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THE MACON WEEKLY TELEGRAPH: TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1886.-TWELVE PAGES.
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Prohibition and Whisky.
A few days since the Teleobaph com
mented upon the prohibition convention
called in tlie State of New Hampshire,
which long since Incorporated in its statutes
n strong prohibitory clause. It seems that
the good folks of New Hampshire have
realized that there is a difference between
prohibition nnd the prohibition law,, a dif
ference as large as seven cocktails per day,
perhaps, and lliai 11 Ss on the enforcement
rather than the passage of such laws that
the safety of the temperance cause rests.
Something like this is reported from
Maine by the Bangor Commercial, which
General Gordon'* Nomination.
The long and bitter contest is over, and
through the action of a State convention
duly assembled, General Gordon is the can
didate of the Democratic party for Governor
of Georgia.
The Teleobaph opposed his nomination
with the zeal and earnestness that came
from profound conviction that he was not
the proper man for Governor. It is not
STATE HOHTICULTITRAL SOCIETY.
Stcuud Day'. Session .if the Convention at
Fort Valley—election of Ofllcen. Elc.
Fobt Valley, Jnly 29.—The second dsy's
session of the State Horticultural Society
completed the discussion of the catalogue
of fruits and their classification for the
regnlar published pamphlet of proceedings.
The pamphlet will be issued by Commis
sioner of Agriculture Henderson and Dr. II.
HU W H. Cary, Dr. Samuel Hape and Mr. J. C.
necessary, and would not be proper now, to The exhibUoTfJuh;
. fruits this year was larger
restate the grounds of onr opposition. He than usual, and toveral now varieties of
has been nominated, and on this account, plums, peaches and grapes were added to
for reasons already stated,, we propose to catalogue. The exhibits of Messrs.
„ ,.. , Anthony of Macon, Iierckmans of Augnsta,
support him. Humph qjf Marsballville, were beat and
We have never made a statement touch- largeat, and seventy-five varieties of peaches
ing his character, bis record or bis can vans, of Mr. J. H. TarneP. arrived this afternoon,
for the purpose of doing him an intentional largest peach Georgia.
r * , . ° -aav • The society to-day re-elected President, P.
wrong. If we have been unjust to him in j # Bejcfcmang 0 f Augusta, and elected the
anything, we stand ready,as we have always following vice-presidents from their Con-
been, to repair any injury done him as far greasionaldistricts: First—Frank 8. Jouen,
asitisinourpowerto do so. Until con- * & “Aottbon,
vinced of error, we stand upon everything Grange. Sixth-A. J. Williams, of Yates-
wo have said, as the nomination of General I ville; Eighth—Dr. W. L. Jones, Athens;
Gordon has not and cannot change a single Ninth—8, W. Bachman of Tilton; Tenth—
fact brought out by the canvass. pr^idenU "omoZ dM&fftaid ttv
But, by virtue of his present position J tin nex t year,
before the people of the State, since the The next convention of the society will
convention has formally declared the result be held in Jnly, 1887, in Dalton,
of the campaign, General Gordon is entitled
to something at our hands. He is now j dress, and the society is moving in the mat-
placed upon trial, and bis action hereafter ter in a progressive way. The following
must determine whether or not our fears I resolutions, proposed by T.^It. Gibson, o
were well founded in caae he should he ex- Augnsta were unanimously mlopted to^ay.
. 4t _ , 1S * _ t* au He«olved, Thai the thanks of the State Horticnl-
Sited to the position of Governor. I or the torsi Society be returned to President P. J. Berck-
oflonf wa uball lav nairto tha rncord hn hftH xuan> tor hi* suggestions in reference to rural and
present we shall lay aside the record no nas horllcullurml education, and that in order to fur.
SO far made and look to the future for the I tber the study of horticulture and the sciences re*
. . . . . a — • x,* Uting thereto, this society commends the encour-
facts upon which to judge him. J sgement of lecture* and experiment* in all the
it he shall so uetuetm lumaelf as tc mcri!
says:
After thirty-two years of prohibition, and after
the incorporation of the principle in the constitution
in order, as its advocates argued, to "lift the policy
above the domain of politics" and put an end to
the agitation on the subject, a number of gentle
men met in this city to "organixe a pr<rtiibltion
party." No sense of the grim hnmor of the altua
tlon appears to have dawned upon the minds of sny
of those present. They went ahead with speeches
and resolutions declaring their iuteution "to put
down the liquor traffic” Just a* earnestly, and ap
parently as hopefully, as if their movement were
something new under the snn and therefore preg
nant with unbounded possibilities.
