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DENTIST.
McDosoi gh, La.
Aiiy one desiring work done can In* ac
ronim<M)ated either l>y calling on me in p«*r
«on or addressing me through the mails.
Terms cash, unless special arrangements
are otherwise made.
Gto W. Bryan j W. T. Dickkn .
UKVA> A mOtI V,
attorneys at law.
McDoNOlKill, G.V.
Will practice in the counties composite.;
,he Flint.l tulieial Circuit, the Supreme Court
ni' Georgia and the United States District
Court. apr27-l v
| ISi. 11. Tl'lttfUK,
•attorney at law, .
MeDovoium, Ga.
Will practice in the counties composing
the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court <>i
Georgia, and the United States District
Court. marlti-ly
y .1. KKACMiI,
attorney at law.
McDonough, La.
Will practice in all the Courts of Georgia
Special attention given to commercial and
ot her collections. Wilt attend all the t ourts
at Hampton regularly. Office upstairs o\ or
Schaefer’s warehouse. janl-l v
J r. W IMe
attorney at law,
MrDoNOkiM'.H, La .
W ill practice in the counties composing the
Flint Judicial Circuit, and the Supreme and
District Courts of Georgia. Prompt attention
given to collections. oct.r- V.)
W A. BIIOW.V
’ attorney at law,
McDonouoh, La.
Will practice in all the counties compos
ing the Flint Circuit, the Supreme Court of
Georgia and the United St ate District
Court. janl-ly^
jj 4 . i*i.i:i*i.i:s.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Hampton, Ga,
Will practice in all the counties composing
the Flint Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court
of Georgia and" the District Court ol the
United States. Special and prompt atten
tion given to Collections, Oct 8, 1888
Jno. P. Stewart. I R.T. Daxikj..
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STIIWAKT A DAMM
ATTORNEYS at DAW,
: iißiKinx, Ga.
j H. -I. AU^OIJL
Hamiton. La,
1 liereby tender my perfessional service to
the people of Hampton and surrounding
country. Will attend all cal’s night and
day.
LA II CAll It.
1 have opened a law office in Atlanta, but
will continue my practice in Henry county,
attending all Courts regular'y, as heretofore.
Correspondence solicited. Will he yi Mc-
Donough on all public days.
Office —Room 26, Gate City Bank Build
-1 n<>, Alabama street, Atlanta, Ga.
JOHN L. TYE.
January Ist, 1885.
McElree’a Wine of Cardui
a „d THEDFORD’S BLACK-DRAUGHT are
for sale by the following merchants in
Henry County:
D. Knott & Co. McDonough.
Hill & Parker, Lovejoy.
A. V. McVicker, Babb.
Perry A' Prannun, 1' lippen.
l) r . W. H. 11. Peek, Locust Grove.
.1. C. llostwick, Peeksville.
J. W. Hale, Sandy Ridge.
'W. 11. Gilbert & Co. Stockbridge.
iJ. F. Harlow. Tunis
at once ritibliibij JJ Ii
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• A “V t * »<..•• gict our inacuin.«i .UliiJ
•1’ j J , * JJ;. foods ViLeiC the p«o;>le inn
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' Best k3w:u|f-m»chh>e made in
0 : ~'4 * I :h‘- world.with &.! th? attachment*
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*. '-A*- 5 a return *.ve aik that you
< • ■ fhkuw what we bind, to those who
'• • | •! -V,imv cal. at your home.and after i £
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r . : j'Zjf V flpropertr. This rrand machine is
j ■,'* '• Wj' Tatnadc after the Singer patents,
/'" a- V ; Jt W hich have run out: in fore patents
. ..f .'v.-y.; _ V run out it sold forw ith the
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•yitfK A C’O.. Itox 110, Augustu, Maine.
IcDoioiii Mac&ine Works
AND
• BRASS FOUNDRY
WJe announce to the public that we are
* I now rcjulv to do all kinds of Machine
Repairing, such as
Stcuiin Rngincs, Colton <»iu*.
ilrpamtor and .Mill Madiiii
erj. l-'illng :i nd tiamiuinj;
Liu Saws a Specialty.
We keep constantly on hand all kinds of
Brass Flyings, Insnirators (ot any size),
Iron Piping and Pipe Fittings : Pipping Cut
and Threaded any Size and Length. We arc
prepared to repair your machinery cheaper
than you can have it done in Atlanta. All
work guaranteed to give satisfaction.
