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THE DODGE COUNTY JOURNAL.
VOLUME V.
Sannoah, Florida and Western
RAILWAY.
WaYCROSS SHORT LINE.
(A.II train* of this mini are run bv Central
HtaniUrd Tim".)
TIME CAltD IN EFFECT NOV. !:[, I8s7.
Passenger follows tint n < on tin. road will run daily
a* :
Wist India Fast Mall.
• ■All DOW* iis.yo CP.
7 oa a in Lv . .navantiah. Ar 12 28 p in
12 30 p ru Lv ..Uckso'ivilU l.v 7 :to a in
4 40 p m Lv ,. .Hanford. Lv 1 15 h m
9 10 p m Ar ... .Tampa.. Lv M 10 p in
Monday Plant J Steamship Line.
Thun... si, , Lv .Tump*. 1 i Tluirs an t
Tuesday ..pin and jHun. Wed. pm
I Ar K->■ Weat.,Lv i end
Friday, WedneH.and .pm in j it p m
Mat.....a f < * . Hnvaini. Lv I Wed. and
m Hit... i
I’nlliiuiii Buffet Con to und fr.uu N ■« V -rl<
and Tampa.
<«w Orlaant Ejprois.
7 08 am Lv Havannah Ar 7 54 pm
8 42 am Lv. ...tl Slip Ar 0 10 pin
.
9 50 *»n \ r . 4Vx| ,’ri*ox* l.v 5Off pm
11 28 ,i in Ac,, .< 'iillalian. l.v 2 12 pul
12 noon Ar InekHonvilli Lv 2 00 (ilia
7 31 urn Lv.. liiekiionvi h A r 7 45 pi n
io io .on"T~ T^Vuyi . (MX Ar 4 40 pm
12 Ot pm Lv , . V’llldl ml a. Lv 2 58 pill
12 34 pin Lv. ijiiiimun. Lv 2 28 pm
I 22 pm Ar.. Thornimvilli l.v I 49 pm
3 30 pm Ar Btilllil idge Lv 11 25 am
4 04 pm ,\r.. CnaHaboorli l.v 11 !lll MU
f’ulliii in ItulV'l ( oh to a id ii om Juckxim
i id-and New Vork, to and from .1.0 kionv lie
Mint N'*w 4ti l**iiit* v a 1** iis:i(*>dii.
East Florida Express.
1 30 pm Lv Havunuah. Ar 12 23. pin
3 2 t pm l.v . J.-Hllp, . , l.v 10 f t am
i 40 pm Ar Wayeroaa,. Lv 9 53 am
Tili join A . i .<-,i.vi i. Lv 7 3-i him
4 15 pm Lv JnekRonvllli A i 9 45 am
7 ’20 pill i.v . iVayeroo*. Ai 0 35 run
M 30 pm Ai .Dupont... 5 30 am
3 25 pm Lv Lnk>* City Ar 10 45 m in
3 45 pm Lv Gainesville, A. 10 30 ion
ti 55 pm I ,v Live t)..k Ar 7 10 urn
8 40 pm l.v Dupont. Ar 5 25 am
10 55 pm A. I'linillRRV ill Lv 3 25 mi
I 22 niii Ar A'banv.. Lv 1 25 .on
I’lilliniin B itl.t (’ox to and from 3*
viljaaud Hr.. Lout* via TIiouiRsvitl Albany
MitHtmisu) itii.I Naxlivil e.
7 Lv Albany Express.
35 pm ,.., H iVRi.mih Ar to ii ni
Ip 05 pm Io 3 up .. l.v 3 is.,m
7 20 n m A i A Ii min. l.v 7 05 pm
12 40 nm A. W,lie,o *. . Lv 12 I" nm
7 25 am Ar .Iiirksonville Lv 7 on pm
7 IN) pin l.v ..Liekxoiiviile Ar 7 25 nm
1 05 am L\ .. \. r< Ar 11 3 1 pm
2 90 hiii Ar .. Dili out.. . Lv in In pm
7 In .-oi. \i Live Oik l .v 0 55 pm
toM am Ar G Hill HVillr . Lv 3 45 j, m
1045am Ar. . Lake ('itv, Lv 3 25 pm
2 Mam io Dupont Ar li 45 pm
ft 30 hiii Ar Tlioinaxviilc Lv 7 00 jmi
It 40 am Ar .. A'l.unv.,, Lv 4 00 jnn
in*CHI-- H*op< at all regular RtutioliR. I'nllinaii *1. C|,
and from .loekRonviilu and 8a\
nan
Jesup Express.
3 45 pm Lv H tvniiiiitli Ar 8 30 hui
6 to pin Ar . 3* . . l.v 5 25 am
StopRiit nil regular mid ting stationa
Pullm ui ItiitV. t 4'iiis .1 tcksoiiVillM to (‘..ii.-iii
luitt and through coaches Jacksonville to Chat
tHiiooga, I’ullm j
m 8I-1 pin {('urn to an l from Jackson
villa a ..I Havunmili.
Tlimugh Ticket*.sold to all pi.iii '11 by rail und
Rteamshi)) thlollgll. Also, eunnecti.uiR, mil lltm age cheeked
Hccurcd 4l.Wp.IU- 'll'' llel III- and k. etii.iis
lit paHRUiger atatimi.
WM. P. HAllDK!
Gel 1’I Pa \ t,
It, G. FLEMING, Superinteiiih 11
HOLME’S SURE CURE,
Month Wash and Dentifrice.
Cure* Bleeding Gums, Ulcers, Horn
Mouth, Here Throat, Cleanses the Teeth
mid Putifies the Breath used Hntl rec¬
ommend* d bv leading «lenti«ts. Prepared
by Dm. J. P A W. U. liolim Dentists,
Macon, Gn. For sale by nil dniggl-tN
and dentist-
iHftr.. KSTA 131 . 18 HED.
OLD and RELIABLE
■•SALE AND LIVERY STABLES,-
A Large Stock of Horses and Mutes
Kopt Constantly on Hand. From tho
Clieap to Tha Hlgh-Pricod.
H. & M. WATERMAN 9
Hawkinsville, Ga.
,
As we procure our supply direct from the West in Carload lots, prepared 1
we arc
nt all times to furnish saw mill nnd turpentine tlrms with tlrst-elass Mules at the |
lowest Market Bites. WE MAKE A SPECIALTY IN THIS TRADE, Informa¬
tion, nr orders by mail will receive prompt attention.
HENRY COLEMAN.
Dry Goods, Clothing, Doots & Shoes,
HATS AND CAPS,
SADDLES, BRIDLES, CROCKERY WARE
Highest Market Price Paid IOr „
Country Produce.
Hides a Specialty.
HTRAILdOAD AVENUE. July 13th, 1887.
SAW HILL, CORN MILL, FLOUR HILL,
f
.*>
Water Wheel, Steam Engfine or Mill
Supplies of Any Kind.
0 ON'T forget to *eno for our large catalogue
WE CAN SAVE YOU MONKY!
ijsK 1 ” rftsap isj.: Low. Now is the time to bu my. Let u
Founders and Machinists, Atlanta, Gi
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
C. C. SMITH,
attor ney at law,
McVILLK. UA.
1 y
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E. D. GRAHAM, JR.
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AND
SOLICITOR /Y EQUITY.
BAXLEY, GA.
i*i*i2s- mi lv
DR. J. B. MITCHELL,
PHYSICIAN end SURGEON,
OX n hi* profession d sevices to the people
f Do no eouritv. Offlea at die reildenw of
It II. H irrell. (' ill* promptly attended to, il-iy
"r night. iulv27-lv
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DR. J. 111. BUCHAN 4 SON.
fiitsii ins in DKi:i;iiisrs.