W’e hear it whispered that in many of the
Georgia counties pledged against the
sale of liquor, that the selling of drinks, in
a quiet way, is about aa popular, perhaps a
little mire bo, than prohibition. Can it he
that the prohibition in Georgia and Atlanta
is to be wiped out after the fashion of New
Hampshire and Maine; that the people are to
get rid of licenses and have whisky and pro
hibition at the same time?- Who says the
average American freedom-loving citizen is
not a political economist?
hold up his hands, and, so far as it is 1 the SUte University, and u we recognize the Uni-
_... . verelty u the head of the education. 1 sv.t.m In
within our power, support him in the die- j Georgia, we venture to express the hope that tho
charge of his responsible duties. ‘ “ ‘ "
pleased to acknowledge frankly and ful-1 meiTw station'
mav hnva fall- Resolved further. That a copy of Utessresolntions
any error into which we may have ton- ^ {ttrnllbed , ho not,.,.,,, t ru.t et. and that thi*
in opposing him, if his administration, society respectfully suggest the passage of a hill by
through “wisdom, justice and moderation,” {fon^the^KllrdoM?£it™nl^TraSwo" g"«“ to
shall demonstrate that wc were wrong. av^!fn^a Ul, ^^!. e hW 0 th“d«S"[ro‘lhi
The oppoaition to General Gordon has desirable results suggested,
been carried to an extent that amounts to [ To-night the convention was closed with
extraordinary protest against the meth- » 8™nd banquet tendered the society by
i i w a i,:-the hospitable council and citizens of iort
ods employed to secure his nomination, and y ft ji e y <
indicates in a striking manner the misgiv
ings of men of character and judgment with
Clayton Votes for Stexvnrt for Cor cress.
, Jefferson, July 20.—Stewart, tho candi-
referenco to the future of tho State under I date for Congress f/om the Fifth district,
his adminUtration. If he is wise, this fact carried Clajton county in the primary elec-
should make a deep nnd lasting impression | ^ay by ajnajority of one hundred
npon him.
We do not believe that he will disregard I Faying a Soda Water Bet.
resent this admonition to oireumspec-1 Some.time igot certain well known merchant tot
Pojb Nellie Grant, tho neglected wife of
a stranger in a foreign country! Happier
would have been her lot had she stepped
down from tho White llouso some fine
morning and given her hand to an honest
American workingman with the grime of
his Undo upon his arms and the sweat of
manly toil upon his brow. A faithful bus
hand, a homo coniecrated to affection,
enough to eat and wear, and liberty—these
would have been her own. Sho has them
sot now.
The New York Herald evidently has
man npon its staff who was himself onoe
boy and remembon it. It sayi: “A rev.
erend bishop in California is disgusted at
whst he styles the loose way in which cbih
dren ore brought up nowadays. Hs would
like to return to the *»pare the rod and
spoil the'ehild' theory, and complains that
“a nntn ean no longer correct his child
without being reported.. Society .interferes.
Well, that depends. If by -correcting his
child' tho good bishop means that the
parent bos no longer the right to neil his
earn to a lamp-post, or to thrash him until
the birch forest gives out, or to snip
coach whip at his legs in ordor to teach him
to honor Lis psreuts that his days may be
long—why, there is a ctrtoiu amount of ob
jection among decent folk, it must be oi
leased. It is sheer nonsense, however,
assert that boys are not just ss good ss they
evor were. They always were wild animals
—that is, the test of them were: hot when
they get into the harness they do better
work than was ever done since Noah
stepped out of the ark on to dry land. It's
had form to grumble because the law will
not allow yon to beat your children over
tho head with a choir.”
PROMINENT PEOFLE.
Cleveland is tho first American President
to whom Prince Bismarck has sent s per
sonal letter and a photograph.
Mute. Kistori is writing her nutobibgra-
>hy, end it will come out simultaneously in
t.lisn, English, French and German.
Mr. Buskin's illness, though it has not
yet Oeveloped dangerous symptoms, causes
the greatest anxiety among his friends.
F. 8. Church is at work on a picture he
calls “Retaliation.'' It is a group of young
girls discharging arrows at a captured
Cupid.
Mme. Judic is to sing the wicked French
chsnsonettes which affright pious American
critics, in Norway and Denmark next month
at $100 a night
Ariel Lsthrop, brother-in-law of Senator
Stanford, bus been the manager for several
A BONELESS MAN.
lie Can be Flatt.
I Out or Rolled Into a
Halt at V.'lll.
From the Sew York star.
A gentleman registered ns Clajton Knox
Lexington, Ky., at a small hotel on Union
square a few days ago. He was a genial
companion and soon made a number of
friends. Mr. Knox is a story teller of the
real Kentucky sort, and he taxed the cre
dulity of his friends to a very great extent
One of his peculiar stories was told by him
in the following way;
“I used to hunt moonshiners in the Ken
tucky mountains as a deputy United States
marshal. My last trip was mode two years
sgoaa a member of a posse of marshals who
prowled around in the vicinity of Barbonr-
ville, Ivy. It was on that trip that I saw a
man without a bone in bis body—a man
who could he Battened out like a pancake
years of the Palo Alto estate, but now he and rolled up like a carpet. For tho truth
has cut loose and will make his home at of what I’m going to tell yon now I shall
Albany. —* *” - - -
. , ... , . J __ «l z-ewui.ru tuiiuei, AUH lit U1U tUUUWUUU tills
confidence of the people, as evidenced cietj hails with pleasure the election of Dr. W. L.