J. J SMITH.
May 24, 1888
IX r 4 YU If J 4 Agents in every Town
\\ Ait 1 la 1 * and County to sellout
floods. Send us One Dollar, ami we will
send vou samples that sell? lor three dollars
and start yon in Business th-t will pav y*>u
front fIOO to *3OO per ntonlh.
AutlresS
THE RICHMOND PUBLISHING CO.,
RICHMOND, \ A.
*niJTO "D A T>T?‘Q mat tnrmd on at CM.
JL Hio A AJL kit y m Uowoil & Go's _aewepaj'**r
•Advertisingßureau MO Spruce St. >, where aU'e-nising
Vii-uiicM ttMOf hm>Uo luf U l.\ >L\V \SJuLkl*
M DONOLGII. GA.
McDonough, it town of inhal»itants
is the count.v sit«* of Henrv, one of* the lar
gest ami most populous counties in mithlh*
Georgia, is situated on the L ist Trim., \a.
L La, K’v., Iwvni « Llit miles south of At*
l.tnfa, the e.»|*it' tl «>1 the s| ife. !( is ilso
I lie northern terminus of the Lcorgia Miti
i land a\; Lull R'v, which has its southern
i erminus at Columbus, La., “the Lowell of
rhe South.” The Central ot Georgia run
through the western portion of the county,
thug giving it three first class lines of rail
way.
Farm lands can be bought from $.». to
sls. per acre; on which can be grown re
! munerutive crops of Cotton, Corn, Wheat,
Oats, Rye, Barley, Rice, Millet, Sugar-cane, '
I Sorghum, Sweet and Irish Potatoes, Ground
and Field Peas, and the finest Watermelons
| (both as to si/.e and flavor) in the
world.
All kinds.ol fruits do well here. Quite a
fruit industry hAs sprung up some
miles to the southwest of McDonough, mid
is conducted by an intelligent set of immi
grants from the north, who bought the lands
cheaply, and which have appreciated from
$lO. to SIOO. per acre. Then? are thousands ,
of acres just as good in Henry county await
ing development by industrious immi
grants.
There are eight railroad towns in Henry
countv-McDonough, Hampton, Stockbridge,
Locust Grove, Flippen, Greenwood, Tunis
and LoueJla. In point ot population they
rank as gi/cj).
The climate, is mild and etpialile, 'Phere
is not a day in the year that out ol door
work cannot be done on account ot cold
weather. The atmosphere is puye and en
tirely free from m alaria. A cast* of yellow
fovfy* was never contracted in lot) miles ol
this section. The county lies 1.100 feet
above sea level, and is gently undulating
in its topography. Wood ami water o! the
best 'juality are abundant. Building mate
rial is cheap and plentiful. L T udressed lum
ber can be bought at S!L peril, and dressed
lumber at from sl*l, tosll. M. anu shingles
(first
Our people are kindly disposed towards
all well-meaning new comers. Politically,
otfr people believe in “a tree ballot and a
fair count.” There is a standing reward of
$r»00. for a' single instance .where a man
has not been allowed to vote his political
conviction —whether he be democratic or
republican. Our motto is, ‘‘Let bygones be
bygones; and let all unite in the up building
of our goodly heritage. We know no south
no north.” We desire to bend our united
energies to bringing our beautiful lands to
that degree of perfection which brawn and
brain have done for less favored sec
tions.
The manufacturing industries of this
section have received a wonderful impetus in
the last few years. Griffin, a sprightly
tow n of »jOOO inhabitants only eighteen miles
south of us, ha& built two splendid cotton
mills in the last three years—costing in the
agaryg*te $llllO,OOO. on which amount they
declared a dividend of of) per cent, last year.
To those who have money to invest, wo in
vite them to come to McDonough, which is
ortfc of'the best building sites in the south,
owing to its being in the. midst of the cotton
fields.•a-iid'on a line of railway wh re
eoai *• .ui j,• ban . b in t vletn a. i.A t |V tT
that capiralists cannot make :i mistake in in
vesting in southern manufacturing enter
terpnses. A cotton mill, an oil mill or
guano factory would all pay ;i handsome div
idend if erected and put in operation
here.
To the capitalist, the mechanic, the ma
chinist. the sturdy* thrifty northern and
western farmers we invile V‘-ii i» come and
examine our section before purchasing in the
blcstk, treeless northvw st. We will accord
you a hearty welcome ami happy, sunny
home*.
Sample copies of Tine Weekly forward
ed to any address on receipt of a one cent
stamp.
