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EDITORIAL NOTES.
Real enterprise never nods.
Newspaper railroads are not safe
foundations, as a general tiling, upon
which to plant booms.
SOCIAL EQUALITY.
j A Terrible Infatuation Which
| Shocked a Community and De
stroyed a Happy Noriliern Home.
Glkndaxvillk, Pa., May 21.—So
cial circles here have just received a
I terrible shock from the elopement of
I
A ROMANCE IN LIFE. The Puritan’s Sabbath Return
i
The G»te City Guards have earned Miss id* Wesner and William Thomp-
agood deal of notority, but miuh of it son, her father’s colored gardner.
is of a sort that some or its members do James Barnlay Wesner. an old,
not seem to relish. | wealthy and highly esteemed resident
The President and Col. Daniel I.a- °* Ulis P la “- who «™“pies the mosr
raont have gone on their animal tish- «'«gantly fu-nisi.ed home hereabouts,
ing frolic. Daniel must he a | ami up to Thursday hurt lived and en-
From Forecast!le and Coal
to the l*u I pit.
.... . - c°nsenr'atTve The Piiritaii’s Sabbath Return.
ministers of religion nre rising to re- j will be established without delay
j mark that, whatever may have been The Gnat and Camel Farce in the should such a precaution become
•fleet of the revival ser- .Tletropolia. necessary here. There Is no doubt
i * n j that the State authorities and those of |
Blakely Hall in savannah News.
New York, May 21.—In their at
the temp_—
mons ot Messrs. Jones and Small.
„ , , , .it! wherever they have preached, the peo-
The Boston Record Ins been told a j p , e w|lo w Iim £ Ihem :ire ac thii
story—a story of real life—a story of j time mutiing up a big account *vith
struggle with the apparently impossi-j Uie Enemy of SSouls, much as if the tempts to make New York a Puritan -THE GOOD OLD DAYS” HUMBUG.
hie; of ambition, of success so wonder-
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The support that a newspaper gives
a town must necessarily depend, to a
considerable extent, upon the support
the town gives the paper.
U. G. Starke, a Texan, belonging
to the San Antonio Rifles, won the
distinction of securing the flirt prize
in the individual competitive contest
at the national drill.
A very destructive fire In New
York on the 27 th burned the stables of
the.-New_. York Belt Line, together
with 1,600 horses. The scene of terror
was Indescribably horrible.
Neither of the Atlanta papers nor
the Atlanta department of the Macon
Telegraph of yesterday liad anything to
*ay about the Gate City G uards. A las!
what is fame when the world once
sour? on it!
It has at last been demostrated that
wholesome Sunday laws, carrying
good moral effects with them, ran be
enforced in as big a city as New York.
The law against Sunday liquor selling
seems to be “standing the racket"
pretty well even In the great metrop
olis. ____
The Pennsylvania marriage lieense
law sends a great many couples across
the Delaware at Camden,N. J., which
has come to he known as the Gretna
Green of Pennsylvania. One clergy
man there average.? 140 ceremonies a
month, and it is estimated that six of
Camden’s clergytifen take in all u»-
;ethcr $25,000 a year in wedding lees
Sk.vator Stewart, of Nevada, says
that instead of cutting off the r.Mlroud
, lasses of Senators and Representatives,
is has been done by the Inter-State
commerce law, he would give them ait
passes and compel each man to travel
at least 5,000 miles a year, fti order l
have them learn something about all
tarts of the country for which the\
lave to legislate.
Book of particulars sent FKXK.
R.M. WOOLLEY. M.D.
7. GM- S «. 6a “ t?4 “
!Vk publish on our local page this
morning an interesting article from
Judge Kit Warren, of the Macon
New?, on “Albany’s Presidential
Election in 18-18.” 'The Judge wa:
here or hereabouts in those days, ar.d
for perhaps several decades before,and
is good authority on what occurred
way over yonder in the back part of
the plantation of time ill this part ol
the moral vineyard.
A United States Senator who took
a strong interest and active part in the
passage of the inter-state commerce
mil, and who is on terms of persoual
friendship with a majority of the com
mission expresses himself as disap
pointed at the result thus far achieved.
<rhi<*h bethinks amounts practically to
lOtliiug. He especially regrets the ac-
ion of the eouunhsion In suspend
ing the long and short haul
clause without first allowing it*
practical effects to be tested. He says?
‘Instead of suspending It for ninety
lays, the commission should have tried
it for ninety days and then suspend it
If it was found to work badly. As it
la, they go down South and hear prac
tically the same things they heard
in Washington, and come back not
one whit the wiser as to what tin-
working of the clause would be in act-
lal practice. They only know what
it is said it would be according to the
; ry.”
It is said that in the village of Mey-
rin, in the canton of Geueva, Switzer
land, some disused wells have been
hermetically sealed and devoted to the
purpose of serving as barometers to
the people. In this arrangement an
rifiee of about one inch in diameter
.? made in the cover of the well, by
means of which the internal air is put
communication with the external.
When the air pressure outside dimin
ishes on the approach of a storm, the
•ir In the well escapes and blows a
whistle in connection with the orifice,
iml in*this simple way notice of a
storm’s approach is duly given to the
inhabitants. Bpt if, on the contrary,
the pressure increases, a sound of a
different and well-understood charac
ter is produced by the entry of the air
into the well, and the probability ol
tine weather is announced.
The Guntersvllle Democrat, pub
lished In Marshall county, Alabama,
gives the particulars of the horrible
leath of a young man named Samuel
Scott, son of Mr. Richard Scott, from
the bite of a rattlesnake. Young Scott
was working in a field near his father’s
house. Becoming thirsty lie went to
a spring close at hand and laydown to
drink. Just In the act of sipping the
cooling draught the ominous hum of a
rattlesnake rang out on the air, and
tefore the poor boy could rise to his
feet the deadly fangs of the serpent
were fastened in his face. Not until
he had risen could he tear away the
venomous reptiie and stamp it to
deatlf with his feet. Alter this was
doue he ran to his father, a short dis
tance away, before fainting. They
took the poor fellow home and sent for
physicians who came, but arrived too
late to save the life of the brave boy.
His death ensued eight hours after be
ing bittern
The anniversary of Queen Victoria’s
birth, which, as has already been an
nounced, occurred on Tuesday, al
though it doubtless secured the cus-
roniarv observances and marks of re
spect. has this year been somewhat
o/ershadowed by a greater event, now
less than four weeks away, the fiftieth
a iniversary of her accession to the
throne. While the Queen will thus
celebrate the “jubilee” of her reign
during the first month the sixty-ninth
year of her life, on which she entered
on Tuesday, it is worth noting that
two of the only three of her predeces
sors who ruled as loug as she came to
the throne at an earlier age. Henry
III, who reigned fifty-six years, suc
ceeded his father lu his tenth year, and
died at the age of 66. Edward III
•ilso, who reigned not quite fifty and a
naif vears, was crowned in his fifteenth
year* and died at 65. Thus Queen
Victoria has already lived longer than
either Of these. Her grandfather,
however, George IIL was over 22
years old on coming to the throne, and
yet reigned more than fifty-nine years.
The last ten years, however, could
hardly be called years of reigning,
since even at the date of his jubilee bis
mind had begun to give way, and
thenceforward the virtual sovertgn
was tiie Prince Regent.
joyed every felicity with his wife and
daughter Ida, a beautiful and amiable
youHg lady of nineteen. Some few
years ago Mr. Wesner erected a two
story brick dwelling on the rear of the
grounds attached to his mansion,
which, since its completion, has been
occupied by William Thompson, a
colored man*, who filled the dual posi
tion of gardner, and hostler for Wes-
uer. .
