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Leovc Rome every Tuesday and Friday. .. .8 am
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• Rome, Ga.
CIIKHOKEE R AILRO AD.
On and after Monday. May 22, 1882, the train*
on this Koad will run daily as follow* (Bunday
excepted):
PASSENGER TRAIN.—MORNING.
Leave Cartersville 9:15 am
Arrive at Stileshoro 9:51 a m
Arrive at Taylorsville 10:12 am
Arrive at Rockmart 10:51 a m
Arrrive at Cedartown 11:50 am
RETURNING.
Leave Cedartown 2:05 pm
Arrive at Rockmart 2:58 p m
Arrive at Taylorsville 3:33 p m
Arrive at Stileshoro 3:slpm
Arrive at Cartersvillo 4:25 p m
PASSENGER TRAIN.—EVENING.
Leave CartersviHe 4:30 pm
Arrive at stileshoro 6:04 p m
Arrive at Taylorsville 5:22 pm
Arrive at Rockmart 6.00 p m
Arrive at Cedartown 7:00 pm
RETURNING.
Leave Cedartown 5:40 am
Arrive at Rockmart . . 6:3lam
Arrive at Taylorsville 7:04 am
Arrive at Stileshoro 7:18 am
Arrive at Cartoreville 7:45 a m
ROME RAILROAD.
The following is the present pnssenysr sched
ale:
NO. 1.
Leave Rome 6:10 am
Arrive at Kingston 8:55 am
no. 2.
Leave Kingston 9:20 am
Arrive at Rome 10:25 a m
NO. 3.
Leave Rome 4:15 pm
Arrive at Kingston 5:30 pm
no. 4.
Leave Kingston 5:55 pm
Arrive at Rome 6:50 pm
NO. 5.
Leave Rome 8:00 am
Arrive at Kingston 9:00 am
no. 6.
Leave Kingston 9:20 am
Arrive at Koine 10:10 a in
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Nos. 3 and 6 will run Sundays only.
No. 1 will not stop at the junction. Makes
clo-t,* connection at Kingston for Atlanta and
Chattanooga.
No. 2 makes connection at Rome with E. T..
5 a. A Ga. R. R.. for points south.
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WESTERN AND ATLANTIC R. R.
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NIGHT PASSENGER— CF.
Leave Atlanta 2:40 pm
Leave Cartersville 4:30 pm
Leave Kingston 4:55 p m
Leave Dalton 6:34 pm
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Leave Chattanooga 2:55 pm
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Leave Cartersville 6:32 pm
Arrive at Atlanta 8:40 pm
DAY PASSENGER—UP.
Atlanta 7:00 am
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Leave Kingston 9:2lam
Leave Dalton 10:55 a m
Arrive at Chattanooga 12:30 a m
DAY PASSENGER—DOWN.
Leave Chattanooga 8:00 a m
Leave Dalton . . 9:46 am
Leave Kingston 11:15 a m
Leave Cartersville 11:42am
Arrive at Atlanta 1:40 pm
_ ROME EXPREBS
Leave Atlanta 4:30 pm
Arrive at ('artcrsville 6:3lpm
Arrive at Kingston 7:00 pm
Leave Kingston 6 :06 ana
Arrive at Cartersville . . . . . B:t2 a m
Arrive at Atlanta 10:37 am
VOLUME V.
MR. WHEAT’S TRIBUTE.
To the Editor of The Free Press; Uniuflu
enced by any living soul, I voluntarily offer a
tribute of gratitude to a man who has been the
greatest benefactor to myself ami family that we
have met throughout our live*. I do this be
rause I sec that an effort is being made by cer
tain jiersona to put him down and impair bis
usefulness, which I honestly believe to lie
g: eater than that of any other individual in
this country. I refer to Dr. F. \V. Memmler.
Fourteen years ago I lived in southwest Geor
gia, and there my trouble and the disease of mv
dear wife first began. I had two good physi
cians there, whose efforts failing to restore her
health, they advised me to move to Florida. I
did so. She not only grew worse in Florida, but
also lost her hearing in one year. My wife’s
health being my only object, I was advised to
move to a higher country. I did so, and went to
Columbia county, this state, employing
there the best medical skill, but without avail. I
caaricd her back to her mother’s in southwes
tern Georgia. There I retained three of the best
physicians the oouotry afforded; but she still
grew worse. I then, by advice of these physi
cians, carried her to Sweetwater, Tenn. There
she improved a little, under the treatment of a
good physician.