EAST .IAN GEORGIA,
1-1 El. lhi"r prof mini Kerviee* to the p -o*
1 pin at li h immediate and surrounding
until x, () i n the other can be found at
then*otu-e ut it iv tim AT e -ID promptly at
t» n i d or r night. I'ati tits nt a duflftiico
vis All < d idllotl by . ti e id di act
mxb'or Inti e mil p.iv.ite dixensen, N iiher of
“ h'tter 1 ^’ Inc g« for
roiiaubatii.il. if t send stamp for im
llied .
hte i •ply. A I eoiKiiltati'.u* nnd letter*
pi va e. A g.H,d supply of drugxHie kept con
t in ly on h .11 I, ii.cmding nil of the n w renie
I s nichl2-tf
W. K. D A IN,
Fashionable Barber,
1: A KI M A N, G KOIIOIA.
llRviinf riiniov -il my stock *o the front rootiix
of the b cl Iiik lin ovti hh Oiry’s aline *h..p, I
a»k u coni iiiiuii.m ..f tim pnbli" patron .ge.
F, i*y elixirs, cesii towel, vtiarji razira and
pai tr-iilar attention asxti I. Her cut ting iu
le- I test ru 1 file leading "hop <>f the town,
Givi me a cal IV. F. Fajk.
until 23 tf.
UITI I F-lf A.. I I A LU
ATTORNEY AT LAW *
EAST VI AN - G A
I'r »,*til r in dm StRie and Fidnal Court!
II,If f e II aiivuie*
o.li. li 2 I tl o. iu IUV hried building* on
Win. ID I id Vvenil novl7.6iu,>.
OR. J. D. HERRMAN 1
l*BA('TITIi>XI*:it OF
Medicine and Surgery.
Ofli, it lln* (!dv Drug 8t .re of ll.*rrru 111 A
liei iniai.. Ilea 11 •••. oorder l*t Avenue uni
< 'minty lloid att 1. E ixtiiuui. Oh.
* I»Ci 1, '87-tf
.
HARRIS FISHER, M. D.
riiyxiciiiii* Sawon mil AccDurher.
t t.ll it "En iiun Drug Store" on Railroad
Av !l It .si 1 II 11 r Church Street and
1 1 f tli A Veil 1 I t.11 in. (11 1 feh
DR. J.C MONTGOMERY
UR NMIMN,
C’lIAUJJCEY, GA.
Chronic Diseases of Women, Impo
teney. specialty. Sterility, and all private diseases,
a
Oetierul prsetice promptly nttended to.
J-# , “A full line of drugs and medicines
kejit on himd nil the time. Calls an
awered nil hours, day or nigh4.
MONEY LOANED
On Farms and Town Property,
IN IIIRll V\|) MI.IOININO COCNTIKB.
ELLIOTT ESTES.
503 Cherry St., Mucou, Gn.
July 13-1 y
EASTMAN. DODGE COUNTY. GA., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1887
.
B RAlLHOAD.ll K/TjnsrswxoF AND WESTERN K
TY TY ROUTE.
Fifty Miles Shorter Than any Other
Route Between Waycros*
and Albany.
Oa and afta r Bandar, S -pt 4th. 1817. pin -
•nger train* w di ran a* follow*
CSXTEXL STANDARD TIME.
FOB THE WEST, NORTH AND SOUTH.
Mad Fxpres*.
Brunswick, Pyle*' via B A W. i'v
Mai ah.......... •145 pm *GMpnL
W»yne*ville........... fanatiea.............. ,iv 2 15 pm 7 88 pm
. .V 2 55 pm 8 13 pin
N-l'dat'i»i viM».......... Iv lv 8 55 pm 9 12 pm
! * 11 * .......... 4 10 pm *9 27 pm
w, 0M * ?£_A 18 pm
r—~— P __ |
••vaanah, via 8. AW ai 7 58 pm 6 10 am
Charleston. ar 12 25 am 1040 *m
Callabsii... *r f> 59 pm 4 30 am
Jacksonville 41 —*l 5 P ,n I
ftckion villa, via 8. F. ATv ,V 2 ns pa J dll pin
Charleston.............. aUahan............ _______1
lv g to am
Savannah............... lv 1 M »m .......
Waycrim* Pear ™ B A v .v 5 CO put lu 05 p ii
son................. v (115 pin 1130 pm
Alapxha . .............. . iv 7 30 , m 12 4’i mii
Tjr Sumner..., .................. -I 1
. iv y io pm jl bHi
D»vi. Willingham .lv 9 41 pm ........ !
srlOij ' V J®2?P lin ,U ••••••• 4 20 am i
......
Columbus'... M~ntgonicry ar 7 25 uni 7 2 45 vi^n j
Macon ar pm
ar 9 15 «m
Atlanta HI 1 05 pm
Mnmtta, via W. A A.... ar 2 3(i pm
Lxouiaville, Dhattannoga 7 05 pm
via L A N... ar ti 30 uni
Cincinnati, via Cm. 8o. ai 6 40 am
FROM 1 UK WEST. NORTH AND SOUTH
Mail. Expr
Cincinnati, Louiivillc, via Cin. Bo.. .Iv 9 00 pm
via LA N.....lv 8 45 pin
0 .aUaitooga, via W. A A., lv 8 05 am
it.......lv Iv 12 53 pin
Macon............ Atlanta, viaC. It. 2 50 20 jiin
Iv *> pui
Colnmhua........ Iv 12 45 pm
Montgom ry...... lv 7 40 am
Albany, Davia........... via B A W Iv 11 (HI a in 11 10 pin
lv 11 23 am......
Willingham....... . Iv 11 44 am .......
Stunner......... lv 12 18 pm 12 20 .nn
Alapaha.............. Ty Tv Iv t2 38 j.ni 12 35 nm
lv 2 20 pm 2 02 am
WaycroRR............. Pearson.............. lv 3 34 pin 3 04 am
ar 4 49 pm 4 18 am
Havannah, viaS. K.AW ar 7 58 pui 12 06 am
Charlealou........... ar 12 25 am 3 43 pin
Callahan.. via H F A W ar ti 59 pm fi 30 am
Jai'kaonvillo.............ar 7 45 pm 7 25 am
JnckHonville, Oullat.an.......... viaHFAWtv 2 05 pm 7 00 hiii
tv 2 47 pm 7 37 am
Chariest, n........ lv 6 10 am 3 (XI am I
Huvannali......... lv 1 30 pm 7 (8! hiii
\Vaycr»HR,via BA V, .lv 5 05 pm 10 no mu
HchlatUirviUe..... Iv 5 32 pm*10 25 aui
Hoboken.......... lv 5 51pm 10 40aui 1
WavnesviUe....... lv 6 53 pm 11 39 am
Jamaica.......... . lv 7 88 pm 12 19 j>.H pm
Py.os’ Marsh...... .lv 8 00 pm* 12 40
Brunswick........ av 8 28 pm 1 18,.m
*StO*> on Signal
Purehaae ticketa at the Rtation, and gave
extra fare collected upon the train.
The mail train stopg at all B. A W. stationa.
Connection* made at W avcroH* to ami f.om
all point* on Savannah, Florida A Western
It a 11 w ay.
1’u.lman I’alaee Sleeping and Mann Boudoir
ear* upon J*ek*on vide and Cincinnati Express.
Firat-cla»R car through to Cuattan.Kiga.
The only line running »l**eper to Cincinnati
via Queen and Crescent Route.
F. W. ANOIER, A. G. P. A
j. a. McDuffie, g. p. a.
A. A. GAI4DI8, V. P. A G. M.
East Tennessee, Virginia Si
Georgia Railway.
GEORGIA DIVISION.
The Quickest and Shortest Line.
To Atlanta and tho North and West Sc-Ik fl¬
ule in effect 8. jit. 18th, 1887.
