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About Crawfordville democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1881-1893 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1882)
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He lias a fit for about four years. Davis, Woodburn, Ylacoupin Dl. SAM AKITA X NERVINE IS FOR SALE • BY ALL DRUGGISTS Or may be had direct from us. information inclose stamp our Illustrated Journal •evidences of cures. Address. DR. S. A. RICHMOND & CO., World’s Epileptic Institute, St. Joseph, DrfiA amnmpndzs SAMRKTAN NEfiVlQ-SEE CRAWFORDVILLE, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1882. POETRY. A PLASTAliON BALtAD. AS SUNG BY UNCLE REMUS. I. De boss, lie squall ter de rompin’ boys ; Don't bodder dat jug in de spring 1 De jug, he he'holler guggle out good-good-good sing i Nigger, and ; Oh, gimme de gal, de big greasy gal, W’at wrop up ’er U’ar wid a strink 1 II. Little Sail bird flutter ...... light we’n de de big speckle - liawk up en in pine . ; YV ten de overseer come en look thro defence Nigger don t cut no shine, But lie roll up he eye, en he break loose en En I wish dat big gal ’uz mine ! III qi, q,. speckle hawk light in de top o’ de .,j,, e Ell q ar he 3et en swing; De 0Vl , r seer lean his chin on de fence, En listen at de cotton-choppers sing ; p on >t nobody J bodder dat sway back gal ! w . at wrop up >er h ' ar wW a string ! IV. Oh.de kyar stcappin’ black gal’ debig greasy gal! ! She herself mighty fine ! How de boysgwineter fuller along in de row, waitin’ ier ter ketch her sign ! Do boss mighty close,yit I study en I wish— Eli I wish dat big gal ’uz mine ! —Atlanta Constitution. | GENERAL NEWS AS cal, CAN CD FROM TELE CHAM AM) LETTERS, Being the Latest lutormatlou as Con¬ densed from the Newspapers—A Uriel Review of What the Country is At. Culled lor the Readers o! the Demo¬ crat, —Houses ore in demand in Atlanta. . —Bank failures is the order of the day. —Savannah has introduced the electric light. —Dr. II. W. Edwards, of Columbus, is dead. —Savannah speculators lost $250,000 by he decline in cotton. | —The prisoners in Appling jail tunneled out last week and escaped. —Prince Deik.of Liberty county,is dead, He was over 100 years old. —Vienna is threatened with a total fail¬ ure of its water supply. —Several new brick buildings are to he erected in Americas this spring. —Prof. Ko Hun llua, the Chinese pro¬ fessor at Cambridge, is dead. —Kelly’s morocco factory at Lynn .Mass.* was destroyed by- fire the other night. —K. J. Evans has been committed at Elberton to answer the charge of arson. —Much uneasiness is felt around Elber ton on account of the spread of diptlieria, —Geu. Lone-street is having the Pied¬ mont JJi,-K-1 at GaiiiesviVle renovated for the coming season. —Georgia won fourteen out of the twen ty-four fights in the recent cocking main at Hamburg, S. C. —In two weeks the extension of the Ma¬ con and Brunswick road will he completed to within six miles of Indian Spring. —Sam W. Small, a well-known Atlanta journalist has associated himself with the Florida Union, of Jacksonville Florida. —Governor Cameron, of Virginia, has vetoed the Anti-duelling bill recently pass ed by the Legislature of the State. -Mr. Ezra McColman, who lives about five miles from Carrollton, was kicked by a mule last Tuesday and injured so severe ly that lie has since died. —A negro tramp, named Traves, from Oxford, Ala., has been taken with a dig ease, in Cartersvilie, Ga., which proves to be small pox. —The court martial for the trial of Ser grant Mason, for shooting at Guitcau through the jail window, convened at iv as i* nng t m M on !