s suocessor-is
said to be one of the handsomest men in
Congress.
Justice Bnulloj, whose resignation of
of his seat on the Supreme bench on the
score of failing health ha. been expected
for nearly two years, is bettor than or a
long time.
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
A PICTURESQUE SKETCH OF THE
AMERICAN SENATE-HOUSE.
Statistics of its Dimensions and its Cost—
A Retrospect into the Past-The
Grand Scenes it Has Wit
nessed —Its Liorary.
{Washington Gazette.l
When the corner-stone of the capitol
was laid in 1793, President George Wash
ington and other celebrities participating,
they little dreamed at the time or had but
faint conception how soon, if ever, that its
dimensions would have to be enlarged, or
how soon it would be found inadequate
to the legislative purposes for which it
was intended. The corner-stone was laid
in the Southeast corner of the original
building, and the north wing was finished
in 1800—the south wing in 1811. In Au
gust, 1814, the British destroyed the inte
rior of both wings, but it was immediately
repaired. In 1818 the central portion was
commenced, and in 1827 the building was
finally completed—the cost being $2,433,-
844.13.
Not a quarter of a century elapsed be ;
fore the corner-stone of the “extension”
was laid, which happened July,4th, 1851 —
President Fillmore performing the cere
mony and Daniel Webster officiating as
the orator of the day. The Senate exten
sion was first completed, both House and
Senate being finished in 1867. And in the
past few years, though no more exten
sions are being made above tflie basement,
increased accommodations having been
found necessary considerable undermining
and extensive additions at the basement
and cellar wings for the purpose of build
ing walls and rooms have been done, and
more rooms given for the benefit of the
committees of both Houses.
The dome of the original central build
ing was constructed of wood, but was re
moved in 1856 to be replaced by the pres
ent stupendous structure of cast iron,
which was completed in 1865. The entire
weight of iron used is 8,909,200 pounds.
THE BUILDING PROPER.
The main building is three hundred
and fifty-two feet four inches long in
front and one hundred and twenty-one
feet six inches deep, with a portico one
hundred and sixty feet wide, of twenty
four columns on the east and a projection
of eighty-three feet on the west, embrac
ing a recessed portico of ten coupled col
umns. The extensions are placed at the
north and south ends of the main build
ing, with connecting corridors forty-four
feet long by fifty-six feet wide, flanked
by columns. Each extension is one hun
dred and forty-two feet eight inches in
front, by two hundred and thirty-eight
feet ten inches deep, with porticos of
twenty-two columns each on their eastern
fronts, and with porticos of ten columns
on their ends and on their western fronts.
The entire length of the building is seven
hundred and fifty-one feet four inches,
and the greatest depth, including porticos
and steps, is three hundred and twenty
four feet. The area covered by the entire
building is one hundred and fifty-three,
thousand one hundred and twelve feet
square feet.
The dome is crowned by a bronze statue
of Freedom, modeled by Crawford, which
is nineteen feet six inches high, and which
weighs 14,985 pounds. The height of the
dome above the base line of the east front
is two hundred and eighty-seven feet five
inches; the height from the top of the bal
ustrade of the building is two hundred
and seventeen feet eleven inches; and the
greatest diameter at the base is one hun
dred and thirtj r -five feet five inches.
The rotunda is ninety-five feet six
inches in diamter, and its height from the
floor to the top of the canopy is one hun
dred and eighty feet three inches.
The Senate Chamber is one hundred
and thirteen feet three inches in length,
by eighty feet three inches in width, and
thirty-six feet in height. Its galleries will
accommodate one thousand persons.
The Representatives’ Hall is one hun
dred and thirty-nine feet in length, by
ninety-three feet in ■width, and thirty six
feet in height.
The Supreme Court room was occupied
by the Senate until December, 1859, the
court having previously occupied the
room beneath, now used as a law library.
The Library of Congress was burned by
the British in 1814, and was partially de
stroyed by an accidental fire in 1851. The
present centre hall was finished in 1853
and the wing halls were finished in 1867.
TIIE LIBRARY.
