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Volume XLL—No. 15.
ALBANY. GA.. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 18, 1886.
Price $2.00 Per Year.
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DYSPEPSIA, INDIGESTION,
WEAKNESS, CHILLS and FEVERS,
MALARIA, LIVER COMPLAINT,
. KIDNEY TROUBLES,
NEURALGIA AND RHEUMATISM.
TT i* lav:jocat- rv IT five* NEW
1 inr end W LIFE to the
llehtful to take, JR'E whole SYSTEM
and of great value by Strengthening
i a Medicine fcriVjAV toe MuscIes.Tcn-
' ‘ Ming the NERVES,
J & completely Di-
■ g.sting the food.
Minerals, is com
posed of carefully,
selected Vegeta-j
hie Medicines! ____
combinedskill-A^^Vl with • set i
fully, making some cards by new
Safe and Pleasant ^ Heliotype process
Remedy. on receipt of so c.
T"t hr *T1 DrrrpiS* «n* Omr*rs. BhnoM fhadaafar
mr r«« >•"< t-P VOLMS (OBBIU, raiil f LSO, sa«
SfuU an* UAXlm will t« Mat, eimrtf paid.
Volina Dru* and Chemical Company,
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Mr. tfoater S. Chapman,
One of the landmarks of the Georgia Drug
trade, now of Orlando. Florida, writes:
•‘I can hardly select a single case of the
fnanv to whom I have sold <«uimt*a
Pioifeer (Stood Keucwer, hut
whnt b tvi* 1»e-!i» *ati«fled; and I And it
-the best remedy for all Skin Diwnscs I
* have, ever sold and a Fine Florida
• KOSTEKS. CHAPMAN.
^Orlando. Fla.”
A Certain Cure for Catarrh
A M I'KIIH
Flesh Pr tducer And Tonic’
tiniiui\ Pioneer iilooil lienetrer
Cure-4 all Ttloo I and Skin Diaeare*. Ulteiima-
ti-iui, **en»fiila. ohl *-ori**. \ |M*rlert spring
Moliioue. If unt imyour outrun, it will ue
forwarded on r *.viiit of^iwtiT. Small Ixtttlu*
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Pretty soon we expect to hear that
Lady Colin Campbell is coming over to
America to lecture or as a dramatic
star.
The salary of the clerk of the Rail
road‘Commission has been increased
from $1,200 to $1,500. The clerk does
more work than all three of the Com
nifcsionors combined.
The Thotnasville Enterprise man
has got back to that barber that he has
been “twelve miles away from’* for so
long, at last. His readers are no doubt
glad of It and will join ns In the hope
that lie will not get that faraway from
a tonsorial artist again.
The Weekly News and Adv
tiser Is the largest paper and lias the
widest circulation **f any country
w'eekly published in Georgia. It pub
lishes all the local and general news of
the week, and Is better than a letter
to mail to friends away from home.
.TifKAtlmta corre*|»ondeiit of the
Macon Telegraph thinks that the im
moral • * - Ley of the plays presented
j by the . Forsyth company * in At-
! lahta, in v. measure, accounted for the
\ glim alter, lance upon the perform-
fanefes. T is statement Is a gratifying
report of A Junta's improvement.
Ir.i: se committe on railroads
have had a lively time over the rival
claims of the Covington A Macon and
the Georgia Southern and Florida. It
would seem that either the one or the
other will be built, perhaps both
Competition may be the life of trade
but it is death to railroads.
$1 00. Urge $1 r5.
Internal dissentions and factions
within the order threaten the disinte
gration of the body of the Knights of
Labor. Anarchists, socialists,dynamit
ers anil other rascals are disgusting the
sensible men of the order, and the
probability is that there will, be a dis
ruption. The day should be speeded.
Wonder if Col. L. F. Livingston
will uot publish a card now. It really
appears from the developments in-fore
the Legislative investigating commit
tee on the Georgia marble and Noith-
eastern railroad business that the
saintiy Colonel ought at least to issue
a confidential circular to the State Ag-
riculttirul Society.
Col. Evan P. Howell, of the’ At
lanta Constitution, in his testimony
before the Legi.-lativc committee that
Is investigating the Georgia marble
lobby business, on Thursday e.vening.
give it as his opinion tiiat Mr. James
I*. Harrison was a “d—n thief.** Some
people may think tiiat this will cover
the whole face of the moon with blood,
but it will uot.
CAPITAL PRIZE. $150,000.
“ *Vc ttiHiereby •certify that. we taper
else the arrunynne.nts for all the M aith-
ly und uarterly Dm icings of The
Louisiana Slot*• lottery Company, and
in person manage and control the thaw
ings themselves, ami that the same art
conducted with honesty, fairness <n<i h
good faith toward all parties, ami •re. nu-
thorite ills Company to use this rerti
oate, pith facsimiles of our signatures
attached, in Us advertisements.”
etnnmlv«lonerN.
We the undersigned Banks ami Hanker
will pay all Pizes drawn in the Louisi
ana State Lotteries which may he pre
sented at our counters.
j. h. onuisiiv,
Pres. Lonisana National Bant.
J. W. KILUICF.ITI,
Pres. State National Ban.
A. BtLDWn,
P-es- Nev OrlEaiiii National Baa',
I Iiipreeedciitcd Attraction
u oter HALF A MIL’,ION D1STRMTED.
LOUISIANA STATE LOJTEfiY COMPANY.
InoorjHiratal in 1868 for X yean by the leg
islature for KjJucalir ,ml and Charitable pur
poses—with a vapitr: of $1,000.000—to which a
reserve fund of o» -r $550,000 has since been
a«Me«l s • •
By an overwhr ming i*oi*ular voteu- 'ran*
* inde a part of the r*-*cnt *»ate
adorned Deceinlior ?«u -•». I'.. I<711,
nd Single Number lir.iu,
l take place monthly. It never
„ )tOstpon>-s. Look at tue ftdlowing
dmnbu ion:
IlMKIi Grand Nfontbljr
AND THE
jFitraordlnarr Qaarterly Drawing
Xu the Aoadeuv of Music. New Or
leans, Tn«M»dajr.gD©cemI>er
Undertho personal supervisionand manage
ment or ticu. G. T. lleaurorarU, of
Louisiana, and lieu. Jtibal A, Early, of
Virginia.
Capital Prize $ 150,000
•“Notice.—Tickets are Ten Dol-
lars only. Halves
S2. Tenth
S5. Fifths.
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1 CAPITAL PRIZE OF
$150,000...
.*150.000
1 GKAX1) PRIZE OF
.**0.000...
. 50.003
1 GRAND PRIZE OK
20,000...
20.000
2 LARGE PRIZES OF
10.4100 ..
20,000
4 LARUE PRIZES OF
5.000...
20.000
20 PRIZES OF
1.000...
20.000
50
500 ..
25.000
100 “
300 ..
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200 **
200...
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Thk News and Advertiser stands
corrected by the Camilla Clarion with
reference to the Congress now in ses
sion being the Fiftieth Congress. We
note the fact, too, tiiat many of on-
contemporaries have fallen into the
same error that we did. The fact tiiat
our last Congressional election was for
members of the Fiftieth Congress led
to the error. 'I’lie Fiftieth Congress
will be organized on the 4th of next
31 arch.
The Atlanta Constitution aud Macon
Telegraph are pretending to report the
proceedings of the Legislative commit
tee that is investigating the alleged
lobby aud bribery business iu conuec-
tiou with the Georgia marble company
and the Northeastern railroad, but
their reports are so different—so
widely apart in stating tiie natural
facts and the evidence adduced in the
case, that it is hard to get at the truth
of the matter.
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expense) addr -sse-i
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or HI. A. IMPPHIK,
Waablagtsu, O. C.
Hako P. 0. Honey Orders
Payable and Address Regis
tered Letters to
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i exact cost
of any proposed line of
advertising in American
Papers Ly addressing
Geo. P. Rowell &, Co.,
lO spruce St, New York.
Send SOcts. for lOO-page
The firm of F. S.Hale A Co, doing
on Broad
s day dissolved
Irwin, who c
»g
ouglily sifting the evidence.
The Louisville Times says that “the
l>oor eoiored man of the South,** as K.
B. Hayes once imtheticallv - described
him. preparatory to kicking the p. c.
m. afnresiid out from tiie warmth of
Republican cuddling into the frigid
and uncharitable middle of a political
next week, is agaiu being seduced -by
immigration agents to move West.
