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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6, 1880.
The Earl of Cawdor and party, num-
■berlng six guns, recently succeeded in
bagging the extraordinary number of 595
tuires in one day. Gamekeepers and gil
lies were of course unable to carry them
*nd they were conveyed to the castle in
carts.
It is stated in & letter from Rome that
the Count de Cliambcrd has presented a
petition to the Pope praying for the beat
ification (the preliminary degree of cau-
onization) of Louis XVI, and that Leo
XHI has referred it to the Congregation
of the Rites.
A train on the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad was stopped by a man who
' gave a danger signal with a flag. Then
he took deliberate aim with a gun a the
engineer, and killed him. lie subsequent
ly explained that he was out hunting lo
comotives. He proved to bo a lunatic.
Registration in New York city closed
last Saturday eveniug. The total number
of votes registered in four days was 216,-
.#74, against 181,064 in 1S76, showing an
increase this year of 33,010. During the
last three weeks 10,295 foreigners were
naturalized, of whom 0,94o obtained their
papers through the Democratic committee,
and 3,350 through the Republican com
mittee. The New York Express esti
mates that 203,830 votes will be cast, and
estimates the Democratic majority in the
city at 63,187.
Paying the National Debt.—The
Republicans tell us that they have paid a
good deal of the national debt. Demo
crats pay tax as well as Republicans, I
suppose. For the last sixteen years 500,-
000 gallons of whisky per day have been
manufactured. Tlie tax on that whisky
has amounted to the inconceivable sum of
$6,800,000,000. ir that tax bad been hon
estly collected—if the Republican thieves
Lad been content to steal only half of it—
Uncle Sam would have been out of debt
Jong ago, and would have bad a bilbon or
two in the Treasury.
An elephant is used in a spectacular
play in Philadelphia. lie is kept in a
stable several blocks away, and taken to
the theatre every evening at the proper
point in the piece. One afternoon be
took it into bis head that tbe time bad
como to perfurm. Throwing bis keeper
aside, be burst into the street, overturned
a wagon and several street stands on his
way to the theatre, smashed a door, and
took his usual stand on the stage. The
Absence of lights and audience seemed to
convince him that he had made a mistake,
and he suffered himself to be led back to
the stable.
The Hamilton estates, comprising 8,000
acres of important agricultural, sporting
and mineral property in the North Riding
of Yorkshire, were offered the other day at
auction. The property was offered in
ten lots, hut all were withdrawn, the bid
ding being too low. There is certainly
not over competition for Jarms in Eng
land, and notwithstanding the unques
tioned productiveness of the year many
Euglish landlords do not think it compen
sates for three bad years, and, like Lord
BeaconsGeld, who has found time from
the composition of “Endymion” to re
member his tenants, are making reduc
tions of 15 and 20 per cent, in their rents.
The Cotton Chop.—Tbe New Orleans
Price Current of last Saturday says: In
our last Issue we remarked that the ac
counts from the interior in regard to the
crop had been somewhat conflicting, but
on the whole continued discouraging.
From Texas in particular the reports indi
cated a material falling off from last, year.
Other accounts were also unfavorable,
and tbe drift of public opinion appeared to
be no increase over last year, notwithstan
ding tbe wider a-jreage. Nothing has
transpired to change these views. The
weather, however, has been partially un
favorable, and the result wiH be materi
ally affected by it for tlie rest of tbe pick
ing season.
An Indian thief was turned over to tbe
chief of his tribe, at San Diego, Cal., and
by him seutenced to receive a hundred
lashes. The culprit was a big, powerful
fellow; but he submitted quietly to being
tied to the side of a high wagon, with his
legs and arms extended, and his back
bared. A stalwart Indian struck the
blows with all his might, using a leather
lariat, and making the blood flow at every
stroke. The victim endured this dread
tul torture in grim silence for a while,
and then broke into agonized screams.
If he had remained silent to the end, the
chief would have restored him to the tribe;
but, as he “cried like a coward baby,” he
was afterward driven out of the neighbor
hood.
The Illustrated London Reics tlms de
scribes the late Lord Monntmorres, re
cently shot by tbe anti-renters; “An
Irish noblemen of ancient family and
title,but of extremely impoverished estate,
residing in a lonely district of Galway
with bis wife and children; one *bf the
poorest of country gentlemen, living in
the plainest style, bopeles3 of improving
bis fortunes, and deprived by indigence
of tbe social pleasures befitting bis rank.
Of a quiet, studious disposition, and wil
ling to do any good among bis humblest
neighbors, he acquired some medical skill
on purpose that he might practice gratui
tously lor tlicir benefit, and thus by per
sonal exertions mako up for his inability
to spend money for their frequent needs.”
His little property did not bring him in
£700 a 7ear.”
Uncle Mose’s Presence op Mind.—
Quite a uumberof darkeys, young and
'old, were fishing down on Kahn’s wharf
yesterday, says the Gaiveston jYc-ic.s; when
a boy of twelve fell off and would have
met with a watery grave had it not been
for the energy and presence of mind of
Uncle Mose. As the boy was safely land
ed a bystander look occasion to praise
- old Mose for the heroism he had displayed.
• «Is the boy your son?” aske_d tiro sympa
thetic spectator. “No, boss’; but be mout
jest os well been. He bad all de bait in
his pocket.”
The Sprague Fight at Canonchkt.
A Frdvidence (R. I } special to the
Cincinnati Enquirer says: This morning
Thompson, one ofMrs. Sprague’s lawyers^
stated that bo would enterSprague’s man-
ion at Canonchet inside ot forty-eight
hours. It is understood that a movement
will be made by tbe High Sheriff of
Washington county, who was at Kings
ton depot to-day. It is rumored that Mrs.
league is in tlie city. She probably
came with Corbin, the banker, of New
York. It is rumored that she will take
-ion of the mansion at Cauonche
a !,,. r Thompson effects an entrance
They will be resisted, and lively times ar
anticipated.
The South on the Upward Grade.
The fact is conceded that a greater rel
ative development of manufacturing in
dustries within tbe last four years has been
made in tbe South than in any other por
tion of tbe Union. This is true of iron
as well as cotton. Alabama promises to
be the great iron centre in the near fature.
■Whereupon tbe Philadelphia Record con
cludes that “tbe interests of Pennsylva
nia are really identified with the South,
so far as tbe prospective similarity of in
dustries implies identity of interests, rath
er than with the Northwest, which is live
ly to continue mainly an agricultural re
gion.” The same journal argues tlisro-
fore the rapid growth hereafter of the
protective system at tbe South, and coun
sels an alliance between tbe tariff men of
Pennsylvania and our own people.
