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McDonough, (la.
Any one desiring work done can ac
commodated either by calling on me in per
son or addressing me through the ntails.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
M• DONOI (Ml, v 1 A .
Will practice in the counties composing
he Flint Judicial Circuit,the Supreme Court
of Georgia and the United Slates District
Court. apr*27-Jv
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough. Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
ihe Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court oi
Georgia, and the United Stabs District
Court. marJO-ly
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
other collect! ns. Will attend all the Courts
at Hampton r« gularly. Office upstairs over
Schaefer's warehouse. ian!-Jy
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ATTOILY EY AT LAW, * *
McDonough, Ga .
Will practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. octS-’/O
yy A. PSKOWrY,
* ATTORNEY AT LAW,
McDonough, Ga,
Will pi ucl i -e in all the counties compos
ing the Flint - isvuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia ami th United States District
Court. . janl-ly
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ATT I’ONEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in all th.e counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Ceorgia and the District Court of the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Out 8, 1888
Jno. D. Stewart. | R,T. Daniel.
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ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Geizkin, Ga,
I,A n C'A Kit.
1 have opened a law office in Atlanta, but
will continue my practice in Henry countv,
attending all Courts regular’;-, us heretofore.
Correspondence solicited. Will lie in Mc-
Donough on al! public days.
Office —Room 2d. Gate City Bank Build
ing, Alabama street, Atlanta. Ga.
JOHN l TYE.
J«!)'Ui r V Ist, 1885,
IcDoiionili iiciiie forts
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•4 BRASS FOUNDRY.!-
TN7e announce to the public that we are
t 1 now ready to do all kinds of M iciiini
Repairing, such as
Steam Engiaes Cotton thus,
Kepiirunii' iind II til Vlaelii si -
cry, filing and (iuniming
<*lis Saws a Fpeeialty.
We keep constantly on hand all kinds .of
Brass Fittings, Insnirators (oi mc, size),
iron Piping and Pipe Fitting- ; 1 big Out
and Threaded any Size and Li-ng: n, V\ , are
prepared to repair your machinery cheaper
than you can have it done in Atlanta. All
work guaranteed lo give satisfaction.
J. J SMITH & CO.
May 24. 1888
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Machine Works.
announ • the PuL’i that v.t; arc
* t prt j> ;•» «i to main;>.(«-: .v •» Boil
er# : w ill ? ik<? ord # Boil
eri- We ;;k i.rt pai I to (Jo all kinds of '
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erv, c -iict ali;>. We keep in *sl«»ck lha?#;
Fitting* of all kimL : aLo Inspirators, In-!
jectors. Safer y A’.t I. c>. Strain Guagcs. •
}*ipe and Pipe Fhtings and Iron and Brass j
Castings ofevri v I>< s oiption.
osii >i:’i a W AM tm,
Jan. -0. 12m.
OUR S’ HTASV LAWS.
j(* 1’ Nat That V,. Av. U" '.unit them,
liul T, ey Ari: Not I: (V :
As [« .pul:.• ion mere;: ... i:i d : ,iiy the
a«-d for tho < nm-t. l.t, import Lieu nnd
cnforcwii; tit of lav ; peri tilling to coui
mutfleable disease : increases. The gen
eral sanitary condition of the United
State: , in rei-pect to density of population,
is very different to-day from what it was
one hundred or even fifty year-, a o. A
single city with its surroundiu;..-. now
contains neat ly as many souls us did tlu*
whole United States a century bach.
Far greater alertness on the [.art of
legislatures, city governments, courts and
officials is consequently now required
than was ever required t.ef.ae, and. so
far as appears, the need will continue to
grow with our advance in scUicimtnt.
Our average national death rate lias so
far been comparaiiv ly low. tint many of
the large cities of Kit; I: ud. notably 1 a>n
don. Liveqiool an ! : ,• •
us in uteir manage:, cut of sanitniy mat
ters, anti, if the immunity is 1«” ear** .
we must take additional st.psto secure it.
The trouble is not so much tf;..l v. .• do
not possess a sufficient numbi i e! iaws
as that we are lax in «uforeing tlfose we
have. It appears for example tiiat the
yellow fever, the outbreak of which lias
been so disastrous in Florida, was intro
duced there Tom Cuba through the
agency of smuggled goods, and yet there
exists a law : gainst smuggling. If it
had been effectually enforced, there
would have be'U no c; i.lemic. The in
tention of this law. it is true, is not san
itary. Hut w ion we Cud statutes the
object of whit h is to secure money al
lowed to fail it to abej ancc, we may la,
a priori, sure t e enforci ment of the san
itary laws will be so much the more neg
lected.
