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Volume XL[I.—So. 3f5.
ALBANY. GA,. SATL'RDAI . 3IAY I!).
Price $2.00 Per Year.
POW0EH
Absolutely Pure.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Wax anybody have the gall to cay
now that Georgia ta not overwhel-
minglv In favor of tariff reform?
The tariff atocus*)oa In Congress
should not last mod* longer, as the
orators are orating to half-empty
PilK hotes,
Sitting Room and Sidewalk.
a u«l cot
i ple
ura
Humb for Jim m’k ohIms »nd Jhe i, olns , „r WrnmiMk In a T
squashes! 1 hey took the blue ribbon., °
*4 ,.r m oolfolk knows how to bead j riety of Fields,
a city governmeat ami then rai-e Urn* i
cabbage heads.
We didn’t stay to see the great baby
We have a baby *how at onr
every day.
The
..Tblsf'twler
iSBSSti
A marvel of par-
DTAL HARING 1
1ST WALL
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FOR SALE BY A. STERNE.
Teeth! Teeth!"
DE-LEG-TA-LAVE
The Best Dentifrice!
l»r CMlIioati Indoran Delectalavc
Dr. Calhnaa, noted everywhere tor his in
tegrity, has the foHowlnic to say about Uelec-
tala vc:
sfTwds me plea*arc. after * earefal
ozsminathm of the formnia of tide ulare
to bear testimony to its value, and to state
V that Us curative qualities are beyond ques
tion. I regard It. ns the name implies, a de
lightful wash, and can * “ " “
public. Yours trot'
i recommend it to the
CALHOUN, M.D.
If your teeth need whitening, use Deleeta-
lave. It will perfume the breath, preserve
the teeth,harden and refresh the gusaaaad
prevent the fonratiou of tartar.
It Is ptoesaat to the taste, and Its aroma Is
delightful.
EVERYBODY SHODLu USE IT.
For sat* bv Hugo Kobinson and all Drug
gists, at Fifty Cents per bottle,
ASA G- O * NDLER A CO-
Wholesale Druggists, General Agents.
*Atlanta, Ca
Inherited
Diseases.
la the realm of i
j the farts of la-
t - rtbl*. fateful and overwhelming. No fart of
nature is move pregnant with awful maea
tag than the fart of the inheritance of
It meets the pfayslcUa oo his dally
_____ rta the
no tees awful form of hereditary disease.
which has Illuminated so
i oT nature, has shed a
t oo tbe ominous words of the
M The stas of the fMhsrs shall ho
1 upon tbe children unto the third and
ta a marked degree, but. .fortunately, ttte
many other hereditary diseases, tends to
wear iUclf out, the etoek becoming extinct.
A distinguished scientist truly auye: -No
organ or texture of the body Is exempt Dom
e of betas the subject of hereditary
Probably more chronic dleeesre.
facts—affecting so powerfully tbe happiness
Of Individuals and families and the ooOectlre
rrelfare of tbe nation—ere obvious to reflec
ting minds, and tbe bed means for prevent
ing or curing these dlaeews Is a subject of
intense Interest to all. Fortunately
Hox. H. G. Trans msil« a speech
«hi tbe Mills bill, on Thursday.
* ould be safe to bet that tbe speech
-*ag a good one.
The Atlanta Constitution objects to
the beading of an editorial in tbe
News and AovKsresgs tbe day after
the State Democratic cooveotioo—“To
the Victors Belong the Spoils.” If tbe
Constitution had taken the advice
profited by tbe teachings of the News
axd Advertises daring tbe last two
or three years, it might have J>cen of
the “victors,” and then it would
doubtless have been willing to have re
ceived its full share of the “spoils.’
Tub Alabama State Convention
passed tariff reform resolutions, despite
the strenuous efforts protectionists of
that State made to deliver it to tbe ene
mies of the farmers. There is no use
fighting against justice and equity.
Dilatory pleas may postpone tbe day,
but come it will, when tariff reform
will sweep tlie country. The people
are awaking to the imposition of the
present system of taxation, and they
will not longer submit tacitly to it.
No policy that favors the few to the
oppression of tbe many can lung sur
vive the imligiiationof an aroused peo-
P 1 *.
Tin* mm r inn of Sens tor Joseph E
Brown*- name in the State Democratic
convention by Gen. Phil Cook, on
Wednesday, was gr.-eted with hisses
all over the limi*e, and ll»e fart cannot
be robbed »ut. That wa* a tariff re
form convention, and General Cook
knew it, and t lie re was really no
necessity for liis bringing in
the name of Senator Brown.
ho Is knowu to tie at variance
with hi* pirty on the tariff, and whose
political course has not always been
consistent with true Democratic prin
ciples. But many good men have been
hissed in the capital of Georgia, and
Afterwards cheered to the echo and
elected ta high positions.
Some statistician has figured on the
basis or the money spent by various
Christian denominations the cost of
saving souls. The Methodist denomi
nation secures larger results for tbe
money expended than any other, there
beiug one conversion for every $25. Tbe
Baptist comet next in effectiveness,
gaining a coavert for every $35. The
Congregational lit $45; Presbyterians,
$00; the Episcopalian, $300; Catholic
and Lutheran, $380. The Savannah
Times, In giving these estimates, makes
a comparison ta illustrate the cost of
the conversion of different nationalities
taken from Smalley’s “Costof the Gos
pel,” which shews that it lias been
follows: Au African,$14; an Italian,
$42; a Spaniard, $55; an Kast Indian,
$65; a Japanese, $80; a Chinese, $100.
Clarion as their
own I tome papers. They are going to
stand up ta both. We return thanks
for the many kind words of our Al
bany friends in recognition of our
work in behalf of the fair.
Da. *. C. WasT’s Nears ahd Usain
Trklthknt, a fcuaiAMircil **jcciflc lor 1 teste
, Main**. Con»uUW»> tits. Karroos
' Aeu, UrtMlw-h*. Servos* Pro* ration
Fby Che wwof alrobol or tobseoo. Wake-
k. Mss al DeprewHn. Sofientnjc of iba
llraln resalUn* ta lasaaity aw.I lending to
»isaiy, decay aad aoalh. Pmnatora old Are,
Biirunneu, Lossof Power tn either sax, (*-
voluntary Lowes awl SienralortlMM caased
by ovar-exertl a of the brain, setf-abose or
* — f*rh box eontaias one
mill's traaiment. $> AO a box, or .six boxes
for$S 00. sent by mail prepaid on receipt of
WK GUARANTEE elX BOXES
Toccraaay ensa. With each order received
by ns for six box<s, accompanied with *J.»0,
are wlU aewl the purchaser .mr written gwar-
Mice to refund tbe moner if the treatment
does wo* — “—
tailrty
UGO RORUCbOX. '
Washington street.
EOT!
sssss
HsyS552S35S£
ron. Everything new. No special
d; yoa, reader, caw do it ns
„j. Write to east once tar ta'l
particular*, which we mall free. Addrem
kUaaon A Co„ Portland, Mains.
has revolutionized the ■■■
during the last half century]
Not least among the wonder#
of inventive progress Is a
mm l ~ rlr. that can be rar-
tpraisd at! over the waatrr without separa
tum the Matters from their bones. Pay
liberal; any one can do the work; either aex
this • ui and mum to as and we will scad
' great
porta nee to yww, that wt l dirt yamia bwsU
fifejBgasffie
■ TkciAca.
