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D. C. SUTTON, Editor and Propr.
THE BOAT THAT NEVER WENT
TO SEA.
It lies forsaken on tho saint,
Forgotten on the lonely heach,
A. thing/if neither sea nor land,
Beyond the leaves’ incessant reach.
The tide may fall, the tide may rise,
The wind may whistle joyfully,
It has no fibre that replies—
The boat that never went to sea.
Ah! happier were the derelict
That tosses with the tireless waves.
Where currents of the sea conflict
Above the calm of deep sea oaves:
It had its part of storm and shine,
It bore its colors valiantly,
Its keel has cleft the bitter brine,
Its sails were set, it went to sea.
And happier even wero the wreck,
When masts are snapped and sails are torn,
And waters meet upon the deck,
Than this poor boat, untried, forlorn.
That never, driven by the wind
And blind with foam, ran desperately
With rocks before and storms behind—
This boat that never went to sea.
The wild convolvulus sows its seeds
And blooms above the sun-warped planks
That never met the water weeds
And passed between their ; aided ranks;
The rudder, that remembers not
A hand to guide it steadily
Through warring waves, must waste with rot—
The boat will never go to sea.
~-E. Cavazz.y
A Story of the Sea.
THE TRUE CIBCMSTANCES OF THE MLITINS
ON THE SHIP TWO SISTERS.
The Two Sisters was a fair sized ship,
carrying nineteen men, and was owned
and sailed from Glasgow. I had come
around to Glasgow on a coaster from
liiverpool, having no chance to get a
ship, and being willing to take up with
anything to earn my way until times
got better. The Two Bisters was hound
for Rio Janeiro, and the dav I got into
Glasgow was her day for sailing. Oddly
enough, a common seaman got a fail
which disabled him, and I was shoved
into his place, and the ship was off al
most before I could tarn my head, and
certainly before I was prepared for such
a long voyage. I had been to sea for
several years previous to this shipment,
and had rated as “able” more than once,
but in this case T was rated Ly “ordi
nary,' and the pay was to" ' such.
I was then about 2 : ; years 01. thor
ough Yankee by birth and feelings, and
as I had neither parents nor home, T
did not care in which direction I sailed.
Now, to help you comprehend what
finally happened, I want to say that no
sailing ship ever left port with every
thing entirely satisfactory to Sailor Jack.
He is a chronic grumbler, just as the ,
farmer is, bnt he means no more by h's
grumbling. He will kick on tho food,
on the weather, on the cargo, on his
quarters, on almost everything con
nected with the ship and her voyage;
but it is simply a fashion,and he doesn’t
expect anybody to take him in earnest.
And I say further that there is no Eng
lish, Scotch, Gorman or American sail- j
ing ship afloat to-day in which the Cap
tain cares two cents for the life of a
foremast hand. The mates are born
bullies, ready to knock a man down on
the slightest provocation, and they will
make the provocation themselves. Jack
may be cut and bruised and ill, but it is
only when be falls helpless that ho is
permitted to leave his watch. He is
supposed not to have any more feelings
than an or, aud it would seem as if the
aim of most officers was to make him
forget his manhood: Tho ditch diggers
in any country live bettor than the aver
age sailors. Jack’s hours are longer
than any workingman’s, his pay is less,
and there isn’t a day from the time tho
voyage is begun until it ends that his
life is not in peril. And to cap the cli
max, he is a man to put up with every
thing. He expects poor grub, plenty of
abuse, a great deal of dirty weather, and
a close shave for his life about once in
so often. He will stand more bulldozing
than a black slave, and more abuse than
an ox. Mutiny ntsea is a rare occurence.
The American Marine does not average
one in five years. This isn't becau e
the provocation is lacking, for that ex
ists on almost every ship every day, hut
because Jack is willing to bear to the
last moment before he turns. In my
time I have known sailors to cut their
throats, hang themselves, or leap over
board to end their wretched lives —made
wretched and unbearable by a bullying
mate. A soldier would have shot down
his officer in such cases. A slave would
have run away.
