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Cl?*? dkajcgta Mesltlg im& 3mmutl & Wssas&ns*:*:,
the home OF TUB CMMCV8.
airs B. W H. Flede Itliauwf the
Green Fields sad Beside Pleasant
Waters ;tn Westehesler County. Blew
York—Origin of the Circes, Its
Growth aad Its Pleasures
For the Telegraph and Jfeetenger.
There are bat few American men and
women, I think, but will agree with ms;
that the most bliMfal moments of their ex
istence hare been spent in ohildhood, be
neath a circus tent. No matter what ms-
tnrer age has brought of fortune, fame,
glory, success of any kind, life never yields
again, for one moment, a thrill of that
ecstatic, seraphic happiness that was oars
when, nfter many heart sickening anxieties
and agonizing fears lest we should not be
allowed to go, we found ourselves at last
torched precariously on one of the high,
narrow seats around the circus ring, the
great canvas swelling overhead, the band
playing, the lions roaring, the hyenas
howling, the angelic, beautiful ladies oa-
xoering round on those weird,spotted horses,
the terrible elephant chained in full sight,
tho streaked and striped clown kicking bis
hat on his head mid the wildest enthusiasm
of the audience. Last, but not least, our
pockets filled with goobers ana oar small
hands with striped candy 1 None of this
common plaoe, sweet staff, that is told
by ordinary mortals in ordinary
places, bnt “circus osuJy," bought
in the circus tent and streaked
nnd striped like the down,and having
some subtle, indescribable affinity and as
sociation with him and the striped zebra
and the ring-toiled monkey and the rest of
the variegated earthly beauties of this
wandering, ennvas-oovered fairy land. As
for the taste! Well 11 beard an old darkey
once call sugar “heaven dust,” but ho had
nover tasted “circus candy;, or he would
lia^o saved his expressive adjective for that.
in middle Georgia, but rieb, smooth mead
ows of vivid emerald hue stretch far as the
eye can see, divided here and there by pic
turesque stone fences oovered with a run
ning fire of scarlet-leaved Virginia creeper,
and bordering frequent beautiful lakes,
blue, and dear as the sky. The towering
mountains, with rugged, rocky sides, afford
charming oontrast to the lovely, smiling
vallevs that lie between.—
“And the lakes are all of a dazzling sheen,
Like magio mirrors, where slumbering
lie
The cloudlet gray and the sun and the
sky.”
r On one side, some miles away, flows the
lordly Hudson; on the other Long Island
Sound; and from the tops of the highest
hills one can have, on a clear day, a be
witching view of both,with a sweep of pic
turesque landscape between not surpassed,
I think, in America. This is the land for
the poet and artist, and both would find in
spiration here if earth, sea and sky could
afford it. I did not, however, discover rep
resentatives of either class residing in this
section of country, though i<s denizens
proved, on investigation, to be even more
eccentric, erratic and unlike ordinary mor
tals than wielders of the pen and pencil
are popularly supposed to be. The first thing
that attracted my attention on entering the
village was an image of a gigantic eleiihant
(life size) on a granite pedestal thirty feet
high, standing in front of a bou.-o, and the
hou-e itself bearing in oanspicnaqs letters
the words “Elephant Hotel,’’ If the hotel
only entertained “elephants, 1 ’I thought it
▼firy doubtful’ if a person of my size would
be admitted at all, but upon inqui
ry, discovered its appellation was bestowed
by the owner in consequence of having
built the house with money made from ex
hibiting the first elephant ever brought to
America. Here, then,I had stumbledupon
the very information I had vainly sought
from my youth up. Here I found the origin of
the circus, and from this very country came
the beautiful mystery that had bnchanted
and perplexed my childhood and hopelessly
befuddled the brains of that all-wise nursery
oroole, “Old black mammy.” Spending
some weeks in this ont-of-the-wny region.
I gathered the facts I append, and regret
I allude to theson of Daniel D. Tomp
kins, former Vice-President of the United
States. This son, Mr. Ray Tompkins, now
a very old mar., is one of tbo most inter
esting chroniclers of past events living.
His vivid personal recollections of Daniel
Webster, Silas Wright, and other gian's of
the Senate, hold one’s attention as no writ
ten page can do. We are
tame -.a our frolics nowa
days compared to those when
Mr. Tompkins was a young man 1 One of
his own was to burn New York City’s quar
antine buildings, that had been built too
near his own property to please him, and
he then won his case in law through the
aid cf his friend. John Van lluren, Martin
Van Buren’s wild, wayward aud gifted son,
When I "write my book,” Mr. Tompkins
shall be one of its characters, and many
scenes and incidents shall be taken from
studies made in a few weeks’ sojourn
among the “outlandish circus folks,” with
their “bowdacious doins,” and will not the
ever-credulou public be eager to purchase
a work whose sensational title may read,
“A Visit to the Homo of the Elephant,” by
that renowned traveler,
Mbs. B. W. H.
THE GUITEAU TRIAL.
•Cirrus candy is more than “heaven dust," i that space and ti mo are too limited to relate
however. It is "heaven” itself—in solid all the curious and interesting inoidents I
chunks, long sticks, and painted red at
that—made visible, tangible 1 Something
to bo seen, handled, tasted nnd sucked!
Sacked with ecstatic sighs of perfect rapt
ure nnd dronmy bliss, and when the last
delicious bit has melted in the mouth, there
is still the untold childish happiness leftof
sacking tho fingers round which the sweet
ness fondly lingers. Will you tell me what
has life to offer after this? To'ait wit i a
stick of this ravishing sweetness between
tho lips, to hear the thrilling music of the
band, to see tho gorgeously caparisoned
horses and tbeir guttering, Hashing, radi
ant riders, with waving plumes and be
spangled garments, mingling, dividing and
uniting again in changing kaleidoscopic
beauty till, like tho "dying gladiator,” “the
arena swims beforo the eyes,” and sight,
hearing and all tho senses become
tfiingled in one delicious conglom
eration, and you can’t tell
whether yr a are tasting the musio or hear
ing it; bid yon know your whole being is
saturated with bliss and the world seems
filled with rainbows and brass bands and
•circus ponies and striped candy aud angels
in tarletan d.-esscs nnd spangles, and yon
forgot that life can hold sneb miseries as
".-h'lrlcr caleclesms” and pescblree switch
es (the lattor of which alas 1 destined soon
to bo plucked for you when yon attempt to
imitate, as you iuevitnbly will, these "oar
ing and graceful” equestrian and acrobatio
feats). J bis ie my rtmomlirauce pi the
■circus of my childhood. Perhaps it is not
so ranch to the city-bred child, but to the
little villager or country lad or lassie the
circcs is still n bit of heaven let down on
earth “for tho small consideration of fifty
cents.”
In my ion!h I remember feeling the
profoundest pity for those children whose
fathers wero too good or too stingy to take
them to the circus, and now, a woman
grown, I still confess to a genuine
heartache when I see a group of
eager, happy little folks around a flaming,
bewilderingly bcantiful circus poster, and
in tho crowd ono wretched little face
whose quivering lips and tear-brimmed
eyes sny plainly ns words could speak, “I
can’t go to the show.” -The peculiar fasci
nation of the circus is exerted over every
child everywhere, whether he bo high or
low, rich or poor, black or white, and I
hoard recently an incident that is worthy
of pruservati n and fully illustrates my
belief: A little idiot dwarf at the lunntic
asylum near Millodgeville, well known to
overy visitor there, was interrogated not
long ago by a minister as to his ideas of a
hereafter. He was asked many solemn
questions, bnt exhibited not tho slightest
token ot intelligence or understanding in
bis face or replies. Finally the preacher
in despair put the plain quory, “Joe, where
will yon go when you die ?” A smile that
was child-liko and bland lit up Joe’s face,
a radiant look shone in his eyes, and, with
simple, trusting faith, he replied, “if Joe’s
good, Joe will go to the circus.”