It is dile to the Record to state, how
ever, that while upholding protection to
the extent of furnishing all the-needed
revenue of the country, it strongly opposes
many oppressive features in tbe existing
tariff, especially the onerous tax upon
steel rails. Comment’ng on the report
that Mr. Vanderbilt has purchased 60,000
tons of English steel rails lobe delivered
in New York at $03 per ton, it says on
this immense purchase Mr. Vanderbilt
pays $1,750,000 for his rails, and $1,400,-
0U0 as a penally for buying them from
foreign makers. What an outrage upon
the railroad interests of the country, and
tbe people whose capital i» embarked in
these useful enterprises. It will be many
a long day before any considerable party
can be organized at tbe South in favor of
such a monstrous tariff as that which now
enriches a few nabobs at the cost of mil
lions of impecunious consumers.
Election Frauds in England.
Astounding Revelations.
A cable dispatch, dated London, Octo
ber 22d, says: It is believed that tbe
commission of scrutiny in the Oxford
contested election case has decided that
Oxford shall be disfranchised. The rev
elations of bribery there made by the par
liamentary inquiry were scandalous in the
extreme, and the influential and fashion
able circles in which tbe contestants
move have no’ yet fully recovered from
the shock produced by tbe evidence in the
case when this new surprise comes upon
them. The Conservative agent testified
that it cost the party about £8,000 to beat
Sir William Harcourtin Slay, jE4,000hav
ing been spent in April without success.
At tbe first election there was a tacit com
pact between tbe two parties that expen
ditures on each side should be limited to
£2,000 and no bills should be issued, but
when the contest got warm the bargain
was repudiated and “both sides fired bills
at each other,” as many as five sets .of
ilacards being issued in one day.
His published accounts, ho said,
never had been correct, and he “juggled”
items so as to save himself from a criminal
prosecution. On election day he employed
about 1,200 people and 1,075 conveyances.
His side cast 2,730 votes! He gave tbe
name of a member of the Junior Carlton
Club from whom he got money for election
purposes, and admitted that tbe gain of
100 votes, which defeated Sir William
Harcourt, was made by corruption, and
that tbe difference between his published
and actual expenditure went for bribes.
The returning office* and tlie magistrates,
he added, were corrupt. The Mayor of
Oxford testified that the majority of the
electors looked to being employed as
clerks and messengers on election day,
and the Conservative agent finally de
clared that he had destroyed nearly all ot
liis papers “because they would have dis
closed quasi-corrupt transactions.”
When we consider that the above par-
The Fruits of Independentissa—
Tbe Madisonian makes the following per
tinent inquiries ot the independent candi
date for Congress in tbe ninth district:
Why did not Mr. Speer in his speech
here last Monday urge the people to vote
for Hancock ? Why, when forced to men
tion even General Ilancock’s name, did he
drop it as quickly as a child would a hot
potato ? The answer is obvious. He saw
that tbe bulk of his followers in the court
bouse were negroes and Republicans, and
he knew it would not do for him to say
much in favor either of General Hancock
or true Democracy. He felt rather in
clined to read Mr. Stephens’ fulsome
praise of himself, which betrayed more
egotism and effrontery than we ever be
fore witnessed, rather than allude to Dem
ocratic principles, thus evincirfg- the dem
agogue that he is, instead of trying to
convince his constituents that he was *
statesman.
Without the votes of these negroes and
Republicans, the talented young member
wonld uot stand the ghost of a chance to
be re-elected. But see the baleful effect
of bolting from tbe ranks of the regular
Democracy. It closed the lips that should
have proclaimed, trumpet-tongued, the
crimes of tbe opposition, and upheld with
might and main the cause of constitutional
government and the national standard-
bearers of tbe party. And yet Mr. Speer
calls himself a Democrat. A plague on
such Democracy, say we.
Religious Persecution.—The New
York Herald, which begins to show pre
monitory symptoms indicating its inten
tion to flop over to tlie Republican side, as
usual just before tbe presidential election,
is down upon tbe Democrats of New York
because they have selected as their nomi
nee for the mayoralty a respectable and ex
cellent Catholic. An exchange very prop
erly denounces this attempt to stir up re
ligious strife in New York as a “malign
piece of partisanship,” and calls upon tbe
members of all Christian churches to re
buke what is rightly styled an “insult to
their patriotism and their intelligence.
The strange part of tbe affair is that both
of the Bennetts, father and son, have a!
ways been thought to bo Catholics in
principle.
Jack Frost has laid his withering
touch upon vegetation even as far South
as Liberty county. So says tbe Hines-
ville Gazette, and the average school boy
is in ecstasies at tbe early prospect of su
gar-cane grinding and candy pullings.
Speaking of the Gazette, it is but just and
proper to say that its whole-souled editor
and proprietor, Capt. T. D. Brad well,
who is one of the Hancock and English
electors of this State, has nobly performed
his duty in upholding the banner of tbe
national Democracy in every county in his
congressional district (tbe first). The
Captain is also tlie popular bead of a flour
ishing male and female institute, and in
all respects a model citizen.
Religion and Politics.—One Wil
liam R. Grace, a New York merchant of
high character, has been nominated by
tbe Democrats for mayor. Grace is said
to be a Catholic, and therefore it is
charged that his nomination is an attempt
to bring religion into politics. The fact
is, however, that while Grace’s Catholi
cism conld bring him not an additional
vote, it is certain to lose him a great
many. Many Protestants will not vote
for a Catholic, but the converse is rarely
true. Religious proscription is at fatal
war with our whole governmental system,
nor is a purpose to force religion into poli
tics to be predicated upon a nomination
from any religious affiliation. The road
to office is alike open to all.
The “Four Year Fits.”—Augustus
Belmont, in a letter to a business men’s
Democratic meeting, very happily hits off
the quadrennial convulsions with which
the Republican brotherhood are seized
every Presidential election. They are
seized with frightful jerks over the busi
ness interests of the country, and are able
to counterfeit a fright so naturally as to
make many people believe they are scared.
The “four year fits” have been very se
vere this fall.
Hancock’s bottom chance is said to be
carrying the “solid South” and the States
of New York, New Jersey and Nevada,
which give him 185 electoral votes—a
majority of one in the sum total of elec
toral votes, which is 369—Southern
States, 188; New York, 35; New Jersey,
9; Nevada, 3—total, 185. Just a pattern
and nothing over. It is worthy of note that
in this computation every Northern State
given to Hancock begins with a big N.