» I one of his country cu tomera *11 the eods water be
titfn upon his part, and nenca we v> ouij I C onld drink in one day that Bacon would be nomi-
urco upon all those who have opposed him I nated for Governor.
b 1 , 1 r . .1 Yesterday morning, bright and early, tho country
to accept the action of the convention in I customer was on hand to claim the bet. Hewssdi-
good faith, looking to tho future for the ha- j£*j| 10 Uuul '* dn >« K0 » “ d told to driBk *“ •“
hU of future judgment and action. I Ho celled for lemon, and Albert soon set it before
And if Gen. Gordon's administration shall
he wise and just, ws.hallfind cause in this Albert
fact for congratulation that we have been I was now thoroughly convinced that the man was
| a. t f t. n I thirsty, and hsstened to give him another glass.
just and generous to him. If be ••o P »nge and cre»m this time," slid th« wlnnsr
fails to fulfill the promises I Of the bet as he wiped off with bis slsat e the froth
.. , . . . . ... . I from his mousUch*. Albert leaned over the couu-
of himself and his friends in this respect j md took a look at the thermometer. It wa»
tho responsibility will he wllh him and I Th ' tt h * hlu<ltd ““ *“* or '
them, and their final defeat, if not the din-1 -act any rin.sprt.r' s.k.1 tbs man. Albert
ruptionofUto Democratic party in »b.
SUU, U snrsjmfnUow. MAaftiS
In Due Time to drlok It because be loved It, and as he drslutd
W. .u-n v.s.zx .nrmtU.inn tn «*v with rtf-1 « mcb S 1 **" Albert wo&dsrud if he could Mend an-
we shall ha\e something to say *itn rei I 0 y, #r when he bad set down tne fourteenth
erence to two very important acts of the I glu». Albert was nearly tired out, but imagine how
...... A _ At, .1 he felt when the mau celled for a milk shake!
lttto Atlanta convention. >> e allude to the I Tht (0 f % *undlng
fi-mlntion favorius the holding of mass I at a soda fountain drinking a
resolution ravonug vuo , dozen glasses of soda without showing any signs
meetings, or primaries, in all the counties ol I 0 f fatigue, soon drew * crowd. The merchant he*rd
th. HUto on tho same day, which was wise;
and tho seating of a dd^rttai of bolters BS Mtaa
from Bartow county, which sets tho most I cast( , mer th.t bu bon. was running nwnjr. In thu
dangerous and pernicious party precedent ubert “ d Ul * * wU f-antsm neared sfittb.
since the war. I later In th. day be rnlnraad and toW about the
- . , , _ I bet, .tying that he would n-laru tom. dny n.xt
Tux spectacle presented by the late Hem- I wcok sod ttnt.b. Ho ban emllt furon. hour on th.
_.i ,. u „,„i,.,tnnk tn dny. nnd tlm rntrebant U cturgod on tb. udA nstrr
oorntic convention when it uudertook t0 I uco, m twith nrtnu .U.m., Albnrt i« now apply
bulldoze the delegates from Hancock and a log tor a month's Itavn ot absence.
few other oonnties, while they were engaged I Some News From Texas*
in expressing the aenlimunt of ihtir people, I Letters have been received In Rutland distri
was not a pleasant ono. Thcio gcnUemen Jchn
were exerciMiiu poweri conferred I s^n, with his elf# and on# child, then about ftv# or
K . 1 .. I year* r id, moved to Texas. About ton days ago
upon Ihem by th® counties Mr j ohMon WM clearing up some n*w ground.
in convention onsembl.d or by primnrie..
One of them, Mr. Roberts, of Hancock, by. tndlnnf.w minste. Mr. JoUSkun heard him
“1 deeply regret to hear,” writes Frederic
Daly from London, “that Mr. Escutt, tho
brilliant editor of tho -Fortnightly Review,'
is suffering from s malady that has griev
ously affected his mind.”
Mr. Goldwin Smith is writing an article
for an English review on George Fox, tho
founder ot the Society of Friends. Besides
sketching the career of the remarkable
Quaker, he will present a picture of the
Puritan society in which he was so notable
a figure.
Juiiun Hawthorne, the novelist, took tho
law into his own hands at Sag Harbor, L.
