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TITE TKLF.fiBAPTT AND MESSENGFB; FRIDAY, AUGUST 21,1885.
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Cleveland wilt not get his full holiday
this year, but half a loaf is better than
none.
Newspapees that criticise the excellent
lines of Mr. Squire, New York's imported
poet, ought not to publish the verses of
Georgs Alfred Townsend,
Death is playing aad havoc nmoog the
notables this year. The eminent nutber
Buskin, the telegrams sny, stands t ow in
the shadow ol the dark valley.
TheCouiiir-Jonrnalsays: “Sam Jonee,
the evai gelist, has opened a campaign to
save Cincinnati, ms grandchildren will
carry on the business at the eld stand.”
“I say, Jones, I saw yon were very at
tentive to the ‘be.ic of the ball’ last night.
Made a uiasiif’ 'Naw; I gut atnekwith
the bell-wether of the ball and ceuldnlt
getlooto."
As we are making history for our chi!
dren and these to ctme after os to read,
we devote more than ordinary space In oar
editorial columns to a review of the politi
cal care *r of General Grant.
Arm now they tell of three small boys in
Texas w.o were surrounded by a band
of Apaches BLd defeated the savages, kill
ing eight. Well, the Texan starts out to
be a metaplasmiat early in life.
If the worst comes to the worst, they
can take the harness on of Eat Us and
teave him to balk it out in the road all by
himself. And yet It u astonishing how
many people always take sides with a
balky steed.
They leH of a Virginia baby that, nnr.
ble to speak, hums Itself to sleep, select
ing tnnes that it has, heard dating the
day. All of which goes to prove that
there are metaplasmists in Virginia as
well as Georgia.
Hchbakd is the name of the House of
Commons reformer who wants all the
young girls rescued. Th's Is very likely
old Fstbe r Hubbard himself, atd If so he
ought to shoot the ally fairy gown which
bears his Bponte'a name.
Of the 5:10 employes In the patent office
one-bait ere men, and Commissioner
Montgomery says that there sre not ten of
them who have the manliness to own that
they are lb publicans. And for this cow
ardice they should be tamed oat.
To the genlluineu who desire to sell or
relessj the State rotd at once It may be
said, go slow. Perhi pa after the Railroad
Comntistiou law is modified the State road
may be a morn valm b'.e property In the
eyes of wonld-be porchaseis or lessees
than cow.
This old historical chistnut la still trav
eling: “The familiar poem, ‘Old Oaken
Backet,' was written by SamncI Wood
worth In 1810, just after be bad drank
water from a tucket at a well In Cromwell
Conn., which was on the premises of the
late Caplam James Riley," And yet the
most Important fact is Invariably omitted.
taMd tm.k a pnll at a desk of Jamaica
rum just before hitting the bucket.
The colored brother is snubbed even by
the grand army, and in the capital of the
nation. A grand army man tells the Star
‘‘It Is merely a question of business wltb
us. We have a rule not to rent the hall
to colored organisations, and thla is done
not on account of the color, bat simply
for the reason that l* we allowed the bell
lobe used by colored orgaiiiatlona we
cannot rent it to white organizations. It
la a public hall and we want to gat as much
revenue from it as poaiible, and from
business standpoint only have we adopted
this rule. The hell is not even rented to
colored posts of the grand army.”
Tita Philadelphia Herald has not loet lie
bead in the general grief. It lays: “All
the sentiment about the death of Gen.
Grant uniting the North and Bontb In
1 sude of everlaetiog levs Is very pretty to
write about, bat let the President of the
United States appoint to profitable office!
a few of the ea-rebtl nerals who figured
so conrpicuotuly in New York lest week
end the very wrlieis who have been eotuh
tome'/ land ate ry of a new ere of good feel-
in g a ould be just as abusive of ell of them
as they ever were. We Americana are
very tr that faille on certain occaelone, bat
vhe feeling soon weare ofT, especial y when
It conflicts with political inteteata.”
