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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1886.—'TWELVE PAGES.
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ness of himself or some member of his
family.” It is an outrage on the people
that it is not enforced strictly against love
sick swaius and prohibition oiutors.
Apropos of the question of marriage and
the cost of living the Chicago Inter-Ocean
says: “It is all right for a young man in
tending matrimony to find out whether the
young girl can cook. But it is still more
important for the young girl to find out
whether the young man is capable by edu
cation and good habits to provide supplies
for the kitchen.
POLITICS IN THE FOURTH.
STATE POLITICS.
Who Violated the Proprieties?
The St. Louis Republican mildly rebukes
the great and good Tei.f.orapii in these
words: “It is true that Mr. Matthows of
Albany, N. Y., has been appointed to a
$10,000 place, but why should the Macon,
Ga., Telegraph describe him as a‘saddle-
colored coon?* The word applicable to the
race to which Mr, Matthews belongs iH
‘negro.’ He is in no sense a coon, saddle-
colored or otherwise. No disapprobation
of appointments justifies a Democratic
newspaper in descending below the pro
prieties of the English language?”
We aro quite suro that the Republican
does not understand the case or it would
not be lead into making incorrect state
ments, and assuming a false position.
“Mr. Matthews of Albuny” is not a negro,
nor does ho belong to the negro race, and
unless thb Washington correspondents aro
color-blind he is in fact saddle colored. Ne
groes are black and are distinctly marked
with race features. Not so “Mr. Matthows
of Albany.” Unless we have boon misin
formed ho stands half way between the Cau
casian and an African race, u fort of natural
Mugwump.
Homo people call these mulattocs; some
term them “coons.” Wo cannot seo why
the latter name is not as good as tho former,
nor why, when the English lungunge does
not furnish a polite term, one may not be
selected from nature. We cannot udmit
that “Mr. Matthews of Albany" is a negro,
in the strict sc-nso of the word, and the Re
publican cannot prove that he is not a coon,
as the term goes.
If we may not call “Mr. Matthews of
Albany” a coon, wo are reduced to the ne
cessity of naming him a mulatto. Mulatto
in from the Lntin Mulus, mule, and signi
fies a person of mixed blood, generally the
son of u white man and a negro woman.
The tdrrn is therefore one of reproach. On
tho other hand, “coon” is derived from
raccoon, ont of the most interesting amt in
dustrious of nature’s children. Ho when we
describe Mr. Cleveland's now fatuous ap
pointee os a saddle-colored coon, wo feel
that if anything has been sacrificed, it is not
propriety. If in his new sphere he proves
himself as untiring and watchful as his
namesake, we have no doubt but that ho
will give satisfaction in a business sense.
Tho main point, however,has been avoid
ed by our contemporary. Why should Mr.
Cleveland saddle upon the people of Wash
ington a saddle-colored coon, when the
country is full of men of his own race and
politics who by roason of services to thoir
party and country and by education were
better fitted for the duties of the position
to be filled? However much donbt there
may exist os to the propriety of cnlliug
“Mr. Matthews of Albaiiy” a coon, it is the
almost unanimous opinion of the Demo
crats that in placing this man over the most
important business department of Wash
ington City he violated propriety and cus
tom, and betrayed his own party.
Here, how is this: Was there more than
one leading daily, coppering the late Presi
dential election? The New York Hun of a
late date contains this paragraph: “Ono of
the curiosities of politics: Joe Pulitzer’s
check for $ >,000 i a the treasury of the Re
publican National Committee in 1881.
Queer, wasn’t it? Ask Steve Elkins.
81ire<U ami Patches.
Modified for tbo use of CooRTenH—Turn tho s
plus out —Philadelphia Times.
It is understood that sleighing in Florida is c
for the season.—Pittsburg Telegraph.
Tbo spring has been so backward that thousands
of bills that were due six months ago haven't been
paid jet—Philadelphia Herald.
Flies will not appear in force until tho soda sea
son opens. A soda counter with a sleepy boy be
hind it is their picnie.—Picayuno.
Nevada lias at present fewer than 16,000 voters.
It is well understood that Nevada is tho original
8Ute of innocuous desuetude.—Philadelphia Press.
Nearly Kvery County in the District with a
Candidate.
Editolh Telegraph:—Would you like to
bear something of tho politics of the Fourth
Congressional District? From present in
dications we aro likely to have hot times in
the next Congressional campaign. There
is really less suitable material for statesmen
in the Fourth district than perhftjw in any
other District of the State, and yet you find
more Congressional aspirants than else
where. I cannot account for this, other
wise than upon tho principle that the stand
ard of qualifications for representative in
C ingress rests mainly upon the fact as to
who can and will send us most seeds and
documents. Almost every county in tho
District has its candidate, some two or three.