The Library of Congress occupies the
entire western projection of the central
capitol building. The original library
was commenced in 1800, but was destroy
ed with the capitol in 1814, during the
war with England. It was afterwards re
plenished by the purchase of the library
belonging to ex-President Jefferson, by
Congress, embracing about 7,000 volumes.
In 1851 in contained 55,000 volumes, and
by an accidental fire in that year the
whole collection was destroyed, except
20,000 volumes. It was rebuilt in 1852,
when $75,000 was appropriated in one
sum to replenish the collection. The new
library halls, three in number, are fitted
up with ornamental iron cases and iron
ceilings, the whole being perfectly fire
proof. The library is recruited by regu
lar appropriations made by Congress,
which average about SII,OOO per annum;
also by additions received by copyright,
by exchanges and from the Smithsonian
Institution. The library was also enrich
ed by the presentation to the Government,
in 1882, of the large private library of Dr.
CARTERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1885.
Joseph M. Toner, of this city, numbering
over 27,000 volumes, besides nearly as
many pamphlets. There are 262 persons
employed iD the capitol building, exclu
sive of committee clerks. Of this number
twenty are employed in the library.
HOW THEY ABE EMPLOYED.
The employes are under the President
of the Senate, and thirty-one in the office
of the secretary to that body, Forty-eight
are under the sergeant-at-arras in the doc
ument and folding rooms, postoffice and
heating and ventilating department. In
the House of Representatives there are
three employes directly under and ap
pointed by the Speaker. Under the clerk
of the House thirty-two answer to his
call, whilst the sergeant-at-arms has sev
en. Under the doorkeeper—clerk, mes
sengers, soldiers’ roll, folding room, docu
ment room, etc. —forty-six answer to his
roll call. In the postofflee there are
eighteen more, and in the heating and
ventilating nine persons are necessary to
regulate that important physical work.
There are thirty capitol police and watch
men, exclusive of the captain. Of official
reporters there are ten —five for each
House. There are fifty-five committee
clerks in the House and fifty in the Sen
ate; also one messenger on each of the ap
propriation committees of both Houses.
This would make the total aggregate for
the number of persons employed in the
capitol at three hundred and seventy-one.
This may be below the number, but it
certainly is not above. It must be also
remembered that there are many chore
women and laborers, who help to swell
the army of office-holders in and around
the capitol. The salaries, exclusive of the
heads, range from S3O to $250 per month.
JOYS AND SORROWS.
But the capitol is a great building, and
the plotting, scheming, etc., that has been
going on within its walls are beyond all
imagination. Here within a committee
room a few have assembled and perfected
legislation for the country that has affect
ed the interests, more or less, of millions
of people. Here, too, have met the deceiv
er and the deceived; the statesman and
the demagogue; the honest man and the
thief —each in turn to make his mark on
the history of the nation. Here, too, have
been sorrows and anxieties; joys and
pleasures; eloquence and truths; dema
goguery and ignorance; and the trouble,
the roguery, etc., that have been hatched
out will only be known on the great and
final day.
The building as it stands has cost the
country much, but the wrongs that have
been enacted within its walls by unwise
legislation have doubled the cost of the
physical work. But, with all the evil,
there has been great good accomplished-
Here within its portals slavery forever re
ceived its quietus in this country, That
which the sword and the gun accomplish
ed the representatives of many States here
assembled endorsed and made forever per
manent. It was not until toward the
close of the civil war that the statue of
“Freedom” was placed in its lofty posi
tion. It seemed as though it were not to
be so placed until slavery in our nation
had received Rs death wound. It would
have been a sad satire, with the sword of
Liberty elevated to the dome of our capi
tol, when in a great section of our country
slavery yet prevailed. But Libert) ' |
asserts her sway throughout our broad
land—no personal slavery any more
naught but slavery to corporations, and
we look to the building in which slavery
was given its final mortal wound to see
and know that the greed of corporations
will there also receive a check, and a le
gal blow be given that will give the poor
man as much right and as much claim to
God’s broad acres as the millionaire, the
broker, the syndicate or the land-grabber.
Kn ickerbockek.