Fbahi a show* how railroads add to the
growth and greatneit of a country: “Fifty
years ego the construction of the tint
French railway—that from Paris to Saint
Germain—wee officially sanctioned. The
’ a Emile Pertire undertook to make this
line of eighteen kilometres at bla own cost
nnd risk. It had taken nearly three years
to obtain the consent o( the authorities
the contention of Thiers being that rail
ways could never be more than amere toy,
while Arago alio doubted their utility
The requisite capital of 6,000,000 trends
was not easy to raise, though two bankers.
l'ElchthalendThoreeysten.haddepoeltid
t:>r3C0 000 (recce centloa money; bat
difficultly, were surmounted when Pertire
won over the Rothschilds and Samson
Davillers. The line was opened the 27th
of Avgust, 1837, end became the nodeas of
the western system. Franc* baa now
21,000 kilometres of railway), conveying
1*0600,000 pas,rogen • year, and the gross
receipt* are UaO.OuO OOOfranee. Two hun
dred and twnoly-three thousand perrons
are employed on these railways, and the
«•«* derives a revenue o 83JUO.OW (races
from them.
Tho Basis of Grant's Fame*
In name nnd fame Gen. Grant be
longs to history. For a quarter of a
century he has been a prominent figure
before the civilized world. In the long
future his career will be discussed.
Men will differ as tohischaracter, like
wise in reference to his merits. The
general verdict touching bis fame will
depend upon the truth of history.
Whatever may be said of ills private
life, bis public acts are the legitimate
and proper subjects of criticism. If
there were motives of delicacy or policy
that for a time justified silence as to
his short-comings, they no longer exist
either in truth or justice.
It has been said by thor.e whose
province it was to pass resolutions, pen
general orders and deliver orations
on the occasion of his death, that he
was the greatest military com
mander of modern times, an able states
man and finally a man of consistent
Christian character.
In certain quarters there is a well de
fined purpose to have the people of this
country set their seal of approval upon
this portrayal of bis character. It is
intended to follow the great ostentation
of his funeral with the erection of a
monument, which in its grandeur is to
Bilence truth, as in its faithful though
unpleasant work, it gives to the world
both the good and evil accomplished by
this man.
While history has in all ages treas
ured up the deeds that have rendered
men famous, and properly so, it has
always been essential that truth should
prevail in order that the lessons of his
tory might not be lost. Hence the best
sentiment of the world regards any
reputation as spurious based upon his
tory that is false.
' It is not within the power of men to
permanently obscure the prominent
facts with reference to any great ques
tion, or tho life of any man who has
been so prominent or whose history
is so well known as that of General
Grant. In the long run the truth will
be made known, and it is foolish in his
case to undertake to protect bis fame
from that criticism and discussion es
sential to truth, and in the presence of
which perfect character has nothing to
fear.
While the perfunctory wailings of
insincere men in this section may yet
be heard, we do not hesitate to express
our incredulity when asked to believe
that the future will accord this man the
first place in the history of our
country.
Ail of his snccess at last came
him by virtue of his mili
tary achievements. As a military
commander he was successful. But
how and under what conditions? Tnk-
ng his campaigns against Gen. Lee in
front of Richmond, from Spottsylvania
Petersburg, and the records will
show that while he forced Gen. Lee to
surrender, he sacrificed more men than
the latter ever had at any time during
these campaigns. The honors that
were heaped upon him by his grateful
countrymen demonstrate that nothing
succeeds like success. They seem to
have been indifferent to the cost, look
ing only at the result. Upon this
point there can be no difference of
pinion, as the result is admitted.
Inthefaco of that maudlin senti
ment so generally exhibited since his
death, we do not hesitate to say that it
woulfl have been better for his fame
and that of his country if his career had
ended with his interposition to prevent
Stanton from violating hlq terms of
surrender in the arrest of Gen
Lee. If from that day until
the day of. his death he ever rote
to the height ol manhood, much less of
nobility of character, to justify much
tlist has been said in bis praise of late,
there is no record of the fact. On the
contrary, every development from that
time on indicated that the inclinations
of a man of extremely coarse physical
mental, social and moral fibre were
allowed to dominate a poorly defined
purpose to assimilate the better quali
ties upon which it la now presumed to
rest the fame of a perfect character.