Able to Speak.—Hon. L. Q. C. La
mar is reported to be in very precarious
health, if not critically ill. But he was
able recently to deliver one of his most
powerful speeches in Macon, Mississippi,
which was received with unbounded en
thusiasm. The distinguished Senator
spoke in a sitting posture and seemed
very hoarse and feeble. He is confident
of Hancock’s election.
We are frequently requested to an
nounce the names, and write compliment
ary roties of many of the multitudinous
aspirants for Judge and Solicitor-General
ships before the next Legislature. While
liamentary contest took place at the most ] wishing them all well, it.would be an un
enlightened literary centre in Great Brit- j gracious act on our part to discriminate
The Right Kind of Talk.—The
Marietta Journal says Bartow county has
furnished the congressional representative
of the seventh district ever since 1853, and
is still.insisting that she shall continue to
do so. Why not cut short such selfish
ness? The Democrats have put out a
pure man, against whom not a charge of
corruption has been brought—why not
vote for him ? There is not one good
reason you can offer. You should lay
aside your prejudices and vole for unity
and peace in this district—It is your duty
as a patriot and Christian—and now is
your opportunity by voting for Clements.
“Blessed is the peace-maker.”
A Monster Potato.—William John
son (col.), of this city, had on exhibition
at the Telkorath and Messewoer of
fice, yesterday, a mammoth potato of the
Bermuda yam variety, which weighed 12$
pounds, and was Jbig enough to have dined
all the guests of the Browu House. This
remaikable tuber was raised inside of the
city limits, and is bard to beat.
Stands Alone Senator McDaniel is
the only one of the forty-four members of
the last State Senate who has been re
turned to his seat. He ought to be elect
ed president of tbe Senate by acclama
tion. Mr. McDaniel is one of the ablest
and purest citizens in tbe State.
ain, under the very shadow, indeed, of
the spires and towers of old Oxford, bow
can we longer wonder over tbe late result
in Indiana? In this country, universal
suffrage, which is a burlesque on fair elec
tions, obtains, and there is ample voting
material to be mauipulated from the very
lowest stratum of-society. Thousands
upon thousands of ignorant creatures have
been invested with the ballot who can
neither read nor write, and are in no
sense capable of selecting their rulers. O.
course they become in many instances
the pliant tools of designing men, or their
votes are made merchandise of. But in
England, where under the borough sys
tem the franchise is so greatly restricted,
there ought to be a better and purer state
of things. We can see no remedy for
these evils so long as vice and ignorance
prevail to sucli an extent, and bad men
control the political situation. It is fast
becoming a proverb, that, just as in a naval
action tbe heaviest guns must win tbe
fight, so, in tbe popular elections ot the
country, tbe longest purse will decide tbe
result. It is a sad comment upon so-called
free government.
Something in the Wind.—We were
approached yesterday by an intelligent
colored carpenter and asked if the Tele
graph would publish anything. The
answer was no. It would not print scur
rilous articles, or slanderous personal at
tacks upon any of our fellow-citizens, not
even for the most extravagant compensa
tion, it matters not from what source they
emanated..
“But,” rejoined our African friend,
“won’t you print a notice that the colored
carpenters, masons and other mechanics
of Macon intend to stop work if they are
not better paid ? I, a carpenter, don’t
receive but S1.25 wages per day, and I
will go a hundred miles from Macon be
fore I will take that any longer. I must
support my family.”
We told him, of course a notice like that
would be received and duly priuted, as an
advertisement, but counselled bimaud Ills
friends to deliberate long and carefully
before deciding to take the proposed step,
In such cases tbe weaker parties were
usually the sufferers in tbe end, and if
discharged, and their places supplied by
others, it might Tesult in the permanent
loss of employment. There are always
two sides to these questions, however, and
we trust our worthy master builders and
boss mechanics will be as liberal as pos
sible to their subalterns and employes.
“ Live and let live” is a good motto.
Lord Derby to tbe workingmen:
“We have beard a great deal recently
about tlie peasaulry becoming owners of
laud aud having gardens, fields abd farms
of their own. Now, ail acre of good agri
cultural laud is worth, on au average,
about sixty pounds, or as nearlyas possi
ble, llueepeme for every square yard. I
wonder bow many workingmen consider
that when they older llireepeunyworth of
beer or spirits they are swallowing down
a square yard of land? ”
That kind of economy which has its
chief element in self-denial is very un
popular and seldomt practiced. And yet it
is tlie foundation of all lasting pecuniary
success to the indigent and also of ail
good habits. It is as true in worldly gain
as in religion, that tbe first lesson is “deny
thyself and take tby cross.” The man
working on a salary who is ambitious to
“begin life ou his own account,” must
master his inclination for costly luxuries,
personal extravagance, fun and frolic, and
save liis earnings. These are his seed
corn, and the fanner who eats his seed
corn is in a poor way for a crop.
in favor of any particular aspirant, and it
cannot be done,
Another Route to Jacksonville
The contractors for the Jacksonville
and Fernandina railroad began laying
the track in the city of Jacksonville on
Tuesday, commencing on the north side
of Bay street, opposite Chase & Thomp
son’s boat yard. About four hundred la
borers are now employed all along the
line.
The Atlanta Constitution calls Louis
ville, Kentucky, “a town of infinite clieek.”
Think of that from Atlanta and weep.
Score One for “Parson Felton.”—
We have lime and again expressed the „ ... , . , ,
.i . ,, . .. , .. Her wistful expression whenever she saw
earnest hope thatMr. Clements, tbe stand- ' ... tll .
New York and New Jersey are In tlie
;onios of tbe last week’s struggle of tlie
campaign. The Democratic committees
express great confidence of carry ing them Skirmishers may be driven in, but the
jjQth. J solid columns’ gain the victory.”
ard bearer of the organized Democracy of
tbe seventh district, would sit down heav
ily upon Dr. FelLon, who seems to think
that he enjoys pre-emption rights to the
seat in Congress which appertains to that
geographical division of the State.
But while feeling thus, we are not in
sensible to tbe Doctor’s good points. He
is undoubtedly an able man, and in some
respects liberal and even generous. Thus,
a friend informed us recently, that when
ever Dr. Felton leaves home to attend to
bis congressional duties, he invariably
liands over his elegant horse and buggy to
a worthy minister ol another denomina
tion, to be used by biin during tbe entire
session ol Congress. Not only does be do
this, but also makes abundant provision
for tbe wants of tbe animal during bis
absence. This is noble and thoughtful
bn bis part, and shows that the “Par
son” has some excellent traits of charac
ter.’”
“Souh Mabh.”—What is the reason
when young men get a load of “pure cop
per distilled sour mash” on board, their
first act is t6 pistol each other. The truth
is, tbe mash is too sour. It makes them
quarrelsome. The copper has got too
mucli verdigris iu it. It is rank poison,
in spite of the doctors’ certificates that it
is a health restoring balm of Gilead.
