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Newspaper Page Textw- g s T;’ & ;;** uasar<aat««>*- . $ |$MP> 5 s - JOURNAL AND MESSENGER THE FAMILY JOURNAL—NEWS—POLITICS- LITERATURE—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc.-FRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM. ESTABLISHED 1826. MACON, FRIDAY* MAY 26, 1882. VOLUME LVI -XO 19 % - ' — ... —.— — —■ ■ SOME DAY. Some day. my dear, you’ll remember, You viii understand all aome day. Some day, my dear, you’ll wonder How you could ever go away; You may be among the mountain*, Or down by the *ea on the aand, But aome day you'll rarely remember. And remembering—understand. You may think that you have forgotten My love and my life and me; The memory of that wintry day May not come back to thee; That day when we loved and we parted. And yon left me for farolflanda. But someday you'll rarely remember, And remembering—understand. You will think of that bitter quarrel. And the cruel words that you said. You will wonder If 1 have forgotten And forgiven them now 1 am dead; You will look in vain for a something— You will miss the clasp of a hand— Oh. then you'll rarely remember. And then you’ll understand. •—Hartford Post. CURIOSITIES AT LEISURE. Giants Friendly sslUa Dwarfs, Fat Fsnsss Sociable with aad Extremely Good ward Everybody—Tbe ed Woman's Accompli Sew York Ssa. “He’s passionately fond of blm,” the manager said, referring to the giant, who was gazing at the dwarf. "He follows him all over In bis travels. At first tbe dwarf was very coy; but tbe last proof of tbe giant's affection softened bis heart. ’the giant followed bim from Liverpool, and after Uiat tbe dwarf gave bim his friendship unreservedly. Since then they are together nearly all tbe time. Curiosities are not usually so devoted. I only know two other cases of genuine de votion between curiosities. Capt. and Mrs. Bates, tbe giants, are hap pily married, and Hannab Battersby, the fat woman weighing 720 pounds, who married a living skeleton, is passi%- ately fond of her husband audbeofher. Tbe giants as a class are affectionate. They are like big mastiffs, fond of being petted and kind to all who are kind to them, but at the same time time ready to reseat an insult. Of course there is some rivalry. Size is a very delicate point with giants, and it hurts tbe sensitiveness of a giant to see some one bigger than himself. Then, again, some giants are active and quick-tempered. There was Monsieur Blen, tbe French giant, who died a few years ago in Brooklyn. Ho was quick, gallant and passionate. He once got into a row with Goshen, and they bad a round or two, in which the Frenchman got a little the worst of It.” "Do giants usually have the character istics of their countrymen 2” “As a rule they have. Of course they have seen many countries, learned many languages, and are consequently more or less cosmopolitan. SU11 they retain some national traits. Chans, the Chinese gi ant, for instance, like all Hs countrymen, is cautious, cute, and thrifty in bis living. He is a great reader, especially of books In his native language. His library forms a considerable part of bis luggage. Then be is continually receiving newspapers from China which be peruses with great interest. He is also a close observer of men and things. During off hours, when be is not reading, be takes a carriage and has himself 4flven all over town. When be gets a chance of an evening he goes to the theatre. He made an engagement with Judge Hilton once, and spent an af ternoon in being shown all over Stewart’s. Curiosities are stared at so much daring exhibition hours that, as a rule, they do net like to go in public during the hours they have to themselves.” “What do Captain and Mrs. Bates do when they are not cm show?” M Tbeir pursuits do not differ much from that of ordinary persons. Captain Bates was born and brought up on a farm in Kentucky. Being intelligent, b% lias acquired considerable education, and has the frank, pleasant address of a Southern gentleman. His wife, who was a Miss Swan, was bom and brought up on a Harm in Nova Scotia. They met in a show in England. Both were homesick, and* being tiom the same continent, were nat urally attracted toward one another. Sizes and dispositions being about equal, they concluded to get married, and have never regretted their conclusion. Both are very domestic in their tastes. They are wealthy, and spend the greater part of their retirement on their farm in Ohio. During tbe day be potters around out of doors, and in tbe evening be sits in his luge rocking chair and tells stories on an “Is story telling on an extended scale a characteristic of giants?” “Well, I should say so. Bates once kept me here from 11 o’clock at night to 1 o’clock next morning telling me a story tha* a man of ordinary size would have told in ten minutes. But did you ever bear Goehen tell stories -tbe story of bis life, for instance? This is the way he starts off: *1 was bora in Old Jerusalem. I come from a family of giants, and am one of fifteen giants. 1 am the largest m»n in the world, exoept my mother, and sbA only half an inch larger. I am larger than all other giants, Norwegian giants, Southwegian giants, and all the net. I’ve writ abook. I writ In it all I know, and wbat I don’t know I didn’t write.’ At this point somo ona in tbe au dience called out to him. *Tbe book you didn’t write must have been a big one.’ He laughed like tbe rest of os. Eie’e the bost-natnied man 1 ever met. His prin ciple amusement is to bottonbole*people, and tell them about his inventions. He once told Mr. Bunnell that be had Invented tbe phonograph, and that Edison must have stolen it from him. He claimed to have rigged one up, and to bave bad it m full operation in tbe barn on his farm in New Jersey, and his theory is that Edison peeped through a crack and stole the Wtoa. Bbortlyafter- ward be informed me that he bad of late cause he was afraid of by day, when they saw him £soending toward them from mid air. TbemacMne was only adapted to a person of his sixe and power, but he hoped soon to finish his calculations for making flying ma chines ona smaller scale for otdinaiy persons. He is also fond of telling about bis adventures in tbs Crimean war, where be claims to have won hm titleof Colonel. I believe he hasfoven tetchy time—and instructs puplw on his farm-” “How does be spend most or his time?” “He likes to si ton a chair and whittle away at a slick. Heis quite skillful at man, being especially attentive to small ladies. He^ias been married several times, but one byonsof Us wives ran away from Urn. Heis also a very accomplished linguist, for