It must be the aim of the city, state
and national legislators that communi
ties obtain tlie laws they require for the
prevention, restriction and abolition of
disease, wholly uninfluenced by political,
partisan or mercenary considerations.
The Control of legislation by corporations,
monopolies and money kings should
cease. And in the enforcement of sani
tary statutes, greater impartiality is <!c
--| tnanded. The man of wealth and iui’.u
--| cnee should be, indeed, in till respects,
•equal to the eye of she law" with the
j poorest, and it should be put beyond the
power of any of those financial dictate s
with whom our age and, country li.reo
been afflicted to push their grasping
schemes, as they so often do at present,
to the detriment of the lives or health
of their fellow men. (>o; : .1 Herald.
A Ilruve Littto Sailor.
On a weather worn bark that i.; mooted
to a dock in South Washington to-night
there is a little chap with a remarkable
history. lie is 7 j oars old. bis name is
Oartield Slocum, and he is the son of
(.’apt. Slocum, who lias just arriveu here
in a small boat from a 7,000 mile sail
fi6m South America, (fartjefd was bom
in 1881 in Hong Kong, China, and was
named in honor of President Garfield by
Col. Mosby, consul at that point. The
boy has traveled not less than 375,000
miles, including two voyages around the
world, and has touched his foot upon the
soil of the three Americas, Europe, A: ...
Africa and any quantity of inland-;,
and been clear ary&»*Ww«tr*u*, Ilis
last trip on the Lfbcrtad, a boat thirty
five feet long, carrying only four tons,
was 7,000 miles long, a sea voyage un
paralleled for a vessel of the size. His
father, mother and elder brother wore
liis companions. At times they were
2,000 miles from land,and the frail little
craft met dangerous storms, but came
through safely. Garfield is a good sailor
and has never shown any fear of the sea.
In fact he docs not know anything br.t
the sea, having never lived on land long, r
than two weeks at a time. This Lib
ertad trip, however, did not strike him
very favorably, and th.e first night on
board the small boat, when he knelt at
his mother’s knee to say his prayefs, he
looked around a moment ‘and doubtingly
remarked: “Mamma, this boat isn’t big
enough to pray in. ” —Washington Cor.
Chicago News.
Wrest; tur; With a Hear.
A couple of hunters from the Catskills
followed a b< ar trail for three* days.
Near Sundowi , a charming little nook,
entirely shut in by great mountain
peaks, the hun era came suddenly upon
they prey. Th ere was an old hear and
three good size I cub They all ran for
their lives at tight of the -hunters, but
LevkSmail rut, it-d in .dl .. . . pas- .itof
one of the cut » that had made a sense
less, detour, a.r.l, .dipping on a bit of
treacherous ic>, he v.-.-at I she, "sniug
down the side of the mountain. Id eoub
was tripod ip by u:, of Small's cow
hide boots, at . the .^youngster
took a funny U:i_,. .s gioiig v . ~h i‘ JO
j hunter fsotisg h . . urirtg i:i danger,
the old bear rttfked t ) the seme, but the
companion of .Small fired a shot with
| such good t tia.t Bruin iVU in h. r
! tracks. Anotl.er I ail finished the game,
and then attention was directed to the
improm; , .i toucggauer, who was having
a rough ; tumble tight with the cub.
It was i;ui -kly dispr.t; iu-J-end the oth .
cubs were taken alive. Philadelphia
Times.
T!i<? SatfcUi'te of Neptdhe.
11. i'isserand has presented a report
to th.e Paris Academy of Sciences con
cerning tome remarkable obse r ■. .-'.lionsof
the satellite of the planet Meptune,
which was discovered ml ,7. The an
gle witich the plane of the ms.it c:' c.is
satellite made at that date with the edit)-
tie was about ISO (legs., I
now increased by at h ..at 0 d. The
satellito moves, round its 1 rii. dual in an
opposite direction to that muaily fal
lowed by other sat -i litas, e . that a >,...
tion might La raised whether in tb
course cf time this variation in ti. • in
clination of the plane of its orbit mi :.t
not end in its movement around its prin
cipal becoming normal. 1L Tisserttitd
6liowed that this variation of inclination
was due to the oblate or Untuned con
dition of Neptune at its p and that
' it will coinpiu. its limit v.i; in a pt-riod
j of 503 years.-at lii - end of v. hioh lim - i.
I will again be as it was in 1:: 17. —Scien-
j tific American.
Louisiana furnishes atone i ne-seven
|th of our sugar, ller cop in IS** v,
I 3G,000,000 j> unds
McDonough, ga.. Friday. February, is, i 88».