Carroll has its Cobb and Reese, Coweta its
Freeman, Troup its Fannin, Meriwether its
Harris, Talbot its Persons, Chattahoochoe
its Wolf, Marion its Butt, Muscogee its
Pow, Little and Grimes, and Harris its
Stanford and Mobley. Now, of all these,
whom slbill we select? Judging by the stand
ard heretofore adopted, that of seeds and
document, sending Harris and Persons have
a decided advantage. They have been tried
and served us well in that respect, but as
that service is a mere manual und indus
trial qualification, is it not proper and just
and serving the demands ot rotation in of
fice that we should give some other of these
gentlemen a chance? Well, if we determine
to make the change, I bespeak in all sin
cerity, (if the choice is confined to these
gentlemen) the kind offices of the voters
of the Fourth district in selecting CoL Jns.
II. Fannin of Tfoup. From his tempero-
ment, his energy of character and industry,
the mantle of Col. H. U. Harris should
fall upon his shoulders, tho people of the
ouitu will be more abundantly supplied
’ h seeds and documents and of a
rarer and bettor quality than ever
heretofore, besides he is a granger and
model farmer. In makiug this declaration,
however, I do not desire to disparage the
claims of any other of these gentlemen in
this resp^t. But seriously, Messrs. Edi
tors, does not seeds and document sending
seem to be tho standard of Congressional
qualifications in this District? Look ut it.
HORRORS OF HYDROPHOBIA.
Hon. A. O. Bacon.
Augusta Chronicle: The name of this dis
tinguished citizen is being conspicuously
and most favorably mentioned in connec
tion with the Governorship of the State.
Many kind things are being naid of Major
Bacon He deserves them all. In season
and out of season he has been true to the
State and faithful to the Democratic party.
Ho has served the people with great dis
tinction as a member of the General As
sembly, and through successive terms as
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
He is a gentleman of broad views. He is
thoroughly in accord with the people. He
is conservatively progressive in spirit. He
is an admirably balanced man, and will give
the people an administration based on wis
dom, justice and moderation.
Occasionally we hear it hinted that Major
Bacon has been before the party too often
seeking the nomination for the Governor
ship. This is both unfair and unjust.
Each time his name was presented in post
years ho developed great strength. He was
unquestionably tho choice of the party in
the contest in the spring of '83, and would
have been nominated but for the appoint
ment of the committee which sought to
break what was supposed to he a “dead
lock." The movement which called that
committee into existence, while conceived
in the interests of the party and free from
any attention, much less purpose, to deal
unfairly with any gentleman, resulted in
the
It has been dlBcoveretl that what a Philadelphia
caterer wan aclling for canvasbock ducks were noth-
i»K hut old discarded bustles covered with tarpaulin.
| Philadelphia Herald.
Lady (In shoo store)—“X would like to look at
Sonin cloth slippers for myself." Clerk (until re
cently in tho dry goods linej—“Yes, madam. 8omo-
thiug all wool and a yard wide?”—Harper's Bazar.
"Are you a member of the Knights of Labor?"
'No, but I had oue last week." "Had one? What
do you mean?" "Had a night of labor. My baby
had tho colic from 9 o’clock until daylight."—
Oraphio. ______
Mr. Jones (homo early in tho morning, with a face
indicative of dissipation)—*'Awfui hard night, my
dear. Been working like the very d—." Mrs. Jones
(curtly)—"I have no doubt of It. Whore did y
leave the gentleman?"—Tho Graphic.
Customer—"Isn't it a tritlo large, Levi." Levi—
Larch, mine fruit? S’ help mo gracious! nf you
goeps dot ahpring goat on, unt your vife imm
bosuiu vill HchWull iiiit pi iuu wG uut atiu'ii lief
to set dem buttons forwarts "—Puck.
A Chicago man, who lias recently returned from
Europe, was asked what he thought of Rome.
••Well," ho replied, "ltoino is a fair-sized town,
>ut I couldn’t help but think when 1 was there
that she hod seen her best days."—New York bun.
Materializing Medium—"This is tho spirit of
Harry Uardup. Does any one recognlzo him?"
Voice— 1 "Ach; yah." Medium—"He does not seem
to know you." "Bufferin' Isaac, noin. IIo van
owing to me (10.79. Holt ’im vhile I put some at
tachment dose angel vings of bison."—Boston Post.
She—"\\>or Brown! Ho always looks so melan
choly. I'm sure there is a sad chapter in his past."
Ue—"Haven't you heard? Why, the poor fellow is
ttis victim of a love affair." Sho—"la he? How
deliciously romantic! Tell me all about it; did his
sweetheart Jilt hiiu?" lie—"! said victim; sho mar
ried him."—Binghamton Republican.