All parties corresponding with us will
please inclose stamps to insure reply.
Speer a\: Turner, Bubs.,
McDonough, La.
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Roy al Raking Row mat Co., 10(1 Wall street,
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(iRIFFIX FOUNDRY
AND
Machine Works.
1 i, r e announce to the Public that wc are
't mepared t*. tnam;;'u! t nre Engine Boil
ers : will ta!:r- orders for all kinds of Boil
ers. Wc are prepar'd to do all kinds of
repairing on Kagines, Boih-fs and Machin
ery. c-eiierailv. We keep in stock Brass
fittings of all kinds; also Inspirators, In
jector,. Safety Valves. Steam linages,
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AdcoraU.y. Y, Richard Proctor, the Scientist,
Hons. XV. XV. A-tor, Judge Gibson, Judah P.
Beniamin, and others, sent, post free by
Prof. A. LUISKTTE, 2157 F»fth Ave., N. T.
McDonough, ga.;-Friday, .ji nk. ,t»i usso.
AN ISOLATED REPUBLIC.
An American Consul s Story of
Paraguay
i c(t( \ rit i ii i tii i in:
ni.iutim:sT ills mu l nr
IVJ M il II OKLIt XA TIOX.
Bui \<»« 441 vlag- l*ronti*c ol' it
l*i-o*|>«'roii« l-'utiii-o.
Washington, June H. —[Special.]
—The least known of all tlie now
republics is Paraguay, which is the on
ly one of them without sea board, and
which long discouraged immigration. It
is consequently one of the most interes
ting of the countries that will be repre
sented in the great congiess of Ameri
can nations to be held in Washington
this fall. Paraguay has for some year*
had no diplomatic relations vvitli the
United Siates, and Ministers are not
ex changed between Asuncion and IV ash
ington. The United States Minister to
Uruguay is charged in s general way
with Hie affai’s of Paraguay, but rarely
visits the interior republic. The Uni
ted States sends a consul to the Para
guayan capital, Mr. Frank 1). Hill, and
this official has just mule a wouderfuT
ly interesting report on the history, ge
ography, resources, people, products,
government and commerce of Paraguay
to the State Department. This report
is a gem among the dry and sterile sta
tistical tables that make up most of tlie
consular reports of the 1 nited States.
Paraguay is a blunt, wedge-shaped
country, imbedded
IN Til K lIKAKT OK sen'll AMK.BIrA.
It is about the size of Oregon, and has
about three times as many people.- The
position of Paraguay, between the liv
ers Paraguy and Parana, far distant
from the sea, quite corresponds to that
of the state of Illinois, whose southern
boundary is at the junction of the Ohio
and Mississippi rivers and 1,000 miles
from the gulf. Although it lias no sea
hoard, there is a certain compensation
in its great fluvial system, for' it is
washed on either side by a great stream
of Continental size, the Parana river on
the east and the Paraguay river on the
west. It is crossed in its northern part
by the tropic of Capricorn, and situated
1,300 miles from the Atlantic sea board.
On- the north it is separated from Fra
zil by the Rio A pa; on the east the
Boundary line between the two coun
tries is formed by the Sierras of Ainum
hay and the Parana river ; on the south
the same river divides it from the Ar
gentine of Miaa|oiie* % aud i
CorrieutojL whils the Paraguay river
>w.< tedweeu it anj.ita western pBUMWIi
fi iJft.S ! I ftltneWg enTme® province of
Bertnejo. The western division or the
Gran Chaco, as it is generally called, is
a vast and
ALMOST UNEXPLORED TEUKITOUV.
In shape an equilateral triangle, with
the base on Bolivia and sides formed
by the I’hilcomuyo and Paraguay riv
ers, the apex being at Asuncion, where
the I’hilcomayo joins the Paraguay
Ever since the i eadjustment
ol the boundary, lines, consequent
upon the rise of these new
states after their successful revolt from
Spanish rule in the early part of the
century, tuis region had been the sub
ject'of conflicting claims on the part of
the governments of Argentine Repub
lic and Paraguay, and not until 1878
was the qnestiou of territorial limits fi
nally settled, when by the arbitration
of the President of the United States,
to whom the matter was referrred for
.decision, tlie vast eta of the Chi to
from the Kio Verde was awarded to
Paraguay. .It ext< lids from the Pilco
comayo on the south to the Baia Negro
on tlie north. The northwestern boun
dary is undermined, the Bolivians and
Paraguayans disputing the proper loca
tion of the line. No complete survey
has as yet been made of this section,
but its extent can not, in the opinion of
those most competent to judge, be far
from 70,000 square miles. It is entire
ly iu the possession of nomadic tribes of
waning Indians, and contains but two
settlements. Until recently the Chaco
lias been considered to he an uninhab
ited waste of
MORASS, LOWI-ANDS AND LAGOONS.