there are fewliviiig languages in which he cannot convene. I may add that be sleeps on an extended scale.” “Are fat boys and tat women at all like dlDti In tdtwinftrtniftniy 1 good-natured, amusement Is to go to sleep. I have know many of them to fall fast asleep in their chain wUle “Tea. And a very interesting couple they were. There was, you see, tne charm of contrast and variety in this couple. She used to carry him up and down stain and prove her devotion in oth er ways. A very nice little girl was born to them, and they live together very bap- ily.” “Is the inference in temperament be tween fat curioeltiee and living skeletons as neat as their physical contrast ?” “Yes, quite; for while fat boys and fat girls are extremely good-natured, and so. dable and generous to a fault, tbe skele tons are an aggrieved, melancholy, peev ish, and saving lot. They avoid making acquaintances in order to be able to hoard their earnings and get out of the business as soon as possible. A living skeleton is extremely difficult to get along with, because he always considers himself tbe most attractive curioeltyin the show and is constantly making de mands accordingly. Most of them have come from from Massachusetts, where they were rural school teachers or shop keepers. They are usually well educated ana ready with their tongue, especially when It comes to talking politics. In deed, to talk politics Is their especial hobby and amusement, and with these discussions and reading they spend their time. Despite their thinness, they eat about as much as ordinary folks.” “Tbe Circassian women resemble ordi nary persons more than other cariosities. How do they amuse themselves?'’ “Well,” the manager said, after a little hesitation. “I’ll tell you something. Thera are no Circassian women in this country. Those called Circassians are simply pretty and shapely women who hare married side show managers or members of tbe troupe. They soak their balr in sour beer and then pose as Circas sians. Of coarse, a good deal of their time during off hours is spent in arrang ing their hair; the rest of tbe time they spend like ordinary persona.” ' “And the doable-beaded woman?” “She la tbe most charming of them all. She has had a liberal education and hae traveled extansiveb. Having kept four eyes open during her travels, and looked about with intelligent appreciation, she cau converse in a very lively and engaging manner. She was bora a slave on a plan tation in North Carolina. But the owner ef the plantation took a fancy to her and bad her educated with his son. Somo tiis-e ago she was enabled to buy tbe plaee, and now, when she is not on exhibition, she lives on the plantation, where she cares for her father and other members of her family. She has many friends, sod as she speaks French, Spanish and German, ahe ei\Joys the society of foreigners at well as that of her own countrymen. She re ceives thirty or forty letters a day.” “Do cariosities generally earn much money?” “Some have very large salaries. The two-headed woman gets $600 a week; Capt. and Mrs. Bates, $500. Single gi ants, if well known, get all the way from $100 to $209. On tbe other baud, a new giant will get only $25. Fat boys, unless very famous, rarely command more than $50, while the salaries of dwarfs run, ac cording to their intelligence, up to $200. SLA VES TO QUEER WHIRS. Sense of tbe Odd Notions that Govern the Urea of Those Who Live by Gambling It happened tbe other day that a re porter of tbe Stdi found himself in a com pany where the superstitions of gamblers was tbe topic of conversation. “Tell me there is no such thing as luck! You might as well try to convince me there are no poor people in the world,” said a veteran of the turf, continuing, “I used to have an old penny that I found on tbe track. I would put my miud on any bone that I thought pretty well of, and then throw my penny in the air. If tbe bead turned up 1 backed that bone for a winner, and 1 always won. I made s pile of money. One day I lost tbe cop per, and after that I lost nine bets in suc cession.” “Wbat is your opinion ?” was asked of a long time faro dealer. "Ob, of course I believe in luck,” was the answer, “and I could tell you some cartons stories. Some yean ago, when I was dealing bank on Broadway, a black cat found its way into the place, and from that time on we had luck without We believed it was the black cat that did it, and we took tbe best of care of her. The cat was with us six months, and night after night the bank was ahead, and made big winnings. There were three of us, and we .made $59,000 apiece in that time. One day tbe cat was miss ing. We always believed some of the boys put it out of the way, because they bad got onto our notions shout the ani mal, and three months afterward we were completely cleaned out.” Gamblers have acquired something of a reputation as free givers to charitable ob jects. In part the performances on which this reputation is hosed, are no doubt due to tbe well-established tsw what is easily won is freely spent. But there is another cause for the phenomenon. Charity with tbe gambler is in tbe nature of a propitia tory sacrifice to tbe goddess of luck. He is especially generous to the blind because luck is said to be blind. “I knew a gambler,” remarked a mem ber of the party, “who used to gives quarter every morning to a blind woman who ground a hand organ on the corner of Slxlji avenue and •Fourteenth street. Once or twice be forgot hlmartf, and I have known bim to xo back a mile to make his offering. If it .rained, and (he old woman was not there, he would not gamble. He kept that up ever so long, and he waa one of the luckiest players I ever knew.” “I am not a professional gambler,” re marked still another of tbe party, “but I do love a quiet game of poker now and then. I am not superstitious, and have often had my Joke at tbe expense of some of tbe boys for their fancies; bat when a man telle me that there la no such thing aa lack, I pat him down as wrong. Luck runs in streaks and when a fellow has it 1m can make tbe most foolish beta and win. 1 have had Just such streaks, made the most ridiculous bets, and yet won right along. 'Again, I have been very careful and calculating, and lost without intermission. When you are in luck teh thing to do is to force it. That’s my ad vice?* Seme gamblers will not play unless they eats do so In a particular seat at tbe table. They must face either east or west, north or south. Others will not play while a certain parson is present, having deter mined In hi* own mind that tbe individ ual has an evil eye—or, in the language of tbe profession, is a .