A Toxaii Jeweler hung a watch In his window and
laiieled it: "Look at this watch for f HV’ »nd the
unsophisticated gentleman from Africa who stared
at the arti'-le and then went in and wanted tho (10
had to got down on the door with the jeweler an<
roll over and under him a number of times before
he could l>e made to uuderstaud that he couldn'
have any (in.—Texas Hitting*.
Thi principle of self-government advo
cated by Gladstone ought to win him the
respect and sympathy of the whole American
people.
A scientific work points out that the hu
man roco of to-day h> losing its teeth, and
disclosed that mnuy centuries ago men,pos
sessed four more than they now have. This
may be true, but we can beat the ancients
on false teeth, both in quality and price.
The testimony of a woman before a Salt
Lake court the other day in a polygamy
case was in substance that "she didn't
know whether her husband had another
wife or not; it wasn’t of sufficient impor
tance to talk about.” It would not have
been a difficult matter to have impeached
this witness, if she was sane.
"Mr. Featlitrly," said Bobby at the dinner table,
"what's an average?" "An average?” "Yo
•ays you come to kco slater twice a week on an av
erage." Fcatlierly was very much arnnacd. After
explaining to Bobby the meaning of the word, he
■aid: "1 suppose you thought It was some kind of
a carriage. Bobby?" "1 thought perhaps it might
bicycle, but I knew it couldn't be a carriage,
because tna says you’re too moan to hire—"
by,” interrupted his mother, "will you have sooth-
piece of pie."
THE CANDLKit CASK.
“To hash over all power to the present
Irish Democracy," says the Speculator, "is
like deliberately casting the reins on the
necks of horses already tearing away at the
top of their speed toward a precipice, down
which they must inevitably plunge.” To
which the New York Star replies: “Well,
when horses are already tearing away, and
most inevitably plunge down a precipice,
the very best thing to do is to cast the reins
on their necks and get out of tire wagon.”
The Service Pension Advocate, a hand
some paper bearing as its motto “Let every
man's honorable discharge become his pen
sion certificate,” is tho latest development
of the movement in favor of pensioning
every veteran of the late war. Congress
man Levering’* speech in favor of the pro
ject and the resolutions and addresses of
several Grand Army conventions show the
deep root the project has taken. Comrade
y. B. Loring, who edits the new organ,
says his plan will kid of! the grasping claim
agent, that mure than 300 pontshave already
indorsed the measure, and that the legisla
tion called for “is needed for the relief of
the men who stood between the general and
’“'it enemy -picture books to the contrary,
ktwitLvt-raaing”
A Card from Manager Green of the Geor
gla Kail road Company.
Acocta, April 12. 1886.
Editor Telegraph: In your paper of
tho 10th inxt., it is stated by vour Atlanta
correspondent that in the recent trial of the
case of Candler vs. Georgia Ruilroud, the
verdict for the defendant caused “genuine
surprise;” thd about a year ago Mr. Can
dler, who sued for $19,000 damages, won
verdict of $15,000; that the road was
granted a now trial “on a technicality,” and
that the railroad company offered to com
promise by paying Mr. Candler one-half of
the amount, viz.: $7,600, which he declined.
The recent verdict was doubtless a sur«
prise to many who In these times appear
think that railroad companies are fit in-
titutions to plunder, but it is consoling
discover that sometimes twelve fair-minded
men are found who, in the brief space
thirty minutes, uncertain that even a rail
road corporation is entitled to some protec
tion. Auout eighteen months ago a new
trial was granted, not “on a technicality,
but because the presiding Judge was con
vincod he committed errors in charging and
in refusing to ehaige os the law required.
The railroad company did not offer to com
promise the case by paying Mr. Candler
$7,600, or any other sum, hut, on the con
trary, it has always declined to make or
ent Jrtuin any proposition to compromise. If
railroad companies are to be held
sponsible for injuries sustained by reckless
>assengers who insist on leaping from mov-
ng trains, the sooner passenger trains
abolished the better. J. W. Green,
General Manager Georgia R.
defeat of Major Bacon. The gentleman
who originated the movement recognizes
that to be a fact The people nil over the
State recognize the same thing, and they
are eviacing a qniot but firm purpose to call
Major Bacon to tho Chief Executive office
the Commonwealth the current year. We
giving our own views and convictions,
chronicling the unmistakable voice of
Democracy. Major Bacon is tho choico
the party, and he will he nominated by
b convention. The distinguished gentle-
man is eminently worthy ths highest com-
"tnent tho party may pay him.
