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THE TELEGERAPH AND MESSENGR. FRIDAY. DECEMBER 12.1884. Thr«« CrAe«r «• Thr•* Frl*ht«. New York Knr*. . are bfiv-niii'K boiribiy tleflur.t end lining will) nil the { rnmnlngfl tor- r the forrLen* which la Bill! ,1th 8ky« terrier 'ring grow xr more harrow to* iu cgiln Y)m |_o*th«om* Contemporary. Boouevlllo (Mo.) Topic, W. would r.Ui.r r«- * paper filled up with "ejehalls. moons and Droond-clet^ tttutee, Rotten np away from home,” than editorial pages filled - r wRlTtbemoat »i< ker.ing eeH-praUe, turkey- gobbler fctrutting and peacock vanity, jw^winp. in every line, a head bursting igltfc conceit. The Bliae of tgnoranco. Detroit Free Preaa. • J rathe " aahad Mre.Jooee, who woe writing a fetter home, “bow do you apell STRONG MEN. omt Remarkable Feat* of Personal ProwfM by Celebrated Character*. oIBnteia tobd one of the strongest iceu in hi and at Mm Ornhh ha? a brother residing on the weed side of Milwaukee, they came here to have the knot tied "But will you n-»t experience trouble when you return to Kngland?" was asked Mr. Bennett last ling. "Mv dear sir," quoth tie in re- ook core to look into P‘7, tha pire of herculean individuals. ^ Wle the heir apparent, be one day visited hi* fath ■fenT” ^i-i-n-e,” answered Jones, who always ws. .tlnlt.ome- Wh,r,." remarked Mra.Jones, donbtlnUy. "That would make (1st « !*• (aid Mr*. June., proudly. and wrote home that her huibind bad a new line painted lor hii atom «r, thel«leEniper(r.tocoinpl(ln ’I' mail was tampered with. The Emperor «nt for the pbiefof pollOf, drew from him a confession of .guilt, and chided him in ttabsaN ot fba Gmrowit*. Tha latter did not a word, but handed the crest fallen functionary a sign of bow great was hie anger in the form of a allver rouble twisted Into a toIL InhiJ younger d.jra toll wet favorite visiting card of the Ciarawtts. Ha oould itrike a poker .gainst bis arm sad bend It, bite places put qtcfalna CTpe, lean ?. h Mi D JS?hHW^W < Sn a^fwSaaratad r yS' va^'fmUottS ol kitchen J okera Into a coil ab ut tba neeka of trembling countrymen. One night, et to baring utonlabA a tewraful with hi. Ho Use. Wall Street News. He bad accompanied hie ton to college to are him started oat, and one of the first woe.lions he asked wee: "Can my eon learn the railroad botlneet h *"No. sir. H# would hare to enter into the amp loyofa railroad company to do _ m l<, bis box. And tbretMbe boz'and man over the wall of a burial ground. - M71M.0I that. 1 ‘ 'Oh, I don’t want him to run on a toato. I'd like to educate him to ba on* of the eflldaie—secretary or president" "Ko education In particular la needed! for that, air. In former years a railroad president had to figure onta dividend for itockholders. In toeae day* he limply figures up the loee of earnings and lata the stockholders slide.” What Mada Him Mad. Chicago Herald. They were alone. He was stretched on the sofa looking Into to* grate, wondering why coal wes no* eold for Is a ton Instead of ffl.50. She waa reading the nmmtag paper, acd a conversation—a dialogue— oocnrred: _ ••Hubby, desri' “Whatis it, pet?” “Yon needn't buy “You needn't buy me thet jersey we were looking at. I wouldn't wear one for WCre IWfilUK Bk. A WWUtusi • nvw. vuv ■»> the world. Here la an article that lays the pleuro-pneumonia baa broken out 1 among the Jerseys and many of them have died.” He look the tongs end pulled down the motto “What Ta Home Without a Mother?" and etuck It in toe fire. It was the last pleasant evenlngof their Urea. The Eleventh Commandment. N. Y. Herald. "Do you know anytblne about the proa* pectiva cabinet?" eikfd Mr. Morrison. Not having any Information on that sub ject to give, the Interviewed Interviewer attempted none, except to state that Mr. Cleveland is said to be a firm believer in Lbs eleventh commandment. “.Eleventh commandment!* exclaimed Mr. Morrison. "What in toe thunder la the eleventh commandment?” ■•led every man mind hie own holiness, ,J "I. th” P tte eleventh commandment?” Inquired Mr. Morrison, withenrpriaebeam ing in his eyes and a general air of regret in his countenance. “Well, all I have to any ut that he may find thet he has got a pretty hard task before him.”^^^^^^— Neoeselty Compelled Him. rittatmig Chronicle. “Will you attend Professor Drydust'e lecture on ‘The Germ Theory, or Proto- tJaemin VrAtnfimt ' <n.nf »kl f'' Ann TtfWtnn plumic Evolution,* to-night ?’’ one Boston etndent asked of another. "No, not toeri^ht,” was tha repI^^M cannot. I have teen giving myself np to dissipation entirely too much ot late, and must now get down to duty and study hard to catchup. I have made arrange ments to study and rehearse for three hours each evening for the next month with Professor Plug Hugeur both with hard and soft gloves.” “Ah, how I envylyour spirit of sppltcs- tion.” "Ido not deserve your admiration. It is a necessity that actnataa me. My grandaunt has threatened to disinherit me unless I enter one of the learned profes sions.” Monument to an Old Maine Hate, Lewistown (Me.) Journal. One piece of news that finds a place in the Maine newspapers looks as if it had strayed from Georgia or the CaroUnai and lost its way among tha winding roads ot Maine. It it that a man in Cumberland ooonly has recently given an order to a marble worker for a monument to be erected over the grave of a former three ot the family, who. Ilea buried un-j der Maine soil. Tha slave was owned by one of the early settlers ot Maine, ran away hum his master, enlisted, and attar ten- innu in?? wuaiwu, hum buw •»»» ing in the army, retired In the eojoyment olji pension and hit freedom, and died many years ago, baring attained the good old age of over a hundred yeara. It la only an act of poetic justice that this poor slave should be remembered after ao many years by a descendant of his former muter, but if is an act a little Out of the common course. The effected elaveryin Maine and the other Northern States have so en tirely passed away that It la difficult to re- alire that it ever existed here. Stop the Flummery. Troy Press (Democrat.) For many years now there bis been a vast amount of aira displayed at Washing ton, not only on inauguration days.but on fiber occasions, and Indeed upon many (fiber occasions, and Indeed upon ail occasions. President Cleveland will make a great hit if be brings too aociel customs of Washington down to the genuine Jiffersonizn simplicity. We have sped dcpoatic or at lead mon archic governments long enough, and thereby foolhli extravagance has been encouraged until it Is almost lmpos* Bible for poor familial to five without con stant mortification, became their richer neighbors make such ostentatious display of ti.eir means. Aeensible man like Gov- ernor Cleveland can do much to mitigate this evil by showing that too highest citl- aen ot the country for the time beiog does tilth do Slot consider foolfrli display Indispensable to dignity. Letns getbscknotonly tothe honest methods of too early Preild flits, but 80 far aa possible and reaionable, to their simplicity. Ha Was Cool. McrchantTravellcr. There had been a row in a Wealcrn town, and after a great deal of promiscu ous shooting Jim Jackson, a noted tough, was killed and ihe fun mopped. Arrests were made and the pariicipanls were brought before the court. When Joe Doff, __ne *of the principal witiiewen, took the •land, a young lawyer tackled him. “Your name to Duff. I beHavt?" he said, after a little aklriniahing around the *^That’a what they calls me,” answered j°c ►SLjL^b •‘You were in Ihiarow? “In course. Yer don’t a’pose I'nllotin* any chance# for fun, does yer? I bain’ missed one in ten year in this town, uni I happened to be O'* “ ’ “ palin in aide.” “Did yon s any one?** “Yes.’ - 9 this man Jackson Bhoot at “Was ite i emergency. “Did he appear to be agitated whoa you first saw him ?" “No mor'n you’d be in chargin’ a ii ten dollars fur fifteen cents’ worth work.” “Don’t be personal want to ki If Jackson was also cool in the latter j>or- tion of the trouble ?’’ “Yon betcher life he wm cool, Hi 4ead—cold'n a Sunday roast on a »wiUMef WM ordered to step down. Iregorie, claiming tobeaer* enty*ona years old, astonnhed the physi cians and the poblic of a town near Lon don by carrying 700 pounds with ea.-e, lifting an ox and performing other won* derftu feats. A cetohrated Loodou physi cian who examined Gregorie describes him as an exaft*rat«* a *y dn :. 2J* shoulders were prodigious, and tits bleeps almost incradibla. Qregoria’a -atraogOi, rather than a source of pride to him, was the cause of anxiety. Although the mild est of men, he lived in dnwd that he should be provoked to use bis stre. gth against a fallow being. He was afraid to nurse hit oan child last he should give it a **Neariy W aU individuals of uncommon strength make np in bulk what th»y are deficient in height. Stanley, the African explorer, describes a strong man who was six feet dve inches, and rather diapropor- tionately slender. He could to« an ordi nary man tan feet in the air and catch him In bis descent 'He would take ouc of the large white Muscat donkeya by the ears, and, with a sudden movement of bis right toot lay toe surprised ass on his beck. He could carry a thrcr-yeir-oli) bullock half way round hit masters plan tation. Once he actoally bore twelre men on hti back, shouldtr, and cheat a die- tanoe of 800 feet. Middle-aged people who remember toe dawn ol interest in muscular exercises, recall Dr. Wluhlp. toe originator of toe idea which wee subsequently embodied in lifting m,chines. The aoonubuient