I cannot believe, however, that the mod
em circus that buys its ticket and gets on
tho cars nnd comes to town in the prosaic,
commonplace way of any ordinary travel
er, can be to the c.hild of to-day the be
wildering,fascinating mystery that was the
old time circus on wheels that rolled
around the country before the war and for
a few years after. That oame down the
big reu road from no child ever knew
where, with tbo lions and hyenas and
tigers roaring and howling as their cages
Lumped and thumped over the frequent
ruts nnd mud holes; with the great, gor-
goously painted wagons all oarefully closed,
concealing, we tiiought, some fearful
"wlint is it?”—some blood-curdling and
thrilling spectacle, or some unearthly beau
tiful object,only to bo revealed to the lucky
ones who could pay fifty ceut3 to enter the
c mvas d -orof the circus tent.
Then there was the biggest wagon, that
we were snre held the giantess, and the
obtained from many people who had spent
tbeir lives not exactly in the circus ring,
but in some way connected with the circus,
either as owners or managers. Abont fifty
years ago, Hackalinh Bailey, a plain West
chester county farmer, one of the horny-
hauded, hard-working sons of toil, was
sitting decorously in church, Sunday morn
ing (nodding assent to all that the preacher
•Aid), when a solitary horseman (a la Mr.
James, Sr.,) dashed np to the church door
and called loudly upon his name. Mr.
Bailey awoke, and in great amaze walked
out to see whom this unlocked for visitor
might be, whose business was so urgent as
to interrupt his peaceful slumbers right in
“meetin’ time;’’ but when the horseman
(who proved to be a friend of his) bending
low, spoke a few rapid words, Mr. Bailey a
BOH»t HOUSE STORIES.
Old Jerry Greening's Yarns Akosl
"the Cutest Critters LI ring.”
Correspondence Philadelphia Times.
Lack awaken, November 13,1881.—
The other day Jerry Greening, the
champion story-teller of Pike county, was
sitting In the Williamson House bar-room
when Ex-Congressman Van Auken drove
pastwith bis last Hambletonian trotter.
The conversation'naturally turned upon
the sagacity of auimals. “Homos, ei I
take it, is just ’bout the cutest critters
alivin’,” remarked old Jerry, as be ejected
a stream of tobacco juice into the wood-
box and drew a little nearer the fire;
“and,” continued lie, “I’ve seen ’em
do some awful cunnln’ things. In th
war of 1848 l rid one of the
omeryeat bosses ever 1 ace. We was down
nigh Yorktown, where they’ve been a-hav-
ing that ere ocuten’al exhibition, and as I
Washington, November 17.—There
was a rush and crush and struggle for po
sitions as soon as the Criminal Court
room was opened this morning, which
soon resulted-in filling every available
space. The court was formally opened at
ten m.nutes past ten, and immediately
the prisoner was harried into the room to
his seat by deputy marshals aud police
men. He looked paler and more flurried
than during the last two days, and carried
in with him a package of New York
newspapers. The names of the jurors
were called and responded to. As soon
as the couit was called to order, Mr. Sco-
ville arose to a personal explanation aud
stated that there are no differences yetween
himself and Mr. Robinson, and that they
are in perfect accord. The speech had
the effect of bringing Uuiteau to bis feet
and precipitating the first scene of the
day. With flushed face, violent gestures
and excited voice, the prisoner addressed
the court aud said he objected to Robin
son appearing in the case.
The Court (severely)—“Take yourseat,
prisoner—i wish you to uuderstand dis
tinctly that your labors as oounsel In the
case, as you claim to be, shall be confined
to consultation with ••soclate counsel in
the case. If you disobey,” he continued
fs the prisoner jumped to his feet and
commenced another wild speech, “the
court will be under tho necessity of or
dering your removal from the court room
and proceeding with the trial in your ab
sence.”
“Your Honor said that I could be beard,
and I have a speech—”
“You cannot, be hw4 MU Hie oloso of
the case.”
Prisoner (evidently laboring under
perhaps through the exalted station of the 1 which Golteau Insists must be made the
victim and the unforeseen gravity of the foundation stone of the defense,
results of the crime—was marked by an 1 Quite a sensation was produced when
unmistakably increased interest on the ' the District Attorney suddenly drew ftom
part particularly of the better classes a pasteboard box a section of human
treasurer kin swear when he gits mad, au’
that’s powerful quick. Oncct we hedn’t
a sol’tary match in the camp, an’ we was
in a thunderin’ bad fix, when all to oncet
au Idee struck mo, an 1 :1 told th’ boys I’d
light one of th’ camp-fires quicker than
th’ *orthodox hereafter 1 could scorch , a
feather. Wall, I just waltzed out an’ got
ol’‘Prancer*—that’s'what I alters called
’im—an’ fetched him right up to where
tli’ fires was all ready for .to set a match
to. There was a.Uig flint iilgh whar the
kindlin’ wood were lyiu’ and I jest backed
ol’ Prancer up clbs’e to thet tliar rock and
one of the boys held ’Is bead while I com
menced ticklin’ his heels with a rye straw.
QalckeHii Jersey applejack’ll make a man
bewilderment and * astonishment knew no see torchlight processions that thar boss
bounds. Iho reader will sympathize with commenced kickin’agin iiiat flint roek,
werea-telliu’ofittbat thar boss could: great excitement)—“I desire to be heard
kick Larder an’ quicker then our oounly J HirougliouUhe case. YoutHonor has no
him when he is informed that the solitary
horseman had whispered to the plain, prac
tical old farmer that he had ridden from
New York City to ask him, Hackalinh
Bailey, to buy an elephant. Or, to be liter
ally correct, to purchase half an elephant,
as he proposed to buy the other half. W e
can imagine the effect of this proposition
on a simple-minded rural New Yorker,
who bad never seen an elephant,
nnd never cherished in liis wildest
dreams the idea of owning one. No
wonder he observed solemnly, in the
i Vernacular of tbej region,’ “Dear
me, sns 1” Boon, however, tho
horseman explained to him how
there might be “millions in it”
for both of thorn, provided thoy had tho
pluck and daring to purofiaso this o’ephant
and exhibit it to the American public. No
elephant bad ever been seen in the United
States before, and this one had been
brought from Africa at a venture by some
sea captain, who after landing him in New
York city had discovered that he hadli eral-
ly an elephant on his hands, and, appalled at
the risk aud expense of keeping so vast an
animal, would sell him cheap. Now, wou'd
Mr. Hacknliah Bailey furnish half the
amount to purchase this great curiosity,
this real livo elephant on American soil V
It was. for this the solitary horseman had
ridden so fast and far, never drawing rein
from New York city. Mr. Bailey was too
thorough a Yankee not to be tempted by a
bit of daring enterprise that afforded a
prospect of great pecuniary recompense;
so he consented, after some deliberation to
invest all his hard oaraed savings in this
unusual and never-before-attempted busi
ness. The horseman rode away with the
money, the elephant was purchased and
conveyed to this small town, and a house
(still standing) was built for its residence.
