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VOL. IV. this ADVERTISER, rvHMiMiicn Kvkht Friday. yon gaink>, - -j* . - - GA ftiiliirrlpflon! Kates On** copy, f,n ” venr ..... *10" On*<*u|»v,»ix month*..• . ••••••••# ..VI «>».«, eonv, three month • •• .0 The*** are fwfY.ro** pricer.. " hnn not p-v-l until the end of th# year, %> per cent , willba miffed. Advertising Itates. On# nqii.ro, (t<*n linc*or W« lkuirR«ni*e) on*» in»'*rtlr»n......................;............* int>citmn.... .r,o; K«.r forli •iilwc«iu»*nt 10 lin**. Notice# in h»cn! column, CUM tc l per Kditorl.l nolicon, whore roo.-s-ten tor por tun nl benefit. 10 sent# per line. Al.1. PK'.RSnNAt. M VTTKK iKtt’W.K PRICE. Obitunric* munt h** puid for n* "H ei' R«l On, i M - 1 , rnr«! inK*rl« n tl>» ISiuiiicm m-t'irv f" r Eire D"llu. ;• year. uporifl* AdvVrlivii <*nt* iimerled willwnt ,, tien a# t« the iuinih«r of hiwrtioni will bo pi.►>.!»}»*•'! yntil unlured wit, nrm charguu ue *e»»rtli , >*lv. i wh«R th" iwlvf*rtiM>iP"ntj . . Mth. are due nr<* hflidrd in end the money will he failed for when needed. n’n.t* w. an Ait am* Matt after «f HiUtor* DIRECTORY. CHURCHES. Saptut CiiriK'H.-Uev. Z.T. Wonver,Pas¬ tor. PrenehitiK M -nil ^r«l Siuxl;.v* m each month. Sun<lny-#ehool Ua. m., .1. K, I aul lin Supt. l’raycr meeting 1 humility even WKTiinmsT ('mritcil. —Rev .1.0, LangKton Vuslor. Preaching Sunday-school 2mUmHtli Smnliiyi >V A. in eat >i month. a. in. . Graham S.ipt. Ladies’ Prayer meeting lues di,H afternoon. Young mens’ Pray«r meet , f ie .lay evening. Uvular l’raycr moot ir. ; »A ednesduy evening. PvsaavTKbi an ('itriu’ii. Sundiiy •eh&ol S* a. in. .J. P. II. Bmwn hurt. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. J. K. PnuUin.JS. D. Coleman, J. F. Creel, A. L. Foster, J. N. Bigbie, County Treasukkr, J V. H. Brown Tax Collector, W. R. Harrison. Tax Receiver, T. R. Davis. Coroner, J I) Owens. MASONIC DIRECTORY. Dari.kt Ijoikhc, N<>. 17.—Regular rout¬ ing l*t and 3rd Saturday evening*. I. M Brawn, lieo-, I>- P. Gunn, W. M. L« yaykti k <Tiaiticr No. 12—Regular matings -’n 1 Saturday evening. NN . A. (jrahftiu, H. 1*. NV. A. Graham Council, No. 22—Regular macting itli Saturday evening. NV. A. Gra¬ ham, T L G II. k uCJI. Gainc* Lodge No. 1887-Regular mo»iiug 2nd and 4th Tuesday nights NN. h Lightfoot, Reporter. T M„ Brown, Dictator COUHTY. Stfrxitrait Court.— lion. J T Clurko j.jdge J II Guorry, »olielt«>r. «l NV Sutlivv, oink J T MeAUi’*ter, HherilV, Regular term, 4lh Maudeys in March and September, Court or Ordinary. — R. T. Footn, Ordinary. «arh Ruguhir meeting 1*1, Monday in month County Court —G. G. Lark, Judge. IRWIN & WARWICK. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. * 0 'V ,, .u Praotleo In Superior Courts of 1‘aUula Circuit. tf I T . MANDEVILLE, PHYSICIAN nnd SURGEON .Orr ice ir Central Dkiq Stork. O. 1*2. CONE, iiAimKH. Shop Gallery. under EN DEK’S Pict¬ ure Central Railroad of Georgia, Xoticcto Travrting Vublic: Tim bout and cheapest passei ger route to NEW YORK and BOSTON ,, pSHta7;s;!r,T, »hich th*y Will avoid du*t and a todi.mV all-rail ride. Rate* include liitfal and state re in on steamer. Hautid trip tieket* will ba placed , on sale , Jun« UL phhIUi return until October 81*t. | N.nv York steamer* sail* tn-weeklv. Boston •tesmer weekly from Savannah. of >orftirther; thi* ir formation agent com pony. or to K hart ton, (L 1*. A. Savan _ K*h, Ga. C. G. Anderson, Agt steamers, tfrr Savannah, Ga. FT • WILL PAN NOl pr'int If yen in entempht, the North. South, .naking East « trip to NVe*t. any or un i wi»h to thoroughlv ac>unint how’far votnself wrth the route, before siarting, wit? what dtw, it co»t? etc. TO WRITE TO ME. 1 will a»all time* eheerft.llv furnish of charge, any information desired. If you are a non-resident, kindly advise me in ad viukv of your dt*piirtur** find I w i 11 that vou arc ticketed through and all meats made forth,-cheeking of your bag K tgp and engage toIlum your sleeping theimeNye* cur into berth.