A WARNING TO CRIMINALS WHO
DEMAND NEW TRIALS.
[New Yoik Hear’d ]
A curious point iu criminal law has
just been decided by the Supreme Court
of Nebraska. A man tried for murder
iu the first degree was convicted of mur
der iu the second degree and sentenced
to prison. Like most convicted crimi
nals, he moved to set aside tho verdict
on some alleged error. He carried his
point and we accorded anew trial. On
the second trial he was found guilty of
murder iu the first degree and sentenced
to be hanged. His counsel now
jected that his conviction of murder iu
the second degree on the first trial was
in affect an acquittal of the charge of
murder in the first degree, and hence
that he could not afterward be convicted
of the latter crime without violating the
constitutional guaranty that no man’s life
shall twice be pat in jeopmdy for the
same offence.
The Nebraska Court does not take
this view of the law. It remarks that
the first verdict was set aside on the
motion of the prisoner, and holds that
the affect of this was to leave his statue
just the same as it was in the beginning.
That is, the first trial and all its results
were nullified and the prisoner was liable
to be arraigned for murder in the first
degree on the second trial just as be had
been on the first. The practice of mov
ing for new trials in criminal cases is a
growing evil in every State of the Union.
If such motions cfteuer resulted iu
sentences of increased severity, as in the
Nebraska cases, the evil would receive
a salutary check.
Richard Bishop, the republican candi
date for Congress in the fifth district of
Illinois, is known as “profanity Dick.”
OLE BULL’S CAREER.
PAINFUL EXPERIENCES OF THE
VIOLINIST IN HIS CHILDHOOD.
A Father of a Practical Turn of Mind-
Struggles of Genius—The Glory of
Fame Won in a Night—Sor
row at His Death.
[Surah K. Bolton in Cornier-Journal.]
In the quaint old town of Bergen, Nor
way, so strange with its narrow streets,
peculiar costumes and open-hearted peo
ple that no stranger can forget it, was
born, Feb. 5,1810. Ole Bull, the oldest in
a family of ten children. His father was
an able chemist rnd his motheiya woman
of fine manners and much inflllligence.
All the relatives were musical, and at the
little gatherings for the purpose of culti
uating this talent, the child Ole would
creep under a table or sofa and listen en
raptured for hours, often receiving a whip
ping when discovered. He loved music
intensely, fancying when he played alone
in the meadows that he heard nature sing
as the bluebells were moved among the
grasses by the wind. When he was four
years old his uncle gaye him a yellow vi
olin, which he kissed with great
learning the notes at the same time as his
primer. Although forbidden to play till
study hours were over, he sometimes dis
obeyed, and was punisned both at home
and at school.
Finally, at eight, through the good
sense of his mother, a music teacher was
provided and his father bought him anew
red violin. The child could not sleep for
thinking of it, so the first night after its
purchase he stole into the room where it
lay, in his night clothes, to take one peep
at the precious thing. He said years af
ter, with tears in his eyes at the painful
rememberance, “The violin was so red
and the pretty pearls screws did smile at
me so! I pinched the strings just a little
with my fingers. It smiled at me eveD
more and more. I took up the bow and
looked at it. It said to me it would be
pleased to try it across the strings. So I
did try it a very, very little, and it did
sing to me so sweetly! At first I did
play soft. But presently I did begin a
capuccii, which I like very much, and it
do go ever louder and louder; and I forgot
that it was midnight and that everybody
was asleep. Presently I hear something
crack, and the next minute I feel my fath
er’s whip across my shoulders. My little
red violin dropped on the jeon and was
broken. I weep much for it, but it did no
good. They did have a doctor to it next
day, but it never*recovered its health.”
A TOO PRACTICAL FATHER.
Pitiful it is that parents sometimes are
so lacking in judgment as to stifle the
best things in a child’s nature. Guiding
is wise; forcing usually ends in disaster.
In two years Ole could play pieces which
his master found it impossible to perform.
He began to compose melodies, imitating
nature in the song of birds, brooks and
the roar of waterfalls, and would hide in
caves or in clumps of bushes, where he
could play his own weird improvisations.