“hoodoo.” Gamblers employ only colored men as attendants in their gaming houses, because, as they ■ay "there’s luck in a change of color.” They are careful to note tbe first number they see on a cart or other object in the street each morning; and whether it be odd or even makes a great difference in their feelings daring tbe day. There to no school guTa superstition that does not find a resting place in the mind of the average gambler. It Is with blm, as with them, unlucky to spill salt, ominous to be in a bouse when a minor la broken, unfortunate to see a pin pointing toward you is. your path, fruitful of evil to see the new moon over your left shoulder, bad to meet a cripple tost after ~e bouse; for worse to see a person first, dangerous to pass carriages in a funeral proces- to count tbe tame carriages. Nqwly gained posses aiona are closely watched by gamblers. If a gambler wins his first risk after porchss- S ; a ring nothing can induce him to part tbit. If be loses, he will give tbe ring away sooner than keep it. Each suit of clotbea he puts on is subject to the same test. Even the days of the week and tbe houses where be plays are considered lucky or unlucky, according as he ob serves an apparent tendency to win or lose on certain days or in certain places. Every act of a veteran gambler’s life la thus regulated to meet the exactions of a celf-impoeed fatalism. When be walks it most be on a certain side of the street, and with some, when the sidewalk is flagged, they must never take more than one step to each flag. This produces an exceedingly uneven S t, with now and then a tremendous up by way of variety. Many are sub ject to tbe plague which beset Samuel Johnaoo, of touching with a cane each enccesalve paling as they along a fence, and under no circumstances permitting themselves to miss one. Of coarse none could be got to make one of a party of thirteen at a table. At most gambling houses free dinners are served, and the plates laid are always either overor under this tabooed number. If it happen that ‘only twelve are seated and the thirteenth comes along, be will wait for the fourteenth. Should It happen that the thirteenth man is an outsider, professionally speaking, and not being under the spell of the snperstitlen, Is disposed to take a seat, he will either be reminded of tbe terrible calamity to which he exposes tbs whole party, or some member already seated will, with out more ado, absent himself until some supposed kicky number is again made possible by the addition of his presence. Of course, every gambler has bis favor ite card on which he takes risks. Some make ventures with particular sums of money, sometimes represented by curious fractions. Others make only a prear ranged number of ventures. But let the gambler be outwardly ever so cool find indifferent, Inwardly he is the slave, not only of a general dominant passion, but of an endless variety of childish and in consequent superstitions. SUPREME COURT SHOCKED. A Kansas Lawyer Appears Itcfore tbe Anicust Tribunal Without Collar or Xeefctte. From ike Chicago Timet. The Supreme Court of the United States is the embodiment of dignity and ponderous solemnity. The justices are hedged about by bristling points of eti quette thst protect them from ordinary people. Yesterday tbe court observed with uneasiness the presence of a tall, angular Individual, who sl.uthed Into the court room without collar or nock tie. Tbe abeonce ot these usual adornments was made more conspicuous through tbe fact of bis neck being very loug and nar row. Later In the day he was presented to the Supreme Court by Senator Plumb, and was duly admitted to practice as Mr. Lynn, of Allen county, Kansas. The newly admitted Kansas lawyer appeared at his presentation still without collar or tie. It was announced that be would make an argument before tbe court tbe next day in tbe case of the Phoenix Mu tual Life Insurance Company vs. Caro line A. Dester et al. A perplexing ques tion at once arose in the minds of tbe court. Poesibly Lynn of Allen county, Kansas, might outrage tbe court by leav ing ofTbis collar and tie when he came to make his argument. It that was already reasonably certain, might he not take off bis coat in the beat of his argument, and grow excited and yell bis brief into tbe sensitive ears of tbe now deeply agitated court. Justice, Gray who bad sternly re fused a lawyer witbont a collar permis sion to make an argument in the Massa chusetts court, where he formerly pre sided, was naturally consulted in the try ing emergency. It was finally agreed that the chief Justice should check Lynn ot Allen county, Kansas, in his mad career, if he should persist in his outrage upon decorum. * Just before tbe case was called Lynn entered the court room accompanied by his partner. Mis partner, a dark, sallow faced man, wore a collar about which a black tape was Ued. After a hurried consultation it was resolved to first con sult tbe partner who wore tbe one collar belonglug to the firm before proceeding to extreme measures. The partner was. mysteriously summoned to the olerk’s of fice, where tbe matter was submitted to bim by a subordinate of the court: “Why does your partner refrain from wearing a collar or tie ? Has he taken any vow that compels bim to assume such a peculiar attitude towards society?” It was ex plained to the partner that tbe Supreme Court was exceedingly doubtful of the propriety of permitting Lynn, of Allen county, to appear in the case until he had at least corrected the details of his garb. The partner explained that Lynn bad a throat trouble, and could not wear a col lar. “Oh, that is it.” An explanation was made to the Chief Justice, and be smiled, glad to be rid of tbe disagreeable task of reprimanding tbe offender, and so Lynn was allowed to appear. Tbe appearance of Lynn before the bar of tbe court made a sensation. His gen eral appearance of roughness, his angu larity of manner and reckless esse made everyone expect some absurd contre temps. He was an object well worth a sketch as he began his argument. His high, white forehead was surmounted by a high peak of dark hair that curled back ward. His sharp nose, heavy lips, and pointed brown goatee stood in bold relief upon a countenance tanned by years of exposure to prairie winds and sun. His shirt was open at tbe throat, showing a red flannel undershirt. At the wrists tbe red flannel appeared again in the place of cuffs. Tbe argument was clear, shrewd and able, bat the manner of lte delivery was aa uncouth and peculiar as the makeup of tbe speaker. He stood with his hands in his’pockeU at times,and then would bound at the Justices, snap ping