-, nri * ho-, wishing ISThSSlSlSll^cteXi? lift: To belie* and children, and those traveling the - about *»cvrt, 1 will give letters to eon ?Tr‘nVr t 7nfr «ifh^ l r^ > rn -' n r“^ ' F«r ticket rate*, map*, schedule*, or any information.do not hesitate to command me. No trouble to be accommodating. CLYDE BOSTICK, Traveling l‘aa*enxer A emit. Central Rail¬ road of Georgia, Savannah, Ga, II HPIIJM whiskey Habits !te.“oas cured at home without pain. Book of All Ga. < H • -» ■ ■ T7 % i H Advertiser. A $ r. mm m h : v* K Jfl 1 wmk lV- "■* % f v ’ ORGANS, YOUR HOME IS NOT FURNISHED WITHOUT ONE 1 SAVANNAH, (2a., Not. 1, 1888. Forty TiionnaiHl Southern llomm mini# happy with line liiMlranienta niuce 1870, ■ud -till tbe good work him-# on. 8,000 PlitnoM nnd Ori(itn» gold I tint year. 6,000 oar innrk lor thin year. I,ower l*rlre#; Slettor InHtruioentnt Knnirr Tertmt and ■renter Indnedinenti# will ■itiu ui* this In. ereaned ante. , TIionMAiitN of IfomcN yet nnnnitplicd with InHtrumentH thnt uilslit lo-any he enjoying them throii|(h our nutty oyntein aft,elling. CASH to pay down not needed. We Imvo A PLAN by which, WITHOUT K I 1 SK, nny ouo enu obtain nn luntrunieiit of nny Stylo or Price, making YEARLY either JtONTIll.Y, QirAItTKRI.Y paid for, or enjoying PAYMENT* of until meanwhile utte lnntruinent. No extorilonnto price*. No Rink. No For¬ feiture of all cattlt paid If InHtnlln*entH can¬ not be promptly paid, ('outran perfectly FAIR, nntl I'tjl’ITARLE, proteeiing purn chtincrH front nil ImpoMitioH or lots. Write its nnd we will point ont » he way t( get a flue Instrument Lawlly nnrt nt a Low Price( Wonderful harttalna for r ail 1888 . Wetter than any Iteforo oll'ered. Price* I.argely Reduced. Notice llice SPECIAL OFFERSt Uprighi Piano om,$200 7*4 Octaves—Overstrung Scnle—Three fitrlu«s—Kiwcwooil—Fully —Sweet Toiio. t^italogue Price, (.uMranteml 8«00. Parlor Organ - o n, y $65 Four SvtH Reeds—It Stops—(' inplcr#— Handsome Case. Catalogue Price, 6400 . 8tool, Cover,Instructor,Music all Freight Paid. Book and Othnr Special Offers juft as pood. Ln-yeM Stork South to choo*r from. TES ORAM) MAKERS. SOO Different Sti/tcs. Can fuit all buyers. Write for catalogue?, eireutar s, and Free Copy of our new paper "Sharps and iVuts,” giving full ant. valuable iifformaHon. REMEMBER orn low pricks. f OUR KASY TEHN9. ONE PRICK ONLY. I1ANOSOMK OUTFIT®. *>■» * HEST INSTRUMENT®. . ALL FKKIGIIT PAID. 16 DAYS’ TRIAL. MONEY SAVED ALL. LUDDEN& BATES SOUTHERN MUSIC HOUSE. SAVANNAH, 61. CHAS. R. HERRON, JOHN J. CAUDRY, Herron & Gaudry, (Success rs to L. J. Guilmartion & Co.) COl'i ON FACTORS, AND Comm issi on Afereh a tits. 120 Bay Street, — Savannah, Georgia. I ibernl advances made on cotton con sign¬ al ed to us for sale. Ctuisignments ot cot¬ ton solicited, and strict attention will be giv¬ en to all business entrusted to us. 0210 m Ktickloiti'sAviiicnSnlvo Thk Best Sai.vk In the world for Cuts, Bruises. Sores. Fleers. Suit Rheum. Fever Sores. Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains. Corns and all s^hi Eruptions, positively <*ur*‘s l’ilos, or no pay received, is guar¬ anteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refuiuhvl. Price 25 cts. )H.‘r box. For sulo by NV, M. Speight. #5 TO 1)115 S.VVEl*. r.omplote free. harness Why onlv if;. J5 cent j catalogue my retail price. ? We sell N« sett eaeh inmuh. Ag. nts, wanted. Natioxm. ll.trNF.ss t e., \\ e.n.t-1 s.u.K Mani kuti leks, 14 to 24 \\ oils st.. BufTulo, N. Y. ___ _ 13 WEEKS. Tho POLICE GAZETTE will be mailtHl. securely wrapped to anv i„ the f niteii States for hree months on receipt of ONE DOLLAR. ui H *ral discount allowed to post agent * __:_ _ no „ K 11 ,i..... w. printed JU O vohw, N\ R lv-ior-. Grarams tmlnnion., Job Ufl.ce, etc. at . Hancock street, to:t Games, Ga. K».'