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PILLS?
HUTRODUCEP, 1865.
A TORPID LIVER
I, t)i e fruitful source of many diseases, proml
nent among which are
DYSPEPSIA, SICK-HEADACHE, COSTIVENESS,
DYSENTERY, BILIOUS FEVER, AGUE AND FEVER,
JAUNDICE, PILES, RHEUMATISM, KIDNEY COM
PLAINT, COLIC, ETC.
SYMPTOMS OF A
TORPID LIVER.
Loss of Appetite and Nausea, the bowels
are costive, but sometimes alternate with
looseness, Pain in the Head, accompanied
jn the right side and under the shoulder
blade, fullness after eating, with a disin
clination to exertion of body or mind. Irri
tability of temper, Low spirits, Loss of
memory, with afeeling of having neglected
gome duty, General weariness; Dizziness,
Fluttering at the Heart, Dots before the
eyes, Yellow Skin, Headache generally
over the right eye, Rest lessness at night
with fitful dreams, highly colored Urine.
IF THESE WARNINGS ARE UNHEEDED,
SERIOUS DISEASES WILL SOON BE DEVELOPED.
TUTT’S PILLS
are especially adapted to such
cases, a single dose effects
such a change of feeling as to
astonish the sufTarer.
TUTT’S PILLS
are compounded from BBbstancen that are
free fioui any properties that can injure
die most delicate ot'tfuuiztirion. They
Search, Cleanse, Purity, and Invigorate
the entire System. Jly relieving the en
gorged Liver, they cleanse the blood
from pel amuotis humors, and thus impart
health and vitality to the body, causing
the bowels to act met anally, without
which no one can feel well.
A Noted Divine says:
Dr. TUTT:—Dear Sir; For ten years I have been
a martyr to Dyspepsia, Constipation and Piles. I*aat
Spring yoqr Fills were recommended to me; I used
them ( butwith little faith). lam now a Well man,
havo good appetite, digestion perfect, regular stools,
pilos gone, and I have gained forty pounds solid flesh.
Tboy are worth their weight in gold.
Rev. R. L. SIMPSON, Louitviile, Ky,
TUTT’S PILLS,
Their first effect is to Inereaae the Appetite,
and cause the body to Ttdko on Flesh, thus the
evstem is uunrifthetl, and by their Tonic Ac
tion on the Directive Organs, Regular
Stools are produced.
DR. J. F. HAYWOOD,
OF NEW YORK, SAYS:-
"Few diseases exist that cp.nnot be relieved by re
storing the Liver to its normal functions, and for
this purposo no remedy has ever been invented that
has as happy an effect as TUTT’S PILLS.”
SOLD EVERYWHERE, PRICE 25 CENTS.
Office 35 Murray Street, New York.
Dr. TUTT'S MANUAL of Valuable Infor
mation and Useful Receipts" will be mailed fret
on application.
TUTT’S HAIR DYE;
GR.tr Hair or Whiskers changed to a Glossy
Black by a single application of this Dye- It im
parts a Natural Color, acts Instantaneously, and is
r-s Harnilesr as spring water. Sold by Druggists, or
sent by express on receipt of sl.
Office, 35 Murray St., New York.
THE GENUINE
DR. C. McLANE’S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
OR
VERMIFUGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.