Great excitement rules in South
Carolina, where the colored men are
told Tiiat a race war is about to break
out. They are urged to go to Arkau-
-as, which, they are told, Is a Repub
lican Sratc, where forty-acre fields are
fenced in for every iimnigraut and the
accoui|«aiiying mules grow profusely
in fence comers like jiuipsoit weeds.
As a sucker tiie Southern darkey is
conspicuously anti brilliantly a peren
nial success.
The Atlanta Capitol says that the
English sparrow Is still increasing In
the Capital. City. Iu many of the
taller buildings they have snugly es-
consed themselves iu aud behind the
«tucco and ornauteutal finishings
under t 1 *^ eaves,much to tiie detriment
of ^Tod looks of the bu'tidi
l i'hi- of f«rw *p|.Iy
i \*»uf>Wr.-.lb»fthe huh pests do
in u> tic fcrvasiiiff so rapidly.
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THE AFTER DINNER NAP.
A Laxnry About Which Opinion*
Pilfer—Concerning Mceple*»
Fortnightly Review.
There is much difference of 'opinion
concerning tiie desirability of an after
dinner nap. Those who advocate it
cite the example of animals, but these
gorge themselves with food whenever
opportunity offers, and are heavy aud
drowsy iu consequence. A short rest,
however, different from lethargic
sleep, and often appears to do* good.
Brain work should certainly be for
bidden after dinner; the interval be
tween it and bedtime should be devo
ted to recreation and amusement. In
the case of elderly people a short nap
after a late dinner often helps diges
tion, but as a general rule it is better
for such persons to make their princi
pal meal at 2 p. ni. The digestive
oowers of most elderly people are at a
low ebb in the evening.
When sleeplessness Is troublesome
relief should be sought for in the dis
covery and removal of the cause when
ever possible. The condition Is often
due to indigestion, and when this is
the case tiie ordinary remedies lor in
ducing sleep are worse than useless.
The nervous relations between the
brain and the stomach are so intimate
that disorder of the one organ is almost
certaiu to affect the other. Excite
ment, won-y anil anxiety, which have
their seat in the brain, interfere with
the functions of the stomach, and- in
like niauner anything that unduly
taxes the power or irritates Che stom
ach disorders the circulation and nu
trition of the brain. The sleeplessness
often complained of by gouty persons
is due to the poisonous effect of the
morbid material upon the nervous sys
tem. Excessive smoking, too much
alcohol, tea and coffee, often resorted
to by over-worked persons, are fre
quent causes of sleeplessness. In all
these cases tiie cause Is removable,
while the effect may be counteracted
by appropriate treatment.
Nothing is more mischievous, how
ever. than to coutiuu- the habits aud
to have recourse to drugs to combat
the effects. A due amount of exercise
tends to induce normal sleep, aud such
exercise need uot be of a violent char
acter. A walk of two or three miles
daily is sufficient, and i«, perhaps, as
much os a busy man can find time for.
A ride on horseback, the Paluierstoni-
ati cure for gout, is probably tiie best
form of exercise lor those whose minds
are constantly at work. It has been
well .said that a man must come out of
himself when in the saddle; he is
forced to attend to his horse and to
notice the objects lie meets. Walking
may be. a merely automatic process,
and affords little, if any, relief to the
mind, and carriage exercise may be
practically valueless if the mind is uot
diverted from what had previously oc
cupied it.
The Cooking Move Apostncy.
From the New Yo k Examiner.
Dr, A. J. Gordon, of Boston, has in
vented an apt piirase to describe the
methods tiiat are in favor among many
churches for raising money—bazars,
fairs, oyster suppers, garden parties,
and the like. He calls this sort of
thiug “the cooklug-stove apostaey.*’
We thauk Dr. Gordon for the. term#
It brands with deserved opprobrium
an evasion of tiie gospel rule of giving;
ad attempt to sugar-coat sacrifice \viUi
pleasure, and a demoralizing factor id
the church life of to-day.
These methods cf raising money are
destructive of any true Christian be
nevolence. The teaching of the Ne*v
Testament ou this point is as brief and
simple as it well could be. We are
CONGRESS MEETS.
THE SOCIAL ACTITirT OS THE
FLOOR.
XU* in.
A BIOANOIS IVKETCH
CLUYERIOS’ LAST CHANCE.!
Cannes Ills Wife IThtold
Misery and Suffering.
THE THEORY OF SUICIDE
MAIN RELIANCE.
HIS
Leaders, Have
Abont It—WbkhiDgton Gossip.
Lowell, Mass., December 5.—A
peculiarly aggravated caec of bi^imy : Sm , clucI1 , cov-I.ee .Herely
an Account cf Hi* Alllgcd .Wove,
ment* on the Day. of the murder
—A Pathetic Plea by His Parents
brr* Shaking Hands \Vith_
other—The President) has come to light. A little more than j
Highly Endorsed—What the I>if | a y a jr 0 a man calling himself I
fereot Lender*. Hare Co Say | <j. Fletcher and proTesslug to J
be a devout Christian and also very
exhorted to give, not to buy. We are
not t« cherish any. expectation. of fit of his great talents iu atnindiyidet
cvlving quid pro quo. Value received" ’eftbrt'at'civit sFl*vieeTerortfi^*
John D. Long, of Massachusetts
said:
*11 thought the President turned
beautifully around an i-8.ie which
threatens the disruption of tiie Demo
cratic party.*’
Abram S. Hewitt, who, though
mayor-elect of New York, is going t«
serve as Congressman tin 11 January,
salil the message wits a reinarkabh
paper, full of practical wisdom and
sound-suggestions in the direction of
better govenime;nt. F. H. R.
An exchange recalls the singular
fact that we are i- debted to a dis
covery in exhumed Pompeii for the
canning process,which was among the
lost arts, uutil some American found
in the pantry of a house in Poinjieii a
jar of fig preserves. It was opened
aud was found to be in a perfect state
of preservation, though it had been
nearly two thousand years since they
were canned. Critical examination
revealed the secrect of the art, aud
American enterprise put it to use.
In regulating the salaries and read
justing the judicial circuits of Georgia
it would be well to take Into consider-
tion the short terms of the judges of
the Superior Court. Superior Court
judges should be elected for life,or dur
ing good behavior, with the strictest
requirements of eligibility and with
every safeguard thrown around the of
fice to hedge out the influence of^a de
sire for popularity tiiat would induce
a judge to curry favor with the public
from which lie expected his re-elec
tion.
Cluvkrius has been respited until
the 14th of February, 1887.. A gov
ernor respites, usually, with the beliel,
that new testimony can be adduced to
throw additional light on tiie c-riiue of
which the condemned is accused, or is
influenced by consideration of mercy
to exercise- the executive clemency.
If a doubt exists In the mind of the
Executive as to the guilt of the pris
oner, from reading the evidence ad
duced on the trial, lie should uot hesi
tate to commute his senteuce. It is prob
able tiiat Governor Lee has respited ., f
... - ^ 4>le accompaniment. And .when one
Clnveriu* uit., »view of more thor-r£l nks ol the t!lue energy thm
quo. Value received
is not a comiitlon of the Christian’s
parting with his money .for the cause
of his Lord, at least not in the business
sense. He does receive value tor every
dollar, but it camr t be measured by *a
coin standard. And the measure , ot
obligation to give, according to the
Xew Testament, is not what a neigh
bor does, not what advantage to self
may result, but “as God bath prosper
ed him.’* Tiie system of raising
money by offering a material return
for what is received, is directly op
posed to the spirit of this teaching. It
educates people into the habit, not of
giving, but of buying. So much for
so much, and the money refunded if
the purchaser is not satisfied, is a good
rule for business, but uot for the king-
4loni of heaven. This method may*
therefore, justly be called an “Apos
taey.**
But if this objection were of no
force, there arc other considerations
tiiat would be fatal to tiie system., It
is bad economy. The ca<cs are excep
tional when the profit from-a fair or
bazar or supfier exceeds the value of
the articles contributed by the people
who give the entertainment. They do
an immense amount of hard work,
with sundry accompaniments of jeal
ousies an 1 bickerings too often, and
the end is they have merely turned
into cash their own offerings. In
many cases they do opt even do this.