tost the Doctor’, performances created wa, equal to that of too Berliners a few years ago at Jorgnery's feats. The moat won derful ot three was known as the trap, re feat. The Frenchman hung su.pendef by his legs from a swinging bar, and by sheet muscular strength lllud a heavy horse end lie rider ofl the »tege. aiupmd- ing them several minutes and then lei ting them down gradually and evenly as he raised them. Mentos Thompson's achievement at Rochester. N. Y., last year, waa. how- ever, m the opinion ol competent judges, more surprising than thi*. Thvuipsou laid with hia face downward on a firmly fixed ladder and resisted the efforts of a team of powerful horses to pull him from hia position. A newipaper writer, inre viewing this wonderful performance, re marks that the little men ion with wbieb it escaped oould only happen in a nation where strong men are common. The same feat in 1675 gave William Joy the came of the English Bamsori. The medical faculty of Vita-na thought the strength of Joseph Fospiathil * worthy of discussion at several special meetings This mao held a table suspended by bia teeth while thrte gypMes danced upon it. He and one of hia brothers bore upon their shoulders a sort of wooden bridge while a horse drawing a cart full of stones was driven over it Posptocbilli’»strrnght was thought to reside in his nerk. and fi<» bones were said to be twice as lafge as thu usual sise. - . Fishing parties and explorers in tbe wilds of Northern Wisconsin were a few t ears ago familiar with Peter Panquttt*. le Samson of tbe region. He wa* a fa mous woodman, possessed of mighty en durance, and muscles that were like iron. Senator Clark says: “I have had him bare hia arm tome and crack hickory nuts upon the muscles. It was like cracking them oa a atone.. He could take a handful of dritd, bard hi’ k- ory nuts and crush them to pieces by mere- '* tightening his fist** On one occasion, while serving aa guide for a party of explorers, a v .ke of. oxen drawing the boat down the Ft x gave out through fatigue Parquette took tneir place and hauled tbe boat 'long, heeding the strain less than tbe beasts. Sheppard, the wonder of the Coventry Volunteers, whose muscular development answers to tbe deecription given of Pau- qnette, like the latter, wore his hair long. With the half-breed it was a cusu m de rived from hia copper-colored ancestors; but with the ruddy Englishman it was iu obedience to bis belief that all bto atren.-h lay in hia flowing yellow locks. SbeopuM could lift a heavy man in each band uni hold them at arms* lei gth. Heoo.ldjo** enormou ? tables, barrels and bag! of fl »ur about as thought they were fl-lt-d with feathers. He could take n pewter pint pot and tear it into pieces with bis teeth, and he could munch large oyster ►hells aa a pers iu would munch a a licuit. Phepptrd w*a the wonder of the country around, but hiaproperous popularity developed ene mies, and ona of tne«e, it 1m related, in duced the strong man to drink de eply and while sonkln stupor cu- off bis luxu riant hair. 8heppard awoke, lelt hi- u iv poll, and iu tont-a ol horror announced hia strength waa gooe. W hether b^cuuse such was the eaae, or became he wished to excite bupets'iti<.m crrdulty, the strong man from that niomrnt was weak, timid and hesitating until bia hair w«a long again. TO AMERICA TO OCT MARRHD. Nephew and aunt Come from England to get the Knot Tied. Hilwauxu, Wib., December 1.—A. J, Bennett and Mita Orpth T. Orubb, both of Preston, England, were manied In this city, last night, by the Rev. George H Ide, of the Congregational Cburcb. The cere mony was performed at the borne of a relative. “We traveled over 4,000 miles to have this ceremony performed and will retrace tho same distance at once,’* smil ingly laid the groom to tbe minister, aa the last words pronouncing the couple man and wife ware apuken. Tbe bride at his aide waa hia aunt, and it was to over- come the Eog lah uurriage p o cription relative to that kinship which induced them to crocs tbe ocean to have the cere mony pet formed. They will start on their return to England to-morruw, having spent just thrredajaiu Milwaukee and a little over a we«-k on tbe Amt-rican Conti nent. Mr. Benn ttlsa wemihv English' man of perhaps 40 yeara. He fell in love with hia annt, and she reciprocated h s affection, but the laws of England forbade the marriage of nepewand aunt, and they were forced to seek more convenient stat utes In o her climes. Mrs. Bennett's first husband, a Mr. Urubb, was Mr. Bennett’• mother’s brother, so that, though bia aunt, abe waa really not related to him bv blood. But the l»w was inexorable, while the lovers were determined The doaty vol umes of law in France. Belgium, Bwltser- land, Germany, ana other European coun tries wen* examined by Mr. Bennett, but tho marrisgo war forbidden in all thosH countries. It ecemed as though they Would have to undertake a trip to Africa or tbe Band *tch I*Unds and export a min ister with them to find an Acc*>nini< dating law, when Mr. Bennett be bought imm-lf of America, and after a good heal of cor- rt>p mdence with tha Aim-rican Consul, found that in the law of Wisconsin there was no clause forbidding such a marriage, I an OKLAHOMA PAYNE. 