TITHE countenance is pale and leaden
colored, with occasional flushes, or
a circumscribed spot on one or both
cheeks; the eyes become dull; the pu
pils dilate; an azure semicircle runs
along the lower eye-lid; the nose is ir
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds;
a swelling of the upper lip; occasional
headache, with humming or throbbing
of the ears; an unusual secretion of
saliva; slimy or furred tongue; breath
very foul, particularly in the morning;
appetite variable, sometimes voracious,
with a gnawing sensation of the stom
ach, at others, entirely gone; fleeting
pains in the stomach; occasional
nausea and vomiting; violent pains
throughout the abdomen; bowels ir
regular, at times costive; stools slimy;
not unfrequently tinged with blood;
belly swollen and hard; urine turbid;
respiration occasionally difficult, and
accompanied by hiccough;’ cough
sometimes dry and convulsive; uneasy
and disturbed sleep, with grinding of
the teeth ; temper variable, but gener
ally irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR. C. McLANE’S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form ; jt is an innocent prepara
tion, not capable of doing the slightest
injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine Dr. McLane’s Ver
mifuge bears the signatures of C. Mc-
Lane and Fleming Bros, on the
wrapper. :o:
DR. C. McLANE'S
LIVER PILLS
are not recommended as a remedy “for all
the ills that flesh is heir to,” but in affections
of the liver, and in all bilious Complaints,
Dyspepsia and Sick Headache, or diseases of
that character, they stand without a rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used preparatory
to, or after taking Quinine.
Asa simple purgative they are unequaled.
BEWAKE OF IMITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has a red wax seal on the lid with
the impression Dr. McLane’s Liver Pills.
Each wrapper bears the signatures of C.
McLane and Fleming Bros.
Insist upon having the genuine Dr. C. Mc-
Lane’s Liver Pills, prepared by Fleming
Bros., of Pittsburgh. Pa., the market being
full of imitations of the name McLttHe t
spelled differently but same pronunciation.
DR. RICE,
3? Court Place, LOUISVILLE, KY.,
isßmswaiK2£££
•t private, ctronio .ml iexu.l dUei~. Spermator
rhea and Impotcncy.
abuse io youth. sexual excels Id ***V , ***/Ji i . serrou®*
fetuses, sod producing some c flhe W'®*’*®* M-m
--tetu. Diannes* fef StgJjlJJn jfectetT of
eored tad entirely erailHtd>no the syrttm; VfV,
ORRHEA. C.lret. ST-E
Tle diseases quloklf cured. Pstieo ts tteatedP.
pr—. Consulwtloa fr- and Inrlwcl. ctarg"
*od
A PRIVATE COUNSELOR
S” sir ssa “ 7
THE DAWSON JOURNAL.
BY J. D. IIOYL & CO.
CRIME AN I > CASUAL ITY.
The Wayward Ways of Men.
Another Texas Sensation, in Which an
Officer of the Law is Murdered
hile in the Discharge of
Ilis Duty—A Maiden of
the Wilderness joins
in the Battle.
Stjsfhensville, Texas, April 15—
Ihe particulars, as near as can be as
certained, of the late shooting and mur
der in this region appear to be as fol
lows : This (Erarh) county is one of the
most recently settled in Texas, and is
still regarded as one of the frontier
counties. One of the oldest residents
of the county is J. P. Holloway, who
has heretofore passed as a quiet, order
ly citizens, his family consisting of sev
eral sons and a daughter.
It so happened that the county offici
al had “papers” for llusk Holloway,
one of old man Holloway’s sons. Prev
iously to executing them, however, Dep
uty Sheriff W. 11. King duly summon
ed three citizens—M. D. Robertson, J.
T. Ross and Eli Keith—to assist in
service. Late in the evening Deputy
King and party left the village of Steph
ensville and rode out some miles to the
residence of old man Holloway, where
they arrived in the midst of a prayer
meeting in full blast. The deputy en
tered among the worshipers and inquir
ed for Rusk Holloway, who was point
ed out to him. The deputy then, walk
ing up to the yonng man, said:
“Rusk, I have papers for you f < r
unlawful carrying of a pistol, but it is
too dark to read them and I wll state to
you thir substance Have you any arms
on ?’’
“Yes, but none of your sort will get
them.” answered Rusk Holloway, at the
same time
THROWING BACK HIS COAT
and retreating. In a twinkling the
deputy was surrounded by his enemies
and Joe Holloway, a brother of Rusk,
rushed up, seized one of the latter’s
pistols, at the same time drawing it.—
The official party now saw their danger.