We were not out of sight of the coast
before it was found that both mates were
bullies, the Captain a tyrant, and our
grub the, poorest which could l>e pur
chased for a ship. The crew were far
above the average in point of looks and
seamanship. As we were mustered to
be divided into watches I was surprised
to note the fine bearing of the men. It
was just such a crew as a Captain could
feel confidence in during a long and
perilous voyage. If there was a shirk
among the lot, his looks did not 1 retray
him. When we were divided off I fell
to the Captain s watch, which is in re
ality the second mate's watch, and I
found two more Americans with mo—
Johnson ami Green. They were able
seamen of middle age, and there was
but one younger man than 1 in eithei
watch. In the first six hours of our be
ing afloat I saw four men knocked down
by the motes without provocation
enough to have called out a rebuke from
some officers, while tho Captain, who
was evidently a hard drinker, exhibited
his temper in various ways. It is usual
for a Captain of a ship to make a little
speech to the men when the watches are
divided. It is done not to encourage
but to intimidate. It is to further show
Jack that no Iras no moral or legal ngtits
whatever, and that if he isn’t brained
next day with a belaying pin, it is be- j
cause Ins officers are willing to overlook \
and condone his heinous offences. When
our watches were called Capt. McKay
stepped forward and said'
“I have been looking you over, you
j dirty scum of the docks, and I tiud
I there isn’t a sailor among you. 1
Wouldn't have shipped such a gang oi
sojers for mud scow. You have come
i aboard under false pretences, calculat
ing to feast on pie and cake and have a
j trio for your health. “Lookout forme,
you d it riff-raff. I’ll make some ol
j you wish you had never been born bo
fore this voyage is over.”
That was his speech as one of the sail- I
ore wrote it down, and that was the cut
tho mates were to take. When the off ,
watch went below the men remarked to
each other that it looked as if we had I
Signed articles with a bad man, but there
was no criticism. When supper was
served we found the beef outrageous.
The smell of it was sufficient to turn a
sailor’s stomach, and you can imagine
that it must have been pretty high. 'The
tea Could never have soon the inside of
a chest. I doubt if it was anything
more than tho loaves of trees and
shrubs. The ship biscuit had better
been called ship grubs. There was
more worm than biscuit in each case,
and as hungry as we were, not a man
made a pretence of eating. It is the
rule of every ship that Jack may come
aft with his complaint. He was ex
pected to in this case. The captain
was on .deck when he should have been
below. He looked for s Lick against
the provisions, and lie proposed to shut
the grumblers right up. After a fore
castle conference it was decided to ap
peal to the captain. Not n man of eithei
wait'll could touch the provisions. All
oldish man, who was a thorough sailor, I
very intelligent, and the last to find
fault, was selected as spokesman, and
he put some of tho provisions in a kid, j
and we followed him to the mainmast, j
As T told you, it was evident the cap
tain and mates looked for a protest, for
all were on deck. The name of our
spokesman was Herbert, and he was
English bora. The captain came for
ward to meet us ns we grouped around
Herbert with hats off, and after looking
us over lie shouted out:
“Well, d n your eyes, why don’t
you speak up ? What is wanted of me?”
“If you please, sir,” said Herbert,
“we can’t rat the grub.”
“Oh, you c-au’t! You are probably
disappointed. You expected oyster
war, Java coffee, hot biscuit and |
honey, and your stomachs have gone
back on yonl”
“Your Honor, but will you ploase
smell of this beef?” asked Herbert, ad
vancing a step.
“Smell of the beef, you hounds, yon!”
howled the Captufti. “Did the owners
engage me to sail the ship or to smell of |
• tho forecastle beef? 1 sized you up on j
i the start for a lot of skulking sojers,
i and here’s proof that I was right. You
| arc a lot of d d mutinous dogs, and
| now’s (ho time to give you a lesson.”
With that the three officers began tho
! attack, never minding who they hit,
j and driving the watch on deck forward
j with tho others. Tho man at the wheel |
; was, I believe, the only man who es- )
! capod a blow, while not a sailor raised
his hand in reply. The ship was run
j ning off before a light breeze, and for
fifteen minutes the three men had it
their own way. Then the Captain’s
watch was called, the other sent below,
and as we came on deck Capt. McKay
said:
“There, curse you for a lot of dock
loafers, I hope you have found out who
sails this ship. The man who dares
j come aft with another complaint will
! get his brains knocked out.”
