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BarMparltta, my child. Bee that they do not
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year ago—my favartla
Spring Medicine
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Makes Dyspepsia
the liras of many people miserable,
And ofteu lead* to •elt-dosnuctiou. Distress
after eating, sour stomach, sick headache,
heartbun^ loss of appetite, a faint, “ all gone”
feeli ig, bad taate, coated tongue, and irregu
Distress larlty of tho bowels, aro
some of tho more common
L Aftor symptoms. Dyspepsia does
Eating not get well of itself. It
requires careful, persistent
attention, and a remedy like Hood's Sarsa¬
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food appetite, ar.il by thus Sick /
OYerc.^.'.lug the local «ymp- Headache
toms removes the sympa¬
thetic effects of # the diaease, banishes the
headache, and refreshes tho tired mind.
** I have been troubled with dyspepsia. I
had but Uttlo appetite, and what I dhl eat «
•V*® UAa*-+. distressed “C, or did mo
burn . little good. In an hour
after tatting I would axp«
ttence a falnt^hfs, or tired, all cone feeling
as though I had not eaten anything. My trou¬
ble, I think, was aggravated by my badness,
Vhlch Is that cI a painter, and from being
more or less shut up In a Sour
room with fresh paint. Last e .
spring 1 took Hood's ftarsa- otOITtaCn
rilta —took three bottles. It did no an
Immense amount cf good. It gave me an
appetite, and my food relished and satisfied
the eraving I had rratfs>usljr experienced.’!
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DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES.
Baptist Cnmtcii.-Kev. Z.T. Weaver, Pas¬
tor. Preaching Sunday-school 1st and 3rd Sundays J. E, in Paul- each
month. 9 a. m.,
iin Supt. Prayer meeting Thursday even
mgs.
} Vaster. IMktiiodist CiiUROn.— -Rev J.O. Langston
/mL month. Preaching Sunday-school 2nd and 4th Sundays in
9 a. m. W. A.
Graham Supt. Ladies’ Prayer meeting Tues¬
day afternoon. Young Regular mens’ Prayer Prayer moot¬
ing Tuesday Wednesday evening. meet¬
ing even’ng.
Prbhbytrriax Ciirncn.- Sunday
school 9 a. m. J. P. 11. Br.vwn Supt,
MASONIC DIRECTORY.
Parley Lodge, No. 17.—Regular moat¬
ing 1st and 3rd L). F. Saturday Gunn, W. evenings. M. T. M
Brown, See.,
Lafayette 2nd Saturday Chaitkr evening. No. 12— Regular W.
mootings A.
Graham, II. P.
W. A. Graham Council. No. 22—Regular
mooting 4th Saturday evening. W. A. Gra
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K ,? f G .* in ?Jf’s 8 "?• Regular
Lightfoot, mooting 2nd Reporter. and 4th Tuesday M Brown, nights Dictator VV. E
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COUNTY.
-r .1 T Me VIlLter, Regular wsSSSHuS
sheriff. term, 4tll
Mon lays in March and September,
Court _ of Ordinary • —R. T.
Fo to, Ordinary. Kagiilur 1 / let,
Monday in oaefi month
County Court— G. G. Lark,
Judjc.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
J. E. Paullin, S. D. Coleman, J. F.
Creo!, A. L. Foster, J. N. Bigbic,
County Treasurer, J. P. H. Brown
Tax Collector, \V. R. Harrison.
Tax Receiver, T. R. Davis.
Coroner, J D Owens.
IRWIN & WARWICK,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
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FORT GAINES, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8th, 1889.
The Girl With One Stocking—A
Protective Pastoral.
Composed and arranged for the spinning
wheel and respectfully dedicated to that de¬
voted friend of protected machinery and
high taxes, the Senator from Rhode Island:
Our Mary had a little lamb.
And her heart was most intent
To make its wool beyond iu worth,
Bring 50 per «mt.
But a pauper girl ncr'ss the sea
Had one rmall lamb also.
Whoso wool for less than half that sum.
She’d willingly let go.
Ancthor girl whojhad no sheep
Nor stockings—wool nor flax—
But money just enough tojbuy
A pair without tho tax.
Went to the pauper girl to get
Some wool to shield her feet,
And make her stockings not of flax,
But both of wool complcto.
When Mary saw the girl’s design
She straight began to swear
She’d make her buy both wool and tax
Or let one leg go.bara.
So she cried out: “Protect reform !
Let pauper sheep wool free !