Now, seriously, men and brethren,and
especially sisters, is the game worth
tiie candle? Would it not iu the long
run be more economical, aud k incom
parably more sensible, to give in the
first place the cash that the dry goods
aud groceries represent? The church
treasury would be as full, the labor
would be saved, the reputation of the
church in the community would be
improved, and possibly some scaudal
might be prevented. Has it indeed
come to tills that the kingdom.of
heaven cannot be advanced on earrfi
without the cooking-stove?
It is sometimes urged In defense of
what is felt to be indefensible ou other
grounds, that these methods of raising
money promote church workbv briug-
. . — - 1 iphnsizing*
uni
that
iug people together -and ‘ en»[
the social life of tiie church. This is
deniable, aud tills is the one thing
prevent* the “aposutey** from
being much worse in its effects Until it
actually i*. However, this 4s an inci
dent. Baza?* *ud suppers are not con
trived to promote social intercourse,
but to make money. The social life
might be promoted very easily in va
rious other ways with* no objectiona-
ifn
yen* ago, though
migli r
ulsance.
might be so profitably employed iu
inauy forms of church \vork now neg
lected, it is with difficulty that on** can
speak inildly.of a system that wastes
so recklessly gifts of such exceeding
value.
We judge that the great develop
ment iu recent years of systematic giv
ing in our churches is making this
evil each year less conspicuous aud
harm fill. We hear less ami less of this
iut*ans of getting money for Christian
and ciutrifab e enterprises, and more
of generous giving as God hath pros
pered. It is a change that cannot be
too warmly cotunieuded.
Honor for OUI Age.
New Albany Ledger.
Old age is beginning to be honored
again as it should be. Friends front
tar and near gather about those who
have lived to celebrate tlieir hun
dredth, their ninetieth, their eighty-
fifth ami their eightieth birthdays, de
lighted to be permitted to pay just ant!
graceful honors to one whom the years
have crowned with its largest gifts.
In truth, there-t* more iu the simple
fact of living than boys and girls have
life must have been
nd beyond four-
abiding satisfac-
tul. It means a
1 exj*enditures of
.a™- Old age ought to be,
aud i> oanable of being, the dower and
consttroatimi of earthly desire. All
the delights of life’s experience are
Special to the Atlanta Constitution.
Washington, December 6.—At noon
the capitol was crowndetl, though a
blinding >‘uow had been: falling all the
morning, and the opening of Congress
promised no unusual Interest. Still.
Washington lives o^Cougress, aud
never fails to turn out and give it a
handsome,, reception when .it comes
back after the dull vacatiou to reuew
tiie gaiety oi the city. There was a
splendid assemblage in the galleries of
the Senate and House.
. THE SOCIAL SCENES.
When the hands on the gilded clocks
moved up to high noon in tiie Senate,
'uiators Beck, Logan and Ingalls were
te most conspicuous fig arcs, by rea
son of their social activity in going
around and shaking hands with their
friends ou both sides. Billy 3Ialiouc
was posing in a pair of closely pleated
trousers, and claiming the honor of the
recent Democrat discomfiture in Vir
ginia. Senator Williams, tiie new man
from California, was sworn in for
his little three months term, to be
succeeded by some good Dem
ocrat next March. In the House
there was a still greater rush
gaze at tiie statesmen than
the senate. Speaker Carlisle was the
most conspicuous figure, by reason of
his great persoual popularity aud his
recent narrow escape from defeat by
ah unknown man. He was heartily
congratulated by many members on
both sides. 31r. Rami nil was among
the first to offer his baud to his suc
cessful rival, for the speakership.
Sunset Cox, who is here to serve out
the rest of Joe Pulitzer's term, was
next to Speaker Carlisle, the most
note i man ou the floor, and seemed to
enjoy it immensely. Reid, of Maine,
wjho worsted Cox in a contest of whist
at! daybreak on the morning of Cleve-
laiid’s inauguration, came up like a
mb* and ’said he was glad for the sake
of the country that Cox was back iu
t ongress, but was sorry on account of
tiie republican party.
Neither Senator Colquitt nor Sena
tor Brown Was here, but they are ex
pected to arrive by the miildle of the
week. In tiie House, Congressmen
Hammond, Reese and Norwood wen-
absent.
THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Is juniversally reganled as one of the
ablest papers ever sent to congress.
Its tariff recoinmendations are more
discussed than any other- feature.
Speaker Carlisle said:
"“The President has taken impregna
ble ground for the revision of tin
tariff,-and the country will su.-taii
him.**
Mr. Randall.said:
“It is an admirable message, am
the President is right in recommend
iug a readjustment of the tariff.**
. Mr. 3Iorrisoi: said:
“It ple«>es me more titan any tiling
I have heard lately.**
. 31r. Breckinrige, of Kentucky, said
“The message aud the report of tin
Secretary of timTreasury must be ta
ken together, as proposition aud cor-
roliary. So considered, 1 think the*
make an unanswerable argument ft
fnvipr of tariff revision. Wliether oi
uoc we cau fio it at this short sessioi
is doubtful, but it tit ust be done,
tae. sootier the better.’*
Tom Reed, of Maine, remarked:
I hope the Democratic party wil
for executive Clemency*
help Mr. Cleveland to dispose of this
tariff question as soon as possible,
that lie can give the country the bene-
here a» they pnheretl Into its tranquil term. The
' ambition, ot averice, and of
. orotis passions are hushed.
j) r Their brief day is over, nr* — i
t the Depart- Se^S'eiw^und^i^i
Jens not yc thrown off.
-
In (be Lion’* Don.
Arkausaw Traveler.
“Dar oughter be . some law' in tils
country agrin blowin* hones’ folks up
will powder an* all dat sorter fooiish-
’ said old Bob, who, hobbling on
crutches, entered the office of the
chief of police, and addressed that of-
fioer.
“What’s the matter?” the chief
mmmmm
W*y -sah,. somebody dun blowed
me up wid powder.” ;
“Where were you at the tiuie? !
“In my house, «ah; ez peaceable ez
er man could be.”
Hfcd you been engaged in a quar
rel with any one?”
“No, sah; not er tall.”
“On good terms with your neigh
bors?”
“Dest in de worl’.**
“How were you blown up?”
“W’y sah, ez I tells yer, I wuz
settih’ at home jes* ez i»eaceable ez er
man ; c6tiia—bless yer soul, I wuz er
readin* my Bible at de time—when
nlluv er suddenment dar come de
blaindest ’splosion I eber heard.”
*‘We imist look into this matter,’’
said Elie chief.
Yas; 1 I topes yer will, sah. De
tust tiling I knowed; bur—lur .bitn!
an* den de stove do* flew off an* come
mighty nigh breakin* bof .my laigs.
De stove^-an it cos* ine two dollars an*
sevei^ty-fi’ cenLs—wuz blowed all ter
piece*, au’ sonic sweet jiertaters dat 1
hail er. roastin’ in dar—huh, scraped
one ttv ’em off de j’ice wid er ca-e
knife, &u* ain’t seed de udder ones
yit.”
“You fcay that your store explo
ded??’
~“Ye$.-sah.” .
“How do you account for It?”
“Doan know, sah. - W uz. er settin*
dar er readin’ my.Blble an’ ”
“Yes, I understaml all that, but
how do you suppose any one could
have put powder in your stove with
out attracting you r.ai ten lion ?”
“Da couldn* done it sah, and dat’s
what, liesters tue so. 1 tuck all de
ashes outeti de stove an* swep* it out
cleau.” ...
Could any one have thrown pow
der flown the chimney ?**
'Ain’t got no chifnly. Stove pipe
goes out de side o’ de house.”
Just then a.welMtnowu citizen en
tered. “Chief,” said lie, “the negroes
out my w ay are stealiog my wood. I
spoke to a policeman about it. but he
said lie couldn't do anything, so 1 took
the matter into my own hands. 1
bore<I a hole luto a stick of wood and
.oaded it with powder. Tha. night, so
have been told, a terrific explosion
took place. I don’t know whether
any. one has been killed. Thought I’d
drop in and tell yon that if you hear
unusual noises out your way not to be
alarmed.”
When the citizen had gone, the
chief.'turning to old Bob, asked:
Doesn’t t£at statement explain the
eanse of tiie explosion which occurred
a your house?”
“look heah. boss; I wuz in faber o*
yerse’f wheu.ver wuz er camlerdate
fur dfe office ” l
“That’s all right. Wliere did you
get»our wood tiie other night?”
“llaMrlJPl j
The chiel repeats! the question.
“WTiar Igk dewfKHl?”