• a - Four hundred and ninety persons have so far professed conversion in C incinnati under the recent ministrations of Rev. Thomas Harrison, the “boy revivalist. —The city of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was almost entirely destroyed by fire last Saturday. The loss of life as well as prop erty was very great. —About one o’clock Saturday morning last a barn and its contests, at Decatur, be longing to Mrs. E. Mason, was burned, Incendiary. —An entire family were poisoned in Cynthia, Ky., by drinking spring water, lt is presumed that the water had been ‘doctored” by some enemy. is —Around Washington it rumored that ’ Tai “ s -ongstreet will probably come io for a Cabinet position. _ In Cartersvilie Friday, a boiler explo- i ded killing five men outright, and serious ly injuring eight more. The boiler was USBdthe LllCaS Cat faCt ° ry — Kimball has withdrawn Ins . propos*- , ; *M>n to supply Atlanta with plenty of wa ter, and the canal project has been temper- i airly abandoned. i * ' -Andrew Muir, a young Scotchman : and bookkeeper for the Stewart Iron Com pany, < t Lnioutown, la, has embezzled c " mpan y f u “ ds t0 thc awou,,t of several I t thousand dollars. ] I ■ *—The newspaper men of Mexico have i formed a telegraphic association, and will hereafter attempt to keep pace with the rest of the world bv producing press tele grams | —It is rumored that President Arthur is I paying desperate attentions to a Miss Ida ( Farrell, of Peoria, III. Thus, we see even (*. «*« magistrate way to the gentle feelings of love. —The grand jury at Washington has re turned a presentment against twelve per sons charged with implication in the Star Route cases. Among them are ex-Assis tant Postmaster-General Bradey and ex Senator Dorsey. —Gov. Cameron and several millitary ry companies have gone to the mouth of the Rappahannock river, where serious troubles are apprehended between the cit izens and the oyster fleets —The Mutual Union Telegraph Compa¬ ny 1ms filed « certificate in the New York Secretary of State's office, increasing its capital to ten million dollars. —Gov. McEnery has given notice that the executive offices of the government of Louisiana will be nioyed to Baton Rouge on the 1st of March —Maryville College, Tenn., is soliciting subscriptions in New York to repair the damage occasioned by the loss of fifty stu¬ dents who left on account of the introduc¬ tion of colored students. —R. G. Dun & Go., mercantile agents, report one hundred and fifty-four failures for this week, an increase over last week. The bulk of the failures were in the North and West. —Quitman must be flourishing. The Free Press says of it: “Our Library As¬ sociation has four hundred dollars loaned at interest, our building is paid for, and we have books worth three thousand dol¬ lars on the shelves. —A terrible collision oecnved Monday morning at Flowery Branch, on the Air Line. Two freight trains run together on a high trestle- Botli engineers were smash¬ ed and the trains burned up. One man only was injured. The bridge gave way. —Mr. J. M. Brooks, a citizen of Griffin* has patented an automatic car coupler, which is pronounced a complete success, and the News grows enthusiastic and says there is millions in it. A stock company lias been organized with a capital of fifty thousand dollars —Tlm report of a peculiar case comes from Washington City. It seems that two sisters had inherited some ’property About this property a lawsuit was com¬ menced. The two sisters were successful. On last Friday they suddenly died, and it is supposed from poison. The matter is being investigated. -4About eight o’clock on