9ketch of Hia Variegated and Interest ing Career* Wxlukgtox, Kan., November 29.—The post mortem examination under the charge of Drs. Barnett and 6hapard re sulted In an opinion that the deceased, David L. Payne, came to hia death by the formation of a heart clot in the orifloe of the pulmonary artery. Tha ooroner’a ju ry will ait Monday and give a verdict in acoordanoe with these statements. The information following was given by Jae. H. Dobbs, known aa “Comanche Bill,” A. K. Trealar. “the hard tack icout,” tad J. W. Eckleberger, a member of the first colony that attempted a settle- Capt David L. Payne waa bom Decem ber < 1816, et Peru, Grant county, Iod., and them was given the usual •dueatipn. Later be migrated to Kansas. When but a lad 16 years old he located iu Doniphan county. Afterwards ho aasodated him self with the noted Gen. Jim Lane aa a scout. HU career in that capacity was ona that secured to him among the people of hia countv a reputation tor uerve, bravery and discipline that at a county election landed him in the Legislatute at Topeka, where he conducted toe affairs of hU constituency in a praiseworthy man- uer. Returning home he was imbued with a spirit of patriotism, and at once took the benefit of tbe volunteer ao, then before tbe people, eoltoting as a private. After ward he was promoted to first' lieutenant. Aa he war progressed, for valuable ser vices rendered, he received tha title of captain, which rank he maintained throughout tbe late war. He returned to Leavenworth and there held the position of postmaster for a period of two yeara. Intrusting his bn-lnesa to a clerical force, it became necessary for him to dispose of valuable real estate to meet the demands of tbe government. These demands wera ba-ed upon fig .ret given by the assistants. Payne acted the part of genuine manhood R * settling with the government in fall e then went to Indiana oa a visit to bia people. After enjoying the pleasures of tbe visit he returned to Kansas and lo cated In Brdgwick county, at a place known to-day as Payne’s Ranch, and during his sojourn there ho kept a stage stand combined with a hot»l. This waa the point where he gained the title of “Ox- heart Payne.” Lyter, when Sedgwick county was organised, be again was made representative at Topeka. Returning from his law making labura he betouk himself to Washington, D. O., and was Sergoant-at arms of the House of Repre sentatives. and while there gleaned facts tbatcao»ed him to givo his time to an idea which he formed that would in his opinion rci-nlt in the settlement of tne Oklahoma country and the unoccupied lauds in tbe Indian Territory. Returning to Wichita h« there conceived the idea of opeuinc'be Black Hills c* untry and for a time let tbe Indian couutry go. Ht went to Kansa-* City and there sncc-*eded in. se curing thirteen men who joined the outfit. At Leavenworth new recruits were added. At An-hison mnre joined the throng. At Omaba an addition was mode that gave strength to the company. En route the e iropany stopped at Fremont and North Place, Neb. Arriving at the Black Hill*, th-rn we e • ighty-three men in the co o^y. Here Payue waa taken out of the Hills un der m lit&ry escort upon thred different occasions. After being legally releaved he again brought to public view his original idea of the settlement of Oklahoma. Capt. Payne wms, in early manhood, a firm and steadfast believer in the Metho dius faith, and during hia career was alweys a friends to Christianity. A NEW MOTIVE ROWER. AN ACTREStt’S BODY CREMATED. Mlaa Laura Clancy H«a Her Body Cre- Oravas. Lancaster, Pa., December 1.—It was growing dark when Laura G. Clancy’s body was placed in the retort for crema tion here UMUy. The hour for the cere mony waa 2:30, bat the retort would not heal to t ie requisite 2,200 degrees. Hence, it was*6:20 before the body waa given to the flarnei. Laura Clancy was a young actress who had won fame as leadfng lady wiih Frank Mayo and oaiappo.t to Mary Anderson. She was cut off iu her prime by emsumptioa aud her dying wish was to be cremated. She died at Mrs. H. Leimbach’s hou-o on south Broadway. jBfiliiruore. November 10. aud her body was embalmed. Her widi waa to b«v« bur ashes divided, half to be placed in her siatt-r Vecie a grave in Bat'imore aud half in her mother s grave in Burlington, Vl AT TUX CREMATORY. This morning Mr. and Mrs. LeimbacU and Mr. Gardner Juft Baltimore with tho body and came here. Ai 0 o'clock the re tort w.