Hancock says “it is always tbe doubt
ers wbo are to be feared in tbe battle.
Those who believe that they cannot be
beaten are tbe ones that win the fight.
A Valuable Gizzard.—Mrs. Jennie
C. Williams, wife of a Southern planter,
returning from an Eastern tour, in the fall
of 1872, stopped iu the little village of
Fairview, Kentucky, to visit the birth
place of Jefferson Davis. While there she
stopped with the family of Mr. Jasper
Anderson, during which time she lost
very valuable set from her breast-pin,
After an unsuccessful search of several
days she returned borne.
This morning, Oct. 23,1880, while Mrs,
Anderson was dressing a chicken for
breakfast she found in its gizzard what
she first took to be a piece of glass, but
which, upon closer examination, prove
to be a diamond of considerable value,
It is said by our best judges to be worth
$450, and to be Mrs. Williams’ diamond,
To Sweep the Benches.—A Boston
Republican gives the following as among
the prospective achievements of the Gar-
fielders, aud why he will not vote with
them:
“Because I now plainly see that Gar
field, Conkling, Arthur and Grant are
preparing for Grant in 1884, aud that
Garfield is elected Grantism will resume
its reign at Washington; because I now
see that if my party get the House by
single vote, a score of seats, mostly iu the
South, will be declared vacant and given
to the Republicans; because I see tbe con
tingency of the Senate’s being also Re
publican by a single vote, and Corbin and
other carpet-baggers .there dispossessing
some of the present Senators; because X
see that with the unscrupulous Arthur to
declare tbe result iu 1881, and both Con
gress and tbe President Republican, Grant
will be apt to be “ counted in ” by reject
ing or changing electoral votes, as tbe
emergency demands; and because I see
that the Evening Post and Springfield
Republican will then in vain protest; be
cause of this I now decide to vote for
Hancock, tbe patriot aud maD of will.”
The Hebrews.—Dr. S. Gibbon, medi
cal officer of health for the Holbora dis
trict, in his report for last year, states
that, whatever may be the cause, there is
no doubt that a Jew’s life in Loudon is,
on the average, worth twice as many years
as a Christian’s. The Hebrews of tbe
metropolis are notoriously exempt from
tubercular and scofulous taint. It is very
rare one meets with pulmonary consump
tion among them. The medical officer of
one of their large schools ba3 remarked
that their children do not die in any thin;
like the same ratio as Gentile children:
and in tlie district of Whitechapel the
medical officer of health has reported tl
on the North side of High street, occupied
by the Jews, the average death rate Is 20
per 1,000, while on the south side, occu
pied by the English and Irish, it is 43
pej 1,000.
The Dartwell family moved Into
small but comfortable bouse at Medford,
Mass., and did not manifest any desire to
be neighborly, though they were polite
enough to those wbo called. Curiosity
was excited by tbe fact that the very pret
ty but pale and sad face of a little girl
wa3 sometimes seen at a garret window,
Marriage Hot Valid After 12 M. in
England.
In a boot of travels called “Pictures
and Portraits of Foreign Travel, by
Em’ly,” who is a talented and cultivated
lady of Philadelphia, the following para
graph appears, which, if true, will excite
universal surprise:
“An English lady had told me that no
marriage was valid solemnized after 12
o’clock noon, according to the Established
Church of England. This statement
seemed incredible to me, in view of the
fact that marriages take place at every
hour of tbe day and night in tbe United
States. I felt quite sure she was jesting
with a stranger to Engl isb laws or that she
bad been misinformed, so I carried tbe
case to Dean Stanley himself. He assured
me that wliat my friend had told me was
correct. All marriages, according to the
canonical law of the High Church, are
null and void after noon, unless by special
license from tbe Right Honorable Most
Reverend Archibald Campbell Tait, Arch
bishop of Canterbury, and that is only
granted in extreme cases.”
We should like to hear from Bishop
Beckwith, or some other learned prelate
of the Episcopal Church, as to the authen
ticity of the above remarkable statement.
What Democratic Rule Means to
South Carolina.—The Charleston If exes
and Courier, in an article reviewing the
revenue history of that State under Radi
cal and Democratic rule, says:
The amount of taxation in the State
depends ou tbe value at which property
is assessed, and upon the rate of the actual
tax. In 1870 the whole of the real and
personal property in South Carolina was
assessed for taxation at $183,913,307.
This was far beyond the actual value.
Of late years the market value of property
has increased, yet the assessment, since
1876, when the Democrat!; party came
into power, has been reduced to $120,-
551,624. A tax of 10 mills on the assessed
value iu 1S70 would amount to $1,839,-
133, and a similar tax on the present
assessment would amount to only $1,205,-
510, a difference of $633,017 in favor of the
taxpayers. Since 1870 the reduction in
assessment has been over fifteen million
dollars, which is equivalent to a saving of
one hundred aud fifty thousand dollars a
year.
The most striking comparison, howev
er, is between the amounts actually paid
by the people into the State Treasury, for
a series of years, as taxes. In eight years
of Radical rule, from 1868 to 1876, the re
ceipts for State taxes were $10,241,820,
an annual average of $1,280,228. During
the three years of Democratic rule the re
ceipts from taxes were $1,546,716, an an
nual average of $515,572. The direct sav
ing iu State taxes alone is, therefore,
$764,656, which is equal to $2,293,90S in
three years, a saving of more than two
and a quarter million dollars by the re
duction of governmental expenses conse
quent upon the election of Democratic
candidates in 1870.
children at play led to the belief that she
was a prisoner. This went ou for several
months. Then an agent of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
went to the house and asked permission
to investigate. He was assured that no
child was within; but ho insisted on a
search, and in the garret found tlie girl—a
fragile, shy, and utterly neglected child of
seven. She was half clothed in rags, and
a pile of gnawed bnnes in a corner showed
hat she bad been fed like a wild beast.
The room was no better than a pigsty,
The Dartwclls said that she was their
ece, but refused to give any reason for
eir treatment of her.
A Large Deer.—The Chattanooga
Times says Lee Richardson, a farmer liv
ing on Cumberland Mountain, sold Mr.
Joe Simpsoa a deer skin a few days ago
which measures seven feet from tip to
tip, and three aud a half feet broad. The
deer was killed on Cumberland Moun
tain. One of Its hams weighed thirty-six
pounds. It was a monster, and no doubt
stalked these woods when the Cherokee
built bl3 watch-fires hereabouts.