.1 7 ANTED—LOCAL AGENTS for a
new a-«cialtv. Fire lloof Sates. N.
T a cant m>l«rvd a car lent flnrt week, a S. J.
nxri half car-><>»•. « Mich. can\a»ecr> leaned
JJS" Oral. - wUhRi.
e^ml rw^eeat t
il-flxtsiFfc'lX)-, Oir
§500 REWARD!
Vo . 111 nrlhedimmwt far wrw.
JS5
never fall to give Lar^-c boxes
To a Mitchell county farmer tbe
prettiest bouquet was Mr. G. 31. Ba
con’s bundle of rust proof wheat.
Tbe collection of china painting was
superb, especially those of Mrs. G. 31.
Bacon and Miss bailie Tucker.
But the great curiosity was hergreat-
graudmother’s old black bonnet, just
about one hundred year* old.
JAny of our boyswUl swear that the
premium paiutiug of the rabbit, by
Mrs. G. 31. Bacon, is a Mitchell coun
ty rabbit.
We often sing of tbe glories of the
old South Georgia sugar mill. Mrs.
G. M. Bacon's charcoal sketch or it
was muWi admired.
The premium for tbe best collection
of oil paintiiigs was awarded to Mbs
Sal lie Tucker and for the second be»t
ta Miss Nells Cutliff.
Mrs. G. M. Bacon, of this county,
bore off two premiums oo Arasene Em-
bi oiilery. Her down quilt was very
much admired by people who love com
fortable sleep.
Mr*. H. M. McIntosh was awarded
ten premiums on pot flowers. Sfce
ought to have a premium forgiving
the fair its president. She is the power
behind the editorial chair as well as
over the flower vases.
But come down to Mitchell, gentle
men, if yon want to raise vegetables.
Mrs. G. M. Bacon took premiums
amounting ta more than thirty dollars
on tbe Iwft display ot Irish potatoes,
tu rid | is, etc. We told you so.
Miss Mamie Crowe has recently fin
ished a fi:ie pa ntlngtaken from uature
at Wright’s bridge. It took tlie pre
mium. As the bridge Is just on tlie
county line, we will divide the paint
ing w ith our neighbors, hot remem
ber that the sweet young artist lives
on our side of the line is ours.
Dr W. W. Twitty, of Camilla, loves
flowers and lias a flue collection ol
shrubbery, lie came home from the
fair enthusiastic over tlie floral display
Tlie spring has been too cool for pot
(lowers to be at their best, but we have
uever seen *uch a display of cut flow
ers.
Brother McIntosh is just about as
good at presiding over an art fair as be
is at shooting partridges or writing
-onnd Democratic doctrines on tlie
tariff. Albany owes a debt to him and
ills partner, Mr. J. S. Davis, for the
success or this enterprise.
“But you musn’t claim Mrs. R. J.
Bacon. She belongs to Albany.” say
the people of i be Artesian city. “How’s
that?” “Why, sheused to live here.”
“Well. If slie did, she had her present
home in Mitchell all the same; and as
ta that Madison could claim her be
fore any of us. She is a Mitchell
county artist, ladies, and is here to
stay.
How justly proud Albany is of such
artists as Miss Nells Cutliff, Mias Sal-
lie Tucker, Mrs. Hobbs, Mrs. Wight,
Mrs Reich and others. Their display
of paintings has never been surpassed
at any fair in tbe State. And Ikiw
proi
Tie
.*.1 "quo
The parasol U. the •
tion of the attire,
and characteristic touch by whirtjw
may diagnose its owner, it i* a -aend-
live sort of append .g* and feels the •
least flutter of mdiiou’s wing. Thi- j
summ« r when fa-hton U riotous the .
Stw Yoke, JI.j- 5.—It liu bern | parasol n-ve\-- Whm all array i-!
hoped that the plan of Mrs. Candace briEht rrfth ‘V,
.... . . . . . . _ .. | with ribbon*, rn-li, nmduig. jubilant,
W heeler, the artist and head of the J jf there were uever a car»* iu-ti*e j
Society' of A«*ociate<I Artk«, for a ; world, tlie *wr*-«d mu lianily contain i
iiotel in New Yote for rclf-tupportiog Itself for exulutMui. This is a lull f. ,
women which should !«• more practical I ^ reason and the paraanl laughs j 3*'* WUueiw* t
in its
and illogicalJy
Hotel put up
estate (now the Park Avenue Hotel),
might be put into iuimed ate operation
this spring; but m»t enough money
has yet been ^ubreribed ip wairani
breaking ground lor the substantial
building it ia hoped to erect, ami every
week that goes by makes It more likely
that tlie project may go over until fall,
though the placing of a large block of
stack may be follow e»L at any time by
the KMiml of tlie plck-axe and cellar-
digging witlilu a week. 31rs. Wheeler,
who is a talented aitlst and whose
daughter, Miss Dora Wheeler,- pos-
resres exceptional power, is a practical
woman as well. It was she who
A WONDRuOS WAR ENGINE.
3>w HymuaHi- t'r n tier Iji:
at Philadelphia Testrrdaj
DROPPING 10.000 FEET.
IlaMoonfst’s Daring Leap T
a Big Parachute.
nr«- dvn.inirr rruber, Baldwin, that he
idteil States, and Immcb-1 (ef ^ from the ball
ties (Mich.) Cor. Globe-Den
It is claimed by the
e has drni
balloonist,
peil 5,000
MARRIED BOTH OF THEM.
X GIRL’S WAT OP BEING TRUE TO
j THE OLD LOTP. AND THE NEW.
She Censentrd «o a Ctandeatlne
.Tlarringe Willi Her K«r Lwver
uua Ike Next D*jr .UairitS ller
s«w Lover, a rhraieian.
I shall drop at least 10,000 feer, ami
•‘liall attempt what no other balloonist j From tbe Xew York Son.
ever'did. I shall drop with tbe chute j Columbia, 8. C.. May 5.—Some time
g It entirely to the air to ago there was a marriage iu Black’s,
iud Mitchell county bof Miss Mamie
Crowe, Mrs. G. M. Bacon and Mn. R.
J. Bacon, wlio lias taught them all.
The fair
Mitchell and Dougherty counties are
identified in interests and realize It.
Mitchell extends to within nine miles
of Aloanv, and Camilla b a suburb of
Albany, or Albany a suburb of Ca
milla. It doesn’t matter, the people of
both counties recognize the News and
Advertises and the Cl
Off the Line.
It b understood that the S., F. A W,
R’y will soon take the B. & W. road
for iu main line from the West to
Florida, and Iu tiib, change our vigi
lant ThouiasvIUe contemporary, the
Enterprise, sniffs danger for Thomas-
ville. Contemplating the proposed
change, tlie Enterprise sayat
When tlie plant Company bought
the Bros wick and Western railroad,
we thought we foresaw danger to
rhomasville.
