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THE AMERICUb DAILY T1MES-REC0RDER: SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 1891. ym tfiSgj TRDANTS FROM HOME TRIAL8 AND TEMPTATIONS OF RUN AWAY BOYS IN NEW YORK. A Plain Matter of Fart Talk from New 1 Turk’s Chief Iimpcrtor—Hoy** <;«*t Their Ideas of the City from Lurid Ilook»—A Paw Examples from the Iteeords. Having already referred in a general way to the evil effects that usually fall to the lot of a boy who is so foolish and headstrong as to run away from home and try his fortunes in the great city, I will cite a few cases of the many with which the records of our police depart ment abound. All teach the same lesson. In January, a year or two ago, a boy eleven years old left his home in Albany and came to this city, as he afterward said, "to «ee the sights.” As <i»y after day passed and ho did not return, bia parents, greatly worried, made inquiries for hint in many directions. The police of this city Were asked to join in the search. The boy had been nlicent about three weeks when one day an officer who was patrolling a post in the neighlxirliood of the docks came upon a boy who stag gered as he walked. The officer’s first impression was that the boy was intox icated, bnt upon making a closer exam ination and questioning him it turned out that he was .not intoxicated, bat weak from lack of food and front ex posure in tlio wintry weather. The policeman took him to headquar ters and gave him a good meal. After ward it was discovered that he was the boy from Albany whose disappearance had caused so much concern. His parents were promptly communi cate! I with, and he was very glad iDdeed to go homo with his father, who came after him without delay. A tew months after this occurred onr police were requested to look for two boys—ono fifteen years old, the other thirteen—who had run away from their homes in a New England city. They had good homes and kind parents, bnt Ahoy bad tired of going to school. The idea of wonderful adventures had been pat into their beads by the books they had been allowed to read, and they determined to see life for themselres in a larger city than the one where they bad been brought up. They wandered about New York for fire days, bnt fonnd life here a sterner reality than they had supposed. The little money they had was soon spent, and at the end of the fire days they were glad to give themselves np to the police, and tearfully asked to be sent back to their homes. One day u policeman attached to ono of the down town precincts saw a boy, evidently a stranger in the city, sitting on the porch of a house, and soon fonnd that he was exhausted from hanger and partially overcome by the heat The boy waa only eleven years of age. He had-come here alone from a town In Massachusetts, first because lie wished to see whitt the great city waa like, and also because he had an uncle here, and expected to be hospitably received. He had the addreea of his ancle, bnt as he was totally unfamiliar with the city he oonld not easily find the boose. When at hut, after mneb wandering, he did succeed in getting to the street and number, to which be bad been so often directed, he was worse off than if he had not fonnd them. The hope of finding his uncle had been the one thing that cheered him daring bia journeyings through the labyrinth of streets. a society woman does when she wears a ball gown. Well, the 'longshoreman got well,- and since then UtSVe been con. vineqd that the coarsest men are not without instincts of- gentility.”—New York Tribune. harbor him. Giving him a little bread and batter wrapped ia a paper, he tnrned the boy adrift upon the cheerless streets. Under oar law the ancle was arrested for hit inhuman conduct, bnt he was discharged in court on his promise to see that the boy waa taken bad: to his parents. >.