-s re »dv aud‘the body, which was in g od c-uicition, was wrapped in a cloth saturated in alutu water to prevent burn ing, at.d p'aeed in tbe white-heated retort. In Irss than two h >urs it was reduced to a*he*. There were no services and but ft-w persons were present. The ashes will will oe gathered to-morrow and taken to B Utiinora. Miss Clancy was a spiritualist and M r. Gardner thinks her spirit appear ed to him some days ago. He never sa«| her uulil he saw the body. A Rromlnlng Competitor to tha Famous Ksaly Motor Mystery. Philadelphia Press. John T. Dysart, an Inventor oi wonder ful genius, was recently interviewed by a reporter, to whom he gave an inkling of some wonderful possibilities in the falurt. He lives at Bhipprnsville, Clarion county, and within the peat three years has re ceived patents on fourteen inventions, most of which are for uao with natural and artificial gaa. He has already spent much time In the natural g&a regions of Pennsylvania, making the uses, resources and improvements of the wonderful fuel fitob^ladintoooovsrsauoa open this sub ject, he remarked: “There ia no reason why it cannot ba used for motive power,” he said. “Com pare its tremendous force with that of Carlar.d for Attorney-General. Washington Special. Wasuvnoton. November 29.—Southern mm say mat they prefer the Department of Justice to that of any other place In tbe cabintt. Whether they are tohnve two or more places does not appear to interest them iu the same di g'ee as does their ulan to have a Southern u an appointed attor- tiey-generd. Tiny say that this depart ment has brcti for ye*rs simply one ot in justice to them, uud now th y want a change. A Southern man iu this place could have it in hia power to remedy some of the past outrages, and no one better than he could investigate and expose past abuses. Senator Garland, of Arkansas, is a favorite candidate of the Southern peo ple for this portion. He is one of tbe most profound lawyers in the 8enate. He baa been for years a member of tbe judici ary committee. He is not a partisan and has been as often consulted by the Repub lican lawyers of the Henate as any man in that body. Roscoe Conklfng when he was in tbe Senate constantly advised with this most serious and conservative Arkansas Bena'or. Judge David Davis when he waa on the Supreme bench said that no briefs that came into that oourt ranked higher than those which were presented by tbe firm of which Garland was the senior lie i§ tall, broad-shouldered, deep- chested, nianiy-’ooking, with the large bead and atriuus, smooth-shaven face oka great tragedian. He has a very ricb, deep. *r..i [rn^uuau. fir u.. n w i j neu, uiv,'. rtsonant voice and an earnest dignity of manner which mate List • moet Interest ing epeaker. Uls worst enemy bas never charged bim with tho aligbteat breach ol his pubiio duties. He bas as clean a pub lic record aa tba most fastidious coaid de sire. Although be baa been for years in R ublie life, be la a pour man, and lires in It plainest ami moat atmple fashion In marked oontrut to some of bis millionaire colleagues. Young Man!—Raed This. Tbe Voltaic Be t Company, of Marshall, Mich., offer to (end ton? calibrated KI co ir., Voltaic Belt and other Electric Appli ances on trial for thirty' days, to men (young or old) afflicted with nervous de bility. luea of vitality and manhood, and oooMbepiped into toe cylinders of sta tionary engine, and would run them just as well aa steam. Up at my worksbip la Clarion ooanty I frequently attach the nat- oral gaa pipe to my ateam pomp, and it operate* U auoceaaluily. a oas LOCOXOTIYE. "Other gases are capabia of oae for mo tive power,” he con tinned. “Recently I constructed a model railroad in my house, and had built for It a little locomotive. I S aerated • certain kind of gaa, and with e laboratory In tbe engine cab applied toe fnel successfully. That locomotive ran like a top. Of coarae it waa only on a am all scale, bat I coaid have dona toe same with any large locomotive. Had I bad timo to perfect my work three months later I should have had a gaa laboratory in the cab ol a freight locomotive. Would auch a locomotive haul a train of can? Well, I should say it would. By my process I would have been able to produce a pressure of 1,000 pounds In five minutes. OI course, you understand it waa not a gaa ta burn that I had, but a gaa generated for the purpose ol power only. Thet pressure would be sufficient to pull theheavieat freight train. A man of in ventive mind haa to contend with a great difficulty, and that is when ba la at work on one contrivanoe or studying out some one idea others alii suggest themselves, and