There were nine of us in the Captain's
! wntcli, which, as I told you, was really j .
the second mate’s watch, no Captain
j standing a watch at sea unless he so
wills. Every one of us had been struck 1
or kicked, and two of the men had been
savagely beaten on the head and were
eovered with blood. The name of tho
first mate, who now went below with
the Captain, was McLogan. The name
of the second mate was Andrews. He j
was a younger man than the others and |
perhaps had more heart, for after a bit, j
while Herbert had the wheel, he stop
ped n 'ar him and observed:
“The old man is a little rough, but J
one of the host seamen out of Glasgow, j
You complained too soon.”
“But, Mr Andrews, what are we to
do for grub?” asked Herbert. “There |
isn't a man in the fo’castle as can eat j
I such stuff.”
“Well, it's not my lookout what the j
owners furnish. Unless you men want i
h—ll to pav you will turn to and make
the best of it.”
That closed the conversation. Not a
mu'i of us spoke of mutiny or even the
slightest resistance to lawful authority.
When our watch was up we turned in
and went to sleep. I for one cherished
the hope that the provisions would be
better in the morning. The officers had
only to taste them to realize that they
were totally unfit, and I hoped the
Captain would do this and thus do away
with all cause for further complaint.
As the kids were brought forward at
bn-.illfast time, however, we scented the
stinking beef long before it reached us,
and we found the biscuit and tea as vile
as ever. Having eaten nothing since
the previous noon, and all of us being
hearty rnen, you can imagine that we i
were sharp set. Not a man of us, how- j
ever, could swallow that food, and the
kids and pannikins were left standing at
the windlass for the cook to carry back
with their contents untouched. The
men looked at each other with troubled
faces, bat there was no threat of mutiny.
We went to onr work on empty stom
achs, as also did the other watch, and,
• hough the officers knew it, not a word
was said. The men chewed an extra
quantity of tobacco, and hoped that
noon would soften the Captain’s heart, j
t Noon brought no change, and when j
MT. VERNON, MONTGOMERY CO., GA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER .*<>, 1887.
“SUB DEO FACIO FQRTITER.”
supper was served and we louna me
| same grub placed before us, the
men broke out with curses. If
the food had been eatable, don’t you
suppose that sailors, who had been
from twenty-four to thirty hours with
out eating a mouthful, would have at
least nibbled at it? 1 am telling you
what I afterward made affidavit to. T
made repeated attempts to worry down
some of the meat, but each lime it was
rejected. Some of the men who got s
few swallows of the tea down were made
dreadfully sick. Again, wo went sup
perless, but now tho men began to as
sert that no law of the high seas per
mitted a captain to starve his crew.
We will wait until morning, and, if tho
food was not changed, that something
must be done. Tam sure the Captain
expected something to occur that night,
for he was frequently on deck, and the
three officers were more than once in I
consultation. The cook had reported, as
wo afterward learned, that none of the
supper had been eaten, and the Captain
had replied:
“Well, the durned sojers will either
eat such grub as I set out, or live on j
their own fat.”
I am telling you truthfully that not a
word of mutiny was whispered during
the night. We made no threats, and i
had no plan, but yet we all felt that I
morning would bring a crisis of some |
sort. During the night, in the case of
both watches, the officers wore very .
sbusive, and the men were struck or
Licked without the shadow of an excuse, j
When daylight came, and we began to ;
scrub down, the breeze died quite away, j
and we lay becalmed. We Worm at this
point ninety or a hundred miles from I
the British coast. When it was time
for breakfast both watches wero on
deck, and, as the men went to the cook’s
gallery to receive their kids and panni
kins all throe officers showed up on j
deck. I was at the wheel, and T saw
that the Captain and first mate had j
their revolvers. The kids were taken !
forward without u word. Tho food j
had not been changed, and the men
pushed the dishes away. If there was
any growling I couldn’t hear it. The
Captain waited about ten minutes, and
then seeing that the men were not go
ne; to eat, he told the second mate to j
•inter them aft. All emtio in a body, J
and all bore 111 ‘ins.ip. es respectfully.