Ross, one of the sheriff s party, threw
up his hands and called for peace. Pay
ing no attention to the request Rusk
Holloway began shooting. For a few
minutes it was like the first skirmish of
a battle. King and his friend, Robert
son, ran around the house. Just as he
turned the corner a bullet struck him,
and the unfortunate man, throwing up
his hands, staggered a few paces and
fell, the blood at the same time trick
ling out of the gory wound and flowing
down his clothes. He was shot throunh
and breathed his last just as Deputy
King, under a heavy fire and the swift
crack of pistols, stooped down and asked
him if he was hurt. The fight now
amounted to a regular battle. The
voice of prayer was hushed in the whiz
of bu lets, and the bang! hang 1 hang! of
guns and pistols. In the meantime the
smoke of gunpowder, and the groans of
the wounded and dying ascended to
gether. Keith and Ross, in the midst
of a shower of bullets, ran around
the opposite side of the house. Just as
he reached a small tree Ross fell, pierc
ed by a ball. But, with his six-shooter
still in his hand, the doomed victim
rose to his knees, clung to the tree with
one hand, and tried to shoot with the
other.
At this moment old man Holloway
and his daughter appeared on the scene
of carnage, and hastening to where lloss
lay clinging to the tree, demanded the
surrender of his six-shooter. Ross re
plied he might have it, provided he
would let him take out the remaining
cartridge. Holloway and his daughter
—the eyes of the girl flaming, and her
long hair floating on the south wind
which blew away the smoke of the fight
—then seized the pistol of the wounded
man, and, by main force, wrenched it
from his hands, enfeebled as they were
through loss of blood. The old man
then, like a fiend from hell, placed the
muzzle of Ross’s own pistol against the
side of the wounded man and fired. Ross
with a groan, fell over and died, his
murderers coolly extending the lifeless
body on the ground, and, besmeared in
blood, King and Keith escaped, and
the bodies of Robertson and Ross were
shortly aftewards found where they fell
by a posse of citizens. The murder
ers were subsequently arrested.
Governess (desirous of explaining the
word “enough”) “Now snppose, Fred
dy, that you give pussy all the milk
she can lap, all the meat she can eat,
and all the sweet cake she cares for,
what will she have!’ Freddy (with sur
prising alarcity) “Kittens.” Maroon
( 0 ) Mirror. .
Always think three tim s baforeyou
speak once.
DAWSON. GEORGIA, THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1879.
Pea Vines as a Fertilizer.
The testimony is constantly increas
ing. Mr. A E Blunt in the Farmers
World says: “Pea vines is the best
fertilizer we can use. By experiment
one crop turned under in July or Au
gust lias proved equal in value to a two
year-old clover sod. Full of nitrogen
and water they decompose in a short
time, but frequently cut off the vines
before they begin to run (in July,) and
by August the roots will throw out new
vines two feet long. By spreading caus
tic lime over them before turning under
they decompose in two weeks. I sow
the first of May.”
Tho great mass of our farmers have
yet to realize what a treasure they have
in the field pea and its vines. While
not destitute of other valuable ingredi
ents, the vines, plowed in, fill the earth
with humus without which no land can
be productive, and with ammonia and
nitrogen , two of the most essential and
powerful ingredients for the sustenance
of plants. As food for man, Campbell,
in his celebrated work on Agriculture
says : “They (Peas and Beans,) bear
a relation to animal nutrition similar
to the relation of ammoniv to plant nu
trition. The legumen,ofpeas and beans
is so abundant as to place them above
both wheat and corn in nutritive value.
He also says the stalks and vines of
these plants “resemble clover hay in
composition and valuo, and hence make
excellent rough forage for stock.” Again
he says : “Clover was once regarded
as almost tho only nuitable crop to be
employed as green manuae, hut experi
ence has shown that other leguminous
plants have a similar value, and in some
climates and soils, certain varieties of
peas and beans seem to be even superi
or to clover for the purpose of follow
ing.”