It will keep both her legs warm
What will encourage me ?”
So it was done, nnd the people said
Where e’er the poor girl went,
One leg was warmed with wool and one
Wfth 56 per cent.
Now, praise to Mary and her lamb,
Who did this scheme invent.
To clothe one-lialf a girl in wool
And ouc-halfin per cenU
All honor, too to Mary’s friend,
And all protective acts,
That cheaply clothe tho rich in wool
And Wrap the poor in tax.
—Senator Vance in Congressional Record
A Letter from Rev. R. B. Bryan.
Df.ak Advertiser :-Several
months liavo passed since I have
written you. And during tho in
terval that has elapsed nearly all of
you down that way havo cither
“marned’ or boen “given in mar
riage.” And that leads mo to cn
quire, Is there anybody else in Fort
Gaines to marry ? Are not nbout
all married now? Let’s see. There’s
Will Graham, and Jim Graham,and
Mag Peterson, and Frank Dillard,
ct cetera, and so forth, among the
young men; and Miss Kora Brooks,
' Scott Miss Jimmie Hatchett, and Miss
dies; besides Sharp, among the young la
perhaps of whom 1
may not have heard, or whom I
may not just now recall. Well, I’m
glad of it: they aro happy, and so
ain I. In obedience to the Script
turc injunction, I am rejoicing with
those that rejoice. And if newly
married folks can’t and dok't, re
joico, I don’t know who can.
Please extend to all of them my
heartiest good wishes.
My family, “all and singular,”
with all the “membei'3 heredilft
ments and appurtenances thercun
good to belonging, health. are at this time in
and Occasionally some
of us yawn sneeze for a day or
two with colds, but rations have to
bo issued all the same. And as
Quartermaster for this brigado, 1
aro hardly equal to tho task of sup
plying I their wants.
had the pleasure of meeting
Bro. W. A. Graham at Conference
al Eastman, but only long enough
to shake his hand and say IIow is
all? Expected him to dino with
me, but was disappointed. Sup
pose business called, and he an
swered, as is his rule in such cases.
I see Clay county has had quite
an u P lurn >ng and out turning in
the matter of county officers. Well,
I predict that Foote will make a
Ko. 1 Orninary. For, to good bu
sines s q ua > ilies he unites
a cool head, a sound judgment, and
S • 0 a ^q ua nta ice
-
warrants, I think the Other new in
cumbents willmake good officers
t0 °
And Bro. w n . M. Speight. . I bcc,
t is Mayor of town
once more yoar
—and other good officers.
. T°“ r made Br j dg , frto C ’, t0 f' lor is Alabamians .7 * sain '
for awhile. That ought to invite
trade.
How is the artesian water held
ingout? Is it as good as first? I
thought it the best and most pala- ;
table water I ever drank in my;
lifo- ;
dUccess ^ ^ future^ Our admiration new house of
an C( l u, P menls are
all who see them.
#nd two godmothers in your
town of Waltbii Speight Mande
VILLE ’ lhat he is now “ u P on h i 8
first legs/ , Doesn t walk all the
wbl,e ’ but can K ° m,most anywhere
on b ' s fee< ? End wc arc almost aa
p rou d of it as we were of tbe first,
Ha is a fine looking boy too—sul -
ficicntl Y «w* ‘ hat * **<>“t bo’.cvc his
god-relations would be ashamed of
him, could they sec him. At least,
we are not ashamed of him.
. You and Fort Gaines must ex
case my famii ir manner of writing
for whcn 1 8,1 dowlJ to H ’ rile lo y° u
1 can 1 fcc ‘ ,,be 1 was writing to
stbaswebs, but to homefoles. *
our kin.* Heavenly Father
bless you all ferevor. Amen.
R. B. Bbya.v.
HAUNTED BY CATS.
A lady in our county, of the
highest respectability and intelli¬
gence, tells the following : .
In tho spring of 18—, she rented
a eomforable house and moved in¬
to it with her family, consisting of
two sons and one daughter, aged
fourteen, eleven and eight years.
The house had four rooms And a
hall, with double doors front and
iear of the hall, and no other door
opening out of the building. On
tho front door was a good kneb
lock, but tho back door was fasten¬
ed with tho old stylo wooden bar
passing through wide iron building staples.