I then moved to Floyd county. She was some
better for three years, but not well. Two years
ago she was attacked by her old disease, in a
worse form than ever, and it grew worse and
worse, under medical treatment, until the dis
ease culminated in the loss of her rntnd, and the
only comfort I got from physician or friends was
that I was advised to send her to the asylum.
My wife’s condition was such that she could not
rest nor sleep except when I sat by her side and
rubbed her head, it seems that the rubbing
quieted her, but as soon as I would stop, she
would start up in wild confusion. God only
knows what I and she suffered. I prayed to God
for help, night and day. 1 still refused to carry
her to the asylum, but carried her to Middle
Georgia, consulting a physician in Thomson.
He advised me that she had dropsy aud to semi
her to the asylum. I still refused and called
her to a physician in Augusta, who said she had
a humor in the brain, and said her only fit place
was in the asylum. I still refused. I resorted
to opium, and she continued this until she could
cat enormous quantities of it, a handful even, at
a time and still no sleep, except through com
plete exhaustion, On the 24th day of December
last, T arrived in Cartersvilie. Ou the 25th, Mrs.
Field advised me to take her to Dr. Memmler.
I remarked to Mrs. Field that I hail employed
doctors for many years and spent all my means
nearly in seeking relief for my wife, and was
discouraged. She told me to go to Dr. Memmler,
that he had saved her life, and if he could help
my wife he would be candid with ire, and tell
me so or not, as the case might be. Thanks to
God first and to Mrs. Field next, I did so; and
the doctor was kind enough, after hearing the
story of our not td charge me anything for
'the examination. My wife at that time weighed
just 72pounds, and was worse in her health than
ever before, and often did not know her own
children. The doctor at once took the opium from
her, and took her in treatment. After three
• lays, she was enabled to sleep soundly and
sweetly, without stimulants, and asked how she
came to be' at Dr. Memmler’s house, not recol
lecting even, when she came there, and aston
ished that her hearing was completely restored.
After twenty-one days’ treatment, she gained
thirty-two pounds, and Las improved wonder
fully ever since, and there is every reason to be
lievo that only a man who has suffered like I
have, standing at the bedside of his afflicted
wife, night after night, month after month and
year after year, with no hope that she can be
rescued from the grave, or the asylum, is able to
shake my faith in him, and in his skill as a phy
sician. May God bless him and his good work,
m<l mwy tho afflicted of orn country, Jung lmve
the opportunity of availing themselves of his
wonderful skill. Mr. Editor, I desire to make
oath to tiie truth of the above statement of facts
and do so volnutarily and gladly.
T. H. WHEAT.
Georgia, Bartow County—ld person came bc
for me Thomas 11. Wheat, who being duly
sworn, says tiie above statement of facts in ref
erence to his wife’s case is true and not exag
gerated in the loast. Sworn to and subscribed
before me this 24th of February, 1883.
F. M. SHAW, J. I\
DU. F. VM. NUUMLER
Makes specialties of chronic diseases, such as
cancer, without recourse to the knife, rheuma
tism in any form or stage, piles, bloody or blind,
White swelling will he relieved seedily. All
forms of venereal diseases, acute or chronic;
gravel and urinary complaints: diseases of the
kidneys and liver; dropsy in any form; tape
worm; fever sores, female diseases, leucoerhoea,
prolopsus uteri, irregular menstruation, difficul
ties attending the climacteric, Bright’s diseaso
diabetes, dyspepsia, loss of memory, diseases of
the eye and ear, liver spots amrireckles remov
ed in a short time, tetter, rickets, catarrh and
ozuena.
1 will give the names of some persons whose
testimonials will follow', which have been cured
by me: Mrs. N. A. Lockridge, Cartersville, can
cer on the nose; G'. N. Sanford, Burlington,
Coffee county, Kansas, rose cancer over the eye;
Carolina Schaeffer, cancer on the face, Town
Dale, Ottogamie county, WTs.; Irwin Addison,
Jopelin, Jasper county, Missouri, cancer on the
face; Delilah Yingling, cancer on the lip, Bur
lington, Coffee county, Kansas; A. R. Hudgins,
Cartersville, Ga., cancer on the right side of the
cheek; erysipelas and fever sores. James M.