.rllljlj I ■ ^ EaHHn^*2SLjI«i*f-cwM,«itb»utiie Kv A »tt, hmei,,,. ■I fSkI w I i»q^ of cotiy end valuable art . i»w»m»tuoii»t?ia /(|m CDf tt ^B r ’*•“*"«—•**““ m ®85 Solid Ool<t W.tcli M-gfrtinoe. mrtii Ut.Sr [ B*« *Si x»»trh ia tM ^ -gw lunuoir BclJj Uil«* tom wi SXrS'Xr.'ZZCVt'tX k»« _ ,^Min i M ^ JPcysSSitTttSj FORT GAINES, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH l*th, 1889.. WINNING A WIDOW. j&e&s. Wi “ kto# •‘Well, what’s warnin' V' Iwlly responded Jotham Hardcastle, wi‘h a t ha’I nu.i masticated m-iMiuitu straw siiaw belwccn ueiwtcn his teeth, as he looked up fiom the bit of harness he was mending. “The widow Palmleaf has taken chat cottage at the foot of the lane.” “Tell me something I didn’t know afore,” -aid Jothain, with more irecdom than reverence in his man ner. “And if she sends op to borrow the rake, or the hoe, or the spade M “Well, what then ?” “Tell her she can’t have ’em j | Women are always a borrowing. I knew Hobart Palmleal when he was alive; he was a chronic borrow t*r. I don’t want anything to do with his widow. “All right, ’ observed Jolham philosophically, arid his his master re¬ sumed the perusal of newspa¬ per once more. “Jotham!” said Mr. Wiggieton, about ten days afterward, as he came in, heated and out of breath from a walk. (Mr. Wiggieton wasn’t as spry as he had been before his five and-fovtieth birthday, and the Locust Hill was a pretty steep as¬ cent.) ? ’ “Well, what now “I wonder if that was tho widow Palmleaf I saw gathering blackber¬ ries into a basket by the south wall of the cottage garden ? * “Kind o’ slim and tall ?” “Yes. ’ “Blue eyes, and bair as shiny as satin ?’’ “Yes.” with “And a little ?” white parasol, lined pink “Yes.” •.* “Reckon likely it was,” said Jo tham. “But,” persisted tho puzzled landlord, “she doesn’t look at all like a widow.” “There s as much difference in widows as there is in other folks,’ observed Jotham, dryly. Mr. Wiggieton was silent for a mi mite or two. “Jolham! ’ he finally* said. “Well ?’ “Pas she sent to borrow any¬ thing ? ’ “Sent yesterday forenoon—asked if we had a screwdriver to lend— the bingo was eftming loose on the garden •‘And gate. ’ did tell her?” what you “Said my order was contrary wise to londiii* or borrowin'.” “Jotham, you arc a fool.” “’Taint the first time you said so, and ’taint the first time you’ve been wrong,” said Jotham, with a calm¬ ness of demeanor that was beauti¬ ful to behold. “Hard words is considered in the wages, and I ain't tho man to find fault. I only did as you told me.” ‘ Yes, but Jotham—never mind— tho next time she sends let her have whatever she wants.” “Said „ . . somethin , . , about , wantin . , a man to come and lioo them early potatoes. Be I to go. “Certainly ot course. Iseigh. bora s iould act liko neighbors,, os pccialty And Mr. in the Wiggieton country. sighod and wished that lie was not too cerpu lent and unused to labor to hoc the widow Palmleal s early potatoes himself. •lint he did the next best thing; . h “ went over to look at tho field al,c1 ' Jotham had hoed It, and gave mo widow good ad vice concerning a eerlam rocky uphill bit of sheeps pasture that belonged to the cot t.gc larm. “I’d lay that down in winter rye, ‘LLul," “i'hnt si you ’ 80 much obliged to you," SRul t ho **L d ® w * wcwll Y* “Sniee poor dear , Hobart was taken away i have no cue to advise me on these anbiects” ‘ \L » „,i nU K Wiggieton thought 1 how . 