History must record the circum
stances in connection with his occu
pancy of the war department when
President Johnson and Secretary Stan
ton were at variance, and when the for
mer undertook to remove the latter
from his position. He not only ex
hibited hero that contempt for civil
law which was so apparent
daring bis administrations, but if we
remember aright the President at that
time made charges against him that
seriously impugned bis veracity. These
charges were never withdrawn or modi
fied by the President, nor did Gen-
Grant even deny them. Ills position
towards the South np to this time hid
been friendly and concilia ory. It eras
believed that upon a policy which pro
posed to rehabilitate tide section, he
would become the Democratic catrtli
date for the presidency. There is little
doubt that his nomination by the
Democrats upon this line would have
resulted ia his triumphant election,
lie professed to be a Democrat, but
early afterwards the purpose of the Re
publican party was manifest to nomi
nate him as the candidate of that party,
and opon a policy differing
widely from that he was under
stood as having previously
favored as the poles are apart, he was
nominated by the Republicans and
elected. With what results the South
realised in the years of agony and
tears through which she passed. Ilia
policy was in striking contrast,touching
the condition of affairs and sentiment
in the South, with the report made as
general of the armies to the President
on the occasion of his official visit
here, for the purpose of investigating
these questions.
His accession to the Presidency was
characterised by n series of appoint
ments to high positions of men who
had made him presents of great value
His conduct in this respect so
shocked and scandalized the country
tbqt *he was dubbed, and justly so,
“the great gift-taker.”
The celebrated whisky frauds un
earthed at St. Louis and the unfortu
nate facts developed in their investiga
tion caused the friends of tho President
to shudder for his reputation. His ac
ceptance of Belknap’s resignation,
when tho House of Representatives
had voted articles of impeachment for
high crimes and misdemeanors, and
tiad appointed a committee to present
the same to the Senate, was so fla
grant a defiance of law that it
provoked severe censure from
men of all parties in every sec
tion of the country. The condition
of affairs in the Interior Department,
under the administration of Mr. De
lano, reflected with almost equal force
upon his administration.
It has been said, ol late, that he be
lieved Tilden was elected, and was
opposed to the inauguration ^ Hayes.
He knew that Tilden was elected, but
far from opposing the inauguration
of Hayes, he appointed the committees
of so called “visiting statesmen," to go
to Florida and Louisiana. This was
considered to have been done at the
instance of Zack Chandler, and for the
purpose of stealing the electoral votes
of those States. How well they
performed the dirty work assigned
them, history has already recorded,
well as the preparations Gen. Grant
President made to carry their
scheme into effect by inaugurating
Hayes. An army was concentrated at
Washington and the purpose was evi
dent to defeat the inauguration of Til
den, peaceably if possible, hut by
force if necessary.
With his characteristic contempt for
law and disregard for the rights of the
people as well as of States, ho
persed legislatures at the point of the
bayonet, and set np others by no other
right than that of brute force. As if
not content with the ruin he was thus
inflicting upon a helpless people, he
asked Congress to pass a law, which
was attempted in the celebrated force
bill, giving him absolute power over
the Southern States. The Senate
passed this bill. Its provisions were
monstrous that when it reached a
Republican House of Representatives,
that had never before hesitated to pass
the most stringent and extreme meas
ures proposed towards the South,many
of its members drew back affrighted.
Mr. Blaine, who was speaker, was op
posed to the measure, and it is under
stood that his friendly assistance to
the Democratic minority of tho House
enabled them to defeat the measure by
parliamentary tactics during tho last
days of the session.
What Grant did under existing law
may be taken as an in
dication of what ho would have done
if this measure bad passed.