Smith, Esq., Cartersville Ga.; Mrs. Lizzie
Goodman, Cartersville, Ga., tape worm sixty
llvefeetiu length, removed; Mrs. M. A. Ham
monds, tape worm about fifty feet long; D. N.
Poor, erysipelas and fever sores, Carterseille,
Ga. I give these testimonials in proof of the
fact that these chronic affections can be removed
and healed.
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rruus FAMOUS REMEDY MOST HAPPILY
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of her diseases. It is a specific for certain dis
eased conditions of the womb, and proposes to so
control the Menstrual Function as to regulate all
the derangements and irregularities of Woman’!
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Its proprietor claims for it no other medical
property; and to doubt the fact that thie medi
cine does positively possess sucii controlling and
regulating powers 1* simply to discredit the vol
untary testimony of thousands of living wit
nesses, who are to-day exulting in their restora
tion to sound health and happiness.
BRADFI ELD'S
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is strictly a vegetable compound, and is the pro
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directed towards the benefit of
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It is the studied prescription of a learned phy
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his wonderful success in the treatment and cure
of female complaints. THE REGULATOR is
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serves its name:
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Because it controls a class of functions, the va
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STEPHENS' LAST WILL.
The Disposition of His Property Md Mo
ui on toes— Care of Old Frieuds.
Georgia— Taliaferro count}’.
lißtw* naiiie of Got?, amen ! 1, Alex
ander H. Stephens of the state and coun
ty afore-,ti!, bedog-of sound mind and
disponing memory, do make and declare
the following to he my last will aud tes
tament, hereby revoking and annulling
all other wills heretofore made by me,
and codicils thereto:
First, It is my will and desire that my
friend, QuiueaO’Neal, shall have a home
at “Liberty Hall” and comfortable sup
poit ota of my estate as long as she lives.
•Second. Eliza Stephens, widow of Har
ry Stephens, is to have a home in the
house she now occupies as long as she
may feel disposed to, free from rent or
charge.
Third, I will and bequeath to the chil
dren of my deceased brother, L’rton Ste
phens, the sum of ten thousar. ! dollars
in money, the same to be divided into
six equal shares, of sixteen hundred and
sixty-six dollars and sixty-six cents
each. The share which would go to Re
becca Saultcr, daughter of my said broth
er were she in life, I bequeath to her two
children, to-wit: John and Agnes Enai
line Salter. The share which would go
to Emiline Stephens, daughter of my
said brother, I bequeath also to the said
John and Agnes Salter. The other four
shares I bequeath to Claude, Nora, Alex
ander and Rose Mary Stephens, children
of my said brother Linton, each separate
ly aud severally.
Fourth, I hereby constitute my sister
in-law, Mary W. Stephens, testamentary
guardian of the property herein bequeath
ed to John and Agnes Emeline Salter,
and also of the property in like manner
bequeathed to Nora Alexander and Rose
Mary Stephens.
Fifth, The share going to my niece,
Claude Stephens, I wish to go in any
way she may by written instructions di
rect, by will or otherwise, even if made
before my death.
Sixth, The portrait of my brother Lin
ton, by Healey, I leave to sister Mary
W. Stephens, his widow, to dispose of as.
she sees proper, and if she dies without
disposing of it, then to the state library
at Atlanta.
Seventh. The portrait by the same ar
tist of my said brother’s first wife which
l intended for Emma Stephens, her
daughter, I wish if she shall so direct go
to Agnes Emiline Salter.
Eighth, I w ish sister Mary W. Ste
phens, widow of my said brother Linton,
to have all his letters which are in my
possession, except such as she may agree
to let my executor have.
Ninth, If my nephew, Alexander Ste
phens, son of my brother Linton, lives to
to the age of twenty-one years, I wish
him to have if he desires them, all the
letters in tny possession, which passed
between his father and myself, which
ran through a period of nearly forty
years.
Tenth. According to a promise made
to Micajah L. Jones, the house and lot
which he occupied at the time of his
death, and whereon his widow now lives,
I bequeath to his said widow’, Minerva
Jones, for and during her natural life,
and at her death to her children by the
said Micajah L. Jones, and if her said
children shall die without issue living
at their death, then the remainder go to
my nephew, Clarence Stephens; Provid
ed further, that if her son, Carey Jones,
shall pay to my executor the sum of two
hundred dollars, then he is have said let
after the death of his mother, and full
titles to this effect shall be made to him,
the said Carey, by my executor, and my
executor shall pay over said sum of two
hundred dollars to the said Clarence Ste
phens.