0 . “ ?ott , pretty her blue eyes “ r n ° »>» t tho sort ol crop lor lh t’ 1 , ’ fepnng wheat 8 llic only ,ZS s ™:, , tb „ “ „ , cr a nis tmpioj er, ustiu. **les, sir. I will said Jotham, ilh » broad grin over Mr. Wig -leton's shiinugbaldhead. "And about these hyacinth beds, | n - u am > said tho latter, recovering hi# equanimity, “ill Como over ' this evening it you will allow me. f , sb*ill bo delighted q » 99 intei rum* l 1 - °‘ 1 , tho Widow With a Siaile that showed a set ot teeth as white and regular as pearls. •• ih ' s «»■«">.’ Mr. W iggieton, with a bow, “and * c sketch out a dtagt ain. Hya** ■>»»• 10 be ilUMSored , Mr,. I'alndeal - “So 1 have always beard, said the widow. That evening, after Mr. Wiggle ton had returned from ’discussing the momentous question of soil, bulbous roo»s and crescents and circles, he found Jothmn on tho ' oni porch contentedly breathing • ihe flower scented air. . rZi-T nirr* r ployer; not because there was nr.y special congeniality of soul between p«n£ to be fSS? there. l 3 -‘Well, nobody doubts that ns with ey »r I heard ol.” s».d Jo.han, h|g c n, 0 w8 on his knees, and his f aco complacently turned toward the moon. “And she can't be over thirty?” “So I should a said, m}self,” as merited Jolham. M J*m glad she has taken the cot tage on a long lease, Jotham,” pur* sued Mr. NVigglelon, ‘1 liko good neighbors.” “Most folks does,” observed Jo¬ tham. And he got up, shaking himself like a great New Foundiand dog. and went into the house, leaving Mr. Wiggieton to the companion* ship of his own cogitations. There arc times in which solitude is said to be the best company; perhaps ibis was one of these special occa sions, in the estimation of Mr. Jo¬ tham Hardcastle. The summer went by; the great maple in front of the Wiggieton mansion began to glow as if its leaves bad been dipped in blood and melted gold; the asters reared their purple torches along the stone wall by the cottage under the hill, and any acute observer might have perceived that Mrs. Palmleaf bad laid down the rocky bit of uphill ground in spring wheat instead of winter rye. “Jotham!’' sa’d Mr. Wiggieton to his farm-hand one evening, it was the first time they had had a fire on the wide, old fashioned hoarth. “Well ?” “I — have concluded it isn’t best for you to live hero at the house any longer.” “What’s going to happen ? ’ said Jotbam. “You ain’t going to hire another hand be you?” “No; to be sure not. You suit mo admirably, Jotham, only”—and Mr. Wiggieton shot the words out with nn effort, “i’m thinking of being married.” “Oh!” said Jolham. “It’s rather late in life, to bo sure,” said Mr. Wiggieton, eon scions of looking extremely sheep¬ ish; “but you know, Jethain, it’s never loo late to do a good thing.’ ‘Certainly not,’ said Jotham, dry y* ‘You ought to get married, speaking Joth am,’ added his employer, in rather a rapid and embarrassed manner. ‘Think so 7’ ‘Certainly. You might live in the little house beyond tho peaeh oichaid; it wouldn't taka much to fit it up nicly, now that paint and paper are so cheap. Jotham starod reflectively at tho fire. ‘And your wife could tako care of the ciearn and butter, and all that sort of things for us. It isn’t likely Mrs. P-Ahem!—it isn’t likoly. I mean, that my wife will care for such things.' ‘Humph!’ remarked Jotham. ‘I’d advise you to turn tho thing OTCr in youp mind, Jotbam,’ said his employer. *Yes, I will ’ said Jotham with a mtle h . Tho next morning Mr. Wiggle ton attired himself m his best suit, and went to tho cottage, Ml , 9 p a | mlellf received him in a c fc ar ming crimson cashmero wraps per , with ribbons to match, Mr. Wiggieton wasted no time in usc !o8S preliminary chit chat. ‘M rs . Palmleaf—ma'am,’ lie began a | iu | c n( ,rvously. ‘1 have eonclu> dcd , chan “ „ e m i,o „ con dilion.' ,i„ dccd: . lid t widow, smiling i.ko „„ opening 6 rose; ‘I am glad to hear i t ’ . And J „ m hero this morning to ask “TYon^ro^'kind, r 3 ' ou i 0 ,^ my wi,c • pursucd sir. .aid Hr. Palmleaf. blushing, and looking n . al i*. ,!... ( i,, h n tk,,. t t ,. m iu. * ’ couiai. . ‘ And not 7 demanded Mr. Wig.rlcton, fairly taken aback by » ^ » n exneeted answer . Might , dare t0 lt‘s ask Jotbam -that is- Hard ‘Oh, certainly. castle. Mr. Wiggieton stammored out a or two of congratulation ‘ took his leave ^ And whcn lh spr ; n , ^hcat reared its green tussles on the hilt. ald j nUl „ m married tho prcltv J a widow—and Mr. Wiggle** ton's single yet. lie always felt as if ho had been ill-treated, but he never could te!l exactly how. Barnvard manure is the basis of successful farming. It cost nothing but the saving., and is a complete manure for atl crop productions, »nd theroforo in growing food nee es,ary for the stock the fertility ol the soil can be maintained, which 1 otherwise is always sure to deter iorate. { •*•« Mr deDood if your face for rent?” She laughingly asked “but and slow, “Of course not,” be said r whv? ghe said* Zz ™ u ,#ok * T *“ —Critic. nt yo ° How to Kill a Bear. jpSrJEifS^S the old man, as he pushed back h,» coon.km cap “Tho total count ts about hlty, 1 bel,eve. “You must have been in a dans. gerous “You position many limes?” bet! “I suppose that scar on your cheek was made by the claw of a bear?” “That scar? Oh, no. The old woman hit me thar with a splinter, “YoOr left eye is gone. Did a bear dj that?’ ‘Left eye? Oh, no. The old cow hooked that out.” “Fifty hears is a good many. old Some of them must have been and fierce?” “You bet!" “I notice your right hand is crimplcd. I suppose a bear got it into his mouth ? “Right hand ? Oh, no. 1 got that caught in a corn §hollcr. “You walk lame in one leg. Did that come from a tussle with a bear? ‘{One leg ? Oh, no. I fell off a load of hay and hroko my log. ‘Well,’ persisted tho questioner, ‘that scar over your right eye must have been mado by a bear. being “Right eye? Yes, purty near a bear. I run agin a beam in the barn in the dark. “Then you wero never hugged, chawed nor clawed by a bear ? que¬ ried tho reporter in disgust. • “By a bear? Oh, no. “But you have Killed fifty? “Yes, an even fifty. “How did it happen that you were never harmed? “Harmed? Oh, I always shot them at least fifty rods off, or at first got them into a (rap and artcr wise shot them. Don’t never let a bear come near you }*oung man— they are daugerous.—New York Sun. Indian Horsemanship. There some points about Indian horsemanship that deserve mention here. To begin with, he always mounts from the off (right) side of his horse instead of tho near side, aa wo do. Tho only real reason why tho cavalry man has not been taught for centuries to mount from both sides is that his saber, swing¬ ing from the waist belt on his own left side, was in the way. Mow that we are attaching tho saber to tho saddle instead of the trooper, it will probably lead to practice on both sides. West Point has already begun it. The Indian, onco in his saddle, wrapped in his blanket is a depressing sight. He sits hunch¬ ed up on his pony, his knees way up, his feet thrust far into the stir¬ rups, not unlike those of ladies’ sad¬ dles. Ho looks utterly awkward and ungraceful as he jogs along flapping wooden handled perpetually, with his right flank whiplashes at the of his steed ; but tbe instant he clears for action, throws off his blanket and darts out over thepraric, he is transfigured. Moro daring, graceful, swaying, horso mansbip it would bo almost impos¬ sible to conceive of. You forget the bunched up knees in the free¬ dom and flexibility of