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Tlie ALBANY S EWS. e.lablWiot IMS. (Cousstidated Sept. S, 18S0, by J
Jlie ALBANY ADVERTISER,established 1877, { HcIXTOftH A EVAXS. |
A Family and Political Journal Devoted'to the Interests of Southwest Georgia.
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Volume 1.
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ALBANY, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL !>3, 1881.
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Number S3.
^vofcssioixat Cards.
William E. Smith,
Attorney at Law,
ALBANY, CA.
H QFFICE: In front of the Court House, up
Hisin.oTer Telegraph Office.
jahl-ljr
Ci. J. WRIGHT. D.H. POPE
WRIGHT & POPE,
I Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY. GA.
■ OFFICE:—Orer 3. Majrer & Glauber’* Store, cot*
ner !l road and Washington 8t».
Dec. S3, 1880-dlwwly
[ W.T.
JONES, JESSE W. WALTEIJS.
JONES & WALTERS,
Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY. GA.
Office over Centra* Railroad Bank,
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I D . A. VASOV. A. II. ALFllIKXD
FA soy # ALFRIEND
I Attorneys at Law,
ALBANY, GA.
Active and prompt attention given to col-
■ lections >nd all general business, Practice
I in all the courts.
Office ov«*r Souths n Expreae office, oppo-
I eite Court Uous<*. jano-dtf
James Callaway,
I Attorney at Law
CAMILLA, GA.
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JOSEPH A. CRONK,
ATTOXtlTE? o.tLAW
111 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Vractlceb In all the State Courts.
Rcfors to Hon. T. M. Norwood.
apttlim
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Deffioss & Oston,
1 Albany, Georgia.
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Teeth oxtracted without pain. All work
warranted. Term* moderate. Will go any
where on 11. & A. and 3. F. & W. Railroads.
AplS* 12m
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ALBANY, GEORGIA.
Office over Gilbert’s Drag Store
»*.i order* left at the Drug Store will recoive
prompt -itention. Jan 7-ly
Dr. E. W. ALFRIEND,
RESPECTFULLY tenders his services, in the
lw various branches of his profession, to the
'■Ultons .i Albany und surrounding country. Of-
'loe opposite 'ourt House. on.Pine street.
HOTELS.
THE JOHNSON HOUSE,
SMITHVILLE, GA,
L Is tlie place to stop and geta GOOD
I SQUARE MEAL. .
I THE ALBANY HOUSE I
I Herrick Barnes,Proprietor
Albany, Georgia.
T his House is well furnished and in ev
ery way prepared for the nccommo-
[ da Lion of the traveling pnblic. Entire snt-
li sfaction guaranteed. The table .is snp-
I plied with the best the country affords,
and the servants are unsurpassed in po-
i liteness ami attention to the wants of
guests. Omnibuses convey passengers to
\ and from the different railroads prompt*
lly, free of charge. Charges to suit the
■times. sep29 tf
SISK! DOORS! BLINDS!
Cement,
FOR SALE BT
GEO. S. GREENWOOD.
sStfep
KIDNEY-WORT
THE GREAT.CURE
' FOB ‘
RHEUMATISM
I A* U Is tar til disrasra of the KIDNEYS,
LIVER AND BOWELS.
. It otranrai tho .Trtrai of the sortd polran
I that cause* the dreadful suffiRing which
I only th* victims of Rheumatism emu rcattaa.
THOUSANDS OF CASES 2J
I of tho wont forms of this tprriblo di*o**»
| hsro boon Quickly relieved, in a short time
PERFECTLY CURED* '
KIDNEY-WORT
fcaafcniwaaicrftali , —
•el* in every part of tha Country. In twn*
dxada of oun It has curedwhere nJljtfjg *■{
felled. It Is mild, but efficient. CERTAXa
IX ITS ACTION, but hazmleee In all cam.
OTlt cleanse*. Strengthens aad utreeScw
Iifk to all tha Important organs of thabo^r.
Tha natural aotina of tha Xld nay* isiestcrail-
Tha Liver 1* deanaad of ali ateeeaw. nd tha
Bowel* more freely end healthfully. la this
K1 DN-EY-WORT
la foam _
ayaum of an morbid accretions. Its
oaadlncveiy honaehold a* a
SPRING MEDICINE. -
iMn ran. miotrsKxaa. cqnnu.