“Look here, Herbert,” said the Cap- J
tain, addressing the sailor, who had |
acted as spokesman on thrvprevioiiH oe- |
oasion, “what is the matter with tha j
grub?”
••It’s bad, sir—unfit to cut,” replied
the man.
“That is, you lazy lubbers have !
Agreed among you to call if bad, and so J
make me put into some port?”
“Sir, there’s never a man of us but
what is willing to stand for the voyage
and work onr best, but tho grub, sir, [
begging your pardon, was spoiled long j
enough before it came aboard. Will you I
please to inspect it, sir:”
“Not by a damned sight, and non
we’ll see which end of this ship sails tht j
other.”
With that he rushed upon Herbert tc |
strike him with his loaded weapon, <
while the mates seized belaying pine j
and dashed in to knock down as many
tuuu as they could. The sailors ran J
forward, and I heard some of them beg- j
ping for mercy. The officers followed j
them, evidently determined to wreak j
savage vengeance, and it was only when j
driven to the windlass that tho men j
turned. It was a case of self-defence. |
I could not well see what followed. But ;
I heard pistol shots, savage cries, a j
great struggle, and, as it now came on j
a dead calm, 1 left the wheel and ran
forward. All was over when I got tc
the foremast. The three officers were
dead or dying, Herbert and anothe.
sailor were dead, and < f the rema'ndei
of tho men at leapt five wero seriously
wounded. Tho mutiny had not lasted
above five minutes. For a long time
after I reached the bow the men stood
looking around them without uttering a
word. Then, at 1 ist, a Yankee sailor
named Ben Lobdell, who had a bullet in
bis left shoulder, stood out a little from
the rest and said:
“Mates, we have been driven to mutiny
and murder. Aye, every man of you
knows we had to turn to save our own
lives against, these officers lying dead.
It has all come about through the bad
grab. I shall now order the cook to
prepare ns breakfast, and after that is I
eaten we shall consult as to what is to
be done. Meanwhile, ns in duty bound,
T will set a signal of distress.”
The steward got tho flag from the
locker in the cabin and it was properly
set. Then the Pv/'ts of the wounded
were looked to, amt i ‘ that time break
fast was ready. It we. served in our j
dishes and eaten on deck, and not a man
of us had h word to say. Just as we
were finishing the cook and steward
came out in company and hoped we j
would snare their lives. Ben got up j
and replied:
“Don’t take us for either mutineersor
murderers. What lias been done was
only in self-defence. The life of every
man here is as sab- as in li is own home.
Now. then, the first thing is to see who
of the poor fellows lying on tho decks
has a bit of life left in liirn.”
The Captain and first mate were dead
enough, as was the ease with the tw*>
sailors, but the second mate had life in
him. When the men were driven to
bay they turned and used their sheath
knives and the capstan bars. The sec
ond mate had his left arm broken and
and had received two stabs. We took
him down to his berth, removed his
clothes, and dressed his hurts, and
when the steward had prepared him a
drink he opened his eyes, and when he
found that we were in possession of the
ship he said, in the presence of four
men:
“I expected it would come out this
way, hut I had to obey orders. While
you have done for me l hear von no
•Tiidge. If you nil! draw up a state
men of how it came übmt 1 will rign
it”
I drew up a utatesumt of fipn, and
the mate, who hadn’t two hours to live,
affixed his signature, and if was followed
by the name of every man in the ship.
Before noon ho was dead, and after din
ner we buried all the bodies and made
the ship tidy. By mutual consent Ben
was made captain, and a sailor named
Jack Wonder was selected ns mate. It,
was our purpose to sail the ship back
to Glasgow, and not a man was allowed
in the cabin, nor were any of the stores
disturbed, except the provisions. The
signal was kept flying all day, hut owing
to the calm we did not move half a mile.
