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Volume XLII.-
ALBAXY. GA..
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| Capt. W. TV. Gordon, of Savannah,
Is now an avowed canuidate for Con
gress in opposition to Hon. T. M. Nor
wood, ami the Savannah News is evi
dently whispering encouragingly to
him, “go it.”
A ladt visitor to Albany, after
s| ending a week in the city forming
pleasant acquaintances and enjoying
its beauties and the qntetrefinement of
its people, enthusiastically exclaimed:
“What a delightful place is Albany!
[ wish I lived here.” Such expres
sions bnt voice the sentiments of every
visitor to our city of handsome busi
ness blocks and elegant homes, where
the conditions of happiness are care
fully cultivated. What is life worth,
if we must go through it without cul
tivating Its sweet amenities?
The Protectionists are endeavoring
to create a needless scare over the ef
fect of the Mills tariff bill. They af
fect to believe that It threatens Ameri
can industries with disaster. The
chief argument against the reduction
of the tariff is the difference In the cotjt
of labor in America and other conn-
Price $2.00 Per Year.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
..ThlsPiowilernevervanea. A marvel of nor-
MrUrttflffth and WlWIimuanUH. Mnr«*tr,n.
loan ordiaary Mind*, and cannot t«
■old in competition with the multitude of low
faw./hort weight. “inm or p boote*.p<nrfcr*.
EOTAL BAKING POWDER CO„
loe WALL STREET,
nnvid* wly Krw Ton.
FOE SALE BY A. STERNE.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Fraxck developed a sporadic fatal
duel, the other day.
The display of art goods and flowers
at the fair will be worth traveling five
hundred miles to see.
Every dog must have his day, and
the mad dog of Kansas will bark to-day
in the United States Senate.
Cablegrams from England give the
akI intelligence of the rapid de
line of Mr. Gladstone's health.
The crop of candidates tor Judge
and Solicitor General is unusually
large throughout the Stale this year.
It is not what a man does while
running for office that defeats him, it
is what he has or has not done before.
It !h pleasant to note that the Thom-’
asville Enterprise has fallen into line,
and is doing a little work for tariff
reform Itself.
POM TOUR BLOOD.
Impurities In tbe blood produce rttsesses.
Bodily and mental health depend upon a
healthy condition of the blood. The blood,
particularly In the iprlug and during tbs bot
summer months, becomes clogged with Im
purities, which poison It and generate dis
ease. A harmless blood purifier, without a
particle of mineral poison In It, such aa mer
cury or potash. Is necessary to removo these
Imparl tic* and to restore the healthy tone of
mind and body. The best purifier «"ii tonic
known to the world la Swift's Specific (SAS.).
In regard to Its wonderful purifying and
tonic powers we give a few testimonials as
follows:
Mr. Wnu A. Slebold, with Geo. P. Rowell *
Co., 10 Spruce Street. New York, writes March
29th, 1689: **I feel H my duty, for the benefit
of others who may be afflicted as I was, to
write you this letter, which you can use as
my testimony In any way you choose. I will
answer any Inquiry from others lu relation
to the facts herewith stated. In February
last I suffered groat pain and Inconvenience
from boils, all over my neck; I could not turn
my bead without acute pain and my blood
was in poor condition. After trying all the
usual remedies In such cases, and finding no
relief, by the persuasion of Mr. J. W. Fears,
Manager of your New York Office, I used one
bottle 8.8.8, and I Improved rapidly and
very soon I was ontlrely relieved of my
"Job's Comforters." Now not a sign of my
affliction can bo seen. I feel strong and cheer
ful. B. 8. B. Is a fine tonic as proved In my
case. I sleep soundly and my appetite Is good.
Dr. J. N. Cheney, a well-known physician
writes from EllaviUe. Georgia: “ I uae 8. S. 8.
in convalescent fever caser with the best re
sults. It will. In my Judgment, prevent sum
mer dysentery. If one will take a few bottles
In the spring, thus preparing the bowels for
the strains of summer.”
Mrs. Scott Liston, 116 Zone street (Island),
Wheellug, West Virginia, writes: '• Having
used 8.8.8. for the blood, I can safely say
that It lieau anything I have used to cleanse
the blood and make a new being out of a per
son."
Mr. M. S. Hamlin, Winston. N. C., writes :
“ I use It every spring. It always builds me
up, giving me appetite and digestion, and
enabling me to staud the long, trying, ener
vating hot summer days. On using It I soon
become strong of body and easy of mind.”
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases moiled
free.
Tax Swift Bncinc Co., Drawer 3, Atlanta,Os.
If it be true that a local paper re
flects the feature* of a community,
then Tiioinasville is a progressive and
wideawake city.
Sam Small has certainly received
no aid or comfort from the enlightened
press of the Slate in his vain efforts to
organize a third party.
Georgia's State Convention on the
0th of May will be composed of tariff
reformers. The few exceptions will
be mighty lonesome.
Blaine's friends may have sent hint
to Europe, fearing his presence would
endanger his chances for the nomina
tion lor President by the .Republicans.
Eggs were plentiful In the 'market,
yesterday, at 12>£ cents per dozen. A
family can afford to use a few dozen
weekly, at that price, but at twenty
cents and above they are out of all
reason.
DfCatcr county passed resolutions
indorsing Cleveland and tariff reform,
and then appointed thirty-six dele
gates to the State Democratic Conven
tion at Atlanta. Evidently there was
a call for volunteers.
A MATRIMONIAL NOVELTY.
A New York Widower Tries lo Break
An Engagement By Proposing Un
bearable Conditions.
Post Dispatch X. Y. Letter.
There seems to be a great affinity be
tween the “Bunnies” and the courts
of this fair city. The “Buunie” In
this case Is a more or less beautiful
and bewitching widow, Clara Theiu-
hardt by name, and the “Baby Bunt-
** * Fl * ‘
SOME OF BARS OPS LETTERS.
DRESSING BOYS.
DE-LEG-TA-LAVE
IS TOR
BEST DENTIFRICE
KVKR OKFKItnt) TO THE
American People.
Why! Because It Will
1. Whiten the teeth.
2. Cleanse the mouth.
K. Harden and beautify the gnro*.
4. Purily the bronth.
8. Prevent 'he formation of tartar.
0. Neutralize any acidity of the wiliva.
7. Aid in preserving the teeth.
8. Cure tender and bleeding gums
Dr. Calhoun Endorses Delocta-
lave.
This delightful preparation hns called forth
the following endorsement from l»r. A. W.
Calhoun, the eminent oculist of Atlanta Ga.:
Atunt*, Ga., October 17, .885
I)r.C. T. Brocket:
My Dear *ik—It affords me pleasure after
a curerul examination of the formula of your
Deloctalave, to hear tea imony to its value,
and to state that its curative qualities are lie-
yo-d question I regard it as the name im
plies, a delightful wash, and can recommend
it to tl»e public. Yours truly,
A. W. C a Mint's. M. D.
If yon would have white teeth and healthy
gums use Dolectalave.
Get a bottle and try it, and you will bo
convinced ot its merits.
Its taste is p’ca-ant and its aroma delight
ful. SO cents bottle.
ASA G- C ' NDLER * CO..
Wholesale Druggists Geheral Agents.
Atlanta, Ca
Forsale bv Hu.r» Robinson and all Drug
gists. leb 2t-tues.thurs,£hat.-ty
The religious enthusiasm of the
women of Japan can be imagined,
when it is known that a ton or rope
made of their hair is used in the con
struction of a Buddhist temple at
Kioto, to cost $3,000,000.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, like
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, was
served with notice that he had to va
cate his Senatorial chair, but it seems
the protection faction moved with
unseemly haste in the matter.
The Atlanta Journal is the best
evening paper In the South. Come to
think of it, we don't know a better one
anywhere. It Is filling “a long-felt
want” in Atlanta journa'istn, and the
people of that city seem to appreciate.
Depew is one of the cleverest after-
dinner talkers that the country can
produce, and he used an opportunity
recently enjoyed to bid for the nomi
nation of President in a well-tried de
fense of America fromau attack caused
by English spleen.
It is hinted that Mr. Joseph Cham
berlain is in conduct of the fishery
treaty, like the youthful wrestler in
“As You Like It,” overthrew more
than his adversaries, and left for hi-
English home with the heart of Miss
Edicott, to whom he is to he married.