When he could not make his violin do as
'oe wished, he would fling it away impet
uously and not touch it again for a long
time,
Then he w T ould perhaps get up in the |
middle of the night and play at his open
window, forgetting that anybody might be
awakened by it. Sometimes he played
incessantly for days,scarcely eatng or sleep
ing. He had no pleasure in fishing or
shooting on account of the pain inflicted —
a feeling seemingly common to noble and
refined natures —though he greatly enjoy
ed anything athletic.
Ole’s father, with a practical turn of
mind, urged his being a clergyman, as he
honored that profession, and well knew
that music and art promised a small bank
account. A private tutor, Musaens by
name, was therefore engaged. This man
had the unique habit of kneeling down to
pray before he whipped a boy, and asking
that the punishment might redouud to the
good of the lad. He soon made up his mind
that Ole’s violin and theory were incompat*
ible, and forbade his playing it. Ole and
his brothers stood it as long as possi
ble, when one morning, about half-past 4, as
the teacher was dragging the youngest boy
out of bed, Ole sprang upon him and gave
him a vigorous beating. The smaller boy g
put their heads out from under the bed
clothes vnd cried out: “Don’t give up Ole,
don’t give up ! Give it to him with all your
might.” The whole household soou ap
peared upon the scene, and though little
was said, the private feeling seemed to be
that a salutary lesson had been imparted.
At 18 he was sent toihe university of
Christiana; but there he was not content to
stay. He visited Louis Spohr, the master;
then went to Paris where the tide turned in
his favor. Next he made a concert tour
through Switzerland and Italy. At Venice
he was highly praised, but at Bologna he
won celebrity which continued through
life.
THE GLORY OE FAMH.
Malibran was to sing in two concerts,
but feigned illness when she heard that
the man she loved, Deßesiot, was to re
ceive a smaller snm than herself, and
would not appear. The manager of the
theatre was iu despair. Meantime, in a
poor hotel, in an upper room, Ole Bull
was composing his concerts in the day
time and playing on his violin at night
by his open window. Rossini’s first
wife heard the music and said: “It must
be a violin, but a divine one, which will
be a substitute for Deßesiot and Mali-
bran. I must go and teii Zampieri (the
manager).”
On the night of the concert after Ole
Bull had been two hours iu bed from
weariness, Zampieri appeared and asked
him to impfoviae. He was delighted,
and, exclaiming “Malibrau may now
have her headaches,” hurried the young
artist off to the theatre. The audience
was of course cold and disappointed till
Ole Bull began to play. Theu the peo
ple seemed to hold their breath. When
the curtain fell he almost swooned with
exhaustion, but the house shook with
applause. Flowers were showered upon
him. He was immediately engaged for
the next coucert; a large theatre was of
fered him free of expense—oue man buy
ing 100 tickets—and the admiring throng
drew his carriage to the hotel, while a
procession, with torchlights, acted as a
guard of honor.
Ole Bull had stepped iuto the glory of
fame iu a single night. Henceforth,
wliile there was to be much of trial and
disappointment, as come to all, he was to
be forever the idol of two continents,
drawing crowded houses, honored by the
great aud universally mourned at his
death. He had oome to power as by ac
cident, but he had made himself worthy
of fame. Malibrau, at first, seemed
hurt at his wonderful success iu her
stead, but she soon became oue of his
warmest friends, saying: “It is your own
fault that I did not treat you as you de
served, A man like you should step
forth with head erect iu the full light of
day, that we may recognize his noble
blood.”
REV. F. M. DANIEL.
Sabbath morning dawned as bright and
beautiful as ever shone upon the pathway
of a weary-worn, foot-sore traveller, and
filled our hearts with gratitude for the in
stitution of a day of rest —oh, how sweet
that word—and for the peculiar enjoy
ableness of that particular day.
Feeling that we must unite with God’s
people in some one of the sanctuaries of
the city, and learning that Rev. Mr, Dan
iel, the recently-arrived pastor of the Bap
tist Church, would fill the pulpit there,
we joined the congregation in that hand
some place of worship. We found the
congregation already assembled—a goodly
one, both in numbers aud persouel. The
speaker selected as the subject of his dis
course Romans I : 16: “I am not ashamed
of the gospel of Christ.”