Eleventh, To my nephew, Linton A.
Stephens, I bequeath my Baptist church,
Atlanta fair gold-headed cane, besides
what I have given him.
Twelfth. To my nephew, Alexander
Stephens, son of my brother Linton, I
give m} T gold-headed Oglethorpe county
cane.
Thirteenth. To my niece, Mary S.
Corry, I give my marble top center table,
which belongs to my parlor.
Fourteenth, To my faithful servant
Alexander Kent, I give the sum of two
hundred dollars for his kind attention to
me.
Fifteenth, To Jane Moore, daughter of
Harry Stephens, and Qninea and Fanny
Stephens, I give the sums of ten dollars
eat h.
Sixteenth, To Dora Stephens I give
the gold watch which she now’ has in her
possession.
Seventeenth, To all the other of my
old servants I wish my executer to give
such articles of furniture or other things
of mementoes, he may see fit and proper.
Eighteenth. My property, I think
upon a fair valuation, is worth twelve
thousand dollars. All this alter payment
of the foregoing specific legacies and
charges, I give to my nephew , John A.
Stephens, who is hereby constituted exe
cutor of this will. All the remainder of
my estate, consisting of real and person
al property, and everything of value I
may die possessed of, including my libra
ry, manuscripts, etc., I bequeath to him on
condition that he shall pay all my debts
and the foregoing specific legacies. The
payment of the legacies to the minor
children of my brother Linton and Re
becca Salter’s two children, I wish to be
in three annual instalments if my execu
tor shall desire. The interests on all
legacies to commence one year after my
death, at the rate of seven per cent, per
annum. In this way the minor children
will have plenty to pay their annual
school bills. And my said executor may
be able by sale if noeessary to raise the
funds to meet his engagements without
embarrassment. I will also add that 1
CARTERSVILLE. GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 19. 1883
have never before gifEu to my brother
Lintou's. children anything but a lew
small presents, while I have given to my
brother John anti his children quite as
much perhaps, if not more then I now
to Linton’s children. And I w ith
tny brother Linton have also given to the
children of our sister Catharine Grier
several thousand dollars—the exact
amount I do not now' remember, nor is it
material—but quite as -much as I feel
able to give them.
The foregoing four pages penned by
John A. Stephens, my executor, and
written at my dictation, I have carefully,
read with the three interlineations on
the third page and the erasure of the word
“it’’ in the second line from the bottom
on same page, and pronounce the whole
as the eighteen items now stand to be
correct and as I wish and w ill it.
In w itness w hereof I have herein set
my hand and seal, this lo’.h day of July,
188 L Alexander 11. Stephens.
Published and declared to be his last
will and testament and subscribed as
such in our presence, who w’ere called
on by the testator to sign it as witnesses
in the presence of the testator, and in the
presence of each other.
J. J. Kent,
J. T. Chapman,
James D. Waddell.
HOW TO SUCCEED.
Peter Cooper's Story of the Way He At
tained Health and Happiness.
On his birthday Mr. Cooper was inter
viewed, and what he said contained so
much that is of benefit that it is repro
duced in full:
“First tell me how you managed to
live so long; what advice would you give
to young people them to help to live to
be ninety?”
“I should put it in two words: live
soberly and righteously,” said Mr..Coo
per.
When asked to amplify on those words,
Mr. Cooper added : “Ore of the best les
sons I ever got was from one of the oldest
records of human events, w here I find
that man is the offspring of the infinite
power, which has given him the world,
with all that in it, is to be rightly enjoy
ed. It is only required of man that he
should keep it and subdue it. I under
stand by that that the infinite power
gives us all that is in the garden to eat,
to drink, to work and to play. We are
required not to eat too much, ncr to drink
too much, nor to w’ork too much, nor to
play too much. When a man eats too
much he appears like the prodigal son,
who took all his portion of the loaves and
fishes and went and spent it in riotous
living and amongs harlots. He thus got
into a deplorable state, and would fain
have partaken of the husks that the
swine did eat. That reminds me that
man’s very wretchedness will bring
him to himself. His sufferings will
teach him that he lias done wrong.