The two owners soon began traveling
round the country with the great beast, but
it was found necessary to move from place
to place at night to avoid giving a free
show. Also to conceal the elephant under
a portable tout by Jay,large enough, too, to
admit the audience. This, then, was die
beginning of the modern ciicns. A bit of
Yankee shrewdness and sagacity started
the enterprise that has developed into the
great national amusement of America—not
a foreign importation, as many snppose,
but something peculiar aud indigenous to
our own soil. The elephant paid his own
ers so well that it w as deemed by them a
safe ventnro to add other attractions, nnd
accordingly snakes, wild cals and other
varmints took places beside the star of the
show. Prom this, innnmerable additions
wero made from time to time, and other
people, envying Hachaliah Bailey’s suc
cess, also went into the circns business. In
fact, a great craze seized the people of this
region; staid business men and respectable
citizens quit thair ordinary avocations and
began trying to stand on their
heads, walk on their hands
and ride back-backed horses; farmers
sous dropped the plongh handles to torn
flip-flaps and double somersaults down the
an’ the sparks flew so thick the boys had a
roarin’ fire in less time then it takes .to
tell It. Jt’t wasn’t lor my rep’tation fer
v’racily an’ truthfulness I ’spose ye
wouldn’t hardly b’lleve tills, bat it’s true
as preachin’. ' ■ -
“And ’nother time,” continued the veu-
erable narrator, scarcely pausing to take
breath, “I think ’twere in th’ battle : of
Gettysburg, ol’ Cornvallises troops was a
beltin’ th’ hot shot into oar camp thickern
cold molasses In January, when all to
oncct I seed a shell a earnin’,' tight as it
could come, right towards us. It struck
right to cut me oft, and I am going to
make a noise to the country about It.
When I want counsel, I will notify your
Honor.” . •
Tho Court—“Counsel have been assign
ed and you must keep silence.”
The prisoner was irrepressible and
broke out with the remark that he would
not trast bis case to. the best lawyer that
ever lived. Alter several more outbreaks
he became quiet. At 10:30 Secretary
Blaine, accompanied by his son Walker
Blaine and Chief ClerK Brown^entered
the court room, District Attorney Cork-
hill then proceeded to open the case for
the government.
District Attorney Corkhlll, in opening
the case for the government, delivered a
long and eloquent address, in the course
of which he compared the cycuinstances
of the assassination of Lincoln and Gar
field. This trial was a remarkable illus
tration or the genius and spirit of our
government—when after the awful offense
the prisoner could stand here In ;if U cy
ana demand every privilege accorded *•»
the constitution. There was no similar
case in history. Had the crime been
committed in any other country llio prls
oner would have paid the penalty by
punishment a3 swift aud rapid as the
crime itself. Colonel Corkbill reviewed
at length the circumstances of President
of the community. Long before the
hour of the opening of court Mveral
hundred ladies aud gentlemen had
•enabled in the eastern corridor and pa
tiently awaited admission to the court
room. At 9 o’clock tbo prison van drove
up, and Guitean, carrying a huge bundle
of papers in his manacled hands, shuffled
hurriedly into the building. There was a
marked absence of noisy demonstration
on the part of the bystanders, yet Uuiteau
plainly betrayed tbe fear of sudden vio
lence which always marks bis movements
whenever he deems himself at all exposed
to danger. He was taken to tbe prison
ers’ room and devoted himself to reading
the papers.
At 9:30 the seats reserved for the gen
eral public were entirely filled, four-fifths
ot them being occupied by ladies. The
appearance and general demeanor of the
assemblage was in marked contrast with
that of tbe previous days, and the au
dience seemed to be entirely free from
the rougher element so conspicuous upon
the opening day. Upon the opening of
court, Mr. Scoville arose to make an ex
planation, and requested the court to take
some measure to prevent the prisoner
from (riving to the public his unauthor
ized communications, and also to prevent
the annoying interruptions of tbe prisoner
in ’.he court room. This brought on a
scene, during which Guiteau demanded
that Scoville should go out of tbe case,
that be was no criminal lawyer, and had
no sense; that he talked one thing to him
In private and auother |n public. Sco-
v'lle endeavprefi M explain to the court,
but Gnlleau became more and more ex
cited and addressed himself alternately
to the court, to Suoville and to the bailiffs,
who were endeavoring to keep him quiet.
To the.court—<‘I represent inyseir, your
Honor, aad I shall do as I please about
counsel.” Then, turning to Scoville,
“You have got no capacity, and: I.won’t
have you manage my .case.” Turning to
the bailiff be shouted—“You* mind your
business, you confounded fool; you ain’t
got no sense!” r .:<■»—•. i
Tho tourt again staled to the. prisoner
in decided terms that ho Would order his
removal and proceed In his absence. : To
this Uuiteau shouted excitedly, “I don’t
care if you do. The .court «n banc wjll
reverse you, and I will get a new trial.
You have got no right to remove me.”
Tho court replied iu terms which seemed
to convince Guiteau of tbeir. sincerity:
“Very well. I shall do so if you persLt
in any more disturbance, and there are
precedents in this court for such ruling."
A whispered consultation between Gni-
ba kboue, and holding it up, inquired,
“Do you recognize this, Doctor?” The
audiencedrang breathless upon the an
swer as tbe witness, in measured tones,
replied, “I do. It is a portion of the ver
tebrae of tbe late President Junes A. Gar
field.” The vertebrae was then handed to
the Jury, and the character and extent of
tbe Injuries to them explained by the wit
ness. While tbe witness was testifying,
Guiteau appeared as if bored—as oue lis
tening to ibe recital of an old story. Sco-
ville examined tbe vertebras minutely,
and Guiteau also seemed interested, al
though be made no move to touch the
vertebrae. Tbe court then took a recess.
The court reassembled at 1:05. Tbe
District Attorney said he had ascertained
that tbe record in the case of the Presi
dent wm kept by Dr. Reyburn, and m bis
handwriting. Dr. Reyburn and the rec
ord were in court. Dr. Bliss was then
le-seated and wm cross-examined by Mr.
Scoville in relation to tbe course of tbe
ball, etc. Robinson then took the wit
ness, and Dr. B11m wm given tbe record
which Dr. Reyburn had kept. Robinson
then pursued his questions as to tbe symp
toms noted each day. He was examined
at great length. At 2:15 the court ad
journed till Monday.
tlMltetra Shot AS.
WASHINGTON, November 19.—While
Guiteau wm being taken back lojail this
afternoon, a man on horseback rode np
beside the van and fired a shot at Gui
teau. Tbe ball grazed bis arm, and the
man rode off and escaped.
Washington, November 19.—The
driver Of the prison van j’ irta t j, e following
particulars 0? the attempt- to shopt Gii-
teau. Tbe facts are substantially these;
Upon the adjournment of the court the van
started as usual for the jail,
having a policeman as guard, who sat ou
tbe seat with the driver. Before reaching
the Capitol tbe guard noticed a young
man on horseback riding leisurely behind
the van. Nfiar the coruer of East Capitol
and Pint streets,the horsemanjrcde direct
ly up to the rear of the van and hastily
peered through the small grating. Guiteau
was alone iu the van and seated on the
right band aide—the seats running length
wise of the van. After evidently satisfy
ing himself of the location of the prisoner,
the horseman wheeled suddenly to the
left of tbe vau aud fired directly through
it. He then dashed to the front of the van
and pointed bis pistol at tbo driver with
the evident Intention of intimidating him
or stopping the van. The driver was
somewhat excited and in response to au
inquliy of a reporter said that perhaps
A committee of five wm appointed to
visit WMhiogton, when Congress con
venes, and present the action of tbe con
vention to tbe proper committee of both
Houees, and forward its objects in a
proper way.