« 9L After the ambition to go west 1 and figbt Indiana perhaps the dWire to' go a pan the stage ia the strongest motive animating boys who take a plunge into the wide world for themselvea. More girls than boys are “stage struck,” bnt the girls do not ran away as the boys do—at least not when they are eo young as most of the runaways of the other sex. No donbt the experience gained in running away from home is often salu tary. The glamour and glitter that are imagined to surround life in s big city are speedily seen to have no existence save in the fancy, and the difficulties in the way of a strange tad in a strange place who it seeking a situation, even of the humblest kind—difficulties which amount practically to an insurmount able obstacle—are soon deeply impressed upon the mind. Fortunately, before the matter has gone much further, in moat cases a successful search is made for the «ni«tag one and he eagerly seeks his father’s door again.. Bnt this experience it not one that rational parents would choose for their growing boys. The stem realities of life will come all soon enongh in the natural coarse of things. A»lh ave already more than intimated, , many years of experience in police work convince me that scarcely anything worse could happen to a boy reared in the country or in a small town than to be thrown npon his own resources iu a busy and bustling city like New York. The chances are all against his earning a livelihood, even in an humble way, and all in favor of falling into bad company and loading a worthless, if not a posi tively wicked, life. The alluring pictures of city life which are drawn in certain books and pars that are widely circulated have corresponding reality, and once s l would caution parents to use the care in tbo selection of their I u's reading matter. Here is one f f sliacputent that -can easily be j Vof, -rather, Hirer opened. I A 'Longillijrfiinan'i. Sfil*,fi i,t Slorf 1 "You would hardly believe what silly i . as some rough, uneducated men have about propriety." said the nurse, *-> she smoothed out tlio pillow and rearranged the bed covers with a gentleness ami a i dexterity tlmt recalled to the patient the | ministering hand of a mother to her sick boy. "1 recollect nursing a big long- i shoreman when I was in the hospital, t who had an idea of chivalry which, mis- | taken and nonsensical though it was. yet was refreshing in one of his class. I Ho had been in some fight in a shop near ! the river, and had received a number of bad wounds. His antagonist had right for his heart, and ltad made three or four gaping slashes*in his chest. "The injured tnun was ono of the nest built men I ever saw, and if his chest had not been padded with thick mus cles, he would have been murdered out right. As it was, ho was in u critical condition, and only tlio best care and treatment could save his life. The sur geons dressed his wounds the first few days, and then tnrned the task over to me. I went np to the patient, whose name was Jackson, the next day, and began to lav back the covers of the bed. “ ‘What are you doing?" be asked. “ ‘I am going to dress your wounds,' I answered. “'You. a lady!’ ho said in astonish ment. “ ‘Of course; come, no nonsense,' 1 went on, for he had grasped the cover in bis weak hands and was trying to pre vent my laying it back. I tried to argue witli him, but lie blushed and said dog gedly that he wouldn’t let a lady dress iiis wounds. 1 told him he would die if lie didn't let me take care of him, bnt he said he didn't care if he did, so I had to send for the surgeon. After Several days the patient was persuaded toilet me dress the wounds, but he turned crimson when he bared his chest for me, ale A TELLING CONTRAST. THEIR OLD LIMITED SPHERE WOMEN ARE WELL PAID. Uon Ht*t weeu I Who Ilo IVImt t* ■» Work Hn<l Thm ic Condition of fd to lie Called b Who Do Wliat vTUCU Hv uacvu Ilia V fix o If lUl lilt. iU* A aAa * , M nlniraf n;1 f Bn t n though he had to expose little more that* .?