his bony fingers in their faces as If they were so many Jurymen. But tbe ar gument came to an end without accident, greatly to the relief of the justices, who bad been upon the rack of suspense for nearly twenty-tonr boon. Lynn is the first man who ever made an argument in the court without a collar. isn’t act It. Diabetes, Bright’s Disease, Kidney, Urinary or Liver Complaints cannot be contracted by you or your family If Hop Bitters are used, and if y<*u already have any of these diseases Hop Bitters is the only medicine that will positively core you. Don’t forget this, and don’t get some puffed up stuff that will only Injure you. Dr. W. E. Scott, president of the Col lege of Physicians, Montreal, writes: “I have recoom mended Golden’s Liebig’s Liquid Extract of Beef and Tonic Invlg- orator as the best preparation used for debility, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Fever, Ague*, etc.” Ask for Coldm't, take other. Of druggists generally. Pain, irritation, retention, incontinence, S s, gravel, etc., cured by '’Bucbu- 1 $L Depot: Lamar, Bankln A , Macon, Ga. lw UNDER QUEENS BURY RULE*. How » Oswta; and a Sport HUM a Salt Lai* Trihtne. • Night before last an Arizona cowboy and a sport got into a dispute at a gam bling tabic, and in tbe altercation which followed, the gambler pulled out a six- shooter and placed It against the other’s breast. The cowboy, looking at the re volver, laughed and remarked: “I haven’t any weapons.” “Then go and heel your self,” was the reply, “and come back aud have a deal.” The cowboy-went away and solicited several people for the loan of a six-shooter, but he being a stranger, no one would ac commodate him. He returned, however, and stated to tbe gambler that Tie lad "boned a dosen men for a whistler,” but could not get one. He expressed a will ingness. however, to settle tbe row acco; J- ing to tne usages and customs of the P.-H. and mentioned the Queeusbory rales as tbe schedule J>y which he would like to run his train. The gambler aaid he was ready to settle the row in any way that was satisfactory, and If anybody had a copy of the Queensbury rales, he would like to look them over. A man was at once dispatched to a book-store, and a copy of tbe rules was secured. The gambler then sat down on a s*ool and gave tbe rules a critical Inspection. He finally remarked that tbe absence of kicking, gouging, and frce-blttiog accord ed with his ideas of a squat* fight. He was ready to make tbe game right there. “I tell yon, boys, the man who drew up tboes rales bad a heap of good horse sense. He wanted to see tbe best mau win.” At this point the cowboy wanted to be allowed to take a look at the rules him self, with a view to refresh his memory on a few points. This being allowed, everything was settled, and tbs two ad journed to the rear of a saloon, where an extensive back yard, surrounded by a high board fence, gave tbe contestants every opportunity to have a square fight, aud was sufficient protection to the police. An impromptu ring was pitched by stretch ing a clothes-line across the comer of the yard, thus giving tbe men a triangle to fight in. By mutual consent seconds were dispensed with, and extra bottle-holders appointed to restore the equilibrium of the occasion. When the two toed the scratch tbe cow boy sent a heavy right-hander, but Idled to land his pocket, and got a counter in tbe jaw that sent him to grass. In tbe next round the cowboy was badly punish ed about the face, but closing on the gambler, threw him heavily, falling on him with considerable vim, and knocking the wind out of him, the select audience cheering loudly. In the third round the sport did some clever work of a decorative character on tbe other’s face, but tbe cow boy dosed again, and by hit superior strength, downed the other in his corner as before. In the wind-up, the gambler reached the other 1 * nose with a well-plant ed left-hander; and was again thrown and badly punished about the bead. The repeated falls used him up, and his'bel lows were in such a bad condition that he elevated the spongo and asked for a recess. The cowboy, although tb? winner of the fight, was much the worse punished ot the two. It was fairly fought, quite satisfactory to all hands, aud there is no danger ot a resort to six shooters. INDIAN ANTIQUITIES. Valuable Adeline Secured lor tbe The Omaha Bee. About 11 o’clock yestorday tbo men al work on “Stephenson’s dump” ran iLto an Indian bone-yard and exhumed all that is mortal of a squaw who once roam ed up and down the valley of the Missouri and over the prairie to the West. The relics were carefully gathered, and orna ment the broad window of Jim’a private office in the stable. They]*re numerous, and literally embrace “sucks and stones and a dead squaw’s bones.” The anatom ical collection, however, is incomplete. For instance, if the Un-colored Daugh’.er- of-the-Mule, or whatever her soubriquet was, was here and saw and lelt her bones taken up and shaken np, she couldn’t gnash her teeth if she was raging, for there is only one Jaw to gnash. Or, if she wanted to snatch tbo offender bald-head ed, she’d have to go it one-handed, for there are only bonee enough to construct one arm. There is aome jewelry, but Max Meyer^or Hubermgnn, or Edbolm, or somebody else, needs to polish it up before it can be presentable. An Inven tory of Jim’s collection would be about like this: One skull. Bones. Beads. Buckskin thong (“petrified,” Stephenson says, bat hu cheek mast be petrified to think anybody will believe it.) More bonee. The jaw aforesaid, with all the teeth that the buck hadn’t knocked oat when be came home to dinner, and found the squaw bad ccoked the same old entrails. More bones. The top of her powder flask. (Stephen son is authority for this.) An ear-ring, with lobe of tbe ear re sembling tanned bog skin. A few more bones. / A ladle wherewith she used to serve dog bouillon. Still more bones. A bracelet. Small piece of bone. A baby. This article Is made of wood, ughly carved. Next week Stephenson will claim it is alpetrified pappoose. Miscellaneous bones. Miscsilaneous Jewelry. Dirt. Etc., etc. etc. *■ This completes the show. Mr.Stepben- aon says the dump contains more graves, which be will open and endeavor to sup ply the curiosity demand as fast as the graders get to them. SHOOTING BY WHOLESALE. ployed by a Cali fornia Planter to Herd Wild Geose. San Franeieoo Call. Various methods have been devised of exterminating wild geese without avail, until geese-herdlng has become a profes sion as distinct aa herding or trapping. In tbe early winter the geese appear in tbe grain counties lu myriads, traveling about in vast flocks.