This he treated somewhat as follows:
There were no doubt many things of
which the apostle was ashamed; his perse
cution of the saints, his proclevity to sin,
but he was not ashamed of the gospel of
Christ. Neither need we be ashamed be
cause Ist, There is nothing in the history
of its gift to man, nothing in the gospel
considered in the abstract of which we
should be ashamed; 2nd, When considered
ip gelation to God (a) since it is a manifes
tation of his justice, violated law must be
satisfied (b) in evidence of his Divine wis
dom in devising the only way of appeas
ing the law (c) His mercy in giving his
son for man’s redemption, 3rd, \\ hen con
sidered in relation to ourselves there is
still less of which to be ashamed. This
work, the workmanship of God’s hands, is
very beautiful. The air we breathe, the
towering mountains, the far-stretching
plains, the winding rivers, the deep blue
the over-arching skies, all speak of
comfort and enjoyment. But these things
are for the innocent. They will not rec
oncile guilty man and offended Deity.
The gospel spans the mighty chasm which
sin has made between earth and heaven.”
Mr. Daniel is evidently a scholar, a
deep, clear, logical thinker, possessed of
fine elocutionary powers, enhanced by a
happy selection of forcible words and ac
curate quotations from scripture.
We left the church feeling that a con
gregation who will faithfully attend upon
such a ministration of the word, cannot
fail of a blessing.—Griffin News.
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE A LIVE
TOWN.
Haw kinsville Dispatch.
The permanent success of a community
depends in a great measure upon the char
acter of its citizens, and upon the interest
they manifest in the business of their own
town. A community, without business is
a dead community, and while much de
pends upon the business men, and upon
their enterprise and push, a great deal de
pends upon the citizens principally. Mer
chants, in order to be successful, must
have support of their own citizens. And
it matters very little how much attention
a man may give his business, or how much
life he may put into it, unless his own
neighbors stay by him and patronize him,
he cannot succeed. We speak advisedly
and knowingly, when we say that, with
the active competition in all the branches
of trade, and with the prevailing disposi
tion to purchase cheap goods, and the
mania among some people for purchasing
goods away from home, our merchants
have a hard struggle. The margins to-day,
are not what they were some years ago.
On the other hand, we know the profits
and, in fact, so small that the
retailer must handle immense quanties
of goods in order to secure a fair interest
upon the capital invested. We say, deal
with merchants and business men of your
own town who advertises ; they are alive
to the wants of their customers and, as a
class, they are liberal in all public enter
prises. Break up the pernicious habit of
going or sending away from home to pur
chase goods.
Captains of French steamers generally
belong to the nobility of France.
FIGHT FOR A GIRL.
A BLOODY STREET DUEL IN BIR
MINGHAM.
Two Prominent Younfc Men Fight in
The Presence of Their Lady Love
While on Their Way to
the Jones Revival.
Birmingham, Ala., October 26.—Bir
mingham has borne the brunt of many
a false report about her people’s moraD,
but nothing haa so pained her citizens as
the unfortunate shooting of two young
men to-night, at 7 o’clock, Walter Orr, a
handsome young Mississippi&n, who has
been here for the past four years, iu the
livery business, and PhilGivan, a clerk in
a furnishing goods store, were in love with
Mrs. Mattie Rose. To-night Orr had an
engagement to carry this lady out to the
great revival conducted by the famous
Sam Jones.
THE ASSAULT MADE.
When Orr reached the home of the
young lady she was awaiting him at the
front gate, and the two started leisurely
down Third avenue toward Sam Jones’
tent, five squares away. After walking
two squares a man approached, and grab
bing Orr’s right arm, said:
“You are the d—d scoundrel I am look
ing for.”
Orr at #nce recognized Phil Givan, his
rival, and prepared to defend himself, as
he had previously been warned that Gi
van would shoot him if he ever caught
him with this young lady. Givan drew
a pistol and began firing on his rival ,
while the young girl still held Orr’s arm,
Orr drew his pistol, returning the fire.