INVITED TO ATLANTA.
Chicago, November 17—Id the tariff
convention yesterday, ex-Gov. Bullock
invited the delegates to attend the Cotton
Planters’ Convention at Atlanta on De
cember 8th. The committee on perma
nent organization wm empowered to ap
point a committee to meet tbe cotton
planters of tbe South and New England
manufacturers in Atlanta.
teau and Scoville followed, and the for*. , .
raer, apparently convinced, subsided into 1 he intended to atop the van by shooting
nigh where I were aud came a rollin’ to- Garfield’s intended departure 'aud the
wards me. I ruspicioned every rainit were scene at the depot during the tragedy, and
long wagon that contained tho anacondas, com rows, and several old farmers started
and the tall one conceding the giraffe, and off elephant hunting, to the wilds .of Africa,
the train of spotted horses and the Shetland
ponies all in full view, and, last bnt not
least, the mighty elephant, stalking majes
tic through the mud. Aud when he ap
peared we all, children and niggers, simul
taneously aud instantly disappeared,
rolling and tnmbling over the
nearest tones in wildest alarm,
and even when on the other side, tbe bravest
of os held his breath as he tremblingly sur
veyed the fearful monster through a knot
hole in a plank. Upon one occasion like
this, as I was clinging around the neck of
my old black nurse and both of
us fearfully peeping through
n crack in the fence at tbe
terrific elephant as be passed in the circus
pageant, she said to me in an awe-struck
whisper, "Honey, dey say dat ole elephin
lirinkmi de < loonee nbor dry when he cross
liit dis mawniu, an’ ef anybody wuz to mak
him map, ho’d squirt hit all out troo dat
ole fodder trunk or his’n, and converge dis
whole town." Tremblini with fear lest
the mighty beast should be insulted on his
triumphal march, and out village be swept
from the fuoe of the oarth by a sudden de
luge from this vast perambulating reser
voir that contained the Oconee river, I
w.itdhed him out of sight and then, breath-
ing freer, I asked: “Mammy, where did
tin- elephant eotne from ?” “He cum wid
de cirkiss,” she answered evasively. “I
know that," said I, “but where did the cir
cus come from Her face instantly as-
-utued that look of appalling solemnity
and mysterious wisdom every Southern
horn person remembers on the counte
nance of the old black nurse when prosssd
too hard by childish questions. "Honey,
do Lord oa’y know whar de cirkias come
from! I dou’ know, an’ nobody else
know 1 Hit mosly cum at night, and go at
night, but whar hit oum from and whar
hit go I caul tell you, an’
dry ain’t nobody in dis worl’
dat can. Fu« thing we knows
we sees all dem yallcr an’ red picters a
-tickin’ gin’ de fenoes and de walls, but no
body ain’t nebber seed nobody put ’em dar
lit. Day cum like ole Jack Pros’ cam—in
de night—an’ nex’ ting here cum all dem
' iris waggins and kaliker bosses, an’ dem
kangaroos ters an* rhinoeerent usee, an’ dat
"elephin, an’ all de res’ ob de wile
bruteses a howlin’ an’ roarin.’ an’ all dem
ring-streaked and stripety oirkls folks dat
kin walk wid dey heels in de a’r, an’ kin
turn flip-jacks and flap-flops on gallopin’
bosses an* stick dey heads in lion moufs;
but honey, when you ax me whar all dem
outlandish critters cum from wid sich
bowdashious (loins, you ax me too much,
tho’syobornl” i thought what my old black
mammy didn’t know was not worth know
ing, so 1 inquired no further, and for some
f ears half believed the circus came out of
that mysterious land so real and so close to
os in childhood—the land of fairies, sprites,
giants, ghosts and Santa Glaus, and
•here all horrible and beautiful things
dwell. I have only just found
out by accident this summer where theoir-
oag lives when it is at borne, aud, as I have
thought perhaps it might interest some
one else to know, I have chosen this cari
ous subject for a letter. I went notions
ago, for change and rest, from New Yo.i
Gitv up the Harlem railroad, seeking quiet
and country board. I found both at the
small village of Somers town, fifty miles
from New York, in the loveliest pastoral
country my eyes have ever rested upon. The
whole face of the earth is covered with
and, strangest of aUTbrought them back an
made fortunes out of them. Some of the
most daring acrobats nnd finest bareback
riders in America came from this raral re
gion, and who would believe that "honest
John” in “smock frock,” hoeing in iiis na
tive potato patch, could ever become tho
brilliant creature familiar to us in the cir
cus ring, gorgeous in flesh-colored tights
and bespangUd velvet truuks, performing
various "unparalleled and world-renowned'
feats! These old farmers,-too. Fancy a
man who had lived his whole life on a farm
and scarcely traveled a day’s jonmey from
liis home, starting to African jangles after
tigers, lions and elephants. The difficul
ties and dangers, the hairbreadth escapes,
not only in the capture of the beasts, but in
subsequent taming) AU of these strange,
thrilling experiences can many of these
plain, simple-looking old country people
relate. Indeed, you cannot, find many
men in th's region but have
been connected with the circus di
rectly or iudirectly with its patronage.
As forlhe If dies of this section, I wouldn’t
dare say if I knew, and I’m sure don’t
know. It was hinted to me that some of
them had acquired a certain airy grace of
motion from frequent jumping through
paper covered hoope and vaulting on bare
backed steeds, bnt I rejected the idea with
horror, and feel convinced it was a base
fabrication, though I have not the honor
of tbeir acquaintance, and can’t speak of
my own knowledge. My husband and I
boarded for some weeks iu a farm house
not far from Somers town, the home
of Hackaliah Bailey and tho first
elephant), and in frequent rides through
the charm ing country one elegant residence
aftor another was pointed out to us as tho
home of such aud such a great circus man.
Certainly the show business must have
been a "bonanza” to most of them, judg
ing from the lavish display of wealth upon
their country seats. One day we passed the
home of “John Jane,” the proprietor, I be
lieve, of the first genuine American circns.
At another time, following a road that
skirted one of the lovely lakes of
the region, we came unexpectedly
upon a row of singular houses or
sheds, which upon inquiry proved to be
literally “dens of wild beasts,” or the
homes and resting places of the animals
of some one of the great shows of the ddy
(I've forgotten which one). At the farm
house where we chose temporary lodging
we set at the table every day with a sick
man, also a boarder, so gentle, timid, even
humble in his manner that I made special
efforts to be pleasant and kind to him, and
when our acquaintance had ripened into
something like friendship my feelings can
be better imagined than described to
discover^ that he belonged to
■ Howe’s great Enropean circus,” or
some other “show,” and turned somersaults
round a circus ring for a living. The little
village of Homers wm a lively plaoe, they
tell me, some years ago. It lies on the old
turnpike road between New York and Al
bany, and here the bead oentre of the cir
cus—the people must have been a “jolly set
of dogs.” Here were held the Fourth of
July celebrations—” the tallest Join's” in
all the country roundabout) and all the
county balls.