Senator Bayard’s daughter will be
one ot Miss Lida Cameron’s bridesmaids
on the occasion of tlie latter’s marriage
to Mr. Bradley, at Harrisburg, on Novem
ber^.
A I’OLtxicAL procession at Dunbarton,
N. H., was delayed while, a young man
took bis sweetheart down from what he
considered her unbecoming position as a
Goddess of Liberty.
The Garfield-Chinese Letter.—
The Democratic central committee of the
District of Columbia sends the following
letter to the Washington Evening Stun
dated October 26, 1880:
“Postmaster Ainger in rushing to the
defense of Gen. Garfield in his attempt to
prove the post-mark on the so-called Chi
nese letter a forgery seems to have blun
dered, whether deliberately or not is for
tbe public to judge. In bis letter published
in your issue of Saturday last, he says :
‘Au entire new set of cancelling stamps
were placed in use at this office on the
13th of April.” Now, this committee
have in their possession four different
kinds of stamps that were iu use in the
Washington office from December 29,
1879, to October 21,1880, and are lettered
as follows: 1st, Washington, 1879, Dec._
29,5 P. M., D. C.; 2d, Washington, Jan.
21,1 P. M., 1880, D. C.; 3d, Washington,
Feb. 27, 7 P. M., 1880, D. C.,
and 4th, Washington, D. C., April
10th, 5 p. m., 1SS0. Here we have four
different kinds of stamps in use in Mr.
Ainger’s office in less than ten months,
which is at least evidence that there was
no uniformity in the use of the dating
stamps at his office. The stamps of De
cember 29 and January 21 are made of
rubber, while those of February 27
•and April 10 are of steel. The dating
stamp of February 27, 1880, is the exact
facsimile of that of October 21,1880, the
stamp now iu use. Tbe letters are exact
ly tbe same, the arrangement of words
and figures the same aud in size tbe same,
which is sufficient evidence that the stamp
was not <hanged April 13, as Mr. Ainger
claims. These envelopes cau be seen at
our committee rooms any day between tbe
hours of 12 and 2 p. m.
William Dickson, chairman.
Laurence Gardner, Secretary.
Bill Arp
Offers the following sage advice to
girls who contemplate committing matri
mony : “Women are a heap better than
men if they have half a chance. They
are created better. They begin the world
better in their infancy. Little girle don’t
go around throwing rocks at birds and
shooting s ling-shots at the chickens and
running the calves all over tbe lot and
setting' tbe dogs on the barn cats and
breaking up pigeons’nests and all that.
I never saw a boy that didn’t want to shoot
a gun and kill something. It’s a wonder
to me that these kind, tender hearted girls
will have anything to do with ’em, but
it seems like they will, and I reckon it’s
ail right; but if I was a young marryin’
woman I would, be mighty particular
about mating with a feller round town
wbo belonged to half a dozen societies of
one sort or another and was out every
night.
“If I wanted a man all to myself I
would look out for some farmer boy who
would take me to the' country where
there ain’t no clubs or Masonic lodges or
Odd Fellows, or Knights of Honor or
Pythias, or Scylla or Charybdis, or fire
companies or brass bands, or mardigras
or pate do foie gras. I’d force him to love
me whether he wanted to or not, for there
wouldn’t be anything to distract his atten
tion. But then, if a girl wants to fly
round and be everybody’s gal, and have
all sorts of a time, why tlien she’d better
marry in town. It’s all a question of
having one good man to love you, or a
dozen silly ones to admire. But as I ain’t
a woman, I suppose it’s none of my busi
ness.”
A Northern Colored Citizen Advises
His Race to Vote for Hancock.
We give place with real pleasure to the
following timely article, taken from the
Boston Glebe, and only wish it could be
read and heeded by all of our colored
friends before next Tuesday. The author
Is an intelligent citizen of African descent
who resides in Maine, aud he evidently
knows what he is talking about:
I, Levi Davis, a native of North Caro
lina, but for many years a resident of
Maine and a Republican of the old
school, feel it my imperative duty to give
to the public my views of the two great
political parties of tbe day, as it be
comes all men to lay aside all prejudice
of the past and deal fairly with impor
tant issues of the day upon which hang
the destinies of the people. The Repub
lican party seems to think that the col
ored race is in duty bound to vote its
ticket. That party has done great things
for the colored people in the past, .for
which we are indeed grateful, and for
which we have acted with that party
many years. But the Republican party
of the past is not the Republican party of
to-day. Then the Republican party was
interested in tbe colored race from a prin
ciple, now they are actuated only by poli.
cy. By keeping up sectional animosity
between North and South, by sowing the
seeds of discord and hatred between the
races in the Southern ‘ States, they are
working against the best interests of our
race, and the farther this policy is pursued
tbe worse will be the condition of the col
ored people of the South.
The question for every sensible colored
man to ask is, “ What is this for ?” Why
is it that tbe leaders of tbe Republican
party seek to keep up this feeling of
hatred between the races In tbe South ?
The war has been ended more than fifteen
years. Freedom of the colored race was
proclaimed before tbe close of the war,
but the “freedmeu” so-called have not re
ceived more than half their freedom. This
has been due largely to the political
schemers and wire-pullers of the Republi
can party, to the leaders of that once great
party whose only object is to rule or ruin,
to make the rich man richer aud the poor
man poorer. For instance, see the “Freed
man Bank swindle,” in which thousands
of my people were stripped of their hard
earnings by the very men whom they
had been taught to regard as their friends;
and yet this is but one of the many
wrongs we have suffered as a
people at tin hands of those men who
now ask us for our support in the com
ing election. In my opinion the once
great Republican party has outlived its
usefulness. No Republican President,
elected upon tbe present principles of that
party, which are sectional animosity and
personal hatred between sections and
races, can bring that peace, prosperity and
happiness to tbe country, and especially
to my people, the colored men of tbe
South, as will the now assured election
of General HancocK. With bis election,
and with his inauguration on the 4th day
of March next, we shall behold the dawu-
ing of a better day. Then sectional ani
mosity will die away. Thatold garment,
tbe “bloody shirt,” tbe Republican bobby
of so many years, will become the wind
ing sheet of bad men, who have sought by
this and other vile means to retain power
against the best interests of the nation,
and it will with them bo consigned to the
dark grave of oblivion, and be buried so
deep that they may never have a resur
rection.
If our colored Southern people would
but consult their own interests they would
vote for the bettering of tlieir condition,
and not against it. Tbe time has come
to lay aside all personal prejudices and to
act like men, and it seems to me tbe in
terests of the South, the interests of those
with whom they live and from whom they
get their bread and butter, should be the
true interests of the colored men of the
South. They should seek to cultivate
kind and pleasant feelings toward their
fellow-men, and to do this it is important
that they should vote against sectional
hatred and strife. We greatly need a
change of government. Corrupt
and bad men should be driven
The Progress of the Obelisk.