L, two years ago, and severely punished a
neighbor's boy who was ntischi-1-wak
ing on his premises. Ever since then,
Mr. Hawthorne says, the neigh
bors have, been in league against him;
his own cattle have died and strange ani
mals have been let loose in his most oher-
ished gardens. Now Mr. Hawthorne is
to shake the d»'«t of Sag Harbor from
his feet and leave the place forever—which
is exactly what the neighbors want.
Mr. Henry Irving spoke recently at Ox
ford of tho lost days of Edmund Keen,who
“died without a ten-pound note.” A few
days after Irving received a letter from Mr.
Robert Browning, inclosing the idertical
purse—of slightly faded green silk—found
in the pocket of tho great actor after his
his death “without a sixpence therein.” It
was given by Charles Keen to John Forster,
and by him to the poet, who now sends it
to the actor in due succession. “How can
I more worthily place it,” gracefully writes
Mr. Browning, “than in yonr bands if they
will do me tho honor to take if, along with
all respeat and regard?”
A Lion Tumci'e Escape.
From the Poll Mali Gazette.
The fascinated Englishman who is said to
have followed about for teu years Bidel, tho
celebrated lion tamer, and to have watched
his every performance in the expectation of
witnessing tho inevitable accident, has at
length met with a part of his reward. A
few nights ago Bidel was attacked and dis
armed by bis performing lion, Sultan, who
f- urteen years ago signalized his arrival in
Paris by killing a man. The brute stood
over his master and proceeded to get to
get to wotk with his claws, when Bidel rais
ed himself, and getting well under Saltan,
by an effort of almost superhuman strength
hurled him off through the open door of a
cage, which was promptly doted. It was
fonnd that the tamer hod seventeen wounds
on his neck and shoulders; but notwitb
standing, he presented himself before the
spectators, streaming with blood os he was,
aDd proposed to continue tho exhibition,
and show that he and not Sultan was really
master. This was, of coarse,' not permitted;
bat the p-rformonees have recommenced,
and tho Englishman, if he U not reloasi ed
from the spell, will probably still have ex
tensive opportunities of srpdj ing the - ways
of performing lions.
H — . —__ , two and a half times greater in the Urge
woe singled out. and made a target for cities than in thetown. and villages.
ridicule end abuse because he differed with fwsn.l ini no trace of th« twy rooW bs foond.
* ... ... . I Tilers WM only one scream, and Ur. Johnson lost
the mejority, and carried out hie untrue-1 no i n getting to the plica where bn tor was
lion, to vote for Bacon “first, last and.ll
the time.” lie met the Uaue bravely and | Rutland.
Although
like
true man.
npon I
Suicides in Cities.
The suicides in the following cities in
iroport.on to population ia 1883 were as
Ntllows:
■menus to population n» 1885.
HahFnacteoo.,1 to 3.8001ClaeinDsU....1 to 7,300
St Loan t to 5,too I llueton 1 to 0,800
Chicago 1 to t.7U0 i Buffalo 1 to 11.* S
New Orleans.. .1 to ft.nou { Philadelphia..! to l'l.ooo
New York 1 to e too | Brooklyn 1 to 14 dorr
Newark 1 to 0.300 | Baltimore 1 to 14 Us)
The abovo statistics show two curious
facts: 1. That the number of suicides t
population is greater on the Pacilio coa-t,
and decreases’in an almost arithmetical
ratio, city by city, until the Atlantic coast
is reached. 2. That Brooklyn, which is
practically a part of the city of New York,
has less than half the number of suicides
that the Uft» has. The census of 1880
places the number of suicides in the United
States at 1 to 20,000 of population, while
the atatiatlcs above show that the average
in the 12 cities named ia 1 to 8,150, which
indicates that self-destruction is nearly
Sherwood- Surrender*,
the losing side and subjected to unfair and I An Antedated Frees dispatch aaja that Fred
ungenerous treatment, he held his position ?.[S”naMed t Ulm«HiothsUrMted t »hit«”nthor-
and carried out hi.InatrucUotm. Heshonld V^rti^TtSu.TSd
and doubtless will, receive the plaudits of I Hutes Court in Georgia, to answer to an Indict turn t
the pepple whom he reprinted, *o4 the I
indorsement of oil fair-minded men. | and wrote several *en*atlonal lettera to Me paper.
-■The letter on which the Indict meat we» baaed.
A Washington special says: “No more
foolish story has ever been pnt into circula
tion thou that representing Messrs. Car
lisle, Randall and Morrison aa acting as the
three component porta of a conspiracy
breaking down the President and his poli
cy. Messrs. Carlisle and Morrison have
worked together npon the leading features
of the House policy. Mr. Randall has rare
ly if ever agreed with them, and certainly
there never boa been any nnderatand-
ing between them. Mr. Morrison and Mr.
Bcndall are atrongly opposed to each other
on almoat every proportion that comet up.