No. 10. Noi4
Lv Savannah 7 06 Hin 7 35 pm
Ar Jcnnp 8 42 am 9 55 pin
Lv Brunswick 6 40 am 8 30 pm
Ar Lv Jump Jt*» 8 40 am 10 3(1 pm
z 8 50 im 11 07 pm
Ar Ci cm Hue 12 50(>m 2 29 am
Ar H ivk iimvilio 2 00 pm 11 50 am
Ar Macon 2 20 pm 3 55 am
Ar Atlanta 0 45 (nil 7J20 am
THE GREAT KENNESAW ROUTE.
Lv AtDnta 1 00 pm 7 35 am 6 DO pm
Ar Rome 4 10 pm 10 4'i am 9 01 pm
Lv Rome 4 15 pm 10 45 am 9 00 ptn
Ar Ar Dalton Chattanooga 5 7 30 00 jnn 12 00 m 10 22 pm
% pm
9 30 am
1 50 pm 2 00 am
Ar Bristol 7 10 pm 6 20 am
Ar Roanoke 1 80 am 11 57 pm
Ar Lv nebbin g 3 45 am 2 35 pm
Ar Washington 10 45 nm 9 40 pm
Ar B dtimore 12 00 m 1125 pm 1
Ar I’hilafleluliia 2 20 jnn pm 3 00 am
Ar N w Yura 4 50 6 20 *m
Lv Lynchburg 3 50 am 2 85 pm
Ar Biukville 9 20 am 5 17 pm
Ar Petersburg 1130um 7 00 mn j
Ar Norfolk 2 25 pm 9 55 pm
SHENANDOAH VALLEY ROUTE
Lv Roanoke i i
Ar Natural Bridie n am 2 24 pm
Ar 1 uray 7 20am 6 40pm 1
Ar SliLimidoah Junction 10 29 am 9 25 pm
Ar IlaKeratowu 11 25 am 10 00 pm
Ar Harrisburg 3 15 pm 12 50 jiin
Ar I’hiladt'lphia Now York 6 50 pm jnn 4 7 25 am
Ar 9 85 10 am
Lv Hagei si own 11 43 aiu
Ar Haltir mire 2 40 pm
Ar Nf-w Puilndelphia York 6 09 jnn
Ar 9 20 pm
Lv Chattanooga M. A By 9 25 am 7 10 pm
Ar Memphis “ 9 15 am 6 10 am
Ar Little Rock M. A L. Itv 12 55 m
Lv Memphis K. C. K. H A G 10 30 am
Ar Khiihhr Citv 7 49 am
VIA CINCINNATI SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Lv Chattanooga 5 00 am 7 10 pm
Ar Louisville | 6 15 pm 6 05 am
Ar Ciucinnati 6 42 pin 6 40 am
Lr C .attamsiga N. C'.A 8. L. 1 40 pm 11 50 pm
Ar Nashville 7 00 pm 6 20 am
Sleeping Cars leave Atlanta daily at 6:00 pm
for Knoxville without chsnge
Fullman Buffet cars leave Jesup daily at
11:07 ptn for Cliatt: ttooga without change.
Pmimm Buffe* cars leave Rome daily at 4:1C
pm for Washington without change.
Local Sl eper between A'lsnta and B.-ima
wriok.
For schedules a nd other information call on
A. B. QU1NKER, T. A.. Macon, Oi.
L. J. ELL1SS, Assisiau: Gt-n. Pass. Agent.
Atlanta. Ga Gen. Pass, 11. \V. WRENS,
an lTicket Ag ent
JOB PRINTING.
We are prepared to do all kinds of
JOB WORK,
-WITH
NEATNESS
-and
DISPATCH
and napactfally ask a trial from all desir¬
ing anything in that line.
Prices and material to suit yqur pocket
and taste. Gallon us and harr all cf
you 1 job waak dona at honta.
“ Justice To A. 11 M^alice For None. ”
The farmer^’ losses through drought
alone in 1*87, have been estimated at
$300,000,000, and they will probably
exeo d that enormous ■util.
London h is a great problem It has
J.00ft,000 people unable to get into a
place of worship. In central London, with
a population of 2.000,00*, there are only
accommodations for000,000.
Indians have built up a considerable
carrying trad** along the Pacific coast. In
their large canoes, hewn out of the solid
trunks of immense trees, thev carry dairy
" , " 1 farm l ,r ” du ^ s for the settlers and re
turn with groceries and other supplies.
\u Iowa woman filled a long felt want
in her neighborhood bv deali ng out,
unaided except 1 y a stove lifter and a
... lively yellow dog,
a gang of four tramps
that hud been terrorizing the vicinity for
weeks. She will probably Ik* asked to
u,n l >ir ® »or professional base nail clubs.
Tho prize of .$10,000 offered by the
Frencli Government for the most valua
“ble discovery relating to the utilization
#i electricity . « . • be awarded
°* is to soon, It
ia for any use or application of electricity.
11
n amC , !- V a SOUrCe f heat of 1, . ht of
’ ° ’ « or
Ouenncal . .
action, tis a ine.tns of tntnsmis
sion of mechanical power, or of verbal
commouic ation in any form, or, finally,
as a curative agent,
A German paper says there is no lougei
any sword-making industry in Damascus.
What was once known as the sword
trade is now occupied with converting
the blades of old saws and pieces of or¬
dinary iron into daggers; and cheap
swords and ride of Sol ingen nnd Bir
mingham make are brought up, finished
and decorated in < -ric.Uat style aud put
upon the market as weapons of Aiubian
and Damascus origin.
The number of hogs in the Unite !
States on .lanuary I, 1887, was estimated
at 41,(112,830, against 4<1,0112,000 on
.lanuary 1, ISKtJ, nnd 45,143,340on dnnn
nrv I. 1885. At principal packing points
the average slaughter ranges between
13.500,000 and 15,000,003 each year, be
.side every farmer packs one or more
hogs for domestic use A short corn
' rop even will not much il.tniuish the
number of swine in the country until a
year belie
Mont Blanc, the giant of the Alps, has
been climbed by sixty-one women, Tin
first tw were French women, one of
aristocratic und the other of plebeian
birth, and these were followed by thirty
two English, fifteen French, four Rus¬
sian, three American, two Swiss, one
Prussian, one Danish, one Hungarian,
one Italian and me Austrian woman. A
faithful record is made of the ascents,and
a ero-s is set against the name of avery
one who fails t*» reach tlieir journey’s end.
There have been thirty-two excursions to
the summit tliis year, notwithstanding
the evil reports of the accidents in former
yc’ars.
_
A writer in tlie New York Tribune
recommends the appointment of an ex¬
pert in all banks, who w ill bo capable of
taking tlie place and doing the work of
any man in the concern, Loin the presi¬
dent. down, lie is to be empowered to
say to the president or cashier, “I will
go over your assets 13 day,” or send .hr
teller or other employe on a short vaca¬
tion nt any time, while he takes hh
pluc By this plan no one would dart
abstract a dollar from the bank, at
lie could not tell at what moment the ex¬
pert would examine his books and dis¬
cover the shortage.
(>ne of the most appropriate and use¬
ful vocations info wh ch women arc cn
’ering in some niiin'vcts is that of nursing.
Every year, says the Boston Courier, the
training schools for tiling are graduate
ing larger oiax mil the sii])]ilv is yet
far short of the demand Hie profes-ior
of nur-e is one of great importance, and
while it demands health, ability aud
devotion, it is well-paid md wboevei
faithfully follows it may enjoy tlu eon
world; while of it •*;»’* is happily “ f fiee »“ from iu that tin
publicity which in so many of the avoca¬
tions into which women have pushed
themselves so hopelessly hardens them.