Just at sundown a steamer came up
with us, sent a boat aboard, and when
told of what hud happened she put sev
eral men aboard and got out a tow line
and made fast to us. It was thus wo
returned to port, and the news of our
arrival and the mutiny kicked up a grand
excitement. We were at once put under
; arrrest, as we expected to be, and for
the first week or two all the talk was to
the effect that every man of us would
be hanged. It didn't seem to occur to
the people at large that we could have
any defence, and we were condemned
long enough before the trial came on.
i The owners of the ship were rich as
well as penurious, and they wanted us
executed as a warning to other sailors.
However, when the trial came on the
! general public got something to open
their eyes. Our lawyers had had the
provisions inspected by medical men, |
j and lmd saved samples for the jury, j
The medical gentlemen affirmed that no
human stomach could retain such pro
visions, and recommended that the
owners be promptly prosecuted. Then
; we had the name of the mate to tho
statement of facts, the testimony of tho
steward and cook,and it was shown that
we had set a signal and behaved our
selves in an orderly way.
The ease was decided in ten minutes,
and every man of us was set at liberty,
j There was talk of suits against theship
owners, hut they sent an agent around
to each one of us with a .£ 10 note, and
we made no move against them. Our
trial and tho facts brought out brought
to light other facts, one of which was
that British sailors were treated worse
than curs and were fed mostly on con
demned stores. A social and political
j agitation resulted, and from it grew tho
Gov< rnment inspectors and the laws
j wlii-dl give sailors buck the l ights of a
human being. The move which Plim
j soli made against overloading was an
offshoot of our mutiny, and I have heard
! it declared that our adventure was the
best thing which could have happened
for 8: ilors on any ocean.
•Seal Dow on Prohibition.
Neal Dow spoke at a recent temperance
meeting in New York, saying: “The work in
; Maine was begurt among tha p-ople. We ;
i knew that to change the laws we must infill- j
\ once the Legislature, and to do this wo must
: secure votes from the people. We went,
j therefore, to them and wo spoke to them of j
; the ruin and ilesotntioD which the grogshops j
j were bringing in their tra in. At flint fciino
we ha t tho system of licenses estiblisho 1. In J
other words, wo recognized liquor sidling j
!by law. This recognition 1 regard ns a !
! sin against (tod and a crime against man. I ;
] I am unable to understand how any sensible j
and fair minded man can believe in license,
j because before you can license a thing you !
must, think it good. Tho greatest ot staclo ;
| that Prohibition has met with has lieen the
i work done by good, earnest men for high
| license. High license men are stampeding
I our friends. Tho only effect of their work is
Ito give life to the traffic. Ev ery intelligent
| man knows the saloon is the cause of misery |
and wretchedness in the community, that it j
J makes good citizens into bail ones. Ilow,
i then, ean men say to niniseihto 'We will
give you a license for your hellish trade if 1
; veil will only give us money enough.’ I call j
; it hellish boeanso it does hellish work. Now,
] thess men want to do what is right, and they
urge that they will restrict and limit the sale j
by license.
“In Maine we worked upon public opinion
until, while tho License Jaw remained upon
the hooks, there was not a license granted in
the State. Then we obtained the present J
law. The late Thurlow Weed wrote that
Prohibition was a failure. It is not. In
Mains within six months after the law was
passed the gr-ater part of onr jut's were
empty. We had five prisoners in Portland, j
thro: being liquor sellers. People charge two
things first, that more liquor is drunk in
Maine because it is prohibited, and second,
that there is more vice and crime there than
ever. Neither is true, The Maine Liquor
law is good, but when a few necessary
changes have been made in it there will not
be a liquor seller in the Htate.”
A M:r'man al Ihe Throttle.
A I•- s Moines paper says: On Wed
nesday evening Engineer Botsworth of
the Wabash south bound train gave the
filial touches to his engine and pulled
- out just as usual. At Harvey water
tank he pulled past several lengths.
The firemn i mounted 11 1* • tank and cul
! led to him to back, Imt he pulled furth
er ahead. The fireman returned to the
cab, and, seeing that the engineer was
dazed, backed the engine down himself.
For several station- the engineer Would
j run past the platform, and he would
j smite vacantly when the fireman ob-
I jeeted. Thinking at last that the en
gineer was drunk, the fireman at Knox
ville Junction grasped the lever and
saved the train from going through the
i switch.