Tlie dlst ince from Albany to Way-
cross over tbe B. & W. line b fllty
miles shorter than by the way of
'rhomasville. In this age ot quick
time this difference would settle the
route, even it tlie S. F. & W. was
overwhelmingly fond of our city; un
fortunately Oils b not true, ami by an
other reason we look to see all or the
through Florida travel from tlie West
that has heretofore come by way of
Albany and Thomasville, diverted
over tbe shorter line, and we will be
off the great through route. At the
first glance this might not appear a
matter of much moment, but it is
nevertheless, and tbe effect will be felt
very keenly, as soon as tbe new line
has been adopted.
It b useless to argue the question
with the authorities of the Plant Sys
tem. The difference of 50 mile* will
control them, and whatever we might
My or urge would be of no conse
quence.
There b but one remedy that sug
gests, a new line and a new outlet, ta
the north.
The proposed Macon road supplies
' and will furnish the most con-
oalr by JOHN C. WE> ruttl
ainml. Chicaxo. UL Sold
Coxobessmam Candlkb. ot Georgia,
is opposed both to the protective tariff
and internal revenue, and thinks that
the surplus is an evil of the greatest
magnitude with which legislation has
to contend. To overcome this surplus,
which stagnates business in withdraw
ing so large a sum from circulation,
and which invites legislative extrava
gance, he would first repeal the inter
nal revenue tax, and lower the tax ou
necessaries afterwards. This is tlie ar
gument of the Protectionists. To the
tax-burdened and justice-hungry peo
ple it sounds very much like the ar
gument of lib Satanic Majesty, “if
thou wilt but fall down and worship
me, all these things will I give you.”
But the people My to whisky and its
advocate*, get behind us, we will ac
cept none of your promises.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat
proves by theceusus figures that the
voting strength of the Northern States
is larger, in proportion to population,
than of the South on account or tbe
larger Southern birth-rate and tlie
consequent larger number of persons
in the South not of voting age. It b a
subject ol practical Interest, ms it b de
sirable to show our Northern brethren
that if a small proportion of our popu
lation votes at elections it U not be
cause there b intimidation, but be
cause tb* law forbids. Taking 12
counties of New England, whose ag
gregate population is about tbe same
as that of Florida, tbe Times-Democrat
finds 88,445 children of school age In
Florida to 66,060 In the counties named,
while the uumber of persons of voting
age In Florida i» but 61,699 as against
70.206 in tlie New England counties.
This disparity of 9,000 votes does not
consist In Florida of Intimidated col
ored Republican voters, but of chil
dren. The smiJIer families of the
North accout for the larger vote in any
given Congressional District of that
section. The case b a general one, as
It shown by extending the comparison
to group* of States. Four Northern
States, with an aggregate population
of 4,721,820, when compared with four
Southern States having a like aggre
gate population, are found to have an
exceM of 315,000 voters, bat a de
ficiency of 172,000 in children of school
age. The Northern people should
have burger families.
Every now and then we get a letter
from some tender-footed Northern
man that makes ns tired. Tbe News
and Advertiser recently published,
as everybody in this city tnd county
knows, an |l|qstfated pamphlet des
criptive of Albany and Dougherty
county. The object or the pamphlet
was to advertise Albany and Pougher?
ty county, and in it we tried to give all
the Information possible and anticipate
every question tliat even an inquisitive
Yankee could ask about tbe county,
the city and the people. This pam
phlet has been extensively circulated,
and there U scarcely a day that we do
not receive requests for it from different
parts of the country. ItU from those st
the North into whose bands these pam
phlets find their way that we receive
the letters that make us tired. They
write to know “If it U true that North
ern men are ostracised and socially
proscribed in the South,” etc., etc.,
through a long list of questions that
are all answered in tbe pamphlet that
has directed their attention to thb
tion.'"''So me times we answer these let
ters, bnt we can’t answer all of them.
Qnr' invariable answer {s, in effect, t!iat
the tqere tapt that they come from the
North does not entitle them to he re
ceived with open arms, ou first sight,
by Southern society, hut that If they
prove to he respectable people god
worthy of good society they will soon
tie duly recognized. Bat it makes us
tired to have to be reminded ol tlie 6U «« UJ —
fact that there arestill so many people questioner, raised his hand high above
in the 4 holy North” who do not seem , his head.
“lawyer thundered with
tnat Northern people
founded the “Woman’s Exchange, 1
tbe operation of which proved such at
outlet to tbe home labor of woiren,
and which has been followed by the
establ’shment of similar exchanges in
scores of American cities. It was she
who organized the women artists of
New York Into tlie Society of Decor-
stive Art, and made a headquarters
for artistic work In the city. It was
she who formed tbe Society of Asso
ciated Artists, which has lifted Ameri
can tapestries and embroideries ta a
position held by no other branch of art
in tlie country', ami the development
of whose school of embroidery lias
given remunerative work to hundreds
of women. Mrs. Wheeler has done
much other public work and lho.«e who
•ire interested In tills her latest but not
least bept'&'cnl project feel sanguine
that i. w ill lie carried through. It is a
proof of thb common sense at the bot
tom of the enterprise that Mrs. Wheel
er will not suffer il to be spoken or as*
philanthropic scheme. Professional
philanthropy has killed too many
plans for the help or that most Inde
pendent of all human beings, the wo
man w ho works tar wages.-
“This is a busine-s plan,” said Mrs.
Wheeler a day or two since, “and its
stockholders will hope to make it pay
dividend*-”
A stack com pan v with a capital of
from $100,000 ta $200,000 to erect a
hotel lor the accommodation of fifty or
100 women, between Twelfth aud
Thirteenth streets. Is the basis on
am*}*
one in the park yesterday which had a
cock’s scarlet bead and tail fradiecs
nodding defiance from ifs top. Tlie
parasol is complexly, Fn riHnly rural
sometimes. One walked up Broadway
this morning whose canopy was of
pink rose-, with a fringe of buds ami
leaves about tlie brim. Tlie parasol is
coquettish when it lakes it' into its
lira*I to he. Then it mounts a Fifth
avenue stage ami spreads i'aelf on top,
all one duller of red au*l black or pink
and white ribbons. The parasol play- |
the daintily feminine when it likes.
Then it cover* Itself wit*
lace—ami luuigs broad
down run ini it like a
sol lias tailor-made
takes a simple coaching shape with no
oruaiueuts or eccentricities.
Parasols must match tlib rear. A
dressy woman has a parasol corrrs-
* tlie aret iet y i*eof t fie, tormida-
saoT iron-el xd *tii[K-of-w:tr itfioii
•pen the chute.”
So said Edward D. Hogan to agronp
newspaper men, who assembled oiw
morning not long ago on a large va-
lars have h^. n vant lot northwest of town to see him
by variou- governments since make his foolhardy venture. Hogan
umpli null alolory over the Mcr>| j.a local aeronaut. Be w,. for four-
hi Hanip.ou Rum is. It was tie- j
that eiigng»*iii*-iit that
Hitil he armed lo sncli a degree
tcessfuHy withstand, even at
raufe, the shock of the heaviest
abich could tie hurlrtl
I radical steps lit
; was imperfect aud
uprovenienr* were made upon
Il i c'lRe-S nu>£e, the shock
. flktile which coul
j. 'zip -r her. Like all re
. a is* '• direction she was
which it b proposed to start, the build
ing to be fire-proof, every room to
have an open fire and plenty of closet
room, board to cost about $6 a week,
and tlie hotel to be tnauaged like a big
social clnb, by house committees of
boarders and stocktiol ’ers. making'
really an experiment in co-operative
housekeeping. The number of self-
supporting women, gently bred and to
whom the comforts offered by such an
iu-tlfutioo would be bliss, is an im
mense one aud growing every mouth.