The gigantic monolith, now on its way
to the Central Park, says the World of
the 27th, was yesterday moved 120 feet
furtherupthe hill,to within 100 feetofthe
Boulevard on which it is expected that it
will rest to-niglit. A large gang of labo
rers were at work all last uight moving
the heavy timbers across the Boulevard,
under the personal superintendence of
Lieutenant-Commander Gorringe. and
hauling the cable-chain over. The heavy
timber will not be required again until
the obelisk reaches Eighty-sixth street.
The cable-;hain used is the bower-ebain
of the DesBoug. It is of one and three-
quarters of an inch in diameter, inr iron
links two inches long. The purchase
blocks are fourfold iron shreaves and
shells in which a six-inch Manilla rope is
rove. The force that has been exerted to
move the obelisk up the bill has been
equivalent to that required to lift
a weight of twenty-eight tons when
the blocking has been carefully placed,
but owing to the very bad condition of
the street, a force equivalent to that re
quired to lift thirty-five tons has occa
sionally been necessary to move lie obe
lisk ahead. It may be interesting to state
that one end of the cable-chain is fastened
to a heavy timber post let into the ground
for ten feet, which is technically termed
an anchor. The post to which the chain
is now fastened stands in Ninety-sixth
street, on the east side of the Boulevard.
The other end of the chain carries one ot
the purchase blocks, th« other purchase
blotk of the pair being hooked on the end
of a span or bridle, which is in turn fas
tened to the cradle on which the obelisk
rests. The chain is in lengths of 90 feet
and there are six lengths or 540 feet in all.
As each pull is made one length o the
chain is removed and so on until tbe obe
lisk has reached tbe post, which is now
shifted 500 teet further in the direction
tbe obelisk is to move.
In tbe Park five more bents for tbe
trestle-work have been erected and eight
more have been bolted together prepara
tory to being moved into position for erec
tion. At the site the north pier has gone
up about fotn- feet, the timber beds have
been hoisted irto position on the south
pier, the steel bed-beams also hoisted over
and placed on them, and two of tbe steel
upright beams have been erected on tbe
bed-beams. The public will soon be able
to understand tbe method of erecting tbe
obelisk. The work now accomplished
each day begins to tell tlie story plainly
of this tedious and difficult feat of en
gineering.
AU the work of replacing tbe timbers,
frames, beams and plating of tlie Des-
soug has been completed and critically
examined by experts. A small gaDg is
kept on board to finish clearing up and
covering tbe iron with cement and paint
and preparing the steamer for ber next
work. The Dessoug .ies iu the navy-yard,
moored to the cob dock.
Satubn’s Rings.—The Providence, R.
I., Journal says: We bad a view of Sat
urn a few evenings since through tlie fine
telescope in Mr. Seagrave’s private obser
vatory, that will long be remembered for
Its exceeding beauty. The night is rarely
favorable for star-gazing, tbe definition
perfect and the atmosphere serene. The
picture is one of surpassing loveliness,
the most superb telescope scene in the
heavens. The orb is resplendent in col
oring, bluish at the poles, pale yellow else
where. crossed hy two creamy central
belts, and flecked with spots that suggest
light scudding cloud3. There is no appear
ance of a flattened disc, but tbe rounded
outlines of a sphere, seeming about tbe
size of a full moon, stand out m bold re
lief against tbe azure blackness of tlie
sky. Around this soitly glowing centre
extend tbe wondrous rings, opening wide
their encircling arms and cra
dling tbe planet in their pro
tecting embrace. Every detail of tbe com
plex ring system Is-Bbarply defined and
vividly painted on the' celestial canvas.
Tbe outer und inner rings, the dusky
ring, the space between the outer and in
ner ring anil even the division in the outer
rings are plainly v isible, while sis of the
eight moons dot tbe dark sky with points
of golden glow. The six moons we see—
one of them is larger than Mercury—cir
cle around tlieir primary, within an ex
treme span of four million miles. The
beautiful rings lie within the path of tbe
neafrst moon and span a space of about
one hundred and seventy-six thousand
miles. The narrow, dark space between
the inner and outer rings is seventeen
hundred miles broad and the dusky or
third ring extends nine thousand miles
within tbe inner or second ring.
Lyon’s Heel Stiffeners keep new boots
and shoes straight. Sold by shoe aud
hardware dealers. 3t
tbe rear; the great body of office
holders wbo use their positions' for cor
rupt purposes should be driven out and
tlieir places filled with those interested in
the people’s welfare. My advice is,
“Vote, vote for General Hancock,” ancl
by so doing you are voting for the true
interests of the entire people, for with his
election will come such an era of joy,
peace and happiness, such a prosperous
condition ofafiairs as the nation has never
seen before; when peace shall reign on
earth aud good will prevail among our
entire people.
Dr. Lee Dayis, (colored.)
Brunswick, Maine, October 18.
The Tison-Calloway Homicide.
As there is a good deal of interest in
this unfortunate affair, we publish tbe
following letters, which will explain
themselves:
Albany, Ga., Oct. 28,1SS0.
Bear Mr. Flanders; Jolmnie Calloway
killed Ike Tison in Leesburg last niglit
with a double-barreled gun, instantly.
He has just returned from Leesburg. II
was a pure case of justifiable homicide.
Tison followed John to the store and shot
through the key-hole and blinds until his
pistol was emptied. He went off then
aud got a Henry rifle, a sixteen shooter,
came back, shot through the blinds, sash
etc., until John jumped out of the window
and shot him dead. No blame attaches
to John—not even from Tison’s friends.
Johnnie got in his buggy and rode cii to
wards Macon. There was no need of his
leaving. Chan. Jones.
Albany, Ga., Oct. 28.
Mr. C. B. Calloway: The coroner’s
jury exonerated John from any blame
finding a verdict of purely justifiable
homicide. No one attaches any blame to
him at all, but blame him for forbearing
so much before he shot him. I write you
lor fear you will hear various reports aud
get uneasy. Mine arc all authenticated,
and come from Tison’s friends.
Youra, Chan. Jones.
Does Want Southern Trade.