- Their hunger is in satiable and the new wheat is rapidly de stroyed. Dr. H. J. Glenn, whose ranch in Colusa county covers most of the ara ble land in that county, numbering some 75,000 seres, or nearly twelve square miles, expends about $10/XX) a year in herding bis geees. He recently purchas ed In this city for the present season be tween $2,000 and $3,000 worth of car tridges, about 250,000 in number, of 44- calibre. He hu constantly In his employ while the wheat is growing, shoot forty men, all of them mounted and nearly all armed with Henry rifles and field glasses, who patrol his property during the day and on all moonlight nights. These men are regularly organized into .a patrol gnard. They dlseover with their glasses tne flocks of geese, which at a dis tance oi from 300 to 400 yard* look like a blanket spread over tbe green wheat, and they thereupon plant a ballet right In tbe middle of the flock. This unexpected visitation tots the flock on tbe wing, and the geese herder follows them up, kaspa Instance consisting oi leaving tbo rise tor a great height, and, disgusted, leave the vicinity. Few geese are Killed, tbe object being to keep them on tbe wing and consequently off the wheat fields. Those that are killed are carried off and shorn of their feathers, but the revenue from them amounts to little. On Dr. Glenn’s nnche about 8,000 cartridges are used In a day, which represents about 20,000 geese daily put to flight. Oftentimes a thick log blows In, and {his appears to be tbe favorite time for the geese, and they devour the wheat with great energy. The herders then, fearful of shooting each other, are almoet baffled, but when the fog rises the flocks are put to flight and for hours thereafter tbe sir is filled with feathers and geese, aud Glenu’a ranch resounds with the clatter of rifles and the frightened cries of the persecuted fowls. To pay hit men, bny ammunition and maintain horses, costs Dr Glenn sometlOyOOO per annum, but it saves his wheat, which yields $100,00 u witbont the geese herders half wool be destroyed. The herder* become very expert In their business and are generally good shots and capital horsemen. THE ARIZONA COWBOY. Lacy and Desperate and Always Will- Ids to Bboot. pA in Santa Fe, May 2.—Tbe outlaws of Arizona, who have been tbe subject of a proclamation by President Arthur, are known as rustlers. They are the same breed, however, as the cowboys of Colo rado and Texas. Being farther away from civilization and in a country singu larly well adapted to business such as theirs, they have become habitually vi cious. Wherever tbe cowboy may be put and under whatever cumstances he may he met, he will be found to be tbe earns animal, lazy, fonlmoutbed, desper ate, Intemperate, full of swagger and bravado, and careless as well of ms own life and property as those of others. He wears a buckskin .suit, with a bat having a rim wide enough to cover his ears and neck aad tuck In at the collar-band. In his leather belt hang two large and fine revolvers, generally self- cockers, and in one boot leg, held in place by two slits in the leather, rests a knife ef murderous pattern. Tbe cowboys range in age from 18 to 30. The life which they lead is not conducive to longevity, and It Is therefore very rare that a genu ine cowboy more than thirty years of age is found. If ona succeeds In dodging the ballets of depaty sheriffs and tbe gibbet of Judge Lynch until that period is pass ed he generally abandons that trade and taxes to train and stage robbing aa a pro- fesalon. The cowboys, who make their appear- ancu occcasionally at frontier towns in Nebraska, Kansas aud Colorado, devotjt the greater part of their time to the cattle which they are employed to herd, and in the shipping season drive them to tbe nearest desirable railroad station. On tbe great randies they find no opportuni ty to indulge their lawless propensities. They literally live among their cattle, faring but little better than the brutes which they are hired to guard. The Utr tie cooking which Is necessary they do themselves. They are their own tailors and doctors, sod once or twice a year, when near a fine stream, if tbe weather is not too cqol, their solitary shirt is wash ed after a fashion. When the round-ape occur and the great cattle drive is begun, the cowboy’s life begins to take on a different aspect. The drive is often long and always dangerous and laborious. The boys are splendidly mounted, their bones and sad dles being, with the exception of their re volvers, the possessions in which they take the meet'--pride. They rid* among the cattle at Imminent risk of being tram pled to death and at night sleep on the ground. When the herd has been deliv ered and tbe boys have partaken freely ot frontier whisky, tbe trouble begins. If there is a dance noose near at hand they head for it and signalize their presence by attempting to “shoot out” tbe candles or lamps astbe case maybe. As a rule, they are not disturbed in pastimes such as this. If they once conclude before morn ing to “take the town,” then war Is de clared and somebody will be killed. The Arizona rustlers are simply north ern cowboys on an unending spree. They are wild men. No Apache that ever lived had less regard for life than they. They pretend to pay some attention to cattle, but aa that Industry in Arizona to not yet a large one, there to not much in that line for them to do. Their occupation to pil lage and murder. They travel in email parties and rob everybody they meet. The other dav a cowboy entered a little settlement ana purchased a can of corned beef. Taking the meat and keg out into the road, he sat down on the keg and opened the can. When everything was ready be called to a man, a stranger standing in front of the store, to come and help him eat it. The man was not hungry. “You’ve got to eat,” cams the command, accompanied by a movement of the hand, which rested on a revolver. The stranger advanced slowly and par took of tbe meat, evidently in an unhap py frame of mind but hto boat seemed to enjoy tbs repast and the society of hto newly-made acquaintance not a little. A cowboy entered a hotel dining room, eat down opposite to a young man whom be addressed as a tenderfoot, and began to throw tire dishes and their contents on tbe floor. The yeung man endeavored to remonstrate with him, but before he could finish his first sentence he was pierced by a ballet from the desperado’s revolver. Events like the above are of dally occurrence in Arizona. Tbe Widow's Second Toor. London Life. Dressed in the deepest and blackest of crape, In the richest of silks and the most coquettish ot