TIOTT.TTTT— — * 1 ■" —Mnra,
l»ratraiaJwTi«.UM.Tran»i«v»«M*
era jackra* of .Udinkra (Quarts r—'--'— •
aomii.IIra.rai 1 *
tb. mii.lrai I o( tborawbo,
pn.it. grat».tl>nral^f<*t*» < «' t -Y»ra
GO HOfVXIK HSUQGISX. ItsSilM*
wells. Riaumpsox a c».,
(wm sradtra dry port r»(A>
KIDNEY-WOR - "
Tbk country h»s nothing to interest
it now except liill Mahone and the
Itrilroads.
“Mahon evii.le, formerly called
Washington,” is the way the Cincinnati
Enquirer putsjt.
Cadet Whittaker’s ears have cost
the government, up to dale, *1100,000,
and the court-martial is still in session,
at a cost of about $3,000 a day.
“Bank failure—but it’a thought as
sets will relievo depositors.” That's
generally the first announcement, but
we never knew one to wind up that
w »y-
It is our opinion, hereby publicly
expressed, that in less time than a great
while there will be at least "h regiment
of “mighty sick" men in Georgia, and
a sadden tumble in Central and Geor
gia Railroad stocks will be the matter
with them.
The Atlanta papers, Attorney-Gen
eral Anderson, and everybody else who
came to the front with something to say
on the first impulse produced by the
failure of tho Citizens' Bank, are now
busying themselves correcting their
statements.
Mrs. Kate Chase Sfbaooe. her
lawyers having finished taking all the
evidence in her divorce snit with her
husband, gave “an elegant dinner par
ty’’ a week ago at Edgcwood, at which
Senator Conkling, of New York, 9ena-
Jones, of Nevada, and Congressman
Moore, ofTeoncsscc, were among the
guests.
Toe richest immigrants who come
t> this country are the Russian Mcn-
nonitc-. Twenty families of these
people recently gave the Treasurer of
Castle Garden $87,000 to keep for them
over night. We’d like for some of
those Mennonitcs to come down this
way about uow. We have plenty of
room for them.
The Philadelphia American,Indepen
dent Republican, says the hopo of Gar
field in hi* fight will Conkling'h to throw
himself upon tho Republican rank and
lilo'ofNew York, and give them due
notice that unless they fight under his
leadership he will do without them. It
says they will respond favoiably, and
will got rid of Conkling’a rule.
In discussing the political situation
in Georgia, Senator Brown remarked ot
n friend in Washington tho other day.
when speaking of the proposed coali
tion between tho Independents and Re
publicans: “It would drive all the Inde
pendents into the Democratic ranks.
Speer and Felton would be leading ex
amples of tho Independents who
would again join themselves with the
Democratic party in tho State.”
“Uxkasy ljes the head that wears a
crown.” Queen Victoria is now threat
ened with violence. Various threaten
ing rumors regarding her, which came
to the knowledge of the home {office,
led to extraordinary precautions being
taken in her recent journey to Osborne.
Isle of Wight Personally, tho Queen
lias no fears, but those responsible for
her safety believe there is much cause
for uneasiness. Foreign Socialists are
believed to be at llio bottom of these
threats.
Kvkrybouv in Georgia has heard of
a certain “tin box,’’ which is said to
contain many documents rich, rare and
racy, in relation to important erenta
which occurred in Atlanta ten or
twelve years ago. The Macon Tele
graph and Jlcsscnycr says it learns
from good authority that this box has
■been sent to Washington. It says
“the seal of the box has boen removed,
and tho contents which were examined
will soon bo published to the world,’’
This tin box so well known by reputa
tion lias qqietly figured in ibe politics
of Georgia long enough, and if there is
really anything in it we would like to
know what it la. Let the box be
opened.
Bbadstreet's summary of the cot
ton crop, new tad old, puts the excess
of the present season's receipts over
last down to the close of March at
522,151 .bales. As yet there aro few
indications of a sudden falling off in
receipts. The total yield is put at
6,422,000 bales. It is thought the
mill's consumption will be increased,
though already enormous- Regarding
the coming crop, there will he an in
creased acreage in the Carolines, Geor
gia, Florida and Texas, while in the
other cotton States there will likely be
little change. Tho>e will bo a notable
increase of fortilizors in tho Carol inos
and Georgia. Planting is reported fif
teen days later, and in somo localities
operations aro a month later than laat
year. __ '
And now the Republicana of Vir
ginia rise up and give a slap at Mo-
hone. They do not like the way in
which Mr. Garfield proposes to dispose
of the Virginia patronage. At a meet
ing of the Republicans of Alexandria
county, held on the 8th inst, under a
call of the Republican County Com-
mitteee, a resolution was adopted,
with but one dissenting vote, appealing
to tho President and thoic in anthority
under him, that in the distribution of
Federal patronage the Republicans of
Virginia may not be ignored or com
pelled (in order to secure recognition
from the bands of a Republican admin
istration) to surrender their principles
to those who in tho late Presidential
contest caused the electoral vote of
Virginia to be-cast for Hancock and
English, the Democratic nominees.