'Thompson is about 45 years of age.
has a wife but no children. He had
more than an ordinary education, was
witty and a musician of some skill, but
his appearance was awkward and re
pulsive in the extreme. Notwith
standing this, however, he had many
warm friends in the community.
The beautiful, accomplished, but
blindly infatuated Ida was the pride of
the town. The light hearted, happy
girl was idolized by her father and
mother, who looked upon her as the
happiness of their lives. 3Ir. Wesner,
was devotedly attached to his home
and family, though he found it neces
sary quite often to go away for a week
to look after some real estate matters
in which he was largely interested.
Oil every such occasion he was ’lways
driven to the depot, several miles dis
tant. bj r Thompson. It was also a
cu-tom with Ida, who was quite an ex
pert in handling the reins, to accom
pany him to the depot aud drive part
the way.
ida’s flight.
A week ago Wesner was called
away, and on last Thursday morning
?etit word to his wife to have Thomp
son meet him that day on the arrival
of the 4 o’clock train* The import of
the message was given to Thompson,
who immediately after dinner l>egan
ro prepare for the journey. Mrs.
Wesner’s curiosity was aroused at the
early hour he began to hitch up the
horses, and inquired what hurry he
was in. He said it was simply to
gratify a desire of Ida’s who expressed
tier intention of having him drive her
through the country some distance be
fore going to the depot. As every
wish of the idolized girl was gratified,
Mrs. Wesner made no objection.
Some time prior to this the unfor
tunate girl, having felly resolved r«
yield to Thompson’s pleadings, secret
ly conveyed some of i.er clothing to
the house of a family residing on the
road leading from her home to the
depot, giving sonic trilling excuse for
the act and saying that she would call
for lhem in a day or two. Thompson
and his lovely victim started ateut 1
o’clock, called tor the clothing and
rapidly drove to the depot just in time
to catch a west bound train. Refine
the train started Thompson dropped
silver coin Into a bystander’s hand and
asked him to look alter the team until
he or Mr. Wesner caine tor it.
Promptly at 4 o’clock Mr. Wesner
alighted from the morning train, and
although he saw the team in waiting
he was disappointed at not seeing
Thompson. After waiting impatient
ly a few minutes and making no in
quiries he started for home under the
impression that Thompson was some
where in the neighborhood and was
unavoidably detained. Sirs. Wesner.
who wa? anxiously awaiting her hus
band and daughter’s return, s= w he
was alone, and rushing out to the gate
fell into her hu-dmnd’s arms, shriek
ing, “Ida! Ida! Where Is Ida?”
31 r. Wesner had not the slightest
knowledge of anvthihg that would
produce such a frenzied appeal, but
when his wife was sufficiently recov
ered to tell him of Ida and Thompson’s
going away, lie suggested that they
examine her room and see if anything
laid been removed. On entering the
appartment, in a conspicuous place on
the missing girl’s bed Jay the following
letter which filled them with horror
and indignatiou:
“Thursday Noon.
Dearest Mama—Ere you have the
slightest intimation of my conduct or
what I know the world will call dis
grace, I will be married to William
Thompson and be *so far away from
my happy home that any efforts, you
or dear papa may make to reach me
will be in vain. That I have now and
forever forfeited that paternal affection
that 1 know was so lavishly bestowed
upon me; that I have made the home
•of my childhood desolate and lonely
by robbing you and papa of that hap-
pincss which tny presence gave is true,
but my passion was no longer under
the dominion of reason, aud while I
will not attempt to mention auy cir
cumstances that would in any degree
paliate my conduct, for that is impos
sible, yet in pity for my situation and
the future, whatever that may be, let
me assure you l am not wholly to
Ida me. Thompson had au irresistible
l>ower over 'me which even at this
time 1 cannot explain or account for.
I was happy only in his presence, and
when I was completely at his mercy
he proposed elopement and marriage.
I was horrified at the idea of being
the wife of a negro, but the solicitation
grew more fervent and I at last con
sented. Arrangement for our flight
to-day were arranged more than a
week* ago. The full measure of my
blind infatuation will be n;ore,readily
realized l»y you ami the folly of my
course. You may ask, did I know
Thompson was already a married man,
and If the wrecli, which he will henee-
fortu be called, abandons the faithful
wife which he leaves behind, what,
though lie was my equal, could 1 ex
pect from* him? These questions are
now too late. I weighed aud consid
ered them all. but. I was powerless to
prevent my flight with him. Good
bye, forever—good-bye!
Your affectionate and perhaps uu-
fortunate Ida.
Father, mother and friends, almost
frantic, drove to the statiou immedi
ately and started westward after the
runaways, but failed to obtain any
clue whatevei up to a late hour last
night when they returned comforted
only by the consolation that their
laughter’s good sense may, ere it is
too late, a?sert itself, show her the
error of her ways and send her baek
home.
Thompson was always considered a
man of remarkably good sense and
honor, and no one ever saw anythiug
in the way of familiarity between Ida
ind him. The affair creates wide
spread sorrow and sympathy.
SATURDAY HALF HOLIDAY.
Tftc New Lawn Quite Generali)
Observed in New Turk.
'New York, May 21.—The Saturday
half holiday law was generally com
plied with to-day. In the afternoon
there was a general cessation of busi
ness ami the down town streets had a
Sunday appearance. When the law
was first proposed there was consider
able opjKisitlon to it, but now that it
has become a law the greater |H>rtion
of those who were opposed to it are iu
favor of closing their places of busi
ness and giving their clerks a rest.
All the exchanges adjourned at noon,
but several of them kept their doors
open for the use of members. The
poliee oourt clerks were jubilant when
they were notified that the judges had
agreed to observe the Saturday half
holiday. Arrangements have been
made so that prisoners who are arrested
can be bailed out up to C o’clock. The
State courts closed promptly at 12
o’clock. The morning was virtually
a holiday, as all cases tiiat were not
completed yesterday were adjourned
over until Monday. The courts were
onlv open to hear morions, and very
few of these were made. The sheriff’s,
countv clerk’s, surrogate’s, register’s
and district attorney’s offices were all
deserted. The city departments were
closed, with the exception of the
Mayor's office. Mayor Hewitt re
mained at work uutil 4 o’clock. The
Federal courts were closed, but the
justice chambers were open and mo
tions were heard. The post office em
ployes had to work, as usual.
One evening last week a pretty wed
ding was solemnized at a beautiful
residence In Roxbtiry. The bride was
attired in heavy white silk, and wore
a voluminous white veil. Scores of
intelligent men and beautiful women
crowded abont with tlieir congratula
tions. Many and costly were the
gifts which were bestowed upon the
bridal pair by their friends, and many
were the congratulations which were
showered upon them. But this is an
ticipating.
It was about thirteen years ago that
a vessel flying a foreign flag entered
the harbor of Providence, R. L
Among the crew was a young Norwe
gian. scarcely more than a L»d, who,
as rhe vessel entered the bay and
finally dropped anchor in the outer
harbor, gazed upon the almost match
less beauty ot the Narragausett shores.
His heart swelled within him as lie
thought of this as the Western land of
prontise, of which he bad so often
heard, and a great determination rose
in hi? heart to make tills his future
home, to bring nither Ids widowed
mother and establish for them both a
hah tation iu the land of liberty.
His voyage over, he received tiie pit
tance due him and went on shore. He
was a lone, a stranger in a strange
land. True, he could speak English,
for lie had been taught the language
iu the Norwegian schools. Beyond
this he was helpless. Where should
he turn? Whither should he go?
He wandered along the docks until
he reached the great iron drawbridge
which spun? the river almost at its
mouth. Half crossing the bridge he
stopped In mid-stream and stood gaz
ing down the bay. He could see the
vessel In which became, the only home
he knew. Tin- flag still fluttered at
the peak and seemed te caU to him to
return to the land of the North. But
he could not do that. He had resolv
ed to test this new worid and see '• hat
it hud in store for him. But where
should lie look for shelter: to whom
should he look for aid.