A pur iai survey, undertaken'lately by
a very competent surveyor, lias shown
tliis judgment to be as clear fiction as
was that of the “Great American Des
ert” of our geographers thi|ty years
ago. Within the la-t two years these
lands have risen enormously in value
and have become a favorite investment
in Buenos Ayres and the other realty
markets of the River Plate. A very
favorable concession has been granted
to a'compatty of capita'ists for the con
struction of a line of railway from As
uncion, through the Chaco, to Sucre,
Bolivia, a distance of GOO miles. Plans
have been perfected and the survey he
gun. The projex-t has the hearty co
operation of both governments, which
have always desired the realization of
this important undertaking, and under
the present favorable auspices it may be
expected that the r ad will be built.
This will open up the Chaco to settle
ment, and it is not impossible that the
part of Paraguay nest of the river in; y
in future years prove to be the better
half of the country, and eventually, on
account of its greater resources, become
the predominating power in the desti
nies of the Republic.
TIIE HISTORY OK PARAGUAY.
Is a record of tyranny and bloodshed
unparalleled among the nations
of the new world. No- country,
even in South America, so prolific of
iriesponsible de-pots, suffered so much
as Paraguay from the tyrannical abuse
of unrestrained power. Jn all history
no nation has been more completely
broken, and none has so barely escaped
otter extinction through the adverse
| fortune of war as tins little sequestered
i republic ; and t today, scarcely a
] score of years since, the close of the I tte
war waged by Paraguay, single handed,
against the :tlli*l powers of Brazil, the
Argentine ami Uruguay, tlie
country is on a t rmer basis than ever
before, and for jtke Hist time in its na
tional life can I fx*k to; the future with
complacency and some degree of eonfi
deuce. From Jn3ti to ISII tlie present
Republic of Paraguay was under the
rule of Spain. Rfuriag this period the
province of Paraguay included all the
territory east othlie Andes and south
of Brazil. But ' hen Oho Spanish yoke
was thrown off|!n Ifll, tjte new na
tions of the Argentine Republic, Uru
guay and Bolivia irose. au«, Paraguay
was left nearly in it* pie sent shape.
the t»Rsroi>- wt tqt\N< t.\.
Succeeding Spanish dominion
came a despot Gtup.tr Francia,
wliicli forms-oue-of tlie d irCdst chap
ters in the history of nations. This
Francia was at , first invested jointly
with several others with the control of
governmental affairs, but by his machi
nations he finally consolidated all the
|iower in himself. His colleagues soon
lound it convenient to retire, and there
upon we find Friucia named consul. In
1814 he was declared dictator for live
years, and in USUI supreme and perpet
ual dictator for f Paraguay. From this
time until the tyrant's death there is
nothing that can he called history. The
gloomy, blithii.g figure of Francia casts
a shadow on country and nation. He
closed tlie ports to the outside World,
and neither allow d his people to go out
from, or strangers to com-’ into the
£puntry. At home a most thorough
sud perfect system of espionage was in
operation, lie discouraged agric.nl tu
ral pursuits; putHommeree tinder the
ban, and ruled in accordance with his
own arbitrary will, without the slight
est regard to established forms. The
prisons and dungeons wore constantly
tilled, and the lives and property of all
were at tlie mercy of this modern Cal
igula. In his ls4t<-r days, haunted by a
constant lVar of assassination, he lived
the life of a moody, lonely tviant,.con
signing to death or exile till who arous
ed his hatred or -jealousy.
THE EM)ER I.CMM'.Z.
Upon the death of Francia in 1840
two consuls were chosen to conduct the
government, one of whom was Don
Carlos Lopez. In 1845 Lopez was
elected preside!) t for ten years, and at
the end of that lime was re-elected.
He possessed and exercised as absolute
power as Francia before him, but. his
rule was marked with little cruelty,
andhits " more enlight
ened , ~ •_ broke _ mt-ijte isola-
ot the worhT, which
seems to have been his predecessor’s
chief aim, cultivating friendly relations
with other nations and inducing the
entrance of foreign capital and labor to
aid in tliV development of the country.