in them be tees something new to lead him off his orginal Idra. That la how I happened to led my looomotlve ran down.” Mvareaioua Komrx rowxx. “You have no idea of Inventing a rival to Keely’s motor, have you?” euggeeted the reporter. “Not at all,” replied Mr. Dysart, “but I hare paid some little attention to a theory that I think throws Keely’s ideas far into the shade. Let me toll you about It. A few years ago, when I lived In Ohio. I was visited by X’rofeaaor Tice, toe noted weath er prophet. He found mnch interest in-a collection of some 5,000'mlnerel specimens which I here, and while talking about them exhibited to me a twig of the osage orange plant It was perfectly white and shriveled. He had taken it from a hedge in Illinois, in a region toathad been swept by terrible thunder storms ami tornadoes. I asked how toe thing waa whitened and •hrlveled up, and bis explanation was that toe whole oeage orange hedge hid been lert in that condition, toe lightning enter ing tbe plants, expanding tbe sap, bunt ing the branches and leaving them leg less. The deed plants were not Injured, there being no sap to affect “The circumstance started a train ot in quiry In my mind. Investigating toe sub ject I found that the power of water la ca pable of being expanded some (347 peris by electricity. Nuw, then Is my theory In atmtehell. Instead ot generating steam in a locomotive or stationary engine, in- trodnee a powerful electric disturbance la the water and yon will have a motive power vastly greater than ateam. It will ire deep erady, for years, perhaps, to »just toe right amount of each ele ment to bring together. At first yoor lores would either be too powerful or to weak. The man who finds toe medium will make a fortune. I am going to devote some more ol my time to it iu toe future." FSRSSI* COOLITTL**. TE«*S. W««pina Into Hia Oaalikln Cop Whan Hia Faelinga wara Wrouaht Up by Counsel# NxtV Haven, November 29. —-To-day was the lest day o( the Doolittle hearing ami the peculiar cane that has excited ihe Woodbridge farmers more than ouy other event iff tba t quiet town ia practically over. Jada York's court room haa never oontained so many epectatatora, but tbe new Mrs. DoolUUe, the brido whose gay appearance haa enlivened tbe scene dur ing the progress of the trial, was missing. Old Lucius Doolittle rushed into court with the appearance of having overslept, In HOSIERY FOR THE MILLIONS. to hear Attorney Hamilton’s argument for a conservator for him. Tha lawyer was very - - —idling In hia remarks concerning theyonng bride's rep utation and predicted that some day ehe would tire of being an old man's darling. Four-filths of toe farmers who had testified to toe sanity of Doolittle, he said, could not toll whether a man waa insane or not. - Lawyer Taylor, junior counsel for the db- aud It ia wonderfuL In cities it fenae,was very scvereonMrs. Dlckerman, ■SB of whom he Mid: “She, toe daughter of tola old man, Is entitled to all toe glory and notoriety the can get out ol tots cast. Sbs has (aid that rhe would even pound him worie than did the servant whom be (•allegedto bare been familiar with.” Farmer Doolittle waa completely over come by tola reference to him, and cover ed his face with bis realakln cap, into which toe team freely flowed. State Attor ney Doolittle laid all tbe bieme and responsibility of toe hearing on the ohudren of the defendant. The picture that he drew of toe cruelties which toe old man had been subjected to, again caused him to give way to hts feelings and many of hit female sympathisers sobbed aloud. In reference to the marriage he •eld :“U Mr. Doolittle had msrried with toe expectancy another crop ot such of brining undutiful children into toe world it would tend to ahow that he was insane. This marriage was the head and front of bis offending, but that woman will treat him better then his children have done. They •ey he was vulgar to some of hie actions So was toe msu whom tho nation likes to love next to Washington Old Mr. Doolit tle It rapidly approaching tha end ol his iODglife. Let him live the rest ol his days in peace sad here no master put over him to burry him into his grave.” Judge York reserved his decision to the esse until next Saturday. Highly Colored Talk, New York Sun. There was a meeting et toe African Bethel M. E. Church iu Sullivan street last night to tbe aid of the colored refu gees who started from the 8onth for tots city, whence they were to have token pai sage for Liberia., One of toe speokei was Mr. Williams, editor of a newspaper devoted to toe interest of toe colored race. He sold: “If we happen to be dleliked by oar white neighbors to toe South, moil we run sway ? No I I say. Let every col ored men arm himself and shoot every white man who infringes npon bia