For some time lie stood thus gazing
down the bay and lost in reverie. He
did not hear the «lo\v tramp of a horse
and the dull rumbleofwlieels upon the
planks of the bridge. He did not
noriee that the vehicle, suddenly stop
ped near him and that a pleasant-faced
gentleman was leaning from a buggy
ami looking intently at him. A mo
ment more aud he was startled by an
exclamation:
“Hullo!”
The young Norwegian turned and
saw what has been described. The
gentleman in the buggy beckoned to
him. He drew near wondering.
“Who are you young mail? What
are you standing here for?” asked the
gentleman, kindly.
“I am a Norwegian sailor, sir.” an
swered the young man. “I have-just
reached your country, ami I think I
will stay if I can find a home and
work.”
“Perhaps I can heJp you. Get in
with me. I will see what I can do for
you.”
T.tc Norwegian complied, still won
dering. He was taken io the house of
u Swedish employe of his newly-found
friend, where he found a temporary
home. In a few days work was pro
vided for him, and his career lu this
country was" fairly begun.
The limits of a newspaper article are
insufficient to tell the tale of the sub
sequent decade. By hard labor lie
succeeded in saving money to bring his
mother to his new home. Then his
happiness was complete. But not long
alter her arrival he was thrown out of
work. This was In the hard winter ot
1876. Nothing opened for him save a
situation iu a coal yard, where he was
employed in delivering coal to cus
tomers. But he yearned for something
better than this. A great ambition
filled his soul. He determined to be
come a minister. “What shall I do?”
he inquired of a friend. “Get a t hor
ough education first,” was the advice,
“and then see what opens.”
He had no money but he had a
brave heart. Procuring a few elemen
tary Latin and Greek books lie took
them under his arm and dire' tly en
listed for a year as an ordinary sea
man on board the revenue cutter
Samuel Dexter. A queer thing to do,
you say. So it was, blithe knew what
lie was about. He studied dilligeutiy
in all his spare hours, an 1 when his
term of enlistment had expired he had
kept pace with the class for the pre
paratory school at East Greenwich and,
having saved his wages, had sufficient
funds to pay liis tuition for the second
year. He studied hard. The next
summer he was employe* 1 as a sailor
on Lester Wallack’s yacht, ami so
earned and saved money enough to
nrry him through the third year and
tit him for Yale.
The next year he entered Yale and
struggled through by teaching and
preaching. A portion of the time he
was employed by Prof. Phelps, now
United Suites Minister to England, ns
a private tutor in his family. He was
rising in the world, you see.
A graduate of Yale, finally, with a
high rank, he entered the theological
school, and for the first year occupied
the pulpit of a church in a small rmvn
neat New Haven. Then lie was called
to the theological school at Chicago,
where he taught English to" a class of
Scandinavian stmleuts. Meantime he
completed his studies in theology, and
a few months ago wa3 graduated with
honor.
Now comes our Jove ‘story, adding
a charming chapter to this romantic
life. His widowed mother had taken
second husband and had settled
upon a farm in Dakota. Last suin-
mer the whilom Norwegian sailor,
now a college and theological gradu
ate, a gentleman cultivated, educated
and refined, journeyed to Dakota for
the purpose of paying a visit to his
mother, and it was while on a visit
there he met a young lady of Boston,
who was visiting friends iu the West.
The story has already been surmised.
The pretty wedding with* which this
story opens was the result. A few
months will be passed in this city
among friends, and then the two will
go axvay to the West: but where? Al
ready two Dakota churches have ex
tended to him calls to the pastorate.
The American Home Mission Society
solicits his help in the Scandinavian
mission iu the great Northwest. The
Chicago theological school Is holding
wide open its doors for his return.
“What a wonderful story,” you say.
What a wonderful success.” Can a
stranger story be found In the pages
of romance.
ing the regular serv ees in the* city I the Hotel Brunswick; strolled up
cfaurelies. Fifth avenue and back again for a
There is no doubt but tiiat a strong ,,
feeling against sensational pulpit ora-J wa ^ about noon. Neither one of
tory is budding out. and it seems as if them was a drunkard, and both have
the revivalist must go. lived in . the hotel for many
When they returned they stoo<f near
Being Presented to the Prince.
An American Humorist Tells how
He Wet the Ileir»to the British
Throne.
Indianapolis Journal.
When Marshall P. Wilder, the gro
tesque, hunchbacked little humorist
went to Loudon be was so lucky as to
secure the jwtronage of the Prince of
Wales. The circumstances are inter
esting, as they reveal a state of society
unknown in this country, and a&
showing how the Prince conducts
bituself. Wilder had heard that one
plaudit from the Priuee’s hand? would
lie worth dollars and dollars to himself
and was naturally very desirous of
getting his nival highness for au
auditor. As he tells it, the way they
•lo that sort of thing 1? this: Sup|>o?e
some lady get? up an eutertainment In
benefit of a charity or for any other
purpose and invites the Prince. In
case lie announces hi? intention of be
ing present, a list of cutertaiuers is
given to him and he ?elects those whom
he would like to hear. That he picked
out nit’ name with others from a long
list oiu the occasion I shal! speak of was
the door lor a moment discussing the
dost, j . •-
“It makes me thirsty,” seid the
Evidence that They Were net
never liven conducted, village the authorities are straining at
is whether the money IAnd swallowing camels. On
more soli 1 ] ^uotlay two entirely reputable citizens w *** they A re Said to Hare Been,
nt in support- j ‘A New Y’ork, lioth of whom reside in
THE REYOLYER.
It* Quick Handling Indeed by the
Simple t ouboy, and the Kind
He Like*.
nee St, La
Repnbli-
AT
Santa »-*c Ci
can.
Harry Whitehill, ex-sheriff of Grant j
county, and fonneriy of New York i
City, Was in Santa Fe during much of i
the legislative session just closed, try-j
J ing to pa>s a bill creating Logan conn- j
C. M. Shackelford & Co’s.
From the Bridgeport Standard.
Men 90 years old remember t y ont rf U» of Onrnt. It took
there were no steamboats, but all j t ;, e ln ,. lsi , rp „, rpe or ex _
travel on the water was done by the
slow, uncertain means of sailing ves-
\ near se * s » w ^ en ^ one started for New York
it was doubtful if he would reach
there in a day or a week. Now we
know how many hours and minutes it
first, wiping the street* refuge from requires tcMnake thejrip.
his eyes with the corner of his hand- on “*
kerchief. -
“Would you like something to
drink ?” asked the other.
“Yes; suppose we go in and get
some lemonade.”
They enured the hotel and found
the barroom closed. Two ot the bar
tenders had just been arrested aud
taken off to prison for serving drinks
to the regtdfir guests of the hotel
The thirsty" men went* from the bar-
"room to the restaurant and ordered the
drinks tliey had discussed. The waiter
?hrugged his shoulders aud smiled
mournfully.
“It is not possible,” he said, “to get
any tiling but champagne or larger
beer, ami even then you must order
something to eat with it.**
“But I never driuk champagne and
I don’t care for larger beer,” said one
of the mcu. “Lemonrde is certainly
enough of a temperance drink to pass
muster even in tills town of queer poli-
cal freaks isn’t if ?*»
The waiter was very sorry. The
lemonade was regarded as a mixed
driuk. There were no bartenders, and
the only possible way for the men to
refresh themselves was to order cham-
.lue lo tbe suggestion of Irving. It or , beer in conjunction
w:.s on entertainment given at t ie the luncheon. They git up in
Cwtcvnimr llnn«i> fni> rMtiIpnnt nf tlio I J , ,, ,
disgust and weut ovev to the ladles’
D*ea Evangelism Pay?