Col. Harris represented the district three
consecutive terms, at first, and all that he
did besides seeds and document sending
was to make and publish a speech upon ag
riculture, a task for which he was eminently
qualified being a distinguished granger and
scientific farmer. Persons, who succeeded
him, did equally as well in sending seeds
and documents, besides making a speech
upon tho habits of worms. la which speech,
though laughed at, he displayed more re
search aud profundity of thought than any
other gentleman in Congress could have
done. Judge Buchanan, who followed Per
sons, did equally os well os Harris and Per
sons in tho seeds and document business,
but had the good senso to refrain from
speech-making except in tho committee
room. Now, gentlemen, this is tho full Con
gressional history of this district since the
war. In view of the progress of the age,
don’t you think that we ought to try and
riso a little above this seeds and
document sending standard and
ml some man to Congress who
able to illustrate the district os a statesman,
man of distinguished ability, of large leg
islative experience, of a high order of intel
lectual Capucity, of giaut intellect uiidmiod,
and who has the nerve, good sense and read
iness to defend tho South when attacked
upon tho tloor of Congress by sectional fa
natics such as Henderson and Boutclle?
Wo have just such a man iu ex-Gov. Smith
of the city of Columbus, and we ought to
send him to Congress not only Jo preserve
the reputation of the district, nut importan
local interests of greater magnitude than
any other point in tho district, entitles Co
lumbus to have an immediate representa
tive in Congress. I couclude with tho
statement that 1 have no idea Col. Harris
ill bo a candidate, although frequent in
sinuations to that effect are being made,
make this declaration because Col. Harris
before the last nomination pledged himself
absolutely and unconditionally as a gentle
limn and man of honor, that if ho was giv
en the nomination and elected he would
not be a candidate again. Harris is not
man to go hack on an honorable pledge. In
gubernatorial politics Gns Bacon, 1 think,
occupies tho front scat in the Fourth district.
Tnon*.
mty presents tho two most promt
nent candidates for the gubernatorial nonii
ition has caused us to refrain so far from
expression of any preference between
them. Wo have path ntlv watched tho drift
public sentiment in the State as indi
cated by personal utterances and the edi
torials of tho State press. There has been
expressed in nil parts of the Strte a prefer
ence for Mr. Bacon which is so nearly
unanimous that we feel that it is
duo to him that we should note the
fact. The indications nil point to the
assurance that he is the choice of the very
large majority of the party in the State,
and there is little reason to doubt that ho
will bo promptly nominated upon the as
sembling of the convention. Wo entertain
the highest regard for his distinguish!
competitor, and we believe that his own in-
rest as well as thoso of the public will be
best subserved by his remaining on the
nch. Leaving out of consideration all
things else, we believe’,that Bibb connty will
8HAFfESBURY’S SHOT.
London, April 13.—Tho Earl of Shaftes
bury killed himself this afternoon while iu
a cab riding through Regent street, lie
shot himself several times in the hotly with
u revolver. DcAth was nearly instantaneous.
The corpse was conveyed to the Middlesex
hospital. F.arl Shaftesbury Wits within two
mouths of being 55 years of age. He was
the eighth Earl of Shaftesbury, succeeding,
on October 1, 1885, to tho title on the death
of his father, tho noted philanthropist. Hu
leaves a widow, one son and five daughter-
Trouble with Canada Brew Im;.
Halifax, N. 8., April 13.—Telegrams
from Shelburne county report American
fishing schooners arriving on the const al
most daily, and that their captains are mr.k
ing use of rather loud and defiant talk on
the present state of tho fisheries question,
some declaring that they will call for and
purchase bait wherever and whenever the-
please, and saying that they will rial
seizure, as they have been instructed
the owners of their vessel# to do so.
American fishing schooner has recently
shipped a crew at Port Labear. At Clark a
Harbor, Sunday, a boat's crew from tho
Gloucester schooner Josie M. Colder wood
cut and ruined a number of lobster trap
set in the hay, and which belonged to nu
trie fishermen.
A Had Gang of Italians.
Chicago, April 13.—A special dispatch
from Cincinnati says: In connection w‘
the arrest of twenty Italian bona a | e
tilers suspected of counterfeiting, the United
States secret service offioer tells a startling
story of the armament with which they
were provided. Ho Rajs the tenements
the people were regular arsenal* in on*
house where ninny of them lodged we
found under mattresses knives from one
two feet long, besides dirks, daggers und
loaded navy revolvers, as well as a large sup
ply cf cartridges. More than fifty big dug
gers and knives were found, and under one
mattress were secreted three 46-calibre six-
shooters. It is thought there would have
been a bloody fight had not strategy and
overwhelming force been used in making
the arrest.
Tho Gubernatorial Contest.
Mac«n Evening News: The fact that
certainly cast her vote for Mr. Bacon as the
undoubted choice of the State for tho offie
governor.