A San Francisco new-qaipcr offered
$200 to the one who would correctly
guess the number of tyjK* in a jar, cx
hibited in tin* Exposition there. Two
men were ancccs-ful, naming the correct
number 4.200. How they came to bit
on that number is interesting, One of
them once guessed the number of shot in
a jar about the same -ize as tlie one con
tabling the typ< There were 95,000.
lie thought there were one-third as many
type as shot, and so divided 95,000 by
three, and. as he said, add a little, to
make it even. Tho other man saw
a crowd around the Jar, und felt in his
pocket for a pencil with which to write
a number, lie couldn't find one, and
moved on; but afterward, feeling strongly
impelled to make n guess, felt again for
a pencil, and found un old lottery ticket,
on which was the number 34,200. He
borrowed a pencil, put down the number,
and won # 100.
Gilman Drake I.utwiler is the name of
a fivc-ycar-oM child In Griffin, Ga., who
has to l>e kept at home to prevent him
from lying down on railroad tracks to
enjoy the “fun” of watching a train pass
over him (>ne day, not long ago, he
got on the cowcatcher of a Georgia Mid¬
land locomotive to take a ride, but fell
off upon the track, where he lay while
the engine and train passed over him,
rising up at the rear end of the train
uninjured and chuckling at flic adven¬
ture. So amusing was it that, a few days
afterward, lie went down to the train
and deliberately lay down in front of the
locomotive, unseen by the engineer, for
’lie purpose of repeating the episode, and
again succeeded in escaping without
injury. But his singular predilections
A' ere discovered, and he has since been
forbidden the track by the maternal au
:hority,and has had his freedom curtailod
u a manner that must prove very irk
nine to his adventurous disposition.
STARLIGHT.
A myriad stars have guided men to fame,
Have kept them pure bv looking to their
light.
And in the blackest depths of sorrow's
night
Have been to them eternally the same,
rilling then* souls with truths unchanging
flame.
And rousing weaklings up to deeds of
might.
Inspiring them in life's unceasing ti lit
To keep their pm-poae free from bjot or I lame.
Bo shall thou b lay love my star and sun.
,
To guide and light me through my life's
short day
To lx* in joys or pains my rest, niv stay
And if iieivhanee U-f. >r my emu is run
A victor k crown shah fall uponiny brow
Thou still spalt lx my stu¬ ns thou art
now.
—Thomas G. Miripiis, fu the (,'urrent.
CROt'IFISS.VS LACE.
hv m v I.Akf
High up among the Tussnu mountains,
not far from the binders of Lombardy, is
a church, tiny hamlet called Diatico. It bus a
aud the few strangers wiio visit
the quiet little nook and enter the humble
sanctuary wonder at the handsome 1; ace
decorating the Mado nu’s blue silk petti¬
coat. All the re-t of the ornamentation
is so tawdry and poorth-.it tin* dedeate
fabric looks .strangely out of place Dow
came it there; is a question the old
woman who unlocks the dixir is proud
to answer.
>my and 1 had put up for the h e-t
summer weeks at I *■ barn-like old post
inn at 1’iat < Utca Us > i»g oe.r w alks
through the el t It lit W o >ds, or up (he
steep tall, paths of the m tutu n sale, we met
a slim girl of • ill,* ■u. with sirik
ingly beam it ul dark " lit- It haunted
us by is ol their ext s:i
She wo c a skimp gow n ut i a- mi!
original color a matter o eon tur
only; her well inudclcd fee Were leirt
md -he w Usually in eharg .* ,.f s en
•heep and one little 1 ii a. 1.1; v lamb
S ometim wc saw her under a e nir
tmg an l it Ha*, e blue s i for
other f.et than h i own. evident I
while* tile sheep g|*a ed * *r, in the n in
field, in the pour ng tout, this ghost Tiki
girl would -it on tin* -unking gruuud
huddled under an old <>i en unibreil i
this to re-train a Height oi s cow. getting
her sujijM-r of :t S, In,in iuv;,,jing an
ad jacent e.-ilit a Tlu*girl alwa\s
gave passed, us a ; a, IIS , bi.id-dai IS NIK
and a li cased when Ann
smiled at her in return
“Who is si wc inquired of the mi
tress of our inn,
‘Aon mean the girl who drives tin
themf ‘heep w th a lame black l.unb among
answered our hostc-s * That is
(’rocili-sa poor girl, the convict’s dan di
te l.’c J s liard lot tinong a little
community wlicr none lie on roses.
I assure vou. Her father, Sandor. has a
bud history, aud the shadow of it darkens
the girl’s life.
“<>h tell it cried Amy. dropping
down up m a stool 1 ide tli comfort
-
uble-h in:r o'd Maine.
It is HIM l told, sjgnfcra. the story of
most s;os is short; it is tli misery of
them tlmt drugs on so wen lv. When
Sandro wa- young, he kiiled 1 man in a
passion ol jcnlou-v t woman ,t the but
tom of tlu* u 111*. of cour-i -s aldied him
from beh ml iu the dark, a id then threw
him down into the J imu lo iirow n if tin*
wound was not deep enough lo give him
his death. They were a year or jnore
fastening the murder upon Sandro, but
heeonf. s-t d it nt 1 i-t over a klNSS tOO
much of ( hianti. Jle wax sentei d for
twenty years to prison and bard enough! labor,
When bis time wasoul.st.angc y
he chose to come back h re to 1 iat ~ (
and, stranger still, he found 1 wom.ri
foolish enough to marry him, knowing
ail about liixciime. This poor weak thing
died when Crocitiss was born, and tin*
child's life h I ten so wretched, it
seems pity she did not die too
“Are they >0 veiy poor?”
father’s “Miserably: md •('cause of th.
di-grai everybody uns tin
daught. tlu* t*. ( 1 Uel, isn't it Du that i
wav of it' woi-l.l I should nm
one exception w! a I say everyone tn, ns
the col I sliou'd upon net* Per a us
the saddest par: Crocitissa’s hist >rv i
that she I 1 lover whom she can scarcely
ever "Is hope to marry.”
lie so poor, too?'
"His name is Remo 1 very good fel
low. but no luck He makes a little
money with h's donkey carrying fruit
and v< ‘ff tides *1 the hotel at Abefone,
but hi ii’ ■ a blind old mother to brio,
and h l it I :tv nothin Croeifi sa
earns a iv w frail s spuming and
the knitting sheep stockings, and the |iro/its from
in the mouths put a scanty supply of bread
of the convict and his
daughter, and keep a ir.t/y roof over
their heads. Croei ssa c«n make heauti
ful lace, hut she hurts her ( v.-sat it, and
a doctor told her s'u- would* go blind if
she made any more.”
••Shelias such lovely eyessaid Amv,
enthusiasticallv. ’ *’
Yes with a hit of happiness to
brighten her. she would Ik* the prettiest
girl in these parts. As it is, her good
looks are little us *. poor
i an t lleiiio lot upon a more paving
busine-s than donkey.driving.” 1 ask.
‘‘He wishes to go down to tin* Mgrcm
111a, xvheic Lc would get good wages and
he able to put by a little, but ( inei a
will not hear of it She is ri< lit, 1
think, for 1 emn is not strong, and tlie
marsh fever would be sure to carry him
off. Few people havi been kind to the
girl, and no dog ever loved bis master us
Crocifissa lou Iff mo.
Pool gir. what a pity they cannot
make .1, oil er happy !"
th thin 2 r ff7lrel fi in.l.cd V‘ D.men-, , to f 'T- litre ta1 ’ and 'TV* fur
msh a room, they could manage to live;
but hundred f 1 am pieces do not fall
from tl,, , loud ."
i.i,( 1 ;f. at I mis 1 lent, dii,1 1 ,1 and , , bare of ,
incident we felt much interested iu
Crocifissa'- story, and cultivated her ac¬
quaintance upon every occasion Sill
gave us flowers and berries gathered in
pretty little baskets improvised hy her
self from chestnut haves, and with her
eyes bent -hylyon her knitting, talked
to us o her -mipie, uneventful life.