Db. k. c. West’s Nerve and Brain
Treatment, a guarantied specific tor IhMe
ri.i. Dizziness. Convulsion v. r its. XcrTona
Xeuralgu, Itendarbe, NVrven* Prostration
caused by tlie u-c-et .tlb*-l»ol «*r tobacco. W akc-
fulneito. Men nl Depression, Softening of the
Brain resulting in insanity ;uid leading to
misery, de cay and <tenth. Premature old Age,
B-irrunness, Loss or Power in cither sex, fn-
voluntary Losses and Si eriratorrluva caused
bv over-cxerti- n of the brain, self-abuse or
ovcr-tmltiUencc. t nch box contains one
month's treatment, fl.oo a box, or .six boxes
for 93 00. sent by mail prepaid on receipt ot
price.
WE GU ARANTEE MX BOXES
To cere anv ease. With each order received
by us for six boxes, accompanied with fs.«0,
we will send the purchaser our written guar-
aut-.-o to refun ’ the mouev *f the treatment
doe* not effect a cure. Guarantees is
sued onlvliv HUGO UU It IN-"OX.
Cheur.it* and Druggist, Washington street,
AUtauy, Oa.
, Itrwanlrd are those who read
■ 1 n 1 /thiaand then act; they will find
■ I honorable etn ievmcnl that will
not take :he-w from thei- homes
end families. The profits -re laiw and .-tire
f *r ef ci > industrious person, many nave made
and are now making sever d hu -ared dollars
a month. It is easy for any one to make 45
and upwards per dav. who is w iping to work.
Either sex, > onng or old; capital not no-tied:
wcsLnrt you. Everything new. No special
ability required; yon, reader, can do it as
well as any one. NY rite to n» at once for fu'l
S articular-*, which we mail fra.*. Address
tin son X Co., Portland, Maine.
I ilFf aifWI tn Has revolutionized the wcvld
■ If RIfTlilM duringthe last half century,
il I ail ft ft* ti Not least among uw* wonders
of inv -n-ive progress is a
method aud system of »ork that can l»e t er-
forroed ml over the country without separa
ting the workers from their hon Co. Pay
liberal; any one can do the work; either sex
Young or old: no special ability reu.dred. Cap
ital ui* needed; yon are started free Cut
this out and retnm to us and wc will send
you tree something o’ great valio* and im
port a net* to y-u. that wt.l start you in busi
ness wbi h will bring you in more myurr right
awav.thananyilungolse iutlie world, tirumd
outfit fr*t. Address T -ttnt A ‘ o. Angnsta.Me.
deraUinm-wt-.
$500 REWARD!
We will par the a bo re re war* I for any cnee
ofliver complaint, dyspepria, sick headache,
indigestion, constipation or convenes* we
ova not cuio wrtth Woat’s Vegetable Liver
Pills, wh?n tho directions arc strictly com
plied with. Tber are purely vegetable, and
never fail to give satisfaction. Large boxes
containing So sugar-costed pills, S3c.
sale by ail druggists. Beware "f conwterfeita
andImitations. The genuine manufactured
only by JOHN C. WEST ^ NT. lladi-
on street. Chicago, 111. Sold be Hugo Bob-
Til K prospects are that many visitors
will come from a distance to enjoy the
Art and Floral Fair. Let every one in
die city contribute to swell the exhi •
bit of art goods and flowers, thus add
ing to the beauty aud success of an
enterprise that promises well lor Al
bany.
Georgia should inaugurate lu im
migration scheme of iter own. By the
selection of suitable men anil the ex
penditure of n sufficient fund, there is
no doubt but the knowledge of her
varied resources and wonderful ad
vantages of climate aud soil would
bring many thousands, who are suffer
ing from the rigors of cold climates, ami
pinched by poverty in sterile regions,
to tiiis land of peace and plenty.
The Atlanta correspondent of
the Macon Telegraph states upon the
authority of “a prominent Republi
can” that an effort is being made to
get ex-Governor Rufus B. Bullock to
accept tbe nomination for Governor on
the Republican ticket, aud that lie will
probably consent. What can it profit
1 man to ruu for an office when
;hcrc is no possible chance for
hint to be elected? Bullock wouldn't
even make a martyr after defeat.
Editor Finney, of the Wiusted
(Conu.) Press, retires from journalism
without any nonseuse. In his “vale
dictory” he says: “From the customa
ry leave-takings of the public, with
hypocritical laudation and cheap
thanks for 'generous patronage,' X
must be excused. I thank the public
for uothing. It has had ample return
for all that .t has done f*;r me, and I
give it a quit claim for all that 1 have
done for it.”
The Till family, which gave a most
enjoyable concett in this city in Feb
ruary, have reached New York in their
rounds, and from the Brooklyn Stan
dard-Union we see that they gave one
of their unique aud interesting per
formances In Plymouth church. There
is no question but that the performance
of this remarkable family was of the
most novel and interesting character
ever witnessed in this city. The
strange musical instruments are all of
the sweetest tone, and their liquid
notes blend harmoniously in the most
melodious music. We should be
pleased to have them return to Albany.
tries. The facts should allay all fears
of such results. The wage3 paid la
borers by protected Industries amounts
to 18 per cent, of the value of the’
whole products, while tbe tariff im
poses an average tax of 47 per cent, on
these articles. This Nvould leave 29
per cent., for profit after the people
have paid the wages of the workmen.
This is *_ lair statement of the facts,
and such Injustice to the masses of the
people call- alound for protection. It
Is no winder that the insatiate monop
olists fight *o vigorously fora continu
ance of protection; It levies an annual
tax of many millions on the consumers
that goes as a subsidy into the coffers
of a favored few.
Flattery and defamation are both
despicable, but are commonly practic
ed, and should be corrected. Our per
sonal prrdiiictious cause us to seek the
society and welfare of those for whom
we cherish sentiments of esteem and
respect, which are the foundations ot
all true iriendship. We arc apt to for
get the office of true friendship In as
sociation. and be be led into the inex
cusable faunt of flattering those to
whom we are partial. On the other
hand, our natural antipathies repel us
from those io whom we find congenial
traits, and our judgements are warped
by prejudice and we forget the princi
ples of common fairness and most un
charitably misconstrue the conduct and
impugn the motives of others. There
are two rules, the observance of which
would drive both flattery and defama
tion from the world—never tell your
friend of his virtues, or speak of an en
emy, behind his back, what you would
not say -to his face. If men and
women could be brought to the proper
observance o these rules, vanity would
be less common and defamation would
be almost unknown.
lx the grand old days of ante-bel
lum prosperity and enjoyment of life,
horseback riding was one of the most
generally enjoyed pleasures that was
indulged in this section. Every young
mm was at home in his saddle, and
sat Ills horse like a Centaur. The
young ladies were graceful equestri
ennes, and enjoyed the exlillerating
exercise. In the years of labor that
the results of war imposed but little
Mine could be devoted to a practice that
once prevailed, and it is a fact that
Southern ladies and gentlemen as a
rule do not ]K>ssries the ease and grace
in the saddle that characterized the
SouMieru people in the ante-bellum
days. However, there is a revival of
interest iu this exercise, and thestreets
are graced every day, nearly, with
parties of horsebackers. Many ponies
have been purchased and the young
ladles arc showing aptness In acquir
ing the art of sitting a horse with ease
and dignity. It is a popular thing now
to enjoy a canter into the woody
depths or along the highways that lead
to favorite sylvan retreats.
A woman who is said to be working
miracles, is causing an unprecedented
sensation in Nash county, North Caro
lina. She is a Negress, about tiiirty-
cwo years old, and it is reported that
she has made $1,000 within the last
four weeks. A geutleman who visited
the priestess at her home, found the
roads for hundreds of yards leading
to the spot cumbered with vehicles of
every conceivable character, all con
veying the afflicted in body and mind.
The woman receives her devotees and
cries aloud in a peculiarly deep voice,
exorcising the evil spirit of disease, im
aginary or real; theu she anoints them
with water drawn from a well near by,
at the same time requiring the patient
toimbiiie a portion. The spot, she
claims, was pointed out to her by an
angel. These seances hrve been go
ing on for ten days; Each day brings
a crowd greater than that of the day
before. The woman fills bottles with
water, blesses It, and these are carried
off in countless numbers. She makes
no charge, but accepts whatever may
be given her. Excitement runs high
and is wide-spread, and both white
and black are seeking hei aid In great
numbers.
The subject of underbiliiug freights
is receiving the attention of those in
terested in transportation companies.