* ; - Had Tempers. There are some vices which possess what may be called a respectable ex terior; they succeed occasionally in bor rowing the garments of sotne neighbor ing virtue and passing themselves off M relations of his. Even when their char acter as faults cannot be denied, people are fWmd to palliate them aftd minimize their evil tendency. Among such sine . are envy, jealousy, pride and bad tem per. To say that snch a one has rather a hasty temper, or that he is difficult to get on with, or that he iv too fond of having his oyth way, is hardly, in the opinion of many people, to aay anything really to his discredit; yet, when we analyze that disposition of mind which is commonly called "bad temper" wo •hall find that it ta neither more nor lesi than the malignant desire of making other people suffer pain. Even in the case of a “hot” or hasty temper, this is true. No one would use angry words to another if he did not mean tbatXhey should wound, and intend! to relieve his angry feelings by thekuffering they may. cause.—Chambers’ Journal. The First Idas of Perpetual Motion* Honecourt, a Flemish architect of the thirteenth century, left a drawing of a wheel that was to solve the problem of perpetual motion with this memoran dum; “Many a time have skillful work men tried to contrive a wheel that shall # tarn of itself, "Here is a way to make Hat now his nncle refused to aid or A one,' by an uneven number of mallets or by quicksilver.” But unfort unately he did not leave the wheel. From hia time on seekers after perpet ual motion have been. numerous, many of them supposed to be very respectable and intelligent men. Among the receiv ers of elgbty-six English uud twenty- three Fr.-udi. patents taken out for per- stuul motions between 1SU0 and 1860 ero n colonial btahop, a professor of philosophy, ono of languages, two bar ons, a Knight Templar, a doctor of med icine, two civil engineers, several me chanical engineers, etc.--Chicago Her ald. It Was the Moon. Of Carlyle Mr. Gold win Smith tells one excellent story: One evening the party were seated ou the terrace at Lady Ashburton's, in contemplation of the gloilons moon that shone overhead. Poor old woman!" broke ont Carlyle, suddenly. The company looked astound ed, but it soon transpired that the refer ence was not strictly personal. The sage was merely apostrophising the moon, and condoling with her upon the scene of folly she was doomed to look down npon on eYery hand—except, per haps, at Chelsea.—Pall Mall Gazette. r Twu a Good Dost Nearer to Keep On. The funniest Incident in my experi ence?" queried the bridge policeman. “That was the conple from the country just married. They had reached the exact center of tlio bridge. 'Ob, my darling, I can't go a step farther,’ ex claimed the bride; 'whut shall wo do?* ‘Do, my precious? Why, we’ll go back to the New York end and take a train across.' And they did." —New York Times. Baboo Engllih. One man during an examination was told to write an essay npon the horse, which he did in the following brief terms: ‘The horse is a very noble animal, bnt when irritated he ceases to do so." An other had to writo Upon the difference between riches and poverty, and he ended by saying: “In short, the rich man wel ters iu crimson velvet, while the poor I ma: * snorts oil fliDt.”—Lady Dafferin's Viceregal Lite in India. I ,,,] t„ n„ Called Skn'i Work, The working woman’s sphere used to lie confined chiefly to household work. And it is a notable fact that in those days the newspapers contained no stories about women dying of starvation and overwork in tenement houses. If any body died from these causes it was a man Descriptions of the agonies of starving workingwomen and their families are now a feature of the penny papers. Only a few days ago a woman iu Jersey City who had worked in a big tobacco fac tory and was thrown out of employment by her advanced years and inability to handle the tobacco leaf aa deftly as the younger generation locked herself np in her room to wait till the pangs of Imnger snapped the life cord. She almost suc ceeded. Such on occurrence twenty years ago would have been commented upon by the newspapers and statesmen all over the country, and the philosophers would have philosophized to the extent of a book on the subject: but so common have such events become in these days since "the extension of women's sphere" that they attract little or no attention. Perhaps some newspaper may, for the purpose of advertising itself, get up a subscription fund to bay a few neceeu- ries for,the support, bat the averagaT$* izen reads the little story,without emo tion. It