CON 3-PE. jSIGNAL NEWS.
THURSDAY.
YV amu not on , Jan. 31. After the
m -t. lug sea. ion*the enate took up the
diplomatic appropriation bi 1.
The house is considering ths Oklaho
ma b 1.
. a caucus of republi an-enators this
mo i> n , it iva de ided to prepare a new
1 i 1 fre idiug for alnti-ui on .11 o state
1, -.m YV ngt- n. Montana and the two
. t.is and to posh t e bi 1 through
.. 1:.. rv.-s ring the present session, if
j ; ossi 1 .
T e.e v.-„ ast on; sent ment devel
opo.l aga-ust the admission of New Jlex
e >. sum (he ndi ; t on a e that the ter
-1 :ory w I no, - e 11 laded In the s mate
1 bill.
FRIDAY.
W - 1 sin. i eb. 1. —Mr. Saulsbury
inti oln d i the senate to-day the fol
t .. u.g re-01 1 on. vti'ch was agreed to:
Resolved. That the ( ominittee on for
eign relations is instructed to inquire
into the condition of affairs in the Satno
! an island . and report at an early day
what measures aie ; eo s .ary and proper
j to protect the interests of American citi
zens re-Wing therein, and to discharge
;ny obligations of th Cnited States to
.he people of other b ands in mainten
ance of their own local government, free
from the exclusive interference of any
tor :gn power, and to seouie the just
rij irs and interests of the Cnited States
in the future contr, 1 and government of
said islands.
The s nate committee on territories
voted o report non e neurrence in the
no e amendments t > the sepate bill for
the admb.-i 11 of South Dakota, and ask
ae cl rence. The senate conferees will
p. po.-e tlie e; mpromise agreed to in tlie
repub’i- an caucus yesterday. In tlie
senate. Iho amendments were non-con
curred in.
The li uss this afternoon agreed to the
< ; T.-ience rep; rt on he bill creating a
departi, cut of agriculture; aim toa-ro
port from the committee ou rules giving
:i" ;t ;i Is presence during the ro
man er oi the stews on.
•. iio <■ insular . 1 d diplomatic bill was
r furred to the conun tfee on foreign re
in iol:s ami the imuse proceeded to tlie
■ or -id ration of the Oklahoma bill, and
I a .ed it by a \ (e of 148 yi as to 102
nays.
Lie f. Mor on. of the sixth infantry,
has een de ailed In the war depaitmeni
a rofi s-o of military science md ta --
ti<'. • the East Jlor la seminarv.Gaino -
ville, Fla.
MONDAY.
W.csiunukjn, i'"tb. 4.—ln the uouse,
during the sail or states for the introduc
t ; on of bills. Mr. Pa son inaugurated fil
iMistering tactics, by 1 taring sent to tlie
clerk' desk, with a demand that it be
read.a long printed bi 1 for Ihe establish-
Ime tof a court of appeals. His opposi
tion is dire ted t< tlie Unit 11 Pacific
funding liis.
In the i„ nate, Mr. Allison reported
back the legislative, executive and judi
cial appropriation bill, and gave notice
dint ho would cull it up for action to
i morrow.
After further routine business, the
Bella! romm* d consideration of theanti
! trust b,)i.
A tiiui will he made in the senate,
1 probai y to-morrow noon, to have tlie
: vos w Inch tlie e tradition treaty
was r ect d on Friday last, made
pul lie.
TUESDAY.
’ a MixiiioN, Feb. s.—The house this
1 morning eoiiouired in tlie sena e am nd
i meats to this house bill retiring Gen.
V.'tn F. Smith. It authorizes his retire
! :nent v. ith the rank ( f major.
Th e nt 'enre report on the Nicara
gua eanai bill was taken up.
Jll lie en tc. the house bill for the
establishment o a te ritprial govein-
II in tin t ;kkihom» "as presented and
■ refi rred to the committee on territories.
The iiou-e comrai tee of ways and
means cample ted tlie first reading of tlie
-enate tariff bill. Tho committee, at ils
ne t meeting will commence the consid
; eratio ■ of the bill by sections, subject to
amendments. Mr. Breckinridge, of Ar
kansa-i. gave notice «>; a motion to strike
i o t tlie bounty prow ion n tue sugar
se< tio - The comniitt-e is still wait
:in ilw t-cas .rv computations. They
\ a e rom’sed to-morrow, when the e >
: ce. 1 • co {deration the bill « ill pr >-
! ' lt d rapidly.