“Senator Brown has introduced a bill
providing that any shipper who shall
misrepresent the character, weight Or
value of his shipment with a, view to
securing lower rates than are charged j process, ana neither ammonia nor
to other shippers of like property .shall j freezing salts are used. Sulphuric acid
be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall • j s the only chemical employed, and as
there is absolutely no wastage of ma-
Tue South is contributing its share
to tbe stock ot wonderful inventions
that illustrate the practical genius ot
Americans for mechanism. The most
uotable Southern invention for some
time is a machine which has been per
fected 'and patented by Mr. Lloyd
Williams, of Athens, for the manufac
ture of ice. It promises to revolution
ize the manufacture of what has be
come a necessity to the comfort and
health of our people,and greatly reduce
the cost. It will be possible for every
family to own an ice machine, and
make, at a cost of less than one-fifth of
a cent per pound; In a very short time,
all that could be possibly consumed in
a day. The Atlanta Constitution gives
this description ot tlie wonders accom
plished by the new invention: “The
principle employed in the manufac
ture of the ice is known as the vacuum
be punished as prescribed by the Inter-
State commerce act. Any railroad
company or common carrier which
shall receive shipments knowing them
to be misrepresented as above referred
to, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor
and shall be punished accordingly.
terial, one gailou of the arid will last
for months. But the practical Impor
tance of the invention is derived irom
the fact that the ice can be made In
less than ten minutes, at a cost of less
than a fifth of a cent per pound. The
Misrepresentation of the character and j original outlay for the machine will be
weights of freight is a very common j the only expense in making ice, and
and reprehensible practice. This is
done with a view of securing a less
rate than the published tariff, aud to
that extent a shipper is enabled to
undersell his competitor. Competi
tive lines of radroadsat shipping points
very frequently allow underbiliiug,
which is a species of cat rates, and
thus become accessories In the fraud
perpetrated on their unsuspectingcon-
nectiou*. Senator Brown’s bill should
pass, and a stop be put to a practice
that operates unjustly against honest
dealers and defrauds common carriers.
ing*’ is Frederick S. Schmersalil. who
has successfully sought the god of
money as well as tbe god of love, and
abides in the city of Hoboken on the
west shore of tlie noble Hudson, In the
month of September and In tbe year
1884, Mr. Schmersahl, forgetting, if
lie ever knew the wise admonitions of
tbe elder Weller, sought solace in a
wife who was also a widow. He made
knowu Ids wishes through the form or
an affidavit, and the fair Clara, who
adorns No. 143 West Forty-third street
this city, replied to it. An acquaint
ance sprang up. Cupid took aim, and
“let her go, Gallagher,” and accord
ing to Mrs. Theinhardt’s present
swearing, they were engaged. Thi:
went on smoothly for awhile^ratil
wooer thought the widow too extrava
gant for his limited means and sought
reciprocity for bis affections elsewhere.
But the widow would nut have it so.
She consulted her counsel, Wm. H
Mnndy, and an action was brought
against Schmersalil for $10,000 dam
age*. The case went by default in Su-
S reme Court before Judge Beach on
[arch 7. A motion to open the de
fault has been made and the matter
will come up Monday before Judge
Barrett in Supreme Court Chambers.
Some of the letters alleged to have
been written by defendant are rich.
One ot them, written after he had of
fered himself to the fair Clara, con
tains tlie following passage:
“It gives me considerable uneasi
ness that you hesitate to accept my
proposal. You can rest assured that
1 will be a true and devoted husband
to you, and that our union would be a
happy one. We have both arrived at
such an age (lie is upward of sixty)
that we can act with proper discretion
in such matters.”
Please consider tills matter well.
As you say, there is no particular
hurry about this, which is very true in
one respect, but I shall feel much more
at ease It I can feel, assured that my
afii ctlou and love for you is duly re
ciprocated, which I am rather inclined
to think is the. case. So don't keep me
iu suspense, but speak your mind free
ly. I would ask it as a favor for you
to keep this matter strictly confiden
tial, and, as Blaine said to Fisher,
burn this letter.' ”
But the widow didn't burn it. She
says iu her affidavit: “Isubsequently
accepted his offer. He was axious to
marry Immediately, but as his first
wife had been dead only six inon.hs,
I suggested that be ought not to marry
until at least a year after his wife's
death. It Nvas then agreed between us
that we should be married about April,
1883. I had made preparations and
announced my coming marriage to my
relatives and friemls. At this time I
was supporting myself by dressmaking
and making a fair living and supported
myself nicely. Butin anticipation of
the proposed marriage with defendant
I gave up my business, and, in fact,
broke up housekeeping.”
Before tlie day fixed, however, the
sexegenariau wooer in a letter signed
“Your Fred,” tells the widow that he
has confided to his daugiiter his Inten
tion to marry her, and her opposition
was such as to convince him that the
ceremony had better be deferred for a
while.
The widow says: “I met him sub
sequently, and insisted that he carry
out his agreement. The defendant,
however, put me off from time to
time, and finally submitted to me tlie
following written conditions:
THE CONDITIONS.
First—I will not assume any respon
sibility of your present household af
fairs, nor be responsible for any debts
contracted by you prior to marriage.
Second—It must be definitely under
stood that X must remain the head or
my household affairs, financially speak
ing. In order that proper economy
may be observed under this head it
must be understood that all articles of
unnecessary luxury must be dispensed
with, aud proper encouomy observed
in everything;.
Third—That my daughter who is
uow living with me and has charge of
my household, must have her home
with us as well as her children, and
must be permitted to enjoy equal priv
ileges with us.
Fourth—In order that no rupture
may occur or any unpleasantness be
tween our cbiltlen, I would deem it
advisable to net upon the proposition
made by you to place your daughter
in care of vour parents in Philadel
phia.
“I agreed to all these conditions.
The defendant nevertheless lies refus
ed to carry out his agreement to mar
ry me. At our last interview he stated
that he would never marry me. On
account of the defendant's action I
have suffered much distress, anxiety
aud mortification, have lost all means
of making my living, and have uo
place that I can call my home.”
The plaintiff has two pictures of the
defendant—one taken baldheaded and
the other with a wig on. She made
preparations to have him arrested but
failed to obtain a bondsman, and could
not therefore carry out her purpose.
Mrs. Theinhardt says that she went to
the theater with him once, and he
made her pay for the seat for the !ady
who accompanied her.
Some Unexpected Stage Business.
From the Detroit Free Press.
When ‘'Never too Late to Mend”
was produced at Booth's theater, just
before it was torn down, an amusing
incident occurred. The first act of tbe
play is a barn-yard scene, and to give
it a realistic effect a calf and a number
of chickens were introduced. Among
the chickens were two roosters. A
quanty oi corn had been thrown on the
stage to interest them until they be
came accustomed to the novel situa
tion. On the opening night all went
well until toward tbe eud of the act
where the hero takes leave of the farm
er's daughter. The scene Is one of the
pathetic order, and tho house was ab
sorbed in it, when suddenly the two
roosters caused a diversion by attempt
ing to settle a dispute then and there.
They were both “game” and they flew
at each other in the most approved
style. Of course the scene in the play
proper had to step down and out until
the sorrowing hero conldjdrive.the bel
ligerent game-cocks from the stage,
which he did amidst' the cheers of- a
portion of the audience and a demand
from the gallery that he let the birds
fight to a finish.
After that it was impossible to gain
attention, for the remainder of the act,
and the curtain went down on a dis
tressingly lame climax.
The property man of the theatre,
who had obtained tbe “live stock,”
was naturally. much disturbed at the
contretemps, and doubly so when the
formidable John Stetsou, then manager
ot the theater, came behind the scenes.
The property man approached him
with fear and trembling, and, before
Stetson could say anything, began to
apologize.
“I'm awfnlly sorry this thing hap
pened, Mr. Stetson,” he said, “but it
is not my fault; 1 couldn't tell that
them there roosters would fight like
that, and I'll wring their cussed necks
soon's this here performance Is
over.”
Contrary to the unhappy man's ex
pectation, Stetson began to laogb.
“Wring their neck*! Too be
hanged!” he roared. “Boy a gold
cage for 'em. They've made the hit of
the piece!”
Tlie Miowrrof Cut
and Hiaggealioik*
Him.
From the New York San.
Mr. Barauin's benevoleuce and
charity, his fondness lor children, and
his connection with the “greatSS show-
on earth,” causes this verable -how-
man to be flooded with letters contain
ing most all.-tired and extraordinary
requests and demands.
A poverty-stricken clergyman with
Dk Rrqnckl* ^ .
trained on Hints From a Mother on a Jfclter Usa
ally Found Uiftiralt.
HARD ON NEWTON TOWN,
i A Jnii KirU’B Dream Told in Vciae.
Demorest’s Monthly,
Few mothers understand how to
make boys look pictursque and at the
same time dress them with ease and
comfort. Perhaps a hint or two from
one whose soul has been racked with
the sight of buttonless trousers, wrink
led slocking* and gaping shirt waists,
may prove of benefit.