Slavery was abolished, a newspaper es
tablished, a railway (the tirst in South
America) begun, and a line of fortnight
ly steamers between Buenos Ayres and
Asuncion [nit into operation. But
while he encouraged foreign companies
their very success caused their down
fall, exciting the fear and rousing the
cupidity and hate of the tyrant, who
could brook no power not his Own.
The business of the companies were
stopped, tliejr property and lands con
fiscated, and the lives of all the mem
bers nut in jeopardy.
THE YOUNGER I.OI'KZ.
lii 18(52 Carlos Antonio Lopez died
and was succeeded by his son, Francis
Solano Lopez, the worst of the human
scourges which have desolated and de
populated South America. While a
young man he had been sent by his
father to France and England, where,
dazzled by the glamour of court life, he
imbibed the idea of founding a Napole
onic dynasty in these western wilds,
tin lus accession to power, urged by
his paramour. Madam Lynch, whom he
had brought back with him from France,
he lost n i time in carrying into effect
his imperial designs. By his high-han
ded conduct he succeeded in involving
his country in war vvitli the allied pow
ers of Brazil and the Argentine Repub
lic. The Paraguayans fought with a
valor horn of desperation for five long
years —18(55 to 1870—and were final
ly conquered when there were no more
men to tight. When thA Lopez and
his son were killed in the latter part of
186th the war ceased ; hut the country
was ruined and tip: Paraguayan people
almost extinguished. It has been esti
mated that of the 800,000 people l in Par
aguay at the-beginning of the w*r,
700,000,
NINE TENTHS OK THE ENTIRE NATION,
had perished. Surely, this was a war
of extermination unparalleled in the
annals of the human race. We have
lu re the spectacle of the bloodiest and
most destructive conflict South Ameri
ca has ever seyit. without any principle
involved, anil the immolation of an en
tire people upon the altar of a semi
savage’s ambition and greed of pow er.
After the death of Lopez the country
was completely in possession of the al
lied f-rces, the Btazilian occupation
lasting until 1876. On November 24,
1870, a convention adopted a con atit u
tion f -r the country, and elected C’irilio
Rivaro.'a a, first constitutional Presi
j dent of the republic. Since- then the
i country has had seven presidents, the
i present bi; g Gett. Patricio Escobar.
I’or fifteen yea s subsequent to the ces
sati n of hostilities Paraguay lay pros
[ trate. and nothing hut the rivalties of
1 her neighbors preserved her separate
j national existence. But within the last
three years a new spirit has come over
j the country. Mainly thr ugh foreign
] capital and enter) rse she has at last
roused her»eif from her lethargy, and
the shadows of the long night -a e roll
ing away before the coming of the
dawn.
Domestic tranquility is now assured,
and the era of protinticlumentos in Riv
j or Plate countries is doubtless over for
j ever. Ideas are making themselves
j felt,,and, though history repeats itself,
such careers as those of Francia and
Lopezes ■ re to day impossible.
IMMIGRATION.
The hope of Paraguay lies in her
success in attracting to her fertile, well
watered and wooded lands a part of
the surplus population of overcrowded
Europe. The immigration laws of
Paraguay seem to be libaial. There
is no doubt, however, that should immi
gration in .any considerable numbers
set in the govennettt must fail, from
sheer inability, to fulfill its pledges and
promises. There are at present three
colonies iu Paraguay. The first.of the
three, that, at Sun .Ucruui'duio, mum
founded in 1881. It possesses twenty
live leagues of fine laud situated on the
borders of Lake Ipocarai, the largest
body of water in Paraguay, op
posite the railway station .of Aregua
and distant, seven leagues from Asm)
cion. It numbers (500 inhabitants,
mostly Germans, and is constantly in
creasing in population and Wealth. The
principal products of the colony are
butter, cheese and sugar, which they
sell, as well as garden stuff, to the peo
ple of Asuncion. Tlie colony Villa
Haves consists of 400 inhabitants. Il
is located near the town of the same
name at a distance of nine leagues
above Asuncion on (lie Chaco side of
The Paraguay River. The town was
formerly called Villa Occidental, but
reeeivud its present name in compli-
ment to President Hayes, of the United
States. The population of the colony
is made up of French, Belgians, Hal
inns and Swiss. The cultivation of sti
gar cane is the principal occupation.
The Nueva Germania Colony is situ
ated on the banks of the Aguaray-
Guazn, a navigable affluent of the Je
juy River, by which it is iu easy com
munication with the Paraguay River.