“Yes ”
“Bought it*“* :
-All of it?”
“Huh?”
Tiie cflier repeated the question.
“I^mme see. Ob, yas, I found er ;
chunk' in de street.”
wealth, married 3Ii<s Chamberlain, a
daughter of Charles Chamberlain, of
this city. In a short time he was ar
rested for threatening Ids wife’s life.
He was committed to jail, w here he
attempted suicide by hauging himself
with his suspenders. When be got
out lie sued 3Lr. Chamberlain for libel.
He then left the city. Since that
time his record has been investigated,
and-a former wife has been found anil
brought to Lowell. His real name’ is
DeW'itt Piper, and his first wife tells a
very sorrowful tale of his misdoings.
Piper married his first wife whose
name was Elizabeth Gilligan, in In-
gersoll, Oxford county. Ontario.
Within a few w*eeks he robbed her
relatives aud was kicked out of doors.
His wife followed him to .Sanford,
neighboring town. Then Fip*r sold
off his furniture, which had been paid
for with ids w ife's earnings, and pur
chased an orchard at - Chillicothe,
Ohio. The trip was made from Cana
da in the dead of winter, and the oa-
tient wife suffered uutoid hardships.
Before they were fairly settled, Piper
pulled up stakes and started for Caua-
da again. Next he turned up at Dr.
Walker’s hygienic institution at Reed
ing, Penn., where he rec ived medical
treatment, which his wife p-dd for by
performing household work. Tiring
of hygiene he hurried off to New York
and became very solicitous about the
health of her mother iu Ireland, and
insisted ti|Mm her going there. While,
waiting for the steamer lie consulted
a lawyer about procuring a divorce
He purchased a ticket for bis wife, saw
her on board the steamer, bade her a
tearful farewell, then stole her
ticket and slipped ashore. The wife
was left destitute and alone, and ou
her arrival iu Queestowu had only
twenty cents . in her pocket. Her
mother and only brother had died be
fore her arrival, and she was literally
alone. Broken in health, she went to
work to earn her living, and after a
year came to Lowell at the request of
Mr. Chamberlain, who had learned of
her existence ami traced her out. The
police expect to have Piper iu charge
withiu a few days.
STANLEY’S EVOLUTION.
How an Awkward Beporter Was
Transformed into mi Elefant
Gentleman.
Brooklyn Times.
The change which may be wrought
in the average American by residence
andfessocintion abroad has had a signal
illustration ir.'the case of Henry M.
Stanley, the African explorer, who
ha* been here, os he was with yon, one
of the social lions of the week. A
geutleinnii who heard him lecture the
other night says he possesses a grace
ful .presence on the. platform and has
•ecome in manner quite.a Frenchman.
Ills delivery, too, is fluent, it not elo
quent, and • he s|K*ak without notes.
His self-posses-ion and culture at tiie
oresent time are in strong contrast to
the diffidence and awkwanlness of tile
eport»*r who had but recently found
Liyiugtou, 1 hapjHMied to be one of a
party of uew*pnper men who twelve
rears ago gave Mr. Stanley a dejeuner
a la, fourchette by way of *a reception
when lie arrived In New York just
after the famous event which, made
him kuowii to several continents.. His
euiarrassnient at being called to a toast
was simh that Im* could hardly utter a
wdriK He iriis'iu misery aH through
the affair was very glad when it was
over. Soon afterwards he attempted
a series of lectures, but tiie very first
protctl a flat failure and the course
was abandoned. He tried Brooklyn, it
will be remembered, but had no (let
ter success. At the first and only lec
ture, given in Mr. Beecher’s church,
* here weren’t fifty people at the open
ing iuid forty of these hail gone* away
before lie concluded. His delivery and
Ids treatment ot the subject were so
wretchedly common place and uuat
tractive tiiat the audience yawned
through tiie two hours of his mono
tone. Yet the same man was welcom
’d by anti proved intensely entertain
ing to an audience that packed your
Acailemy of 3Iusic from pit to dome
hist Wednesday. So much for the
alembic of French anti Belgian refine
ment iu distilling human nature. In
New. York iiis audience comprised tlm
Geographical society, and a house full
<>f invited people representing the most
cultured classes of society. The shy
reporter was completely at home before
all this company of distinguished men
and women. When he started to find
Livingston, lie was a stocky, solid
young man. He Is thinner and better
proportioned now, and might be taken
fora comfortable, well-to-do merch
ant. :
THE TARIFF FIGHT.
Republican* Beady for it—“Free
Sugar and Cheap Tobacco” Their
BalyingCry.
Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Democracy does not seem alive
to the play of the enemy. ShermanV
platform of free sugar and clieatier
tobacco has united the protection line,
and upon that play the Republican
party w ill meet tiie cry for reduced
taxation. Moreover, the Republicans
are foreibg the fighting. The Repub
lican Senate says to the Democratic
House: “We are anxious to reduce
the taxation, bat unless you give us a
bill where it must constitutionally have
origin, we are powerless.” The tariff
was the one feature which occupied
the attention of the Senate to-day.
Morrill, the head of the finance com
mittee, led off in a labored speech
against tariff agitation, because prone
to the belief that the House w’ould
formulate a bill. Beck appeared as
the spokesman on the Democratic side,
clamoring for cheap blankets, cheap
clothing and free wood for the poor.
John Sherman then took himself
from tiie President’s chair to the floor.
He made a speech, alert and cunning.
We arc ready t<* reduce taxes.” hr
said. *i speak for my party,” lie
added. “If we could get a bill *
Senate its Republican inendi
readv to reduee the tariff. 'Hie
ocrat«. who have the House,
tariff bill nr.u*t originate, have nail the
House for ten years. Why-don’t they
send the Senate a bill ?” *
From this standpoint 31 r. Sherman
took the ground that the. Democratic,
and not th* Republican, party was re
sponsible for high custom taxes. It is
plain now that the Republicans pro
pose to stand by Sherman’s platform
of free: sugar anti cheap tobacco. It is
an adroit platform. Virginia
North Carolina, the tobacco growing
centre*, want a reduced Tobacco tax.
The Republicans, by advocating tiie
redaction, hope further to split* the
Democracy In these States. Virginia
at the Congressional electioii lost four
Democratic memtiers because they
failed to reduce Internal revenue taxa
tion.
Meanwhile the Democratic and tariff
raeu have agreed upon a plai. 'Hie
Morrison tariff hill is to be brought up.
Nearly all tiie New York Democrats
who opposed its conshleration before,
will vote to take it up. This will ena
ble them ro kill Mom-ion's tratarc of
a general reduction, and put through
what is known as the Hewit Dill.which
is a part of it. The Hewitt hill simply
proposes a better mode of collecting
Im: it doe* not affect the ex
isting schedule one Iota.
Richmond, Ya., Nov. 4.—The long
expected statement ot Cluverins, the
convicted Murderer of Fanny Lillian
3|adison, was filed with Gov. Lee to
night by his brother, William L. Cln-
verins. It simply details tiie history
of Jus movements on the day and night
of March, 14,1885,- when the murder
was committed. Iu addition to Clu-
verius* statement be sent to Governor
his personal review of the evidence in
the case to show that there was not
sufficient proof of murder having been
committed, but tiiat the death of Miss
Madison was the result of suicide, and
lie attributed his conviction largely to
popular clamor. The .prisoner also
filed with the Governor several affida
vits of jurars declaring that they did
not know that they could .find a ver
dict of murder in tiie second, and also
affidavits that F. A. Howell, one of the
jurors, had declared before being sun
moned as a juror that he (the prisoner)
should be hung. Accompanying these
papers was a letter from the father and
mother of the prisoner, appealing In
pathetic terms to the Governor to ex
ercise executive clemeucy towards
their son.
THE STATEMENT.'
Following is the text of. Cluverius’
statement: /
Statement of my movements in Rich
mond during the day and night of
31arch 13, 1885: 1 left the Davis House
about 9 o’clock iu the morning and
went ou Main street. I saw Mr. H.