the night of the 9tli insl, some one attempted to assassinate Mrs. George A. Beck, at Williston, Barn¬ well county, S. C. She was.busy in her kitchen, and some unknown person, very near the house, fired at tier through a crack, and the charge passed near her per son, —In a letter to thc Atlanta Constitution under date of New York, February 18, II, W. Grady says that the opinion of the prominent cotton firms of that city is ded that the price of the staple now is as low as it will ever he; that the crop fo 1881 is at least 1,000,000 bales short. They think, England*" (thecotton men jaAOML price is “froze out” the will begin to steadily increase. —In the Knoxville Citv Council there, are three lawyers, two printers, one dray man, one wholesale gr cer, one, harness maker, one dry goods merchant, one hotel keeper, one negro, one insurance agent, one builder, one sash and blind manufac¬ turer, one cigar maker and one a man of the town. The Mayor keeps a boot and s ] 1()(1 s j or( > —Friday night, ■ ,, on Little T *,,i river, in i„ t Lm colncolinty , the extensive milling property Mr En Lockhart was Burned up. The included flour and grist mills, with a ^ and was very valuable. , J( . sjd( , s n considerable amount of grain, sever al bales of cotton were missing, but were subsequently found to have been by the inceadiaries. On some of the cotton was traced to Augusta and recaptured, with one or two the parties suspected of the arson. .—----- ... .. ---rt GENERAL GARTRELL, ANNOUNCES HIMSELF A CANDI date KOR GOVERNOR. __ Aud Advauce* rhe Platlorm He Has Adopted—He Indorses the Views of Mr Felton. — - The following interview witti General L. J. Gartrcll is dipped from the Atlanta Post-Appeal of the 20th: For several months past great anxiety has existed in the public mind thioughout the State to know wliat postion Gen. Lucius J Gartrcll would take in the coming com paign. Hundred of friends all over Georgia have been pressing him to define his positon. After repeated solicitation, the Post Appeal is glad to announce that on baturday one of .ts reporters obtained from him the following interview. i “Gen. Gartrcll, it has been understood f « r «*erai ,nontlls that you will be an In and'the 'throughout ^ people ^ Georgia are nx|ous ’ t , m should make j ' some ’ ' dis- 1,1 ... * 1 , ' “ J . I have not hesitated . , when approached on the subject to state that, in obedience to t)l(! earilest . so ,i cita tion of friends, l woul(la ,| ow the useof niy n . measa candj . dat@ for g 0veI10 r at the election in October next, and that, at the proper time, I would in an address to my fellow citizens, formally J . .. . f .. . , , .. .. . ,. @ in ,* <T I .* hen T I m may „.r announce 17 your candidacy ... as a fact?” asked the reporter. “It was not my purpose this earlv to an. DO unce my candidacy, hut as the canvass ing this announcement, and doing sol trust twill not be inferred that I wish to create any division or political excitement among our people. Nor is it my intention or desire to disorganize or disrupt (even were it my power to do so) either the Na tional Democratic or Republican parties. I realize and shall insist upon the great right of i'jie people to select, by a free ballot and 'fnfriconnt, their own servant and agents to adn.inMer their government, for their bene¬ fit without caucus dictation or the appli tiou of the party lash.” . • ’>-"ou are then an Independent Demo cuy.,: candidate for governor?.” ‘ I am; and if elected it >vill be Ihy earnest do?.'n, by strict,and unremitting attention to the duties of this high and responsible j offi - --e to it that the laws are so ad mimVtvred as to advance the prosperity, p " ,t the rights, and promote the welfare of ai the people of our beloved State- The P«op are entitled to efficient impartial and good oveminent. It is not only the right Je duna na 71%° 1 it. lo secure this end, 0 , 7 1 he.ieve- a r s f ° j and. innot better express ,t than ... the : lairnr ,;e of a dtst.ngu.shed Georgian t.r. iwy cadd should ham the oppov- ; tun j m acquiringcommon Englisheduca , lm. /.