When his trip around the world in
the interest of a third term had culmi
nated, he made a tour of tho Southern
States. In all the principal cities
tbrongh which he passed he was pub
licly entertained. If the peoplo were
not so demonstrative as others whom
he had visited, they nevertheless ex
tended to him a cordial hospitality, as
sincere in expression os it should have
been delightful to him by reason of its
quiet, well-bred dignity. After break
ing the bread and drinking the'wine
of these people he went back North,
and forgetful of his position and insen
sible of the obligations of hospitality,
ho placed himself at the head of it po
litical hippodrome liko a circus ele
phant, and told the crowds of sighi-
reora who flocked to’ bis exhibitions,
that from personal contact with theso
men ho was prepared to say they should
not be permitted to take part in the
government.
Uls last adventure in the Grant A
Ward enterprise would have destroyed
the reputation of any other man who
baa ever lived in the country.
There are many other facta that bear
upon the character and reputation of
General Grant. These are sufficient
for our judgment that he baa not de
served as much at the bands of his
countrymen as his friends are claim
ing for him. We would that hia
career were consistent with the claims
that are made. He ebonld have con-
Those familiar with the sayings and
doings of the Railroad Commission of
Georgia havo not forgotten that tjje
Savannah, Florida and Western rail
way carried the commission into the
United States Coart. To the astonish
ment of most of the lawyers of the
country, Judge Woods delivered an
opinion which virtually declared the
commission to be as omnipotent as any
human creation could be.
In order to make up the pleadings in
the United States Circuit Court, the
commission was compelled to file a
sworn answer to the bill of the com
plainants.
In this sworn answer we find this
language on pages 20-27 of the second
annual report of the Railroad Commis
sion:
“The tables show the freight tariff of
the Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad to be the highest charged by
any road in the State, and, we may
add, of any road without the State,
within our knowledge. The rates of
other weak roads, for example, the
Macon and Brunswick, and tveakest of
all, the Brunswick and Albany, run far
below those of the Savannah, Florida
and Western railroad. The rates of
these roads were such as were
fixed by themselves, all untram
melled by any rules or regu
lations, governed only by a sense
of their own interests and obligations.
High above them all towers the tariff
of the Savannah, Florida and Western
railroad, above any other submitted to
us for consideration, in or out of Geor
gia, loDg or short, weak or strong.”
This is plain, strong and emphatic.
Major Wallace was then fighting the
Savannah, Florida and Western rail
road.
The road, though defeated in its pur
pose before the courts, continued its
fight for fair and justdealing, and daring
an investigation and argument before a
legislative committee, the commission
admitted that the road had been un
justly treated and promised to remedy
the wrong.
Commissioner Wallace is now fight
ing the Central railroad, and the figures
used in the contest do not tally with
the statement we have quoted from his
sworn answer to a bill in the Circuit
Court.
In a letter of reply to Captain Raoul
and addressed to tho Hon. F. II. Col
ley, chairman of the Senate committee
on railroads, on page 5, Major Wal
lace gives this os the table of rates
charged by tho railroads before the
commission undertook to adjust rates:
For distance ot ten miles.
Savannah dir. of Central R. R
Atlanta dtv. of Can trel R. R
Savannah, Fla A W. R. R
Macon A Brunswick R.R..
Atlanta A Charlotte A-L. It. R.
Western A Atlantic R. It.........
Otorgla R. R .........
Commlt'ers’ Standard Tariff..
<130 00
00 00
70 0t
DO CO
45 Ot-
50 00
14 00
51 10
<10 00
20 00
10 0!
eidered that a day would come, when
pasalon and prejudice would give place
to reason and justice. Ho should have
known that the facts to which we have
alluded, with others, would rise to de
tract lrom his fame when posterity
came to make up its final verdict.