R. Pollard, and, after about five or ten
minutes talk with him, 1 went to Mor-
; pin Stern’s on Broad street, between
fourth and Firth streets, to get break
fast. I cauie back to Niuth anti Bauk
streets a little after 10 o’clock, anti
went to the Bankrupt Court office. I
met a gentlemen 1 did not know, who
told me the clerk was uot in. 1 went
then up to the State library as the moat
convenient place to get.a city directory
to try if I could find the address of two
S mtlemen (William Wood and R. W.
aker), who had an interest in a tract
of land iu my county tiiat Mr. Bray
wanted to buy, lie thinking tiiat they
lived here. Coming out on the steps
of tiie Capitol 1 got in casual conversa
tion with one of the guards, who told
me of Gov. Cameron’s losing a horse a
short time before. This was about 11
o’clock. I wenc Iroin there to Grigg’s
shoe store, on Eighth and Maine
streets, to get a pair of shoes for my
aunt. I carried tiie shoes to my room
at the Davis House. I got there abont
11:30 o’clock, went to my room ami
put the shoes in m3* satchel. After
this I came to the reading room. 1
stayed there awhile, wrote a cheek on
the*Planter’s National bank for $2 (the
amount of my bill at the Davis House),
left about 12 o'clock and went to the
bank aud got tiie money. : I went from
there to the Bankrupt Court agaiu.
This is tiie time l saw the porter who
told me the clerk was sick antTthat he
had tiie office key, but knew nothing
about the pap; ra. I went then to the
money order department in the. post
office (about 12:15 or 12:30) to see if I
could get a mouey older to Ayletts,
Va. Iliad to wait for two persons be
fore me to get through. The clerk
then examined the books and found
that Ayletts was not a mouey order
office. AsT was leaving the office (be
tween 12:30 and 1 o’clock) I met and
spoke to Mr. B. W. Henley. 1 w’ent
from there to Lumsden & Sons, jewel
ers, .between Eigh'li and Ninth streets,
on Main, to callTor a breastpin 1 hrf.l
brought oyer for Mrs. Dr. J. E. Blautl
and left there to have fixed. Coming
back I met ‘a college mate, IV. B. Har
rison, an attorney at law, about 1 o’
clock on tiie north corner of Eleventh
and Main streets: We went together
into Schoen’s (corner Eleventh and
Main) and had a glass of mineral wa
ter and smoke. We stayed there near
half an hotir talking over col lege days,
etc. Parting there I went to a restau
rant next to the Dispacth office. ,There
CLUVERIUS MU'-T DIE!
Last Chance for the Con
demned ?Iau Fails.
Richmond, Ya., December 7.—Gov
ernor Lee to-day sent a letter to tiie
counsel . of Cluverius. who is now
aader sentence of death for the murder
of Fannie Lillian Madison, iu which
he says that he has given to tbeirstate-
meuts and to all papers aud petitions
presented for executive clemency in
behalf of the prisoner, the careful con
sideration which their importance de
manded. The governor tbeu adds:
“The prisouer came from the judi
cial to the executive.department of the
government, market! “gniky,” by
judges and fury. Starting at tiiat
poiut, therefore, I have been dllligent-
Iy studying the record, while industri
ously seeking iuiormation aud evi
dence from all other sources which
might conclusively prove to my wind
that the verdict of the court was an
error aud that, therefore, the sentence
pronounced by the cour: of hustings
and affirmed by Virginia's highest
court, must be set aside or commuted.
With an earnest desire to faithfully
eiecute, without fear or favor, the
laws of the State impartially to all; with
the most profound syni|mthy for those
upon whose iiearta ttria blaw must fall;
with a clear conscience tiiat 1 am dis
charging my duty to the people of my
State, as God has given me strength to
see it, 1 now write you to inform you
that I have not been able to reach a
different couclusiou from that held by
the courts, and, therefore, the case of
Thomas J. Cluverius Is hot one, iu uiy
opinion, to call for executive interfer
ence either by the exercise of the par
doning power or by commutation 01
sentence.”
The governor’s decision was conve3*-
ed to jail by Judge W. W. Crump,
senior counsel, and his son, Beverly
T. Crump, who acquainted the prisou
er with it. Cluverius stood tiie ordeal
with the same fortitude which lias gen
erally characterized his conduct since
Ills arrest and during his trial. After
counsel left him, however, it was
plainly apparent that the awful news
EXIT, DUDES.
IIEDCDE SO LOXGFR FASHIOX-
AltLE IS GUH IM—HIS SUICES
S0K.
Some of the Odd Customs of New
York.
Hilly
he had heard had a marked effect aud
that it was as much as lie could do to
maintain his wanted composure.
Shortly after the coun>el left the cell,
several reporters visited the jail aud
made an effort to see tiie prisoner, blit
when in formed of their object by the
"'death watch,” Cluverius said:
“I do not want to see anybody.”
He was seated iu an arm chair, with
his elbows on his knees and his chin
buried in his hands, freeing the re
porters at the door of tiie ceil, he
changed his position aud endeavored
to appear calm anti collected, but it was
evident that the blow had struck home.
Counsel presented a petition for re
spite to the governor this evening.
No time was named, as that is left to
tiie governor’s discretion. It is the
general impression tiiat a respite of
thirty days will be granted.
THE MEMBERS AND THE SNOW.
• - it
flow the Legislature Passed
Menda)'.
Near York correspondence IndianapoIisNews.
The dude is dead and with him has
departed IVoui the manners of the town
the era of vacuous and owlish gravity.
He wa« a surly, sullen and inert pro
test against loudness and display; hut
he’s dead and out of fashion, aud men
are hurrying to exploit the very things
he most abhorred. Now the howling
swell, with a dash of the old time fob,
is in vogue. By day he wears showily
embroidered silk and satin waistcoats,
white overgaiters, brilliantly hued
scarfs, gaudy gloves, horsey* shirts,
flowing trousers and clothes of many
shades. At night his shirt front is fig
ured and frilled, he sfiortsgohl buttons
on his waistcoat, satin stripes on his
trousers and adds a dash of color to It
all by thrusting a bright crimson, yel
low, or blue handkerchief Into hi*
breast. Nor has tiie maimers of the
solemn ape of a year or more ago. He
bobs aloug at a lively gait and grins
hilarious greetings to his friends. He’
cheap suid onerous at times aml_ heqce
men feel for him momentary spasms
of dislike; but he’s better than the
dude, for after looking at the dude a
man was apt to hate himself.
Something new appeared in town a
short time ago, but, though it is En
glish and lias apparently come to stay,
it has 11 t met with a fervid reception.
It makes its way slowly and erratical
ly. It Is the lurching English walk.
Perhaps the most proficient of its
votaries is a Londoner named Benson,
who came here with a lot of letters re
cently, and has spent all his time *!uee
dashing up and down the step* of
Fifth-avenue residences, leaving vast
q antities jff cards upon the citiz »ns of
New York, fils manner of walking
was recognized at once as distinctly
the thing in London this year, and
club men and aiigloniauiacs lay in wait
along Fifth avenue to see him pass by.
Of all tiie walks, this is tiie most ab
surd. To begin in good form, the
knees must never be straightened
uuder any circumstances, aud the toes
should be turned out as far as possible
without putting the heel* iu advance
of them. This gives rather a paren
thetical look to the legs from tiie front
elevation, but it is indubitably cor
rect, nevertheless. Hating assumed
this posture, the walker should lean
his body forward from tiie lii|»s, draw
Ids shoulder* over ill front, elevate tin*
chin as far as possible and then start
off with the arms hauging straight at
the side. Bend the knees outward at
every step and move as rapidly as pos
sible. Repeat as before, then rest eight
minutes in a horizontal position.
Altogether the walk is not like that
affected by variety actors, mimicking
ohl plantation darkies, and I am told
that if a man hums gently an3' such
strain as “Climbing Up the Golden
Stair” while perfecting him*elf In the
minor details of Jhe. walk lie will be
.... *1.. -.1.1 I .1 1 I a - V. ... .. a a. . > «... .a (*
I met 31 r. Lipscomb, of King William
county, In company with Dr. Whit
ing, of West Point, and got dinner. I
left there between 1:30 and 2 o’clock
aud v ent to the dime museum, where
1 saw T. P. Bagby. I left there about
5 or 5:30 o’clock, at the close of the
I erformauce, and went up Seventh
street above Broad to a barber shop
and got shaved. Coming back I
bought a copy of the State on the
street. I caine to the Davis House and
went in the dining room. I read also
the New York papers' there. I went
to my room and brushed iny hair, etc.
I came down, got supper and left a*
8 o’clock. 1 went to Ford’s Hotel to
see if Mr. Pollard was there. 1 want
ed to see him as he was looking after ,
some papers in the Bankrupt Court, snow W as gleet, he regretted that he
that I wanted. He was stopping Wl not brought him here with him.