Cincinnati, October 29.—A committee
of the Chamber of Commerce, appointed
to ascertain tbe name of tbe writer of tbe
letter recently published in the Louisville
Courier-Journal, purporting to be from a
Cincinnati merchant and saying that
Cincinnati did not want tbe Southern
trade and bad no desire to cultivate busi
ness relations with Southern men, reported
to-day by reading a letter from Mr. Wat-
terson, of the Courier-Journal, in answer
to the committee’s request for tbe name
of tbe author of the letter. Mr. IVatter-
sou said that if the letter had come under
his observation it would not have been
printed. That while it reflected tbe
sentiments of a portion of
the ilaHy press of Cincinnati,
be was sure it did not represent the feel
ing of the mass of tbe business men of
Cincinnati. With this disclaimer of any
indorsement of the views of the letter, Mr.
Watterson thought the object of tbe com
mittee would be attained, and as the dis
closure of the name of tbe writer would
imperil his business, if not his life, he
felt obliged to decline tbe com
mittee’s request. The consid
eration of the committee’s re
port was laid over until to-morrow. The
chamber voted to bold no session on Tues
day next, upon a petition signed by mem
bers of both political parties.
Binging Wobds From Col. Forney.
—A temporary panic was produced, there
was tremor along the Hancock lines
when Indiana yielded to the double reigu
of corruption and terror; but now every
where in every State, I see and feel not
only that tbe midnight expedient of the
most corrupt party that ever existed on
this earth, under its present influences,
has failed, but that iu the calmer, mo
ments of private and public reflection, the
original gratitude of tbe American peo
ple for General Hancock lias revived with
all the forces ol undying love and venera
tion.—Progress.
A Cough is nature’s effort to rid the sys
tem of waste matter. Assist nature, then,
by usingDr. Ball’s Cough Syrup. Price
25 cents a bottle.
The lack of this quality has wrecked
many a life full of hope and ptotJuTSd
has prevented many a noble achievement
that might hare blessed our community!
Some wbo think they have principles and
mean to live up to them at length aban
don them, simply because they have not
patience enough to await their triumph,
iney, perhaps, begin life resolved to pre-
serve their integrity, but, after awhile,
they become t.red of self-sacrifice and
weary of the struggle. They see others
gaining money or place or fame by fraud
or meanness, and they grow impa
tient, betray their principles, and at last
rum their characters. There is, indeed,
nothing in life worthy of performance,
from the first trembiog 6teps of the infant,
to the noblest achievement of the wisest
statesman, that does not demand the
strength of patience for success. There is
a force in it that can overcome difficulty,
sweep away obstacles, triumph over d&
couragement, and secure success, in spite
of seeming impossibilities. We talk much
of the triumphs of genius, but the tri
umphs of patience are more real, more
permanent, and more beneficial to the
world.
Some Peculiarities of Maud S.
Maud S., the champion trotter of the
world, is a long-bodied mare, standing
fifteen bands two and a half inches high
at the withers * and fully sixteen hands
high at tbe hips. Her weight, in trotting
condition, is 960 pounds, and her stride^
when going at her best, on a straight
track, is about eighteen feet. In her great
feat at Chicago, September IStb, when
she trotted a mile in 2:10|, ber stride,
when coming down the home stretch
against a high wind, was a little less than
seventeen feet. She wears “ shin boots ”
and “scalpers,” and carries a fourteen-
ounce shoe with a four-ounce toe weight
in front, and an eight-ounce shoe behind.
She is usually driven in a bridle without
“blinds,” but, in tbe trial above alluded
to, a blind bridle was used.
The reason lor this change, as given by
her driver, Mr. Blair, is, that in her trial
of Thursday, September 16th, when she
trotted a mile in 2:11$, lie thought it ad
visable to touch her lightly with tbe whip
when coming down the homestretch. She
saw the whip lifted for the stroke and
swerved from it. He then touched her
on tbe other side to straighten
her course, and another swerve,
wliicb resulted in a break, by which she
lost a second of time, was the conse
quence. This was the first time he had
ever touched her with a whip, aud he
argued that with “blinkers” he could do
this without causing lier to swerve. The
result of Saturday’s trial proved the cor
rectness of his conclusions, and in her
trials hereafter the blinkers will always
be used. She is a mare of very strong
will, and it is necessary to handle her
with great gentleness. A man who would
fight ber would soon render ber
entirely unmanageable.
Patience, a Power.
There is always a tendency to depre
ciate wliat we are pleased to call passive
virtues, aud among these patience stan'.s
pre-eminent. There is a general idea that
to be patient means simply to be quiet,
inactive aud calm, and that it is a quality
much more likely to be found united with
feebleness, sluggishness and inactivity
than with strength, capability and enthu
siasm. Some one once said derisively
“The most patient bird is au owl, tbe most
patient beast is an ass, and the most
patient man is a fool.” But the scorn thus
thrown upon this attribule is not only un
just and unreasonable, but most injurious
to character and self-culture. Nothing
more surely quenches the desire for any
good quality than to throw upon it the
stigma of weakuess, aud the young, eager
and impetuous will soirn learn to despise
and cast from them a characteristic which
they bear coupled with feebleness and
inactivity.
The truth is, however, that true pa
tience always implies power, and is often
the very highest expression of strong feel
ing and determined will. Take, for ex
ample, the most common iustance in
which patience seems called for—physical
suffering. When every effort to alleviate
it has failed, nothing remains but to en
dure. How is this done? One person
will break out into lamentations, writhe
in violent contortions, insist ou the sym
pathy and exertions of every one around
him, and thus increase his own pain and
make others miserable. Another sum
mons reason to bis aid, and calmly brara
wbat is inevitable. He restrains com
plaints, hides, as far as possible, the
appearance of anguish, and preserves
a dignity and, perhaps, even
cheerfulness of demeanor. He does
not dilate upon his own miseries
nor seek to inflict thsir details upon his
friends. Which of these is the stronger
in character and in will? Surely he who
patiently and calmly tndures without
weak and useless repinings. The patient
sufferer is powerful, self-sustained, reso
lute, courageous, l-eroic. The loud la-
nicnter is feeble, dependent, faint-hearted,
cowardly. The same distinction is evi
dent iu the way in which all the ills of
life are borne. The brave, strong man,
who strives tlie hardest to resist and con
quer them, will, when all his efforts are
unavailing, still be strong and brave in
enduring them, while the vacillating and
feeble man, who yields before tbe first
blast of trouble, will be loud aud bitter
in his complaints.