T senate committee on finance tiiia
n:o mng took up the di <ect tux refund
« ' • and cmisidere i ihe amendments
in . ■> in ihe house. . i 11a action was
j tak; n.
VVEC: 1. :DAY.
Wasi.'.miton. ' eb. (t.—The senate
| «i -i d t!i bill ga.tn -to tl:e Dig Horn
' utln ri a ’road company light of way
a • 1 er ':::: itury rebel' ation
in Mouta a.
• n t e lion.. . ;Ya:.k B. isey took tl e
<>a li as iv :e nt t. fr ni the first lu
re t. li- li.iviii;.- bee-, e ected to
- Stl the me ncy can til by tie iesigaa
■ tion of v. . . lio. y.
h - <: ns a .ton,, the < onfereiice
report on the Nicar... uun canal liill was
r- limed 1h ■ d -a < t . i.e ■ ■ o-eu at 3.
A Horrible Murder.
A--.ii:. an, Ky.. 2. —A horrible
mur .er 0 vurr* . ■ rday at the mouth
j of T a 11 creek on the Tug ! ork of San
dy, in yog 111 co ..my. W. Aa. A man by
ti e name Chafers and one McNeliy had
some Iri ious fallin out and that night
the;. t. 1 hafers proposed that they
la 1 (tire., .ices aside and make
fdm sto i.-h McNelL agreed. They
s o d and conversed awhile, and as
j Cita <-rs tur. o i 'o walk away McNeliy
tab d him :n the b ; k. wliereupon he
fa c-1 liis ad vers ry, who then cut his
throat from e ; to ear. killing him in
. tantly. McNeil made his escape, but
is 1 eicg j.ur ued by an armed I ody cf
men.
Hbi.EN'a, M. T., Feb. o. —Jolin Myers,
1 aeo i oy, had a narrow e-cape from
d a ii w idle 'Hinting horses on Stillwater
riv r a few da s ago. His horse stum led
an . re •iin on the rocks, where lie
1 . for a long tim unconscio ». I.otli
w . b 11.' broken. i ecovering. he
drag ei li nisei throa .h Tie now over
it au ep luff; and reached tlie camp
after an e .po-,uie of thirty hours.
Marriage would be more frequently
a success if fewer men ami women weie
, tailures.
Frcaidsnt Jackson Eesigus.
Ati -,nta, ila., Feb. 1.-r-On Tuesday
last ihe judiciary committee of tho
Farmers’ Alliance of the State of Geor
gia met in tlie capital building here f ( r
the purpose of hearing some charges
which had been preferred against Hon.
R. ii. Jackson, president of the State
Alliance.
These charges were made by tlie state
secretary, who lives at C’hipley, Ha., and
tlie state organizer, who lives at La-
Grange. Ga.
These officers charge that President
Jock, on had trans ended his authority,
and was interfering with them to ihe
detr ment of tlie order in overriding
their authority, and doing things him
self which they were required to do, and
for whicn they were responsible.
They therefore asked that tlie charges
be heard, and if they were true, that
President Jackson be L from of
fice. —* *'
The judiciary committee consisted of
Mr. W. It. Gorman, of Talbot county;
Mr. R. YV. Everett, of Polk, and Mr.
Peacock, of Dooly.
The entire 'lav was spent in discussing
this matier before tlie committee. Presi
dent Jackson was present to make his
own defense. Y'ice President L. F. Liv
ingston was also present. and witnesses
were on hand who had- been summoned
from various portions of the state,
among others. Uapt. L. A. Ponder and
Mr. John \V. Hooten, of Monro • county.
It was late last niglit when the commit
teen adjoin nod. ami ai the result of their
action, President Ja -kson tendered his
resignation, which was accepted, and lie
is now no longer tho head of the order
in (ieorgia.
HOll. L. F. Living-ton. of Covington
who is known all ousr Georgia, having
been in pubiie life as senator and mem
ber of the house, and a leader in each
branch when ho Was a mea l er, is vi. o
pie ident of the Alii nco, and it is \ y
likely that ho will succeed President
Jackson.
Euried Alive in a Well
Platte Canon, Col., Feb. I.— The
greatest excitement prevails here. Yes
terdav morning a w ell that was being
walled up by a young man name 1 John
son cayed in, the mass of earth coming
down upon him without any warning,
j Citizens turned out and soon had John
j son s head cleared and work was being
1 continued with all possible ha-to when
another cave in took place, which tut
only covered Johnson still deeper, but
al o covered up one of the resoning
iiartv, who. after an hour s hard work
>y his friends, was rescued, not teribusly
injured. The well is 3d leet deep, and
Johnson was 20 feet from the surface,
covered w ith 15 or 20 tons of earth and
rock. YY’ord was telegraphed to Denver
for experienced well-diggers, who came
out on a special train. They immediate
ly went to work, and at 7 O’clock this
morning succeeded in uucovming John
son's head, and two hours afterwards lie
was hoisted to the surface after having
| boen buried 23 faouiT Although in a
very weak condifttru 'And b* ''kg Drulfc T
and frightened. Johnson is alive and will
be around again in the course of a week.