These statements come from very high
authority J S Campbell, who makes
them, was Prof, of Physical science in
Washington College, Virginia. Ilis
work on Agriculture is a standard au
thority in Agricultural an other Col
leges. It contains “the leading princi
ples of science as applied to the culture
of the soil” and especially to Southern
Agriculture, and is referred to as a
standard work on this greatest and
most ufeful of human avocations. We
are pleased to refer to his views in this
connection, at this time, because tlm
period is at hand to illustrate the val
ue of incorporating the peavines in the
soil. Sow as soon as the danger of
frost is over. No injury can probably
occvr to the young plants, if the peas
are sown about the fiist of May. We
hope many of our readers will at least
experiment on a small scale in sowing
and plowing in the vines when in bloom.
Each one can then judge for himself of
the value of this plan for enriching the
soil, The only hope, of remuneration in
Agriculture, is to cultivate land of fair
fertility. Hence, to enrich the soil
should be the chief object of its culti
vators, and perhaps, there is no cheaper
and easier p’an to accomplish it than
the pea fallow.
“Hey.”
Up Woodward avenue a piece is one
of those men who, even if he under
stands perfectly well an inquiry ad
dressed to him, invariably replies:
*‘Hev?” and the inquiry must be sub
mitted again. The world has tens of
thousands of these “hoys ?” hut until
the other day this Detroiter was the
worst of all. Along came a stranger
the other evening who might and might
not have known of this man’s eccentric
ity. Entering the store he remarked :
“I want four pounds of sugar.”
“Hey ?” replied the other.
“I said I wanted a sausage stuffer,”
continued the man.
“What —hey ?’ ’
“1 asked if you had pickles in vine
gar,” cooly remarked the stranger.
“Hey? ’
‘<l—wanta — gallon— of— turpen
tine,” slowly replied the stranger.
“Bless your soul! but I don’t keep
jt!” suddenly exclaimed the citizen.
“I didn’t suppose you did ”
“Hey?”
“I said I’d take some liver pills in
place of it.”
No doubt the dealer had heard every
single word of the entire conversation,
and he didn’t like it very well, either,
but habit prevailed and again he call
ed out: “Hey ?’’
“Callico! calico!’’ shouted the stran
ger. “I’ve asked you a dozen times
over if you had any good, eight-eent
calieo 1”
“No, sir—no, sir—no, sir!’’ was the
indignant answer.
“Hey?” called the strauger, his hand
to his ear.
The citizen looked around for the
four-ponud weight, but when he found
it there was nothing to throw at.—De
troit Free Presat.
Punching; Ham Ijee.
A “Plintee’s” Fight With a Chinaman
. in Evansville.
Evansville Journal.
“Gi’ontl Glod dlammee, me shuttee
door!” hissed Sam Lee, the opulent
proprietor of the Locust Street wash
house, in the face of an excited mob of
men and boys, which was pushing to
force open his front door yesterday, to
ward dusk. He pulled out a police
whistle and blew it for dear life. The
crowd rushed up to the window and all
they could see was a twiniug and squir
ming group, part Chinaman, part Amer
ican. Sam Lee’s partner, a big, raw
boned Celestial, with a face deeply pit
ted with small pox sabres, and John
Stowers, a printer, were struggling in a
deadly embrace Stowers had his left
hand earnestly resting on the China
man’s pigtail, while the latter had
wound his left arm about Stowers’ neck
and held on to his ear with a desperate
grasp. The Chinaman’s right and
Stowers’ left hand held each other, and
in tnis position they struggled for mas
tery, silently, but witli all the force
they could muster, while Sam Lee held
the pass of Thermopylae against the
mob and sounded the Chinese pibroch.