All the windows in the
had good sash, panes all in good
order, and tho windows closely
slatted on tho inside. At tho front
hall door wero transom and side*
lights, but one pano was out of the
side-light. moving
One night, soon after
into tho house, while tho family
wero scaled around tho fire in one
of the front rooms, a number of un
usally large cals wero seen to jump
through tho opening in tho side¬
light and run down the hallway.
Tho lady and her older son pur¬
sued them, but failed to fincta sin¬
gle cat in the house. Supposing
ihoy mado their exit by Some oth¬
er opening, little was thought of
the circumstanco. The next morn¬
ing, however, they examined find the
house carefully, but could not
any placo where the cats could
havo escaped. On the succeeding
night, the same thing again hap
pened. Several cats wero heard
jumping in and at tho opening at the
front door seen to pass the door
of the family room, and although a
more hasty and vigorous pursuit
was mado after them, not a cat was
found, notwithstancMng tho back
door tvas sccuroly barred and tho
sash in every window fastened
down.
Their curiosity being now fully
aroused, tho lady inyiiod somo of
tho neighbors to como over tho
next evening and assist her in solv
ing the mystery. Several young
men responded, and reaching the
house a iittlo before dark they
made a c: itieai examination of the
building.
Satisfying themselves that no
cat could escape from tho house cx
cept through tho opening at the
frontside light, and having provi
ded themselves with lanterns and
clubs, they retired to tho family
room—leaving tho room door open
—and awaited developments,
They wore not kept long in ex¬
pectancy, lor as soon as it was fully
dark the cats began jumping in
through the side light. Tho young
men remained quiet until thirteen
large blacx cats had jumped in and
trotted down tho hall. Then they
rushod out with their lanterns and
clubs, and while ono thrust a pi I -
low in the opening through which
tho cats had entered, to prevent the
possibility of their escape in that
direction, tho others ran down the
hallway and into tho rooms; but
not a cat could be seen or heard,
They were all postivcly sure that
thirteen cats had entered, and
equally certain that there was no
oponiug large eneugh to , ermit
the escape of a rat, much less the
escape of thirteen huge cats.
The fruitless effort so demoral
ized flic family and the courageous
young men who went to their ns
sistance, that no further attempts
were made to capture or destroy 7
the cats.
Another equally inexplicable
and nnnoyirg circumstance was
soon noticed, and that was, that al
though both hall doors wore se
curcly fastened evory night, the
front door locked and tho back
door barred, on arising in the
morning they invariably found that
lhe b » r had bCOT
and , 8Ct , aside, , and tho back door
Wide Open.
Failing to solve either mvstery
the brave little woman gathered
her family into ono room and clos**
ing the door securely, for several
weeks, she permitted the cats to
S a ^°P down the hall at their pleas*
tire, and th© backdoor to unbar
and swing open, withont the agen¬
cy of human nands; but finally her
courage failed, and she went to the
landlord, cancelled her rent con
tract, and moved out.
While this good woman dislikes
to * repeat the story to strangers,
the foregoing statement is absolute
ly true, and would make oath to it
if required. .
Hundreds of people daily pass
a little stone house within a stone »
thrcw °f the ferry at Astoria, L. I
but very few know its lustogy. It
^ as erected by the original John
Jac ,? b Ast ? r 160 vc& rS and ,ta
•
walls arc in as good , condition to
as when ihe stones were tint
was hero that the founder
of ll>e colossal Astor estate resided
wh * n be traded with the Indian's
for furs. . He owned most of the
,and now covered 1 }J the suburb
named alter him Those who im
proved the property and assumed
lho taxos bo allows to take as
ac J cs a8 lbc J i manage.
oi Astoria© best families
were thus founded.—Exchange.
fthy They Don’t Like Each Other.
4 •
It has been remarked that in nil
the talk about Gen. Harrison's cah
inot officers the name of Senator
John J. Ingulls has not boon mens
tioned, although ho ia tho republi¬
can “leader in the United States
Senato. Perhaps M. Thurston this story, told Nc
by Judge John of
braska (temporary chairman of tho
republican national convention) to
some fiiendsin this city while here
on , a visit a few days agq may ex¬
plain why Ingalls is considered
outside the pale.
When Gen. Harrison entered tho
United States Senate in 1881 ho
was an object of curiosity to most
of senators because ho was the
grandson of tho famous William
Henry Harrison. The senators, as
soon us'he took his seat, gathered
around him to make friends, with
the exception of John J. Ingalls,
cynicism had not yet gained for
him the notorioty which it now
has. Ingall oponlj frowned on the
new sonator and talked a great deal
about dogenerate sons of worthy
sires. He had the effrontery also
to attempt to coach Harrison on the
bills then before the Senato. Uar
rison boro it well until one day
when a half a dozen senators, in¬
cluding Ingalls, wero Ingalls gaihorcd in
the cloak-room. was in¬
dulging in somo Harrison more attempts at it
coaching. Gen. boro
for awhile and then startled the
whole crowd by exclaiming: “I
had a dream last night!’’