From tbe Augusta Chronicle.
Sensationalism* in the pulpit is being
discussed now rather widely. The
Methodist ministers of Cincinnati seem
to have soured*on the Evangelists, who
are gathering in the shekels, and have
started the cry “Beware ol tiie Evan
gelists.” At tiie regular Methodist
preachers’ meeting the other day, iu
Cincinnati, there was quite a sentiment
against sensational revivalists. Sam
Jones came in for a round share of
abuse, whose work was described as of
doubtful quality “and a careful anal-
vsi^ of the results of which would
probably not show all tiiat could be
tit sired.”
Dr. Brown, an eminent Methodist
clergymen of Cincinnati, contends that
it is wrong “to send for evangelists
when a revival is decided on at (he
Methodist church, as it is the pastor
who should lead the flock. The pastor
is good enough to preach week after
week: to officiate at the communion
— tKn lieinrr .nil hn rr I ha ila-tfl •
to marry the living and bury the dead;
to visit tiie sick and eomfort the afflict
ed, but when a revival is spoken of the
first thing thought of is, “let’s send
for an evangelist.” He thinks tiiat tiie
evangelical spirit is sufficiently strong
in tiie heart of every Methodist preach
er. It was evident that he believed in
i>astors as aga ; nst evangelists.
— n
Grosvenor House, the residence of tiie
Duke of Westminster. The hall, in
expectation of the Prince’s coming,
was provided with a lot of easy chairs
and sofas in the front. Whenever it
is known that tiie Prince is to be pres
ent everybody comes early, for it
would bti graye disrespect for any one
to arrive later than his highness. The
Prince himself is very prompt blithe
never romes in until a minute or two
later than the hour, -possibly to allow
any delinquents to get in their proper
places. Then he enters with consider
able lbrtnalitv. ! f he L? alone he walk?
down the aisle ahead of his courtiers:
but if the Princess ot Wales Is with
him, as on this ocea-iou, they walk to
get her, she leaning upon his arm.
flieii come the courtier? and ladies iu
waiting in the order of their respective
ranks. As the Prince enters all in tiie
room rise aud remain standing until he
has seated himself. After that the
tiie show begins. When it was over I
was told he wished to s-ec me. 1 went
out and saw all thejieople standing up.
Tiie Prince was talking with those who
were being presented. It is a very
formal affair. I was led up to him and
the highness who led me said:
Your royal highness, permit me to
present the American humorist, Mr.
Wilder.”
I was ready for a stiff bow and a po
sition of humility for iiivsel', but to
my surprise he extended his hand and
said several pretty tilings about tuy
work, and expressed a wish to hear
me agniu. Tiiat settled it. If I may
mention business at this time, for the
next morning I made fifteen engage
ments. One or two others were pre
sented to the Priuce, aud then he
withdrew.
This ceremony, to an American^
was very amusing. No one had left
the room, and as he passed down the
aisle they all bowed very low and
straightened up again as he passed
The undulations of the’bowing heads
made it seem as if the aueience were
made of India rubl>er. Not a word
w»3 said, but on the instant that the
doors closed on his royal highness and
his train, every tongue was loosened
and a torrent of long pent-up conver
sation hurst forth. Such a chattering.
It was an exaggeration of the ordina
ry school taking a recess. I met the
Prince on five other occasions, and it
seems to me that l can say, without
being biased by his kindness to me,
that lie is tiie best tvj>e of a good fel
low. I had tiie horror of sittiug next
to him at dinner on one occasion. He
converses finely on any topic, for he
is a thoroughly informed man. But
best of all he puts a man at his ease at
the start. At this dinner I took up a
glass of water, though wiue stood be
fore me.
“That is water,” said the Prince,
pleasantly.
“Yes, your royal highness.” I an
swered, in some trepaUation; “i never
drink anything else.”
He simply nodded gravely and
passed at once to another topic, mak
ing no allusion lo my peculiarity.
When you first meet him you have to
say “your royal highness” two or
three times iu addressing him in an
swer to a question. Of course, yon
never address him otherwise; but af
ter that, if he condescends to converse
further, you need only answer “Sir,”
as you would to anybody else.
He shook hands and said, ‘‘Well,
my little chap, have you succeded
well here?”
It is difficult to describe his manners:
for, as is always the case in polished
gentiejvcn, they are not ostentatious,
ami the impression from his behavior
is that there is nothing to lie remarked
about him, for every movemeus and
word are judged so carefully with ref
erence to its propriety.
The Tariff and tbe Inter-State
Commerce Bill.
From tbe QaKnian Free Press.
Our readers have perhaps noted the
fact that the Free Press has contented
itself with reproducing an occasional
opinion from some learned person on
the two great questions which are now
exciting so much comment and debate
among* politicians, and by the press,
i. e.: The tariff and the inter-State
commerce bill. Those who know us
best understand full well that our si
lence is not occasioned by lack of
knowledge, or for want of informa
tion, in regard to the details connected
with" the issues mentioned. The’fact
is, we know all about the whole mat
ter, and when the smaller lights, such
as the Albauy News and Advertiser,
the Great and Good Telegraph, the
Atlanta Constitution, etc., have com
pletely “winded” themselves and
there is real necessitj' for us to speak,
we will then get on a broad gauge,
come iu on the home stretch, settle
the vexed ques iou and save the coun
try. We will show conclusively that
a short haul cannot be a long haul,
and tell why It Is that editors and their
families should be furnished free
(•asses dowu to the third and fourth
generation.
We will demonstrate by plain and
unmistakable argument, supported by
conclusive evidence, that if a protect
ive tariff imposes an onerous tax upon
the consumer, it unquestionably re
lieves him of some of his surplus* caslt
and makes him feel lighter if not bet
ter. Yes indeed, when tiie exigency
arises, and it uow seems imminent, we
will show these questions up in their
proper light, as above indicated. We
will produce a remedy for every evil
complained of. We will furnish tiie
ueeded panacea. . We will make our
benighted friends and contemporaries
of tiie press I eel badly. At present,
however, we preserve a dignified si
lence. Shall we be censured for sug
gesting that some other papers in tins
State might profit by following our
example In the respect last suggested.
restaurant, where they were actually
obliged to buy a light lunch before
they could get anything to satisfy
their thirst.
I doubt if a more pronounced ab
surdity could be l'ottud iu tiie history
of any city than this. At .ieJmonico’s,
which Is unquestionably tiie most fa-
jurius restaurant iu tiie world, the
public at large was ret used service.
Men who hud been breakfasting, at
Deluioiiico's for many years found
tiiat. they could, not get
glass of wine or anything at all
but tea and coffee ro drink with tlieir
morning meal and, so on throughout
the city. At oi-.e place a young man
who was a ca?hier iu a pool room
where drink? were,served was impris
oned for three mout h.-. His salary was
$10 a week. He was tiie only support
of ^ \\ Mowed mother.