Political Judges.
Madisonian.
It is reported now that Judge Simmons
will shortly retire from the bench and make
an active canvass for Governor. What has
he been doing for the past threo years but
making an active canvass for Governor? He
may as well hold on to tho judicial seat, he
never will visit the executive office except
on business or os a guest. The people are
thoroughly disgusted with political judges
and preachers.
High Water In Alabama.
Montgomery, April 12.—The Montgom
ery and Mobile Railroad, between Tensas
and Mobile is now overflowed by hiph
waters, and all passage to and from Mobilo
by that route is cut off. The transfer boat
has been running sinco Saturday, but tho
the waters continued to rise. The
transfer was abandoned this ufternoon.
Going South trains do not run farther than
Tens as. Twenty miles of track under water
on the Western road, between Montgomery
and Selmu. Trains have not run in tho
)ast two weeks, and it will be two weeks
ouger before the road is in running order.
The first through train betwo«n this city
aud Birmingham came in to-night. The Al
abama river is fulling slowly.
Shocking Death of a Young Medical Man
of Baltimore.
Baltimore Sun.
Dr. Brinton Henderson Warner, dentut
and graduate of medicine, aged 31 years,
died yesterday morning at his parents' resi
dence, corner Lafayette avenue and Strieker
street, after three days’ suffering from hy
drophobia, ns the case was declared to be by
four physicians. Ilis brothers, Dr. Michael
K. and Dr. A. Kintmel Warner, state that
their brother was bitten by a small dog last
Christmas on the back of the right' hand.
Though the abrasion was slight, the skin
being sliffhtly broken by four teeth, Dr.
B. Id. Warner had his hand cauterized
with nitric acid. The dog was
killed, not because he was suf
fering with rabies, but because
of the wound be hod inflicted. Tire wounded
man frequently referred to the accident,
said he dreaded hydrophobia, and read all
of Pasteur’s experiments with great interest.
Last Friday night he was restless, and slept
but little. Saturday afternoon he fell in the
kitchen of h is dwelling, No. 247 Saratoga
street, with a convulsion, and at once de
clared that hydrophobia had set iu. He
was treated by his brothers for the disease
with large doses of opium, chloral and bro
mide of potassium, but the disease made
steady pipgress. The large doses of medi
cine had but little effect. Saturday night
Dr. A. K. Warner slept with his brother.
The latter just before letiring went to the
looking-glass, and on seeing himself ex
claimed, in great terror, “On! look at the
terrible glare in my eyes. I have hydropho
bia.” A fearful night was spent, the patient
sitting most of the time with his knees drawn
up, his arms about his knees and his head
on his arms. Sunday morning he got up
und went down to his wife and children; his
stlessucss even in their presence whs uu-
controlable. He went from bed to bed.
There was steady aggravation of the trouble
throughout the* day, and Sunday was, if
possible, more terrible than the preceding
night.
Dr. Arnold was called Monday about 3
I in. The patient said to him: “You have
come to give me life or death; I accept what
you say und aiu not afraid to die.” Dr. Ar
nold, Dr. Goldsmith and the brothers of the
patient held a consultation and it was
agreed that tho case was genuine hydropho
bia. The patient was given half a grain of
morphia hypodermically and forty grains of
chloral by the mouth without any sedative
effect. Later he walked from the parlor to
his bedroom. Dr. A. It. Warner, who went
to the chamber to stay w ith his brother, was
ordered out and had to leave. A friend who
called to see the patient was dared to come
in the apartment.
At one time the patiett got under the bed,
declaring there was u mad dog there. lie
seemed as if he wanted to get to the dog,
rather than away from it. Later iu tho
ufternoon he was wrapped up and taken
in a hack to havo the Russian bath admin
istered. However, closely wrapped, it was
noticed that the cool air threw him into
spasms. The bath was administered
spite of his horror for steam and water.
He was iu tho bath two hours, and was
not near so violent after ns before its ad
ministration. Before the bath he hud de
clared his case to ho hydrophobia, but
after tho bath he seemed to forget all
about hydrophobia. After ho was taken
back to his home, he insisted on going
out to walk. His brothers humored him
and took him in tho cars to his parents'
home, comer of Strieker street and La-
fayete square. On getting here he walked
through the house naturally, recognizing
each member of the houiehold with" a kinc.
greeting. He was put to bed and grew
rapidly weaker. Carbonate of ammonia
and whisky were resorted to as stimulants,
lie willingly consented to see a minister,
We i
The Sisters.
a two daughters of one race-
ihn ftirnul in Ilia I. '
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Sho was tho fairest in the fsce;
The wind is blowing in turret snd tr™
They were together and she fell;
Therefore revenge became me well
O the esrl was fair to see !