When the prodigal son returned to his
father he was humble, and thought that
peradventure his father would make him
one of his hired servan's. But he did not
find his father harsh and unforgiving,
his father did not say, you rascal why
have you been wasting my substance?
No, his father welcomed him, saying,
‘This is my son, who was dead and is
alive again.’ He called his people and
killed the fattest calf, and gave the pro
digal a welcome that even offended the
son who had not gone from home. I in
fer from this that we are living here on
earth under beautiful and benefieient
laws—laws designed in infinite wisdom
for the elevation of mankind. I infer
that just in proportion as we live in obe
dience to those laws we shall have health
and comfort. If we disobey those laws
we shall pay the penalty. That rule
holds good for man or city or community
or state or nation. The penalty of dis
obedience must be paid somewhere, some
how, at some time.”
“One more question, Mr. Cooper. llow
did you get rich ?”
“In the first place, I learned three
trades. I learned to be a brewer, a
coaehmaker, and a machinist, all before I
was twenty-one years old. I worked
three years at $1.50 a day, saved enough
out of that to get a start in life, I was
making machines to shear cloth. Then I
bought the patent right of the machine
and made them for sale. That was before
the war of 1812.
“What general rule have you adopted
in business?” was asked.
“One was that I determined to give the
world an equivalent in some form of
useful labor for all that I consumed in it.
I went on and enlarged my business, all
the while keepiug out of debt. I cannot
recollect a time when I could not pay
what 1 owed any day. 1 would not spend
money before I earned it. Another rule
I had was to keep clear of banks. I nev
er asked them for accommodation. I
never got them to discount notes, because
I didn’t wish to incur an obligation
without a certainty of being able to pay
it. In that way I managed to keep clear
ot panics. My rule was ‘pay as you go.’
I can’t remember the time when any
man could not have had for the asking
what I owed,”
Popular Clergyman Under A Mule.
It was in the Yosemite, on a steep and
rugged mountain road. The party num
bered about a dozen, and the jolliest of
all was a well-known dominie. Some
how or other his mule stumbled and
rolled over and over, the dominie cling
ing fast to him. When they came to a
stop the mule was on top. Both the
dominie and the mule w r ere badly bruis
ed. One of the party happened to have
a bottle of Perry Davis’s Pain Killer.
In a few hours they were ready to pro
ceed un their journey.
FAMOUS POIILAK SONGS.
Thlr Authorship and the Circumstances
I ntler Which They Were Composed.
St. Louis Republican.]
“Auld Lang Syne” is popularly sup
posed to be the composition of Burns,
but, In tact, he wrote only the second
and third verses of the ballad as com
monly sung, retouching the others from
an old f uniliar soog. “The Oid Oaken
Bucket was written by Woodworth in
New 'York city during the hot summer
of 1817. He came into the house and
drunk a glass of water, and then said:
‘How much more refreshing it would be
to take a good long drink from the old
oaken bucket that used to hang in my
father’s well.” His wife suggested that
it was a happy thought for a poem, lie
sat down and wrote the song as we have
it. “Woodman, Spare The Tree” was
the result of an incident that happened
to George P. Morris. A friend’s mother
had owned a little place in the country
which sfie was obliged, from poverty,
to sell. On the property grew a large
oak which had been planted by his grand
father. The purchaser of the house and
land proposed to cut down the tree, and
Morris’ friend paid him $lO for a bond
that the oak should be spared. Morris
heard the story, saw the tree and wrote
the song. “Oft in the Stilly Night”
was produced by Moore after his family
had undergone apparently every possible
misfortune. One of his children died
young, another went astray, and a third
was accidentally killed. “The Light of
Other Days” was written to be introduc
ed into Balfe’s opera, “The Maid of
Artois.” The opera is forgotten, but the
song still lives and is as popular as ever.
HOME, SWEET HOME.
Payne wrote “Home, Sweet Home,”
to help fill up an opera he was preparing,
and at first it had four stanzas. The
author never received anything for it,
but though the opera was a failure when
played in the Convent Garden Theatre,
the song took, and over one hundred
thousand copies were sold the first year.
In two years the publishers cleared over
SIO,OOO by the publication; and the va
riations, transcription and imitations
have been innumerable. The melody is
believed to be a Sicilian air, and Doni
zetti has a variation of it in his opera
“Anna Bolena.” Payne was afterward
appointed American consul at Tunis,
where he died, and whence his remains
the ether day were sent to America.