During all tiie time this hubbub was
going oniti thecity proper tiie big hos
telry in C* mral Park, which Is owned
by the government, was selling liquor
in every form to hoards o: thirty New
Yorkers. Why the law which applied
to Delmonico’s, and the Bruuswick
should not reach this official gi i mill
of the city is another of the inexplica
ble m\ steries of the present adminis
tration in New lork. ,
All the lighter forms of amuseipent,
such ns concert balls, cafes .iv here one
may smoke, drink and listen to good
music, ami so on, have;be$n driven
away, and the public dance houses
closed. Everybody knew what the
result of this would be, but now tiie
authorities seem surprised that the in
evitable lias come true.. ;
The result ' is that disreputable
women have invaded every nook and
corner of the island, swarm In droves
In public places where one could
formerly Like a Jady without danger
of meeting obnoxious characters who
parade the streets night, and day in
shameless desperation. Wi.en there
was no external evidence of their ex
istence a few months ago they are uow
legion. A few streets in the city were
given over to them, were the police
could keep a vigilant eye on their
movements, and watch the crooks,
blacklegs and gamblers who usually
followed in their wake. These places
have been broken up In their turn
and tiie women apd tlieir queer hang
ers-on have spread into the public
flats and tenement bouses, where they
have already begun to spread the seeds
of iniquity and add to the tempations
of the working girls of New York. It
is admitted now that this practice of
opprosion ts a mistake, hut the .au
thorities go on the same way as before
I doubt if a more innocent form of
**nj-»yment could he devised by a Pur
itan'minister than that of some thous
ands of industrious and frugal Ger
mans of this eity who have formed
singing societies. There is no end to
the number of such organizations. The
police have never t>een called upon to
reprimand any of them. Tb&iufctnber-
-liip is* composed of mechanics, bar
bers aud hard working ineu generally/
who meet one or two evenings a week
and sfieud a happy time In singing
music and chatting over their beer.
Recently they have all been arrested
tor pursuing this heinous course.
They will no longer be permitted to
drink beer anil sing in the place. Did
anyone eaer hear of a German being
able to sing without living backed up
and fortified by lieer? Before long
New Yorkers will liave to apply to the
liolice for permission to breathe. The
tuture of such absurb Puritanism Is
plain. At the next election Mike
(Joogan. Gilly the Blue, Plug ■O’f’on-
nigle or Patsey O’Keefe will run for
Mayor on tin* g.vnc p' ltforui of free
rum. tree fun and an enlightened civi
lization and sweep the town by 100,000
majority.
About Yellow Fever*
Jacksonville Times-Union.
Sporadic yellow fever has occurred
at Key West. A decade ago this news
would not have created much interest,
as the disease was tlieu wont to ap-
l>ear there nearly every summer. But
an exemption of several years Jnu been
sufficient to place that city iu the list
of places where the yellow fever is
not considered an ordinary occurrence.
Hence, when the reports were circu
lated yesterday tiiat it had appeared
there, there was a little flurry of ex
citement.
So far as Jacksonville is concerned
we are assured by experienced physi
cians that there is no cause for any
alarm, not even apprehension. Oor
city Is in almost as close communica
tion with Havana as it is with Key
West, and the fever exists In that city
nearly all tbe time, though it Is "usual
ly more severe during the ho: months.
But it is only occasionally that it as
sumes an epidemic and* malignant
form. Kev West is only ninety mile?
from Uavanna, and is subject to very
much the same climatic conditions. It
is nearly four hundred miles south of
Jacksonville, and to get here the fever
would have to pass through a cordon
«r places where tiie sauitary authori
ties and the people are on thealeit,
even if our own authorities were
not noting the progress of the
disease with the closest vigilance.
Our citizens know from ex
perience that a proper enforce-
of quarantine may keep out
even when it is In close
and now that all the
mainland Is put on notice. Key West
can be easily isolated lo case extreme
measures should become necessary.
Men now 60 years old remember
when there were no railroads, but all
travel on land was done by stages, by
wagons, by ox teams, on horseback,
ana on foot. Now a net work of rail
roads covers the whole country, and
several lines run from the Atlantic to
the Pacific ocean. Now It requires
only six or seven days to cross the con
tinent. Formerly tiiat trip required
three mouths.
Men 50 years old remember when
there were no photographs, but only
paintings and drawings, made at great
prices, objects now doue tetter In an
instant at trifling cost.
Hen of that age also remember when
no steamboat crossed the ocean, and
it was believed that they never could,
but now huudreds of steamships are
plowing every ocean, reducing the
time of crossing the Atlantic from
weeks to days.
Men 45 years old remember when
there was no electric plating, but
everything In that line was done In the
old fashioned, slow way.
Men of that age also remember when
there were no telegraphs, but all mes
sages bad to te sent by the slow going
mails.
Men 25 y**as old remember when
there were no telephones, but all the
messages now spoken through them
had to te sent by note or special mes
senger.
All these grand and useful inven
tions have teen made within the mem
ory of men now living. Tbe younger
generation can never appreciate them
as those do who remember tbe want
of them, and therefore the great con
venience they are to the world.
We often hear of “the good old days
of yore.” Why deprive our children
of the enjoyment of those old da/s?
now pass a law forbidding steamboats
from plowing the water, railroads
from rpnulng on land,telegraphs from
sending messages, telephones from
being used, a.l furnaces, steam heat
ers, etc., to be taken out of houses
and. other buildings, all grates for
burning coal to te taken out, all stoves
to te melted for old iron, all water
works In cities to te left empty, the
use of all gas and other Illuminators,
except dipped tallow candles, to te
di?coutiuuetl, and really to go back to
the “go d old times,” say for five
years. Then, if at midnight on a cold
stormy night a doctor is wanted, he
must be sent for instead or telephon
ing for him. If one wishes to send a
message to a distance, instead of tele
graphing he must write a letter and
send it by stages to a distant place and
wait patiently for days or weeks for
the answer
When one goes home on a freezing
night he can sit by a wood fire, roast
ing on one side while freezing on the
other, and reading by the dim lig.it of
a tallow dip instead of tbe blaze of a
gaslight or the more agreeable light of
kerosene. .If he undertakes a journey,
instead of getting into cars and going
where be wishes, tiie test thing he can
do is to take a stage at four times the
cost jmd ten times the discomfort of
the cars. Let these and other modern
improvements te forbidden and the
“good oid days” te brought bach, how
long would It be before an extra session
of the legislature would be demanded
to knock the “good ofd days” into
splinters, and to restore the much tet
ter modern days which we now enjov,
and for which we ought to be devoutly
thankful.
A Ri<2icul0«« Affair.
St. James’ Gazette.
While Dr. Young, an officer belong
ing to the Woolwich Garrison, was es
corting some ladies np the river to
Yauxhall abont tbe year 1720, he play
ed them some tunes on a flute. Be
hind them was a boat, in which were
several officers, rowing for the same
goal, and, as these soon came alongside
the one the doctor and his party were
In, he ceased playing.
One of the officers immediately asked
why he did so. “For tiie same reason
I began,” answered Dr: Young—to
please myself.” Tbe reply to this was
an order to continue playing, ending
with a threat that if he did not do so
he (the officer) would toss the doctor
into the Thames. Dr. Young com
plied with the insolent demand and
played all the way up the river to
M E ARE NOW RECEIVING OUR STOCK OF
SPRING GOODS,
CONSISTING OF A BEAUTIFUL LINE OF
Calicos, Lawns,
Checks, Cotlonadcs,
. v eersuckers, Laces
And everything else.kept in Dry Gcods. Also a magnificent line of Women
and Men’s
Straw Hats ! Straw Hats!!