his lithe, painted pody. You marvel at the cat-like agility w r ith which ho bounds on or off his dashing pony, ducks under or down on cither side, firing under his neck as ho whirls across tbe springy turf, but you have only to remember that it is all second nature with him. He began to ride as soon as he was loosened from the bonds of the pa¬ poose board and has been at it ov¬ er sinco. Many of them, especial¬ ly among tbe Snakes or Shoshones, are wonderfully bow-logged as a consequence, and are most ungain¬ ly bipeds when afoot—Colman’s Rural World. The Future Amersdan Empire. Queen Victoria, in her speech at the opening^of parliament, said :*‘I have consented to take part in a conference with Germany and America, at Berlin, upon the Sam¬ oan question.” Here is a curious ex¬ ample of tho eomplelo surrender which has been made to this country of the word America. It is now ap¬ plied by other nations oaly to ^the great union of American states. To bo an American, therefore, one must be a citizen of the most pow¬ erful nation that ever existed. No one ever thinks of calling a resi¬ dent of Canada or Mexico, an Amer i cun. The peoplo ot the L nited Spites, by their achievements, have made themselves stand for the en t«rc continent. Perhaps this is an unsconscious admission on the part of tho rest of the world that it is the manifest destiny of this coun try to rule ail the territory from the pole to the isthmus and from ocean to ocean.—American. An old fisherman at Norwich, Conn., makes the consoling pre¬ diction that the high water prevail¬ ing this seasen will be the cause of some astonishing good The tro~.t fish ing next spring. muskrats cannot get at tho trout, upon which they ravenously feast when tbe -dreams aro covered with ice.— E: change. * Who Made Aloohol. ^SSSSSS ' thing ebnnectcd w.lh the ' con ‘ sobriety and , rnv between drunkenness, between virtue and . Tndi«n. m th« rb»« ’ erl Quito recently a well informed, genial, woithy editor a teacher and vender of his fellow men, said he used wine and beer and all the good things that God had made and giv¬ en us for our food and drink. And ho insisted most positively to the last, that God had put alcohol into every grain ami fruit and every¬ thing that contains celluloso, so j that it can bo extracted from even n dry old fence pole. If that were true—if tho Creator had done this-had made our grains and fruits and vegetables part alco hoi—if he had put four gallons ol whisky into overy bushel of corn or wheat or ryo-thoro would bo no room for argument, and wo ought to go to bed ev jry night devoutly drunk. Our friend, well posted in gener¬ al information, did not know a.« our Band of Hope children know, that not a drop ot alcohol ever ex¬ isted in any of tho works or pro¬ ducts of tho Creator, nor was over produced save by man's art and* the total destruction of some article ol food of man or beast—by its cor¬ ruption and decay, arrested at a point vvbcie the elements of the su gar in the article employed, have been separated and have combined in new forms and produced two ol tho most deadly poisons known— alcohol and carbonic acid gas. Were fermentation not stopped then by art tho alcohol, which become" is now beer, would rapidly vinegar, and if not then interfered with would result finally in clear wator, the other substances having escaped in gases or become a sedi¬ ment at tho bottom of tho water. Tho whole system of fermenta¬ tion is one of death and corruption, decay, putrcscenco after death. It is tho same death and decay which happens to fish and flesh and fowl —the return of the created thing to the eloments of dust from which it was made. The grain and fruits from whose dead, usolcss, lotting remains alco¬ hol is produced, aro, in their nat¬ ural state, until subjected by wick¬ ed men to a diabolical chemical process, tho choicest blessings and sustenance of mankind. If left to decay as nature allows them to, they would never have generated a drop of alcohol.