Each had 38 calibre, five shooting Smith
& Wesson, and when the duel was over it
was found that every chamber of both
pistols were emptied.
BOTH MEN DYING.
Orr was shot twice, the fatal one enter
ing the abdomen. Givan was also shot
twice, ones in the arm and the surgeons
think the other ball penetrated the blad
der. It is thought Übth men will die be
fure morning. After Orr discharged every
ball from bis pistol he ran into the house
of a friend near by and borrowed another,
and reached the street before falling. Gi
van walked two squares before calling a
hack. Both young men are highly re
spected, but are not members of leading
families. The affair was most unfortu
nate, as the entire population had become
intensely interested in the great gospel
meeting begun here yesterday by Sam
Jones.
THEIR DYING DECLARATIONS.
Orr staggered into the residence of W.
T- McGutoheon. He was met by Mr,
Clayton, who laid him on a sofa. Drs.
Kendley, Shoemaker and Dozier were
called and told him the wounds were fa
tal. He made a wifi. Rev. Mr. Purser,
minister of the First Baptist Church, came
aud offered prayer, Mrs. L. 11. Morgan
also offered prayer. The scene was most
impressive. Orr said:
“I have been wordly, but if God would
let me live I would live a Christian life.
I love Christian people.” There is much
excitement. Givan ran in the dark to
Stollenwerck’s drug store, where his
wounds were dressed by Dr. Luckie. He
was hit twice, one being fatal. He will
die. Dr. Luckie called on Orr, who was
dying, and said:
“I have a message for you.”
He asked the room to be cleared, leaned
ovSi and whispered in Orr’s ear. Orr
said aloud:
“Did he say why he did it ?”
Dr. Luckie said:
“I did not ask a question.”
Keeping It All to Himself.
[New Yo'k Su-.]
“Smith (lifting the cover of his basket
aud displaying it fall of fisb( —Nice mess,
eh, for one day’s sport ?
Brown—Yes. Did you catch ’em alj
yourself ?
Smith—Certainly, of course.
Brown—Where did you catch ’em ?
Smith (slyly)—Oh, in a little stream in
Pennsylvania not a thousand miles from
here. But I oan’t giye the snap away,
you know old boy,
Brown (sarcastically)—No, indeed. If I
knew where I could catch Spanish maok
erel in a Pennsylvania stream 1 wouldn’t
give the snap away either.
Hungry Ancestor.
[Texas Sn'liu~s.]
In an Italian garrison there was a pri
vate soldier by the name of Ugolini. One
of the officers took the soldier aside ooe
day and asked him :
“Are you a descendant of the famous
Couut Ugoliuo, about whom Dante
wrote? ’
“No,” replied the soldier, “all my an
cestors were poor people.”
*‘l refer to Count Ugolino who was
starved to death with his sons ia the tow
er at Pisa.”
“If he didn’t get enough to eat very
likely he was au ancestor of miue after
all,” replied the houest soldier.
Birmingham, Ala., is goiag to produce
a book giving a history of John Wilkes
Booth, and proving that he still lives.
The grand jury has found a true bill
against Stead, editor of the Pali Mall
Gazette, for the abduction of Eiiza Arm
strong.
Irish landlords are remitting 20 per
cent, of rents on account of the adversi
ties of their tenants in the agricultural
districts.
NUMBER 26
BE A WOMAN.
Oft I’ve beard a gentle mother,
As the twilight hours began,
Pleading with a son on duty,
Urging him to be a. man.
But unto her blue-eyed daughter,
Though with love’s wordsquite as ready,
Points she out the other duty—
“ Strive, my dear, to be a lady.”
What’9 a lady ? Is it something
Made of hoops and silks and airs,
Used to decorate the parlor
Like the fancy rings and chairs?
Is it one that wastes on novels
Every feeling that is human ?
If ’tis this to be a lady ,
’Tis not this to be a woman.
Mother, then unto your daughter
Speak of something higher far
Than to be mere fashion’s lady—
“ Woman” is the brightest star.