The board placed over his head upheld
the earth above, forming a cove which
contained sufficient air to sustain life i n
ti! he was rosoued.
The Slaysrs of Outlaw Marlsw.
Henrietta, Tex., Feb. I.—More par
ticulars have teen learned of the killing
of Boone Marlow. It occurred on “Hell
Rourin’” cie k, several miles east of Ft.
Sill, I. T.
Marlow bad an appointmt nt to meet
cue Harbolt at that place, and Mart Bea
vers and John Dc rrvickson finding it
out, concealed themselves at th- ap
pointed place to capture him. Their
story is that when Marlow approached
where they were hidUr n in the hushes
j they call d to him to throw up his hands,
but instead, he only looked alo it him to
see whence tho voices came fiom, and
reached for his pistol, the only wm; on
ho had. They called to him the second
or third time to throw up his hands,
when he raised his pistol and tired, tli ■
ball st. iking a tree 1 ehind which Bi a
vers stood. Beavers then opened fire on
him w ith a shot gun loaded with buck
shot, several I alls striking him in the
head and face, killing him instantly. At
the same time D rr.ickson fired on him
wi n a Winchester, and claims to have
shot him through the 1 ody. although
Sheriff Wright, who e am ned lie lode
when it was brought thro gh here,found
no wound except tho’e made by buck
shot.
Melted the Child's Flesh.
Sr. Petersburg, Jan. 30.—A i rial lias
just concluded in Southern
the conviction of four peasants for the
murder of a girl of eleven.
The four peasants believed in the
strange superttition that candles made
from human fat rendered them in inci
ble. In order to obtain tills necessary
material they first attempted to murder
a boy in a forest: nest tried to kill
an old peasant, and afterwards a clergy
man whom they inet in a field. In all
these cases they worn unsuccessful, be
| irig disturbed before they could accom-
I plish their fell purpose. However, they
at last came across a young girl named
Lukeria Cherkashina, in a lonely spot,
and at once proceeded to strangle and
mutilate her.
(Jut of the fat from this child's hod .
they made candies, with the help of
whose supposed protecting ravs they at
tempted a robbery. They were, how
ever, caught and put in prison, where
they confessed everything. It was stated
in court that the superstition about
"thieves’ caudles is widespread in the
country ai d is not confined exclusively
to the ignorant.
Vienna, Feb. I.—lt is officially an
anounced that Crown Prince Rudolph
committed suicide by shooriug himself
in the head. The w eapon ue l was a
revolver.
Vienna, Feb. I.—The Wiener Zeitung
states this morning that an autopsy was
performed last night upon the remains
of Crown Prince kudolph. by Ur. Wie
derhafer. A wound was found on the
side of his head, which was sutiicient to
have killed the prince. A revolver, w ith
one chamber discharged, was found ly
•'g on the bed near the mas's right
hail;, and it is conc'uded that Prince
Kudolph committed suicide.
I he prince had for some time previous
to has death been .- uttering from head
ache, attributed to the injury to l,i-,
head, received recently in falling from
his horse.
I hree-fifths of the cotton, ciop is
row produced by the white ia
lior.
IS THE DEATH PENALTY DETER
RENT?
The denial that the death penalty is
a deterrent, if It were well founded,
would bo one of the strongest possible
objections to the infliction of such
a penalty or to statutory provision for
j its infliction. It would be in fact tho
[ only conclusive argument on the point; j
for the plea that the death penalty is a
deterrent, and tlie most effective one
known, is tlie only conclusive argu
ment in its support.
Put is ilie denial well founded ? Is
the deatii penalty a deterrent? If it is
not then our whole system of penalties
is an utter mistake and failure, if tlie.
deatii penalty i* not a deterrent, no
penalty is. If the fear of death exer
cises no restraining force upon tlie evil
disp sed, neither the tear of Imprison
ment nor ol tho whipping post can
exercise any. The latter is merely
public revenge or retaliation, and the
former is either that or something not
much better.
Fortunately, however, there is not
the smallest room for doubt that tlie |
death penalty is a deterrent and a pow- (
erful one. There may be no statistics [
to show it; but there is evidence far j
stronger than statistics. T here are no j
statistics to show that two and two do
not sometimes make five; hut there is a
j deep rooted conviction in human con- ;
I sciousness that they übver do.