We are concerned only for the truth
of history. We are willing to accord to
General Grant all that bis career will
justify. Whatever of loatra bin name
may shed upon the history of our
country is as much our own as it Is of
the people of the North. No man in
oar history has enjoyed such opportu
nities for impressing the country with
great qualities. Few men exerted a
larger or worse influence. He did more
to demoralize public sentiment than
any man who has lived or died in our
history. His purposes, if they did not
lead up by Grantism to Ctesarism and
imperialism, were not understood
The possibilities suggested by
his position, his principles, or the want
of principles, and the coarse ambition
ot the man, involved foratime the per
manency of our institutions.
U be had succeeded in all of hia plans
the State of Georgia would hare been
a military province to-day.
Grant will not be accorded the first
place in American history, and we are
thankful that he lived to the meth
ods engrafted upon the public service
and the demoralization fostered under
his patronage repudiated by the Ameri
can neople ; ^_______^__
Ex-Govaasoa Moats, of Booth Carolina,
atUl eontinoee hia tonr of Inspection. He
la now about to lock into the Boston peni
tentiary again.
There will be noticed a discrepancy
between theso figures and the sworn
statement of Major Wallace already
quoted. In place of the rates of the
Savannah, Florida and Western being
the highest of any road in or out oi
the State, it appears that two roads in
the State then had higher rates,and one
of these is a road named by Major Wal
lace in his sworn statement, the Ma
con and Brnnswlck road.
We submit that tho figure! and facts
quoted do not cover Major Wallace
with credit for open and fair dealing.
Perhaps age has impaired hia memory,
or intemperate zeal has beclouded it.
In any event it will be unwise for leg
islatures to deal witli great proper
ties upon the facta and figures issued
and sworn to by Commissioner Wal
lace.
A woid for Central Tocmhs.
Daring the week past General Toombs
has been criticised with a severity by
the Northern preea that offsets the soft
words brought about by the Grant fu
neral, and creates a doubt it the war is
really over.
The General has also received some
criticism at the handa of the Southern
press. It all comes from a letter
written to the Atlanta Constitution oi
Sunday last, and subsequently wired
to Northern journals. In this General
Toombs is made to speak very flip
pantly of General Lee, Mr. Davis, and
others.
Gen. Toombs has at all times been
entitled by reason of bis character and
public services to the respect and pro
tection of all Georgians. While he
well known to be more conservative in
action than in spoech, he has often
been assailed on account of the misin
terpretation given to his language by
newspaper reporters. It is possible
that he never used the language at
tributed to him by the author of the
letter to the Constitution. It is more
than probable that he has been misrep
resented. The Washington Gazette
says that one P. J. Moran was in that
place writing letters at the date of the
one published in tim Constitution
If ho is the author of the letter re
ferred to, his antecedents and character
are such as to disqualify him as • wit
ness against General Toombs.
He was published as the author of
false and slanderous telegram sent off
from Atlanta defamatory of and insult
ing to certain young girls of that city.
There are strong reasons for the belief
that he was connected with the prepa
ration of the scandals perpetrated by
the Cincinnati Enquirer against this
community. Under this state uf facto,
the Northern and Southern press may
have been quite too hasty in comment
and condemnation. Gen. Toombs to en
titled to the benefit of all of the doubts
in ibis case tnd something more.
lie is growing old and infirm, be to
burdened by the shadow of great do
mestic calamity, and to these are add
ed recent business troubles. His con-
the impertinence of apryingand roving
newsmonger who could have no possi
ble claim upon his consideration.
The family and friends of General
Toombs owe it to him, to themselves
and to the State of Georgia, to protect
him against such intrusion and its re
sults.
‘Tax good work should go on. The
fierce light that beats upon the' path of
every arpirant for political honors in the
United States has certainly had one good
effect, If no other. In no otter country
aro public men held to eo rigid an account
ing In their moral character and conduct,
and nowhere else, prcbtbly, Is the general
morel standard among this class sohigh as
in America,” seys the Charleston Newi
and Courier. And U thla be true, the
mo-aie of the outside politicians are In s
terrible condition.