^hwls forever n.a» freahy a hi. era’ . >urt trom the fetate Government, monopolies, by which a privileged class exercise controlling power over the propert,- and laborof a inultitnideof citizens 1 are cjjfcc « lo the genius and spirit of our I government; and we will steadily resist I everv lioasure or system ft at tends to; 1 cone, ntrite poltical power or undue lu.si nesa opportunities in tlio hands of the few J I at the expense of the many. ‘••Tlmt prsont system of leasing tlm State cornets must be ........ from our I statutes it a foul bl it upon our eivilixa ! * tionand “'Thaftirty nvmanity Proscription and sectional prsjmiMshavc greatly retarded the ma¬ terial iliwe ipuieiit and growth ol’our State desire —whlcMjfcterial ai*;, ill diligently prosperity fostjpr-.and we earnestly to this end we wi: use every moral ni.d legal means lo -a qm s proscription and to lib¬ eralize KCe.tuiial prejudices- recognizin'; the unity ofnur conimon Federal govern meut, and e<--r>'u.y of all men before the i laws ’ ciples “You.ts rflcjnfif M|,r,lt!icn, formulated tlie platform of prin¬ by Dr. IV! ton?” do.llIK “I “AVhat aql'it the alleged, coalition in Georgia’.'*’ “1 dp.uot il, ve that any coalition 1ms beenS p . V e-, -n contemplated, la the inf. W end liberal movement now sweep • !‘ab- ! rejoice that the peo pie haw bet '* to there tries inter ests, and that ; ull parlies who think and act for i tvis have resolved to unite for fl f - e (purpose of securing good governme ' “General • anil the ropovfw retired. j ter— I ' i.. .st. ',a*BaPK>'i* ) leper ... iJImvlnU • Ll-,1; , A, Cbi<-:' a btl *?. jfitiiwn hs a Kiiitiibu. tor tirtho \V<*s* hi ibVss, she ascribed the cure of a dangt Pous* cough, neeompaiiied by llorehoiuid bleeding at tine lungs, to Iiaie's Honey of "thvcnteiljed nind Tar. “My cough,’- sin says, to suffocate me * * * * but thc f Ilmiev of Ilondmuud and ar has remove- I every trace of it.” The Ttcr was to a I idy friend in tliis oily. who has placed it at tlm disposal of C. N- Ciut- 1 ’KNTon, 115 Fi dtoil sfreet, N. Y. Rise’s Tooth idle Drops cure hi oic min ute. I Baby Saved We are so tin inkful to say that our baby was pernianeii f ly cured of a dangerous and protracted irri gularity of the bowels by the use of Hop Ilii ters by its mother, which at the sain time estored her to perfect health and strength.; —The Parents, Rochester, N. Y. SeeanoHi er column.—Buffalo Ex prens a (^ ueer crime, / ^ . y 0 U> /■ U, l raid < \ \ . , kUI ^ ‘^ n . ... 1 18 . , AM , , 7 I .s . the '! substance , " of one * ' of , Jourt reports. J?* it posMhle, then, that it is a crime to be a woman in this part of thewoild? It seems it mus Be, for tlio wonderful Justice who sen fenced this, *irl, and whose name is Smith, hiul no otlie - fact against tier than her sex. She had on, it is true, masculine attire, hut there is no 1 nw against that, and there can. j )(; no putl | s )nnent for doing what the law d©,., not fm hid. O, that we had some good Haroun AS llasehid hereabouts to do a bit 0 f v i gor oin justice in this ease—to free yij s s Jeini e and reward her for tiie enei C y a nd eonihge that led her to do what was Mec ,. w r y f 0 ga ; n a livelihood, am) to put atliaril conviif labor for a year, amid rogues alu i ts, this wise Justice Smith ! j __^ , m Thirty )our years of C( , n , tantly h.ereas , ng U9fl h iye estah.ished a reputation For (f r . Bull’i; Cough Syrup second to no simi tor preparation', it'relieves instantly ami: cur(!Kall Coughs .Colds, etc, j — —---- QueryWhat Truth is and the Honor best family medi-1 j cine in the world to regal,ft- the hmveis nurifvtlie bloo! L ) ’ remove 1 co-iven. f '°, s ’ rd biliou»«.s», axi . digestion , and tone , the system? up whole Truth and honor eo.,i,«.