Being fond of painting and artistic
pursuits, longing for time to devote to
a gencrons snpply of sons and Caught- congenial occupation*. I ebafed tor
ersand an accompanying scarcity of months ovr the precious moments
inonev, .rites of a‘‘balloon railroad” 'rastert In r»in striving to imluce but-
wlitcli he has Invented after .rears of
stailv, am! which be prophesies will tor the afternoon—clean starched shirt
not only prove an immense attraction
to the Madison Square circus, but will
ultimately revolutionize the { i>«ent
crude mode of transportation.
A woman writes from Virginia to
offer for his purchasing a remarkale
Plymouth Rock rooster, with m un
usual ball or tuft ot feathers q# one
side of Its bead. .. .
A man describes a curiosity Ir. tlie
form ofji heifer without anj
another man in the distant part ot the
globe goes one higher and advertises
a heifer with no tail and no eyes.
Calves with five and six legs, and
calves with two or three pedal extrem
ities, flood the market.
A man in Mary laud writes of a horse
that Is half horse and half camel, and
a boy describes a white squirrel, the
counterpart of which has never been
seen.
Some one in Niagara has Capt.
Webb’s bat for sale, the hat he wore
before he swam the whirlpool, Au
old soldier offers a note written by
Arahatn Lincoln, and some ooe else
will sell for $500 the programme which
Lincoln held ill his hand the night he
was assassinated, and which is stained
with drops of his blood.
Most touching of all % !s a woman's
request that Mr. Barnum shall pur
chase from her a pair of old brass can
dlesticks which belonged to bis first
wife, and which the woman had pur
chased of her mother mauy years ago.
With a daring disregard forsyutax and
a charming originality in orthography
a woman writes as follows:
“Mr. P. T. Barnum—I have a Little
Boy witch if was trained a little would
make a splendid Performer he is nioe
years old yet Light complected Large
blue Eyes Curley hair until cut of very
quick uispositioii Iu fack a grate inanity
speak of His good looks & Daring rid
ing.”
A young man writes for a position
In the circus, and adds. “Remember
chat you were once youug aud had
aspiratious like myself.” A young
lady a*ks for raoupy to pursue her
musical studies abroad, aud another
begs funds with which to continue her
art studies iu New York, and au old
lady asks for $200 to obtain a position
lor herself in a home for elderly geutle-
womeu. An lu valid sends In a modest
request to be brought to New York
ami put under a noted physician’s
treatment, And accompanies her re
quest with the supplication, “Please,
Mr. Barnum, don’t let me lie here ami
die. I beg of you for the love of God
grant my request,” Some one writes
to suggest the propriety of Mr. Bar
num erecting a monument over the
jrare of a defunct lion tamer, once in
iis employ.
A congratulatory letter from an un
known admirer concludes by remark
ing:
“No man is so well known and so
generally beloved as Barnum, now that
Beecher is dead. Why not nomiuate
him for our future President? He
would be my ideal oi an American, a
typical representative of the pluck,
enterpri-c, courage, anil intelligenceJ< as hi«,„ -witl> flowing ~enjs. ~So vou
ofrlu. r.„nn1a ftf tliu PatillKIlil " Cl, - •.« . • . • , * .
of the people of the Republic.
Countless letters from children are
received containing various requests,
many questions about “Tom,” the
hero of Ids story and recently publish
ed, ami several childish poems inspir
ed by the great show, which Is to
children a never-tailin' source of de
light. A little cripple in Texas writes
for u show bill containing Mr. Bar-
nuui’* picture, and a lille boy writes
to know if “the little ponies the clown
rides were burned in the fire, and if
Tom Bradford, the hero of his story,
will be lu the circus this year.”
From au institution for the blind
comes the request for a pass to the ci;
cus, and from a bright little lad come*
a polite reminder of a pony premised
him some seven years ago by Mr. Bar
num. A very small 4>ut shrewd youth
writes:
Mr. Barnum—Please let me have a
little baby zebra when the big one gets
little ones, and if you have one row,
please let me know. I will pay you
from $1 to $5 for it, and no more. This
all at present. Answer soon. Your*
truly, B. S. I„.”
Donghnnts and Oongunats.
From tbe Charleston News amt Courier.
A Detroit paper says that a man
who had been married for ever so
many years weut to his old home iu
Vermont recently just to get one of
the doughnuts that Ids mother maue,
and that when he got there the dough
nut was uot a bit better thau bis wife
could make. And all the young mar
ried women in tho United States will
rise up and call that man blessed, for
the husband who can tell the truth
under such Cireumstances deserves all
the praise aud thanksgiving that can
be bestowed upon him.
The doughnuts that our mothers
used to make have caused more domes
tic infelicity ami incompatibility of
temper among the married people tiiau
all the other ill* from which young
housekeepers suffer. It is not the
mother-in-law that the young wife
first comes into conflict with, but tlie
mother-in-law’s doughnut. It is a con
stant source of irritation. It wounds
the pride and destroys tbe harmonies
of the fireside and the dinner-table. It
makes the wife grow old out of season,
and it inspires in her gentle breast a
strong antipathy to the mother of her
husband.
What matter it that one woman can
cook as well as another—or even bet
ter; no housekeeper wishes , to hare
her donghnnts eternally compared
with the doughnuts thather husband's
mother used to make when he was
young and his digestion was strong
enough and active enough to make a
successful fight against the villanles of
the kitchen. There is this point also
that a wife should remember when her
husband begins to talk about his moth
er's doughnuts ^the doughnuts are bet
ter in retrospect than they really were
In prospect or in actual possession. It
is one of the kindly provisions of na
ture or Providence that we are per
mitted to forget tbe dangers and hard
ships through which we have passed,
and to treasure in our hearts the cour
age and constancy of those who have
aided In oar defence or relieved our
sufferings.
It is not the pangs that were occa
sioned by tbe intemperate use of green
apples that the school-boy remembers
in after life, bat the memory of the
perilous way in which he scaled tlie
garden wall, and the rich excitement
that made bis young nerves tingle with
delight, that come back ' to him after
many years as of a breath of air filled
with tlie perfume of the orchard. We
do not carry with ns the recollection
of the pain and anguish of the sick
chamber, but rather do we hold in
lasting rembrance the gentle care of
those who stood about our conch and
ministered unto os. And so It is that
when the husband thinks and speaks
of the doughnuts that his mother made
the wife should not reply harshly. He
does not really mean to charge that bis
every family can have a machine in
the kitchen, ready at a moment's no
tice at uo expense to manufacture from
one to three hundred pounds, as desir
ed. It is difficult to estimate the im
portance of this invention^ind its com
pletion marks the beginning of an era
when the heat of summer will be mod
erated for all, and when the ice that
cools the fevered lips of the pauper pa-
tiMfUl I* » plentiful “the crys-1 S^Kto^ewDIroororr, Bten to
tal blocks that frost the gold-throated connection with Electric Bitters. YVe
bottle of the prince as he sips his frap- guarantee them always. Sold by
ped ellquot. j Lamar, Rankin & Lamar. 1 ’
W. D. Hoyt
Retail Dru *
“YVe have
New Discovery, Electric Bitters and
Bnckleu’s Arnica Salve for two years.
Have never handled remedies that sell
as well, or give such universal satis
faction. There have been some won
derful cures effected by these medi
cines in this city. Several cases of
pronounced Consumption have been
entirely cured by use of a few bottles
wife's doughnuts are not as good as
mother’s v '
waists, Immaculate stockings, s-wed
and bnttoned all tight and trim. My
soul would contentedly soar to higher
tilings, when my peace would lie shat
tered by the sight of distressed little
faces and shirt-flaps exposed.
“I only leaned over a little, and all
the buttons popped off,” was usually
the explanation given
Iemlured this through two summers
then arose In desperation and "reduced
the matter of boy'* clothing down to a
fine art. In tbe first place, oh, weary
mother, take off those unpicturesque.
uncomfortable slioit-waisted shirts.
Do not blame your Tommie if he come*
in at the end of each day with a but
tonless whtband. It is impossible to
hold up the little treftsers tightly and
at the same time have comfort in
movement. 'Something must giv
way and naturally the buttons fly.
Dress your boys aright, and sura
mer garments once put Iu order will
give the mother no more trouble till
the time comes for those for the au
turn to be looked to. In place of the
short-waisted snirts make, or have
made, loose blouses, star or sailor-
waists, either o! the same material or
of thin flannel. YVhen the weather is
cool or damp I have white or navy
blue flannel; when very warm, per
cale or cambric. They *hould be made
large, to allow for shrinkage, aud un
less your boy gro.vs like a morning
glory, they ought to last through two
summers nicely. --The collars and
cuff* can be made of turkey red or
»*avy blue, to match the coior of tlie
figures in the cambric. These plain
color* will keep clean much linger and
look more dressy than light colors..
Now comes tne point of vantage.