STARVING AT SEA.
An I'll paralleled Story of Suffering.
“WS CAN'T STAND THIS MUCH
LONGER. AND TO SAVE YOU
I WILL KILL BY-
SELF.”
New York, April 11.—The steam
ship Nebo, of Sunderland, England,
commanded by Captain John Bara-
Icy Gordon, arrived in this port
this morning. The Nebo was
Mvcnty-six days out from Rio.; Ja-
ncrio, laden with coffee. On Fri
day last, at seven o’clock in the
morning the lookontsighted a bark
showing signals of distress. Tho
steamship eased her engines and
cnine almost to a standstill. A boat
put off from the bark, manned by
three men and came alongside the
Nebo. The bark proved to be the
Tiger, Captain Krueger, a German
vessel, laden with salt, 129 days out
from Liverpool, and bound for Bal
timore. The crew had been for
many days without water or food,
and were in a starving condition-
Captain Gordon and Mr. W. H.
Saxille, chief mate of the Nebo,
gavo an aejount of what followed.
Tho three men in the boat which
pulled toward the Nebo were the
captain, mate aud boatswain of the
German bark. One of tho men
rowed, another steered the boat
and tho third waved constantly the
shaggy skin of some animal. All
three were greatly excited, and
seemed to fear that the steamship
would not sttip although in reality
site had stopped. 'Thera had been
heavy gales and the sea was rough.
The crew of the small boat were
exhausted. When at length they
brought their little craft alongside
they were too weak to mount un
aided the ladder which was lower
ed to them. Two of them, tho Cap
tain and the Mate, wero assisted
over the side of tho Nebo. The
third,a boatswain a man advanced iu
years, lay in tbe bottom of the small
"boat. incapable of makihg the
exertion necessary to board the
steamer. As the boat approrche.t
Captain Gordou bad called out,
asking what was the matter. In
answer, tho shaggy skin was waiv
ed, a bucket was held up and a
vnico replied: “we’re starving!”
When the Captain and the Mate of
tho Tiger came on board it was
learned that tbe crew of the Ger
man bark had been for nine days,
without water, and that a month
previous nothing had been left for
llicm In tho way of ordinary food
but a quantity of peas which they
Imd soaked in water and eaten
sparingly. Tho crew consisted of
iho Captalu, Mato and eleven men.
Eight (lays previously they had
killed tho captain’s Newfoundland
dog. This had lasted them as food
lor llirco days. Since that time
thoy had nothing but linseed oil to.
aopease their hunger. They had
cut narrow strips^ from the tops
ol’ their leathern boots soaked them
iu the oil and ohewed upon tbe
tough substance. Linseed oil had
been used, because Ibo lard oil had
run ouL For several weeks they
had no lights;, Unable to sec the
compass at night, they had relied
upon tho stars to mark the vessel’s
courso during tbe hours of dark
ness. Tlie three rescued men were
in a treribly emaciated condition.
All of them spoke English. The
Captain and the mate, as they reach
ed the deck of tho Nebo, begged
strenuously for food. Captain
Gordon gave them biscuit ana cof
fee, which they devoured ravenous-
ly. Only a little was given them
at first, for fear of ill consequences.
Tho boatswain meantime was cry
ing for food as|ho lay helpless in
the boat below. A biscuit and a
pot of coffee were lowered to him.
lie drank tho coffee from the spont
of tho pot, bis hands trembling so
that he could scarcely hold the uten
sil, and devoured tbe bread. He
became sickened a few minutes la
ter, his weakened stomach being
unable to bear the strong food. No
tiine was lost in going |to the aid of
those who wero left on board the
bark. None of these had been
brought along for] fear that they
be carried , away by the vision of
plenty and comfort on board the
Nebo, and would refuse to return
to their own craft, which was only
180 miles distant from her destina
tion.
Seaman James Oliver, an English
man and a rugged tar fiftv years of
age, was sent back in the boatalong
with mates snd acting boatswain of
the Tiger with a bag of bread, a
tierce of beef, fifty gallons of wa
ter, cans of bullion soaps, and
meats, peas, beans, batter and lard,
altogether, about a months stores.