The Albany Journal vouchee, in a way
that aeeras to put all doubts at rest, for the
authenticity of that savage letter of Prej-
ljent Cleveland to the Democrat who
confersed to having recommended for
appointment a man of bed character,
never thinking for a moment that the
appointment would be made.” Says the
Journal: “The letter of the President was
keen and caustic that mac; doubted
whether he would have written it to a
Democrat. This doubt Is set at rest by the
statements by the President himself during
his recent vitit to this city. He not only
wrote tho letter, but rejoiced over it, and
declared it he was misled much more by
politicians in favor of unworthy applicants
for place, he would print the names of the
politicians and 1st the public see how he
was deceived into making improper ap
pointments.”
BREVITIES.
AT NEWPORT.
Belinda Smith met Nelly Brown
One lovely summer day,
Upon the rocks at ML Desert,
And unto her did say:
"I'm happy as tho little bird
That carols In the tree.
I'm happy a* the butterfly
Thst nutters through the lea.”
“What makes you feel so happy, dear?”
Said pretty i> elly Brown.
"Is It your lovely Galnesborough,
Or Mother Hubbard gown?”
"On, no," Belinda then replied.
In tender dulcet tones:
"But since last night I've been engaged,
You know, to Harry Jones."
"What, Hsrry Jones?" cried Nelly Brown,
As msd as nho could be,
“Wbv, since last Thursday at tbe hop
He's been engaged to me,”
TiiEaverage longevity in Russia is
twenty* years.
It is said that there was never a case
of hay fever in San Francisco.
The smallest salary a minister in the
Presbyterian Church of Australia is per
mitted to receive is <1,500.
Rugby, in Tennessee, Tom Hughes'
experimental colony, now has between 350
and 400 inhabitants, only one-holt of whom
are English.
There aro 1,600 kinds of pears, 1,500
sorts of apples, 150 plums, more than 150
varlstiea of gooseberries and about 125
strawberries
A California breeder of Angora
goats received fifty-five cents per pound
f< r his mohair, and the fleeces averaged
seven pounds.
Mrs. Halsted, of Richmond, Va.,
has a son twenty months old who cannot
•peek a word, but sings trim tell to ateep
nightly wim tbe aln that he has heard
•nog, played or whistled daring the day.
St. Louis has just discovered that
'here is a water famine within ire corpo
rate Uoei. The discovery was made pub
lic by an advance in tbe price of beer. In
St. Louis they never miss tbe water ami!
the keg rans dry,
William Neff, a minor on Brown
Mountain, Col., commlt'ed suicide recently
by fitting a fuie to a stick of giant powder,
and lying down with bis beau pillowed on
■be explosive. His head was blown off
above tne lower jaw,
Two boys, named Marco and John
Garret, oi Cohoes, were out in a thunder
storm Saturday, boih under one umbrella,
and the termer was • truck by lightning
and killed, but the other, who carried the
umbieda, was uninjured.
A dude at the beach at Atlantic city
receu.ly attempted, In hia languid way, to
make t port at the expense ot tarerol young
lady wallers enjoying a bath. At length
the girls became provoked, and seizing t'
dudeablp, all arrayed In purple andfiL.
linen, they dragged him struggling to the
water and plunged him beneath the waves,
thereby removing all hie freshness.
A Baltimore gentleman offers this
cations explanation as to tbe origin ol the
•aylng: "Nine tailois make n man,” He
says; “The word is Mailers,’ and its use la
the sememe yon quote arose from this
custom in days gone by: When a person
died tbe church belt toded once for every
year the deceased had lived. But nobody
could tell by this the aex of the dear de
parted, to the eexton, to help public curi
osity, titer ringing in tbe neusl way the
number ol yetis, came to give eight quick
strokes it the deceased waa a woman, and
nine it it was a man. These strokes being
rung at the end ot the strokes for the
years, were celled Mailers,’ and the laying
‘Nine tellers make a man’ came in nse.' ’
Mr. R. G, Haliuurtox, aeon of the
antbnr of "8em Slick," who Is cow on
visit to Jamaica, fn a letter dated Jo y
gtv«a .deplorable account of the oondluoh
oi that colony. He asye: “I have l»«n
•pending tbe wlnt.r In a eeclnded district
of J amaice, and have been simply horrified
at tbe truly pitiable elate of the colored
people there. Ninety per cent, of the
death! during the past two years were of
poor persona wao sickened, died end were
barled without the aid, comfort or attend
ance of e doctor or clergymen, and with
out poor relief, many of them dying of
THEY WANTED ALL THE 8IYLE.