I have described the town of Somers, but
can’t close this rambling letter without
mentioning one of the moot remarkable
and entertaining men in America, whose
home is in this section, though he is in no
green grass; no unsightly gullies and bare ) way identified with the circus, tbe subject I
fields marring the fair prcepeet as with us have written upon,
my last, when all to oncct ol’ Prancer
turned ’round an’jest liftin’ his heels scut,
thet shell a Ilyin’, square back towards th’
enemy’s camp. Ye see, . ho kicked
it a turrble v hack and it fell
inside tli’ enemy's lines an’ busted an’
killed more'n a dozen men. Our captain
said that my boss havin’ kicked thet thar
shell were a ‘special prov’dence,’ but I say
’t were pure smartness iu tli’boss. Ob, I
see ye a smilin’ over thar behind the
stove, but I hope t’ turn m’aelf inside out
an’ swallcr nt’self iu less ’n ten sccon’s if
that tliar ain’t tbe hull truth,”.
“What became of this wonderful
horse, Unde Jerry?” inquired one, of the
listeners.
“Wall, that’s what I were goin’t’ tell
yc when I apt out a spinnin’ this yam.
A few weeks a-ter the'lime he kicked the
cannon hall back into the British camp,
we were a havin’ a little skirmish down
nigh Mosy and Dixon’s line, in Vlrginny,
an’ th’ boss got captured by one o’ them
gray back soldiers they called—lemme
see, some kind o’ monkeys—ob, gorril-
Icrs, an’ ho tack’t t’ Richmond ’bout tbe
time General Washington was lavin’
Siege to . that town an’ General
Grant' an’ Abe Linkum was raisin’
Cain'. Ye sde, the boss couldn’t
stan’ bein’ a prisoner, so one day ho pick
ed up a keg a’ nitcr-glycery in’s teeth an’
jest dropped it 1- siden th’ tent where ono
of th’ oll’ccrs were a sleepir.’. Well, they
couldn’t find ’nough left of that olTcer to
make even a respcct’ble Southern fun’ral
an’ they concluded th’ boss had been guil
ty .of treason. Thoy shot him au’ bad’s skin
stuffed, an’ ol’ Peto Kilium tol’ me that
ha seed ol’ I’rancer’s skin In Mr. Ilar-
nuinses show down in New York
not more’n a couple of year ago.
Yes, he were one boss among a thousan’
an’ I felt awful bad when Iheerd tell o’
his death an’so did Case an’ Jerry—
them’s my sons. Well, yes, don’t care If
I do. Barkeep, little gin and tansey, an’
here’s lookin’ at yo an’ hopin’ one day yo
may own as smart a boss a3 old Prancer
were.”
Jerry stowed away the drink and tbe
crowd returned to tho subject of politics
and graveyard insurance.
ST It A VSS’S ORCUESTHA.
Jlovr It Sounded to An American In
Berlin.
Providence Journal.
The Winter Garden Is a largo hall with
graveled floor, ornamented with a profu
sion of tropical plants and covered with
a glass roof. It has u restaurant, so that
the people arrange and occupy themselves
as at liilsc’s. The orchestra appeared
promptly at seven, and a man of medium
size with very black hair cut short, and a
black moustache, stepped briskly to the
front. This was Edward .Strauss. He
looked young, but I don’t know bis age.
He certainly = -ave himself up to the work
of leading in a commendable manner. He
led not only with his right arm and baton,
but also with the other arm, with his
head, his feet, liis whole body. The whole
of him seemed to be in motion contin
ually.
Tbe first selection was an overture. I
do not now remember what. Tbo orches
tra played it in excellent time and with
much spirit. Then followed a composi
tion by ono of the Strausses; the rest of
the programme m fact was almost entire
ly Strauss. The leader this time appear
ed with a violin in his hand. He started
his orchestra off, then swung around toj
ward the audience, swept the violin to
his shoulder, ami joined in with tho ut
most grace, half dancing and swaying bis
body to tbs beat of the music. After a
little he would turn and direct the play
ers, then fall in again himself. This per
formance of his, in addition to the perfec
tion with which his orchestra played,
awakened no great enthusiasm. The
evening really gave us no little pleasure.
One or two selections of classical music
were disappointing, but the Strauss music
itself wm beautifully played.
“Indian Department,” Washington, D. O.
I am anxious to introduce Dr. Ball’s
Cough Syrup among my Indiana, having
used it myself for several months, ana
think it one of the finest remedies I ever
found. I assure you, it is the only thing
that ever relieved me of a protracted
cough, brought on by exposure while on
the Sioux Commission last year.
A. G. Boone,
Agent for Poncas and U. S. Commissioner.
Hsko fiOO OO for Claris
The publishers of Rntledge’s Monthly in
tbe prize puzzle department of their
Monthly for December offer tbe following
easy way for some one to make $20.00:
To the person telling us which is the
longest verse in the Old Testament Scrip
tures by December 10.1881, we will give $20
in gold as a prize. The money will be for
warded to the winner December 15, 1881.
Those who try for the prize must send 20
cents with their auswer, for which they will
receive tbe Christmas number or the
Monthly, in which will be published the
name and address of the winner of the prize
with the correct answer thereto. Cut this
ont; it may be worth $20 to yon. Address,
Rutledge Pub isbiug Company, Easton,
Fa. ' • j,
also traced the course pursued by Guiteau
reading letters soliciting office addressed
to the President, Secretary Evarts and
Secretary Blaine. The District Attorney
stated that the letters proved the mail to
be of good, hard sense and crafty to a de
gree, as was also shown by liis conduct
during this time. He gave Gulteau’s
movements iu detail previous
to aid on the day of ,. the as
sassination. Ho was prepared
to prove that from the time of Guiteau’?
arrival in the city until the last expects
lion of securing an appointment ho was
au earnest so-called “Garfield man,but.
when he lost’hope of getting a place, with
his knowledge of the wcrlu (for lie was s
man of no ordinary ability in this dlrec
lion) ho determined to take advantage of
tho political situation in New York and
gave this as his reason lor killing the
President. He had been refused aditiis
sion to the Executive Mansion and beeu
forbiden by Secretary.Bj.a.ine ever to speak
ot tbe Paris consulate to him. Soured
and disappointed, on May 23d he wrote
tbe following letter:
“General Garfield: I have been irylne
to be your friend. I do not know wheth
er you appreciate it ; or not, but I am
moved to call your attention to the re
markable letter from Blaine which I have
just noticed. According to Mr. Farwell,
of Clrcago, Blaine is a vindictive potiti
ciau and an evil genius, and you will have
no peaca till you get rid of him. This
letter shows Mr. Blaine to be a wicked
man, and you ought to demand his im
mediate resignation; otherwise you and
the Republican party will come to grief.
I will see you in the morning if I can,
and talk with yon. Very respectfully,
“Chables Guiteau.”
This letter was the first indication of
his determination to be revenged for fan
cied affronts. It will be sbowri that on
June 16tli among his papers he wrote the
words: “I conceived the idea ol remov
ing the President four weeks ago.” Once
resolved on his course, it took bat little
time for him to decide that he must rep
resent tho action as being iu vindication
of some great principle. He knew that
he must have some screen in front of the
real motive.
Corkbill then went over the circum
stances of Guiteau borrowing money for
the purchase of a pistol, his target firing,
aud finally the murder, closing with au
earnest appeal to the jury to see that lbe
great offender met fits just punishment.
Daring tbe delivery of the address quiet
reigned in every corner of the court room.