“When we came np to the Tiger,”
said Oliver, “the whole crew was
hanging over the side. Three of
the youngest who had pegged out
aud laid up for a week were out
with the rest| (The mate|.wen£ap
first, I pushing him. He held on to
the ladder with his hands and
munched on a cracker which he
held in his month. Throe or four
of the men made a- grab at the
cracker, and one of the three side
men got it. I shoved up the bag
of bread after tho mare. It must
have weighed seventy or eighty
pounds. They all reached out to
get it, and, being eager and cl missy,
they missed, and it was near lolling
overboard. They set up a howl,
but I caught it One piece fell ont
into the bottom of the boat, and got
wet and dirty. I took it np and
was going to throw it overboard,
but thov cried, ‘Don’t, don’t! give it
here.’ '1 tossed it up and a man
caught it aud devoured it As the
provisions were got aboard the
mato and carpenter of tho Ti
stood guard over, eager to
Their combined strength was not
and rations were served i
THE EDITOR.
mate,
e .. i How He Appears From the Sland-
Edward Uaberlaml, one of the p olnt of the Oppressed Reporter,
crew of the Nebo, a German, says i —
thit tho mate of the Tiger lold him iw i-omaby. J“»-** *■» York Press club
that on Tuesday, the day before the |
Tho Dos.
bark fell iu with tbe steamer, Cap
tain Kruger, addressing the crew,
said that be would kill himself.
“Boys,” he said,'“we can’t stand this
When (he indefatigable reporter
has escaped the vengeance of the
irate victims whose door-bells he
has wrenched; when lie has bounced
much longer, and to save you all out of bed tho lost martyr to be in
Tiger
assist.
I'm willing to die.” He held bis re
volver in his bands as he spoke.
The mate persuaded him from his
evident determination, pleading
with bim to wait and see what
another day would bring. The Cap
tain’s Newfoundland dog, a pet of
his master, had sneenmbed to tbe
lack of food seven days before tbe
bark fell in with the Nebo. Fear
ing that the animal wonld die, tbe
crew bad asked permission of the
Captain to kill him, and he had re
luctantly given his consent. The
dog was killed aud the crew sub
sisted on his flesh for three days.
The Captain attempted to eat this
food but his stomach revolted and
he did not touch it a second time.
Captain Kruger bad also another
pet, a cat which the crew had de
termined to kill on the morning the
Nebo was met. “I meant to have
brought off this cal,” says seaman
Oliver, “but I forgot it. I ibongbt
it would kill the rats, which are a
plague aboard this ship, and it
would have been a blessed thing for
the cat, for it was starved and mis-,
crable.” When the provisions from
the Nebo had been shipped the Ti-
srer started lor'Baltimorc, and the
wind being favorable sbe should
have reached that port early this
week. Fourteen weeks ago she had
come in sight of Cape Henry, bat
contrary gales had blown her out
of her course, aud she had been
beating about ever since. Sbe was
covered with barnacles, filthy aud
slightly a eak, and in rough weath
er was almost unmanageable.
ra .
A Machine to Banin Thought.
A machino has been invented by
Dr. M1330, of Turin, which mea
sures thought. It is called Jpie-
l liy sinograph, and its^revelatious are
based on tlie fact that thought
creates nervous action which con
sumes in its performance a certain
quantity of blood, and that quanti
ty may be measured. In an address
before tlie American association of
science, Prof. G. F. Barker describes
the machino and its workings as
follows:
The forearm, for example, being
the organ to bo experimented on, is
placed in a cylinder of water, and
tightly enclosed. A rubber tube
connects the interior of the cylin
der with the- recording apparatus.
With the electric circuit by which
the stimulus was applied to produce
contraction wore two keys, ,oue of
which was a dummy.
It was noticed that after using
the activo key several times, pro
ducing varying enrreut strengths,
the result was caused solely by tbe
imagination, blood passing from the
body to tbe brain in the act.
The test further the effect of men
tal action. Dr. Pagalini, whose arm
was iu the apparatus, was requested
to multiply two hundred and sixty
seven bv eight, mentally, and to
make a sigh when he had finished.
The recorded curve showed very
distinctly how much more blood the
brain took to perform the operation.
Hence the plethysmograph is ca
pable of measuring the relative
amouut of mental power required
by different persons to work or.t
the same mental problem.
Indeed, M.r. Gaskeil suggests the
use of this instrument in the exam
ination room to find out, in addi
tion, to the amount of knowledge
a man possesses, how much effort it
causes him to produce any particu
lar result of brrin work.
Dr. Mosso relates that, while the
apparatus was set npin his room in
Turin, a classical man came to see
him. He looked very contemptu
ously upon it, and asked of what
use it could be, saying that it
couldn’t do anybody any good.