9 Man from tho Mountains Hnvlna a
First-Class Time.
Northwest Magazine.
Old Jerry Crosscut bad not been east of
the Rockits since ’40 until he and his
paid, Fat Bill, pulled up at the Hotel By-
the other day. As be glanced up at the
magnificent facade he remembered what
he had read about the great caravansary
in the remote mountain camp and Invol
untarily marmared: “It air an Imposing
pile, William—it's built in what them
newspaper fellows call the Quinine style
and beats all for health.”
"Do you wish to be shown toyour apart,
ment now ?” said the urbane clerk, as they
registered.
“Nary show," said the old man, reflec
tively.
“I think I understand you,” (aid the
!erk, smlllnj-. ‘ We will try and make
you comfortable, Mr.—M—(glancing at the
rfgister) Mr. Crosscut.”
•Yee.lt are Crosscut—the same. You
n read wiltin' very slick, but ‘comlort-
axle won't do. We are goin' to wallow in
elegance—like It la advertised In the oa-
pere. Do you seem to catch my drift?”
"I think I understand yon. You wish
i live high. I'll put you on the sixth
fleor, if yon wish.”
Now you are talkin'. There is noth-
too high for us, and nothin too rich
our blood. We follow the rules. We
deposit our walnables in the safe, and
you must follow the email bills. Here is
mv pocket-book; you can prize that at
<10,000. No, we don't wank to leave our
euspendeis. We ain’t tenderfeot. Our
suspenders ia alongside our swaddling
clothes. Here, take this small gun (un
strapping a revolver). Pat 'leving thous
and on bit; I wouldn't seil It a cent lees.”
"Yon don’t expect us to pay such pri-
— for this junk-shop truck, do you?
You couldn't collect ten dollars in the
courts on all of it."
“Never mind the courts. I’ll collect it ii
the things is lost. I’ll keep this gun with
me. Now, my young friend, you brlDg on
yonr sable African nigger.”
“Jim, show these gentlemen to 411.”
‘Yes, show ns to 411, and don’t miss a
Agger. Ytiu hit it jnst right, or ther will
war."
‘You mustn’t mind Jerry," said Fat
Bill to the clerk. “He’s been sort o’sus
picious like, and keeps hia back to the
wall, ever since he killed Shady Mountain
Mosley; but he’ll get used to the place
after n while."
"I—I don’t mind him,” said the clerk,
nervously; "he seems to be a very nice
man. but a little peculiar.”
"Yes, he are bloody peculiar—blocdy
peculiar,”
"Hit’s a cage—that’s what,” remarked
the old man, as the elevator started.
“They are goin’ to hist ns to the upper
level. Keep your signal ropes tight, young
feller. Lord! Many’s the time we hsve
had to crawl into the tlmbere when the
ropea hei been tangled. We hev traveled-
we hev—eb, Billy ?”
"Now, African,” said Jerry, as he pro
ceeded to undress, alter leeching-111, "yon
stand in that corner, and when I give the
~’gnal yon smother them lamps.”
“I kin put ont tbe gas," suggested Fat
Bill. "The nigger can go nnd lend np a
bokey at sweet violets to remember h.s-
sell by.”