widows’cape, tbe bereaved one finds that her lost husband has made bat little difference In the routine of her daily life. Probably the principal change she feels from bis loss to one in her in come, and men have era now been known designedly to curtail the finances in inch Instances in order to ensure that they should at least be missed in aome degree. But if tbe fashionable widow to easy in purse, she to rarely sad at heart. She knows that she to, for the time at toast, a prominent point and an object of atten tion in her own circle. She to aware that her cap become* her, and that she looks younger in her weeds than ahe had looked for several years before. She to not long before she looks round her for some diver sion from tbe strict retirement that her world is supposed to enforce upon wid ows. It to in reality, far from strict. She can go abroad with a few chosen spirits, and who that sees her laugh and chatter, flirt and amuse herself, os sho does, could imagine that she to a widow of bat a few weeks’ standing ? Even if she remain in England, she to at no loes to find ways and means of en tertainment. Her eavalieri serventi have by no means all disappeared, though some few have taken fright who are very nervous as to matrimony. They are afraid she might marry them. Her suite to thus reduced, but those left are all the choicer spirits, and there to invariably a friend who, being unmarried, baa her own set of .‘Amiran, and between them the two ladies can usually muster a very pleasant party. There arts visits to the play, paid incog., the incognito to^ this a music hall or two much frequented In a quiet way by the fashionable Loudon la dies. Our widow makes her party and goes to these, accompanied by her frisky friend. “Poor Harry would never hear of my going,” sbe says, “and this ^11 be an excellent opportunity.” There are trips to Brighton and pleas ant little evenings there, unsuspected by tbe world. Places farther afield than Brighton are visited, and a little quiet gambling helps to maka the months fly around. The year of deepest weeds and strict seclusion to soon over, and few who have seen tbe quiet face in public under that most proper, if moat coquettish of caps, could have guessed how merrily for the most part tbe days that have gone. Tbe second year to thatlnwh'ch the widow to really happy. The sombsr depths or her mourning cast aside, sbe eaten the world again and reopens her Jewel case. Even with* very becoming «Msrtia$«a,lllkliMi*srMitMisl to a woman if she cannot wear her Jewels. Now, however, tbe diamonds, pearls and opals may reappear, and with wbat re newed delight are they not worn! Vis ions or dresses in delicate half-tints, pearl grays, soft lavenders, mixtures of white and gray or black and white, float before her mind soon to be realized. Her year’s absence from balls and parties and Crowded rooms has renewed her beauty, and tbe same retirement has brightened her eyes and tinged her cheeks with tbe freshness of eqjoymsnt with which She prepares to re-enter the world. Now, in deed, to tbe fashionable widow a danger ous and seductive creature. She knows that she to prettier than ever, and the con sciousness, »n»fcl n g her more certain of coeting victories, gives agontls softness to her manner. Beware of endows in their second year. Always dangerous, they are then more so than ever. There are, of course, widows, indeed, whose grief does not wholly consist in yards of crape, ret Jewelry, and a white crimped cap. These are apart from those of worm 1 has* bsao writing, and with them tbe fashionable widow hu nothing to do. While they brood over their lone liness, she revels in her freedom. They look on Into tbe coming yean with a blank sense of dreary loss, while tbe looks forward to tbe tutors with a* much happy anticipation as she ever could have done to her marriage. Ligbt-heftrted as a girl, the feels younger every day, and from her own point of vjew there to no more enviable being to be found in this world than a young, badsome, rich and lively widow, wboee heart is not Incon veniently soft nor her feelings too acute to prevent her going through life “well pleased and careless,” and extracting from # as mneh of the plsssure and aa llttla of the pain as may fall to the share of any mortal creature. SHOT BY HIS COMRADES. p' anting bullet* among them until they cap and heavy crape at .Oj ±, <-.3 v.. gate— „ Folk’s Anar to Fall. riimi. Ex-Gov. J&es D. Porter, of Tenn see, who was on the staff of Gen. B. Cheatham in tbe army of Gap. Leonii Polk, has given a Nashville correspond* of the Weekly Times an account of l first skirmish that occurred In the fight! B'shop’s command, just after be took p session of Belmont and Columbus, K in 1861. On tbe morning of the 0th of October that year, Lieutenant-Colonel Logwo with eighty men of the Seventh Ti nessee Confederate Cavalry, composed what had been known as the Mempl Light Dragoons, under the immedu command of Capt. Taylsr and Lie Armstrong, left Columbus on a i connoitering expedition to Paducah. T distance tone marched was about fori five miles. The capture of the pick around Paducah had been determined t on, and to accomplish tbe object a roar about course had to be taken so as tcsooi upon the pickets in tbe rear. The n!{ was dark and gloomy, and the Inter solemnity of the ferest censed strange ai weird fancies to linger in the breasts tbe men, all unused to such expeditioi Au occasional star showed between t rifts in the clouds, but only seemed t more lonely from the absence of the on panions of the firmament. Silently a stealthily the troop* moved to their pol of destination. J. O. Fleming, afterward secretary .Ate Treasurer Marsh T. Polk, of Ta nessee, was with the command, nnkl as third sergeant with Capt. Taylor a first sergeant at the head of the squad attack tbe pickets.. Tbe solemn] weighed upon nlm, and as be left hto eoi msnd he remarked, dubiously, to one bis men; * rill undoubtedly be shot Uwilght. I feel a dreadful misgiving. I will he wounded—and by our own men. Some of thAn are raw recruits, and at tbe first fire they will have no better sense than to advance and shoot at random, regardless of friend or foe.” Fleming, with ten or fifteen men, came pou tbe pickets, who, weary with long gito, they found fast asleep. Tbe noise the advance suddenly awakened the slumbering pickets, who sprang hastily to arms and rang oat tbe wild night cry: “Who comes there f” The cracking of Innumerable shots was the answer. The smell ot gunpowder and tbe sound of the guns caused the utmost excitement. A rear guard of the Confederates bad been left behind, and when they were convinced