Dr. Mosso’replied replied, “Well,
now, I can tell you by that whether
yon can read Greek as easily as yon
can Latin.”
As the classicist would not be
lieve it his own arm was pot into
the apparatus, and he given a Latin
book to read. A very slight sink
ing of the curve was the resuiL
He had asserted before thatit was
quite as easy for him to read Greek
os Latin, and that there ' was no
difficulty in doing either. Dr.
Mosso, however, was able to show
him that he was laboring under a
delusion.
Again this apparmtns is so sensi
tive as to be useful for ascertaining
how macha person is dreaming.’
When Dr. Pagalinijwent to sleep
in the apparatus, the effect upon the
resulting curve was very marked
indeed.
He said afterward that he had
been sound asleep, and remember
cd nothing of what passed in the
room—that he had been absolutely
unconscious; and yet every little
movement in tbe room, such as the
slamming of a door, tbe barking of
a dog, and oven tho knocking of a
dog, and even the knocking of a bit
of glass, were ail marked on tbe
curves.
Sometimes ho moved bis lips, aud
gavo other evidences that he was
dreaming. They were ail recorded
on tho curve, the amount of blood
required for dreaming diminishing
that in the extremities.
terviewed; when be hag faced the
perils of the horse-car, the tenement
honse, the docks, the suburbs and
the police;’ when with conscious
piide he returns pregnant with
news, and has rounded his last pe
riod, and hauded in bis precious
manuscript, yet another terror
awaits him, in tbe pitiless assaults
of the Blue Pencil Fiend I
What is the Blue Pencil Fiend?
He is the implacable foe of the
reporter, the devil of the editorial
room, the infernal being who eras
es, alters and occasionally corrects
mannscripL Why is his peucii
bine ? Because he makes the repor
ter feel blue, and because that color
represents the flame in which his
Satanic majesty works. How does
a page of copy look when the Blue
Pencil Fiend gets through? It
looks as K be bad been building
rail fences on it. Words, sentences,
paragraphs and pages arq struck
ont with fell swoop, each word a
tear, each sentence a regret, each
paragraph a moan, and each page a
lost dollar for the uufortnnate re
porter, who, if he be a parent, sits
by with breaking heart and sees the
bread of his children drop into the
waste-basket. Sometimes he gets
compensation by seeing his worst
composition printed. On what
principle do the Bloc Pencil Fiends
make corrections? They move in a
mysterious way, their wonders to
perform. Take four of these fiends
and give them Grant's famous dis
patch : “I propose to fight it out on.
this line if it takes all summer”—
how would they edit it? Ono
would make it read: “I propose to
lake all the fight out of this line all
eummer.” Another would make it
read: “I propose to take all the
fight ont of this snmmer if it takes
all the line.” Another wonld make
it': “I propose to fight it out all
summer if it takes on this line.” The
fonrth would have it: “I propose to
take all summer to fight it out on
this line.” If there were more
fiends, there wonld be more ways of
changing it; or, some of them might
throw it away altogether, as a pre
diction that might or might not bo
verified. Bat the Fiend mast mike
some change, and whenever he
takes np a piece of copy he takes np
his bine pencil as a matter of course.
How can I do-justice to such a fiend
in five minutes? Possibly the chair
man asked me to reply because my
copy has never been changed.
Friends often tell mo they recognize
my style in poetry, editorials, re
ports and communications. Tho
reason my writings are recognized
is because the Blue Pencil Fiend
never touches them. No man’s
stylo coaid ever be recognized after
his work has been blue penciled.
There is, in fact, bu( ono depart
ment of a newspaper that is now
secure from the Fiend's devasta
tion. He may eliminate 'ibe edito
rials, paralyze' the poetry, cut and
carve the correspondence, torture
the testimony of witnssscs, quarrel
with quotations, shatter Shakspero
or bangle the Bible, bnt from his
attacks the advertisements are safe
-aye, sacred!