That the fear of consequences ope
rates to a certain degree upon all
Wrong doers or violators of the crimi
i nal law is conclusively shown by the
secrecy of crime. If the criminal has
no such fear, why does he seek dark
ness rather than light for the perpe
tration of his crime ? That the feat
does not always deter the criminal or
prevent the crime is true; that is Ite
i cause ho regards tha possible result as
I worth the risk. But. how many are
there to whom the risk seems too great
; to be over-balaneed by the possible ro
sult of a crime ? Who does not know
in tho circle of his immediate acqqain- j
tance a dozen or a score who arc hon
i est or regardful of their neighbors
I rights simply through fear of conse- i
queuces ? llow many are there, in
deed,of the “models” in the communi
ty who dare swear to their inmost sel
ves that their integrity would be temp
tation proof if there were no consequen
ces to be dreaded from a lapse ? Tlie
Indianapolis defaulter whose story lias
| just startled the community was not de-
J terred from liis crime by the fear of
i consequences, the loss of his standing,
j his good name and probably liis liber
i tv. But will any olio at .all b fa.md.iar
ttith ftte woiiilngs of the human mind
dare affirm that the fear of just such'
consequences has not deterred hundreds !
in similar positions'from similar mis
conduct? Or will it be doubted any- i
wnere among intelligent people that
the actual consequences, as he has ex
perienced them, will be a warning-—and
a deterrent—to hundreds of men in po
sitions of trust? To doubt it would be !
to doubt whether men esteem social
stsnding above degradation, comfort
above distress, freedom above bon
dage.
And if the fear of consequence* does ;
act as a deterrent, the fear of death
must certainly so act in the highest de
gree. To the average human being
i death is the most momentous of conse
i queuces. Self-preservation is the first
law of nature —established, no doubt,
| for tlie perpetuation of the race; and
i though there have been exalted souls
in every age who have given their lives
freely for causes which seemed to them
just or worthy or noble, it has not
been because they h'-ld life cheap. To
humanity in general, it is the dearest of
all possessions; and we venture the as
sertion ihat if the most haideaed crirn
! inal could be confronted, in the very
moment of bis crime, with the positive
assurance that his own death would be j
! the result, nine times in ten he would
refrain. The tenth case would be that
;of a maniac or a monster m whom
I theie is no instinct of self-preservation, j
The Niiaioau Islands.
Samoa consists o£ a group of four
i(lauds in the Pacific ocean, about as
; far from the Sandwich Islands as the
latter are from San Francisco, and
about 1,300 miles to the northeast of
Australia. The names of the four is
lands are Unolu, Savan. Apolima and
Manono with a population, in 1837, of
200 foreigners, mostly Americans, Eng
lishmen and Mermans, and 35.000 na
tives, and with an area of 2,050 square
miles. These islands are the dominat
ing power in that part of the Pacific
ocean and the center of commerce.
They are in the line with all American
commerce with New. Zealand and Aus
| tralia.
'9'bi' I’,»»»prow, <>C .Injisan.
The London Mode of Fashioif says
that the empiess of Japan is at the liead
of a powerful movement for bettering
the condition of the women of that
country. She has established a college ‘
j lor woman :,» 'J’okio, under the man-|
j agcHirnt of i euioinitiei* of European;
and An.ei: in ' omen. Ttie standard!
of edneation i* way low, especially in
th" eonntiy districts, and it is hoped j
: that rids college will ptove a valuable j
j aid in raisin/ th- women of Japan to,
a higher levnt. In one of the London j
hospitals tin •me now three' Japanese
ladies who are going through their
i naming •* with the intention I
! jjf returning to their own country when
qualified and leaching _ theircountry
women.
3lr. William O’Brien is to be tried on
a thiid warrant for violating the crime j
act.
MR. AND MRS. BOWSER.
In spite of what 1 have written about
Vr. Bowser’s short-comings 1 have no
doubt that he compares favorably with
the average husband, and in some at
tributes 1 know bo excels. Before
our marriage Mother insisted that we
settle one important qu< stion, viz., what
: allowuuco l was to have weekly. When
1 broached the subject Mr. Bowser
promptly replied :
“Half of what I earn is, or will be
yours. When you want money you
will simply go t« the family pocketbook
and take it and use it as your judge
ment dictates.” , -
When 1 told mother What ha said she
replied: /
That is too geuerons. 1 never kaaw
a man to make such an offer that be
didn't afterward pinch his wife down to
fifty esuts a week.”