“Paraguay,” says Consul Hill in
conclusion, “is a land upon which Na
ture has showered hex gifts with a
GENEROUS BOUNTY AND I’RDDIOAMTY.
But, although, three centuries, marked
by more complete and wonderful chan
ges than the world has ever before seen,
have rolled away since it was disclosed
to European view, it is still in the
swathing clothes of infancy. Women
do the woik and iho men do tlie smok
ing, gambling and cock-fighting. The
country is very backward, and tlie pro
gress of the last decade has taken
root merely within the narrow
precincts of Asuncion. The people are
I a hippy. ' contented set, without as
pirations. They are characterized by
an unconquerable apathy, which the
leaders deplore, and which they are en
deavoring to break up. The govern
ment is stable and bent upon the de
velopment of the country, with the aid
of foreign enterprise and capital. Its
cordial support may he relied on by any
one endeavoring to establish trade rel
ations. I have not been abletodiscov
er any special predilection on the part
of the people here for Americans.
They are as indifferent to us as we have
been toward them. London is the
loan market of the whole Riven Plate,
and all these governments aim to estab
lish credit with London firms. Buen
os Ayres is the financial capital of Par
aguay for almost all purposes, but when
Paraguayans look beyond it their eyes
aie always fixed upon London and Par
is. New York is only an i;lle name ,
and is scarcely ever heard. There is l
at present, as is well known, no direct |
line of steamers from any American j
ports to tlie River Plate. All goods !
of American manufacture destined for
Paraguay must needs be twice tranship-1
ped, once at Rio du Janeiro and again ‘
at the mouth of the Plate. Again,
here as elsewhere in South Ameiica,
business is done on long credits, six
mouths, and in some cases still longer
time, being granted. The English and
Germans aie anxious to do business on
these terms. My correspondence with :
American firms would seem to indicate
that our people do not. The trade is
considerable, and is, iu my judgment,
worthy of more serious attention than
our merchants and shippers have hith
erto devoted to it. besides, business
beginning now with the revival of ac
tivity in tjio long piostrate republic,
must, in the nature of things, keep pace
with the well assured era of prosperity
and progress just dawning. There : s
not at this writing one single dollar of
American capital invest! d in trade, or
endeavor to induce trade, in Paraguay.
She Iteliiene «l the I'an-ot.
A Second avenue lady who bought a
parrot warren ted to talk, a few days
ago, returned the bird with the expla
nation.
“I cannot possibly put up with *the
language used by this bird. VV by, it
is something awful.”
“That’s queer,” replied the bird store
man. “Did he use profane langua
ge ?”
“Indeed, Jn* did. The vety first
day I had him he called out: ‘\ou
can pack your trunk and leave as
S' on as you please!’ Think of such
talk !”
“Yes’m, and lam soiry for it. He
has evidently lived in a family where i
the utmost harmony did not exist. 1
will take him hack, ma’am, and give
you i hat green headed bird.”
“Won’t be swear, too?”
“No mi’anf. He simply answers
the other by saying : ‘lf Ido h ave I’ll
make it hot for yen !’ ”
Many people habitually en lure a
feeling of lassitude, because they think
they have to. If they would take Dr.
J. 11. McLean’s Sarsaparilla this feel
i ing of weariness would give place to
vi;;or and vitality.
MR. ANJ MRS. BOWSER.
In returning from a trip down town
the other week I left my shopping bag
in the car, and when 1 mentioned the
fact lo Mr. Ilewser mid asked him to
call at the street railway office and get
it, he replied:
“No, ma’am, 1 won’t! Anybody
careless enough to leave an article of
value in a street car deserves to lose it.
Besides, you did not take the number
of tlie ear, and they would only laugh
at me at the office.”
“Do you take the number of every
struct car you ride in ?” I asked.
“Certainly Every sensible person
doe-. Day hefortAcatcrdav 1 came up
in No 7u. 1 wcutback ill No 14. 1
ciime up to supper iu No. Isd: Yustof
dftf 4 Huidn tm yips in Nos. 0.'),4H and
IW 1,1 ™ luTU' ' fiirl 1 W
The street railways contract to carry
i | assengers—not to act as guardians foi
children and imbeciles ”
“Mr. Bowser, other people have lust
articles on tin* street ears.”
“Yes— other women. You never
heard of a mfin losing anything.”