Although I am but giving hcre-
sav testimony, I could tell yon har
rowing . tales of mutilations and
cancellations that have blighted tho
hopes and saddened the hearts ol
my unfortunate associates; of arti
cles beheaded and eastrated;, of
stories denuded of every essential
point, and left wretched skeletons
of facts; of events distorted and
suppressed so that the reporter
would blush to face tho sources of
his information; of outrages on
etymology, syntax aud prosody that
would make the writer frantic; of
jokes sacrificed with ruthless hand;
of sentiment rndelv extinguished;
of poetic fancy or historic allusion
mauled by barbaric bands"; of mat
ter pat in agate type, that dreadful
exhauster of copy; of tho never-
ending obstacles that stand in the
way of publication. I have hoard
the infuriated scribes descant upon
the woeful condition of society that
thus ever keeps- genius battling
against adverse fortune; that made
John Milton sell “Paradise Lost”
for £5; that leit Goldsmith st tbe
point of arrest for debt, with tbe
manuscript of the “Vicar of Wake
field” unsold; that made Fielding
fail to get £25 for his novel, “Tom
Jones,” that paid its - publishers
£20,000. Then I call to mind wbat
John Swinton asked Carl Marx,
“What is it ?” and Carl Marx re
plied, “Struggle.” Struggle on, ye
em -ryo Miltons, Ficldings and
Goldsmiths. Tackle the Blue Pen
cil Fiend in his lair. Compel him
to give his reasons. When they ask
*on to drink his health, 'say it is
like giving the health of SamncI J.
Tilden and calling upon John Kel-
17 to respond; tell them §ur cdh-
flict with the Fiend is an irrepressi
ble conflict of opposing and endur
ing forces.
enough to pull it over tho side, and ent churches, and that any person
I had to do tho bulk of tbe work may choose according te the indi-
rayself. The water I took over was vidual’s taste. Mr. Beecher holds
in a barrel, and in the bucket they that a decent and moral life is the
brought to us. _ The bucket was j great thing, regardless of the doc-
coated on the inside with the oil in | trines of any sect And whether
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher says
that he “will do it again.” This
refers to his introducing a young
lady who desired to become s Cath
olic to a priest.
Beecher says that the Christian
religion is snbject to many and va- ( —wj,
rious interpretations by the differ- aged grandmother entered the par
lor, and, hearing the latter part of
remarks, exclaimed: “Sure', that’s
the truth you spake, my child. Och!
Ill niver"forget tho day—bad cess
to it—when poor Dinnis fell from
Her Illustrious Grandfather.
New Orleans has some very weal-
thy families who refer with pride
to their ancestors. A few evenings
ago Miss Dc Smith-Dyan was enter
taining some visitors at her honse,
and, .pointing to a picture on the
wall, said: “That is my most illustri
ous grandfather. He was a man
who seemed fitted by nature to oc
cupy the higher walks of life and
was' never satisfied unless he stood
at the very top of the ladder.” Her
which they bad socked the cuttings i Christ was
from their boot*, and when this j-of God : * : -
.f fresh
hi- head in it, and never got it out
until Between him and the others
tho bucket was emptied. All tlie
provisions being got on board, they
locked up in the cabin by the
a mere man or the son
material if the believer
bncketfoU of fresh water was pot in cither dogma find- the correc-
on board tbe Tiger it was grabbed morakroad in the teachings of his
by the wholo crew. One man got | particular church.
. In all this it appears that Beecher
starts hi 1 theory from a variable
and very doubtful Christ, and Bob
Ingersoil his from an indefinable
and indefinite nature.
The dog ia a digitigrade carnivo
rous mamtnel. This will be news to
most persons, who bail always sup
posed lhat a dog was simple a
dog.
It baa been bruited about that the
dog ia the bust friend to man among
tbe brute creation.
' He pants after the thief. When
once lie gets hold of the thief's pants
he makes breaches.
A barking dog never biles; that is
to say, when ho begins to bite he
stops bark’ng. Conversely, a biting
dog never barks, and for similar
reasons.
The hair of a dog will care bis
bite. This is a curc-ious superstition
among hair brainedyonng men who
arc fast going to the'dogs.
Dogs are dentists by profession.
They insert teeth without cbaige.
The sea dog loves his bark. Did
you ever see a dog that didn’t.
The bark of a tree is unlike the
bark of a dog. Even a dogwood
know this.
Dogs are not always kind, though
there are many kinds of dogs.
Every dog has his day, although
dog days last but a few weeks in the
year.
There must be a serious error
here.
Tbe dog star Is tbe dogYplaneL
They planet so that their daya come
while the star is in tbe sky.
They do not fear it It is not a
Skye terrier.
When a dog entere-a pitched bat
tle he uses the dog star.
Bratus said, *1 had rather be a
dog and bay the moon than such a
Roman.’
Ho bad seen tho dogs. roamin’
aronnd on the bay.
They never got over the bay.
They 1
Sea?
A living dog is said to be better
ead Hoi
Thera ia no Ivin’
dead dog is dog
dog, bnt trays is
dace when it is
than a dead lion,
about this, but
gone bad.
Tray was a
worse than the
against you.
Dogs were the original Argon
auts. They have nev
their search for fleas.
The ball dog Is a stubborn fellow.