It ia now believed the Morriaon resolu
tion, as amended by the Senate,
will be accepted by the House. This raises
the reserve to be held by the treasury to
$130,000,000. If the Senate insists upon
its amendments the House will agree to it,
believing the redaction of the aurplua to
this amount is better than nothing. It ia a
matter of current report, however, that the
President will veto the resolution. It ia
also understood that he may veto one or
two of the principal appropriation bills.
It is feared he will veto the sundry civil
hill on account of the silver certificate
claim*- put into it by the House. Although
this clause has been modified by the Senate
to a certain extent it is still said to ho in a
form objectionable to the President. It is
now certain that Congress can finish all its
Loximes by Monday or Wednesday of next
week if the President does not cause delays
by unexpected vetoes of some of the etipro-
prialion hills. “
SAW latino his ease In Frown thinks, was forsod bp sum# cBeandbad blm
bENATOE Jones, now taking nit eaae ln I so os to gat him In Macon wbira b« wlllba
Detroit, says that he was retained to pon-1 liable to arrest under the stale law."
without his conaent and shall consult The 0aT lnEton and Itaeon Railroad,
his own comcience about going then. I Cot. E. C. Hathen was tn ths Hip jwterdaj on hit
There i. a vague impremion on th. public *gSS3SSZ«ti? SSTlX b^X^S
mind that a man takes some tort of oath so far. *u.t expresses fctmsslf both ptoased rad
wLeo he enter* Congress that interfere** I ^Mstortals for ths rc*d are cosing in. nod a
somewhat with his own inclinations, if he | 'JollaTH
" aa It (alii doe.
Rest strengthening Food.
The Roman aoldlen, who built inch won
derful roods and carried a weight of armor
nnd luggage that would crush the avenge
farm h..uu, lived on coarse brown bread
and sour wine. They were temperate in
diet and regular and constant in exercise.
The Spanish peasant works every duy and
dances half tits night, yet eats only bla
black bye ad, onion and watermtlon. The
Smyrna porter eats only a little fruit and
someoltveo. Ho eat* no beef, pork or mut
ton, yet he walk. >-lt with his load of 300
pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, is more
active and ean endure more than the negro
fed on fat meat. The heavy work o! the
world ia not done by men who eat the
greatest quantity. The fust* st or longest-
winded hone is not the biggest eater. Mod
eration in diet stems to he the prerequisite
of endurance.
observes it.
-The flavor of devotion” is on exprea-. The Connty Commti.loners.
sion used recently by a Southern corns-1 Tba county c*>ramU*lon.n h*ld amtviln«;Mt*r-
pondenu Th. .cribe had evidently p-aed
to the leeward of an African charch on
Jnly Sunday morning.
being paid a
SHREDS AND PATCHES.
Too, my child, Weddlngwlay was pat Immo
il lately alter Choooeday on paipoaa.’—Waabing-
toaFoaL
Thi* was dona at tbs request ot several who de-
*trs to But** bMt.
Liquor lleouaa were granted to Bedlngaetd A
and llenry Pratt. Two otharllren*** were
refused I*-- reason of tho petition* not bolng prop
erly signed by inreoandlng neighbor*. Ac.
City Items.
—The Covington nnd Hscon brtdv* over tb. Oc-
malgre river wan completed yretwday. end by to
ll anybody known ot as abla-bodlad raln-.lorm 1 mom) . sg. naeh wiU be retold,
losing about the conn try. let Mm send tt to Omaha. —A bunch of martins dew ngnteet the telegraph
Herald. wires on Fifth street yesterday evening and iv. of
‘ ground dead.
them dropped to the ground 4
If the Congressmen of whom Colonel ktorrieon
in n type bad control of eternity they could not be I people take a trip ooDu open street care around
mere wasteful of Umo.-PhUidslphio Ledger. tb. belt. The ride U an enjoyable
—The trial of Humphries, ths Baldwin
A young man la evening drees at the panorama mnr darer. wUI begin in MIUedaevIRe on Monday,
looks at the rebel earthworks and neks: "Is that | Oolunel W. A. Lalt-m wUI repreeant him.
Mason nnd Dixon's Uno!-—Minneapolis Journal.
Hr*. CiaTcIsad'fl Dislikes*
Cincinnati. July 27.—Mw. Herbert Win-
•orolkr exclaimed tha barber, ln an Injured tone. _
“toUf of coons I do; but I don’t Injun anybody, I tor, of Newport. Ky., a week ago natni.-d her
I'm sun 1 never say anything'.’—Phlladel; hia Call. I beby Frankie Cleveland. Mention of tbe
, —;—— . . _ I choice of a name vraa sent to the President's
Tb* Del Bio Dot Is edited by a young tidy. She who has written the following letter;
remarks: "Man propooeo; but tt sometime, take* a EirrrTIT i Masreow. Wasureavog. July 3% VS*,
crest deal et encouragement to get him to da no.*— I _My Dear Mr*. Winter: Many ihanke for tbeklnd
■.0tWtm.nl Mmure 1 ^If.v^yo.reo.nibw.I .■» - .rrfjy?
bpeaain* of John L. Sullivan, the fellow U acts- have been; tat w'lt you do me the f.>. r not to
nil; becoming respectable. The Clneiunalt tngelr toe ffr.nll». but Frau.,, ct *
nnooavtallae«l I colled rronslo. «nd I -llattke .... .
appear tn ns col-1 writh my coasmutitleea rod bee* wl.bv* lorn.
iltcml; join, ixuas Cunuxo.
refer you to United States Marshal Isaac
Arbttckle, of Carter county, Kentucky.