—Censor. A Soldier’s Romance. Col. Graves, speaker in tho Low¬ er House of tho Minnessota Legis laturo. has had a strangely roman tic career Ilo was a gallant sol¬ dier in the late civil war, and rose trom a private to tho rank of colo¬ nel. Gen. Terry has recontiy said of Col. Graves that he was onci of tho bravest and shrewdest of the colenels with whoso careers he be¬ came familiar during the war. He's small in staue, said tbe Gen¬ eral, but bo was a great fighter. Col. Graves first met his wife upon a Southern battlefield. She is tho daughter of Gen. Tatraan, and she was the wife of another man the day sho first saw Col. Graves. Their meeting was both sad and romantic, Her husband had been fatally shot, and while sho stood by his side in anguish, waiting for the last heart throb she knew must come very soon. Col. Graves was brought in. Ho was insensible from a fearful wound in the left brenst. Thus Col. Graves and the lady who is now his wife became acquainted under circum¬ stances most torriblo, hut later on tho friendship ripened into love. known It is probably not generally that Col. Graves life was finally saved by the insertion of a silver lube into tbe bullet wound, which passed through the left lung. Ap¬ parently the wound does not trou¬ ble him now. lie is a very active man, and his general appearance indicates the healthy, well kept bu¬ siness man of fifty.—Minneapolis Journal. • A Blizzard Strikes the Kicker. This half-sheet is no accident. We is&ued it to save our legal no¬ tices. Had we no legal ads we should have skipped publication entirely. When it is cold enough j n this town to freeze red whisky with j n ten feet of a hot stove, there j s no ca ii for an editor to get up anc i hump himself. Our esteemed contemporary down the street cnl culates to skip two weeks and get drunk at least four limes, and we shall be with him In spirit. While wc a ; m to publish West, the greatest newspaper in the we can’t fight twenty-seven degrees below zero worth shucks. Cum dig solis, which means that as soon as the blizzard lets up we will try to do better.—Arizona .Kicker. A glass eye has one compensa¬ tion—everylody else can see through the device if the w-aror can't.—Life. NO.. 33. The Marriage of Near Kin. • • There is a widespread idea that consanguineous unions produce either detective offspring or none at all. When a marriage between cousins is spoken of stertilifv or n deaf mute, idiotic or deformed progeny is predicted and examples are always at hand to cite in sups port of the prophecy. positive Does this opinion rest upon and well authenticated tacts, or is it orronca ous? This is a question thut was examined a few years ago by G. 11. Darwin, who, after a profound study of the subjeoi, came to tho conclusion that, In the present stale of science, there is nothing to justi¬ fy the common prejudice that ex •sts against tho mnrringe of near kin. More recently tho subject has been further examined by Mr. A. II. Huth, who has just published ari exhaustive work upon it, in which ho arrives at tho same tot® elusions that Mr. Darwin did. Mr. Ilutli thinks that consanguin¬ ity of itself plays no particular role in the union of individuals of the same stock. In tho descendants t increases the tendencies common to the two relationship, progenitors. By reason of their the closer this is and tho closer the relationship of the ancestors, the greater is tho tendency of tho descendants to exv hibit tho same dispositions. If these aro