I let the matter drop there, knowing
that time would sooner or later bring
jmy revenge. It came sooner then I
icxpectcd. Mi. Bowser look his dross
coat down to a tailor to get a couple of
new buttons sewed on, and as lie re
turned without it, I observed :
“You lire always finding fault with
the procrastination of my dressmaker.
Your tailor doesn’t seem to he in any
particular hum ,"
“How ?”
“Why, you were to bring that coat
back with you.”
“That coat ! Thunder !’’
Mr. Bowser turned pttlu* and sprang
out of his chair.
“Didn’t lose it &oing down, did
you ?”
“I —I Believe I—I—!”
“You left it on the street ear when
you came up ?”
“Yes-”
“Mr. Bowser, anybody circle s cn-
I oiigh to leave an article of value in a
I street car deserves to lose it. Howev
er, you took the number of the eat, I
presume ?”
“N—no!”
“You didn’t! That shows what sort
o( a person you are. Yesterday when
1 went down after baby’s shoes 1 took
car No. 111. When I returned I took
car 87. When 1 returned I took cur
815. When 1 went over to mother’s I
took cur 5(5. The conductor had red
hair. One horse was brown and the
other black. The driver had a oust in
1 his left eye. There were four women
land five men in the car. W'o passed
: two loads of ashes, one of dirt and an
I ice cream wagon. The conductor wore
No. 8 shoes, and was near sighted. The
street railways contract lo curry pas
sengers, Mr. Bowser, not to act as
guardians for sap-heads and children.”
“But I’ll get it at the office to mor
row,” he slow ly replied.
“l’erhaps, but it is doubtful. As
you can’t remember the number of the
car they will laugh at the idea, and
perh tps take von for an impostor.”
lie glared at me like a caged ani
mal,, and made no reply, and I confess
that 1 almost hoped he would never re
cover tlie coat. He did, however, af
ter a couple of days, aud as lie brought
it home he looked nt mo witli great im
portance and said:
“•There is the difference, Mrs. Bow
ser. Had you lost anything on the car,
it would have been losi'forevar. The
street car people weic even sending
out messengers tq find me and icstore
my property.”
One day a laboring m m called at the
side door and asked for the loan of a
spade for a few minutes, saying that lie
was at work near by ; and he was so
respectful tlntt 1 hastened to accommo
date him. Two days later, Mr. Bow
ser, who was working iu the hack yard
wanted the spade, and 1 hud to tell him
that 1 lent it. As it was not to be,
found, the natural inference was that
the borrower had not returned it.
“This is a pretty state of affairs!”
exclaimed Mr. Bowser when bo had
given up the search. “The longer
| some folks live, the less they ' seem to
! know.”
“Hut he looked honest.”
“What of it! You bad no husiucss
to lend that spade. ’
“1 was sure he’d return it.”
“Well, be didn’t, and anybody of
l sense would have known lie wouldn’t.
If somebody should come here and ask
for the piano, I suppose you'd let it
go. Mis. Bowser, you’ll never get ov
| e,r your countrified w lys if you live ■ to
ihe as old as the hills. It isn’t the loss
of the spade so much, but it is the fact
that the man Jiinks you ait: so green.”
In the course of an hour I found the
| spade at the side st« ps, where the man
had left it after using, but when I iu
i foraged ilr. Bowser of the fact he only
[growled :
“lie brought it hack because he
i probably heard me making a fuss about
• it and was afraid of arTest.”
Two days later, as Mr. Bowser sat on
I the front steps, a colored man came up
and asked to borrow the lawn-mower
for a few minutes for use on the next
corner.
“Certainly, my boy,” replied Mr.
Bowser, “you’ll find it in the back
yard.”
When he had gone l observed that
the mau had a suspicious look about
him, and that I should not dare trust
him. and Mr. Bowser turned ou me
with:
“What do you knew about reading
character? There never was a more
honest mau in the world. I’d trust
him with every dollar I have.” •
lu about half an hour Mr. Bowser
began to g-'t uneasy, and after wu'ting
| a few minutes longer he walked down
to the corner. No black man. No
lawn mower. By inqniiy lie learned
that the borrower bad loaded the mow
er into a hani-earf and 1 urtied off. It
was « clear case of aonlideneo.
“Well?” I queried as Mr. Bowser
oatne back with his eyes bulging out
and his hair on end
“It’s—it’s gone !” he«gasperl.
“I expected it. The longer some
folks live the less they seem to know,
If somebody should come amf want td
borrow the turnaoe or the hay window*
\ou'd let 'em go, I suppose." ■' -tOl
" But he—lie ” •
“But ftlmt of it? You had up brin
iness to lend that, lawn mower, $Jf.