disturbs, him not more that!' a' view of the dirty itreets or a straggle to , RES SVFIIUS u4 pvMcrtt* H with pnl MttafartUi far ' P. P. P. Cures scrofulA. JUSfoiStlur Sw,m,c*. kLomtuinv! tbluH «1J cgje in*. Ite toTSe* «n jgjgjjj. owl. Gluut. Nearly Twenty I'eet Tali. | The giant Ferragus, who was tlaiii by ...Jbardand bitter ezperi- i Orlando, the nephew of Charlemagne, a who have attempted to ! was eighteen feet high. He always ac- in the great city, and 1 companied the nrmy on foot, there being which they .welcome [ n o horse tall and strong enough to carry Within the j bj m . pjaterua in hie published writings 1 U 1 tells of a giant whom he examined at - - j Lucerne whose body measured 10 feet 4 inches and 8 lines.—St. Louis Bepnblic. 1 WHERE WOMAN NEVER STARVES. And right here it may be asked, ip view of the present! ftmifition of work-V ingmen, “Has any one ever heard of woman, sticking to the old Hi sphere of working women—doi servii sarles inch novelty that the ambition of the mnsenm men to secure unheard of cariosities would be aroused. The fact ia that the only women de pendent on their daily work for aabetat- enco who are comfortably situated, wHb a fete exceptions, are the domestio serv ants. All the th rifty ones have their bank accounts,* 1 and they don't know wbat it ia to want for food or clothes. Moreover, their labor is comparatively light, and they have real homes. Bojthoroughly is this/act recognized that tiie societies devoted to improving the conditions of working women and helping them in their difficulties with employers exclude servants from their range" of work. Mrs M. J. Creagh, superintendent of the Working Women’s Protective union, gives the reason, as fallow* k ‘The working woman in ‘stores, fac- tories and offices need all the assistance the anion can give, for the/ are the suffer ers Women who work as domestics nfiiy sometimes have reasonable grounds for complaint, but their condition is so far above tliat of the other working women that they can always get along comfortably.' They can get places when ever they (wan t them, receive good wages, dotPfc know what banger is, und are wall acqsiilifeu ' with the looks of a book book. They don't need help. "It is thiAppor saleswoman, the over worked factory girl and the sewing wom an that bos to be helped to iivs MRS CREAGH'S OPINION. 'Considering the board matter, they do not get one-half or one-third as much as the servauta and have to work longer. Besides they are often cheated out of their scant earnings if they are sick for a time they lose their little pay, and perhaps their places are filled before they recover. The servant girl, on the other hand, gets her wnges right along, and if she is in a good family she receives such medical and other attention aa the store girl cannot receive. She is, in fact, settled, while her sisters in the world of business depend on their week's salary for food and lodging the following week, and a few days' sickness means to thorn starvation and inadequate attendance or a journey to a charity hospital. “Therefore this society gives ail its at tention to women outside of domestio service. As women go farther and far ther into the business world we have more to do than ever. Every day we have brought ta onr notice cases where rich employers try to heat women ont of •tuns varying from twenty-five cents to fOO. "The records here show, better than anything 1 know of, the slavery into which women have been brongbt of late yean. Employers know that women have not the money to pay lawyers to •no for them, so they take advantage of their helplessness whenever they can. It ta remarkable, however, that they settle np with great rapidity when the women come here to complain. Our counsel conducts worthy cases free of charge and has got verdicts in tho civil courts for more than 150,000 since the union be gan its work.” When Mrs. Creagh was asked why the wages of girls in factories, stores and of fices were so small, she answered in al most the same way as Miss Van Etten did. Womeu, she said, took tho places of men in many occupations without or ganizing themselves to obtain fair com pensation. They