good, consanguineous un¬ ions will be advantageous, in that they will fort ify and intensify them. If, on the contrary, they are bad, such unions should bo avoided, in order to prevent a re-enforcement of unfavorable tendencies, which should bo suppressed. But the case is identical where it is a question of unrelated persons. No reasona¬ ble person would urge two ncuroa pathic individuals of difforrnt fami¬ ly to unite, because be knows that tho nuerosis has every chance to become intense in tho descendants. On the contrary, a union between . consanguineous individuals equally healthy bo encouraged. and well favored, ought to What may bo urged against mar riages of near kin is tho facility with which unfavorable tendencies aro transmiltod, and the relative rarity of tho circumstaucos in which such marriages can really he vised. But, this admitted and ex plained, consanguity of itself pre> sents no inconvenionco, especially if wo consider how remote, by reas on of th*e existing laws upon mar* riage, is the degroe of consanguini¬ ty belween individuals capable of uniting legitimately. Upon the whole, consanguinity* ty accumulates and intensifies ten¬ dencies. If these are bad, the mar¬ riage of near kin should be avoid¬ ed; if good it may be favored. But as, unfortunately, tho unfavorable tendencies are more easily and fre¬ quently transmitted, because they aro the ones that aro established with the most facility, there is of toner mere reason for avoiding than seeking such unions. Upon tho whole, Mr. lluth concludes that tho accusations diroctod against marriages of near kin-arc not jhs* tified in tho present state of science. —Scientific American. ----- ' ^1 »§> 1 S 9 | Tho economical ■ U to most way milk a cow, all things considered, leav¬ is to milk the two fore teats, ing off with a pretty full stream, and then milk the hind ones down to a short stream, and, returning to tho fore ones, milk them to tbe same condition, not touching tho hind ones again. This will leave the teats empty, and the bag loo. It is a false notion that tugging away at tho teats stimulates a cow to givo more milk, but on the con¬ trary, emptying the bag as_»bori as possible yields more; then;the cow cun have tho extra time to eat, which is a better stimulus than either. A slow milker is never tolerated in the dairy districts, and a “stripper’ is an injury anywhere. The sooner tho cow is milled, and all the organs connected with feed ing, digestion and secretion aro left in their natural condition, tho better it is for tho cow.-—Karat Canadian. -- rnmm •+* ----- - A very novel feature is to be ed into the asylum for the blind to be es¬ tablished in Pittsburg. Dr. Campbell of the Royal Institute for the Blind in London, who ia expected to be in charge of the asylum, aroused the greatest in terest in the world’s metropolis, when fa lost September he selected a claaa of btiarf pupils whom he had taught with to ride in on the bicycle, and they, him tho lead, rode from London to Derby. Th» distance between remarkable the two fact place* in is ISM* miles, and a coni^JO tion with the feat was that no aocideni; occurred on the way. r Dr. Campb will follow out bis ideas on the subject when he takes charge of the asylum a 7 Pitteburg. # r* An English walnut Wee, planted 130 years ago at .Washington Heights, New York, i» now a mon ster in size, the stem six feet in di ameler at tho base, and more than seventy-five feet high, with wide spreading branches. Onfl of thes i branches cross-sections was cut off of a which few yoarJ| ago, enough for the top ot largo which made life i tables were “abouLlw From 1810 to 1865 loads” of nuts wore cootid* fair crop, and it had borne conlin- ' uously for n^ar'y 100 years. ® d