"You can’t put out no gas for me,
William. Th>ro is more’n a million peo
ple smothered every year by knowln’ too
inuoh about tavern gaa. There is n knack
about it which we ain’t on to. Now,
Sable, kill the lights, and mlt d you, that
no fire atarts in hia joint to-nigbt. We
hold ran strictly responsible. 1’U cat
yonr liter colored heart out through the
small of yonr ■ potted back if T hear a whim
per before mornln’ loader < -.n the moan
in’ of tbe wind Do you seiue me?”
"Lord, boss 1 Doea you ’epos- I’se gwine
burn tha bole) up a purpose?”
Yon may be all right, hut I suspicion
ye."
In the morning the old man awoke and
he saw tbe annunciator with the usual
legend written nnder It—
1 Ring lor Bell Boy.
2 Ring for Ice Water.
3 Kings for Forter.
actual want. Before I wee here a fort
night I lived the Ufa ol a poor woman end
her children, who were dying oi eteiva-
lion, elckn-te end neglect.”
The National Museum at Washing
ton contains on exoibition a collection I
lastrating the foode oi oar native racei ot
redskins. More than 500 vanities aie
represented, brought together mainly by
Major J. W. Powell and hit subordinates
In tne Burean of Ethnology. These in
clude peinnricen and jerked flteh ot sev
eral aorta; dried fish, moiiuske, barnacles
and rea urchins; ball a dozen edible in
sects; grate weds ot me y Unde; acorns
end acorn flour; aeeda of the mrzqult
ntai-zanlta eid stveril species of caciu-;
screw bens and a large divinity of ante
sod berries; dntd Traits end cereals;
karat** end other roots and tubers out of
which "bread,” ia made, with specimens
of “luckebo” and other cake*; the many
food prod nets of the yucca end other
leaves, and tbe n'ooboffe drink pulque
made from It, beeldes many other range
comestible*.
Avouxomanwho had that cat _
cravat eeen ofteneat among the college
■tadente, got into a Faoll train at Ard.
more the other day, and at ihs nod ol wil
lingness on the part of a fair young
woman, seated himself by her aide. He
raid: “Whet bareyoa there?" There
wu a quick growth ol color below her Um-
piea u aba s-id, laughing: “A bit of four-
leaf clover.” He made no sign of un
usual interest, but Upped with bit fore
finger the top of hie allver-Upped cane,
nun she went on: "I pasted tha better
part of lb* morning looking tor Ibis—end
another.” Btdl he made no lien, and
they began to talk shoal " East Angela, 1
and the other aerial stories current Be
ibejo-ing woman langbad to berteli
boars afterward. Sbett.d In tbe beat _
one ot her shoes that other bit of direr-
leaf, and It is a pretty notion, known to
rooisntlc girls, tbU u one happens toll
s sprig«f four-leaf clover she mu,t pi.
.... . ,, , ... . . R lo her ehoe, to that the first yonng a
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“Sill,” raid he, "do you sec them re
marks on tbe hangin’ wall: ’Two rings
for Ice water, three rings for porter?’
How many rings I wonder will It take to
b.lng red llkker? Touch her off on porter
for a starter." "
Fat Bill reached ont of bis bed and com
plied with the request, when the porter
came.
’’Well, bora?"
"I knowed they wouldn't lollow the
email bills. Jest see that snuff-colored
cannibal William: where Is the Oriental
cnspldor filled with porter?—where Is the
acild gold plate, with incense and cigars
on U? Alrtcan, you go down tbe shaft
again, and yon tell the superintendent to
pot his ear to our telephone, snd mind tbe
email biUe.”
Tho clerk went up shortly afterward snd
fonnd the old man plugging the annunci
ator with his revolver at alx paces.
"Bee him. William—see the liver-colored
pointer 1 Where to your albaeter jog ol
R redone ointment? Where Is tho l-lgyp-
an enake plate, filled with sea blecnlt?
him away marmnrlng that it bo bail
another gun be wouldn't be "took sllve.”
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One of the amalleat things on earth. It
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Free From Malaria.
vith i
- :
In the fall of InSI I wav taken
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