The conductor remonstrated with the
] smiling engineer, who responded “All
right.” The train was now late, and
the engineer put on all steam. Having
i passed Beacon, he gave a yell and
started to opring from the cab window.
The fireman caught him Ly the legs,
and, while lie balanced him on the
window ledge, ho managed with his
1 foot to stop the train. The conductor
then helped get him boek to the l»ag
gage -nr, where he was carefully guard
ed to Oft im a, and there turned over
to the authorities. He was brought !
acme, hi 1 did not recognize his wife.
Maimkn (to tv and ro.minf.icj F sup
posed must up,’ :> • lonely to you
when all the eon 'any leave the sen- .
shon-t J'i hi ; .>r a. !fi:l, inarm.
Bnt you f.e-- j: • a ehl.uee to rest
our mind. . uml '>■ ! ‘o answer quern j
uozn next year.
the man could sell hoods.
Hie Story Tobl ofn New York Drum
mer.
A New York merchant tells the story
of a green drummer, who when out oil
the road after the old men of the house
had failed to sell a certain line. The
merchant said: “Well, he was hack in
side of a week, and in that time he sold
—L won’t venture to say from memory
how many eases of goods. But I re
member lie did surprisingly well. And
what, made his success the more remark
able, lie got bis orders in the v ery towns
which my old salesman that. I’ve men- j
tinned worked to no purpose. Along j
came Porter's telegrams, ‘send two cases
here,’ ‘send two cases there,’ ‘send six
eases yonder,’ etc. On his return 1 in
vited iiim to come into my private office,
and congratulated him on tho work
lie had done. He seemed gratified at
my commendation, but all he said was:
‘I thought I could sell some goods for
you, Mr. Holbrook.’ Then I spoke to
him about the largest order he had se
cured. His eyes lit upas he remarked:
“‘lt was ii tough job getting that or
der. J t hought at first I was going to lose
it.’
“ ‘HoW so?’ ,
“‘Well, I went into the naan’s store,
and talked to him most of the afternoon,
bnt 1 couldn't fetch him. He said he
j liked tho goods; he didn’t kick at the
! price, but he wouldn't decide. I went
buck to my hotel disappointed, but after
supper I felt hotter, and determined 1 d
go up to his home nml make him a so
cial cull so that lie wouldn't forget me,
you seif ?'
“ ‘Yes, I see.”
“ ‘Well, in the evening I called round
to his house about B o’clock. I didn’t
know him or any of his folks,and natur
ally felt a little enibarassed.
“ ‘Naturally.
“ ‘Yes, but I told him that I disliked
hanging around a hotel and took the,,
liberty of calling on him. He answered
the door hell himself and seemed glad to
see me. lie bad so il' pretty daughters
mid ho introduced me to them and
pretty soon me and the girls were sing
ing some popular songs, as nice as you
please.
“ ‘I didn't know you sung, Porter.
“ ‘O, 1 sing a little, Mr. Holbrook. I
find it, helps me in selling goods. Well,
j after the songs, I sat, down at the piano
| and played the girls a new waltz or two
that they hadn’t heard, and then I felt
that wo were real good friends.
“ ‘Ami so you are a pianoplayer.
“ ‘Well, 1 manage to do a few tunes —
T find it helps in our business, Mr.
[ Holbrook. The girls’ father sat by and
j seemed to be greatly entertained with
I the music, and when I got up from the
j piano he thanked me heartily. ‘Don’t
i speak of it,’ said I. Then the girls and ,
| I got talking about one thing and f
{ another and pretty soon I noticed a
| banjo standing in a corner, decked
J out with bright ribbons, I asked the
J girls which one of them played it, and
| they said they got, it for ornament, and
| that none of them could play on it. Bo
greatly to their delight I got down the
banjo and gave them a lesson on it.
“ ‘Then the banjo is another of your
accomplishments, Porter?
" ‘1 can pick the strings a little, Mr.