When the question incidentally came
up again, later on, Mr. Bowser took
occasion to observe!:
There will always he money in the
house, and I don’t want to marry a wo
i man whom 1 could not trust to use it
for our best interest. It will belong to
you as much as to me, atnl you need |
u*ver ask for a dollar.”
A few weeks after our marriage au |
agent called at the house wiih some!
fancy work, and I took five dollars
j from the wallet in the bureau drawer
i and made soma purchases. That even-!
t ing when Mr. Bowser returned home I
! proudly pointed to my tidies and mats i
and said :
“Those were purchased with ourj
money.”
“llow our money ?”
“Why, I took a bill from thej family j
wallet.”
“You did ! Who gave you permission
to fling my money around for gim
cracks ?”
“Doesn’t, half of it belong to me ?”
“Not by a long shot 1”
“But lieforo we were married you
said it would.”
“That’s in theory, of coin*#. 1 will
set that you are not tempted attain.
When you want money ask me for it. j
I can then put the amount down on j
my cash-book and figure our expen
ses.”
Tho next week I wanted a new hou-1
net, and ! asked him for fifteen dol
lars.
“Fifteen what !” he gasped as he !
looked up.
“Dollars.”
“What for?”
“To buy a bonnet.”
“Fifteen dollars to buy a bonnet!
You must be cinsy ! 1, <auT afford,
stirh e*tr*vagaeee.’’
“But you said you settld trust iny
judgement.”
“Never did ! No wouun t ■ earth
! has judgment enough to use a ten dal-1
lur hill.”
“And you said J had only to ask you j
when I wanted money.” .
“But 1 meant to have explained to
von, Mrs. Bowser. There are times
when the best of us art hard up. Nev
er ask me at tax time. Never ask me
wh'-n 1 have coal to buy. Never ask
me in the spring when I shall be mak
ing repairs. Don’t ask during the hol
iday season, for then I am buying pres
ents. in fact, when l can spare any
money I will give it to you without your
asking.”
“But you once said a wife must feel
incau withou: money, and that you be
lieved iu a weekly allowance,” I pro
tested.
“I still say so apd I still believe so.
I think it would bv more satisfactory to
both of us. Mrs. Bowser, name the
sum you are willing to take.”
“For pin-monoy?”
“Of corn's*'. Woman are always i
wanting little trifles, anil I shall give
you a sslary to buy them. flew j
much ?”
“I—l hardly knew.”
“Could yoa get everything oa $0 a ;
| week ?”
“Yes.”
“Very -well. This is Saturday.
Hole’s your salary. When Saturday
comes hold out your hand for your
money. 1 don’t helieve iu a wife crawl
, ing and begging for iponey.”
i The next week 1 held out my hand
and my salary was promptly handed
j over, hut when the succeeding Satur
day arrived Mr. Bownor observe*} :
“Let’s see! You have had $lO. I
presume that every red cent of it has
been squander, d. Let's figure a little
and see what you have bought.”
“But wasn’t it mine, to use as I
thought best ?”
“Theoretically, yes ; hut should you
become asp ndthrift who would be re
sponsible for it ? The possession of
plenty of money has been the ruination
! of many women.”
“Never ruined, a man, I suppose ?”
“Possibly, but that’s not the qutsa
j tion, Let us figure.”
“Ho we will, >i r. Bowser ! Your in-:
1 come last wi ck was S4O. You gave
rue i-5. Ilow have you used the rest ?”
“Are you cra/.y ?” he gasped.
“No sir! How did you use that
i money ?”
lie looked at me a long time and
ihtH handed me my salary and the sub
j ject was dropped. The next week,
j however, he cut me down a dollar, and
the second week I got but two.
“I—l don’t understand,” I said as I
looked at the bill.
“It’s all I cau spare.”
“Then it’s all light, and I'll try and
j make it do.”
At the end of the sixth or seventh
week 1 asked for my salary and arrears,
i and Mr. Bowser jumped up and demau
| ded :
“What salary? What arrears? If
‘ you want money why don’t you ask for
it, the same as other # wives do. What
j arc you trying to get at ?”
“Don't 1 have a weekly salary?”
“Not that L have ever heard of.’*
“But you said—,l thought you were
going to—to ”
Going to Texas? Oh no! Mr. Bow
ser, you have been exposed to the mea
sles, ami you are over-excited. If you
want a quarter or fifty cents hero it is,
but i lease control your nerves a little
better.
“But don’t I get So a week.”
“Not that I know of.”
“And you go back on your word do
jou?”