Several persons who wanted to inter
fere could not get past the impassive
statute that held the knob. Inside, a
third Chineman hustled around to avoid
the two wrestlers, taking no part, but
regarding his fellow-countryman with
profound sympathy. Every time the
wrestling Celestial’s face turned about,
it was seen covered with blood Stow
ers showed only a disordered neck-tie
and a smashed hat After struggling
for ten minutes or more, both, with te
nacious grip, paused and stood still in
the cornei, still in deadly silence, while
their breasts heaved with quick tremb
ling. Thus they stood five minutes,
until Officer Ben Hopkins came run
ning to the scene and took both fighters
to the station.
It appears that the Chinaman had
kicked a littie girl who was playing in
the wash-house, and Stowers interfered
to protect her. The fight grew out of
this. The Chinaman, who is called
Kee, but who gave his name as Sam
Lee, was fined $7 55 ; which he refused
to pay. He had the money on his per
ron, however, and it was taken from
him on an execution. Stowers was dis
charged.
M. Cohn, who has a meat shop next
door, says they are very quiet and
peaceable, and treat the children who
play about there, very kindly. Sam
Lee, who sat buried in reflection while
his partner was in tho cooler, looked up
to say :
“Oh, T solly they flight—-hut dlam
plintoe always flight, flight, flight nl
way flight and heap dlam dlunk.”
A Horrible Story of the Grave.
Some emplyes of the Pittsburg, Tit
usville and Buffalo Railroad related a
strange and horrible story yesterday.—
It seems a man died last week at tri
umph, a small place not far from Tidi
oute. The body was kept three days,
and at the expiration of that time was
buried. Then some curious person
remembered that,a sister of the deceas
ed had lain in a death like trance for
several days. It was sugested that
perhaps the man had been prematurely
buried. This suspicion took astrong hold
upon the people that it was resolved to
examine the body, and the coffin was
disinterred Saturday last, after having
laid three days in the grave. The lid
was wrenched off, when a horrible sight
greeted the eyes of the resurrectionists.
Evidently the supposed corpse had re
vived, and the wretched man had
fought desperately for his life. Im
prints of his finger nails were visible on
the lining of the coffin, which in some
places wus torn into shreds. The coffin
itrelf was strained and wrenched apart
at the jointings in the deatli agonies of
the miserable man who was hurried
alive. He had turned completely over,
and was found lyiug upon his breast, his
distortered countenance indicating the
frightful sufferings he had undergone. —
Pittsburg (Pa.) Dispatch, April 10.
The natural selfishness of mankind
is never more strikingly set forth than
in the supreme pleasure with which
the comfortably housed railway pass
engers enjoy seeing the train make a
farmer’s team run away and scrape
the troubled agriculturist up against
a barbed wire fence.
■ "
Gratitude is the memoiy of the
heart.
Never rejoice but when thou hast
done well.
Happiness must be sought after;
misery conies of its own accord.
Elglity-one Miles in Seven
Hours on Horseback.
Kansas City Times.
Osage City, March 3. —John Rog
ers, of Burlingame, thought he had a
gray horse that could travel 100 miles
in less time than any other horse in the
country. Westley Atterbury, of this
city, thought Johnny was wrong, and
the result was an agreement to run from
Osage City to Kansas City for SIOO,
and tho race was to take place, rain or
shine, March 1, 1879. On the eve of
the start the course was changed as fol
lows : The horses were to go from
here to Topeka (30 miles) and return to
this place, and then back to Burlingame
(9i miles) making 811 miles all told.
March 1 was a terrible day for any-
thing. The heavens were overspread
with an impenetrable mass of leaden
colored clouds, and the earth was lock
ed in an embrace of ice, and a keen,
biting wind was blowing straight from
the north. The boys were full of grit
and zeal, however, and the horses made
the start from Sixth and Market streets,
in this city, at precisely 8i A. m. The
Burlingame horse is a gray American
horse, about fifteen and one-half hands
high, and is said to bo 10 years old.
The Osage City horse is of greaser an
cestry, is a doubtful bay, stands about
fifteen hands high with shoes on, and
the two are about as ungainly a pair as
you’d moot in a day’s walk. But they
both had nerve, speed and bottom, as
the sequel shows.