Few iieopie realise how large it is. If
Mr*. Wheeler’s hotel is started and
succeeds, it will be followed indde of
six years by a dozen more. It b not 1
an exaggeration ta say that suitable
boarding places with pleasant sur
roundings at moderate cost are the one
great need of *elf-depetideut women In
New York,’an clvsitim which they de
spair of ever attaining. A number of
capitalists are interested in Mre.
Wheeler’s project aud it bids fair to
" * ‘ * I.
ponding to tlie stuff of every gown.
When sbe goes out she chooses her
parasol as she does her bonnet to ac
cord with her costume. Parasol* are
large this year, but not in any way
novel in shape. There are fortunes in
tlie lace of some ot them aud other for
tune*. in the jeweled handle*. A piece
of exquisite band-wrought lace, woith
$250 in itself, was bought the other
day with a handle iu wrought ailvei.
“I can take the lace off when the sea
son’s over and put Ron a gown,” was
tbe'excu-e the lady gave a- if lier con*
Mdctice. troubled her a licil»». Mine.
Uloiiet, the wife of 31ax Oltell/took
home a parasol w lien they -ailed last
week. It had a low of little bird-
perehed around it ou the rib*. “I
shouldn’t believe l had really seen it
unlc-s I took it with me,” she said.
E. P. H.
COSILT CARELESSNESS.
How on %b-eoC-*lin«ft>«l Unnia
Incurred • Lwrg* Hill For t ab
H)rr,
Boston Cor. Provhhoce Journal.
Mr. A., a Slate street broker, was
leaving town the oilier day, aud his
wife drove with him to the station in a
hired cab. Just lie ore taking tlie
train be found in hi* pocket a couple
ot letters he had forgotten to mail, anti
lie handed them to Mrs. A., saying
that they w ere of importance, andask-
ing her to post them. Tlie lady took
them with her Into tlie cab and drove
away from the station. Whether she
was absent-minded from excess of
grief at parting from her husband, or
from some other cause, it is uot evi
dent, hut certain it is that in a fit ot
abstraction she quietly slipped both
tlie letters into the crack in tlie door
into which the glass half slides.
When it duwued upon 3Irs. A. that
she had posted a couple of important
business letters in Tlie door ol a cab,
and that tier hustiaud wa* on Ids way
.to New York, **o that he could not re
write them. It is to be supposed that
she mentally called Iteraell so<ue un-
complTueutary names, and undoubt
edly she wa-in the main not without
some excuse for so do. She was, how
w argument we can offer.
Heretofore the 8.A W. By. has
considered Thomasiille as belonging
to tier by reason of its location ol its
line, and not until a rival corporation
makes a bid for our business, will the
ti. F. A W. By. offer more than the
very smallest amount of favor. This
is uot strange. Tbe same rule applies
to every other town situated like
Thomasville.
AN ACCOMMODATING WITNESS.
flaw m. Philadelphia Lawyer Was
Knocked Oat by Abe llantmel.
From the !t#w York Telegram.
Since little Abe Hummel has figured
•o conspicuously In working op the
frauds perpetrated by Miss Debar,
numerous interesting stories are told
of some of bis feats in trapping lying
itnntrs
He was once engaged by a Philadel
phia railroad corporation to defend the
company In a sole brought by one C.
J. Campbell, who claimed tohAYebeen
seriously injnrpd in an accident on the
road.
The man was represented, by a
Philadelphia lawyer, who besougbtthe
ary to award a liberal sum tor the In-
uiy done to his client.
In au impassioned speech he said his
client would be crippled for life.
HU right arm was bandaged, ahd
after hU counsel had exhausted every
argument tlie lawyer said :
“Now, show tlio court how high you
can raise your injured arm.”
The man feebly ral-ed it an inch or
two from hU side.
“Trv If you can’t raise it a little
higher,” urged hU counsel soothingly.
He made an effort and raised it so
ber inch, protesting that lie could
raise it no higher, and that the effort
pulM him.
“You see, gentlemen,” said hU
counsel turning to the jury, “the man
ia disabled tor life. There is no need
to say
Then Abe Hummel took the man in
utd:
“So my friend,** said he, in sympa
thetic taoe “jqu can’t false It any
higher?”
”Not another inch.”
“Too had. toq bad,” said the little
*, shaking his head as if he had
op the case, “and how high
you raise it before you met with
the accident?”
{film man taken completely off his
reminded of the ; guard by the sympathetic tone of thr
WOOD CARVING A NEW V KM IN INK FAD? eV T**L f nW *?!?£■ 2* .H
Brass hammering is goingoiit. wood
carving is corning in. Instead of
punching plaques women are cutting
wood panels. The passion lor carved
hall and dining room furniture and for
wood over-mantels has something to
do with starting the craze. The tool*
are easily handled also, aud require
little muscular strength, only a quick
eve, an artistic feeling aud a steady
hand. It i* the proper thing to design
and carve the two halve* of the bel
lows for the 0|>eii fire, put a naked
child ou them, say, blowing the red
coals in a cave of the winds; or to cut
ornaments for the great oak chest that
mediaeval moderns are reviving to
hold their wardrobes. There are
several classes in wood carving and
many ladies are takiug private lessons.
There Is a niece of Charles Sumner
who became quite an expert, but she
lias rooms in a hotel aud has given up
her work because the uoise of it dis
turbed lier neighbors. A sister-in-law
of Horace Greeley, a woman of 70, L
one of the enthusiasts, talking it up as
Cato did Greek in her old age. Her
favorite piece of work is a carved settle
for her Itall, and she takes great pride
In it. Smaller nieces of work are the
rule, panels and tile* for the side or
the manUd and tlie like, but carved
Jesks,Sideboards ami large decorative
pieces are uot beyond the ambition of
the more aspiring. One of the success
ful wood cover* ami designer* ol the
city has it in mind, if possible, to fi.uiid
a school lor instruction in wood «arv-
ing. for the teaching of young women
especially, for witoin lie believes there
is an outlook for paying work in this
Uue. One of Ids pupils. Indeed!, a
girl of perseverance ami.talent, has
supported herself comfortably this
winter by taking pupils herself, ani?
has developed so mnch originality aud
independent skill that she liasobtalned
a good commission tor carvings and
Interior decorative woodwork for a
number of resiliences to be built by
rich New Yorker* a Lenox lids sum
mer. If the taste Tor wood carving
continues to increase It will supply au
occupation in which women who go
Into It for something more than amuse
ment will find, If they are artists, one
more welcome resource.
ROSIXA vokes
has taken a flat In New York and gone
to housekeeping, set up her lares and
penates, “over a milliner’s shop, which
makes it qnhe perfect, just the thing,
yon know.” Miss Yokes Is a curious
instance of an actress who dresses
much better ofl tlie stage than on it.