The short-sleeved gauze flannel and
(he stockings—with black elastic*
above the knees—a re first donned; and
I have, eithei on trousers or kilt«,
strong buttons sewed for suspenders.
These being elastic will give whenever
movement demands it, and the buttons
remain in place.
^ A weary little mother, tired with
much sewing, aud still auxious to keep
her boys neatly dressed,looked shocked
when 1 told her to put suspenders upon
her baby b«y in kilts, but upon trying
my plan she found it worked wonder
fully well, and her thanks were mauy
for the rest thus gained.
Tlie waist must, of course, go over
the suspenders, lu order to do this.
It shcuhi be made larger at the bottom
thau under the arms, and a gathering
tape drawn in a hem at the lower edge,
thus forming a blouse. Have thi* tape
the size of the waist, and, instead of
tying, secure it at each end, and
with a stout button and button-hole,
your troubles, so far as sewing on bnt*
ions are concerned, are at an end. The
shirts must be cut quite long-waistcd,
and are very easily ironed and are ex
ceedingly cool and comfortable for the
wearer, beside* having a picturesque
look, which the old-fashioned waist
certainly lack.
The necktie should harmonize in
color wiih the waist and be tied s;dlor
will see, .with the exception of enough
buttons to hold the waist together in
front, the dress Is reduced to simplicity
itself, and iny boy of six years dresses
himself with as much ease as the boy
of ten, and always looks iu good order.
The six-year-old boy, with a navy-
blue suit made in this way, can have a
surah silk sash of red or blue arouud
hi* waist, tied iu loops on one hip.
This I have named—for the benefit of
my boy, who objected to tlie sack—
“The Cowboy Suit,” and the sash and
name fill the souls of his little mates
with envy. YVitli wide-brimmed blue
hat on the hack of hi* head, his hair
cut square in front ami rather long In
tbe back; and pretty necktie with flow
ing ends, a boy dressed iu this manner
look* like a picture, and still there Is
nothing to call for the aid of nurse or
mamma.
The little shoe* should always be the
tied ones. Tney keep their sho}>e bet
ter, and instead of an expenditure of
time and temper in sewing on shoe-
buttons, there will be needed but the
jenny for a new sho- string. For dress
lave plenty of silk stockings, and low
shoes with buckles.
With their own little blackiug-kit in
the corner of the bath-room, their own
little hooks for clothes, aiid "a drawer
apiece for shirt-wabts and stockings
and a little patient training from
mamma in tiie matter of hanging up
and putting away, there is no reason
why much if any care, as far as cloth
ing is concerned, should fall on heral-
ready overburdened shoulders.
A SIX-YEAR BRIDAL TRIP.
Novel Matrimonial Experiences of
Mr. aud Mrs. Sigourney.
From the Albany Argue.
George Sigourney married Misslmo-
gene Henriques in Buffalo in 1882. Mr.
Sigourney i* the son of a wealty Cali
fornian, while Miss Henrique' parents,
though not poor, were In only comfor
table circumstances and lived in a
small towu near Buffalo. What led to
tbe attachment 1 do not know, but it is
said It was a case of love at first sight,
with a speedy' marriage. The cards
read after marriage: “Mr. and Mrs.
Sigourney, At home Thursdays, in
Sacramento, California' beginning
May 10, iu the year 1888.” From 1882
to 1888 is a long time tocatch them “at
home,” but they have been upon one
perpetual bridal trip for six years, ar
riving In New York last Monday.
Five days after their marriage they
were upon the high seas bound lor
England. Mr. Sigourney had plenty
of money, and going over planned a
six years trip with his young and
pretty wife. When they reached Lon
don both wrote home to their parents
that they would not be back for six
years, and Mr. Sigourney made ar
rangements with bis banker to for
ward their mail wherever they might
be. After going through England,
Ireland and Scotland they fairly cov
ered every point of interest in France,
Germany, Italy, Prussia, Austria and
Russia. They visited Greece, Den
mark, Rome, Turkey, China, Japan,
sailed along the Nile, visited the Cana
ry Island*, Borneo, New Gnlnia, Per
sia, and spent a year in traveling
through Asia.
They went to Australia, and from
there to Africa, and thence over to
South America. Commencing at
Patagonia, they traveled north, visit
ing all the principal places in Peru,
Chili, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentine Re
public and tbe other countries oi South
America, and recrousing the Pac-flc
Ocean, again took rip their journey to
England by another route. While
abroad Mrs. Sigourney became the
i boys and two girls.
mother of twin
The twins were born at St. Petersburg,
Russia, one of the girls in China and
and the last child In Brazil. * * *
Bismarck told them there was only one
place in America he would like to" see,
and that was Niagra Falls.
Mr. Sigourney told me it was im
possible to even estimate the number
of miles he had traveled. When lasted
him how much it bad cost him, hesaid:
his mother's; but rather that the re- “Somewhere in the neighborhood of
collection of the doughnuts of his $75,000,” as unconcerned a* if it had
youth Is more pleasant to him and far been 75c. When he married Tiis wife,
to bear titan is the delicacy in 1882, she weighed but one hundred
bands and two pounds; now she weighs 165.
be j Both are darkl v bronzed in face from
„ , as a their long journeying* in ho: countries
pledge of the housewifely zeal of her abroad, but are healthy, and, as Mr*,
to whom bis sohl cleave*. j Sigourney said archly: “We ran op
The tmth of it is, there is very little i to Albany this week to see your capi-
choice between doughnuts, whether J tol, leaving the babies at onr hotel in
they were made by wife or mother, j New York iu care of a Russian nurse.
And there is no u*e quarreling over so ; who manage* tiie ‘ * ‘
small — - -
this d!
A subscriber at Newton sends the
News and Advertiser tbe following
original verses from one Lew DeLacy, To W h j Ie
alias “Roving Joe,” who Is i
prisoner in the Baker county jail at
Newton nnder charge of horse stealing
ZOVIXO JOZ’S DKEAJf.
One night, while sleeping in my cell.
I dreamed I died and trait to hell;
Tbe Devil opened hb big hook
And tried to find my name
And when he could not find it
He asked from whence I came,
And when I said from Newton
The Devil cursed and swore
That hell was lull of Newton folks.
That be would take no more.
•*! have to keep them guarded,
For I fear if left alone
My laws they’d break,
My crown they’d take,
And drive me from my throne.
Young man, I cannot take you,
But before you go I’ll treat;"
So he led me to a bar-room
Just across the street.
He treated.me to melted lead.
Well seasoned with “brimstone,”
Then pitched me out upon my head
And left me there alone.
PU A IFF ITTATIA *>y tell o’clock at night^osingless time
UIlnUiiiUyUEl in goiii£and coining than was lost last!
winter in going (o and from the expo-
Ge a r F I.- 5 .Gre«tGath ( rin ? ofCekbri- ‘SSSSSSSlMtoCtantau-
ties.
Away Summer Days— ^
The Arrangement* in Progress I street cars. At these prices and with
to .'lake it a Success, these facilities there will be many days
when Atlanta will send ten thousand
From the Atlanta Constitu tion.
“These will be, when completed, the
finest Chautauqua ground* in America,
not excepting the original grounds.
WRITING ON A ROSE.
ELECTRICITY INSCRIBES YOUR
qua that all exercises shall .close by 9 NAME ON A ROSE LEAF*
o’clock, which wonlit put the passen- f .
gersjnto Atlanta in time for the last A Florist Keveals How Flower*
I then from hell departed,
And, when recovered from my scare.
On the load to heaven started
To try my luck up there, j
Then I went np straight
To the pearly gate
And gave the name of ltoving joe.
And explained how they’d pounced me
From the regions down below.
And when 1 told SL Feter
That from Newton town I came,
1 found my chance to “get there”
YVere pretty much the same.
Said the good old saint.
With frowning looks.
There is no such town upon my books.
Bat hold," said he
In accent soft and low,
*'I find inscribe I upon my book
The name of Roving Jo%
With nothing marl ed against you
Except you love your whisky straight,
But that will not condemn you.
So enter at the gate."
So they gave me a crown and a pair of
wings.
Likewise a harp of a thousand strings;
And it was inscribed upon my crown
“First man who came from Newton
town.”
I took the harp and tnned it low.
So natural did it seem,
I tried to strike up Boving Joe
And awoke—’twas but a dream.
THE WAR OF 1812.
Hiflory XZendersotDs Widow, Liv-
log in Pnl*»kl, is Allowed a Pen
sion* and lteceivcs a Check for
One Thousand Dollars.
From tbe Hawkinsville Dispatch.
Mr. Lee Henders, of Hawkinsville,
received on Monday last from the Pen
sion Department of the United States
Government a check for one thousand
and fifty-two dollars, payable to Mrs.