He is not easily cowed.*
A great many stories about - the
dog have obtained currency. The
man who left part of his clothing
with the dog has current.
See?
Puppies are bern blind. Thay are
not see dogs then.
There are many types of dog, in
cluding the dognerrotype.
But perhaps we had better paws
here.
Howl this do for the dog ?
A Dealor In Bibles.
“Come in,” said the Reverend Mr.
Bobstock, os a rap at the door caus
ed him to drop a blot on a half-fin
ished sermon. The door opened
and a man colored. The corners of
his mouth wore turned down as
though to give emphasis to his face.
Ills clothes suggested that he work
ed at a livery stable iu a subordi
nate capacity, and; his hat was as
ill-shaped a9 though it had been
tramped upon by a cow.
“Well,” said the Rev. Mr. Bob-
stock, “what can I do ?”
The man drew a sigh from the
battom of his being, ana replied: “I
want a Bible. A few weeks ago I
was a prosperous saloon keeper, bnt
sir, I prefer poverty and sobriety to
affluence and whisky. I gave my
saloon to the widows and orphans,
and, sir, a heavy widow planted
berselt behind tho bar and began to
deal out the scorpion jnst as nstn-
rallv as I had ever done. I expect
ed her to" close ont the business and
divide the cash, bnt when I spoke to
her about it, the caueht me by the
looseness of my raiment and threw
me ont I never know before wbat
was meant by widow’s might
Now, sir, I want the book of conso
lation. Yon needn’t mind tile revis
ed statutes, but give me old Peter
and old Paul. Give me a Bible.”
Tbe good minister won much
moved by the poor man’s strong
appeal, and, taking down a Bible,
he presented it to the pleader. Late
in the evening the minister was
standing in a book-store, when a
man entered and said to the pro
prietor :
“Ihavo a nice lot of Bibies for
yon this time, Cap’n/ and ho empt
ied a sack fall of books on the floor.
“Five dollars for tho lot; cost me
$L50”
“My friend,” said tbe minister,
■are yon not the man who came to
my honse this morning and begged
me for a Bible?”
“Ob I no, sir. I have been in bed
all day with the rheumatism.”
“How did yon collect these
books?” -
“Family relics, tip.”
“Didn’t you get this book from
me I” taking up a book.
“Oh! no. sir. That book was
given to my little son by a Sunday-
school teacher.”
Jnst then a policeman accom
panied by three ministers entered
tbo store. “Here ho is,” said one,
and tho policoman led the book
dealer away. He hid called on
every minister in tho city, and from
each had secured a Bible.
the top of the ladder wid all the
bricks upon him, nnd was afther
breakin’ his ribs against the ground
—poor dear man! Be Iho powers,
in those times tho divil a bit more
could he mako than phorty ciuts a
day, and ’’ But the honest old
lady’s voice was drowned by the
banginz of tbe piano as Miss De
Smith-Ryan struck up: “I Wander
ed bv the Sea-beat Shore.”
Picking Ont HI> Own Coffin.
Newton, N. J., April 17.—Edwin
C. Grovier, a very wealthy and
highly respected farmer living at
Washington Valley, N. J., not very-
far from here, shot himself a day or
two ago and died in a few moments.
Before committing the suicidal act
Mr. Grovier wrote lull and explicit
directions as to the manner in which
ha desired his funeral conducted,
selected the style of coffin, tho minis
ter, named tlie text from which he
wished the funeral discourse preach
ed and made a list of personal
friends whom he desired to act a9
pall-bearers. Mr. Grovier wa3
afflicted with liver complaint and
dyspepsia and is believed to have
been suffering from nervous pros
tration when he shot himself. He
leaves a family.
A thousand persons, mostly
women, are employed in engraving
and printing government money
and bank notes at Washington.
They are so strictly watched during
work hours that they look upon
themselves then as prisoners.
HC.lUS COLMTE2AL.
A North Carolina Man ?IorIzazra
Illnm ir, and Hla Kite Sisna tbo
Paper.
Charlotte, N. C., April 5.—One
of- the most remarkable deeds of
morlgages probably ever made wr9
put upon record in tbe register’s of
fice here. According to the terms
ol this mortgage, ChirtesDidenover,
an intelligent but intp*cunious man,
conveys bimsclf, ami all right and
title to himself to another, to hare
and to hold forever, to secure a debt
he owes the mortgager. The deed
was duly witnessed .signed and
scaled. Didouover ie a married
man and therefore, under the laws
of this State, before a man can con
vey any 1 cal estate hU wife lias to
give her signature thereto, acknowl
edged before a notary public or
magistrate. Alt hnngh it is doubtful
whether tbe object in this ease ba
the character of this property.