I went to the St. Clair Hotel to
Atlanta Constitution.
The members of the Legislature en
joyed themselves as much as anybody
yesterday. After the early adjourn
ment, which occnred a few minutes
after the assembly, the members lin
gered for some time around tiie capi
tol building, many .of them staying
in the hall of the House of Representa
tives.
An interesting group discussed the
weather around the Northwest water
cooler.of-tbe Jiali, and all,agreed that
it was the heaviest snow- that has oc
curred in this section of Georgia in
many & year.
“It is even heavier than the great
snow storm of 1809,” raid Colonel SI
Hawkins, as he wrapped a hanker-
chief around his neck and turned up
the bottom of his pantaloon*.
“No, I think you are mistaken about
that; for, if I remember correct—”
and here Colonel Mark Hardin was in
terrupted by the general shout which
greeted his remark, which might have
appeared less ambiguous had he been
allowed to finish.
Mr. Franklin, of Thomas, spent
most of tiie morning gazing on the
snowy surface of the house tops ami
earth, from the fourth story of the
capitol. It was the first snow he
had ever seen, and he was delighted
with it.
Messrs. Huff, Russell, Glenn, Clay,
McCord, and a number of the other
younger members of the hotly joined a
local snowballing terror organization,
and said they had not had so much fun
since the session begun.
Hon. Joe Lamar rahl he had a six-
year old boy at home who had never
seen snow, and as all of AugtistaV
OATS!
500 bushels Texas Rust-Proof
Oats, just received.
Also, another ear laod of Salt
at 80 cents a sack.
Big Lot of Dress Goods, Checks, Boots,
Shoes and Hats
Call and See. Everything: Cheap.
C. (.SHACKELFORD SCO.
NO ROOM FOR OLD MOTHERS.
La B. Cake, in the Current.
• ‘Going N orth, luadauie ? ”
“No, ma’am.”
“Going South, then?”.
“I don’t know, tiia’ain.”
‘•Why, there are only two way* to
go.”
“I didn’t know. I was never on the
cars. I’m waiting for tiie . train to go
to Johu.”
“John? There is no town called
John. Where is It?”
Oh, John’s tuy sou. He’s out in
Kansa*, on a claim.”
“1 am going rignt to Kansas myself.
You intend to visit?”
“No, uia’atu.”
She said it with a sigh so heart-bur
dened tiie stranger was touched.
“John sick ?’*
“No.”
The evasive tone, the look of pain on
the furrowed face were noticed by tiie
stylish lady a* tiie gray head bowed
upon the toil-marked hand. She want
ed to hear her story—to help her.
“Excuse me. John in trouble?”
“No, no; I’m in trouble. Trouble
my old Iteart never thought to see.”
“Tiie traiu does not come for some
time. Here, res: your head, on my
cloak.”
You are very kind. If tuy own.
were *0 l shouldn’t be in trouble to
night.
“What I* your trouble? Maybe I
can help you.”
“It’s hard to ’ell It to strangers, but
my old heart is too full too keep it
TALES OF A CRIMINAL.
Jumr* OUtoiidN qnfrr Talk—Am
OIU Thiieff on the Philo.opkf of
Crime.
keep
.... . _ . _ back. When I was left a widow with
aided thereby. It is a unilter or hhree children, I thought it-was more
to the world at large and than i could lienr; but it wasn’t as bad
• *-“*»«• of detail. • _ - • Usthi-
there. _ ___
find him; knowing he had stopped at
both hotels while in the Legislature.
Not finding him I went around to the
dime museum. I got there after the
performance begun and staid there
until it* chi*e, aml as I w
out in the crowd I saw Bei
Henly with another young man,
I spoke • to Henly; hut did not
shake hands, niy attention being
drawn just tberi to the falling of a lit
tle, child hi the crowd. I went from
there to ilorganstein’s ami had fried
oysters, and also had. a. box of fried
oysters fixed up for lunch the next
morning. 1 came back t” tke Davis
House bet^een-ll:30 ~aml 12 o’clock.
I ate an apple with Mr. Darla, paid
my bill and went to bed. I was called
after 5 o’clock the next morning. I
left Lie hotel for tiie depot (about
Twenty-fifth and Canal streets). Abotit:
6 o’clock. There;) met u;itli CapL A.
Bagby, Dr. Whiting and others, ar.d
left tiie city with them about? o’clock.
This 1$ a statement of my movements
dnring the day ami niglitof. March 13,
1885, with tiie people I saw . Taui
willing to stand on it. in time and
had not brought him here with him.
“Why, just seud hi in sonic when
you write,” suggested Capraiu Dick
Wilson, os he punched the long ham!
of the ancient chronometer and movei.
it to the position where it ought to
have been.
Hou. Mr, Lumsden, of. White, said
tiiat he doubted if he hud any constitu
ency left at home as Iiis county wu-
about three feet under snow^tnd it wa>
still falling.
“That’s nothing to my county,” said
Hoit.' John'Petty, of Gilmer, “fur the
last time it snowed there it was so deep
that—”
“Chestnuts?” -chimed, to a dozen
voices, and the speaker said that he
thought the building unsafe, and left.
. “Ever since I .was a boy,” said Hon.
Lewis Arnbelm, “I have loved to see
the snow* and it is gramLto-day. But
tiie Brtfc thing Is to just put sonie milk
ind sugar with It and—”
“Thanks, -> we.will, go with you—I
was just about to suggest it 1113’self,”
came in wonderful harmony a dozen
voice*, and the gathering dispersed.
; The members spent.the day im vari
ous way*, many going out in sleigh*.
eternity,
day. lie it
stand befere
Almighty
hand.* are.
clear.
Th.
Active, Pnvhinjr and ltefi.
Lamas, Rankin &, Lamar c
Are yon sure it was in the street?*’! ways be relied upon to carry
-Cose I is. Knows de street when I the purest and b«-*t goods, and
see* it. I reckon.” the reputation of being active
•Jim,” said the chief, calling a po-jiug and reliable, bi* reclaim
•take charge of this man.” articles with well established
that. at. some
late, l must
t throne of
ly that my
my conscience
r OluvkrtC*’.
—better than any other e
or extraet of Jamaica Giugc
50 cents per bottle at the druggist.
n23-su«£wliu. \7---
A Jllinlui r’a Boy, but noXInner.
Hartford Post. . ^ \ .
Two children belonging to a family
in Hartford were forbidden to visit
children 4>f a clergyman because
was supposed tiiat there were
children In that family to make
goodly quota for the.playgrouud.
afternoon one of the clergyinaii’s boys
climbing upon tiie fence shouted out:
“Come over here ami play with me
“I can’t,” replied the younger
the f»Vo, “mother .says there’s euough
children iu your yard.”
“Oh, pshaw! come along!” “1
don’t believe mother will care very
mu*+,” said the older, and he
to scale the fence. He
ed 1 y hi* younger 1
bit or scriuture:
“When
thou not.’
•‘Don’t you call me a sinner.
from the other side of the fence. “I’m
a mini*ley’s boy.”_
CUKE IOK FILE*.
Piles are frequently preceded by a
many visiting the fair sex and others
pjWjfii r '“
ring tiie time iu keeping their
are at time* biJIanRniBIRnPVI
American fashion »f giving promiscu
ous introductions to everybody upoii
the slightest provocation. It is at
rimes somewhat confusing to the na
tive born. Shortly after 5 o’clock >'e*-
terday 1 wandered into tiie iloffmen
house cafe and dropped Into a chair
near a window to wait for a man with
whom I was to dine. A man with
flowing whiskers at an adjoining
table nodded cordially antT moved up
beside me.
“How’s Dixey?” he'asked shaking
ImumIii heartily.
“Great” saitl I mechanically, push
ing a cigar toward him, as 1 tried to
think of his name. He was quite affa
ble. A moment later a dapper little
chap who npiieured to know 111 v com
panion came up and His Whisker* in
troduced us. I saw to my intense de
light that His Whiskers did not know
my name nor tiiat of the taird member
of the pa 1 ty. We sat there lor ten
minutes talking easily and then there
was a slamming of doors ami a captain
of the Seventh regiment, whose name
e*caj»es me. came stalking, in with
thiee hilarious friend*. They had
walked up town. One of the friends
seized the hand of HI* Whiskers and
said rapidly:
“How are you ole boy? Lein*
in’duee the cap’ll an* uiy two friend*.
Goo’ fell’rs.”