Sarah A. Henderson, widow Of Uillory
Henderson, who was a soldier in the
war of 1812. Mrs. Henderson lives in
this county, on tlie east side of the
river, on the old homestead of her
husband.
The check is tlie arrearages on a
pension granted by Congress in March
1873 to the soldiers of 1312 or their
widows.
Lee Henderson is a grand son of the
old soldier, and Is associate principal
of the Hawkinsville Institute. His
father, Mr. Tillet Henderson, lives
near Snow Spring, Dooly county, and
Is about sixty-five years of age. A
few years ago Lee attended school in
North Carolina, and last year he de^
termined to search the records for
proof of his grandfather’s services in
tlie war of 1812, in order to secure for
ids grandmother the pension allowed
by Congress ten years ago. He knew
hi* grandfather, moved from North
Carolina to Georgia about 1810.
Through the Secretary of State ofNorth
Carolina in September last he was
placed in correspondence witli tlie
Quartermaster-General of that State,
aud by paying the usual fee for service
redered In searching the record* lie
leai tied that hie grandfather, Hiliory
Henderson, was asoldierin a regiment
or North Caroliua troops In 1812. He
enlisted in a company from Onslow
county commanded oy Capt. YVilliam
Mitchell, and the company was a part
or a regiment commanded by Co).
Maurice Moore.
Having secured the certificate of the
Quartermaster-General of North Caro
lina to the foregoing facts, Lee for
warded the papers to YVashingtonCitv,
and asked the aid of Judge Crisp, the
able Congressman from this district.
Our Representative acted promptly, as
lie always does in behalf of constitu
ents, and the pension Department soon
verified tbe records.
It required several months and much
work to establish the facts, but Lee
Hendersou Is a. young man with in
domitable will and energy.
Tiie result was, as stated, on Mon-
lay last the Knoxville Agency for
warded to him for his grandmother a
check tor $1052.67, being the amount
of pension due from March, 1878, to
March 18S8. The amount allowed
was $8.00 per month for 1878 to 1886,
when the allowance was increased to
$12 per month.
TlitTold lady will receive $144 a year
from no-v until her death, tbe money
to bo forwarded every quarter.
Children's Parties.
From the London Queen.
Children’s parties of late years have
undergone a great change. Formerly,
when young people were assembled
together, it was thought sufficient to
clear a large room and let them indulge
in the old-fashioned games of 'blind
man’s buff, post, family coach, hnnt
the slipper, magic music, musical
chairs, and such like merry and romp
ing games, which, with a good tea aud
•Sir Roger de Corerley danced after
ward, was supposed to form a delight
ful entertainment. But now all this
is changed; romping games are put
on one side. The little boys and girls
of the present day are too "well dressed
to risk tearing their pretty clothes.
Children's parties are miniature copies
of those of older people, with tiie ex
ception that some form is adopted,
either a Christmas-tree, a bran pie, or
any other vehicle for the distribution
of presents, that each Bttle one may
have something to take home. When
all the little guests are arrived they are
generally entertained first with either
Pnncha-and-Jndy show, marionetts,
children's play, magic lantern, or
some quiet amusement of that sort.
After tea dancing is resorted to, and
the Christmas-tree, or its substitute
cuds the evening. Children like nov
elty, and any new form of entertain
ment is eagerly welcomed.
Parties for yonng people should
never be lengthy affaiis, as it is im
possible to keep them atnu-ed ami hap
py for long together, and early hours
are most desirable, afternoon ’ parties
from 3 till 7 or 4 to 8 being for more
sensible than later hours, when the
•mess of expectation tires a child
re the fun commences. Refresh
ments at a juvenile party should be
simple, bnt a number of "bonbons and
crackers should always be provided.
It is a mistake to give children elabor
ate sappers before they leave to go
borne, often disagreeing with them
and making them ill the next day
Lemonade and cake* and sandwiches
are quite sufficient and for better for
them.
There Is no prettier sight than to see
number or prettily-dressed children
assembled together, ami of late it has
been much the fashion to adopt fanev
dresses at juvenile parties, when the
little one* wear ranch tbe>«aine cost
umes, on a smaller seal*, aa are adopt
ed by older people, and much araose-
B- ^ ased bv inspecting the vari-
BrazHllan nurse looks alter the giri j ou* dresses and charaeter*repre*ented.
boru iu her conutry and the girl born i Juvenile parties have a good tern'em-v
it only ex'-ite a generous rivalry be- , in China.” On Saturday they left for' In forming children’s manners, making
tween our mother and wives. There ' their home in Sacramento, taking witli • them to polite to each other and
is evidently a va-t field of culinary: them the aged father and mother of { an interest in each other** ;.!<
lore which neither tbe one nor the . Mr*. Sigourney to see th* parents ot and in affairs bevond their own
1 her husband. ‘circle.
Dr. GIHett, speaker—scene, Pied
mont Chautauqua. But the grounds
are not all. It Is tiie programme that
counts. And the programme will ex
ceed anything ever offered the Ameri
can public.
Arrangements are now being com
pleted for Dr. Gillett to go to London
early in Mav to engage celebrated
Statesmen, lecturers amt musical at
tractions for the Piedmont Chautau
qua. He will go representing nothing
else and solely aa the agent of tiro
Piedmont. He will make special of
fers to John Bright, Lord Randolph
Churchill, and will engage some cele
brated musicians from Englaud and
the continent, who will be brought
direct to the Piedmout. Among other
things he will negotiate tor tbe fa
mous English Orphan's Home baud,
which is making great sensation in
England.
A large number of engagement* have
already been made for the Piedmont.
Among the musical features are tlie
famous Roger* band and orchestra of
twentv-two pieces, of Indiana, which
took first prize at tbe uational musical
contest in Chicago; the Boston Stars,
a crack company that traveled last
son; Messrs. Viralti and Finali, the
marvelous harpest and violinist, just
imported aud creating a furor iu the
North: Herr HugoTurpe, thegreatest
living coruetist, just from the leader
ship of the Imperial Orchestra Bilse,
vf Berlin; the Schubert Quartette, re
cognized as tlie best iu America, and
other*. Negotiations are pending with
the Mexican National hand, with -Sig
nor Liberal!, of Gilmore's; with tlie
Mendelssohn Quintette, with Thomas'
orchestra, and other leading musical
organizations. The Cecilia Quartette
will be engaged for a week; Profes
sor Stem berg. Professor Barili and
other celebrities of our own. The
Chautauqua will preseut tlie richest
possible musical programme with brass
and orchestral and vocal music every
day aud night of the two months' ses
sion. A chorus of 300 voices will be
organized by Professor C. O. Case, of
the original Chautauqua, who is now
training a chorus of 1,000 voices In
Louisville, and who coines through the
courtesy of Chancellor Vincent.
THE LITERARY ENGAGEMENTS MADE.
The literar. part or t!ie programme
will be as strong as the musical. Mr.
George R. YVendllng Is engaged for his
two famous lectures, “Sam of Tarsus”
and “Stonewall Jackson.” The bril
liant Dr. P. S. Henson, of Chicago,
will lecture on “Our Bosses” and
“Feols;” Professor John B DeMotte,
of DePanw university, will give four
superb illustrated lectures on “Science
Made Easy.” bringing with him nearly
a tou of tlie best apparatus made.
Lieutenaet Schwatka will lecture on
“The YVonders of the Polar YY’orld”
aud tell his thrilling experience as a
member of tlie Greely relief expedi
tion. Dr. Van Fiuklestefn will give
ill list rated lectures on “Oriental Life
and Manners,” and Mr. Fred A. Ober
will give magnificent illustrated lec
tures on Mexico and Central America.
Dr. John Dewitte Miller, tlie genius of
the American platform; will lecture
on “Love and Courtship” aud the
“Use* of Ugliness.” Bob Burdette
and Janies YVhitcotnb Riley will de
liver lec ;ures on fun and poetry aud
Frank Beard will give his famous
“Chalk Talks” and caricature
sketches.' Mr. Green, of Cincinnati,
wiir deliver two of tils remarkable il
lustrated lectures on “American
Authors and Their Homes,” in which
Longfellow ami Holme* were photo
graphed in their libraries. The illus
trations of these lectures are specially
fine, giving the perfectly accurate pict
ure* of tiie homes and haunts of these
authors, aud are attracting thousands
of hearers *n the northern cities..
Negotiations are pet-ding with Gen
eral Low Wallace, Hon. Snnset Cox,
Philip Brooks and scores of others of
the most famous thinkers aud talkers
of the country. Mrs. Helen Potler, of
Boston; A. P. Burbsnd, Miss Nella
Brown aud other famous reader* are
already engaged. The literary pro
gramme will be the best that money
and influence can command in this
country and Europe, tbe special days
to be arranged.