The horses went off at a spanking
gallop at 8:15, as before stated, Char
ley Atterbury riding the hay and Kiney
of Burlingame riding thq gray. At
11:45 the wires told us that the horses
had arrived in good time at Aslibaugh’s
stable in Topeka—thirty-six miles in a
little less than three and a half hours.
The start for the return trip was made
at 12:45 p. m., and expectation was on
stilts in Osage City. Betting was near
ly even, slight odds beipg in favor of
the gray. As the time drew near for
the arrival the streets were thronged
witli people, notwithstanding the hitter
weather. At 3:10 the horses were sigh
ted coming over the hill north of town,
the gray in the lead, and then a wild
shout went up that made the leaden
clouds fairly tremble.
As they neared the out-come the At
terbury boy put the bud to his pony,
and the ugly little hay shot ahead like
Osage City in a county seat-fight and
came out fully twenty lengths in the
lead, and then there was a shout sure
enough. Tftne, 2:58. The bay looked
as fresh as a daisy, but the gray show
ed evidences of distress. Kinney, how
ever, forced his horse back to the
course, and facing the bitingstorm, rode
out of town as if the devil was after him
By some misunderstanding the bay
didn’t got on (lie track again until the
Burlingame horse was nearly a mile out;
hut when lie did start lie pawed the
earth t > some purpose, and before the
gray was over the li.ll the little fellow
was close behind him, pressing on with
unabated energy- Half way to Burlin
game the bay passed the gray, and kept
the lead from that point, winning the
out come fully a mile in the lead.
Time from Osage City to Burlingame,
28 minutes.
The bay horse is as lively as a crick
et We learn that the gray was badly
knocked up.
The Precious Herb.
Two little girls, B.iggitte and Wal
burg, were on their way to the towi>,
and each carried a bpavy basket on
her head.
Brigitte murmured and sighed con
stantly, Waiburg only laughed aud
joked,
Brigitte said : ‘‘What makos you
laugh eo? Youi basket is quite as
h'avy us mine, and you are no stron
ger than 1 am.”
Waiburg answered: "I have a
precious little hert on my ioad which
makes me hardly feel it at all. Fut
some of it on your load as well.”
“Oh,” cried Brigitte, ‘‘it must in
deed be a precious lit’le hert ! I
should like to lighten my ioad with it;
so tell me at once what it is called.”
Waiburg replied: ‘'The precious
lit’le heibthat makes all burdens light
is called patience ”
Here is what the New York Sun
calls “Lots of Revolution”:
‘ Whenever a republican thief is
caught and stopped from stealing, he
cries revolution. If the army is for
biden to interfere with elections, it is
revolution. If barbarous test-oaths
are stricken from the statute books it
is revolution. If free elections arc de
manded and hired cieatures to control
them are abolished, again it is revolu
tion. Tuej are likely to get plenty of
suoh revolution before congress ad
journs.”
VOL. 15-NO 7.
THli MAKIM AGE OF TIIE
MIIHJETS
Arrangements Complete tor that
Event Next Sunday or the
Saturday After.
New York Sun.
It has been finally arranged, after
many discussions between their fami
lies, that the Midgets are to be married.
Lucie Zarate, the prospective oride. is
fifteen years old, and weighs a trifle
less than five pounds. Her face is
bright but not prepossessing. The
bracelets she wears cannot be buckled
around the third finger of a man of or
dinary size. Her shoes (made to or
der) are inches long, and her gloves
measure about one inch from the tip of
the longest finger to the button at the
wrist. Her cap was made originally
for a doll in a Broadway show window,
and is a good fit. In the
matter of jewelry she is profuse. On
each hand she wears a diamond ring,
her brooch is a diamond, and she has a
fondness for dangling ornaments on her
ears, such, for instance, as a small dia
mond supplemented by a California
gold quarter of a dol'ar
General Mite, whose real name is
Francis J. Flynn, weighs 0 pounds and
is 14 years old. His face is bright and
intelligent, and his conversations does
not belie it.