In looking at lier over the footlights
one is always lost in perplexity which
ta admire most, the vivacious skill of
the comedienne or the pertinacity with
which she fishes in the rag bag for her
S i wus. In society, where she is so toe
ing of a favorite. Mis* Vokes pays
more attention to her array. At Mrs.
John Bigelow’s reception last week
she introduced a novelty in tlie shape
of enameled pansies fastened jnat as
they might have fallen here and there
over the bodice ot her black silk gown.
Her litheness and alertness of gesture
and movement is, If possible, more
marked in a parlor thin oo the stage.
To see her talk to a person behind her
you would think she had w hlsked her
whole body round Inside her dress and
left that on parade facing tbe other
way. Sbe has a fait, soft skin, not
like tbe general mn of stage complex
ions ruined by grease paint, but then
she doesn’t make up to any large ex
tent- Ami for manner, she is q ick.
unconventional, charmiog, the life of
any*oompany.
If there U a kindly woman in New
York it is eccentric Mrs. John Bige
low, tbe wife of tbeex-Minister, whose
house and heart are always open to
her hosts of girl proteges. She has al
ways bn hand a girl who can play or a
gitl who can teach who want* a situa
tion as governess or reader or com
panion, and in whose behalf Mrs. Bige
low interests herself with all her
friends. Or else It is a singer who has
talent whom somebody ha* sent her
from the West and who must liave a
concert given for her To appear at and
funds raised to send her for study
tlie driver to g»» to the n»-are*t 3T« _
where a fishliue could be taught. They
were not out of the poorer quarter* ol
tlie the city, and the shop at which
tliev drew up was of ►«» doubtful a
character that the cabman told Mr*.
A. she bail better reiudn outride
while he went in after tlie line. As if
was, the lady found h* r*elf regarded
by the circle ol loafers zIniui with jai
more interest thau was altogether
plea-ant. Tlie fishllim procured, the
cab drove away, while Mr*. A. en
deavored to get. a loop of string be
neatli the letter*. 'Hie driver was or
dered to go to a convenient amt quiet
Back Bay street, « here - much to the
mystification *d tlie nursemaids on the
sidewalk, a cah moved slowly up ami
•town while Mrs. A. continued li“i
tedious and Ineffectual angling. She
varied the jierionnance by procuring
sticky fly paper, which rite cut Into
strip* uiiii lowered into the crack, in
the delurire I>o|m* that il might attach
itself to the letters, but like tlie salt
water which Violet fondly liojied
would turn into butter It’t was churn
ed long enough, “it seldom ever did.*’
31 rs. A. also endeavored to persuade
tlie drirer that be ronld take tbe cab
to tliu stable, turn it over and shaki
tlie letters out, but the -rheme did not
coiumeud itself to liismiml. Perh*|i>
tlie fact that ihe lady was now paying
for the cab by the hour, and uot ex
hausting h.s horse by fast driviug,may-
have tended to liave reconciled him to
the prolougeJ su»peu*e which wa« raj*-
idly wearing away Mrs. A.’* patience.
The coucluriuii of the matter was
that Mr*. A. had the cal) driven to a
earring-• iu *ker*s where the door wa?
taken from it- hinge* and tlie letter!* at
last shaken from llieir place—the cal
all tho while being paid for by tin
hour. The bill for six hours’use ol
the carriage Mr*. A. paid without de
mur, but *lie readied home after het
adventure in a Mate of weariness or
mind and hotly better imagined that,
described.
Rtojred .
lier. On tlie day that the Monitorwa.-
laum-bed began a struggle between ar
tillery on the oue ride and armament
on the other. The introduction of
rifled gnus of a large calibre necessi
tated au Increase iu the plating of ve*-
sels destined to oppose them. Iron-
dad* were compelled step by step to
keep pace With the improvements in
artillery, until at length tlie evolution
of tbe Ajax, the Devastation, the
rhumb-rer, the Dremdnaught, the. In
dexible, tlie Colossus, the Terrible, the
Duilio, the Lepaiilu,theTemcraireand
other flouting fortresses of Iron became
necessary.
Against these seemingly iui|*»tt*tra-
ble monster, of destruction a tie a* class
of enemies sprang up. Heavily guard
ed as these iron leviathans an* uguiu-t
hot ;.hd shell, they are known to be
exi*ei dingly vulnerable five or rix feet
below the water-line, and torpedo.**
were devi-e for the special purpose of
a*.-aLiog them at this weak |K>iut. Tlie
ingenuity of hundreds of inventorsl»»-
beeu applied to this end. Engineer*
ieiuoustrated that they could fill the
approach ton harlinr with nests of tor-
pcdiM-s to be fired either by contact
with the enemy or by electric wires
ccnm-cted with tite shore*.
The authorities on naval ordinance
In reply demonstrated tb.itthe Incom
ing enemy could annihilate these *nb^
marine terrors by exploding dynamite
ahead of him
Another system of torpedo warfare
was devise Autonibnbile torpedoes
like the “Whitehead” were Invented,
capable of proiHIing themselves
•gainst the ironclad beneath the sur-
tjicb of the water with tolerable accur
acy. The explosion of one -of these
torped**** containing ICO ponnds of
gun ctiunn or dynamite, if orcuring in
immediate contact with thehuU,wouii]
sink the most formidable ironclad
afloat
The ironclad Goliath answered the
treats rd this modern David by invent
ing au iron netting inclosing the ship
■ike a fence and submerged to a depth
»r or more feet, absolutely prevent
ing rite tor|Kilo from reaching the hull.
Other torpedoes, like the 4 *Lay Haight,”
•Fartrick,” “Sinn*” and -•Brennan”
were devised. These were connected
o the -liore. or to the *lii|»* attracting
the ironclad, bv means of an electric
'able, and, though submerged, couhl
be directed against tlie Ironclad at will;
But to these, ns to the Widtoliead, the
netting proved to be a formidable ob-
-trtictloM. Also, in order to discharge
tint- W hitehead «r •ilrigibhsTor|iedocs,
it w us . necessary for the atbicklng
THE PLANETS IN MAT.
IVtint la Going on in the Celestial
World this VIouth.'
Mr Dqtry is improving in his habit*.
He is up and also abed early. Until
May 10 he is a morning star. At 7 p
m. of that day he will pass beyond the
Min, reappearing on hi* eastern side a j
evening star. He is in tho constella
tion Aries.
Veuus is fleeing from the earth;
I Eecotne dimmer as tl.e month pro
gresses, rising early all through May.
to-morrow morning discerned first
upon the horizon at 4:13 o’clock, anil
rising rbove the waves of old ocean on
May 31 at 3:54 a.m. She is in the
constellation Pisce*.
Mars is the same dissolute old war-
r'or he is reputed ta be. He goes ta
bed late; brilliant o’ nights, an even
ing roysterer all through tlie month*
of May. On May 31 he tumble* off to
repote at 1:45 a. m. Yesterday he
was in contention with Uraua*. He
is exploiting in tbe constellation Virgo.
Jupiter, true to his reputation for
grandeur and regal radiance, enthron
ed among the stellar magnates of the
constellation Scorpio, will outshine all
the luminaries of the 3Uy firmament.