Uidenover’s wife waives all of her
rights, title and claims to him in
favor of tbe mortgage, and has
signed a deed of conveyance, and
acknowledged tbe same with all
due form before a magistrate. The
case is one of the most remarkable
ever known in this section and at
tracts wide-spread intorest. If a
man can mortgage himself and con
vert his body into legal collateral
it will open up a newclaas ofsocuri-
tv, which will be hailed with great
pleasure by many an impccunions
man. If the legality of this deed
ie confirmed by the courts, it will
not be a great while before Diden-
over’e example will be followed by
raanyr hard pressed topers in the old
North State.
New Thloas in Georgia.
Georgia is by far tbe newest State
in the whole Sooth—with the possi
ble exception of Texas. There is an
essential difference, however, be
tween the newness of Toxas and tbe
newness of Georgia, vis: the new-
ness of Texas is the first crop on a
wild soil, tho newneee.of Georgia is
the more abuhdant and reliable
crop on a domesticated aud cultivat
ed soil. Texas is a groat producing
State; Georgia is rapidly becoming
a great manufacturing State. Im
mense smoke-etacks loom in grimy
majesty at several points in Georgia
where, eratwhiie, the rural wagon-
maker, leisurely shaving the oak
spoke wherewith to mend the wheel
of the weather-cracked ox-cart, was
tho only manufacturer— 1 “lost in tho
solitude of bis own originality.”
Tho immense manufacturing estab
lishments at Atlanta, Augusta, and
at one or two other^points are noth
ing less than sermons fulminated
by great Thor himself—command
ments' unto men to explore, to
delve, to labor and to build. Or, to
come to a practical (conclusion, the
success of the manufacturing estab
lishments of Georgia is a new decla
ration of independence, not signify
ing revolt but yet presaging revolu
tion.
Five thing are essentlsl to perma
nentiy successful manufactories, to-
wit:
1. A market for the goods manu
factured.
2. Capital to establish manufac
tories.
3. Tbe cheapest possible avenues
from the factory to the retail store
where the manufactured goods are
sold.
4. The cheapest possible avenues
from what may be termed the birth
place of tbe raw material to the
place of manufacture.
5. And most dlfflenlt of all, the
conviction present In the mind of
the capitalists that numbers 1,3 and
4 of these essentials certainly may
be found at any given point.
Atlanta and Augusta have man
aged to bridge the chasm between
tbe fifth condition and the preced
ing four. The consequence is a de
velopment which astonishes all who
visit thoso places—not so much by
reason of the results already accom
plished as by the recalle/et to come,
tbe approach of which can hardly
cape the attention of tbe most
careless observer. Georgia has
now a secure future as a manufac
turing Sate. It does not-follow
that every town in the Sate should
at once erect great manufacturing
establishmenU and operate them
proflably—towns which have noth
ing of tho kind and are filled witn
an infinite host of loiterers cast iu
the mold of O-lonel Sellers.
Atlanta and Augusts wisely dis
carded the Sellers theory and the
consequence must provoke tbe sin
cere admiration ana tbe hearty em
ulation of all the>r neighbors in the
Golf States. Georgia Is not afraid
of new things became they are new
nor in love with old things because
they are-old. Therefore Georgia
prospers exceedingly.
General Putnam's Duel.
A good story is told of General
Putnam, the Revolutionary hero, in
Forney’s “Anecdotes of Public
Men.” He accepted a challenge
and fixed the time, and as his an
tagonist approached ho was greeted
with a shot from Putnam’s gon at
thirty rods. At Putnam was re
loading bis piece, his adversary ap-
proachcdand said: “What are you
about to do ? Is this the conduct of
an American soldier and a man of
honor?” “What ami about to do?”
was the reply of the General. “A
pretty question to put to a man you
intend to murder! 1 am about to
kill yon, nnd if yon do not fight in
less time than it takes old Heath to
hang a torv yon arc a gone dog.”
Of course the other turned and ran
away. The second affair was with
a British officer who challenged
him. Putnam accepted, fixed the
time and place : irtd when the Eng
lishman found him he was seated
near a barrel, apparently containing
powder, smoking l.is pipe. The
General requested him to take a
takes seat on tbe e'.her side of the
cask, and then set £ re to a match
communicating with the contents of
the barrel. The otter looked at
.he burning fn=e ted retired. As
he moved off. the ll rt neral said:
“You are just a , brave as I took you
to be; tbisi- nothing but a barrel
of onions with a low grains of pow
der on the top, if, try you by- but
you don't like the suteii ”
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