“We had made a revenue raid, without
success, and our party separated to re
turn to Barbourvi'le by different rentes to
avoid suspicion. Wo were not to return
the same day, either, and I was told to wait
awhile before going back to tho village. I
sjtent tho first night after tho raid in the
cabin of a poor farmer among the hills.
During the conversation in the evening,
in which I took part, some one incidentally
spoke of Hector Davis, ‘the man without
bones.' I asked what was meant by that
expression, and was told that Hector Davis
was 'one of our neighbors, tbreiwniles up
the road, who hasn't a bone in his body.’ I
langheddit the statement, bat my host vol
unteered to show me over the hills to Hector
Davis’s home. I promised to go, expecting
to see a rustic contortionist or a sick mao.
“We knocked at the Davis cabin about 9
clock next morning. The first thing I
■aw upon entering the door was a middle
Sgod vosri uilting nnriuht in ft mdft invalid'd
chair. A framework attached to the hack
of the chair supported his head. He was
introduced to me by my guide, Rufus Pick-
well, ns Hector Davis. I entered into con
versation with the man and found him to be
ns well informed as any of the mountain
farmers. Ilia voice was firm bat not very
loud. I grasped bis hand when introduced,
hut I dropped it lively. His fingers rolled up
together like so many bands. lie invited me
to toko hold of his limbs, and they yielded
to pressure until flattened to twice their
proper width. The only indication of hone
was his skull, and that conhl bo depressed,
bnt if done it gave the poor fellow mnch
tain. His neck was us limber as a rag, and
tie head, when released from tbe frame,
rolled he’plt-Bsly about on his shoulders.
His arms hung at his side, but ho could
raise tha forearm up a trifle. Thero was
no strength in his wrists, and when the
arms were raised the hands curled over
limply. Davis shuffled off liia slipper and
asked me to step on his foot. 1 did so,
and it flattened out like rubber. It took
several minutes for it to resume its natural
shape, and it was half an hoar before he
could pnt on hU slipper.
“Perhaps you would like to tie my legs
in a knot ?” said he. Ptckwell and myself
found no diffionlty in performing this feat,
but we had to untio tho knot soon, because
it prevented circulation in the limb. We
alao tied knots in his arms. I began to
think I hod seen enough. 1 hod something
of the feelings of a man after attending a
spiritualist's seance. Bat I had not yet
seen the most wonderful exhibition of bone
lessness. >
“Can yon lay mo down on the floor?" ask
ed Davis. .We did, bnt it was no easy task,
for his body slipped in all directions. We
secured firm grips upon his clothing and
kept him from falling. Pickwell had as
sisted at this performance before. After
laying him down on the olean
rag carpet, my companion seized a barrel,
which 1 afterwards learned contained tar-
nips, and proceeded to roll it over the pros
trate Davis from his toes to hit ehin. The
only manifestation of distress or pain shown
was when the barrel rolled acroei his cheat.
The barrel lefa Davis in a horrible shape.
Ho was literally ‘flat os a pancake.’ But
that was not oil. ‘Roll me np, Rufus,' said
the boneless horror. Immediately Pick-
well doubled Davis's head on his chest and
then contimud to roll him up like a big
door met. When his feet were reached,
Davis looked like an armadillo, nnd he soon
asked to he unrolled again.
“When the man's body was resuming its
natural shape I learned from his old spec
tacled mother, who nat in a rocking chair
near by, knitting, though apparently not
liking the exhibition, that her son was 40
yeaia old. He hail enjoyed perfect health
until two yrnra before, when his hands and
feet gradually become numb and weak.
Tten tbe bones began to soften, and this
spread rapidly to all puts of his auatomy.
Beyond making him n-1 plena he never ex
periouct-d nay inoonvemcnee from the
■■range blUietion. AU tbe vital organs per
formed their functions properly, and the
mutlirr believed that Hector would live to a
good old ago. She hid a younger son, then
at work in thn field, end two daughters,
who were married to m-mutaln farmer*.
She Haid no doctor bad been ‘up in them
ttaar ltiha fur nigh onto‘twenty year* ’
After Pickwell and I hod returned the man
of flesh and cartilage to hia framewerk
chair we bade them good-byt aud wont
buck toward Uarhoarville.”