|s u to answer, Hop Bittcs. being pm- p.rfeei a,ut hal T ,,e!W - anotlier eoliunii.—Tohelo »‘ a<le ‘! • — —A . baeitelor, upon reading that “two lovers will sit up all night with one chair in the room,” said that it could not be done unless one of tliem sat on the floor. .Such ignorance is painful. Profitable Patients. JX SSiTht?"' persons *......... him mc! wasting away from a condition of .mist J-’StVnllrttent iis'^of f ^''’iret''’ " ' " ° r 1 ” '-''' > ail eddy the II Bittei 1 ill to cure from Hie first dose and keep it IP until perfect liealtii and streng fi is rert or n© t saffe* when iU Tycan"' <'ll n 1 vt —Cincinnati Star- SHAKOS DEP.A KT3!K\T. , J. , A. KENDlllGlC, Karra a j jacent All our friends eurestly at Sharon and bring living ad ttle are they have. requested Marriages, to us nil news births. Wew'ant SharonTo'’ninlm’ag'md^hmviug; —-Money is scarce and hard to get. —Merchants urn down in the mouth over the failure to collect. _ Me hear of but little s'ckuen in this section. # —Bacon and corn are demanding high prices in our country market. t >ur ianMors have had scarcely any ,W f *'» AVo d.m't think \vc have ever seen small grain looking more hopeful. -Wo arc son , to learn that A. 1). , Komlnck is having chills. We trust ho will shortly reenter. ; _(lor cotton receipts up to tlm pres- ! ent tune have been somwhere about 1000 hales. ■ —Miss Susie Taylor, who has been visiting relative a 1 .Raytown, Inis return- i I . ‘ ed homo. lot of J. .1. Kendrick has received a fine | tobacco from Virginia, which lie j intends to sol! at bottom prices. j Wo iiavo received eighty-five tons of guano at this ph.ee already. 1( • l,,()ks likl ‘ it is impossible for the farm- : (:rs t«» quit using it. j K. S. .Jackson has removed from the old .stand at the depot, into the [""™ kept. whi ^' V '' L 1 UiviH " f ,;: “ !d >' —Miss Panbridgo Saggus, of Bandy Cross, wiio has been visiting relatives i at this place, returned home cm last | Monday. - Sum- -f our y uiig men have been '■ l “i , * .rein I oinli i ocelli I). We Gad they Visited.ioiib.M) 1 Union ; Point, s asuiiialnig young ladies. A , . . . h . l,,t . k )‘® : ’ ; l; ’ ;l . ! would like to dispose Of. II i - coin mend d % t-v « high’-, by these who have .,| it, — Our friend Joe. I’. Dumicolt, of (Ji’iivviordville, paid us ii visit on -Tues¬ day. \Yc were inucli pleased to joo him. Joo isquiLea duvef pud ugreea- lc man. —Hiytovvn djsliict has offered A. W. Mei’sbon as a cundidale for a coun¬ ty commissioner,to fill the vacancy cfE. Anderson. Raytown lias selected a man to lid the place. —ISliaron lias three hundred and flf'y and is one of the prettiest places any where about. She is for good it young itifin, I .1 i ■ • < ' 4'1*0 •. >.