Guiteau himself was the only man who
seemed to pay no attention to it. He
spent the time looking over newspapers
and occasionally convening with his
brother. When reference was made to
Gulteau’s assertion that Secretary Blaine
was running his department in the inter
est of his own presidential aspirations in
1681, the secretary broke out into a good-
liumored smile. Later, when the Tetter
wm read charging the secretary with be
ing a vindictive man and advising tbe
President to get rid of him, there wm
a general laugh, in which the secretary
joined. There was one marked scene in
tbe delivery of the address. At the pass
age where the District Attorney showed
that he had threatened ruin to
the President, the prisoner,
who was apparently a careless listener,
dropped his'paper, broke out and said
with considerable nonchalance, “Politi
cs!, ruin, your Honor; notpersoual.” Upon
being reprimanded by the Judge for this
interruption, Giuteau said, “I will offend
“grin, your Honor. 1 feelja deep interest
in the case.” “I should think, under the
circumstances, you would,” remarked
the court, dryly. Guiteau then subsided.
During the affecting close of Mr. Cork-
hill’s address, Mrs. Scoville bowed her
bead and wept. Several other ladies
were in tears. Mr. Robinson announced
that the defense would reserve their
opening.
At tbe conclusion of tbe Dis
trict Attorney’s speech, Secretary Blaine
was called for tbe prosecution, and ex
amined relative to the sbootiug, and after
detailing the facts of tbe shooting pointed
out on a diagram of tbe Baltimore and
Potomac depot tbo spot where it occurred,
lie wm cross-examined by Mr. Scoville
about tbo difficulty In the Republican
party in the New York Legislature and
the events connected therewith, with the
view of showing the feeling of bitterneM
in politics, and tbe bearing on tbe prison
er’s mind. At tbe conclusion ot Mr.
Blaine’s testimony, tbe court took c recess.
After recess Guiteau again created a
scene by attempting to address tbe court,
but wm promptly quieted by tbe threat of
removal. A number of witnesses were
called, among them Mr. Carmacbo, the
Venezuelan minister, Geonrs Adams, of
tbe Evening Star, Mrs. Waite, and a
number of other employes at the depot,
all of whom testified to tbe incidents
transpiring at the depot, with little differ
ence in their statements. Tbe witnesses
were severely cross-examined by Scoville,
and, at tbe conclusion, the court adjourn
ed till to-morrow.
Washington, November 18l—The
fifth day of the famous trial—famous only
absolute quiet, and devoted himself to his
papers. District Attorney Corkhlll offered
in evidence certain letters, which were
yesterday read, to Blaine to be identified
by him. E, A. Wagner wm then called
a witness, but failed to respond. James
K. Sharpe was called aud sworn. He did
hot tee tbe shooting, but saw the prisoner
attempting to escape and - witnessed his
arrest. tuU - - •: *«t
Ella M. Ridgely heard a conversation
between Guiteau and s backraan, who was
engaged by the prisoner to drive him to
the Congressional Cemetery. Joshua A.
Doa-:e, gate-keeper, Wnr. P. Crawford,
drayman, and others who were present at
the Baltimore aud Ohio depot on July
20Lli, testilied to the net of the shooting.
Policeman Kearney, who arrested Gui
teau, claimed to have done so without
assistance, whereupon Guiteau Mked
him several questions, and demonstrated
to liis satisfaction that lie (Guiteau) did
not run away, bui coolly put up his pistol
and surrendered.
The court then took a recess lor a half
hour. Many spectators remained in their
seats during the recess. When the court
reconvened the examination of witnesses
was proceeded with. Barton, a colored
haektnan, testified to offering to convey
Guiteau from tho depot to the Comiress-
tonal Cemetery for two dollars, and that
soon afterwards he heard 'shots, rushed in
the depot, saw the President lying upon
the floor and Guiteau runulng back.
Sevillon A. Brown, chief clerk of the
State Department; testified ’ to frequent
visits of Guiteau to the department with
au application for the Austrian mission;
that be had given instructions to exclude
Gulteau’s cards, because he thought it
not worth Secretary Blaine’s while to see
him so often. Guiteau, be said, seemed
to be a nervous individual, and never
looked any one straight in the eye.
Guiteau, at this point, Interrupted and
said: “I look you in tho eye, Mr.
Brown.”
Detective Eckert described the scene in
the police office when Guiteau was
brought in, and his subsequent transfer to
the jail. . . , bits
J. Stanley Brown, private secretary to
the lata President Garfield, testified to
Gulteau’s frequent visits to the White
House lMt March and April, and that bis
visits were so persistent and the manner
of his applications such that, h'e sent him
to the State Department.
James L. Denny, newsdealer at the de
pot, identified the package of papers left
>y Guiteau at.liis stand on tbo day of the
shooting. At the conclusion of Denny’s
examination, the court adjourned till to
morrow! ’ ■ • 1 ’
Washington, November 10.—The
crowd about tbe court house this morning
was lar greater than on any previous
morning. All the corridors leading to tbe
eourt room were densely packed and
much difficulty was experienced in gain
ing admission by those whose presence
was needed in the court-room. To avoid
a scramble it has beeu found necessary to
issue tickets of adtnisslonl 1 As On yester
day, tbe greater portion of tbe spectators
were ladlos. Court opened without inci
dent, and George C. Maynard was put on
tho stand. lie testified to loaning Gui
teau ten dollars at one time and fifteen at
another. Guiteau protested against the
line of evidence, and said he didn’t think
it anybody's business whether he owed
twenty-five dollars, some ono owed him
twenty-five dollars. Maynard is a good
fellow and I owe him twenty-five dollars;
tbat’s all there is in U. Mr. Corkbill de
sired to prove by tho witness that Uui
teau borrowed the twenty-five dollars to
buy a pistol. Tho witness, cross-examin
ed, thought Guiteau looked seedy and
hungty. The prisoner showed much feel
ing and frequently interrupted the wit
ness, asserting that he lived first-class and
wore a seventy-doliar suit of clothes;
knew plenty of public men, and bad all
tbe money ho wanted. His mental con
dition, aud not his physical, was at fault.
He had a big load on his mind- about that
time.
John O’Meara teslifie d as to selling a
pistol to Guiteau. Guiteau aouounced
to the court that ho had John B. Town
send, of New York, Leonard Sweet and
A. S. Trude, of Chicago, to assist him.
There wm plenty of brains on the other
side, and in the Interest of justice he de
sired m much ou his. “Another mat
ter,” be continued, “I desire to call to the
attention of the court. There are a
number ot disreputable characsers about
tbe court, and some threats of violence
have been made duriug tbe week pMt.
I bave no fears for my personal safety.
Tbe chief of police bM kindly furnished
me a body guard, and 1 wish to notify all
•vil-disposed persons that if they attempt
to barm me my body guard wilt shoot
them down. That’s all there is about it.”
Then, nodding to the reporter’s table, be
added: “Reporter, put that down.”
Col. Rockwell began to relate tbe oc
currences at the depot, but Mr. Scoville in-
posed, acknowledging the killing. Gui
teau quickly shouted, “Np, your Honor,
we acknowledge tbe shooting, but not tbe
killing.” Col. Rockwell briefly related
the facts within his knowledge, and was
followed by Gen. Swaitn, who wm at
Elberon when the shooting occurred.
Dr. D. W. Bliss wm then called. Tbe
witness related tbe events from the time
he wm called to tbe time of tbe Presi
dent’s death. The Immediate cause of
death wm hemorrhage. The witness then
explained the character of the wound*
using the upper portion of a wired skele
ton tor the purpose of Illustration, and
detailed at great length the progreM, and
symptoms of the case "Pending the ar
rival of the vertebrae, the witness was sub
jected to a lengthy cross-exam inatjon,
one of tbe horses. Seeing an armed
policeman by the side of ine driver, he
exclaimed, “I’ve shot tho —— of a
• ,” and putting spurs to his horse.
started down East Capitol street in the
direction of the Congressional Cemetery.