Among the “special days” of the
Piedmont Chautauqua session will be
•Southern Authors Day,” In which
Miss Amelie Rives. Mis* Murfee, Mr.
Thomas Nelson Page, Mr. Cable/Mrs.
Augusta J. Evans, Mr. Robert Burns
YViison, Colonel Richard Malcolm
Johnston, Mr. Joel Chandler Harris
and other famous southern writers
will read selections from their, works
and deliver lectures. There will be
“Historical Day.” devoted to addresses
ou special historical subject by persons
directly informed. “Veterans"Day.**
on which there will special reunion*
and ceremonies with monument made
of the act'iii! soil of the battle fields of
Gettysburg, Appornntox, Manassas and
other famous field«,and concerts of the.
old war songs arranged for both band,
orchestra aud chorus with tlirilling
effect. “Children’s Day,” with en
tertainments for the little folks. “Col
lege Men’s Day.” with addresses by
preride-its of somliern universities,
remarks by college fraternites, orator
ical contest* forChataiiqua university
medals. “Y. M. C. A. Dav,” with
platform tyeetings and conferences and
full discussiou as to the remarkable
growth of the. association in die south.
“Recognition Day,” on which Chau
tauqua will tall Into line, march
through the golden gates singing
“songs of the past” and receive di
ploma*. “Temperance Day,” with
addresses on the economic, scientific,
hygenic and political effect of the
liquor problem. These and various
other “special days” will break the
monotony of the proceedings and give
power au«l significance to the’ session.
YVhafc of the c!a=s work?
First there will be a summer ses
sion of tbe Chautauqna College of Lib
eral Arts, presided over by the mOAt
distinguished teachers. Dr. Vincent
ha* given permission to the Piedmont
Chautauqua alone to hold a summer
session of tills college. There will be
special instruction In fine art and
household decoration, music,elocution,
language, physical culture, typewrit
ing and telegraphy, open air classes in
biology, microscopy, classes In cook
ing. led by Miss Portor or Miss Cor
*ou, and various other classes as filled
in later.
Even* wholesome amusement will be
provided for at Chautauqua. There
will l>e bowling alleya. lawn tennis
ground, gymnasium, baseball and Toot
ball grounds, boats ou the lake for
rowing, kindergarten for tbe children,
the open air classes, archery grounds,
and at night the finest display of fire
works on land and water that can be
pro-tired in this country. YVbat will
all tills cos: the public—almost noth
ing.
The admission to the grounds will
be twenty-five cents. 'Ibis cmpracc*
the whole day's proceedings—tbe con
certs, lectures, amusements, fireworks,
and free nse of boats, gymnasium, and
everything within tlie grounds of
seventy-five acres.
It is believed that the railroad will
put the fare to twenty-five cents for
the round trip, so that for 50 cents a
man can go to Chautauqua, spend the
day and return.
"but wbat about the distance?
Next tp nothing. It took tiie street
car.*, on an average, forty-five minute*
to bring a passenger from jhe exposi-
Are Artificially Colored.
people to the Chautauqua.
BUT HOW ABOCT LIVING THERE?
That will be made cheap. A restau
rant is being built to seat oue thous-
bo*rented d ^ r w .*>° ™ * *»»UIU
for fifty Cents a night. The restaurant
wilt tiave a complete bill ot fare and at
such prices that a person can easily
live on a dollar a dav -or less, If two
meals will suffice.
A great many cottages will be built
both by the Chautuqua company and
by private parties, in which a family
can live, do its own cooking and make
It* expenses high or low.
These cottages will rent for about
ten to fifteen dollars a month, giving
the tenants the privilege of restaurauts
if desired.
Two hundred tents wHl be put up,
made in the best style, divided Into
rooms with plank doors, and flies and
verandahs. These will be rented at
about fifty cents a day, or eight to ten
dollars a month. At all the Cbautau-
qoas the tents are the most popular.
They will be placed convenieut to the
restaurant aud will be cool and de
lightful iu summer. Dr. Vincent IIve
in a lent at Chautauqua, and prefers it
to any of tlie cottages or hotels.
For those who desire it there Is tlie
Sweetwater Park hotel, the ma-t
sumptuous and luxurious hotel at any
summer resort in the country. Board
with rooms at Sweelivater will run
from $ 5 to $25, and without rooms
from ten to twelve dollars a week.
There are a number of smaller aud
cheaper hotels, all convenient to the
Chautauqua ground, at which board
can be had at almost any price.
THE PUBLIC SALK OF LOTS.
Such in-brief are the plans for the
Piedmout Chautaqna. The specifica
tions for the building*,' which arc sur
prisingly handsome, arc In the hands
of the contractors, and ’bids will be
opened Tuesday at twelve o’clock. All
contracts specify tiiat the work must
l>e finished by July first. In about
three weeks there will be a public sale
of land*. Fifty acres within the
Chautauqua enclosure are being plat
ted in lots of fifty to one hundred feet
each, and will be sold to tliose who de
sire to build.
The Piedmont Chautauqua will be
tlie great SkraSfterii resort tiiis summer,
and those who get rooms and accom
modations or cottage* early will be
wise and fortunate.
to brings passenger from the exposi
tion grounds to the city. The special
trains will bring a passenger from
Chautauqua in less time. Special trains
will be run every day on. tiie tjock
system, ntifii clears tiie road fui
pilaa-io either direction an makes ae-
oi.i»-nt :»oi*s*U»le. Thceightcen mile*
an be - i.ilf run in thirty minute*, as
there wrl be no step- mule by the
THE IIOME&Y GIRL’S DAY.
Haudsome Typewriters No Longer
Popular in the Metropolis.
"Clara Bello” in N. O. Timed-Democrat
At one of the principal typewriting
schools in town you often see as many
as eight or ten young women ou tbe
benches in tlie outer "office, waiting to
see the proprietor, of whom they want
to get employment as pupils or sec
retaries to. business men.' YVhen he
comes fa you will always notice that
he sees them without regard to the or
der iu which they came, picking out
one here and one there, taking them
into Ids office .each by herself until
only one or two remain on. the scats.
If you studied the subject day after day
you would soon discover,that the more
prepossessing a youug woman Is the
less time she lias to wait, and that it is
always the plain ones that are .left to
tlie last. Poverty, especially when it
entails the uecessiey for a young girl
to go out and ’edruner living, 1* hard
and bitter, and many a time and oft
you will see that the homely girls loft
sitting on these benches, have unfatti-
omed the proprietor's secret- iind are
biting their lips and even suffering
uioi-ture to flood their eyes ns they
note how certainly a beautiful face and
stylish attire command attention.
The'other day I went to that school,
ami 1 witnessed the neglect of a plain
girl wiio evidently found it difficult to
conceal tier mortification. 1 was in
the room with tiie proprietor when he
asked her to come in.
f suppose there is no use- my ask
ing you, sir,” she said,” “but. since I
have waited I will say that l am seek
ing occupation a* a typewriter.”
“Do you understand tlie business?”
he asked.
I am said to be very rapid,” said
she; “1 have been five years at the
calling.”
“YVill you accept $15 a week to act
as stenographer and typewriter to Vice-
president so-and-so of the oil com
pany ?”
Her eyes changed color. They
brightened almost into flame.
Fifteen dollar*!” she said; “I only
gut $10, sir,'Shll then only for a year
Defore the firm I was with failed.”
Tlie arrangement or bargain was
quickly made. Before she left the girl
asked, “YVill you tell me why you saw
me last, though I was tiie first to
come?”
“I'd rather not,” said the employer.
“Did all the others secure places?”
she asked.
“No one but you was taken,” he
said.
She went away wondering. YVhen
she had gone the proprietor turned to
me and said: “That » both a sensitive
and sensible girl. Site thought she
was left to the last because her face
and dress are plain. She is right.
This is the day of the homely girl.
The beauty, the belle, the dressy girl,
are all at a discount in this business,
and we have resolved never to employ
another pretty girl if we can get a
homely one. .
“There is no mystery about it,” he
continued. “It's plain business. There
are now six or seven thousaod girls at
work-in men’s offices down town, and
while their entree into commercial life
aiwavs spoken of. as a feminine
revolution, the truth is that it has cre
ated a social stir deeper than either
one sex has felt. YVhen girls were
first made use ot ou account of their
quickness with their hands, the suita
bility of the work and tiie low price at
which they could be got by reason of
the large number seeking work, the
craze was pretty girl*. Every man
wanted a boil to sit jit his desk and
take down hi* letters and memoranda.