Saturn I* growing prouder of hi*
rings, his girdles of radiance making
him unique among the planets. On
Mav 31 be wdl set at 10:54 p. m. He
will be evening star mil tbe month, dis
porting in the conteilatton Cancer.
Inspired perha|*s by admiration,pos
sibly by desire for protection, mayhap
with sinister motive, jealously or re
venge, Uranus all tbe month of May
will liorer near Mars, dogging hi*
footstep*. He I* evening star in tlie
constellation Virgo.
Neptune, catching the bullish spirit,
po*riblv from the constellation Taunts,
in which his chariot wheel* in May
are rolling, ha* plunged Into his na
tive water*. He will be in conjunction
with tlie sun at 8 a. m.. May 20, and
in conjunction with Mercury on May
|5. He Is evening star until May
abroad Or else it Is a "ontan who ^ >fter ward, nutUMay 31. morning
want* to get into society and whose
claims 3|rs. Bigelow will champion
before the world. Mrs. Bigelow ha?
been deceived in her proteges almost
as often as Elizabeth Peabody, the fa
mous Bostonian, hut the number of
successes is greater than the number
of failures and it pile* up a heap of
kindnesses in cither ease, a good-sized
.icrfatt* to know yet that the war to over and) His lawyer thundered with rage net, aud on tbe other hand there
mu»i tnat Northern people are perfectly when he saw tlie arm going up, but it; obvious reason * hr women sho
Tlie senaiae manofact . _ . . _ _
^Huo^Koo- safe, socially, politically, religiously i was too iate. The mischief was done, wear a bounet i
# * ■ - -•-* *" o«<»k j «nd his client lost the * —- *— -• 1 —
hill in both.
THE PARASOL
is worthy of
It has no apparent reason for exist
ence except that woman wear* a bon- !* a Y rc 'l u , , .
i, do J-erfect
,uuM <■>!■ I' 1 ’*"
star, risins on Ural Ua, at SdB a. ui.
Mercury, Saturn, Mara, Uraow ann
Jupiter are evening rtars at the clone
of the month. Yenns and Jfeptnae
are j
Kin LIrn** Arnica fslre#
The bo*t salve in the world for G-us
Bruises, Sore-. Ulcer-, >a!l Rheu:i.
Tetter, Chapped Hands
Corn-, and ail >kin Er i:-
tions, and positively cures File.-, or no
,*artv to approach .nhhiu a. few hnn-
Ired \ aril* of the ironclad and lie ex
posed to the terrible fire—not «»u*y of
her lu avy gnu-, but of tier battery of
Hotchkiss, revolving caution, falling*
Norih-nfcldt guti* and musketry. As
ihe K*i-call»*ti .orpedo boa'.* are neces
sarily of very light construction, they
are vulnerable In these rapidly tiring
guns, although it may Ik* sold that,
raring to their vxreediugly rapid uhivc-
-uenU and'miuiII size, they are safe
from the monster gun* hi the turrets.
Even if they could safely approach
within discharging distance, it lia-
oecn demonstrated that the netting
itid the impieriiiility of guiding the
lirlgiMe tor|will* with exactness mi l
tlie oue thousand and one accidents
which may happen to the automobile
torpodo render Use probability ol tlieir
-ucces* very small.
Why lie d1u3*?5uj I here.
fitl-IM-,
“Every one who goe* to Dakotv.”
liegnn the nindot man Irion Maine,
when Id* turn crime, “has seclt big
tale* to tell of the lientry, ihflt I duuT
like to say much about It. My ’count
st -m* no tame an* rotumou-iikr that
folk* think I’m lyin’, and tryln* to
run tlie kentry down. Au*, l tell ye,
it goes agin the grain of an hatte-C tuau
0 be tlio’t nut toothful.”
“Y‘»u don’t appear likn a man who
World deviate from the line of truth,”
-aid a clerical-looking man. “We
dioui l lie delighted with a rimphs true
ieseriplioii «>: the nuiclt-talkcd-of
••buniry.’’
“Wa.il, -vlien I fust went West, I
iho’t things growed by magic—that
vc’tl only got ler say the word, an*
(«a* tliat at >er fret. Bm i fouqihuit
tua’u’t oo Mteh thing. They hav* ter
.datil there same as anywhere, only
they don’t hav’ ter wait so domed
;ong a< we do here. The reasons are
-hurt. So every one wait* till ti»e
weather I*, fine, an’ then plants: and a
few day* Inter begin* to harvest.”
ill* heareregl inert! quickly from him
to oue another out said uolhing aud he
rontiuUed:
“Almost the first thing I did wlien I
got tliar, was t«r stray off on the pra-
rv, like a blamed tool, au* git lo*r.
Didn’t git back fer over a month, an*
should hav* l*een starved, If It hadn’t
been fer a couple o’ grain* o’com tbet
1 happened ter hav* in my pocket.”
“Two grains of corn lasted ye a
.3 on th!” exclaimed a chorus of voice*
“I dldtdt say that,” said the narra
tor pettishly. “I was jest going to
’xplaiu. If ye’d kep* yer mouths shot..
“When 1 found I was lost au* had
teen years employed in a planing
mill here, and only during the last
four years has devoted himself to bal
looning as a profession. He has stud
ied tbe subject thoroughly, however,
tor many years, having from child
hood taken tbe keenest Interest and
T sailing air
workshop at
»ent every
u’g in tiie
_ . and on every
possible occasion had made an ascen
sion, frequently going up to consider
able heights.
TBS PARACHUTE.
“There Is no use,” he said; “of my
atteiuptiog to do auvthing unlc** I
S$. between I>r. Atkinson, a pros
perous young physician of Chester,
ami Miss Florence Little, a handsome
and fascinating young tody of Black’s.
The marriage had on one occasion
been declared off, branus ou the weli
ding day Miss Little had absented her
self with Augustus Mintz. a youth of
20. Atk n*on went to hto home, but
was induced to return by the fascinat
ing girl, aud he married her. The
day after the marriage Augustus
Mintz published a statement that Mrs.
Atkinson was his legal wife, and he
«tage '
produced the marriage certificate.
Mrs. Atkinson denied this, but tlie
ikictor instituted an investigation, aud
' tatime hezw4 .Illsbride, of
-!!u» TBE DOWN-TRODDEN NEGRO
-lie would be at Black’* on tic;
I met tier at Mrs. R. 31. Randal
social party, after which I e*$,*oi
to the residence of A. B. Cro*i»». vu> . « „ . ,
the way site remarked: ‘No one lias I A Feif Kemarn about the Way he la
any i«lca of onr marriage, ami Dr. At- 1 Treated In the Southern States.
kltiron will be here to-S-nn; and |
what will yon do If we uuurrv r 1 re-; ur luce sharp.
plied tliat I couhl uot enmxain such a; ]
thought.
“when we reached the Crosby resi- j ,
On •
What a splendid time a man would
ilen.-e'fW.7hr , r'*M>li n7ght.“"on ’ the i ,mvc ,n tWs " orW ,f ta "ould only »t-
next day I>r. Atkidson was at v his ‘ tend to his own business and keep out
day Dr. Atkidson was at v his {tend to his own business and keep
ancle’s (A. B. Cra*by’s), where Mis* j of what doesn’t concern him.