Tbe policeman fired one shot at the fast
disappearing horeeman, and the driver of
the van whipped bis horses Into a gallop
and kept in sight of him for several
btockl. The would-be avenger wm, how
ever, mounted upon a blooded horse, and
readily escaped into the outer country.
He Was described m a smooth laced man
about twenty‘fl7e years old, and a dash
lne horseman. 11a had on a dark brown
suit ot clothes.
The van then proceeded to the jail, aud
Gu'teau was taken out in H stale of great
excitement. He exclaimed: “I have been
shot. Notify Major Brock at once. Tell
him to arrest the scoundrel and have him
dealt with as he deserves.”. Ou exami
nation it wm found that the ball had just
grazed Gulteau’s left wrist, inflicting a
mere scratch. The ball struck tbe oppo
site side: of the van and fell upon tbe
floor, where it was found on reaching tbe
jail.
Tbe announcement of the attempt upon
Gulteau’s life created intense excitement
on tbe street, and all sorts of rumors were
at once iti circulation. The would-be
killer was seen about the court house this
afternoon acd attempted to get admitted
during the day but failed.
He wm also seen to mount
his horse near tbe court boose soon
after the van left and ride leisurely alter
it. It was rumored that he hailed from
Illinois, but there seems to be no founda
tion for the report. It wm ■ whispered in
the crowd without the court bouse, just
previous to adjournment, that to-day
would be the last of tbe trial. A remark
was also heard in the crowd that if any
one wanted to see Guiteau they bad bet
ter do so to-d*y. This would lead to a be
lief that more than one person wm
aware that the attempt would be made.
Washington, November!!).—A young
man named Jones, living in the country,
near the city,-and known as a crank, has
been arrested m the man who fired at
Guiteau this afternoon.
Tbo Tori O'Convention.
Chicago, November 17.—In the tariff
convention, the committee on resolutions
made its report, which wm adopted with
out opposition. The platform recites that
the protective policy of America is to be
credited with having not only provided a
revenue to subdue tbe rebellion, to revive
national credit and to discharge in a large
part tho national debt, but also with hav-
ug quadrupled the industries ofthe coun
try,maintained an unexampled and contin
ued prosperity tor twenty years apd turn
ed tbe balance of trade steadily in our fa
vor, etc., and that, however well estab
lished our manufactures ' may be, a tariff
for tbeir protection and for revenue is
still needed, and that skilled laborers and
producers may have constant and remu
nerative employment.
Tbe convention gladly accepts the suc
cess of tbe International Cotton Exposi
tion now being held at Atlauta, Ga., as
evidence that the new South is deversi-
lying its Industries, employing Its people,
creating home markets and working up
its own raw material, thereby uniting our
Interests with theirs m ot one nation, and
maKing our American policy of protection
need to all sections.
The convention requests Congress, for
the more effectual protection and up
building of our merchant marine: First,
that American maritime property shall
be exempt from tbe burdens of State,
municipal and local taxation. Second,
they should make American vessels tbe
carriers of American mails at rales pro-
;>ortionate to tbe value or the service per-
: brmed, without regard to tbe rates at
which foreign vessels, subsidized by
tbeirown governments, may be willing to
carry them. Third, the United States I
should regard tbe American commercial {
marine as an integral element of oar
American nationality, and should so dis
criminate in favor of American veMels,
and especially of those which are striving
to extend American trade to new countries,
as would secure to them a fair aud liberal
share of tbe world’s .carrying trade, pro
portionate to tbs dignity and power of
the country In other respects. Fourth,
that the methods adopted for meeting tbe
expenses of our consular service should
be remodeled so as no longer to amount
to a discriminating tax on American ves
sels to which tbe vessels of foreign coun
tries are not subject.
Resolved, That whenever any foreign
commodity which is produced or exists
in surplusage is constantly brougbt.to our
market as ballast, thus reducing the price
of our product, an increased duty should
be imposed thereon for the benefit of the
howe laborer and tbe government revenue.
Tbe convention disapproves of that class
of absurd treasury decisions which in
terpret Bessemer steel, bloom steel, wire,
rods, eottbn ties, and other products of
an advanced value, tbe production of
which bM begun since tbe tariff law was
passed, in a manner to class them under
the clause “not otherwise provided foa,”
instead of classing them under tbe desig
nation most nearly corresponding to these
prpducts in tbeir nature, cost or produc-
Jfnsnsy Brewa aad lbs lea Creaai
Tarty.
ITa per'e Tom ng Toikt.
There wm pretty nearly a whole week
that I kept out of trouble; but it didn’t
last. Boys are born to fly upward line
the sparks that trouble, and yesterday I
wm “up to mischief again,” m Sue eald,
though I never had the least idea of do
ing any mischief. How shonid an inno
cent boy, who might easily have been an
orphan had things happened in that way,
know all about cooking and chemistry
and such, I should like to kuow. It was
really Sne’a fault. Nothing would do
bnt abe must gtve a party, and, of course
she must have ice cream. Now, the ice
cream that our cake shop man makes
isn’t good enough for her, so she got
father to buy au ice cream freezer, and
said she would make the ice cream her
self. I wm to help her, and she
sent me to tbe store to order some salt.
I Mked her what she wanted of salt,
and she said that you couldn’t freeze ice I
cream without plenty of sal* >nQ l!>4l
was almost ^ necessary as ice. I went
to the store and ordered tbe salt, and then
bad a game or two of ball with tbe boys,
and didn't get home till late in tbe after
noon. There wm Sue freezing tbe ice
cream, and suffering dreadfully, so she
said. She had to go dress right away, and
told me to keep turning the ice cream
freezer till it froze; aud dou’i run off aud
leave me to do everything again,yougcod-
for-nothing boy; I wonder how you can
do it. 1 turned that freezer for ever so
long, but nothing would freeze; so 1 made
up my mind that it ueeded more salt. I
didn’t want to disturb anybody, so 1
quietly went into tbe kitchen and
got tbe salt-cellar and emptied it
into tbe ice cream. It began to freeze
right away; but I tasted it, and it was
awfully salt, so I got tbe jug of golden
syrup and poured about a pint into tbe
ice cream, and wbeu it was done It wm
a beautiful straw-color. But there , wm
an awful sceue when the party tried to
eat that ice cream. Sue handed it round,
aud said to everybody) “This it
ray toe oreem and yoq puut be sure to
like It,” The first oue she gave it to was
Dr. Porter. He is dreadfully fond of ice
cream, and be smiled such a big smile,
aud said lie WM sure it was Jt’ugbtfui,
aud took a whole spoonfb!. Then
he jumped up m if something
had bit him, and went out of tbe
door in two jumps, and we didn’t see
him again. Tiieu turee more men tasted
tiieir ice cream, and jumped up and ran
after the doctor, and two girls said “Oh,
my!” and beld their handkerchiefs over
tbeir faces, and turned Jost as pale. And
then everybody else, put their ice cream
down on tbe table, aud Mid thank you;
they guessed they wouldn’t take any.
The party was regularly spoiled, and
When I tasted the lee cream I didn’t won
der. It was worse than the best kind of
strung medicine. Sue was in a dreadful
state of uiiud, aud when the
party had gone borne—all but oue man,
who lay under tbe spple tree all night and
groaned like he wm dying, only we
thought it wm cals—she made me tell her
all about tbe salt and tbe golden syrup.
She wouldn't believe that I had tried to
do my best and didn’t mean any harm.