A Rig lot of the CHEAPEST and BEST SHOES ever offered lor sale east of
„i.i ? n« River. We keep hii.v tiling el-e the Farmer wants, and will sell at rock,
CX M. SliackeRVu-d & Co.,
East ALBANY.
huKtion, and a? Mr. Whiteldll had
little to do except watching It, l.e was
never too busy to chat about the \Ve?f, j
or to ask questions about hi? old j
friends in the East. During a long
conversation he remarked:
“It’s funny, but every tenderfoot
thinks than all cowboys carry double
acting or some call them self-cocking
revolver?. There was a time when
these wea(¥>ns were In high favor, but
tiie cowboys soon found that they were
postively unhandy instead of teing a
help to a man iu a hurry. Now self-
cocking pistols are boycotted. I’ll bet
four-tilth- of the cowboys in tld? ter-
Vauxh&U. During the evening, how
ever, the doctor observed the officer,
who had teen so musically inclined,
by himself in one of the walks, when
he went up to him, and with great
coolness said: “It was, sir, to avoid
interrupting the harmony of either
my company or yours that I complied
with your arrogant demand, but that
you may learn courage is to te found
under a black c*>at as well as under a
red one, I expect you will meet me to
morrow morning al a certain place
without any second, tiie quarrel being
entirely between ourselves.” The
doctor further covenanted that the af
fair should te decided by swords, to all
of which conditions the officer readily
agreed. The parties met the following
morning as had teen arranged; but,
tiie moment the officer liad taken his
ground and drawn his sword, the doc
tor pulled out a pistol and presented
it a: him. “What!” exclaimed the
officer in a fright, “do you mean to
assassinate me ?”
•No,” replied tiie doctor, “but y
shall instantly put up your sword
and dance a minuet; otherwise
you are a dead man.” The other
at this begin to swear at his oppo
nent as well as to vow he would do
nothing of tbe kind; but the doctor
was resolute, giving the officer clearly
to understand tiiat if he did not begin
tiie dauce before be (Young) counted
thirty the threat would be carried into
effect. In slow time the doctor began
to count “one, two, three,” and by the
time he had got up to “ten” the sword
was returned into its sheath, and be
fore he had counted “twenty” tbe of
ficer was going through a minuet, as
stately as a man could do that had a
lyaded pistol leveled within but a few
feet of his head. After a quarter of au
hour’s practice the muzz 1 of tiie pistol
was lowered,-tbe holder of It saying as
it fell: “That will do, sir; we are
now quits. You forced me to play
again?t my will, and I have compelled
you to dance against yours. Being
now on a level, I will give you what
ever other satisfaction you require.
The next afliur will of course be with
mils. You know where to find me.
Good morning. Tbe doctor, However,
heard no more of the matter.
The Child)* Idea of Death.
Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
Whether the thought of death shall
be a terror through life de|>ends much
on the way in which a child gets its
first idea of death. A three-year-old
Farmington girl gave her impression
thus: “Oh! grandma, I saw Mrs.
Stephens; she was lying in her little
crib ted, and a whole lots of people
Everybody had a double-acting gun
ami wouitlii’i have any otiier.”
“Why. don’t they like tiie new
style?”
No. They discovered that, try as
they would, they could not avoid
deflecting the .muzzle of the pistol t«»
the right .while pulling the trigger to
raise the hammer. You see ail rh«»
p over i? applied from the right-hand
side ot the trigger, where you put
your finger in. Now, wheu you pull
the trigger for the comparatively long
period l ecessary to get tiie double-act
ing hammer up to the poiut where the
spring i? released and it falls,‘ you in-
sensiUv put a heavy pressure on tbe
right-haml side and can’t help slightly
swayirg the muzzle in tiiat direction.
When the double-acting guns were In
style here we used to notice that five
out of every six men who cot shot were
wounded iu the left side. Qf these
about one-half were shot so far to the
left that the tmll simply grazed their
rite. Another large pereentage were
shot in the inner side of the left arm.
Now the cowboy pride? himself ou hit
ting the dead center of his oppoueut.
It ta always his wish to put the ball
right at the juncture of the rite above
tiie stomach. This ts not merely be
cause they want to put on style; the
placing of a forty-eight caliter tell
right there prevents your man coming
back at you. Now as soon as the
cowboys began to note till? queer fea
ture of shooting, it became a matter of
serious moment to them. They quick
ly found the fault to te iu the self-
cocker, which by reflect lug their muz
zles of course inclined the tells toward
the left side of the man facing them iu
front. Tiiat settled the self-cocker.
The fact that the cowboys were right
is proven by the simultaneous disap
pearance of the new style and reaj>-
pearanee of the old style wound.”
“But can’t one shoot faster with the
new style weapou?” asked the tender
foot.
•Did you ever see a vowboy shoot?”
asked the cx-sherlff with a quizzical
smile. “Why. see here, this is a sin
gle-acting, old-style pistol. Watch
tiiat tree.”
Before the words were well uttered
the handsome sheriff had got the drop
on the growing timber, aud six shots
rang out in such rapid siicce??ion tiiat
they sounded like the exp osion of a
small pack of very large five-crackers.
Diiriug the sliootiug Mr. Wliitehill’s
left fore-finger vibrated along the top
of tiie pistol barrel from muzzle to
breech. The six tells filled the tree
about three inches apart.
“Now, 1 carry my pistol fixed this
way, ami it’s all ready for use,” lie
continued, exhibiting the weapou. It
wa? of forty-eight caliber, about eigh
teen inches long, anil handsomely
mounted. The trigger was tied firmly
back against the inner side of the guard
with n rawhide thong.
“All I have to do with It,” explain
ed the ex-peace guardian, “is to brush
the hammer back as far as it will go
witli my left forefinger, while I hold
the pistol firmly with my right hand.
My forefinger never got near the trig
ger, but liel|» to hold the stock, and
this makes my grip more firm and cer
tain. Wheu I push hack the hammer
I have only ro rake my finger off to let
it fall and discharge the pistol. You
see, the trigger being tied back, tiie
hammer is always free. One motion
is all that i? necessary to push hack the
hammer and fire the shot. The trick
is called ’fanuing the hammer.* You
see, l push it back with my left fore
finger; it mstautly fell wheu l re
leased it, aud the u-xt Instant my fin
ger was again pushing it back to a full
cock. Doing this little act: quickly
make? the little finger sway back aud
forth not unlike tiie fauning motion.
That’s where it got Its name.”
“Do ail cowboys adopt this plan?”
“Oh, no. Most of them cock the
pistol with their left forefinger, but
some prefer to leave tiie trigger free,
and with each shot app'y -the slight
pressure of the right forefinger neces
sary to discharge the weapon. There
is no pressure to speak of on the trig
ger. however, and the aim is uever
spoiled. With a hair-trigger yon have
only to Isold the gun straight and you
will get there. When I tvas sheriff,
down in Grant, I always went armed
with my trigger tied back, and I never
carried a self-cocker. Yet I could
shoot as quick us any than. If I hadn't
I would uot te In re now. There’? Pat
Garrett who used to be sheriff of Lin
coln county, which he i?uovr trying to
cut in half so as to make Pecos coun
ty. He never carries anything but a
single-acting gun. When lie shot
Billy, the Kid. ue put two tells side
by side into Billy’s heart before the
body struck the floor. The first shot
killed Billy, hut Pat was not taking
anv c.iaiices, and he was working his
pistnl for all it wa? worth. Now that
second tell had foi owed pretty close
after the fir-t in order to get to the
same *|>ot before Billy dropped, diihi’t
it? That shows what a good man with
a good single-acting pistol could do.”
“So you would just as leave put
your ?ingl»*-actiug pistol against the
i ew *tyle?”
“Why, ye?. When I tried'to arrest
a fellow in Grant one day he came oil
me suddenly and got the drop with a
double-acting p!?tol; but Ids tell went
under my left arm without more than
scratching Of course, I went back at
him a? quick a? the Lord would let me
and got there. Now, you see why I
have a |»oor opinion of double-actiug
pistols. That fellow never missed a
man tefore, aud if ue had had liis old
pistol 1 would te a dead man now.”
“People out here are good judges of
weapons, then.”
“Are they? Well, you can depend
upon it that we know good weapons
wheu we get hold of them. I’ll bet
FIGHTING A LION.
Frank Frayne Hun a TerrlfHc En
counter With u Blood-«4>.
New York special ‘Jomin a • i*q* i-rr.