Some of his miseries may be guessed
from his own words: “How often have
I been in the heart of Paris, Berlin, Lon
don, or some other city, and have heard
persons singing or hand-organs playing
‘Home, Sweet Home,’ without having a
shilling to buy myself the next meal, or
a place to lay my head. The world has
literally sung my song till every heart is
familiar with its melody; yet I have been
a wanderer from my boyhood, and in my
old age have to submit to humiliation for
my bread.”
OLD FOLKS AT HOME.
Foster’s “Old Folk’s at Horne” was the
best song he ever wrote. Over 400,000
copies were sold by the firm that first
published it, and the author Is said to
have received $15,000 for his share in its
sale. Christy, the noted minstrel, paid
S4OO for the privilege of having his name
printed on one edition of “Old Folks at
Home” as the author and composer.
The song is thus often erroneously at
tributed to him.”
“Rock Me to Sleep” was written by
Mrs. Allen, cf Maine. She was paid $5
for it, and Russell & Cos., of Boston, who
had in three years gained $4,000 by its
sale, offered her $5 a piece for any song
she might write. Some years after,
when a poor widow and in need of mon
ey, she sent them a song which was
promptly rejected.
“A Life on the Ocean Wave,” by
Epes Sargent was pronounced a failure
by his friends. The copy wright of the
song became very valuable, though Sar
gent never got anything from it himself.
“What are the Wild Waves Saying?”
was suggested to Dr. Carpenter by a
scene from Dickens’ novel, “Dombey &
Son,” and the music was by Glover.
“Poor Jack” was from the pen of the
“Lamplighter.” “Poor Jack” netted
$25,000 for its publisher, and almost noth
ing for the author.
“STAKS OF THE SIMMER .NIGHT,”
a very famous song, especially for sere
naders, was written by Alfred H. Pease,
the noted pianist, whose sad death in St.
Louis a few months ago, was so greatly
deplored by his friends. “Love’s Young
Dream” was one of Moore’s best, but
the tune to which it is commonly sung
is from an Irish ballad called the “Old
Woman.” Moore sung his own songs
so well that both the auditors and him
self were often moved to tears. Once
when he was singing this song a lady
who heard him, implored him to stop.
“For heaven’s sake, stop! This is not
good for my soul!”
“Auld Robin Gray” was the work of
Lady Anne Lindsay, who tells a curious
story of the circumstances of its compo
sition : “I called to my little sister, the
only person near, and said: “I have
been writing a ballad, my r dear. I am
oppressing my heroine with many mis
fortunes. I have already sent her Jamie
to the sea, and broke her father’s arm,
and made her mother fall very sick, and
given her Auld Robin Gray for a lover,
but I wish to load her with a fifth sorrow
within the four lines, poor thing. Help
me to one.’ ‘Sell the cow,’ said the lit
tle Elizabeth. The cow was Immediate
ly lifted by me, and the song complet
ed.” “Kathleen Mavourneen” was sold
by Crouch, the author, lor $25, and
brought the publishers as many thous
onds. Crouch was hopelessly improvi
dent, and in his latter days became a
tramp. When M’me Titiens was in this
country a number of years ago she sung
“Kathleen Marourneen” in Near York,
when a dirty tramp introduced himself
as Crouch, was recognised, and thanked
her for singing the song so well. “Ben
nie Doon” was the only English song
that the Eutperer Napoleon liked. “I’ll
liang Mv Harp on a Willow Tree” is
said to hare been written by an English
nobleman in love with the princess (now
Queeu Victoria.) “Annie Laurie” is
200 years old and was the production of
a man named Douglass, to celebrate the
praise of a girl named Lamie. The lady
afterward deserted the man who made
her famous, aud she married a man nam
ed Ferguson. “Sally in Our Alley” was
written by Carey, the dramatist.
A TILUKN DOOM.
The Banquet of the Iroquoia Club in Chi
cago—Bayard's Speech.
Chicago, April 13. —A banquet was
given at the Palmer house in this city to
night to mark the anniversary of the
birth of Thomas Jefferson, by the Iro
quois club. An informal reception took
place at the hotel during the forenoon,
and a great number called to pay their
respects to Senator Bayard, who had
been named as the ehief orator of the oc
casion, and whose utterance were appar
ently looked forward to with some anti
cipation, possibly, of radical statements.