rights. Some people soy that since the Demo cratic pony has come into power we will be returned Into slavery, bat before we go Into slavery again we wUl Disuse, propensity end passion brings mankind numerous ailments; foremost among them are nervousness, nervous de bility, and unnatural weakness of genera tive organs; Allen’s Brain Food saccest- folly overcomes these troubles and re stores the sufferer to bis former vigor, f L At druggists or by mail from J. H. Allen, 315 First Avenue, New York city. Atlanta Druggists. Arum, October IS, USL-We hove been handling B. B. B. from its first existence, a few months ago, end have never heard a word of dissatisfaction expressed relative to Its merits, bnt have heard it very extravagantly praised by those who have used it. Iu isle with oa la rapidly lnoreaalng, and we now buy It in three grosa loU. HOWARD A CANDLER, W bolcsslo Druggists. A Country for Baohelora. Letter to Springfield RcpnbUcan. The city ol Atcundon to Paraguay is a very nice little city. Not tost it Is pretty or pretentious, or worth visiting—but it Is an enterprlstoc, republican, go ahead place. Most ot the houses are small and old, and are built without any regard to being on the streets. You cannot imag ings ldent's house, government house, arsenal, barracks and custom houae, stand on wide boulevards, and with toe exception of the latter, are as well built as the elmilar buildings in any American city of toe same rank. Remember that fifteen years ago it was sacked by the Brasilian army, and look at it now os a busy trading town of 50,- people, many of them ot fine cultiva tion. fr’" ’ —- “’- "-• assure you will not go into dusty details, but ou that, though isolated, Para guay Is'n state worth knowing. Bituated in the warm hes-1 of South America, it lies order toe shadow ot ton 81erras, and between toe two great rivers, Parana and Pangs. Aporoprlatlons ore voted by Congress and tost body also fixes toe salaries or tbe officials. The Preaident -receives 18.000; the Vice President, $3000; the ministry, 11.500; congressmen, 1500. and toe judges of toe Supreme Court 1150. The popula tion is about 300,000 and what is strange about it is that there are only about 30,000 men and 270.000 women. Ot course, tbe females are toe farmers, producers and laborers. They work slavishly and are very toor. While the men sit at home and drink, and smoke they indefatigably toil end support the families. A Pasp nt the Senate. Washington Special. seats tor prayers. The chaplain prayed that tn toe new era they were entering upon, tbe only sectional rivalries mlghtbe iu the pitot ol progress. Mr. Logan was the first 8enator recognised by the Presi dent. He medo the motion for the formal notification to the Honse, end Mr. Sher- man moved fortbeusualcommltteetowalt upon the Preaident. All this occupied ten miuutea, end a half-hour's recess was takrn to await toe President's message. The interval was filled with letter wrtt.ng and visiting. Senator Zeb Vance drew Benator Vest od Into toe nortnwest corner and swapped freeh stories with bim; John nuu BWApjNlU *1 COLA OWIIM miu UIIU, el mill Sherman began to a'udy the tables ot figures In a book; Blftir of New Hamp shire captured coloxcd cx-Hcnator Bruce and filled him up with his great scheme for education In tha Bouthat government expense. Secretary Anson G. McCook sat down beside Warner Miller, and judging from their counte nances the pair were speculating as to how it.all happened. Senator G. Friable Hoar wrote letters and looked like Ben Franklin. Benator Dawes sat behind him looking dyspeptic and unhappy. Senator Ingalls didn’t sit at aQtbut wandered happy because _ v come. Benator OoDger.in his rusty old swallowtail coat, found himself no longer a ngular in that garment. He had a rival MaoedJ in a smooth-facea, bald-headed gentleman of the very old school, who limped around the chamber in a similar garment, and was introduced by Senator Aldrich as Mr. Sheffield, the eucceaaor of Mr. Anthony, He has a Webateri&n head, and is said to be one of Rhode Island’s ablest lawyers. Ho came in after hts credentials were handed in, and did not get an opportunity to be sworn. all kindred trouble** Alto for rbeumi health, vigor and 'manhood guaranteed. No ri-k la incurred aa thirty days trial w allowed. Wiiie them aVonce (or illustra ted pamphlet free. His Slippery Glass Eye* “The Squire,” aaya tho author of “The Hooeler School master,'" “wore one glass and a wig. The gl«?*a eye was con* ‘ if'— — 4 “■ Htantly {.lipping oat of focus, and the wig turning around aidewice on his head when- addres*ed the people of the Flat Creek District." Bad spectacle. Parker’s Hair Balsam preserves and promotes, the growth of the natural hair. It also re stores the natural color to hair which ha* laded or become gray. Clean, elegant beneficial, highly perfumed. Office of Jacob’s Pharmacy, At’anta, June 18,1884.