Several of the sonatcis asked
what was the dream.
“I dreamt/’ continued Gen. Har¬
rison, in sepulchral tones, that I
was dead.
Some of his a’tdience smiled, as
if expecting a good story story,
while others wondered it tho gen¬
eral was not gettin'g just a iittle off
his head.
“1 dreamt,” added the new sena¬
tor, “that after passing away 1 ap¬
peared before tho gate of heaven.
I knocked, and St. Peter peered
through “Who the portals: ?” ho demandod.
are you
“I am Benjamin Harrison of In¬
dianapolis, Indiana/United States,
I replied, desiring to bo accurate
on such an important occasion.
“And what was your occupation
while on earth ?” asked St. Peter.
“I was a statesman,” I replied.
“Get thee hence,” was tho reply.
“No statesmen are admitted with¬
in these portals.” grieved;
“I was sorely but I stood
by while other spirits askod for
admission. Somo of them wero
dismissed, others admitted. Fi¬
nally I saw a long, lank figure ap¬
proaching. A second glance show¬
ed that the figuro was that of John
J. Ingalls of Kansas, United States
of America.
“My curri jgity Ingalls was excited. I
wondered how would faro,
I stood close up to the gate.
“Ingalls approached with pom¬
pous bearing, just as if lie had a
first mortgage on tho portals. He
knocked loudty. The warden ap¬
peared and began questioning in
his business like way.
“Who are you,? ho asked.
“I am John J. Ingalls, of Atchin
son, Kansas, Senator of the United
States.
St. Peter looked very hard at
him and asked: You are a states¬
man. then?
“Yes, I am. 1 am among the
leaders of the United State’s Senato.
“St. Peter looked harder. Then
with a smile, ho said : Come in
Ingalls, you arc all right.
“Ingalls I passed in. 1 was indig¬
nant. thought that this was a
shameful exhibition of partiality,
I rushed up to the saint and shout
bd : How is this ? Yoa told me
that no statesmen were admitted
and here you have admitted John
J. Ingalls, of Kansas. I demand an
explanation!
“St. Pofcr opened tho gate just a
little bit. ‘What are you complain¬
ing of ? he asked. *Uf John J. In¬
galls? Why, he is no statesman !
When Gen. Harrison reached this
point, ho was about to add the fin¬
ishing touches to the story, but the
audience was so convulsed with
laughter that they could not listen.
Senator Ingalls tried to laugh,
too, but failed, lie walked away
with a very grave face. He and
Gen. Hat risen have not been on.
intimate terms since.—New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Limit to Steamship Speed.
Some remarkable speed has been
made by ocean steamships, but, as
[.-.ims
ye t been; reached. As the dream
of the turfman is a horse that will
trot a mile in two minutes, so the
hopc 0 f the navigator is a sleam
ship that will cross the Atlantic in
fi * e da }' s * Scarcely a steamer now
adays leaves either Now York or
Liverpool that docs not make its
parage across thesea a race against
time. On her last trip out of New
York, the Umbria cut down her
record by 4 hours and 30 minutes,
beating the best ncord by two
hours, and making the paa-age in
a tri% ovegsix important jlaj’’'* consideration safety
a n>ore
than speed, and tois kind of rival
rv may not bo altogether popular
with the steamship patenjers.—
rbiladelphiu Times.
Is Senator Reagan a Hoodoo?
Senator Reagan, tho massive sen¬
ator from Toxas, is regarded by
his associates as a “hoodoo,” lie
has a remark iblo habit of wander¬
ing arouud tho floor in a ponder¬
ous, undecided sort of way, and
then invariably sitting down in any
man's chair, savo his own. And
tho strangest part of it is that ill
luck invariably lignts on tho man
whoso chair liagnn selects; so that
tho senators are in constant terror
lest, during their absence, ho should
pick out their seat. He is called
tho Jonah of tho Senate. Thus,
whtlo Senator Eustis was making
his long fight for re-election, Sena¬
tor Reagan was constantly in his
chair. Eustis was defeated. Sen¬
ator Salisbury found ho had to go
down to Dolewaro. . Reagan appro¬
priated his seat. Snulsbury was
defeated. Just beforo the last elec¬
tion Sonator Yorhecs was called
out to help tho battlo in Indiana.