Frank Frayne, the actor, who acci
dentally shot cud killrd. .-\i»tut V< n
Cehrcn iu Cincinnati, and al?b shot a
sillier through the foot in the same
city, has had a close call fur hi? l.fe
with id? ]>erforuiiug lion. Old Duke.
Fray he’s caravan, consisting ot two
laughing hyenas, two big lmll-dogs,
two black bears anil Old Duke, is In
slimmer quarter? « n a thirty-acre farm
near Chatham, N. J. Last Monday
morning Frayne Wa? awakened by a
rumpus in hi? barn, lie hurried out
half-dressed ami plunged into the con
test with hi? lion. Old Duke, which
came near costing Id? life. Old Duke , .. -
•> * ~ •« 1 --<* '* »*° t
'»a 1 i f the sin ketn u-e, late at night,
ore off a tew hoard?, securedhe
r.*a?..re ihey sought. _ replaced * the
Hi-rnl? i d ei-nped without -u<; i don.
M:iji Sa»n*l I>. Irvin, now a proiui-
»•«»! I:i A ter ijr Alla la.thni re?ided at
*• •- Blag five »••!>* from \’-
bany, an on the v-« on stage route to
h:.i city. The Major was an arde :t
/aylor man, or rather oy. Every
uigtit at midnight hi? horse stood sad-
Led. a? the.stage drove up, ready* If
h Anal new? was favorable to make
» Mnzeppa raee to town. Ateut the
firat of l>ecemter the king of theeoaeh
came rattling up at the appointed hour,
ar.d squalled from his imperial throne,
“All the preciuet? heard from, and
Taylor’s elected!” Irvin vaulted into
the saddle, stuck spurs, reached Alba
ny au hour ahead of the mall aud'
waked Ms three confidential friends.
The cannon was dragged out and put
in position. They poured a half gallon
of powder in the barrel, then crammed
down a quantity of ?haviiigs.?aw-du?t,
brick-bats ami dirt to make the powder
stlck.after which a tuan with a burning
largest limt in eoufhtement. He had
killed two men, each with a blow of
one paw. tefore Frayne bought hiiu
in Cuba. Old Duke \v:is kept in a
cage in the turn. The main entrance
to th. him wa? l:i the middle throngii
two big swinging «fohre. The iioii’s
cage wa? at the i ight of the door ami
stall? for horse? on the left.
Frayne had bought a handsome
horee of (Jly.l-tsdalc »tock for $600 a
few day? ttefore, and the horse was
lied by a leather halter iii the stall op-
liosite to the lion’s cage. 'Hie horse
liad been restless iu the stall ami had
trembled wheuever the lion roared.
The lion, too, hail paced up and down
in his cage and p«*ered toward the
horse between the bars of his cage.
When Frayne was aroused by tlife
rumpus at ea dy dawn he ran to. the
door and listened a moment at the
door. The mdse had ceased, then lie
tore open the fastening? and saw at a
glanee that the front of the rage had
been broken at one end ami the lion
was goue. The next moment lie
heard tbe tearing, of flreh. Looking
over the board partition between the
two stalls lie saw Old Duke lying on
the prostrate horse and his teeth buried
iu Its throat. Frayne’? determination
was taken In an Instant. He stepped
quickly to a post where he remember
ed having left a lariat, took it down,
coiled and stepped lightly back to the
partition. Old Duke was still feast-
I g. 'Pirowing back his arm. Frayne
said to the Hon .sternly: “Duke.”
The animal raised his head aud glared,
hut lie dkl not move. It was the crit
ical moment, and Frayne flung the
rope dexterously around old Duke’s
head, aud pulled it taut. Immediate
ly. lie carried the end ot the lariat to
the lion’s cage, passed it through the
n|MMiing, tlirougc which the Hon had
escaped, and around three upright
iron ters. He then pulled on the
lariat with the slip noose, shutting off
his wind. and. with the stout coni,
urging him toward the cage. Old
Duke left the horse slowly, growling
and roaring as he went. When he
would stop, Frayne would command
and pulled harder, and Old Duke
would suffer himself to te dragged
futher.
Fr yne kept as close to tiie cage a?
possible, ami a? far away as he could
from the opening through* which tiie
Ifou had escaped- When Old Duke
came near to the opening he stopjied
and threw up hi? head. Then he
sprang toward Frayne. Had Frayne
teen a coward he would have been a
dead man in an instant. As the lion
jumped at him Frayne yelled and
raised his arm as ir to strike. The
iion, that had just fasted food, seized
Frayne’s arm and his teeth met in the
flesh. Why Old Duke didn’t kill him
«m the spot Fravnedoesn't know. The
brut- released hi? IioM and suffered
himself to te pnlled through the open
ing by the lariat.-Then Frayne ( ushed
tiie bars into place again.
It was discovered that the cage from
whi-:h Old Duke escaped had uot been
securely fastened at the hinges. The
entile front of the oge, which is ten
feet long ami six feet high, could te
lifted oft like a door in a dwelling.
The lion has a ha 1 fit of raising him
self on his him I leg? and scratching
with hi? fore fret at the top of the
cage on the A le near the hinges, so
that the wood is alwavs Iredi In color
aud ragged. It raiding Idtnself up
one massive shoulder had lifted off
the heavy iron-barred front. Finding
himself free, tiie lion had only to
spring upon the wooden partition that
separated him from his long-intended
victim, tiie horse." The horse’s head
wa? turned toward him. That the
horse lia.l struggled, to es-«|)e was
id-tin. a? wa-* afterward seen by the
broken halter. It was of larger size
«f. halfere in use ordinarily, and was
snapped off’‘monthly .*!? if cut by a
sudden blow of a knife-blade.
The horse had no time to get out of
the stalL The lion had sprung at his
neck am! throttled him iu his tracks.
"tumps then prevalent I Albany, and
dropped fire into the touch hole. The
mutilated fowling piece kicked at least
three somersaults to the rear, as'it
awoke Albany an • sent Wlngard the
first intelligence of its abscenee from
his smokehouse. For thirteen Lines the
cannon was loaded, fired and capered
rearwards In whirligig style. The
work was tiecratarily slow, and the
thirteen discharges occupied six hours
aud lasted till day’Ight.
Major Irvin was au apostle oftem-
(Hjntnce hut he had no disciples among *
the Taylor men there. Ju?t be r ore
sunrise the whole party re me'obeyed,
for the first time, that music and a
torchlight procession were indispemd-
Me on such occasion?. Lightwood log*
lay plentiful all over town, but there
wasn’t a single fife in any ol the store?.
But with those men, as one of them
stated in a etter afterwards, there was "
no such word as “pliale”; ami a quill-
blowing darkcv marched at the head
of the pr i ession, consisting of eight
wh te men, and the music and the r r
torches mingled with the breezes and .'
the sunlight of tiiat auspicious morii-
ing.
Here we wiU drop the curtain and
Jet the further fraUities of “the rude
forefathers” rest in peace..
DKESS ADD OKI* (>oUl)K NO*l ES.
New \ ork .-on.
Dotted stuffs are very fashiounhle.
Big buttons area feature on summer
frocks. .
The straight teng is the be«t for
warm weather.
All sletwe? are loose above the elbow
this season.
Black ami white toilets grow iu favor
as tiie M*a-"ii advances.
Checked -urnhs and cheeked taffeta
►iiks are pretty for young girls.
The parasol must correspond with
the «!res? thl? summer.
Open work and lace tissue? are
largely utilized for midsummer wraps.
Bustles are larger, blit In better form
and more compressible anti elastic.
Jet belts will te worn with white
frock?, and also with black ami white
toilet-.
Lo:*g wraps will not te worn any
more until October, except by elderly
•voiueii.
There fs no end to the variety In
hats, their brims, ciowns ami trim
mings this summer.