that active work had actaaliy begun they let forth their volley, and as Fleming had predicted, be was the first man to fall. Jos’, previous to that critical moment Fleming was In a hand-to-hand fight with one of the now thoroughly affrighted pickets. The latter’s revolver was against Fleming’s breast, while Fleming’s pistol rested on tbe picket’s chest. The shot from the Confederate gun entering Flem ing’s hip caused him to leap wildly into tbe air and fall heavily to tbe ground, firing hto pistol at the picket as h* went down. Hto llmba were paralysed, and Fleming was unable to rise from hto helpless condition. The pickets, not knowing the strength of the enemy, took flight, and as they ran Lieatenant-Colonol Logwood’s command Immediately rushed to the front. Bnllets pierced the air as thick as hall. A Con federate named Gallagher, hoping to se cure abetter hone than hto own, mount ed the wild hone of a Federal soldier. That moment sealed his fata; several of hto companions in arms taking him-for one of the enemy trying to escape riddled him with ballets. He foil from tbe horse almost as quickly as he had mounted him —a corpse. All tbe Confederates by this time had moved to the point of conflict. Fleming, though badly wounded, manag ed to raise himself upon hto elbow in or- dertotaks In review his perilous situation. Just then a revolver was placed in his breast, and a voiee exclaimed: “Now, I’ll fix you for good.” Another moment and it would be hto last, bat summoning all the presence of mind at bis command, Fleming threw np hto arm and exclaimed! “Good God, Wiley Jones 1” Hto would-beslayer recoiled as he recog nized the voice, and ejaculated a hearty thanksgiving thst be had been withheld from killing one of bis best friends. Fleming was subsequently elected Lieu tenant, but was never able, after receiv ing ills' wound, to re-enter tbe army. He I* constantly and painfully reminded, by the severe aches of his limbs, that he was the first man In Folk’s army to be wound- PREXTY JENNIE CRAMER. Tbs Basically ESbrta to La X*Ss to SamMSnkisttM Kntlays S•**Uau* Car. of the MUfeHs Itsw*. Whan the body of Jennie Cramer was discovered by Uncle Asa Curtiss, the clam digger, esrly on tbe morning of August 6th last, In tbe waters of £ong Island Sound that skirts Savin Rock, 5 was attired in clothes quite charaeUctatie of the t.Tf. Tbo dress was of pure white, tasteft## trimmed and cut low at the neck. Her hat was of the Gainsborough style, trimmed back from the forehead and embellished with feathers and flowers to add to its attractiveness. Her si ingswereofa fashiouabla hue and her shoes new and of tbe bestmake. Around her neck was a double row of silver beads and on her fingers several rings, one of them haring a gold dollar pendant, on which was engraved her Initials. As seen a few days before her death in this costume Jennie looked but did not give one the Impression that sbe was possessed of an over abundance of modesty. It could be seen at a glance that ahe was fond of admiration and an acquaintance could bejeasily formed. Tbe girl was of a striking kind ot beauty. Her eyes were black, large and lustrous, with drooping dark eyelashes. Her features were regular, the mouth particu larly pretty, with brlghvred Ups Just a trifling inclined to pout. Her teeth were regular and white, and her skin or a markable whiteness and purity. This gave credence to tbe report that sbe was an habitual arsenic eater, but those who knew her in early childhood say that her ■kin was always white and dear. Her form waa weU rounded and her carriage graceful. Tbo girl had boats of admirers and at tracted the attention of young met herin social station. Though not possess ing more than an ordinary education and having no gift of conversation, she waa fond of gaiety, and at times vivacious. Hex mother allowed her a wide latitude, much to her regret now, flekitlass. She was taken from school at an early age, and for five years before her death—her age then being 21—sbe had ttttle to do mt nurse her beauty aad receive the flattery of young men. Sbe attended bar father’s cigar store sufficiently to enable her to form an extensive acquaintance with the youth of the city. Her facilities In this regard were enlarged through the indulgence or her mother and tbe socia bility which prevails among the Germans. Mrs. Cramer accompanied her daughter to balls, sociables and picnics, and fre quently left her to be escorted home by a young man. At German dances here as elsewhere, it to not considered out of the way for young ladles to indulge in an occasional glass of wine or beer, and Jen nie was no exception to the rule. 8’ -■—-* - —’ * titer a e ft at erman meuof meat- on for n one {cigar- ms in s hall. taut*, e other ers for usher in the onduct )arents of the thtoef- willhe • best i that I Um lancbe being Halley SNOC9 rat the ing so lanche cotton n tbe of the i char- i been test I- lennle. efence their ill the eating The edlng- mergy award Soubtf Agtrl*living a free and easy sort of life, with hosts of male admirers, an indulgent.mother,and given to carriage riding and shore sappers, is bound to suf fer somewhat in reputation in any com munity; but ills a tact that in all that has been said and done since the dis covery or tbs body of the dead girt no one has openly assailed her character as to chastity previous to her carousals with tbe Malleys and the New York strumpet, Blanche Dougin. In her 18th year Jennie kept steady company with a young German barber of this city, to whom sbe was devotedly at tached. For 12 or 15 months tbe twain were constantly together evenings, and on fine Sundays went riding. It was supposed they were engaged tofos mar ried. In tho latter part of thu Intimacy Jennie went to New York on a visit, and was absent several days. On her return her lover treated her quite coolly, and finally the pair parted company, and the friendship was never afterward renewed.* Strong effort* have been made by agents forth* defence to Induce this young man to explain why be so abruptly broke off with Jennie, but ft to said, without avail. He refuses to say anything more than that, so far as be knew, Jennie was a good girl, but strong-headsd and fluid of pleasure. „ Smmm —retire ELECTRICITY ON TAP. Sew Fork Bam. On bord tbe steamship Labrador, of tbe French line, which arrived yesterday, sev eral wooden cases orTfoout the else of a boxes were stored. Mr. Wm. Lock- an electrical engineer, under whose care the cases came, connected an Edison lamp with a senes of them by means of wires, and. on turning a button, the lamp ehone brightly. In the boxes electricity • kept, to be drawn on aa needed. “The electricity was stored in them as -4 far back as April 24," he said. They were then shipped from Paris to Havre, and taken aboard the Labrador. On Saturday evening, April 28, we lighted electric lamps from them. We have lighting eight lamps from them all the way across the ocean, and have drawn off only a small quantity of tbe electricity stored in them. The lamps rang^l from 5 to 53 candle power.” The apparatus to known as the Fame accumulator. Its function to simply to store up electricity for use when it to wanted. The accumulstor to plao circuit with an electric “dyosmo, lectrlciiy transmitted to It Is i . ThepaeT * be sen jtMiurth - -- -- .