Little, alias Mrs. Mintz. was paying a
visit. 1 again sought tlie advice of
Mr. Black, who gave the same advice.
I felt my confidence in her so great
that I left for u»y home jnst a few-
hour* before the marriage between
Dr. Atkinson and Miss Little, alias
Mr*. Mintz, which occurred at 1 a. in.,
at the residence of Mr. Crosby, in time
to rake tbe Air-Line train viaCharloue
for Chester. The next day, at my
country home, the new* reached me of
the marriage. 1 opened the secret to
my fatlier. who went with me to the
Rev. Mr. Carter’s, who gave a certifi
cate of mine and Miss Little’s marri
age. In my dilemma-, what was to be
done? The Mr-. 3Iintz now appears
in society as Mr*. Atkinson. Her mys
terious course 1 am not able
to ex
plain. Here reason fails and mystery
wraps* every tiring in darknes*. Ic hr
three days occupied separate apart- an enigma given to the world with out
meut*. Hi* investigation proved noth-; explanation, hot speculation at It*
lug, and for three weeks lie lived io j best. “Augustus Muctx.”
happiness with his bride. At the end
of this time she confessed that she was
uot his wile, and that she had married
Mintz, but liad never lived with him
can beat all previou* records and fall: a* man and wife. Dr. Atkinson sent
further than any living man. A few her home.
hundred feet less ora few hundred-; Young 31!ntz did not know of tbe
feet more will count nothing for me. marriage of hi» ulfe until tlie morning
1 must at lent double the distance.” afterward, and then lie refused to make
He repeated thi* talk when getting j an attempt to get her back. He has
hto car ready, and at 9:35 the balloon j«*b written a statement, which shows
ascended. As the balloon left the married Miss Little on tlie evening
earth one of the guy ropes holding the * *h« was to h*vc married Atkinson. He
chute broke. j ray*:
To describe this particular “chute” “From die many reports hi circula-
it i*only necessary to imagine a white 1 'inn tinougli the presses to my mar-
globe twenty feet In diameter, cut triage to Mis* Florence Little,! am
through the’center; iu this way yon j prompted, in justice to myself, to
have two parachute*, tlie profe*-or make a true statement of facte. I have
only having one. It contained 100 | always know ti her. from which my ae-
yards of stout cloth. It is not unlike a j qita iitanee ri t .euctl and matured into
mammoth umbrella without a stick, 1 tore »hat was no boy Mi whim. Ml*»
the braces b$ing flexible cord* run- > Little l* of a re-jiertabb* family, a 1
Mias Little, wlia* .Mr*. 31 iistz, alia*
Mr*. Atkinson, I* at Ler home, ami It
is uncertain whether she knows ex
actly how she stands—whether she is
married, unmarried, ora widow.
ALFALFA.
Il* AU vantage* «« a Fertilizing
, IMatst.
The News anp Advertiser has not
lost interest In alfalfa, although It has,
been .silent on the subject for some
weeks. Its faith iu the value of the
plant tor this section has never abated
The troth of this has often appeared
plain ta me when it was too late.
One evening I entered the smoking
car of tbe East Tennessee, Virginia,
Georgia and something else railroad at
Atlanta. Tlie train was going North
when It started and so was 1. Four
men had possession of the car
and they, too, were going north.
'Flic four evidently kne».' each oil er
and seemed to belong to the same
party. They bad bean down south
for three weeks, aud I could see that
thev knew a great deal more about
southern questions than people who
had lived there all their lives. The
-pokesman of tlie party was particu
larly severe on the Southern people
lor the treatment ol the negro.
Now, In-rt; was where 1 came in. It
was none of my 'business, at all. I.
was responsible neither Tor the South
ern people uor the uegro I had only
been three veeks in the South myself,
and the eba ces were I was just as Ig
norant ou ti a questions under discus
sion at the tig man who had his shoes
off was. H had settled himself com
fortably rot tho night, and had his
stockinged feet upon the seat in front
of him. He held forth in a loud voice
on the wrongs of the colored man.
“Where did vou get all your infor
mation about the troubles of the Ne
gro?” I asked.
“Get It? Why, by keeping my eyea
and ears open of course. I’ve been
nearly a month down here.”
“So have I; but I haven’t seen any
down-treading.”
* Ferliapsyou didn’t want to.”
one jot, but everything we see of it, »•( Think vt re lik#dv rmi rlzht
tend* to increase our estiitiatcor its ex- ; Vntl n |„ ft . J. Z„Xu^%itu no
..Pile.,I Oitalifh*. A writer fron, ITteh Y °V* ®* coarie » lcft lh « No ? h " r A th UO
cel lent qualities. A writer from Utah
give* a most splendid tetter ou Its value
as a fertililizing plant. Tlie plant ia
i'» v*Mr. u< Aiuic wiw- «mi-) —- — -- . » . _ .- . . mcy arc. i trnve seen eiiotigli to satu
ning down twenty-five feet, aud fas-1 wmmui «»f beauty amt nianv aurac- known oy two names* lucerne aud al- fy tue tliai the Negro has uo show down
tening to an iron riug two feet in di- ihms. She wjj* reared au orphan; ■ falta. ■ nn here. lie to bulldozed it elections
nmeter. The other cords nil run clear! that heightened aud excited my ay in- J 1 nev. riter whose long acquaintance j ani j »»
up to tbe seams of the “chute,” so pal by, and, irom our engagement one It makes hi* opinion vilnable, “Oh, you have seen an election then.*
prejudice one way or tbe other?”
“No, sir. 1 wanted to see things as
they are.
they cannot give way. This parachute j year ago, l felt there was a bright fu-
was fastened ta tlie outside of tin? hot j lure for uie, which was iuspiriug.and
air balloon in a perpendicular form liy tin Incentive to everv act of my life,
a cord. When the balloon was at the I Alas! tlie heart 1 believed so true and
proper height the protessor intended to i gentle prove.I false, as my story will
SlUMHMiuulimiiiw MttemMth -°° , J lWo **»*•»* °’ c ° rn » 1 J 1 * Panted
win Eecome dimmer as the month pro- imm.iiti.ir. luinn. nii»ht mv
fheiu Immejitely. Be I ore night my
corn, was four feet high, an’ next
■norlii* 1 had plenty o r green corn.
On the second day 1 let Moe o’ tlie
ears ripen ofl^ an* planted anotlier
crop; an* after that I had all I wanted.
“The coru I planted was the com
mon kiud I took with me from Maine;
but at each crop on that Dakoty a’ll
tlie gralus were bigger an* bigger, till
I’ll be skinned if they weren’t so big 1
had ter pull ’em off the cob an* rost
’em singly. They were about the size
of an eastern potato. A liakotyau
might say tbe size of a u-ash-tub, bnt
I’ll be durned if I’ll lie for any ken
try.”
“What do they do for wood on them
bleak prairies? asked one of the com
pany.
“Oh, they have tef git seed and sow
a patch. I lieerd ’-u* tell of a greeti-
liorn who went oat oue warm day ter
sow a five-acre lot fer cottonwoods.