« tCTui ,. U . Mershon ri . liest valentine of ai.j'young man In riharoir This was not unexpected as Walter is very popu av among the la¬ dies. lie ..is quito a nice gentleman ami, lie stands well in society. —Sharon merchants are out on col¬ lections for last year, between twelve and liitecn thousand dollars, (not twelve hundred dollars), if the credit system was done away with the mer¬ chant!) and farmers both would lie much better oil, - Miss Mollie Brown, from Reynold vi 1 lc, opened school on J li. Kendrick’s place Inst Monday. She met with con¬ siderable encouragement. Her school numbers about twenty scholars. She is an excellent lady, and wo wish her lunch success. H’e had a nice party at Mr. P Keating’s last Tuesday night. All passed off’very pleasantly. /Is wo were ready L> Vivo i lc. ix-enu' asked us to have a warm enp of coffee, which was very acceptable. Mr. Keating is one of our best farmers, lie makes piently of every filing he needs. —On last Wednesday night we at’ tended a dance at Mr. Richard affair. Kealy’s it was quite an enjoyable There was an immense ciowd out. About twelve o’clock supper was served. It was partaken of by the invited guests. After suiier,d promenading and danc¬ ing continued until two o’clock. Tin: crowd then dispersed, and each young gentlemen c Fried his sweetheart- heme. We received u letter from Ge.o. W Overton a few il.iy- ago. We. were happy l.o hear from him, as we wer always chums. George is at 1/ naira, Tenn., clerking lor the Lenoii M iim facl.ufing < :•>. IL- lias a sphiudi I sit mi¬ tion, and is well pleased with the country, //e says he has no 1 seen a ne y7ir. 'smske 7'f7 .ienty'to'Vfth™ ! n7nt.s every rn, i Ben strictly l.w eas weil’in |i (;eo is a business man He stands our county. Wo know he will make plenty frick of in Lenoirs. Prof Ware, A. W. M. and my ejf , left hist Sat, unlay on the; morning 1 rain | f<>1 JDoinsrii VVe readi'-ii Hicre at • two , h kl 1 geiitleiiian " ' "j, ' ! we j v ’ i! ’ 1 o. . L-m . , u ougti who has '•Im'ge of Mm ai adeiny at that place, j j j ■-pool numbm s sixly-five scholars. I j,„ |,as lb- fq.i.ta'ion of being an ex e-lh-n' f .*-i, .. Aider the ear Iff,, we pm ainbui-ited up Muin slrer-t, Itmvting :l <"»”/ «»ir oM acquaintances, Urol. I an-re.m.a m.uln n , acouaiu ted wrtli some ol I horn ;on s most prom inent bo ue.-.s men. He then showed uh around, an made u acquainted j W ‘V iO m.sou's fairest young j litdn-s t nithfuiiv v t hat I Thomson lias some pretty young imm-s. red ouraei :h venuirkablv well. I and l(‘f 31 \YC of wiii . It i we ve not t ime o write more concern ''y illiVI* ci. iLl ^! .nt drtii'ffists. ( ii L.uaur, At- Vo!. 6.—Vo. M 5 CAPITAL AFFAIRS. AS COM.IJC'!■A-:r> BY l ilts PEOPLE’S i «!• PUI>i.XT.ATIVfS ---- What is Being Done at Washington—The Mormon Question and the Annexation <>( t'Uh-Tlie Silver Bill-Mr. Stephens Takes ail Active Part in the Debate, {Social Corraromhucc of The Democrat .] Washington, D.C. February 19th,—Th e Lenten season is .so n p ar at hand that so ci ety is outdo) ng itself If. the effort to s<r cure enough enjoyment "religion before the forty days cloth‘and set anart bv for fasting in ashes. The society belle w ili hardly bother the ashes tliough-alw 1 nrrer dom. she will pass the time in kkig calls attending an occasional dinner, party, studying the fashion plates and worrying her milliner. The past week ha. Wl , n a number of the nr,>1 stylish balls of proniilu , tlt , among which was t lmt given by Representative and Mrs. ,!<*,,. "VJ.T w „ n , i ^«»* <• “f? . , !ast German' ‘,. and thVluW* '. ‘* Clerk'* ’ \ » ‘ 1 v7u ,, L'!*.*. 7,’!,°; 7 hftt 1 ' V t"""* 7°'' ” V ' •••.son v: c cm 1 ‘L , , roo “ « a * J ■' 1 * 1 ' ' 1 Utl A ' " '•■ion, and , . ^ and Imm-ostamcs were superb. The j" 1 “ ' " ' L ' lI /fLf! U 4 l,irg0 : s J ' n was 1 .......7’7'L ’’ L.‘ , s<;Wwa " 1 , I l ° s t ,ltal , refus from * . to tor sweet charity s sake,” but ..... w often weop °r ; t | nr orphan starve unheeded and With scant sympa¬ thy. Little does “soeiefy” think of the poverty and wrei badness it!! around it even in tlm capital of a nation like tli .i. But I do not intend to preach you a sermon. In dm Senate, the only exciting topic has* the consideration of the Mormon wllU . h ............ in Ulw 1 a ot act , winch .... is intended . , , , to . wipe . out ... the polygamists of Utah. Time only can prove G ei. n,e>. Ldygamy has gained such a ami the Mormon church is so pow u I iu i U" to-day, that the task is a di^. fie nit one.. The Territorial Legislature of which but I,hr -e or four only ar not Mor. i,nons and polygamists has sent a series, i -solutions to Congress, protesting against the. abolition of the present gov¬ of Utah and the establishment of commission appointed by the President in the House of Representatives an ap¬ hill was passed on the old metli. thc Seaton method meeting with al¬ universal condemnation. By the new Georgia gains one new representative South Carolina two, while Florida »< h hor lor liter duuW ' „ . ffete r f o e t e u h me ni tii id Tim House has now 293 mend (lie new apportionment will increase 325. This will ncec <s itate the removal of the dcsks from the floor and the substitution of benches as in thc English I’arilaraent. One, of the best speeches delivered while the bill was pending was that of Kepresen tatlve Tillman of South Carolina. Hon. Judson C. Clements, of the Seventh Dis¬ trict of Georgia, made his debut on the sail)-'subject in a speech highly creditable both as to matter, and delivery. It created a very favorable impression and was dl rented chiefly against tlm errors of the Meat- f. on method of apportionment. After the passage of tins hill quite an interesting and •A'-iting d hate sprung up iu the House, on tlm question of issuing coin certificates to passes money. The idea is to keep-the ■a n’n, to the gold and sdvvr, in the vaults of the Treasury and issue certificates of de¬ posit wherever they are preferred to coin* These certificates will not ho as Inwik notes, barely promises to pay but will lie in the shape of Treasury acknowledgements’,' the Government holding the coin to lie turned over dollar for dollar to whoever presents the certificate. In this way it is contended by many that the people will have all the advantages of paper money without the disndvanages and inconvenience of tras porting the metals. •• • ’ HON. ALEXANDER H. 8TEPHENT fi ;ii,("l lrunJ ?atly in the discussion. He h ii > vtT b - n for several years an earn - t a lvocite of the imlimlted c<flnage of gold and silver, not for circula¬ tion tuile s the holder desires it for that purpose, hut to b ■ kept in the Treasury and coin certificates issued in its place, re. (Deniable dollar for dollar on preseiitation. Tlds lie declared to he in his opinion the best currency in tho world and the one ha preferred above all other. Diox. _ - ••‘•’<*! , n take this slate,you rascal,and ‘d J'-nd*^ 'out sx feet each dev, falling back eight ( every night, how much time woUl.l bit- cat require to get out of the well ?•’ .John st to ciphering, and covered bo'li sid-s of his slate with figures • tli-n p! i-in * one edge of bis side mi -d, knees and resting vacancy, his chin on the im gazed into “Well, John, how about the cat ?’» “1 atiier, I ain’t got any more room m the slate,but if I had anotlier square IVl have that eat in h—I in three min R. Ii:t * win, writes: “After trying ing R-'.ne lies without avail and I*hy2 ii ■ without relief, I gave Tei-thuia lag PowJc-rsq,and itacted like mag 1 < i c isionally give a powder to beep of felled.” 1 “Rougll oil Hats.” g de ';re<l found at last. Ask. for “Rough ou lints.’* It clears *s. mice, roaelr's, flies, bed-bug^’ l. r H*. b«