“Are you going to marry Lucie?’’
the report r asked him.
“Yes, we are going to bo married.”
“When ?”
“Next Saturday a week.’’
“No’’ interupted the female dwarf,
“next Sunday. I want it on Sunday
It seems that the marriage is one of
convenience as well as supposed affec
tion. The dwarfs, belonging to differ
ent families, are liable to be separated
at any moment. It is thought best,
therefore, to bind them by ties that can
not bo broken by show managers or
disagreeing parents. General Mite is
twice the weight of his prospective
bride. The preparations for tho wed
ding are going steadily forward. The
bride is to wear a white sat'n dress
studded -with seed pearls Small as
she is, it is estimated that the bridal
dress contains no less than I,OOJ
pearls. The bridegroom is to wear his
full-dress suit excepting that his vest
of black cloth will be replaced by a
white vest.
Miss Zarate belongs to the Episcopal
church while General Mite’s family are
Homan Catholics, and it was on the
question of religion that the families
differed. This difference was finally
settled.
Running Down a Hlack Wolf.
A man named Ivirtley was last week
the hero of a remarkable wolf chase in
Kansas, which the Henry County Dem
ocrat thus describes : “Mr. Kirtley had
started out to subpoena witrestes uii
llillegras prairie, in tho southeastern
part of this county, and while riding
leisurely along he espied a large black
wolf in a wheatfi Id close by. Spurr
ing his horse to its utmost speed he at
once gave chase, and for miles over the
prairies and through fields, with here
and there a small skirt of timber, on
they sped, the wolf in the lead, hut the
rider and his dauntless little horse al
ways in sight, and often close upon his
heels. It was a reckless ride over fen
ces and through farms As they passed
farm-houses, the heroic rider shouted
for help, and others joined in the chase,
until the number of pursuers was a doz-
en or more; still the brave little horse
kept the lead, as one after another of
tho frcsli steeds fell to the rear. After
a race of twenty or twenty-five miles,
and when within a quarter of a mile of
Lowry City, a small village in St. Clair
county, the race ended and the ques
tion of endurance was determined in
favor of the rider and his steed, which
ran directly over the wolf, knocking it
down. Kirtley was unarmed, but
springing from his saddle he grappled
the vicious animal by the mouth. In a
few minutes others came to his aid, and
a stomg mrd was bound around the
wolt’s mouth, rendering it harmless.
In thei*- excitement, however, the par
drew the cords so tight that the animal
died of strangulation and exhaustion
soon after being captured. It proved
to be a full grown black mountain wolf,
fully three feet high, aud would weigh
probably one hundred pounds, and even
looked much larger. It was certainly
a vicious looking animal for a man to
tackle unarmed ’’
The peop'e of Georgia spend six
millions of dollais annually for mules
aud guano.
—
Hyperciticism. Grace (whispering)
—‘What lovely boots yonr partner’s
got, Mary!” Mary (ditto) —“Yes, un
fortunately he shines at the wr< n r end.
T3IJI Arp’s Chat.
His Family Preparing to Receive
an Influx of Coun f y Cousins.
From the Constitution.
Its a thriliin time when a country
family have invited their city cousins to
visit cm, and are fixin up to receive e. i
in a hospitable mariner. My wife, Mr .
Arp, she wore not at borne and so the
girls took matters in charge, and f ;•
several days the exciting episode went
on. It was like clearing the deck of a
man-of-war for a fight. The house has
been scoured, and scrubed, and sandpa
pered. Everything in it lias been ta
ken down and put up again, and move !
to anew place, and I cant find anythb g
now wliri I want it. The old, fmii i
carpets have been taken up and beaten,
and patched all over, and curtailed av 1
put down again. They get smaller and
smaller, which they say is a good way
to wear em out without taking cold.