Senator Gorman was absont too,
iiis for n^tmo., Mr. Reagan divided
aitenton between the scats of
the two great democrats. Every¬
body knows what happened in In¬
diana and in Maryland. About a
week ago Senator Han>s f tar ted
down for Tennessee, rfKeio ho has
Just a big before fight on he handTitp left hfrlaid re-election. down llio
law to Reagan. “Now, “I*vo look hero,
Reagan,” lie said, I stand* got a big
fight on hand, but a very For
good chance for rocleclion.
God’s sake, don’t hoodoo ni rt .
Keep out of my chair/' Senator
Matt Ransom, tho handsome mem*,
ber from Tar ILccl is w.rostling
with tho North Carolina legislature
idst now. A day or two ago he
wrote to one of his friends : Ever¬
ything looks very bright, but for
heaven’s sake keep Reagan away
from my chair.”
Senator Reagan felt a little hurt
yesterday when he came to the Sop
ato and found that Mr. Ransom’s
chair had been taken out of tho
Sonato chamber.—Baitimoro Amer¬
ican.
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Mysterious 'Fascination of Pool.
t t /
The proprietor of an upstown
pool room, whoso name is familiar
to half the billiard players in tho
United States, remarked Inst night
as ho glanced over a hundred or
two men who wero scattered about
his place:
“it is a mysterious thing to me
where tho fascination of the game
of pool comes in. There are men
here to-night who have been com¬
ing hero steadily every evening in
the week except Sundays, Somo for eight
or ten years. of them aro
old, some middlo-agod, and some
young men. They arrive with the
regularity of fate immediately af¬
ter dinner, usually smoking a big
cigar, pull off their coats and go
to worlc in a leisurely manner to
ploy pool. Of course thoy aro good
players, They must be, after so
much prnctuco. They poko tho
balls for an hour or so. drink three
or four glasses of beer, light anoth¬
er big cigar and toddlo off home
perfectly contented and thoroughly
satisfied with their evening’s
amusement. I am easily entertain
ed, but it would take more than
that sort of thing to keep me go
ing night after night as the years
go by. These men, howe ver, seem
not to know suoh a sensation ns
boredom. Pool to them is,an ex¬
citing pastime forever.”
—New York Sun.
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Guarding [the Election Certificates.
There was something like a row
in the Sonato lobby at the last ex¬
ecutive session. There is a sturdy
looking, broad shouldered man
who has beerrslanding near ono of
the doors for several days. IIo is
extremely patient and waits there
as stolidly and uncomplainingly as
a claimant. When flic Senate went
into executive session the messen¬
gers and employees went through
tho lobby like a cyclone sweeping
boforc them avery ono not permit¬
ted to remain about tho Senate du¬
ring a secret session. The storm
raged about the sturdy, silent man,
but ho would not budge. He de¬
fied the cyclone, defied the Senate.
There was a great growling a nd^t
looked as though there would have
to be an appeal to force. The man
demanded that the prosidont of the
should decido the #
Senate matter.
The appeal was cat ried to Mr. In
galls, and be decided to let ,tho
man slay. Then the secret was
out. This man was detailed by The
president ot the Senate to guard the
Presidential election certificates,
Like a Roman sentinel |)c remain
cd at his post. This affair, of course.
betrayed the location of the hiding
place of tho certificates. Tho man
still stands there in the lobby, and
no one now attempts to molest
him.—Washington Star.
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Keep the flonr barrel raised a
few inches from the floor, so that
the air may circulate underneath,
and preyent dampness. barrels Keep the
barrel covered. if are not
used., get a nice, clean box with a
cover and empty tho floor from the
sack as soon as opened’. milk Flour and
absorbs as quickly as
butter.—Ex,
NO. 29.
A Strange Find.