She died, she went to burning flame-
She mix’d her ancient blood with shani«
The wind is howling in turret and tree'
Whole weeks and mouths snd early ami'i.*
To win his love I lay in wait;
O the earl was fair to see!
I made a feast; I bade him come;
I won his love. I brought him home
The wind is roaring in turret and tree
Ami after supper, on a bed,
Upon my lap he laid his head.
O the earl was fair to see!
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I kissed his eyelids iuto rest;
His ruddy cheek upon my breast.
The wind is raging in turret and tree
O the earl was (air to »
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board o
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Mersey
I rose up in the silent night;
I made my dagger sharp and bright.
The wind is waving in turret and tree
As half asleep his breath he drew,
Three times I stabbed him thro’ and thro*
n ...1 „„„ i ' •
O the earl was fair to see!
U0D to
fcuietly
g qui
The sweetest lives aro those to duty wed.
Whose deeds, both great and small,
unbroken thread.
Are close-kuit strands of
Where love ennobles all.
The world may sound no trumpets, ring no belli-
The Book of Life the shining record tells.
“Anon ymotu.
Good I’m* of s Buggy Whip.
Several days ago while a littto son of our
fellow-townsman, Mr. A Chavous, was
joiug to school lie was seized by a negro
Doy, about grown, who used him roughly.
The little boy told him that he would tell
his father, und the negro replied: “D -n
your father, I can whip him, too.” On
Wednesday last Mr. Chavous saw the negro
near his shop iu this town, and succeeded
in enticing him into the hack room. As
soou as the black rascal saw that ha was
cornered, ho drew his knife and advanced
but Mr. Clmvons took out his pistol and
made him lay it down. Mr. Chavous then
procured a good buggy whip and literally
wore it out upon the scamp.
and early yesterday morning Rev. ]
O'Conner held 15 minutes satisfactory o
versutiou and prayer with him.
About -1 o’clock yesterday morning tho
patient asked that each member of the
family ho called, that they might kins him
good-by. He told them to kiss him oa the
forehead, so they would not get hydrophobia.
He requested that a paper should be drawn
up that each member of the family should
iu the future give more thought to things
spiritual and eternal than to things temporal.
Each member of the family was requested
to sign the paper, which he directed should
be placed in bis coffin. After this he re
lapsed into a semi-conscious state, followed
by one terrible colvulsion, which threw him
prostrate on the floor. About two hours
before he died he got up, dressed and
wanted to go ont. After this he grew ra
pidly weaker. For the last hour of his lift-
lie was unconscious, und died quietly of ex
haustion at 5:55 o’clock Tuesday morning.
I curled and combed his comely head.
He looked so grand when he was dead*.
The wind is blowing in turret and tree.
Uth-i*"'
I wrapt his body in the sheet.
And laid him at his mother’s feet.
O the earl was fair to see !
/-Alfred Tennyioa.
Short Strains.
Sometimes when Nature falls asleep,
belt U
Lon ft
1 I
Arouud ber woods uud siro.mi
The a into of night serenely creep,
For they are Nature*, dreams.
—Wllllmn H. Hayne, In the Critic
PERSONAL ALLUSIONS.
—Tho Empress of Austria, who, during
the caniivul season in Baden-Baden, wai
;ueat in the city, was walling along Sophien !
jtras-e, accompanied by her sister, Coun
tess Trani, and the latter's daughter, Prin
cess Marie, met the masked proceskion.
The Princess, being a beautiful girl, at
tracted the attention of the harlequin who
led the march. Banning toward the three
ladies he embraced the frightened Prince,
as heartily aa his brawny arms would allow
and kissed her sovcral times, not without
leaving the marks of his charcoaled lips on
her rosy checks. The merry-andrew, who
had no idea that a royal lady had been the
object of his tenderness, was summoned
for trial on the following morning after his
personality had been established, but w«a
released upon proof of his innocence and
fright when told of his narrowly escaped ad
venture with an Empress.
—Mile. Dudley of the Comedio Francaise
is a woman of great pluck and perseverance.
When she first began acting in Paris the
critics complained of a certain sibillation of
the voice, which was duo to a pecnliar for
mation of her lower jaw. A dentist said it
could Vie remedied by forcing back her
lower teeth. So for six months, day and
night, she wore an instrument of India
rubber, never romoving it, and always suf
fering severely from it She obtained per
fect enunciation.
■Later advices concerning the Queen’s 1
"drawing room” reveal the not unpleasing j
facts that Mrs. Phelps, wife of tho American
Minister, woro a gray velvet train, bordered I
with dark fur, and lined with gray satin; I
{ ictticoat of gray brocade, the design lime
ilossoms and leaves, looped up with velvet
liows and steel drops; the velvet snd the
brocade were deftly blended in ths bodies, I
the hack being of velvet to match the train,
the front brocaded.