His Whiskers shook hand* with great
serenity air< waving hi* hand toward
us he saitl: “Very glad to meet Jrdti
gentlemen; these friend*you undoubt
edly know.”
There 11 |>on there was more hand
shaking, ami a struggle to sec win*
wniilif have the honor of ordering the
first round began. We sat there for
nearly an honr r A dense mystery sur
rounded the name*, hut tiie iueu were
*0 familiar to one another’* e3*es, and
had lw*en for many year* about town,
that they bilked like old acquaintances.
When the man with whom 1 was to
•line came in, he askcd,carele**ly:
“Who are your fremls?”
Then I told him that I did tint know
the name of a single man in the party.
It I* not at all iikely that the members
of that particular group will everconie
together again. If they meet in the
streets the cliauees are that uo saluta
tion will be exchanged, for acquaintan
ces made after this fashion are seldom
kept up. It I* curious how near men
••nine to knowing each other in some
instance* in New York without com
ing together. I could point out
dozen men whose names are p*rfectlr
well known to me. whom I meet at
luncheon*, dinner, at the theater,
everywhere, day after day, year in
ami year out, and yet I do ‘ not know
them. We have many niutual friend*.
We'have sat side by side at glove
fights and the like, exchanged a thous
and little courtesies, are. in some in
stance*. member* of. the same rltihg,
and yet, because there. ha« been no ab
solute j*lid formal ceremony of intro
duction, we neyer come together.
Many odd rules govern tiie relations
of New York men.
Hon. Bob Berner though! the judi
ciary committee ought to meet in the
afternoon, but the committetiH 11 were
of the Impression th.it if the House had
decided that It was not best to risk
death, tiiat it wonhl be an injustice tu
themselves and the House to put the
committee in the slightest danger.
In all, the Legislature passed the day
pleasantly.
illy (luarreln.
Zoom Due, ta Good Boasekeepiag.
lnive no Respect for the woman
runs - £l her neighbors and
her husband’s
lower part of the
the
the hack, loins and
organs.
the stomach, etc. A moisture,
“What fur?” exclaimed old Boh. ! and such as arc popular. Having se- ; Bleeding and Itching Piles yield at
: cured the agency for the celebrated Dr. j once to the application of Dr.’ Boran-
U'iuif*. V. . f fy pAll£irtnn I - V- I»; 1 .. D ..... __ .1. : ..1. ...... . 1: ...»1 _
For stealin;
Dar. now; dar now; I’se got it. j King’s New Discovery for Consump- ' ko’s Pile Remedy, which act* directly
Xeber seed sicli t*r fool ez I is. Come : tion. cobH.-oml cough*, will sell it on a upon the parts affected, *!<eorbing the
30 min- right inter the lion’s den an’gin tuy-- positive guarantee. It will surely cure Tumors, allaying the intense itching,
se’t up. Thought I wus gwine to git any am! every affection of Throat, and effecting*apermanent cure. Price
some money from de citj-. Take me Lungs and Chest, and in order to prove 50 cents.' Address, The Dr. Boranki
on er War. an’ bleme ef I keers ef yer jour c! im we you to call and get a Medicine Co., Piqna, O. Sold by I
de riber.” \ Trial Bottle Free. . 1 mar, A Lamar.
various poiut*
him
empt for the
his m
No third
exist-
wife. If
their own af-
ettled. There
destructive to the
lines* of a home tl
bickerings and bits
in which so many h
wive* indulge.
rse there are the “blue 31 on- between $300,000 and
■t of days, when nothing j
id a spirit of evil seem* to I
•session of the entire house-!
Such days come to the best reg-
fatnilie*. It’s human nature.
It’s an outcropping of otii innate ten-
liency to go wrung at times. Some-
l am glad tiiat such days come
to our house, for we are all soglad and
after we have “ki.-sed aud made
around.
I never say anything when I hear
A Well Kept Secret.
Savannah New*.
The Moen-Wilson case tantalizes tiie
curiosity of the public as much as
ever. On Wedn isday, when Wilson
asserted tiiat he was Moen’s son, and
tiiat he hail letters in which he was ad
dressed by Moen as his son, it was
thought that a solution of the mystery
of the f-elatlons of these two men had
been readied. 31oeu, however, shows
that Wilson’* story is without founda
tion, and he shows it by records, the
truth of which apparently cannot be
questioned. According to tiiese rec
ords the woman whom Wilson claims
was iiis mother had been dead eleven
months when he was born.
One w ould be Inclined to doubt th
existence of any secret if it were not
that Moen, as well as Wilson, admit*
the existence of one. Moen has all
along claimed that it is a very little
secret, which does n«»t involve liiui-elf
personally, ami which he hoped to
keep from the public by paying, at tin-
beginning of the alleged blackmailing
.-rations, $11)0. The fact, however,
t he eventually paid to keep it quiet
ween $300,000 and $400,000 would
seem to indicate that it is very big f*e-
, * stranger waited till she recover
ed her voice to go ou.
“I had only the catUge ami hry
willing hands. I tolled early and late
all the years till John could help me.
Then we kept the girls at school, John
and me. They w ere married not long
ago. Marrieil rich, as the world goes.
John sold the ebttage, sent me to the
city to live with them, and he Went
West to begin for himself. He sahl we
had provided for the girls, aud they
would provide for tne now-
Her voice choked with emotion. The
stranger waited in silence.
‘*1 went to them in tiie city. I went
to Mary’s firs'. 8he lived in a great
house wi h servants to wait on lier-
house many times larger than the little
cottage; but l soon found there wasn’t
room enough for me—”
The tears stood in the lines oil Her
cheek*. The ticket agent came out
softly, stirred the fire, anil went back.
After a pause she continued:
“I went to Martha’s—went with a
pain in my heart I never felt before. 1
was willing to do any tiling so as not to
be a burden. But that wasn’t it. 1
found they were ashamed ot my rough,
wrinkled hands, made so toiling for
them-—”
The tears came thick aud fast. The
stranger’s hand rested caressingly on
* e gray head.
“At last they told ine I must live at
a boarding-house, and they’d keep me
there. I couldn’t say anything back;
my heart was too full of pain. I wrote
to John what they were going to do.
He wrote right back, a long, kind
letter, for me to come right to him
I always had a home while he had a
root, lie raid. To come right there ami
stay as long > s I lived; that his mother
should never go out to strangers. So
I’m going to John. He’s got only hi*
rough hands and hi* great, warm
heart, but there’s room for his old
mother, God bless him—”
The stranger brushed a tear from
her fair, cheek, aud w aited the conclu
sion.
4, S«me day when l am gone where
I’ll never trouble them again, Mary
and 3Iartha will think ot it all. Some
.lay when the hand* rhat toiled for
them are folded and still; when the
eyes that watched over them through
many a weary night are closed for
ever; when the little, old body, bent
with the burdens it l»ore for them, is
put away, where it can never shame
them—”
The agent drew his hand quickly
before hi* eyes ami went out as if to
look for the train. The stranger’s
jewelled fingers stroked the gray lock*,
while the te rs of sorrow and the tear*
or sympathy fell tog. tlu-r. T e weary
heart was unburdened. Soothed by a
touch of sympathy, the troubled soul
yielded to tiie longing for rest, and she
fell asleep. The agent went nofeelewdy
about his duties that he might not
wake her. A* the fair stranger w arch
ed. she saw a smile on the care-worn
face. The lips moved. She bent
down to hear.
“I’m doing it for 3Iary and Martha.
They’ll take care of ine sometime-”
She was dreaming of the days in the
Chicago /
Otic of the prisoners in the County
Jail 1* James 0’Dotid,who was brought
lu-re from the penitentiary at Joliett
last Tuesday to testify against Attorney.
Pan Lawrence, charged with having
received as stolen property the famous
watch he presented to Justice Meech.
The trial is set for 3Ioiuhiy before
Judge Anthony. Once before all the
testimony iu the case was heard. The
arguments were almost finished when
one of the jurors was attacked with
illness. That terminated the trial for
the time being, the matter was con
tinued, but before the date of the trial
wa* fixed some one canvassed the tem
per of the tleven remaining jurors. All
were said to be for finding Lawrence
guilty.
“I don’t tldnk that will be the ver
dict this time,” said O’Doud yesterday.