took anything they could get. They expected to get married some time, and their work was a tempo rary expedient, at first, to obtain pin money. Now many of them find that they have really to support themselves, and their meager wages wou’t do it. Ltill they bear their hardships, waiting ever for the gay cavalier who ta to come along mid relievo them. With some work is a necessity, with others it is not But few of them seem to consider that men have suffered in consequence of the lower standard ot wsgga New York Commercial Advertiser. CURES [OODlSON : : P. P. P. 1 Cures rheumatism i wh«M mtwu are poi»tM« and whort blood la la art condition due to roawsfraal irverularit'ee av CURES ALARIA ITrSLifA** Biol ; P, P. P. Cures dyspepsi W I L Drwjgii n~i~n -t wr ■ t 8A' , - ENP A merlons, Ga. COMPANjT, Amer NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE, SUCCESS. WM.RADAM’S GROBE KILLER MOST TRULY MO CORRECTLY CALLED Tie Greatest Medicine In the World A WONDERFUL TONIC AD BLOOD PURIFIER KBACTOOW CUBES and apparently Incurable disease* tljr being made. It la expected to j Impossible, by curing case* given np by phyaldana^and It sons not tmxstm expectations. Mote people nr. being cured by Microbe Killer than by another medicines combined. W. request a thorough Invcstlntlon. History o> the Microbe Killer free by FLEETWOOD A RUSSELL, Sole Agents for Sumter couuty. july22-dlyr fUlCUl OWICE Cf HELP WNT£0 Mi» b.r. J* flM* To take the place ot a corset-if you won’t wear one-try the Ball waist. That’s, just what you can do. You can try it, and even wear it for two or three weeks, if you wish. Then, if you’re not satisfied, you can return it, and get your money, Forjsale by GEO. D. WHEATLEY. JAPANESE CURE ' guaranteed Cure for Pile* of whatever And or degree—External, Internal, Blind or Bleeding, Itohigg, Chronio, Recent or Hereditary. $1.00 X box; 8 boxes, §5.00. Sent by mail, prepaid, on receipt of prioe. We guarantee to « ere any ease of Pilee. Guaranteed and sold only by T«« DAVEJf.’ORT DRUG CO., Wholeule aad Retail UruggiaU, America,, Ga. ■ample, free.fsMl-d&wIrr E. P. HARRIS, Pres. BLOOM BROWN, Sec. a Trease C. P. PAYNE, M’g’r, Americus Supply ^Co., Successors to HABBIS & PAYNE, Plumbers and Gas Fitters. Machinery Supplies. We are now in our new building in Artesian Block, and ready for business. A Full Line of Cooking Stoves and Ranges. Gas Fixtures and Sanitary Goods a Stjecialtv. G-lobe, Angle and Check Valves, Terra Cotta and Iron Pipings and Fittings. Greneral Repair TV"ork deet-tf TELEPHONE IVo 1)3. W. H. R. SCHROEDER, Manufacturer of Tin, Copper nod Sheet Iron Ware, Galvanized Iron Cornice, Tin and Iron Roofing, Hot Air Heatin' Etc. Iron Smoke Stacks. Exhaust Piping for Saw Milli a Specialty. Corner Jaokson and Jefferson streets, AMERICUS, GA. On May i, at the side trfiek at Furlow Lawn, the OCMULGEE BRICK COMPANY AND THE RIVERS LUMBER COMPANY WILL OPFN A SALES YARD FOR BRICK, LUMBER AND SHINGLES A man will bo in charge of the yard to deliver goods to ctutomere. A fall stock of everything will be kept. Your orders solicited. 4-80 J. R. HUDSON & CO. Americus- -PROPRIETORS BOTTLERS OF ALL KIND81OF Soda and Mineral Waters, Oider and Oinger Ale’ ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. 824 LEE STREET. • . AMEICUS. GEORGIA. R. L. McMATH. ” 1 E. J. McMATH, B. H. McMATH McMATH BROTHERS. DEALERS IN Groceries, Provisions, Country Produce BOOTS, SHOES, ETC., ETC., WHISKEY, TOBACCO & CIGARS, SPECIALTIES. 207 FORSYTH STREET, AMERICUS, GEORGIA. ' We lollelt a share or the patronage or the trading public, guaranteeing istlefactlon low prices, and good goods. We deliver goods anywhere In the city. Call and see us. McMATH BROTHERS. R. F. NEHRING, PROPRIETOR. Jackson Street UUer AM flou AMERICUS, GA. LIGHT BREAD A SPECIALTY! Men fa Cite of ill £nb Fnaptlj filled I 8mi ud CeJa Wt^ea Boei nt Mr Country Merchants supplied with bread at wholesale prioe*. JS TT GrGrJE EJ S I will eell you the beet boggy In Georgia, price and.’quatity considered. Repairing Ot ell klnde eollclted and executed promptly and neatly. All work warranted. T. S, GREENE. 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