Tho furniture has been freshly varnish
ed with kerosene oil; the window gla i
washed on both sides, and the knives
and forks, water-buckets, wash pans,
and shovel and longs brightened up.
The hearths have been painted with
Spanish brown, the soiled plastering
whitewashed, the family portraits dust
ed, and the pewter teapot and plated
castors and spoons and napkin-rings
polished as fine as a jewelry store.
I surveyed the operations from day
to day with affectionate interest, for it
does me good to see young people work
diligent.y in a meritorious cause, never
theless my routine of daily life appears
to be somewhat demoralized’ On the
first day our humble dinner was ris
pensed with and me and the boys invit
ed to lunch on bread and sorghum at a
side table. The next day we were al
lowed to lunch in the back piazzer for
fear wo would mess up the dining-room,
and the next we were confined to the
water-shed to keep us from messing up
the piazzer, and after that I meekly
prepared mys; 1' to be showed out of
doors on a plank, but we wasent. Ivo
been doing some more work on the front
yard to surprise Mrs. Arp when she
comes, but they’ve locked the front
door to keep us from trampin through
the ball and we have to go round about
a hundred yards for a drink of water.
This is all correct I reckon, for theres
no malice in it, and they praise up our
terraces so gushingly Ivc a mind to keep
on with em down into the public road
and cascade that to the branch.
Delicate hints have boon given that
it alnt poiite to set down to dinner with
one's coat off, or to drink coffee out of
a saucer, or eat hominy with a knife, or
smoke in the parlor. The wash-bowl
has been turned up ide down to keep
ns from using it. With this side up it
holds about a pint and a half, and as I
was a washing my face with the tips of
my fingers they surveyed me with looks
of unutterable despa'r. When I raise
my w rkin boots on the banister rail
for an evening rest they wipe it off with
a wet rag as soon as 1 leave I musent
step on the purty red health to make
up a fire or to put a back log on that
weighs 50 pounds. They ve put pillows
on my bed about half as big as a halo
of cotton and fringed all around like a •
petticoat. They are to stay on in day
time and be taken off at night. When
I m tired and feel the need of a midday
nap that bed was a comfort, but the
best I can do now is to sit up in a chair
and nod. The dogs dont understand
the new system at all. Old Bows has
been coming in the house to the fire or
lying in the piazza for 14 years, and it
does scorn impossible to break him of it
in a sudden tli lugli dogmatic manner.
Broom-handles and fishing-poles move
em out at one door, hut they slip in at
another. Tlieyll enter an appeal when
Mrs. Arp comes home. Im waiting pa
tiently for her advent myseff, but Im
going to conform to the new order just
as long as I can in reason. Shed take
cure of me and restore my ancient priv
ileges. She never would allow anybody
to regulate me but herself, company or
no company. Shes overstayed her
time two days trying to decide what to
buy with two dollars and a half. Poor
thing! I wish she had a hundred. Id
fuller her about from store to store all
day long. Then she wouldent buy
nothing for herself but a pair of specks,
and she'd buy them on the sly, for ske
dont want it generally understood she
has to use cm- I woke up one night
about midnight and discovered her sit
ting by the fire with my g'asses on a
reading Molly Brown. Im revelin now
at her delight, when she sees all the
Improvements that we have made in her
long absence for it seems like she has
been off to Urope, or Jerusalem, or the
Suez ranal. We've turfed all the ter
races w'th blue grass s >d. They run
round in the form of a snake with two
crooks in him, but which our poetic
girls speak of as Mr. Hogarth’s line of
baauty. We’ve leveled off another
yard for a crokav ground, she loves to
play sometimes, and it does me good to
see her throw the mallet after the ball
when it misses the wicket two or three
times in succession. She’s a comin.’
The flowers are waiting for her, and the
chickens and colts, and the dogs and
I eats, and th • children ami mo. We'ro
1 arc vu awaiiin j. 1 • *'.c. Aitg,