Romance a n ,]
From tho New York Star.
thoughts become vert- oi bit
summer. American ‘ *t '
lovely than at the set**. J^ Ttl ^
during thin out-of-town eSjf"
mokes a most appropriate xf'l
their natural charmf Tb^^o,
which they attire themll. 1 * 1 «
most ethereal charrcte-tc tWi^' 0
the excursiouB on the lake n*
shady woods or np lone a!"' 1 -'
they arc at their *’ t?.°“I -1
themselves, and
their cavaliers happy tin,? ■
feminino dependence' which*? ^
greatest attraction to a **
see them is to fall in love »Tj, J >
fall in love with them is to beri„ tkt *-
romance, to which the X
nights, tho twinkling stare ih„ l ,*
lend eir noetry. S&»
of making love comes tk« realitv ^
mony, and this thought oWm
man grave perplexities just at ml' 1
There are philosophersvho'^
any discussion of the pecuajj,'
marriage. They declare that '
to count up dollars and oent.'Jj*
witching matden'.is willing to b*.
■corn the careful knight Sho lo|?
lates the expenses and rides,,?
assert that what i, enough fo'
enough for two. They point om ul
parents and grandparents marri«U
and brought up large families z.1.
less money than th« V*
truth .The bachelors who are
ing their vacations and faUiaei!
tho watonng places and
cannot derive much instruction^'
from it. They could not, if thi"
imitate tho economics of thtir
live the lives of theii grandos..*..
an who love
tYurnsI l«» Death.
From tbe Beehxt Budget. July 35.
The nps and downs of u bnsihSH life kill
off many men while yet they have yean nf
work left in them. Thero h vyh, within the
observation of tbe writer, occurred tbe pre
mature deaths of several very coted busi
ness men of Boston, who have died, not nf
physical cau<e*, hut of ever mental anxiety
from disappointed eikrillatioL s. The recent
demise ot a prominent commioion merch ut
was dne to ibe oontinn- d pressure of lia
bilities honestiv assumed which he found
impossible to m*et. Another eminent mer
chant who one* stood at the bead ot tbe dry
goods trade in B-wton died from over*
anxiety on account of the depreciation in
manufacturing investments in which he
largely interested. Thera are many such
ss—more than tbe public knows of.
Itnimrtftnt Omission.
From tbe Washington Post.
“Grover, step here luramoment, please
“Yes, dear, what ia it?”
“Grover, did yon writo that letter to
Albany—that one right there, that my
tinner is on?”
finger is on?
“Yea, darling, ba, hal'pretty well tuned,
don't you think no?”
“Have they printed it just exactly as you
wrote it, Grover? Just look it over care
fully.”
“Whv, yea, dearest—I thought it would
E lts.se Vnt—yes, that's just aa I wrote it,
tve—why?"
"Well, Grover, it remarks, Tn present
aarronniringN ami tu ail the future may have
in store, 1 must levert to the time I lived
in Albuuy as the happiest period of my
life.’ Is that on yon wiote it?"
-“tVrtaiult; that is—didn't they pnt it
on?—bang em! they Lft that off ! I added
•excepting tbe !»>• a x or aeven weeks.
“Are you par fee'-ly au-re von addc-l
that, Mr. Cleveland? Very well. I will
torgive you, then."
**Amrn’*in tlm \Vro\i|g i'lscs.
A funny little incident occurred at SL
Jobn’a church, Medioa, laat Sunday. In
the absence ot the rector the Rev. Mr.
Walsh, the anperintendent of the Sunday
school, took clung" of the service accept
ably. It ia customary when the boy choir
have n-ti ed from the chancel and eot> ring
the robing loom for them to aing the hut
I>oii*i s\»k t«w» .'Much »r lim Memory.
From the Buffalo Courier. '
“I always carry a good deal of my Wp n ... „
ness in my head, a d avoid the tree ot books j atanza of the recf vd.'nal, af.er wh cb the
as much aa possible," said a prominent but-1 rector chants a aeon choral benediction, tbe
iness man to an acquaintance last evet.ii g. beta ail joining in the “Amen." Unknown
“Then let ms tell von it ia a bad h»hit," tc- - ^ *~ ■
plied the other. "You hod hetti r take warn-
tr uji bU’Mios ■hell never s<s
bbm —Mincees-olls Tribune.
ing by the condition of the old gentleman
who once hod the largest depot In tbe city
and carried bis business ia his head, as you
-■v. To-day he is in the insane asylum as
the result of too great a strain npon his
mental energies. Thu practice may do
while yon an yonng, healthy and fall of in
tellectual vigor, bnt nature will demand big
interest on the investment when yon bavo
advanced in jean.”
to the choir bfct Mnnduy tins was omitttd,
the supuinte- Jeot taking advantage of the
moment after the choir had retired to make
on annoaacemtnt which be bad forgotten.