If vou in your strong affections.
Urge your son to be a true man,
Urge your daughter no less strongly
To arise and be a woman.
Yes, a woman ! Brightest model
Of that high and perfect beauty,
Where the mind and soul and body
Blend to work out life’s great duty.
Bea woman; naught is higher
On the girled crest of time;
On the catalogue of virtue
There’s no brighter, holier name.
Minnie Lee Arnold .
Kingston , Ga.
ODDS AND ENDS.
Flood Rock continues to sink four feet
a day.
Halloo, a Louisiana town, wants its
name changed.
Iu France last year there were 75,754
illegitimate births.
The Queen of Italy’s best fan is of kid
leather, painted in oil.
A second crop of strawberries is being
picked iu Massachusetts.
Sweden has become the fashionable
hunting ground of Europe.
It is now known the 4 24,000 Christians
were massacred iu Annum.
Th crust of the earth is said to be only
one-uiutieth <-f its radius.
An astonishing rfigu at a tobacconist’s
in Paris : “No smoking,”
A two-pound nugget of gold has been
found at Vein Mountain N. C.
Autum bonnets will bo tied under the
chin with pretty velvet bows.
The children T>f Isreal now number
about 6,377,000 the world oyer.
In Leigh, England, 1,700 people eup
themselves catching shrimps.
New York city is to spend SI,OOO for
waterlilies to be placed in its parks.
John Adams and his son, John Quincy,
were perfectly bald.
Fitzhugh Lee is short and stout, with
grayish chin v hiskers, and looks like a
farmer,
Holman accuses the census of an over
production of Indians to the number of
60,000.
A SACRELIGIOUS THEFT.
How the Pen With Which Lincoln Wrote
Emancipation Was Stolen.
[Ch caffo News, Oct. 21. j'
“I have always been auxioua to shoot
a burglar, and to think that I did not
improve the only chauceof my life griev
es me more than my loss,” said Mr.
Claude J. Adams yesterday. Mr. Adams
was referring to the recent burglary of
his home at No. 3656 ludiaua avenue.
Two of his neighbors’ houses have been
entered at night of late and sacked of
their valuables. The work iu each
case is that of a skilful housebreaker,
none of the InJJTgling * * novice
having been discovered. Mr. Adams
house was entered early last week.
Concerning the matter Mr. Adams
said:
“I was awakened from my sleep by a
slight noise on the back stairs, and upon
looking saw some oue who bore a lighted
caudle going down the steps. I return
ed to my room and consulted my watch,
wiiich pointed to three o’clock. Until
thou I supposed the person on the stairs
to be the servant girl. My next thought
was that the opportunity of my life had
come to kill a burglar. I seized my
pistol, but he had gone. He took with
Lim my pantaloons, which he got by my
bedside, and my wife’s jewelry box from
the mantel shelf. Among the jewelry,
which consisted of my wife’s entire out
fit, eYcept her rings, was an exceedingly
valuable relic. It was the pen with which
Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipa
tion proclamation. Mrs. Lincoln, who
had been a lifelong friend of my wife,
gave her the pen. Mrs. Adams regrets
the loss of the souvenir more than of
her jewelry. In my pocket* were $260,
which foot* up my loss individually.
The thief was a clever one. He came
in through the cellar and cut a pannel
in the hall door. He carried a wax can
dle all around the room where I was
sleeping, as was shown by wax dropping
upon the floor. ”
She Paid Extra.
[ Detroit Free J'rcss j
A widow, whose age might have been
forty, went into business on Grand River
avenue a few weeks ago, and the first
move was to get a sign painted. The ser
vices of a sign painted were secured, and
when he finished his work he put ou his
“imprint” by placing his initials, “W. A.
H.,” down ou the left hand corner of the
sign. Wbeu the widow came to criticise
the work she queried :
“What does ‘W. A. H.’ stand for?”
Why, ‘Wanted A Husbaud,’ ” replied
the painter.
“Oh, yes—l see,” she mused. “It was
very thoughtful in you, and here is a dol
lar extra!”