Mhon Remo, her lover, was under dis
cussion. which was fro piently the case,
(roci .ssas large eyes glowed with a
soft, Jmppy light, and she Iwcame beau
tiful. But the brightness vanished
quickly at memory »f the sordid misery
encompassing them both How we
longed to Ik* abb* to give the-poor girl
the paltry sum which would change her
dull surrounding- into a paradise.
One morning, as we sat sketching on
the brow of the hill, Crocifissa timidly
approached under her us, carrying This she a small package
disclos-ng about arm four yard, unwrapiwd,
of unusually
beautiful lace, six inches or more wide. I
was nftt much of a connoisseur In such
things, but I could rccogn-zc the unusual
merit of this piece
."hy, Crocifissa! I exclaimed;
“where did you get such a prize;
“I made it, she answered, modestly
“at the Convent of La teperanza, where I
waited ou the nuns for five or six years,
They taught me to make it, but J can't
see to do any more. ”
(‘But. child, why don’t you sell this
lace! It would help you a long step
towards buying furniture and marrying
Remo,”
“Ala*, signora, I have often tried, but
nobody worths will buy deal it. of The nuns perhaps aay fifty it is
feat money,
francs: but I shall never find any one j
willing to give that sum, and I would let i
11 g» f ««»ueh less.” j
She, of course, wished us to make some f
™** r * <>r ^ ace > * )l1 * I knew it
dhl'iV^to r s*tntiieher work for a tiifie,
and it 1 assured tier of tins. Because we
could not alTord profit to pay 0 n fair price, we
Uunor.incc. h^nonght to the poor child's
** The nuns would offer up s|>erial .
prayers for me if I gave it to the con
vent,” continued ('rocifi-sa "but
prayers will not buy furniture—at least
they have not, so far.”
“Don't despair of yoyjjuprayers yet,'
said Amy; then to' me, in English,
There is Mrs. Webster, the rich Ameri¬
can lady at sun Marcello; vou know slu
is mad over hri in itiipiitics and
luces esj illy laces. She has heaps of
money, aud I believe she would buy this
lai ifshesiw it
I thought the suggestion an excellent
one, anil so eager were we to try if the
sale might not be brought about, that we
returned at once to call onr hostess into
consultation. The result of this interview
was. that the next day (rocifis-a was
dispatched and to Ban Marcello with her lace,
a note to the landlord of the hotel
where Mr*. Webster was staying 1,1
three hours Cioc ti -a returned, jubilant,
because the landlord had promised to
show the lace to all the guests in his house
likely t > b * interested iu such things,
V- scarcely dared to breuk to Cro
eifissa the good news that came three days
Id Mrs. Webster had fallen in love
with the lace, as Amy had predicted,aud
ai the landlord's suggestion had prom
i-e to pay two hundred and. fifty francs
for tlie p on her d« oartori a month
lit. In the mVnutin it might remain <
upo i exhibition hclitud the glass doors
of tin* padrone's cabinet of curiosities,
It made one feel young and liappv a" an
to see the bliss of Crocifissa and 'Remo.
if -o.l 1 iH fellow m " a< scented |,r< 'r ready n,, 'i V’ to risk Ufi ! " l.:s n ' 1 J life i c
to serve ns. ’ J n ” 1 '/ V °. u
night Iruit-Minkey , at any hour ol the day or
she eho e, and it was borne in
upon in.* that a particularly glaring pair
of ni'igcnta stoekinirs in process of ,-on
- r.icti .n bv Cio iiis-.a was for mo
Tim fortune of the betrothed couple
being now secured, negotiations were
eaten d upon for the desire l outfit of
elotlii s and tJ.e in ee irv furniture \
charming pair of rooms, m Crocifissa 'm
eye-, were bespoken, liou-e, at the bu -k of the
carpenter's early and the wedding-day
was set in October. All was going
merry aa the anti npateil marriage bells.
wlieu the day arrive 1 for Croeillssa to go
to San Marcello ami receive her money,
On her first visit she had seen only the
padroni*, and w; s about to be given tin
price of her lacc and dismissed at once
bv him. when Oil SI cowl thought, he
deeded to detain her.
“You had better go and thank the Indy
for her kindness, yourself he said H
looks move civil.”
C'rodhssit was shown into Airs. Web
. oi ornamentation .
sut s room, a marvel
from all parts of the globe, and of
various centuries more or less authentic,
tabled 1 '. Z »’loiat f* r o»s *: loudness ':«■> for all
things anti pie: a hideous jug with a
KV’Sto’ ’
fulK w<iri-4* 1 v .if '* rn s ^-i V"
*
willingly , paid i f f ibulmis i i prncs - for ruldnsh *
, hx }}implacable if
tdls * '."a JTlZi'!' * 0 <
,' ... ( ‘b i l i* Italian, l- she i addressed i , ,
< roeit'ssa, . who, not understanding,
re
ludvfaileti plied in a few words, which the elder
tocateh. The interview beinif
rather a trying one for both A parties Mrs
‘
w \\ c ti , ,, !• vua iilMUt 1 to . entl it by dis- 1
missing t rocili-sa, when the girl's next
words*, umh r-tood this time, alas! nil
too plainly riveted her attention.
••Ut.-.i ' did 7 v x <*’ .1 1 • 1
a spark , 1. o. something hke anger glowing
tn her evi s,
“If the signora would like some imr
row lace of the same pattern, I would
try t m ike it. M\ ives are better
now than when I did that wid p.ece, '
repeated Crocifissa.
“Do you mean to say you made this
1' of lacesaid .Mrs Webster, with
suppressed rage.
“Yes, signora; why not?”
Cro; iti-sa regarded the now infuriated
ladv w ith blank amazement; she b id ex¬
pected praise for her handiwork, instead
of the-e flaming eyes bent angrily upon
her.
Mrs. ,, ... A\ eb»tor , . rang the bell with sharp
violence, and demanded the instant pres
cnee of the padroni “How dare vou.'
she cried, as lie appeared, “trj to cheat
me The so outrageously?” padrone, mystified
as was Croei*
fissi ‘ t the ladv's excitement, stared in
helpless voice silenct Presently he found
enough to falter 1 do not under
s Ltnd: will tlie signora please to ex
ph'in? ’ finished
“You rascal, you know very
wt 'B what I mean I You showed me this
lace, letting me I cl eve it was old, and
'his g rl—she is innocent enough—
confesses that she made it herself. What
have VoU to snV for (ouiself. sir!”
“Dio mio! Why—I thought—but it
is old, signora—behold, it is quite dirty,
feared tlie signora would desire a 1
fresher piece, and tny heart was light
when slit* seemed to wish to have it old.
The signora did not mention how old it
niust be. hence this misunderstanding,
which I regret deeply.”
H occasionally tempted into falsehood,
Bkc tho most of his kind, the padrone
on this occasion spoke tho truth. Ho
was the a simple rlc.v fellow, world ignorant of the craze
of .nf f,,r If' „„t .......... •’ U,US \! i„. U
1 li.i l not not ,1,1,1 1 route-i d 1 > himscll to inquire the
liMory of ( roeii.-sa s lace, but had satis
fie ' ‘ s conscience by asking ,t. s value of
,,ie V,UWHn aUthonty
Hut the . irate ; \ Airs. f ... W etester . not to
was
cheat '>c appeased. her The padrone had tried to
.1, egrcgiously a> any hardened
Here, - ,* n (-rocihssa. . , wt take 1 limksliops
to • your lace; I
have changed my mind nnd will not
have* it ami sh?* tossed tlie damtvwork
into a basket on the girl s arm
f “But, signora!” cried the poor child,
>ms into tears, and extending both
hands impionng.y.