Holbrook I find it helps in selling
| goods Well I stayed until 11 o’clock,
and when I took my leave the father
I and all his girls came to the door with
! me and politely invited me to call again
when I eiinie to town, f didn’t see their
mother. I presume she was dead, but
I didn’t think it proper t,<> ask. Next j
| day I went into the man's store bright |
and early. He tried to beg off with j
taking one ease of my goods, hut I 1
wouldn’t hear of it. “Take six or noth
ing, said I; one ease will help to sell
’ another.” Finally ho gave in and I ran
to the telegraph office and sent you his
order.’
‘“Porter,” I remarked with as grave a
face as T could command as he finished
his narrative, ‘here is one caution that
I must give you. Bo careful when you
are off on the road to refrain from in
trading upon another salesman’s terri
tory. To do so makes trouble in the j
store.’
“‘l’ll try and do so, but I suppose yon
want me to sell all the goods I cun, Mr. |
Hql brook ?’
“‘O, yes. Let’s see, Porter, what sal
ary ur'i you drawing?’
“ ‘Seventy dollars a month, Mr. Hoi
| brook.’
“ ‘And you have been wifli us how
long ?’
“ ‘Two months on Thursday.’
“ ‘And vou wanted how much when
von came
•“Well, I told yon I thought I would
be worth 81 to you.’
“ ‘Very good, 81 ,500 it is, your salary
at that figure dating from the day you
began.’ ,
“ ‘Thunk you very much, Mr. moi
brook—l think 1 can sell some goods for
you.’ m
A Slave Driver’s Whip.
The Atlanta Cmditvtion says: In tear
ing down an old farmhouse, five miles
from Monticello, workmen found an old
time slave whip between the weather
boarding aud the log walls. It is in ado
of a leather strap two inches wide and
about a foot and a half long, fastened in
a polished hickory handle some two
feet long, with a string in the wrist by
-ilii'-h if. might be attached to tho red.
ft reminded one of old times.
Howar 1 Crosby says: It in safe to <*%
jin ate the receipts of the Now York saloons
it |ZO,WjO,OGO a year, one-half of which, at
> e.t, comes from tin- 150,0ne men known as
' lal,or.in' men Too destruction of the
liquor afoous alone would cure four-fifths of
Jhe poverty in the country.
An iipk w, /*etel porter says Mo now
knows how to sympathize with an ele
j pliant who has to carry a trunk all tho
l time.
VOL. IL NO. 39.
ON THE RACE TRACK.
Tim Dong-Haired Mini nt I lie Sldnr;
Camp.
“Hossea is peculiar critters,” said a
long-haired man at tin' Kidney (Neb.)
cam]>. “Why so ? Well, you know
Rill Simmons has got a runnin’ hoss.
Rill happened to mosey ’round a big
ramp not fur off an’ ho looks at their
poorest hoss an’ kinder grins inwardly
an’ keeps down a laugh by tryin’ mighty
hard, an’ says he: ‘Stranger, that air
hoss o’ your’n looks’s if it might hare
' some speed in him?’ ‘Ya-es,’ says the
man, sorter sleepy and careless like; ‘he
runs some.’ ‘Y’over put him on the
track V asts Rill. ‘Sometimes, though
lie’s gettin’ pretty old,’ says the old man.
‘Would you mind havin’ a little race
with an old hoss o’ mine?’ goes on Bill.
‘l’m ’greeable,’ says the man. So they
went over to the track, an’all the rest
of went ’long, o’ course. Rill's hoss
come on so he couldn’t hardly hold him,
head up an’ mouth open. The strange
hoss looked kinder sneakin’ an’ stood
’round with one for’ard leg bent an’ its
head down eatin’ grass. I knowed Bill'*
hoss was goin’ to beat, an’ most every
body else did. We bet all wo could,
' though there wa’n’t nobody to l>et with
Y.opt the stranger’s partner, an’ he didn’t
seem overly ’n’ above anxious, though
he di<l take a few bets an’ kinder ’polo
gi/.cd by savin' their old hoss could run
once, though it was hard to tell what lie
would do that day. I’m darned if he
wasn’t right, to.”
“How was he right/?”
“W’y, it was hard to tell what he
would do that day. Old Capt. Bingsley
started 'em, an' Bill’s hoss led right off.