—Six months ago we bad no demand for B. B. B., but now our re*ail demsndls such that we are forced to buy in two gross lots. We attribute the rapid and enormous demand to the comparative size and price of B. B. B., and Ps positive merit. It sells well and gives our cuitomers entire satisfaction. Our sales have Increased 500 per cent, within the past few months. JACOB’S PHARMACY, Per Fred B. Palmer, M. D, Atlanta, June 12, 1884. -We have been handling B. B. B only a few months,and take pleasure In saying it Is superseding all other blood remedies. It sells well, gives our cus tomers entire satisfaction, and wo choerfully recommend It In preference to any other blood purifier. ASHER & MOORE, Druggists. 500 tkzen Misses' and Children’s Hose to be Closed Out During the Week. ntlyfroma largo Importing house, at less than are determined to give our customers a blare _ purchased half tbe coit of importation an in the immense bargains we bavo s<cured. Hoie at 10 cents per pair, worth 20 to 25cants. Hose at 15 cents per pair, worth 30 to 40 cents. 100 dozen Ladles’ Balbriggan Hose at 25 cents, worth 40cents. 200 dozen Ladles Linen hemstitched Handkerchiefs at 10 and 12>i cants, worth 20 sod 25 cents. In ibis lot are some elegant Colored Bordered Hemstitched Handkerchief* for La dies. SLAUGHTER IN DRESS GOODS. For the reat ol the seam wa will sail all Dreas Goods at Cost. This (took must ba reduced, and we are prepared to meke great eaorifloee In order to tccomplleh ttys end. JUST RECEIVED. Oar fourth etock of Finey Caseimeres this season. Among them are etylleb Putt ings, Gatslmeree and Overooatlnp, etc., which for fine quality and low price cannotjbe equaled Id the State. Great Reductions in Prices of Carpets. Now is toe opportunity to make home, comfortable for to* holiday season. Re member that we carry tha largest stock of carpets In tbe State. Rsspectf ally, J. W. RICE & CO. THOUSANDS LOST. Don’t waste your money on cheap M»a ehinery. Thousands last every year by buying third-class goods. Come and teg or write and get prices. Five Leading Engines and SawMillt. Three Best Gins. Two Best Grist Mills. Bnperior 3-Koller Gone Mill. Best Mowers, Davis’s Water Wheel.; These goods took premiums at Atlan ta and Louisville over the largest display of Engines ard Machinery ever mode in the United States. Buggies and Wagons from the leading markets bought by the hundred. Bnbber Belting—largest line of any hoaag in Georgia. Terms easy. Longtime. M. J. HATCHER & CO., General Agenta, Corner Fonrth aid Poplar Streets, Macon. Go. REMOVAL. After eight years of snccetsfal business in Macon, our quarters have become too small to do the bnsiness coming to as, and we foaud it neoeaeary to have erected FINEST HARDWARE STORE Tn toe city. We here greatly Increased onr etock sod are prepared to'give bottom prcee on all goods in oa- line. We wiU in future be found at Nos. 60 and 51 Cherry street, next door to Jaqaes & Johnson. A. B. FARQUHAR & CO., Jobbers of Hardware and Wanafactarers of Machinery, MACON, GEORGIA iGRAND OPENINGS OF THE LARGEST AND FINEST STOCK OF 8chumann’i Pharmacy, Atlanta, June 16, 1884.—Since I have been handling the B. B. B., which is about three or four mouthi, it grows so much in popularity,.and its talcs increased io much, that I have to buy it it in gron lot*, as It iclla quite rapidly. TIIEO. 8CHUMANN. Atlanta,June 12,1884.—During the put few months I have given B. B. B severo tests in the euro of blood diaeuei, and unhesitatingly pronounce it a safe, «urc,harmless and speedy blood purifier, fully meriting the confidence of the public. My cuitomcra are delighted with it* effects, and tho demand huso won derfully increased that I have been compelled to buy by the trot*, m it la the best selling blood remedy I handle. W. A. GRAHAM, Druggist. Atlanta, June 12,1884.—We find the sale ot B. B. B. largely on the lncreuo,and as a blood purifier we consider It first-class. Tisonoof the best selling medicines wc handle. SHARP BR09., Drupels Is. CLOTHING AND HATS IN THE STATE, AT WINSHIP & CALLAWAY 126 SkCOND STREET. MACON, GA. T. B. ARTOPE, 178 Second Street, Macon, Georgia. Marble, Granite and Lin?3tone Works, Wrought Iron Railings oi every description. Best Force Pump in the mar ket. Plans, prices and estimates given. nflvKhrr^raJvh UAMPJGKLtLi JUl^KW COTTON FACTORS, IOO POPLAR STREET. MACON, CEORCIA. BUY YOUR MACHINERY DIRECT FROM RELIABLE! MANUFACTURERS Thereby Paving Commissions Paid to 'Local V 7W7 w- Wa offer toe Trade an nnequaiea line of Knglnea and Boilers, Saw MlileJ QrhtjHiJK Otti CuLoUIEngine hat no eqot* For apodal Catalogue and |Pricee, Addrees S.;». Pk£1GBAM, talbottja sons. Manager. JHacon.