The choir, waiting behind the organ, could
hear a voice indistinctly from the chancel,
and after the announcement hod been made
tbU a church social would bu held at
home of So-and-so on Tm -lay eTeniii)
boys' voicca swelled forth iu *a grand
devout “A m.-n." ‘li..- < ffu.it can be i
ined.—Buffalo Express.
grandpatentA
, . . — ■*** honestly aniri.
ry her, hut he cannot argue the
question upon general principle!
afford it? Haa he or can he be in
sure of making enough money to
her comfortably and creditably’ n
she, be worthy, the question is
swered; hut the majority of to,
have only moderate incomes, xoj
no donht that some of them do retilr
their love by declining to propose. ‘
A young bachelor in New Jbrk
handsomely upon a couple ot thou
year. The English phrase is "fo,
gentleman,” but many Rentleaei
conn tries expend mnch less. For
week he can secure u l*rg^ uIu-«a,
nished room in a fashionable localitr]
$3 a day he can breakfast and dine
elnb, and have a bottle of claret
dinner. For $200 a Fear he tea _
hia stock of clothes, hats, shots isT
essentials. As a role his nse s
and billiards, his cigars and bis h
ties either pay for themselves»
frayed by the amall wagers npja
ventures. He has a margin oi u
hundred dollera for amuaemesti
absolute luxuries. Being in A_.
he expects to earn more uoetj
year and tho year after, or i;
npon some lncky speculation k
street which will enrich hia.
for the present, his income is i
conple of thousand a year, and bs
fcctly at his ease with it nntil be
think of sharing it with a wifi 1
small it seems! How poor h Is!
one-half of it would be eaten q
rental of a flat and the wages of >
of ail work.
Bread and cheese and kisses in
well in novels, bnt nobody could
them as a daily diet. No man «l
loves can be patinfled to make ths
his affections worse off by a
Ha unnui c.mectft t*> I-.,-, y
woman for hi* sake .she mi; 1*
do so; the most sensible Touts .
this to themselves while Cupid moth
lint, if he were weak enough tt
his wife would no longer be tbs
girl he now adores. Life is bard
st the best, without making it f
demanding sacrifices of ease, of
of society, of refinement upoa lhai
Hymen. Onr girls possess comnaal
ua well os beauty, and they should
tbe matrimonial problem lass dif
proving that they, too, kuo* fit
ntonc-y, and how to maks tbe ■
little, and bow to eke out dollsa
and taste and skill. If yonng ~
convinced that in marriage they
Iran helpmeet, a partner tor life,
a talking doll, to he petted ami
or a pretty bird, to be csged and
would he more Matrimonial r
summer riuu are likely in the
of tho money market. I’lirtaO*
fashion, but tho old, genuine
Vpanaive to be experienced
wealthy people.
A Few rslleele*.
From tb* Phttidelpbt* Msdled U“»
Perhaps the formnlatioa ot sh*lL
fallacies may not bo without intetajl
re.dots at this time, even if l “T " I
posed to accept the stats meet**
■ome qualification. It is a fiu-4|
pose: .,
That alcoholic drinks , npp £ 7tl
strength during exoesmVily bcEJT-
That pie is Molly
general, that the quality of W
con bo logically affirmed of *“7 ' .
food abac lately and apart fto®
oration of the dteertire eapjw
particular atomoch the posers ot
to be tetfted.
That disease, in any given
simply ia the group of •J®r^
plained of by the patient, or
dels cted by the physician.
Th .1 all morbid d J
deetrncth e in their nature, J
conservati c. Diseaseine*n*“"I
Ibe nature's method of ngbhijd J
overcoming the effects of ■ojt'jj
ugeiiL A certain portion
picture of a disease i» therefore ■
•vidsnees of reaction ss well I
morbid action.
That, in the production of
tnm, the elevation of the
nernrore plays the mortiniP^J
furnishet the principal imlivi j
m »uL ii_t,nfe*k»i
That a person is well who t^k
that sickntBs constats in fejl“* J
That specifics c»n be saw w
Cr Th m aImes?tuslnnml r rcfy i ^l
life bearj any direct n »l
tions of the physical frame k» I
degwnsrstioD.
Au OI.I Citizen
Mr.*.U. Norris,aa
S.J* that ha bad been bsAtf rj^s |j|
UonpUint for » $»*•»
ror ibree j.sre; st Omm
uptuutDl U |U
rMiiumemlv tto« trtc BWJJ* H
Etda.y CompUis<e.oeH*}
bl I Alias r. I ■!!>>■ > I f
JiSled-
Ouida'a now romance
of a Uoura Tarty.”
Tar ••bo**" boat M so
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puhliabintf **•