The stranger pounded 'way on the rib*
o’ his’n, but lie couldn’t git no motion
onto bin). Hill ouino ’way ahead, and
I’m a liar if we didn’t see that strange
loss nippin' nl the grass ’long the track
as lie came down the homstreteh. Well,
the stranger looked gloomy, an’ set on
his hoss an’ let him eat 'tween the heats
if ’as to be the best two in three. Bui
his partner, who was doing the bettin’,
acted a sight, diff'rent. He got hoppin'
mad, an’ said he’d bet anyhow if he did
lose. Wo lieenl the feller what rode
tollin'him not to do it, cos Rill's hose
were better than they thought, but he
said lie di In’t given durn, he’d liet any
how. Ho we all bet with him, givin’
him big odds so his money v mid go
I'urdor, an’ we could have a wbnok at it.
Rut lie ’poured to have an unciftninon
pile of it, an’ kept pullin’ it out an’t,ak
in' every bet offered. I'll be snaked if
lm didn’t have more’ll the whole crowd.
After a while they got ready to start
again. The stranger hadn't been off his
lioh at all, but had set there chewin' ter
hacker an’ lookin' sick. T got, ftlOmore
to bet on our hoss,’ says (lie man, Iml
nobody had another cent. .Tea' then
tiny started; sane old story- Rill’shoss
tubin’ long jumps an’ the other kinder
bobbin' 11 ji ’u’ down an' actin’'s if It
hurt him. ‘l’ll bet you my watch agin
yer #lo,’ says J. ‘Shove her up,’ sayslie.
I turned round an’ done so, an’ looked
hack jes’ in time to see the stranger loan
over and whoop at his boss ’bout the
time they was half way round the track,
an’ I’ll be gol darned if 1 ever seen any
thing like it, in my born days. Run!
(hunt jumpin’ .Jupiter ! Run ain’t no
name fer it. That hoss jes’ humped
down his back an' reached out an'
doubled up ! Rill said afterwards that
he didn't know nothin' 'bout when he
passed him, an’ s’posed all the time he
was ahead till lie met du* other cornin'
back jes’ ’fore lie went under the wire!
Fact, I tell you ! They rested awhile
an’ then run the other iieat. This time
the strange hoss jes' went off in what
’pealed to b • an easy gallon, an’ kep
'bout a rod ahead o’ Rill all the way
throwin dust in his face an’ ’easionallj
kickin’ back at him kinder funny like.
Rut, von bet we didn’t sec nothin' fun
oy 'bout it."
Only a Joke.
Rake George if a long and narrow
1,0,1 V of water, and it lias through its
centre a vigroiis current, due to the fact
of its communication nt the end with a
river. In this current accumulates, in a
broad, sparkling tract, the foam made
by the steamers plying up and down.
One day n liwlv, ft passenger on one of
these boats, viewed the pathway of
f,mm with great curiosity, fttid‘ said,
finally, t« the Captain. “What makes
tlmt long line of white?” Now the Cap
tain was a man who loved his joke, and
lie by no means expected to be taken in
earnest when he replied, “Oh, the lake
freezes over in Winter, and that white
line shows where there was a crack in
tile ice.” “How very interesting!'
,-i i« d Ilia lisb ner. “I must write that to
mv husband, who is a professor m a
sclent.ilie school.” “When she said
that,” owned the Captain afterward, I
didn’t dare to tell her. You can’t own
to nybo.lv that takes everything so
innocent. K > I held my tongue and
honed she wouldn’t t 11 anybody else till
her husband had told her I was most
likelv a born liar. I’ve given up jokin ;
there - no fun i i it wlrnn folks believe
I , ou." — Vo'jlh -
Dr. L. E. Borcheim, a native of LonK
iana, about 33 years of age, one of the
best physicians in Atlanta, Oa , suicided
at the Kimball House in that city by
nearly blowing his head off. The deed
was done with a largo army pistol and
was brought about by worry of mind,
caused by the demands of a largo practice.
He was prominently connected with sev
eral Jewish societies and was surgeon to
the Cate City Guard. He leaves but one
relative in the world as far as is known—
an invalid sister in New York.
A Kentucky man has just patented a
“.sign.” if he can guarantee that it will
m-t fail in a dry time its sale will
, boundless.