The strango story of tho re**
markable trip of a diamond ring
on in London, an underground railway train
published in tho col¬
umn of “Glances Hero aud Thore,”
on Sunday, Providoneo recalls to an officer of
tho and Sldnington
Steamboat L : no an interesting
incident in his own expo
rienco. “It was in tho summer of
1868,” ho raid, “when I was a daily
driver on tho Ilatlent railroad b<J*
tween tin's city and Ubappaqtjti,
that ! had an experience that is al¬
most incrodibio. I usually sat ill
the regular baggage car as there was ll(»
‘smoker’ and on one warm
afternoon I was seated in front of
tho open door of tho car, and I
tossed up a $‘ 7 0 gold pioee, catch¬
ing it as it toll, and discussing with
tho conductor the peculiar ‘ring’
of tho good coin. After doing this
three or four times, instead ofcntch*
ing it I hit the coin as it fell and
sent it flying out ot the door. The
train was moving so fast that I
could not seo the spot whore it
probably foil, but a clump ot busl.n
cs indicated the placo in a general
way, and I kept uiy eye on thign
'I’lie conductor impulsively pulled
the bell-cord and stoppod tho train
when I said : ‘Findings is kgop-t
ingr Tho train was backed, apt
half a mile or more and ptopped'as
I requested, when tho train bauds,
with mj sclf, jumped off and began
tho search. It was lilco looking
for a noodle in a Imystaek, but int
less than a minute I found tho shin¬
ing gold piece, not where I suppos-*
od it would be, but 200 or 300 feet
away. This inciJcnt resulted in
making several strong friendship^ coniuctjfl
but in thfso days no
would stop a train for such a
pose.—Tribune.
Queer Relationship.
If one boy should hear anotho?
say: pear,” ho -‘An applo is a kind of a
would laugh at tho fellow;
who mado such a statement; andi
jet the fellow would bo more than,
half l ight. Tho pear is tho pyru»
in Latin, and the sciontifio name ot‘
the apple is pyrus raulus. So tho
applo really is a kind of a pear.,
And hero is something still moro
extraordinary—tho pear and tho
applo Tho aro both a sort of a rose!
rose and llio ftp.de bolorg ta
tho same family, and roso bushes
applo ere no trees. v havo The been grafted upoiij ‘
mountain ash ia
another member of the sumo fami*»
ly, and tho Listener has seen a
mountain ash tree up in tho coun*.
try, intno midst of which grows a
pear branch producing most excel¬
lent pears. A scion of the pear had,
been grafted on tho mountain ash
tree. Perhaps a roso might havo
been grafted thore, too, so that the*
red tree might have borne tho red
mountain ash berries, pears andi
roses! There is no and to the caW
egory of queer relationships. Ev¬
erybody knows, of course, that tho
lion is a kind ot a cat, but tho List¬
ener has a quasi-scientifio friend,
who assures hint, on tho word of a
philosopher, that the elephant is a
kind of a mouse! Tho Listener,
however, draws the lino at that,
and refuses to beliovo it. But it is
a Jittlo singular that tho elephant
is hunted in India with the aid of
tho cheetah, which, being a leopar l
is a kind ol a cat.—Tho Listener,
in Boston Transcript.
*03
The Crime of Lynch Law.
delay,” Shakespeare ami speaks other of “thc^J wire,
many
havo spoken of it since, but this,
very delay lias often saved tliosot
who arc unjustly accused. suffer Tho in-,
nocent thus rarely for Crimea
that others have committed.
But the terrible infuriated sin of and lynch law*
is that men, mad>*.
denod, seeking vengeance rather
than justice, ever stand in peril,
when they take the law in thoiP
own hands and take human life, of
shedding innocent bfood. It is not/
so much the -lowness of the law
that causes lynching a3 the froozy
of anger and a desire for revenge,
“Wait for more evidence” a mob is
often askod, and the answer is a
howl of rage. Does the tiger Wait
when ho thirsts for blood ?
j Bui is tliero not something clso
to bo blamed besides tho slow nose
0 f the courso of justico ? Who icaU
|y administers justice ? The people
themselves serving shirk as jurors. Mu-,
ny of them this duty; others
do not perform it faithfully. Hovr
many white men havo been hanged
or imprisoned for Jifo, for murder*
in Alabama durihg tho past twonty
years? Wo cannot remember any,
How many white men who shot
others in “difficulties” have boon T
punished ?—Mobile Register.
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Yesterday was lho anniversary’
of the birthday of Robert Burns.
Tho “one touch of nature” which
“make lho wholo world kin” so/
nets npon us thdt neither a cenUup'J cK I
of time nor an ocean of distance sMm
lessen the tame, of the brave
strong singer , born of the pooplel faSiJ
wiio “through "devoid long days easb” of ‘Wymi
and nights of JHV
tied to iift tho woild iitgher.. S'tM
manity has been far better for
men us Robert Burn?.- Kx, H