-along s possible has 1 Leyden jar aton nearly all off in one ( a area!’, to r ago Gascon] frequently *' certain eon of storing t gradually. But he < covery into shape ot a t This was done by M. Fanre something over not attract much attention until' 1681, when Sir William T‘ ltohed a description of it. to simple in cons lead, perforated ^ ed with red lead < each face of red lead to laid a sesm np to a cloto^acke^witM Uon of a small portion of one < bare for the purpose of e together In a metallic circa! arranged like voltaic piles, sei plates being connected by a mi at om and of tb* bog to form the j pole, and tbs seven alternate i netted at the other end of that tbe negative pol*. There are i fanes ox accumulated, bat all strutted upon this principle. A . water to poured over the plates so cover them, and the apparatus to for use. There to no watte of suhs and tbe same cell may be ch recharged. A fourteen-plate those on the Labrador, to charged 800 ampbores of electricity of two tension. A sixty-cell battery would a fifteen candle power Edison light I ing fbr 400 continuous hours. One* merits claimed for tho invention to the current given off is a steady, flow, so that electric lights fed by not fluctuate to Intensity. Tbe qu of power stored can be multiplied I nately by increasing tbs number of cells 1 A Faure Company has bean torsmd for tbe United 8taUs, with a capital stock cl $101000000; VM^OOOpatdup. Mr. Wai ter B. Whiting to ooa ot tbe promoters. “What are you going to ooF he was ~ —bed. “We are going to sell force for any pnr- posa. We can drtv* locomotives, steam boats, or tram cars, and light streets or buildings. We can drive a locomotive 200 miles an hour with easo and smooth- nem.fortbaietonoeistoarodtor*«kth* machinery. In Paris last July w* ran* tramway car . carrying fifty people with the force supplied from forty Fame Ac cumulators piswd under the seats. We lifted a wheel and got tho car off the track. Its motor was strong enough to turn it around on tbe cobblestones and put It hadron tbe track again. Any rate of speed can b* obtained. Tbe power is sslf-reyilsting; and can take any gra- . “What about tbe cost?” “We will contract to run any number of street can eighteen boors a day at $4 a day each. We have submitted an offer to light tbe Labrador at the rate of $10 a day, which to leas than tbe oil lamps coat. The uses to which portable electricity can be put are endless, from lighting a stand lamD, rocking a cradle, or running a sewing machine, to driving a railway train or illuminating a city. Tbe systems of electric supply which convert steam power into electric force require machinery of tbo best construction, u of cww corresponding ductastion of force. An are light supplied from an unsteady machine is in a constant eater. It does not matter bow unsteady tbe sup ply comas to an accumulator, and water power can be utilized aa welt as steam Power, The force Is stored and given off to a steady stream.” THE LIFE OF A JOCKEY. You have doubtless beard much on various occasions, says a London letter, abont this truly remarkable Jockey. I am tempted to give a alight sketch of him as beappesrad yesterday. He commenc ed by winning two races to grand style, and, later on, won another, though be was “nowhere” to th* chief event Truth tossy, the famous - jockey presented a rather painful appearance yesterday. Im agine a tali, emaciated-loosing man, ca daverous of countenance, with large, pro- jetting lies, a alight stoop; decidedly round shoulders, and long, somo-. what misshapen legs. Pletore this wrapped to an overooat rad shivering as though nearly every gust of wind went right through hit slender frame. Such to tbe premier Jockey of England. I should be sorry to say that Archer to of a pronoonded money-hoarding erly turn of mind; but ft looks ss though such were the esse. He baa always been notorious for excessive thrift; noons ever knew him to throw about money . with anything approaching recklessness or even genegosity. He has amassed large turns and promptly stored them ewty se- . curely and carefully. It to said on good authority, that be to worth quite $350,000, and moreover be to shortly to be married to tbe daughter of one of tbe richest trainers In England. Lately, however, fas has developed a tendency for Increasing to weight, and this seems to trouble him Im mensely. Why be should wish to con tinue riding to races, no ooe with aoy sense can divine. He would surely do well to retire; but he will listen to no ad- vico of that kind. Plainly spoken people cay hto greed for malting money cannot be overcome. Anyhow, all I know to that be hssHottest Ms easternmost earsfhlly to “scale” above 117 pounds. order not to “scale” above 117 For three days before the City and Subur ban, 1 am told fay aome one who really abonld know, Archer took very little sue- of any description. Meat and * he absolutely eschewed, his diet consisting chiefly of breed and tea ta ken witboutaugar. Archer does not keep down hto weight by pedestrian exercise. I believe hto enfeebled frame to incapable of the necessary exertion. He goes In for at all times, aud any e must know how to the system, and again hs breakfasts off a co seldlitz powders, or son purgative and cheerful, and he Known to positively fill himself with drugs. The result simply to that he al ready looks L'Jte a weazened and shrunk en old man. After the first race yester day I saw him quivering and shaking I bead to foot with the exertion the had cost him, and it to a fact to imbibe hair a pint of * could steady himself au ta the City and Suburban. Aga! that* man who will thus trifle, i fast and loose with ‘ not be commended t_ It mar happen I finally retires from the* “fill oat” and f but hopes to the I learn, however, I continue at work ent season, and I sufficiently to rwTAtrsin ruAuw Agmiuy

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Georgia weekly telegraph, journal & messenger. (Macon, Ga.) 1880-188?, May 26, 1882, Image 1