The banquet was an elaborate affair, and
the number attending exceeding three
hundred. Senator Bayard, in response
to the toast, “Our Country,” after pay
ing a compliment to the eity of Chicago
and to the company assembled, and sum
marizing the greatness of the nation and
its resources in eloquent strains, of which
no adequate idea can be given within
the limits of a telegraphic item, proceed
ed to forecast the future. He said it is
impossible to mistake that in the present
indication so manifest and abundant we
are soon to be witnesses in the election of
1884 of a splendid and potential proof of
the popular wisdom and power to re
dress grievances, to reform unwise poli
cies, to rebuke corruption and purify and
strengfhen popular institutions by driv
ing out of the mercenary and inactive
politicians who have betrayed the popu
lar trust and disgraced and degraded the
administration of our government.
Hon. James O. Broadhead, of Mis
souri, replied to the sentiment, “Thomas
Jefferson.”
Col. W. F. Vilas, of Wisconsin, dwelt
at some length upon the “Demoracy
past, present and future.”
• lion. Lyman Trumbull, of Illinois
responded to the toast, “Toe CoiWtitu
tion.”
E. P. Wheeler, of New York, presi
dent of the free trade league, responded
to the toast “A tariff for revenue only.”
“Temperance a virtue, prohibition a
vice,” was replied to by J. G. Jenkins,
of Wisconsin, in place of Ilenry Watter
son, of Kentucky.
“The Democratic Press” was replied
to by William Henry Ilurlbut, of the
New York World.
“The Great Northwest” was respond
ed to by General J. C. Black, of Illinois.
“Monopolies shall not rule,” received
an appropriate response from Hon. W.
M. Springer, of Illinois.
“Public office a public trust,” was re
plied to by Major Carter H. Harrison, of
Chicago.
This completed the programme, which
lasted till a late hour. During the day
the rooms of the club were filled with
visitors, and presidential chances were
discussed at length. The general drift
of opinion seemed to favor S. J. Tilden
for the democratic standard bearer of
1884.
About SI,OOO a minute flows into the
government’s strong box, and a great
sum has been accumulated in it one way
and another. It contains of gold and sil
ver something over three hundred mil
lion dollars; of bonds as much more;
of national bank notes, old and new, as
much more. Altogether there are about
one thousand millions in the treasury,
and now that anew treasurer has been
appointed it is all to be counted. Sixty
expert clerks are engaged in counting
this billion of dollars, and thus far they
have found four cents more than they
looked for.
Now they speak of Crude Petroleum
as a remedy for Consumption ; better not
try it, but take Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup,
the standard Cough Remedy of our age.
It is agreeable to the taste, never fails to
cure, and costs only 25 cents a bottle.
Get the Best. —lt is admitted by
physicians everywhere, that the Seven
Springs Iron and Alum Mass, made by
Landrum <fc Litchfield, Abingdon, Va.,
is the best kuown tonic alterative we
have in use for correcting the acidities of
the Stomach, Disorders of the Liver,
Affections of the Kidneys and impurities
of the Blood, Indigestion, Chills and
Fever, etc. For sale at 50' cents and $1
per bottle. Ask your Druggist for it.
A few months since the Ben Hill resid
ence in Athens sold for less than $6,000.
The other day a party wished to purchase
t for a home, when the owner refused to
ake one cent less than $12,000 for the
property.
English capitalists have a high appre
ciation of the values of landed estates in
the United States, as evidenced by the
large tracts bought in Florida, Texas,
Dakota, Minnesota, and other states.
Some have interpreted this as a fear of
unsettled values in England under the
reign of sovereigns that come after Queen
Victoria.
Congressman Gunther, of Wisconsin,
arrived in this country sixteen years ago
an emigrant steerage passenger from
Germany.
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NUMBER 39.
BRADY'S SENT KMC K.
The Irish Invincible Sentenced to he
Hanged for the Phoenix Park Murder.
Dublin, April 13.—The trial of Joe
Brady wh* continued this morning. The
defense called to the witness stand a clerk
named Kennedy, lie swore that he
spoke to Brady who was accompanied by
a girl, on Dominick street between five
and seven o’clock on the evening of May
6th last, the date of the Phoenix park
murders. He recognised Annie Meager
who testified yesterday that she was with
Brady on that evening as the girl in
question. The witness said that he also
met Brady on the following day. The
latter declared that murder would ruin
the cause of Ireland. Upou the conclu
sion of Kennedy’s testimony the defense
announced that they would call another
witness. The argument of the counsel
for defense and prosecution followed.