Fattier took her part, and said 1 ought to
eat some of the ice cream since 1 made it;
but I said I’d' rather go up stairs with
him. So 1 went. "*
Some of these days people will begin to
understand that they are just wasting aud
throwing away a boy who always tries to
do his best, and perhaps they’ll be soriy
When it’is too late.
OYER COMPLAINT.
AT first tbe Liver sets elizhtly enforced
and tbe patient suffers with pain in tbo
right aide, indigestion and constipation.
He is occasionally feverfkh and haa a pe
culiar unhealthy sallow look, which he prob
ably falls to notice, which is suffleienUy
obvious to his friends. He is nervous
out of sorts, his appetite fails and emacia
tion, debility aad low spirits increase. If
those first symptoms are neglected the liv
er soon undergoes a serious OBGaNIO
change, and an early and painful death Is
the inevitable oonseqnenoe. No half-way
measures will suffice for the core of this
horrible complaint. The liver most be
brought back to a healthy state and that
to > without delay.
For tula we Ksmm •t no NstHdae
Eqssl to or Ihatcss be Coos •
pored wilts
Sims’ Liver Regulator.
By its numerous and surprising cures
it has acquired a reputation throughout
the whole oountry as a medicine possess
ing the most marvelous and potent effect
on tbe liver—the largest and most import
ant organ in the body. It is fitly called
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BLE—prepared from root* and herbs, pos
sessing extraordinary power and efficacy
on the Liver.
The action of lbe Regulator is free fiom
nausea or griping. It is most effective iu
starting the secretions of the liver, oausing
the bile to aot ns a cathartic. When there
is an excess of bile in the stomach, tho
Regulator is an active purge; after the re
moval of the bile it will regulate the bow
els nnd impart vigor ana health to thq
whole system. #
About two ysafs sM, while publiah-
ipg tbe Sturgeon Independent, we
advertised your Celebrated Liver
Regulator. I tried some of It tn my
family, and my wife, who had suf
fered with Liver Complaint for fif
teen years, and during that timo
had been under the treatment of
at least twenty physicians, who did
not relieve her. But one package
of your Regulator cured her entire
ly, for this I am truly grateful to
you. Several other persons have
tried it with like success. Frater
nally yours.
“A. RODEMYRE,
“Editor Fireside Guard,
□ ‘Centralis. Mo.”
“My wife had been a great sufferer with
Liver Complaint for many years and tried
a gnat many medicines without receiving
any lasting benefit. Ube at last tried Him-
moos’ Liver Regulator, which cured her,
and can testify to its great merits. Very
eepectfully,. ED. BEATTY,
“Newton, Ohio.”
“1 have tried Simmons’ Liver
Regulator myself and flud-it to be
the best medicine for a disordered
state ofthe liver I ever tried. I have
suffered more or leas from Liver
Disease for fifteen years past, au j
until l was induced by a friend of
mine in Crouton, Ohio, some three
or four weeks ainoe, to try this
remedy. 1 have never felt such a
change iu such a short time, from
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The most “sensational” article in tbe
North American for December is the sur
gical symposium on the treatment nf
President Garfield’s case. The symposias-s
are Dr. Hammond, Dr. Ashurst, Dr. Sims
and Dr. Hodgeu. Dr. Hammond, who is
criticising tbe treatment under what to
-any other surgeon would be tbe serious
handicap of having accepted ibe diagnosis
of the surgeons and advised that a ' large
incision should be made in the patient’s
abdomen in order to remove a bullet now
shown te bave been encysted in the small
of the patient’s back, stands to m many of
his guns as possible and denies that ibe
wound wm necessarily mortal, asset ting
that “during the first forty-eight hours tbe
surgical practice wm not iu accordance
with well-defined and acknowledged sur
gical precepts.” Ou the other hand, Dr.
Ashurst does “not see that the treatment
could have been altered in any way to
the advantage of tbe illustrious pa
tient; nothing wm done that should have
been omitted, and nothing was left un
done that could possibly bave been of
benefit.” Dr. Sims says that tbe wound
wm “certainly mortal.” “View the Pres
ident’s case as we may, be had not the
leMt chance of recovery under any cir
cumstances or any treatment. Without
the wound of the vertebrae it would have
been impossible for him to die. With it it'
was impossible for him to live.” Dr. Hod- 1
gen says be “can see no reason for adverse
eriUcisu of any part of tbe management.”
A less interesting symposium is that on
“The Death Penalty,” by Dk. Cheever,
Samuel Hand and Wendell Phillips. Dr.
Cheever rests bis approval of capital pun
ishment chiefly on Scriptural grounds and
Mr, Hand his on grounds mainly of pub
lic policy,while Mr. Phillips opposes it be
cause it is repugnant to his finer feelings.
Mr. Raison has a vigorous paper on the
modern Mpect of tbe Monroe doctrine.
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agreeable Purgative
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TROPH’-FRI IT L4X4T1TR ift the bo*t
preparation In thh mda lor Comm Inal ton, I .ill-
Ollsn* sm, )l9idtrliX 1*.!»•:«. refill a!l kindred Ci*;n-
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It Impart? vigor lo mind and body, and tiiniM-if
Melancholy. Hypochondria, <V<\ One rr,» K
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I saw so much said about tbe merits of
Hop Bitters, and .my wile, who wm al
ways doctoring, and never well, teased
me so urgently to get her some 1 con
cluded to be humbugged again; and I am
glad I did, for In 1cm than two months’
use of the Bitters my wife was cured,
and has remained so tor eighteen months
since. I like such humbugging. H. T.
8t. Paul.—Pioneer Press.
ot these decisions is to stake tbe duties
on these articles diminish as tbe amount
of labor invested in them increases.
Tbe national Internal revenue taxes
should be gradually reduced, with a view
to their extinguishment within a reason
able period. Tbe convention recom
mend! the passage of a law for appoint
ing a commission to revise our ravenue,
including both tbe internal revenue and
the supposed object being to iay ther’'tariff laws, in the interest of protection
foundation for the theory of malpractice, and needed revenue.
Brewcbltle.
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Millions of rats, mice, cats, bed-bugs,
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Under these dmnnstanees a
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HOSTETTErs
Sitters
One of the Icassaahls Plsssans
Of ilfe, a properly cooked meal, affords
little or no present enjoyment, and ranch
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combatted with Hostetler’s Bitters, the
food is eaten with relish, and most ira-
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fever, ague, dyspepsia, etc. Ask for Col- corrective also to remedy const!pa-
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erally- lw.
Db. C. F. Manson, of 2040 North 7th
street, Philadelphia, says: “I have used
Liebig Co-’s Coca Beef Tonic among my
uon and need of protection. The effect -patients with the most satisfactory re
sults.” The drain of strength caused by
malaria, lung afiectlons/em&le complaints,
Imperfect digestion and biliousness is
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Wbkn a lecturer hag worked Hie ladies
of his audience ao near to the weeping
point tbit they have gotten out their
handkerchief aud then suddenly change's
his tone aud specks ofthe merits tf Dr,
Bull’s Coogh Syrup he is bound to
a feeling of ludignati on.
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GEORGIA, BIBB COUNTY—Whereat
R. T. Avant, administrator of the estate of
Marj til Brown haa made application fat
letters of dismission from said aetata:
These are therefore to cite or d admass
isK all parsons concerned to he appearand
appear at the Coart ai Ordinary of said
county on first Monday ia January aexb to
show cause if any they have, why said ap
plication should not be granted. Witness
my hand officially, October \ U8L
octfrsfca* J. A. MoMAKUft. C “