‘Leave the room at once, both , of yon!
*md Mrs. Webster, callously. I cannot
«*«« »“*"*' T hc " ay of th< * trans *
grosser s hard, you know, . and - you must
.<»** <«»se juences of your evd
’ '
Poor Crocifissa! how she retraced her
tired steps to I’iatico, empty handed,
with the unlucky lace in her basket, she
never knew. The situation was really
deplorable—all the necessaries for iheir
humble housekeeping almost in their
possession, the rooms engaged and not
a franc to pay for anything. The little
community was loud in Us expression* of
rage at the mhum in woman who had so
deceived C rocihssa, but this mended
matters not at all.
A day or two later Remo sought u*
out, despair on his handsome face. Cro
eifissa was il , of gnef only, but so low
and miserable, that Remo feared the
worst The poor girl was really in a
hovel pitiable where state, she and lived. after Amy our visit and to the
I de
dared we would not see another sunset
before we had tried to set on foot some
project that might benefit the unhappy
child.
There were crowds of strangers at the
hotel at Abetone; why should they not
know of the aad little romance at Piati- j
cot With the assistance of our kind
hostess, tha affair was made public, and
we arranged a lottery by which to dis
pose of Crocitissa’s lace
to onr great (lelight tick(>ts tQ Ae
value of nearly three hundred francs
were sold, the money of course* being
!’ 0Ur int ° Vr !*T ? f bewildered
Crocifissa, v well nigh beside herself with
these sudden transitions from despair tc
joy twice repeated
The modest trousseau and furniture
were left paid for, and there was a little sum
over for a rainy day. Amy and I
delayed our stay, to be present at the
affair wedding in October; and a very merrv
it was, thanks to tin change
in public opinion, which now regarded
Remo and Crocifissa as the hero and
heroine of flic village.
The old hostler at our inn won the lacc.
As he had not chick nor child to give it
to, and one or two old sins on his con¬
science, he gave his winning to the
Church
\nd thus it cami ibout that tho
Madonna's silken robe Is SO richlv decor
ated. — Fra/,l /,< slit's.
SELECT SIFTINGS.
An Italian physiologist has now found
bacteria iu hail.
Chinese chronology is founded on
their observations of eclipses over 4700
years ago.
Black bass, it is said, w ill kill from
mere love of killing, and thousands of
pickerel are so destroyed every year by
11
Vs early as Idol adventurous French
fishermen of Normandy and other coast
provinces of France plied their vocation
°ff the short *s of Newfoundland.
I'lie bait I of Boswortli, in which
Richard III. was defeated and killed,
and Richmond won his wav to the Eng
lish throne as Henry VII., occurred A.D.
1-185
The Bibliothoqitc Royalc, • Paris, was
founded with only twenty hooks in 1340.
„ w „ ow onp ,; f the finest libraries in
scripts especially rich in ancieut manu
lol,BC “ w : u discovered in San Do
. 14U 1 alterwanl by the
lards to A ueat.-m i*. iu 1520. it intro Span
m was
'.‘'iced <S ! into France m loiit), and England
111 ’ '
I be first steps looking toward the
foundation of the present city of New
Grleans were taken by the French Gov
eruor, Bienville, in 1718, when a party
°f convicts were sent to clear up the
swamp that was chosen as its site,
According to a celebrated French as
tronomer. the total number of stars visi
hie to the average naked « **,
exceed I?.000 ’ 11 ot'dinaiy opera glass
will bring out 20,000; a small telescope
will bring out nearly 200,000, and the
most powerful telescope ' 100.000.000
astonishing . firearm , lias been intro- .
vn
duccd into Franca It is of French
origin, and is wonderful in the results
t jin cent, oi tlie balls *«?»-**>■ hit ft number
ol baskets rejmsentin^ a company of
soldiers. Col. Lebel. the inventor, stood
w ithin ten feet of a target while one of
W. (.taxi. '""'1 « it ''.000 feet ilietuut.
\ 0 f poisoning bv nutmeg is re
corded in the British MdicaUourml, in
Patient «i> a m Yiiir* "'"7 for t*T"" <lmirh(pn. It caused s i
bcrom<» ffiddv, stupid and very
drowsy all m*\t theseVmls, day Tlu* narcotic
proocrJics of all and of oth
r •'»•— ««*
pcai to be generally known, and seem
wor thj of _____'—, investiifation.
—
Washington's Beilcliatiilier
lhe No v V r, ?’ , ,er Lustwoarti
<1(IS , on , lil( ‘ Home and Haunts of
Waslibvdon" *"^0,11 an 1 we! “Moun^ ! Vernon \s Id
..., ‘ ^ , „
. lnt, 1 tllu , ll,,use
.’ ‘ ,v ' " ! v ',*'° ( ' ‘-■enters
ln the room where Washington died—
‘The Geii’al's room, the room I likes do
, M . 8 - |n l|( . holls ,,* lls the servitor called
.. . ot und . reverent .
it, tn 11 tone ip-nuine
affeetion. /ust w here the great man lay
a-dying stands, eitehtv-eight beside years ago, the bed
now and it the night stand
on which „ are .... the ,1,,, rings ...... 1 eft r, by v. 1.: his ntedi- . ,1:
eine-glasses, unchanged since that day.
The seeietary at w hich he wrote, the
hair-covered trunk in which lie carried
his possessions, the surveyor's tripod * he
lmd , u-td, tin; cloak , . * lie threw *, about . his , .
shoulders when be went over the farm,
the leathern chair in which lie silt, the
covering cut away by vandal hands, are
all there. There was something,in spite of
these few discordant no;es. that seemed
peculiar to that room I could not feel
that thousands of yes had looked upon
it with idl< uriousitv, but as though it
had been kejit sacred these years, and
was vc* redolent of the memories which
have set it squirt forever.
" ‘.Many wonders,’ said onr guide,
‘why Mrs. Wasli'n’ton died up in de
attic, and not in de Geii’al’s room. It
was de custom in de family to shut
up a room for two years after a death
had happened in it, an’ dis room was
shut up, Mis. Wa-h’n’ton went up in
de attic an' dere she staid for eighteen
mu Vs till she died dere. Mhc never
had no tire in de winter, un’ iu do sum¬
mer it was very hot, hut dere she staid
wif only her cat fur comp'ny.’
“The corner cut off from tho lower
part of the duor he showed us was for
the easy egi ess and ingress of this familiaj
friend. The attic room is pretty and at¬
tractive-looking,.but piece has in used it now only
one of furniture by Mrs.
washstand. Washington, a little three-cornered
A War Bicycle.
A marvelous tale of the capacities Oi
3 new military bicycle, recently tried ai
Hanwcll, near London, is told by the
, 7 Starting from the con
u . r of , ow „. „ ni!lll ru ,i e the machine
over half a mile or so of road to the
banks of the River Bent, where dis
mounting lie proceeded to blow into a
, ® sma n |, ;K 7m r S attached 2l to lk the
bandits. Th J bt jnn.it,0.1 i„fl f otdjpKd ,« about
a minute, and then tlie ridder, bavin"
thrown his bicycle into the water divea
aft ,. r it swani a ,. ross nnd l an de<l on the
otlR .1 .,. s • ,d,.. i ,, He tlien rode over three or
four miles of very rough and varied conn
try, including plowed and swampy mead
ows, and having rcero-sed the river re
gained fanes, Ilanwe 1 by some very
lifting Altogether hi-machine he over distance the closed
covered a of
about five miles, and his time was a little
lnore than 41 minutes. Subsequently a
wdl . known cif .ydist tried the machine
over the most uneven ground, up and
down short and sharp hills, bricks and
other obstructioca, in a manner greatly
surprising military men and others who
were present.
The Gilt Trimmings Go.