“Lawrence will very likely get off. I
hauled property that wouldn’t do to
leave at the pawn shops. The police
didn’t know me. I very seldom
‘worked* in Chicago, but I can tell you
thieving is the'wor*t business a man
ever got into. Thieve*, or those of
them that getlnto the peiiifentiary, are
the chump* of the earth, the very
scum of all creation. It’s only the
capitalistic thief that succeeds iu cov
ering his tracks and he does it dyr
getting into your confidence or paying
the religious dodge. All ti»o*j who do
big jobs are mostly men who, sre
cranks ou the subject of hijt'tiV.vJ.
Then they don’t get a tenth part of the
proceeds. The ‘fences’ take the lion’s
share aud the ehump spends what he
gets buying whisky.
“I have had some experience and be
lieve that nearly every one of the old
criminal* is insane. They get a few
glasses of whiskv into them and then
go out to do a job.- Maybe the first
place they stumble oti has big mouey.
They get off with it and then the de
tectives say it -was a pur-up job.
Sometimes workers go through a half
dozen houses in a night betore they get
anything. Then where does the stuff
go? The ‘fences* get it. Suppose a
man is settled.* 7 He gOe.* to the peni
tentiary. First he resolves he’ll square
himself when he comes out, but after
awhile the other prisoners get to tell
ing him crooked stories aud he falls in
with their way of looking at things.
That's why 1 say most criminals are
insane. They don’t consider the ri ks;
they get a few horns of whisky, then
go over a job like a mechanic doing
piece-work, not anxious to finish it
perfectly, only anxious to get through
with it.
‘There is something in the life of a
prisoner which tangles up a man’s
mind. I have often thought about my
own case. A doubt would come over
me, ‘Why ain’t I like other*?’ I’d ask
myself. It isn’t because a uiau hive*
to steal that he becomes a thief. Most
of them start in big fools. They are
men with big heart*. The other kind
haven't ssnu enough to do a job.
They want money to give saloon keep
ers and spend about town, and out
they go somewhere, do a job and get
nabbed. Then they go to the pen.
The}' come out with weak resolution*.
Perhaps they secure work, when along
comes a detective and tell* your em
ployer that you are an ex-con Viet, it
won’t pay those detectives to sec a mar
war king straight. There Is too niuef.
money iu it for them. They get a re
putation. So the ex-corivlet !* out of
work. What has he to do then ? Why
the next thing easiest. A man who
knows how to steal ain’t going to starve
Then down they go again and they
come out more rattled than ever.
3l4ist crooks build on nothing. They
*av: ‘This will be my last job; I’ll
catch a stake this time, and live
straight and keep out of the way of
the coppers.’ When he get* the stake
he lets the money go right and left,
and then he wants more money, and so
it D.
“What I am telling you is for the
benefit of young people more than any
others. They see the picture ot a well-
known criminal in a paper, and read
how much he ha* stolen, and nay
He must be a smart fellow,’ and lee
like going out ami imitating him ; hut
or*
t times, symptom* oi <utli-
present, flatulency, unea*- husband.* suid wives declare that in all
the ten. fifteen, or twenty years of
their married lives they have never
had “a single cross word.” I keep
um because 1 hate to tell t.iem I
don’t believe what they say, and I
don’t believe it. W e are not angel*,
on’y angel* can live that way,
and <
But
w batever our differences be,do let
u* keep them to our-elves.
follow* in the wake of the man
woman who telN to the world hi* or
quarrel* with John or Mary,
um is the word.
little cottage, of the fond hopes that
inspired her long before she learned, , #1 - „ - , ■
with a broken heart, that some .lav -he r !- , "T.!"
would turn, homeless hi the world, to wlth any Jury - 1 flxtd up l "° “
go to John. *
Thik lcar’» Xlfle of Girl.
New York Letter.
The popular thing in girls this year
is dashing and strait and strong. She
greets mankind with an impetU'
stare as she strides along the street,
with her chin in the air, her shoulder*
well back, and her arms swinging t*>
and fro. This week settled it. The
opera brought society back, and the
proper girl came romping home with
flashing eyes and the ruddy glow of
perfect health showing through th'
nut-brown tan of the summer’s cam- the post office at Mount Forrest.”
pafgn. The clinging girl with tender
eye*, the romantic girl with yearning
glare, the domestic girl with the pur
ring voice, the “brilliant” girl with
her turbid French, the smuggling girl
with her artfid smirk and the girl who
clung to the skirts o! mama—they art-
gone, all gone. They went away iu a
flutter with timorous scream* at tin-
snort ot the engine and the rush of the
burly world. Now they've cotne back,
but they are not the same. Instead
there’s an army of lofty, gay. Intrepid,
mettlesome, dashing girls, who *wag-
• abroad with delicious feminine
it’s all madness. Sooner or later the
smartest thieve.* will getcaught. They
can’t escape it. The chances are dead
against them all the time. My case is
an example of that. 1 got six’ yea re—
one year for receiving plunder from
the Mount Forrest |»ost office robbery,
two and a half years for a robliery at
Lansing and two aud and a half years
for another job.
‘I hadn’t a thing to do with the last
o jobs, but I couldn’t prove my in
nocence except by the testimony of
me
any jury. I fixed up two aMbis,
one to be sworn to by thieves, but the
detective* knew these people, sol got
another alibi, to be sworn to by straight
people, but it wouldn’t work and here
I am.
“It was a mere accident that led to
arrest. Two of our people were
locked up at the Twelfth street station
lor the .Mount Forrest robbery. Law
rence went over to see them. He
wasn’t smart enough to'.knowvtbftt a
detective followed him back. Dan
came into Carew’s saloon on State
Stree'. where I was, sat down and we
j hail a drink. Then in came the detec
tive. He fun ml
Wilson is new afraid to reveal it be
cause it woidd prove him to be nothing
more than a blackmailer.
It i3 remarkable.
i watch on me from
raiikliitfH Appearance.
New York letter.
Strangers do not recognize Koscoe
Conk ling when they see him in the
streets now-a-days. The accepted por
trait of him made familiar by the pen
cils of tiie cartoonists is that of a man
ol slim and elegant physique with a
pouter pigeon chest, a slim waist aud
a jaunty carriage. The papers are
fondest of representing Mr. Conkilng
standing with hi* legs wide apart, one
hand thrust in hi* b east and bis head
thrown back alter the manner of a bad
On the other hand, Wilson’* refusal
to make it public, even when p;
iug to do so, aud Iiis unfounded
ment that he is 3ioen’s son is calculated
to create the impression that the secret
is not of much importance, ami tiiat b.iovant air of the Berkshire hill* into j Conktiug with the man himself.
ic „
breeze of the mountain top, the salty ' mighty monarch. It is difficult to
flavor of the ocean’s edge ami the! reconcile these caricatures of Mr.
b.iovant air of tiie Berkshire Hills into j Conkling with the ttian himself. He
the vi-rv heart of oirtv, dusty ami j passed me the other ilay on Fifth
*tale New York. Of all the types that j avenue at a gait that a professional
the town has ever seen, the girl of t«»- ! walker might have envied, but not one
if he is a man of i day, w ith her high-bred look, the «lar- stranger out of five humbed recog-
good sense anil t» well advised, that he ; iug -tyle ami winsome assumption of j nized him a* he swung along. He
should have claimed tiiat he is Moun’s j manliness, is far ami away the most i wore square, heavy and low-heeled
son. He ought to have known that j fetching thing the world at large can j walking-shoes, baggy and ill-fitting
such a claim a* that would have to be show. ! trousers, a big and shapeless pea
supported by the best of evidence, ami jacket ami a soft felt hat that came
he does not appear to have hail anv j Jnu Wfeat Tto«|r ail s«r« well down over hte eyes. The point
evidence at all. Tiie fact that he made ; lion. D. D. Haynle, of Salem, III., of hi* beard has been dipped off and It
a claim of that kind proves that he is 1 says he use* Dr. Bosa iko’s Cough ami ha* given a fuller anti rounder look to
quite ignorant of 31oen*s family af
fairs. It is possible tiiat the secret
will finally reach the public, but the
r present indications are that it will re-
. main with those who are at present in ones,
possession of it. Rani
Lung Syrup in his family with the his face,
most satisfactory reatnl*, in ail cases he tuij
of Coughs, Cold* and Crot.p. and re- age *
commends ft iu particular for the little
ks. Sample bottle free at Lamar,
nkiu A Lamar’s,
As be moved aloug briskly
r have been taken by the aver-
- for a sturdy, braltby and
or down-
for a
statesman.