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TITE TKLF.fiBAPTT AND MESSENGFB; FRIDAY, AUGUST 21,1885. THE TELEGRAPH & MESSENGER. Dally and Weekly. HIEiTXLEnRirn aw> Muiixelk lirnbllih- cl every day, except Monday, and Weekly every Friday. Tax Daily la delivered by carriers In the CltyormaUcd postage free to eubecrlbere atn per month, »i6o for three monthe, <5 tor elx uonthr, or <10 a year. TBa WIXILY la mailed to anbacrlbera, post al* free, at <1.25 a year, 75 cents for alx months. To clubs ol flvo, <1, and to clubs of ten. SI per BET, an extra copy to getter up of clubs of Wo date on which subscriptions expire will be found on the address tag on each paper, and subscribers are requested to forward the money for renewals of the tame in timo to reach this office not later than^ho date on Which their subscriptions expire. Transient advertisements will be taken tor the Dally at SI per square of ten lines or less, for the first Insertion, and 50 cents for each subsequent Inanition: and for the Weekly at Si per square for each Insertion. Liberal rates to contractors. Kejocted communications will not be re amed. Correspondence containing important news tnd discussions during topics Is sollcited.but uust be brief and written upon but one aide of he paper to havo attention. Remittances should be made by express, toney order orreglstered letter. Agents wanted In every comdunlty In the State, to whom liberal commltslona will be psJd. Postmastera aro especially requested to write lor terms. All communications thonld be addressed to 1 nit TxLEoaaru and Musexqik, „ Macon, da. Money orders, checks, etc., should be made payable to U~ 0. Hanson. Manager. 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 '• -* • ** - - * havo protested s^auist whom the metis nu* in: sure lo rnaxry Ltr, tho „ family, UNIVERSALLY COMMENDED By PHYSICIANS, DRUGGISTS a^d .CHEMISTS EVERYWHERE y. and recommend them remedies for diseases ol tSP^S 4 *oj 1. 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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.” What Is n Corpuscle? One of the amalleat things on earth. It fa a little disc, oval in shape and not the three-tlionsandlb part of an Inch In length. 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At a wbcu violent auacka ot tho bowels frequent, ..omespeedy relic! .houtd be a Tbe acaried mother, lo.lag aleep In n the Uule one teething. <1.„ ,I,I nae thla cine. 500.a bottle, tjendlr •• .-..ptowal A Taylor, Atlanta. Go., for itiddie book. Ladles suffering from tron-1 bles peculiar to their aex.no J matter what kind, enn find [ relief and cure in a bottle ot i Bradlleld'a Female Kegnla-1 tor- , | REGULATOR Send for oar book containing valntble Information for women. It will be mailed free to applicants. Address THE BUADFIELD REGULATOR CO., • Box 28, Atlanta, Ga. Fold by all druggists. j* { '* A Health is Wealth! JOSTQlaloni, Ftta, Norrcmi 2 Headache, KerTOUl Prontrallon camel br uie ol alcohol or tobaooo. WatuhilnsM, Men tal Dcprei.i*'.OQ, Uoftcnlng of the bralnrebult- *"■’ tn Insanity and leading lo m>ory, decay death, premature Old in, Btmnnrm rani of power In cither box,Involuntary Lotatr and Kpormaiorrhina earned by over-exertion of tho brain, aelf-abuno and oter-lndulgeucf Bach box contains ono mcr.th'i trealiaen*. II.C0 a box, or fix boxo« for 15.00, vent by »*»• prepaid on receipt of price. wi uu aw ant i ■ aix aoxia To core any case. With each order receive*! byu§ for fcix Loxca, »ccomi**iiled wiiii-ftce we vrlllnend the purchaser our written guai> an teo to ref nnd tne money If the treatment does not affect a cure. Guarantees u»of« only by * JOHN C. W JS3T & CO., »E2 WfltVfdlaon Street* (Jhlcato. f:» I Buffered for more than flvo year* with In* digestion, acarcely able to retain tho flmp'ctt food on my stomach. Tho burning n-niatioa wu almost Intolerable, and my whole vyitem wu deranged. I waa wakeful an*l could not ilcep, and coniequentiy more or leu nervoui all the time. 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