It was natural. There were plenty of
pretty -girl*, and who on earth does
not prefer beauty to plaipnes*. Men
who are in my business naturally tried
to get only pretty pupils and beautiful
adepts. YVe scanned the girls' dresses,
judged them t>jrtheir stylishness ami
nsisted on general attractiveness, if
xe ever took np.a plain girl we were
apt to be sorry for it, for we had bard
work to place her. Now all that is
changed. I can show your scores of
letters in which business men ask me
not to send then* a pretty girl. In
fact, tlie only .offices wiiere we can
place a pretty girl are very large ones
where the employer chooses the girl
and details her to go with others iu
some ■ department or to assist a male
chief clerk or privateseeretarj. • Those
and the offices of the bachelors In busi
ness are tlie only places where we can
get work for pretty gills.
“Tho reason Is a* plain as the nose
on you lace,” he continued; “the
wives have interferred. Every man is
visited at his office by his wife more or
less frequently. ’If she finds him el-
how to elbow or. fare to face with a
pretty coquette every time she comes,
she is certain to make life more or less
unpleasant for him. Some women in
such ca*es ‘take It oat’ at home, as the
saying goes, but i bare I tad men to tel)
roe that their wives were. forever pop
ping in QU/. them, and practically
never iniased.* day without calling a"t
their offices. These business men,
nearly all 'men pick up a boquet, or
a boxofcariUy, or some little nick-
nack now and then to gladden the life
of the girl.at their elbow. Image the
for slate of the wue who finds that tiie
Jloweri she oil her fnishand’s desk
were put th~re by him when he ha-
toOlMr ten hou.-j.ud timeethathe has
“Shall I write your name on this
rose?”
“How will you do it?” asked a New
York Mail and Express reporter of a
I be destroyed. Take oneot the
)f the flower—one of the most
jacqueminot r
“As easily as writing on paper with
a pencil, and without injuring the rose
In any way.”
“Tell me about the process.”
“It is done by an electric needle.
The needle consists of a. very fine
piece of platinum wire, and U con
nected with a very powerful battery.
The rose must of course be handled
very carefully, or tbe entire flower
will be destro ~ * " ‘
leaves of the 1
prominent ones and a perfect one—*
and place under It a piece of glass.
Then witli the needle quickly write
your name over the leaf. The needle
must be held very lightly, but It must
rouch the flower. The electricity con
veyed through the needle kills the
carts that it touches, and drives all the
•ol'T out, leaving the name distinctly
vritten. Till* will show best on col-
•red flower*, like this red rose, or ou a
•ellow flower. It can be done on a
vhltc leaf, hut does not show as well
as on the colored.”
**Cau you make white carnations
ween ?”
“Very oaxily. Some florists claim
hat coloring flowers Is a trade secret,
it if is nothing of the sort. YVhen
lie Emerald hall was given In Brook-
vn these green-tipped carnations were
ery prominent in the decorations,
-everyone present at the hall wore
ntre ot these odd-looking flowers in
heir coats. A great many persons
bought that they had really grown as
liny appeared that evening, and I be
lieve that some amateur gardeners have
been trying to buy some of the plants
to grow in their gardens this summer.
Anybody who wants to can easily
have some of these flowers. They are
only the ordinary white carnations,
colored, and, instead of being a trade
secret,"It is just the result of a little
ch< mical experiment. One of the best
ways to color these flowers is to doctor
them while they are growing. This
is done by feeding into the stems of
each flower a weak solution of carbolic
acid. The acid mnsfe not be strong
enough to injure tbe plant, and just
enough should be put in the stem for it
to soak into the bud and flower. This
will give the flower a greenish tint
when it has opeued, and to make the
color deeper tlie flower should be
washed In a solution of carbolic acid
after It has been picked. This method
can be used when a number of
tbe colored flowers are wanted, as thev
ean be dipped into the solution a hand
ful at & time. The color does not take
hold of the flowers in an artistic man
ner, but appears in blotches on tbe
leaves. It time is no object, a very
pretty coloring can be given to the
flowers. After they have been picked
the leaves should be carefully squeezed
in tlie hands until only the euges of
the leaves are left exposed. These
should be held in the fames of sul
phur for a short time and then the
flowers dropped into a green dye. The
dye will color the flower just where
the sulphur fumes have touched. By
this means and by exercising a little
care the flowers can be made to look
very pretty. The edges of the leaves
can be colored green and a light green
streak can be made to ran down the
veins of the leaves. The white carna
tions can be made bine, green, yellow,
purple, black or any other color one
may wish.”
“Is it possible to color other flow
ers?”
“Just as easily as to color tho carna
tions. Lily of the valley can be made
blue or red or any color. I have taken
a spray of lily of the valley and made
one of the little bell? green, another
red, another bine and yellow, and so
on. Tbe large lilies can be made to
look, very peculiar. They can easily
be colored and their means and dates
can be written on their large leaves.
Any lover who wished coaid send lots
of letters to some fair lady in this way,
and no one would ever dream of ex
amining tlie leaves of lilies or roses to
find messages ot affection. If any one
liked, too, he could arrange quite a
pretty code of signals with tbe oddly
colored flowers. A blue rose might
mean one word, a green carnation an
other, and so on, using yellow lilies of
the valley, purple pinks, violet chrys
anthemums, and so on. Different col
ors ou the same flowers could be made
to mean anything. In fact, a new lan
guage of flowers will have to be ar
ranged to suit these new colored floral
beauties. The process of putting car
bolic add on the stems of carnations to
color them was, I believe, discovered
by a New York boy, who had spent a
great many months experimenting.
Since tiie Emerald ball they have been
named the Emerald pink.”
A Real Estate Trick.
From the Chico Cal. Enterprise.
4 Dell Matchett, an arrival from the
Southern-boom country of Los Angles,
is at the Union. He related the fol
lowing probable tale of sights he saw
in boomland to a press representative
and the real-estate dealers here. Mr.
Matchett said: '
“I arrived in California some three
months ago from Ohio and proceeded
at once to Southern California, and
was Btoppihgat a suburban hotel near
Pasadena. YVell, to a certain extent I
liked the country, though it was fear
fully cold some mornings, but I
thought it was all right, for just under
my window was a rose-bush in full
bloom, and above It was a bed of pan
sies and hot-house exotics that for
lieauty and freshnes* I had never seen
tiie like. You may believe I wrote,
long, flowery and eulogistic letters of
the country and place to Eastern
friends.
‘But now for the sequel: The flow
er bed was protected by a barbed-wire
nclosure, and It waa jmpossible-to
reach them. One evening several
ladies and myself importuned tbe pro
prietor for a bouquet each to wear to a
reception that evening, but to no avail,
so I determined 1 would have one at
any cost. Shortly after dusk lhat
evening I lowered myself lrom my
window, made three or four grabs for
tlie flowers, and then climbed thor
oughly disgusted. They were Imitation
and nothing but these paper flowers
that tlie ladies make. They were so
artistically manufactured that they
would deceive tlie most experienced.
“I paid my bill next morifog and
left for the upper country, without
waiting to see wheJier the oranges
were tied on the trees^jc. the grass was
green through copious washings of
pari* green or not.”
other has explored.
special.
So that a man ter fifty cent*
is Je«s than the exposition cost . ... _ _ _
the Chautauqua, -pend a day, en- crowded out, and no new ones are now
‘* inta tak<
hated flpv- **r-. lrom infancy! Oh, no;
there is no show* for tho pretty giri in
bu-iness Iu New York to-day. 'IV se
who go* places long ago are being
After Ail, They are Stubborn.
From tbe Burdette.
••F»cte, my eon,” said Old Ilyson,
“*re dry, bird and liarsh things.”
•‘Don’t know ahont that,” said the
yonng man, softly, “my engagerntot
to Miss Ethel is a fact, and she’a the
teuderest, softest, sweetest, roundest,
daintiest little—” “Shut up 1” roared
the oid man, .lamming the ledgershut
with a bung that upset the ink. Get
,ot or tlie office. You make me s.ck!
Bah t” Ami you would have thought
t had been i,U00 years since Old Hy-
-on had said about the same things to
11I3 father, but it was not. It was only
about twenty years ago.
»IIchigan’* Claim** turn m.
Winner.
Michigan can now justly claim to lie
champion State prize winner In the
Louisiana State Lottery. Within the
past year and a bolf Mu*krgou,
ihroug'li Cha*. J. Herrmann and Mr.
and Mrs. Jno. Campbell, haspersonal-
;v collected capital prizes, while
Detroit, Grail Rapids aud other po.uts
have drawn through bunks and
companies. Messrs. Godard aud Mock
of East Saginaw, left for home fast
Wedne-dav, thoroughly satisfied with
rh*-ir visit "to the land of fortune ana
flowers.