Bowser. You'tJ never get over vour
ocuntritied ways if you live-i—”
fie vyftuld listen no further, lie
rnsWd out and sailed around the nejgli-
IWWfcd Tnrlm WTr». ritW mrift mete -
ino got the police at wot k, and it was
three days before he would give up
that he had been “hornawagled,” us
one of the detectives put it. Then, t>
add to his misery the officer said:
‘‘We'll keep our eves open, but there
isn’t one chance in 500. Alter this
you’d better let your wife have charge
of things. That dm key < <>uldn’t have
huikboozld l her that way.”
iiii: ii tit licit.
Ilow Nome I’l'oinim iil I< |
in lli« 4 Imii-.
The Boston Globe gives the follow
ing interesting chat as to how some
prominent citizens of this country act
while in the barber's chair : *
A man who ii watched considerably
in a barber shop is Mark Twain.
Those who know him expect that bo
wdl make some droll observation, while
those who do not know Ins name won
der who the fellow is that says (plaint
tilings in such a peculiar way. But,
when Mark is landed in a chair he re
lapses into a state of send slumber from
which it will take a pretty dull razor
to roll mi him. Once in a while ho will
toll one of his noted anecdotes about
Parisian baiidrossers, but usually lie
keeps quiet, believing, as lie says, that
lie is in the bands of the Lord and the
barber.
When Bill Nye outers a barber shop
everybody looks up. It does not matter
whether they know Bill or not, people
look at him, and many continue to take
him in, while ostensibly they are read
ing newspapers. The word “Next!”
actually startles Bill, and now and
then he makes a droll apology for pre
suming that bis turn bad coms. The
popular humorist is an easy man to han
dle, barbers say ; and, conscious of that
fuet, Bill generally informs the barber
tliut he does not want any hair oil on
the top of his head. lie adds that his
crown does not need any varnishing.
drover Cleveland, ex-l’resident of
the l.'nitod States, has been shaved in
Boston at the Vondomo. He was alia
veil in his own apartments at thu time
ho was in town on his way to the llai
vard College celebration. The barber
who entered beheld a massive man in
clining in an arm chair, and who said
“Good morning” cordially. The pres
ident had about one night’s growth of
hair on his face, but it was tough hair,
and the barber had to rub bis razor
several times before the operation was
finished.’ The President was very psr
tial to the towel drenched in hot water,
uuil had the process repeated before lie
was satisfied. I [('declined chalk, pow
der, or magnesia, and scowled as the
barber intimated that, cosmetic might
he applied to his moustache. It seem
ed a genuine relief to him when the
barber hud finished.
“Old Hutch,” of Cliiflhgo wheat fame,
has undoubtedly been shaved in Boston,
and when in Lynn he shaved himself.
But as a shaver of other people “ Hutch”
has been a tremendous success. It is
said that the day he nqpde $1,000,000
on wheat he entered a Chicago barber
shop and asked for a shave. This was
a few hours before lie made the SI,OOO,
000. Before the barber administered
the lather, “Mutch” asked what the
tax was to be. The barber replied that
the price was fifteen cents. “Hutch”
said fifteen was too much, hut that he
would give ten. The barber refused
to bo knocked down, so “Hutch” went
across the street and got shaved for a
dime. Thus encouraged, he went abroad
in the market place and shaved wheat
until he made $1,000,000. He is the
king of financial razors.
There is working in a barber shop
on Washington street a man who lias
shaved Public Be —Vanderbilt, and
didn’t get apy more for it than for sha
ving a man who never said a harsh
word about the public. Mr. Vander
bilt, however, was a very kind man,
and always put on his own overcoat,
and used the clothes brush himself.
'l’iie Old Man's l.illle MN-i.m.
“Whatiayoui mission here, sir?”
asked the old man with a frown.
“I am on three mi-suns, sir,” re
plied the poor young man. who was al
so a humorist.
“Well, what are they ?” inquired the
old man, impatiently.
“Per mission to marry your daugh
ter, ad-mission to your family circle
and sub mission to the regulations of
your household.”
“I'gh !” grunted the old man, who
was something of a joker himself. “I
have one little mission to offer before
I conclude any arrangement with
you.”
“Name It,” cried the poor young
man eagerlv. “I will be ouly too glad
to perform it.”
“Di'-mission !” shrieked the old man
with a loud, discordant laugh, and the
poor young mau fell dead at his
feet.
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