- Queen Margaret of Italy is a wise woman
who never follows fashion at the expense of
bcantv. She utterly refuses to wear the ex
tremely high and towering head-gear now
in vogue. Her bonnet is of moderate dimen
sions, and therefore all the more becoming.
—William S. Andrews, who has been
nominated as an exeise commissioner in
New York, was at one time an actor, and
won distinction by his performance of the
First Grave-digger in “llamlet" with Edwin
Booth.
■lodge John Baxter of Tennessee, who
died last week, had a great contempt for
that superfluous, prosy mass of pedantic,
empty verbage which has for hundreds of
a m clogged up all legal documents. He
no respect whatever for the endless
repetitions and supeiubnndaut tautology of
legal iorms. Once he decided a case in fa
vor of the plaintiff becanse ths either side
had tailed to make any defense. "I have to
do this,” be .aid reluctantly, "liecsnse the
plaintiff has managed, in the course of twen
ty pages of legal cap, to state a came of ac
tion. The case might just as well have
been stated in a dozen lines, bat I find, on
carefnlly reading this linnch of manuscript,
that there is a cause of action concealed
within thi. mass of word., an 11 shall con
sequently bare to decide for the plaintiff."
GladAtone Denounced l»y Orangemen.
London, April 13.—The Loyal Orange
IaatitutUm ot England has issued a tnani-
fcsto denouncing Gladstone's prnpo*«l Iri-U
measures*. Tho document declare * tint the
success of the measure will result in the
dissolution of the realm. It therefore sum
mons the Orange brethren everywhere to
remember their snecial and solemn oblig;
lions to defend the protestont succr
A Step Iu the Dark.
Atlanta, April 12.—Alfred Stafford, aged
twenty-five, a tram band on tho East Ten
in Msec road, lies in n fearful condition at
the Ivey street hospital. At midnight he
stepped from tho caboose of a freight train
in the darkness, on the Walton street tres
tle, and fell about thirty-five feet to the
ground below. When picked up he was un
conscious. Ho is internally hurt and has
bml sevend hemorrhages. Tho exact nature
of his injuries cannot be determined by the
physicians, but they are thought to be fatal.
I>ent!i of Judge Arthur Hood*
CuTHBKitT, April 13.—Jadge?Artbnr Hood,
after un illness of sevcnil weeks, died
at his residence on Saturday night, and was
buried on Monday evening at 4 o’clock by
the Masons. His remains were laid to rest
in the Western Comettry. The largest
procession ever seen here at a burial were
in attendance. Judge Hood bad filled
many prominent positions in the State,
ft and he will long be missed by this commu
nity.
Homcthlng of a M»ut»on.
Mr. L B. Tarver of this place, a hewer
of wood, but not a drawer of water, _
noted for his superior strength. His horse
jumped off the embankment in Rockv
Comfort swamp the other night and mired
up to its fl iuks in the mud. at the same
time upsetting the buggy. Mr. Tarver then
got mad and took the buggy on his shoul
der, the horse by tho toil and set them
straight in the real—Gibson Enterprise.
Spooks in Albany.
There is a vacant house in North Alh*nv,
near the ice factory, that is sjtid b» I*
haunted. Between midnight and davlight,
mysterious figures are said to have been seen
frequently of late. The honse is one that
several deaths have recently occurred in.
l.otta and Her New May.
New York,Time*.
Miss Lottft brought out a new piece at
the Graud Opera Hon*e hist night. It was
called by its author “Larks,” uud under that
name wan acted iu tho West. When it was
announced in New York, however, Mr.
John Stetson found that he held the copy
right of another play called “Larks,” and
he fe’t it his duty to compel Miss Lott.i to
choose a new title which she did without
rufiling a feather. “The Old Trick” is the
name of the thing now, and ss that title is
quite as appropriate us “Larks.” it will be
understood that the play is flexible and
comprehensive. As a mutter of fact it is to
play at all, and if it was a play Lotts would
not know what to do with it. The sprightly
and perennial favorite of the great Ameri
can public is displayed in knickerbockers
and a polo cap. Sho is another Bob Nettles,
only more so, and she keeps her admirers
in high spin! s while she is in sight. Mrs.
Charles Doremus wrote tho piece. It re
quires uncommon skill to fit an entertainer
like Lottu with u medium for the amuse
ment of the public, and that is just what
this lady lias done. If we Are not mistaken,
however, Mrs. Doremus can do something
better.