“Mrs. Bowser, the term ‘go hack 1 is
shiugy. Please don’t use it at our fire-,
side. If occasion should ever arise when
you felt the need of money, don’t hesi
tate to ask me. Here are a couple of
street car tickets cow. I always have
j change with me. Lot us now drop tho
i subject.” .....
AMERICAN FABLES.
AND THE ANTS.
A Colony of Ants, not being exact
ly Satisfied with their leader, cast
about to find another, and when the
day of Election came a Grasshopper
was Elevated to the place by a Largo
Maj ority. The Old Ones shook ihrir
1 scads, but the Yonug Om .> Enthusias
tically explained:
“His Uncle left him s Hundred
Thousand,Dollars, and,ho, trust he nil
light.”
In about three months, however, the
Grasshopper had so Mismanaged Af
fairs that the AntN were comp iled to
Bounce him or go out of the Industry
Business. I'lie Deposed leader went
to the Huge foi Consolation, hut was
promptly answered: *
“mouai,:
“The Possession of Money doesn’t
always mean the Possession of Brains.”
A HOUSE MYSTEItY.
The owner of it certain Horse fast
rned weights to the Animal’s feet, rub
lied his logs with Liniment, diove him
on a Usee Tiark, and s[ nt much time
and money in the endeavor to reeare
great speed. One day, afier being
Cruelly lashed because he could not
ont-feot another Horse, the Equine de
mand'd an ex| lana'ion.
“I’ll give you a dozen explanations!”
growled tho owned as he put on more
whip. “I’ve spent a year’s time and
S3OO in cash to make you excel, and
here you are beaten by a thvee-iuiuute
Nag.”
“That strikes me Queer,” replied tho
Horse after a moment’s thought. “You
can seatcely Read or Wi ite. your gi'am
mar is' way tiff, and' your wife mid
children are Ashansed of their Clothes.
The Time and Money spent on my
Speed in order that I might pass some
! other Horse, would have gone far to
I Educate you and Make your Home
I Comfortable. It’s a conundrum.”
moral:
No, it isn’t. No one Ins any use for
a Slow Horse.
TIIE PLANT AND THE SHADOW.
A Plant which was Growing finely
in the Sunshine of Juno was suddenly
covered by a Shadow, and as soon as
tho Gardener appeared it said:
“1 was doing Splendidly until that
Shadow came. If you Expect me to
do my Best you must keep it away.”
“My friend,” replied the Gardener,
“if it were all Sunshine, you would
Grow too fast. If it were all Shadow
you would not Grow fast Enough. It
wants a Mixture to make you Worthy
of your Name.”
moral:
The toothache and corns and colds
in the head and tacky sore tin oats are
sent to keop as front getting altejd too
fast
A Mule Who Stayed.
There were half a dozen of us ou the
platform at Calera, Ala., waiting for
tbo East Tennessee, Virginia & Geor
gia train, when an old gray mule, plod
ding aloug the highway with his head
down, came to the crossing atid stop
ped right across the track.
| “Veter, ar’ dat your mewl?” called
j due negro to another.
: “Y'aas, dat’s my Jim,” was the re
! pJy
“Better go down an’ scare him off
dat track, den. lie's boun’ to git all
: mussed up if yo’ don’t,’.’
“Dog-gone him, if lie haintcr got
! sence ’null in his bed to move on let de
i bnllgine hft him !”
After a few minutes we heard the
whistle of a locomotive, ami the same
1 negro spoke again :
■‘Better go down dar, Peter. Dat
Dat Jim mewl haintcr gwine to
j dodge.”
“Didn’t I say let him al me ! lie
! hainter blind er deaf.”
In two or three minutes we saw a
; wild locomotive coming around the
1 curve, and as soon as the engineer saw
the mule he began tooting. The aui
| mal never even looked up. lie stood
there in the sunshine as if asleep.
“Dat Jim mewl’s a goner fur shore!”
exclaimed the negroes as we all hurried
1 to the best point of observation.
8o he was. The pilot slid uuiter
him, lifted him ten feet high, and ho
was flung aside with a crash which broke
him ail to pieces. We went down to
the spot, but he was dead.
‘‘Jist like I tolo ye, l’eter,” said the
one who had been anxious.
“Y’aas, but I couldn’t seuse it. De
idea of a mewl standiu’ right dar’ till
lie was knocked off beats me all around,
j Dog gon yer ! Went an’ got yorseif ’
| busted up to git sbet of corn plowin’,
|didn’t ye! Dat’s jist like yer. but yer
can’t spite me any ! I kin sot around
ebery day now, an’ de old woman can’t
say a word agin’ it!”
NQ. 42.