Commodore Vanderbilt once ordered
a]1 the gau dy t,apping V on the Hudson
Kiver Kmiroad locomotives to he re
Inove d and the engines to bo made as
pj a j„ aH , )0 . q> ( It took too much
time for e. era to shine them ut>.
r , ie Xcw j; u . cn i> a n roiu l ran very \* gaudv
1(K;olnotives out of tht . Grdn(l nt rs\
Depot until recently. President Clark
bc licves that the Commodore was right,
ana the >.1”^ gilt has been coated over with
t ,i •_ y Y . ~
* ‘ _ ‘
'
A Sign of Winter.
There are many lea signs of winter
Gather over and vale
Written by great Nature's pn nter,
But Telling there's many that’s-ne’er a coldish tale. misleading,
one
Seen in cities by the score;
And it pleads in piteous accents
The request *. “Please shut the door 1”
—GoodalPt 9**
TEMPERANCE.
The Price of a Diinlt
“Five cent* a glass!” Does any one think
That this is really tho price of a drink.'
“Five , ‘”’hy. cents a glass,” 1 Ward you say,
that isn't very much to pay.”
You^'^ing thumb: ov^ TwfrtTger and
And if that were nil that you gave away,
14 wouldn’t be very much to pay.
The price of a drink! Let him decide
Who has lost his courage and lost his pride
And lies a groveling heap oi day,
Not far removed from a I east to-day.
The price of a drink Let that one tell
Who sleeps to-night in u murderer's cell,
And feels within him t ho tireR of hell.
Honor and virtue, love and truth,
4.11 the glory ory and aim pride priue of or youth, youth,
i Ho Hopes of manhood, the wreath of fame,
These High endeavor and noble aim.
[ too are price the of treasures a drink, thrown from day away day
to
Five cents a glass!” How Satan laughed,
As over the bar the young man quailed
The beaded liquor, tor thedi jnon knew
The terrible work that drink would do!
And before the morning tin* victim lay
With his life blood swittly ebbing away;
And that was ttie price lie paid ala
For the pleasure of taking :t
The price of a drink! If you want to know
W hut some are Willing to pay for it. go
Through that wretched ten- incut over there,
With W here dingy foul windows aud broken stair, |
W ith disease, like a vampire crawls
outstretched wings o'er the mouldy
walls.
There poverty dwells w ith her hungry brood.
There Wild-eyed as demons foe lack of food;
shame, in a conior, crouches low;
There violence deals its er uel blow
The innocent ones arts thu s ne. ursrsi
To pay tho price of another's thirst
“Fivecents « glass Oli, if that Wfil *e all,
The sacrifice would, indeed, 1 sun ill!
But the money s worth is the least amount
We pay; and whoever will keep account
Will leuru the terrible waste and blight
That follows the ruinous apatite.
“Five cents a glass! ’ I toes any one think
That is really the price of a drink!
Josephine Foilurd. in Harper s Fazai
l*robiblt ion in Rhode Island.
Dr. I). A. Whed'.i! 11*1100, II. I
ft late letter to the i *hristhm
vocate origin , gives nil interesting a .Hint of the
of the movement for nstitutionul
prohibition the popular in that the Ntnt of its adoption by
vote, of subsequent, urtinn of
the legislature, of the hostility of the Provi¬
dence Journal to prohibition and to ( hiof
forcement, Brayton, of the also obstaelea iu the win i eu
and of ti e gratifying » x
of the prohibitory law despite the ..pj.o iti on
of the liquor-men and their political e'lies.
We nuote fro m this letter as follows
tt SB£,5ir;SS"SS
I w*as in Newport, the only town in thu world
where 1 have ever seen a flaunting liquor
banner flung across .the chief bn mess street,
and no open saloon greeted luy vision. lh,
reformation extends throughout tl State
We herethink it a great g tin over , u ■r
experience. At the sunn; time it mu t be
confessed that the success has not In- n such
Si'TSSSkWS.K". After referring to tho jx»liti<*ul illicts, tho
change Brayton, of ndmini.stration. ih resignation of
and theapjioiiitnieiit of the pres*nt
Ghief Curtis, lie write-,
X
law. Great doubt existed ns to whnt the Airy
Legislature would do; everybody was ait in
required ssaKsasi'x.ssSTU’r.ns 1< liis and
time to ai n duties | o\ ■i*s,
and would not move until he was<M(Ui]p*d
and really. Tliis was thu worst in riod ot the
year, theperiml in which the loudest asser
W f 11.0
surest tests is in the comparison <-f anvsts lor
three months einiin^ July 1, lssr. w’ithaeor
responding under liesnse. period The of comparison the pr* shows -ling »de- y. ar
crease of arrests, as follows;
Thirty-five *;Chiet Curtis raids got fairly at day work with in search July,
in one
warrants convinced tho public, and especially
the dealers, seized that he meant hu-iness. 'ihe
pquors dimmed, thus destroyed. are The assayed, and then if con
owner is ui
rested lor "keeping for sale,’ and when that is
disposed of hew arrested again lor mnintaiu
about in«a miiiemixx ~U0 involving .Thus one way or f. another utures
eases, us many
tember of law as and possi.de, iieeember will In* r. a.ly ’1 tor lie traffic the tseji
courts, is
driven from the pubii * gaze an 1 eo.npelle.1 to
hi,le itse,f a,M } do its rl< in S ‘‘ ,T ‘ 1 Thls
is no small gam. % And the reader may be as
wred that he law is I10W as iv
forced ns is any other on th smtut
There is, however, much vvor to t im*
and there isa fixed purpose t lo it as lai- as
the machinery of the law will , Menn
while it will probably continue to tie sn id that
more rum is sold than ever, if so w hy the
anti-temperance cry against the law
Boycotted l»y the Girls.
Tha progress of temper anca principles
among the young Irish-Americans of the coal
region within the last ten yeans is simply
without reform. a parallel In fact, in the the history of teuqier
anee is strong that temperance feeling
the now so no young man can enter
be charming circle of female society unless
is an avowed temperance man and wea's
the Father Matthew badge. It has now come
to such a pass that the young Irish-American
ladies will ha\*e nothing to do with tlie man
that drinks. girls By raising this boycott against
the boys the have playe l the jiart ot true
ceeded temperance driving missionaries, iu that they suc¬
in tlie young men into tlie so¬
cieties. An illustration of this was seen m
the town of Beuver Meadow last spring,when
all the girls in the place combined and re¬
solved that they would not accept the atten¬
tion ot any young man until he had first
signed the pledge and joined the St. Aloysius
Society. For a while it was thought tliut the
young ladies were not in earnest, and that
the boycott would soon bo lifted. But the
young ladies were determined, and when the
young fellows found this out they su rren
aered.and forthwith there was a rush tc )r nd
mission into the local tenijierunee society
The latter is now in a very flourishing condi¬
tion. Ut those who join these tenipoi ace so¬
cieties about ten out of forty ’full from
grace,” But in other words, go buck to drink.
the deserter's downfall does not last long,
After his debauch lie sees the folly of his
ways and thinks how happy he was wh en he
But this is not the worst All his friends
are shun traveling in on opposite (lire tion, and
the outcast altogether. The result is
that a man who breaks his pledge becomes
S h^hy AUer taktegihe t£?f£?££$ and nli-te- returns for a to second tim
The numlier who break the pledge a second
time is only one in seventy. A member who
fo, rf eit» duM his ,P menihenihip ald ,n f? tb in e a society h>' forfeits h >m
All a , su the societies are beneficial, „ aim mke good
care of the sick, wide its and orphans, lhe
St. Aloysius Society, of Wilkesbarre, has 480
wry. The father Mathew Hociety \ initSl and ,T tlie
Father Mathew Cadets have 200 more mem
bers. Every society has a handsome uni
form.— Brooklyn Citizen
A Barkeeper's Admission
A hartender of wide ex ;perienee mournfully
admits that the temper ance movement hao
reached tho rum shops. He says:
“I have noticed that drinkers on the aver¬
age pour out less than they did. I have
tended bar iu nearly every first-class hotel
in the country, and used to run on the lower
Mississippi poured river. would The drinks that I have
seen out stagger tne, and I
have been a pretty goo! drinker. They used
to take it straight. It is seldom now that
you hear a man ask for whiskey straight. It
Is something on the side, or a tittle sugar and
water. I have noticed this tendency to kin l
of weaken liquor for a long time, and I think
as how the prohibition is getting in its work
I am sorry to say this, tor I have always
been one ot the kind as thought it was a sin
to water whiskey, or even put sugar into
“The Captain Was Drank.”