An Awkward Habit That t* Spreading.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Why will gentlemen in good society and
in the company of ladies insist on keeping
their hands in their pockets? The question
has frequently been asked, but as yet no
satisfactory answer is forthcoming. It is
true that some do not appear to know the
use of their hands, neither do they seem
disposed to learn. Tho habit of putting
one’s hnnds in one’s pockets seems to be on
the increase, and the queerest part of it all
is that the transgressors against this breach
of etiquette are numerous nmong what is
generally known as the best people. Tail
ors are frequently consulted by young men
affected with the pocket habit for a means
of curing the some. In all coses pocket less
trousers are suggested as a means of cure.
A Bis Hand.
Klngflton Freeman.
Henry Smith, of Sleigbtbnrg, is a polar,
car conductor on the Erie Railway. HU
“run” is between Jersey City and Chicago.
lions to defend the protestont sorer**ion "»7*» «*enuy ocauvoa in, is well known in Uondout, and has ex-
and to make all necessary preparations to I DGiJ 0 ** m that locality give the “ -
prove their loyalty to Orange principles. n ** t " 1 **'-* 11
. house a wide berth after nightfall— Albany
| News.
Srcretary l.auiar to Visit Man
Washington, April 12.—Secretary Lamar 1
Wealth In tho Bussed Hill*.
morning for Memphis, Tenn.. Macon, Ga.,
and hisnome at Oxford, Mix*. Ho is not
expected to return for a week or tea days.
plumbago from Mr. Adams'a place a few
miles above town. Untold mineral wealth
neatles in the logged hills of Heard.—Frank
lin News.
— Senator l*ayne is described as one ol
the most carelessly dressed Congressmen,
lie was on a r. cent occasion noticed to vretr
in the caintalian unlauudried collar and »
ragged black tie pinned thereto about half
an inch above the upper edge of his coat.
—Professor Williams of the chair of com-
I iarntive philology at Oxford is to b«
mighted at an curly day, and theannoanet*
rneut of this fact has created dissatisfaction
nmong tho friuuls of Professor Max Mailer.
—Mme. Patti writes to Figaro: “I do
not know why any olio lias written that M.
Nicolini replaces me at rehearsals. It ii
flisle. I always rehearse with the chef d’or-
chest re.”
—T. P. Aldrich lives near a graveyard.
Says lie: “I liavo excellent neighbor*; they
never send in any manuscript.” Hedocsnt
mind ghosts; what he fights Bhy of is Mss.
—Matthew Stein, a Milwaukee gunsmith,
still hide and hearty at seventy-eight, boaati
of huviug been tho companion of Andrew
Jackson on many walking expeditions.
- Julian Hawthorne in “Lippincott’s” for
April says: I remember once writing
twenty-six consecutive hours without paus
ing or rising from my chair.”
—Mrs. William Thompson, who died of
heurt disease in New York a few days ago,
was the “Clara Belle” of notoriety as »
newspaper letter writer.
—The marble tomb in West Laurel
Cemetery, Philadelphia, which is to receir*
the body of the late Bishop Simpson is now
nearly finished.
—A banquet was given in Paris on Tues
day night to M. de Les.-'-ns l»y a number w
British ship owners. A brilliant compel
was present.
—Francis Scott Key certainly will hare »
monument in the Monumental City now-
The Maryland Legislature has giveu llo.W'
to that end.
— Paul Ollendorff, the Paris publisher,
has sent out *'Hamlet” in fine French fof 5 **
Sarah Bernhardt is honored in the dedica
tion.
—Mr. Powderly gets only $1,600 a y***
for devoting his entire attention to the in
terest of the Kuights of Labor.
—Felix Moschelles, who has been pant
ing the portraits of rich Chicagoans, *iu
leave shortly for London.
—Mr. Cleveland grows tat on White Hon*
fare. He is forty-one pounds heavier do
than this time lost year.
—General Daniel E. Sickles was
with a campfire feast by the Boston w*
rans on Wednesday,
— Wilkie Collins' new novel, to he g® *
Imbed a month hence, is to bear the ti
“Ths Evil Genius.”
—Postmaster-General Vilas is to make -
Decoration Day address at the New »°
Academy of Music.
—Williijn O. lltuiell, the note.1 Bo* 1 *
wvlf iit .L.nt tn (mm llMiltlW **
trnonlinary larqe hiimhi. He tell* of a pood
itorjr that happened to him at the Chicago
depot, one day, recently. He hnng one of
hie hands out of a car window. Shortly af
ter he felt Home one pnlhng and feeling of
first one finger and then the other. He
stuck his head ont of the window and saw
a man, who sard: •fiar, muter, how i', — General John O.
apiece?' | Washington,
lawyer, is about to retire from practice i
go to Europe.
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the original MS. of Payne's “Home, »
Home.’
yon sell
Fremont, m?* 1
is at work on his memm 1 *-