The judge finished his charge at thirteen
minutes after 3 o’clock, and the verdict
of the jury was rendered at 5 minutes be
fore 4. When the verdict was read a
deep but suppressed murmur went round
the court room, and Brady, who up to
this time had been singularly composed
aud free from emotion, turned ashen
pale. Dr. Webb started up to make a
motion, and after complete silence had
been restored, and belore tlie judge had
pronounced the sentence of death, said
in an impressive voice: “I desire to
move for an arrest of judgment.” He
alleged that under the crimes act, the ju
ry was not legally formed, that the pri
soner had not received notice that he was
to be tried before a special jury. The
motion was denied by Judge O’Brien,
who now said to the prisoner: “Have
you anything to say why sentence of
death should not now be pronounced
upon you?” Brady responded in a loud,
clear and Arm voice: “I aui not guiky of
the charge which the informers have
sworn on me. These men would swear
away the life of any one to save their
own.” The sentence was then pronoun
ced. After sentence had been pronoun
ced, Brady who, in the meantime had
recovered his composure, rose and with
solemn vehemence protested his inno
cence of the crime. After making his
last declaimer he was hurried from the
courtroom by the officers. In the street
the announcement of the verdict had
been received with marks of utmost dis
favor and condemnation. Great crowds
of people had waited about the doors of
the tribunal until the conclusion of the
trial, and now were packed still closer
about the building, in the hopes ol get
ting a sight of the condemned man, as he
was taken to jail.
THE NEWS.
How Senaations Wore Treated By tlie
Pres* in the Old Times.
Nashville Banner.)
“What do you know?” said a Danner
reporter to the City Treasurer Nelson, as
he entered that gentleman’s olßee in the
city hall this morning.
“Not much, only I was just thinking
of the wide difference between the jour
nalism of to-day and the journalism
when I was a yjung scribbler for the
press in the days of Allan A. Hall, an old
-time journalist of his class. In those
days it was a rule with all editors
throughout the state to never print any
news of a local character. Now the local
news is the life and spice of a newspa
per. In those days politics held full
sway to the exclusion of everything else.
I remember when the Randolph, a large
steamboat, was burned at the wharf
here. Five or six days after the burning
of the boat the old Nashville Banner
printed an item in connection with the
market report, away down at the bottom
to this effect: ‘The steamboat Randolph
was burned at our wharf last Thursday,
together with a large eargo. A negro
woman was burned to death while trying
to make her escape.’ That was all that
was ever said about it.”
“If such a thing were to happen now,
no newspaper would think of giving less
than a column account of it,” suggested
the reporter.
“Certainly not. You see, editors in
those days saw things different from what
they do now. When a big sensation
happened the old-time editors used to
say: ‘Well, there’s no use to say any
thing about it; the town people are all
as familiar with it as we are, and the
country people don’t care to know any
thing about it.' I remember the biggest
sensation that ever happened in Nash
ville before the war. I went around and
asked permission of one of the editors to
write up something about it. The editor
said: .‘Oh, well I can’t pay any atten
tention to these local matters, but if you
insist, why go ahead and write a para
graph about it, but make it short.? I
wrote perhaps a dozen about it. It was
a big thing, and if it were to happen to
day you would not think of stopping un
der five columns.
Until 1867 Prince Bismarck only own
ed the estate of Schoenhausen, 2,800 acres
of land, some of it very good. In 1867
he bought Varzin, in Pomerania, from
Count Blumonthal, with the $300,030
granted him by ParlamerK. In 1971 the
EmperorgavehirnSachsenwald, to which
he ha3 added, by purchase, property
bringing up its annual value to $25,000.
The orange crop of California is said
to be so large this year that to pick more
than half of it will be impossible. One
fruit grower near Los Angeles has sold
his crop of oranges and lemons on sixty
acres, on the trees as they stand, for
$25,000.
The new Earl of Stamford, who comes
into a clear $150,000 a year, is said to have
been living at Wynberg, near Cape
Town, in a house of of the humblest
kind, with his Hottentot wife.