Bluish, greenish, and pinkish grays
are much in favor, b -th for dress and
household decorations.
Boiv et- are. perched higher on the
bead, while the trimmings are |» : le*« In
front more than ever.
f’nfrasses. mrfde entirely of open
tend embroidery. •»*ill take the place
of dres-y wrap? in iiihNummer.
The mania for tight sleeves i? over.
The waist is the objective paint of the
tight squeeze in dress now.
The mutton leg sleeve, tight ro the
elbow and puffed above to tbe shoulder
seam or arm hole, grows in favor.
The ribbons and flowers worn with
a white or cream toilet should always
correspond with the color of the slip
worn under it.
Ohl-la?Iiioiietl corn color is again in
favor for summer truck* or for ribbons
and aifessories of the toilet to te
worn with white dresses.
Figures ami dots make their np-
pcarauce among the checks, plaid*and
?*ri|»e? of one kind or another that
ll*K*l the dry good* counters at tiie
moment.
Old-fashioned pink and blue frocks
of diaphanous cotton ami woolen
sniffs, muslins, zephyr?, batistes,
Iwrges, mousse!iin*.?, delaine, crapes
ind even silk gauzes, are revived for
dressy ns well as simple summer toi
lers.
All fashionable dressy frocks, even
when worn in the street, have sleeves
not more than three-quarter length, or
The h otel had spouted iu stream? on reaching just a little below the elbow,
the partition on either side of the while with such sleeves long, eight-
-tell. Duke had not done quenching * ”“*** *
liis thirst for tdood when he was in
terrupted bj* hi? master and dragged
away.
Albitny’s Presidential Election in
1848.
From tbe Macon News.
Along al>out tiie middle of the pres-
you can’t.go on a ranch and give away ent century, railroads were few and
* -"vby?b^STh?y7re too small ?” r “ r between, and news had to be car-
“Oh, uo; the boys have simply I ried to most parts of the country by
found out that forty-four-caliber pis- stage coaches. The news of a Presi-
tola always ‘catch.’ _ That is, the «r- il|cntia , ekctkH)
went over the nation
SSSTSKS 5p ami in from three weeks to three months,
revolve. No one knows why that is according as the roads and streams
so, aud I can’t explain it. But it’s a] were passable or impassable, and no^
fact, although the manufacturers sit in was t j ie j eas t impatient to hear
It is said that Baker, the victim of | were in the room watching her-go* to
sleep. A man talked real pr tty to
her. and they sang a pretty tune toher
By and by Mr.
the fever at Key West, was wholly &n-
*’ ^ ’ id f ^ * - *
A Clear Complexion.
How can you expect a clear com
plexion when the blood is lull ot im
purities and the stomach clogged?
The blood becomes impure because
the liver does not act properly aud
work off the poison from the system,
and the certain results arc blotches,
pimples and eruptions. Purify the
blood with Simmons Liver Regulator,
and regulate the liver, stomach aud
bowels, and then the skin will become J
j clear.
ood single-acting revolver and we
don’t want anything better.”
acclimated, and that he had been suf-
. . feting from malaria tefore going to together to sleep,
or at least contain themselves until that city. It is not strange then that Adam? came with his engine sleigli
they un erstand these matters as well ne should te tiie first subject and vic-
as we do. tim of sporadic yellow ferer.
I Sporadic yellow fever Is of frequent Adams took her in his sleigh toher Cyclone* in Kentucky
occurrence’in New Orleane. It is said new home.” Texas Siftings
that there are few summers when #* New Yorker—I presume, Colonel
there are not some cases in that citv, Me Expected Too nach. Bluegrass, that you suffer much from
but they are closely watched, and it‘i? Texas Siftings. j cyclones io Kentucky ?
not often thought necessary to make I Clerk Silverstone—Ifishter Schanm- j Colonel Bluegrass—We have lots ° 1 victorv
the fact of its existence public. Last i burg, in tier future I vants you to I cyclones, but there are mighty few* *
summer there was epidemic yellow | dreat me mit more bolitenesses anti men killed by’em.
tiiirroo length glove* are tie rigeuer.
The most economical summer toilet
for a woman of limned mean* i* a
frock of white or cream lace, mule so
as to be worn over any kind of mu mi
ller dress of silk or surah, black, white,
blue, pink, yellow, green or lilac.
A popular summer fancy i? to have
the panels or the trout breadths ot the
skirt, or the entire petticoat aud the
plastron, and occasionally elbow puffs
of tiie sleeves of white lace or white
embroidered muslin, while the rest of
the dress is of colored material, silk,
cotton or wool. *
If fashion makers ou the other side
have their way, the quaint, pretty
styles of short waists, long skirts aud
Mother Hubbard yoke? still worn by
American children, will soon be things
of the past, ami little girl? will be
their offices Iri th“ East and call the,
boys liars by mail—that’s safe, you t,,e res n,t * w
know. The forty-four-caliber pistol; In 184S Taylor and Cass were the (lrt . s ^ d ] ik e midgets In long, tight
has teen the death of many a man al-. Whig and Democratic candidates. waists, short skirt?, and even a liig
ways the man who held it. You see
the* other fellow always got iu hi? I
Whig
The citizens of Albany, Ga., held at
work while the forty-four rallber was j thattime a joint and several title to
on a strike. For this reason we boy- the depths of a venerable cannon. A
eott them along with the self-cockers., ; 0 ug breach and ateut two and one-
Give us a single-acting Smith & Wes- l.nir 4*...11 Af* 1i<1Pr*1 Tipnt-on BAVII.U’ll.f I
Give us a single-acting Smith & « cs-1, , f f t of barrel broke „ , omewbat
son, Colt, Remington or any other i ,
* - *- - - - 1 into the shape o! a writing pen was all
that was left of the murderous weapon.
The election came oft*. Dan Wiu-
gard. a Cass man, of Albany, was cer
tain of his candidate’s success, aud se-
waists, short skirt.?, aud even a big
bustles just like their mothers.
A Lucky
.flan’* Or*lU*4e El*
pressed.
Poston Mom. Pilot, April tS.
Weightsvillk. Pa., April 5.
Editor of the PHot, Boston Mass.:—
Thirty-five years ago the Pennsylvania
canal*boatmen would boat all summer
on the canals, and steamboat ou the
Ohio aud Mississippi Rivers iu tbe
winter. I never thought then, when
fever at Biloxi, Mis?., the disease hav
ing been introduced from Ship Island
nsiderasbun?
Boss Schaumburg
(indignantly)—:
quarantine station, but It was confined You vant more bolitenesses, eh? You 1 right, for that’s where we store
‘How is that?”
‘Ifyou are iu the cellar you are
creted the cannon in his smokehouse, I boated 1 m*.tween Pittsburg and New
that it might te on hand to proclaim j Orleans, that I should draw on March
” K ' 15tli from The Louisiana btate Lottery
! $15,000. God is good, l thank Him for
passed, and every t j lfc g re at lavor. 1 also thank the offi-
Da>*3 ami week
j mail was strengthening the prospects
1 of Taylor’s election. Tiie Whigs at
within narrow limits. tarn fool, you dinks 1 bays you ter- whisky. You don’t often hear of », . . . .
The people of this section may rest j velve tollars a veek to make ma?lies j gentleman of any social standing be- j ^ ,e nn^ ,n £ artillery, and, nawng dii
[assured that sanitary matters will te I on you, eh? ing killed by a cyclone in Kentucky.” J covered the whereabouts, crept to tbe
jers of The Loni?iana State Irottery for
sending me the lucky tiket,No. 66,551.
. . ... , .... . . . . It only took five da/s from the day I
length instituted a diligent bearch lor w|Jt n| y fj c ket until I got the money.
Yours with very great respect.
Thomas Falvxt^