Patience, however, is not confined to
the simple act of endurance. It is a most
necessary element in every active enter
prise, in every noble purpose, in every
energetic endeavor. It not only teaches
us bow to be brave in failure, but also
helps us to be successful in action. For
there is no undertaking worthy of the
name that does not need untiring patience
as well as energy. How many young
men have begun their work full of hope
and enthusiasm, have expended labor aud
thought and time upon it, and then r cast
it aside, simply because they had not pa
tience to overcome its obstacles and to
persevere against discouragement. They
thought themselves strong, but
just when their strength was
most needed it forsook them. Perhaps no
characteristic of Columbus more largely
contributed to bis wonderful discovery
than his patience. His intelligent thought,
his eager enthusiasm, his earnest labor,
would all have beeu thrown away had he
not possessed the steadfast patience which
enabled him to face all the discourage
ments, to resist the entreaties and threats
of his sailors, and to press on nobly to the
end he sought. Never did his strength
of character shine forth more brightly than
when he refused the temptation to turn
back, and patiently pursued his aim with
out sympathy or encouragement.
Pins and a Woman’s Dress.
Our wife wants anew dress. After two
three or half a dozen stores have been
ransacked for tbe goods the dressmaker
is sought out. The matter of measure
ment is tedious, and then the matter of
fitting is one of numerous and repeated
trials. Finally the dress is finished and
sent home. Then it is sent back to be
taken iu here and let out there, and at
last, after the customer has been fitted
more times for that one dress than her
husband has been measured in three or
four years, the dress comes home for the
last ti me and is pronounced by the wearer,
her friends and the dressmaker as beauti
ful and a perfect fit, and it is finished.
. Beautiful it cert ainly is, far more beau
tiful than anything her husband ever
wears. Colors and material, sjyle blend
ing shades and contrasting bits of color,
are all in tbe perfection ot good taste. No
man can improve upon that. But, it isn’t
finished. When it is completed as far as
the skill of the dressmaker cau finish it,
and it is put on, it has to te pinned some
where; sometimes in two or three, often
in half a dozen places. It always requires
a pin. Leave out the pin and tlie dress is
all awry somewhere. On al! this broad
continent there is not one American wo
man wbo can dress so as to make any
kind of appearance in good society with
out pins.
Now, suppose our tailor should send our
suit home and when we bad put ou the
coat we had to pin it at the neck? Or
suppose there were no suspender buttons
aft, and we bad to use pins there ? Sup
pose he made our shirts so that we would
have to pin the collar, how long would
such a shirt or such a suit of clothes stay-
in the house ? Who would be responsible
for tbe language used by the man who
had to pin his coat? No tailor would
dare to so tempt the wrath of an indepen
dent man. But woman—alas! she pa
tiently _pins on tbe dress that she paid
some $50 or $60 to matte, and doesn’t
think anything about it. We will not
pursue this painful snbject. Let tbe wo
men of America take it up and think
about it aud learn, in the noble indepen
dence of womanhood, to make tlieir
clothes before they put them on.—Hawk-
eye.
Preparation for Life Before go
ing out into life, or entering upon tbe du
ties required of us in its various walks,
some preparation is necessary to fit us for
whatever calling we may choose to adopt
—whether it be that of attorney at law,
physician, merchant, broker or banker.
Even tbe thief and the pickpocket prepare
themselves for-wliat they term their “pro
fession,”-by assiduous labor aud great
painstaking. Is it less important, then,
that tbe young men who are to be our fu
ture men of affairs—our merchants and
bankers—should be carefully trained
for the duties which will
devolve on them? Consider for a
moment tbe vast number ot blunders that
would be avoided—the numerous failures
that would be prevented—were this plan
universally adopted, and no one can doubt
its great utility. Commerce is vast, intri
cate and many-sided. It requires a culti
vated and well disciplined brain to grasp
its intricacies. Experience is a valuable
teacher,-and we cannot afford to do with
out its instructions; but no experience
car wholly make amends for Jack of edu
cation. We must depend in great part
upon education for our knowledge of tlie
laws or trade and finance, and our future
success ir mercanlile affairs. This being
the case it is easy to see at once the im
portance of having the education of the
young man destined for the walla of
business specially adapted to tbe demands
of his future calling. The great mistake
of the past has been tbe idea that any
sort of an education would do for those
wbo were going into business. The fail
ures, the losses aud the consequent misery
have refuted this doctrine; aud, through
out the whole land, people have been
waking up to tbe importance of
practical education for tbe young. Pa
rents are no longer willing to send their
sons out into tbe world without due prep-'
aration. In consequence of this there
have been vast strides in the cause of
practical education within the past few
years. The people demand it, and ear
nest educators are taking hold of the mat
ter In a manner which will insure to the
young men of ihe present far better op
portunities than their elder brothers have
enjoyed.
A splendid breakfast on the table sur
rounded by a family of Coughs. They
used Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup, and that
family now keeps it always on hand, and
recommends it. Price only 25 cents a
bottle.
The mind grasps values by comparison.
The chemist tells us that an egg weighing
an ounce and a half is equivalent in food
material to seventeen ounces of cherries,
or twenty-two ounces of grapes, thirty
ounces of strawberries, forty ounces of ap
ples, sixty-four ounces of pears. We thus
see that fruits are not very soliu food.
But we do not think any less of cherries,
apples, and pears, because they are net
as concentrated iu nutritive elements as
the egg. They are no less a part of the
best food of the human race, and most
persons will continue to eat them.
A Wise Deacoo,
“Deacon Wilder, I want yon to tell me
how you kept yourself and family well the
past season, when all the rest of us have
been sick so much, and have had the doc
tors visiting us so often.”
“Brother Taylor, the answer is very
easy. I used Hop Bitters in time; kop*.
my lamiiy well and saved the doctc?
bills. Three dollars’ worth of it kept
well and able to work all the time. PL
warrant it has cost you and the neighbors
one or two hundred dollars apiece to keep
sick the same time.”
Deicon, I’ll use your medicine here
after.”
J. N. Beck, of Toledo, Ohio, says: My
tatber, before wearing the “Only Lung
Pad,” could not sleep nights on account
of bis violent coughing, since wearing it
be has slept soundly every night.—See
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And serves you right for having neglect
ed to use SOZODONT. Had you done
so your mouth would have beeu healthy,
and your teeth sound. Get the “snag”
pulled out, and commence at once, using
SOZODONT, thereby preserving the bal
ance of your teeth.
Dr. Mountain, chaplain to King James
I, waiting upon his Majesty when he was
waiting m St. James’ Park, the King said
to him that he was more troubled how to
dispose ot the bishopric of London, which
was then vacant, than he was of anything
in his life; “for,” said he, “there are many
who apply with so strong an interest that
I do not know to whom to give it.” The
doctor, in reply to his Majesty, said that if
he had faith he might easily dispose of it.
“How ?” asked the King. “If your Maj
esty had as much taith as a grain of mus
tard seed, you migbtsay to this mountain:
“Be thou removed, and be thou cast iuto
that See.” It is said that the King re
warded this piece of ready wit by the Im
mediate bestowal of the mitre.