“The Captain was Drunk" is the headline
given the “Vernon” an article referring to the disaster of
on Lake Michigan. kind This is
the second occurrence of the within a
short time. Such criminal negligence merits
the severest punishment. Human lives are
too precious to be thus trifled with under the
charge and of without an intoxicated principle, brute—without However,
reason the
Government tolerates it, and no action is
taken against declare the drunken wretches; and
those who their opposition to the sale
fanatics. of that producing It is probable this result are pronounced the world
that were
peopled with a few more “fanatics,” there
might be leas misery, and fewer disasters, as
well as a gratifying decrease in that disease
known as general cuarednee*.— Wsst Otoet
(Amt.) IndeptndttU.
NUMBER *>K.
the light
There is no shadow where my love is laid;
For (ever tints 1 fancy in nty dream
That wakes with meant! wakes my sleep)
some gleam
Of sunlight, thrusting through the poplar
shade,
Falls there; and even when the wind ha*
played
His requiem for the Day, one stray sun¬
beam,
l'ale ns the palest moonlight glimmers
seen,
Keeps sentinel for iter till starlights
fade.
And I, remaining here und waiting long.
And all enfolded in tny sorrow’s night,
H ho not on earth again her face may
see—
For even Memory does her likeness wrong—
Ami blind and hopeless, only for this
light—
This light, this light, through all the
years to be.
—1L C Funner, in (he Century.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
You may laugh at abaldlicadedmnnas
much ns you like, hut. you can’t make tun
of his hair .—Dansrille liret:r.
The English house of lords now re¬
joices iu a new and appropriate title—
the house of landlords. - - Ch ictnjo Journal.
"Why do plots thicken on the stage?”
asks a western exchange. Because they
can’t very well be any thinner. That'*
one reason .—Mail and A'.rptvx.i.
He was love-struek when first they met,
And soon was bnun 1 the fetter* ,
One year, and she sent Tael. love's truek*
His gifts nnd all his letter
('art Pretsel.
In a Kansas town, Class in history.
Teacher \nd wliut did Washington
do when he threw up his fortifications
near Boston Bright Bov— ‘lie boomed
the town, I rluiixutn TrareUr.
One of the most annoying things iu
life is to think you have found a nickel
on a show ease, and after making a covert
grab for it, discover tint it is pasted on
the under side of the glas l.'jiai'h
“There is many u »lip 'twixt the cup and tin,
D|*
A motto that comes v, r.v pat, my boys;
There are many slip ups 'iwixt the flips and
hie cups—
You had tietter past • that in your hat, my
boys.
(Ino litll's Sun.
There is a good deal of interest mani¬
fested now in the subject of whaling in
the polar sea The difference between
that and the old-fashioned lmek-shed
variety is that in one instance the victim
gets cold and in the other he gets
warmed .—Merchant Tvanh r.
Should Wiggins claim tlmt. storms will blow,
i lo sailing son. nnd f ar not
But sh. mid lie propi liesv a calm
Into tlie ocean sti r 11. it.
And should lie say tl (> sun will shine,
Tlien look for drenching ruin 11s out.
Tis strange tlie killer w ith his club
I fim t knock the fellow s brains out.
Washington Hatchet
NOT PKUKKI'T.
He Which wears a dapper would Derby hat,
he call a ' tile;”
His linen, und his gay eriivut <
Are of t tin* latest si vl
His clothes faultless by Pool. iu ( ! iomlon fame,
Are 11 lt(
They or iu uncut his manly frame
A nd he' s aware of ii.
"A perfect youth," you'd say at once,
And get it wrong again.
For he is just a perfect dunce,
He has a misfit brain.
'•omerritte Journal
A Wonderful Marching Feat.
Looking through history, writes Lieu¬
tenant Hamilton in the New York Post,
we find that though in all other particu¬
lars the art of war has made wonderful
strides, complished yet iu the actual distances ac¬
in marches on foot the an¬
cients were fully equal to modern sol¬
diers. In fact, tlie most wonderful feat
ever recorded iu marching was accom¬
plished Punic by Hannibal the ancients, waiting tn the second
war lay at Cauu
sium forhis In other llasdvubal to bring
him reinforcements from Spain. Facing
Hannibal was n Homan army under the
Consul Claudius Nero, while op
posito II and rubai was another
Roman army under tlu Consul I.i
vius. hold Leaving the, mam body
to and deceive Hannibal, Claudius,
with a picked marched body of 1,000 horses and
(1,000 foot, secretly and quickly
to Livius, and, joining forces with him,
they hurled themselves on Ilusdrubal
aud defeated him. Claudius then ut
once marched back again before Hanni¬
bal was aware of bis brotl ■r S defeat.
Now, the distance between Canusium
and SerraGallica, the place of the bat¬
tle, by the best authorities is given at the
least measurement as 225 miles The
march w as made each w ay in six days, or
at the rate of over thirty-seven miles a
day. But this march is an exceptional
one, and, if believed, must stand out
like so many other of the wonders of tha
ancients.
Wind and Endurance io Hunniiig.
The essential requisites of a long-dis¬
tance runner are a strong heart and ca¬
pacious lungs in a broad,deep and mobile
chest. The reason for this will be ap¬
parent to those who understand tho
physiology of exercis T sustain long
continued exertion latent energy in the
muscles used is necessary, and also a
ready means of supplying tlics * muscle*
with an increased amount of oxygen
while in action, and of earning away
the carbonic u„id that results from the
combustion in the tissues, lienee the
it* ■ essity of breathing faster while run¬
ning than while walking, and unless this
exchange of gases can he carried on with
sufficient rapidity and in sufficient quan¬
tities to meet the demands of the organ¬
ism under these trying circumstances, further
there soon comes an end to mus¬
cular activity, though the muscles them¬
selves may be far from exhausted, -
Srrihn er's Majazi //<*.
His Big Bumps.
office A gentleman in entered and asked a phrenologist'* to have his
Boston
head examined, \ftei 1 moment s in
spection the professoi started hack, ex
claiming* “Good gracious: vou have —
the most unaccountable combination of
attributes I ever discovered in a human
hung Were your parents entric ?
No sir.” replied the all-around
character, meekly but mv wife is.
You needn’t pay any attention to the
larger bumps, sir."— Burlington, Free
Press.
Two Governors.
When General Buckner, now Governor
°/ . Kentucky, made „., lf i f . hi- his tent last sortie some from rom
I ort Donelson he « as met ana r( pulsed
by Colonel Thavcr, commanding coml the
First Nebraska Regiment. The two
andinK orilCf . rs never met again unti
gragpC(1 other’s hand at
the Philadelphia centennial, General
Buckner as Governor of Kentucky and
General Thaveras Governor 01 Ixc-nrasKa.
—Macon (Ga.) Telegraph
It is stated that the height of the Eng¬
lish aristocracy has considerably in¬
creased within the last 500 years.
By keeping mushrooms until too old
or stale an alkaloid called muscarine is
developed.
Sumatra has a flower which grows to
nine feet in circumference ana weighs
fifteen pounds.