Waal, in tlie fn-t place, he got the seed
too thick on the ground, an’ in the
next place, he stayed on the lot too
long; an* the/usc thing he kuowrd he
was wedged in among the big .trees
aw* couldn’t git out,, an’ afore night
he wa* squeezed ter death.
The men who found him was a Peer
ed the Eastern -folk* mightn’t believe
it, so tliey rent hark a piece of hi* coat
au* some bark o* tlie trees ter piove
IL”
“Why didn’t you stay in Dakoty
If it’* rich a wonderful section?” asked
one of the parr.
Waal, ter tell the troth, I conhln’t
praise tlie kentry to stilt them Dako
tans, an* they give roe notice to gait.”
im
probably no
such a general revival
tree tnai Dome* or Dr.
Discovery for Con*tun p-
trade is simply enormous
very valuable article from the
Wa&fiiton ■traot, AiUaj, j and otherwise, In the South.
1 cept for the sake of carrying a parasol
fact that it always cures and never
disappoints. Loughs. Colds, Anhui*,
iranieeu ro give Bronchitis, Croup. all Uiroat aud
money reftuiu- lung di-*a-**- qi:irk:y cured. You «\ t ii
lte per t--x. it - :: _ i-y getting a trill
warm weather ex- For sale by Lamar, Rankin A Lamar, bottle fr--. larg- -:.•••K\-■}
1 T une 2S-w*sly.
take hold of the iron ring, swing dear
itoui the balloon, depend ou the
uir to inflate the “chute,” aud take
111- chances of reaching terra flrma in
safety. Tbe balloon was Inflated by
00,000fee:of hotair, balloon, para
chute and apparatus for Inflating the
balloon all being of Mr. Hogan’s own
manufacture. 4 s be stepped in t he car
and gave orders for the ropes holding
the balloon to the grounu to be cast
off, the professor said to the correspon
dent, who took wtmt the latter believed
to be final leave of a daring anil reck
less man:
My balloon ought to t ike me up
two miles at least. The parachute
wou’t iufiute inside of 300 feet from the
time I leave tbe balloon. This distance
will occupy three seconds, after that I
expect to come down all right inside
o» oue minute and thirty seconds. Let
her g*».”
At tlie word the rope* were cut and
the monster went sailing Upward.
“The chute’s guy has broken,” cried
Hogan instantly. “I’d have to corn -
down and start over.” As soon a-
possible Hogan descended. “1*11 g-»
up again in an hour.” he said.
THR SECOND TRIAL,
he second trial was a success. The
balloon shot up almost straight to a
distance of folly 10,900 feet. It jheu
•‘••filed about 400 feet and bnng like a
ball in the heaven*. The anxious and
excited crowd of people on the ground
watched tlie balloon with bated breath.
The rejwrters were provided with
powerful glasses, and saw Hogan make
ready to jump.
“He’ll weaken,” said some one.
“No,” cried another, “he is gelling
out.”
'Hie chute was closed. Hogan drew
it up till he reached the ropes io which
he luidted himself. He did not expert
the chute to open for the first 200 or
300 feet, ami he was afraid he might
be shaken off tbe bar by the rapidity
of the fall unless he took the pre
caution to fasten himself. When lie
stepped ou tlie edge of thecartospriug
«>ff iuto space some of the spectator*
grew (tale and sick. Surely thi* daring
man was going to certain death.
A shout ot terror goes up. Hogan
lias jumped. Down like a cannon b dl
he fell'for 500 feet. The chute ha* no:
yet o|>ened. Down It came like a
trig iiitic elongated bird. He wa* fall
ing like a meteor, and the sjiectators
shut tlieir eyes while still keeping tlieir
glasses elevated. Suddenly a shout
goes up. The chute has caught the
air. .It opens like the wing* of a
monster eagle. Hogan’s flight dna-ii-
ward was almost stopped with a Jcrx.
Then tlie chute settles down ta a sternly
journey earthward with lu pa-ranger,
aiid in three minutes from the time tin-
reckless man left the balloon he Inn led
safely in an open field some little ins
tance from where tlie ascent wa* made.
Correspondent was almost tlie first
to gra-p tlie iiand of the aeronaut.
lost my breath,” said lie. “wlien
I shot down so fast, hut I caught it
.-•gain after a time. It was a great
junto wasn’t it?”
Frofrasor Hogan was smeared with
smut. He had never seen a man jump
with a chute. lie was much •ilsap-
poiuted at the slow time made.expect
ing io emne down In ninety ieeotul*.
The chute w» twenty feetind.anieter.
Oscillation was guarded against by
means of a four inch hole in the apex.
He was overwhelmed with congratu
lations, aud was qute the hero of the
hour.
Plain Fact* About Wooleus.
Philadelphia Times.
Tlie sixty million people of the
Union consume an average of $10 each
year, aud the Northern part or tin-
rixty millions consume much tlie larger
amount per head. Iu Philadelphia
the cost of woolens is not Je*>s tljjpi $12
per capita, making au aggregate ot
$12,000,000 annually paid for woolen
fabric*, or $60,000,000 in the aggre
gate (mid by die State of Pennsylvania.
It to admitted tliat with free raw ma
terials for our w'ooien manufacturer*,
there could be a reduction of more
Ilian 20 per cent, on {he cost of woolen
fabrics to consumers, wit hunt reducing
wages or legitimate profits of iii.iuu-
factarer*, and why shall it not lie
dune?
With free wool, as tlie Republican
leaders practically made it In the in
terest or protection and dome-tic in
dustries in 1857, not only would the
consumers ot the city save over $2,000. t
000 per annum and the consumer* o!
the Stare over $1,000,000. bat labor
would be doubly protected by cheap
ened unnecessaries of life and by
enlarged market* and multiplied de
mand for Industry, while Uie manufac
turer would have full protection and
increased market*. Why shall not there
advantages lie attained?
The wool product of Pennsylvania
to steadily Uerliuhig. It fell off 10 per
cent, during tbe last year; it i- now
less than a million pound*. And to a
product, chiefly iiicldantal to agricul
ture, that doer not bring a gross
return of .$500,000 to tiie grow
ers, On the pretext of protect
ing this chiefly incidental indus
try, the people of the State*, are
taxed $10,000,000 per year, or $2 for
every roau. woman and rliibl. Take
the wool glowers of Pennsylvania as a
body, and tliey would make vastly by
free wool in the cheapened woolens
they consume. I* tie-re reason or
justice in soch taxation?-
The nroT-ilie* of the past have per-
tobed with tlie past, and the new duty
of to-day to tbe Iarg.-*t latitude in free
raljz.-d by taxation. There
to are severely taxed; Uie
ies of life are heavily taxed,
aud thus dimlntoh tlie value of u age-
paid to work nguien ; the co*t of th
limit- them to tlieir ho
relate. Not a word ever tell from her
Jijw nor an act of her* led me to be
lieve my hive wa* uot- reciprocated,
mid l always felt that i was in the en
joyment o! that coufldeilLV, and that I
|a»sses*ed the love of one of which 1
wa* Tittle worthy. Dr. Atkinson, in
the meant line, paid frequent visits to
Id* uncle, Allen B. Crosby, of Black’s,
where Mto* Little spent part of her
time with her sister, Mr*. Jacob B.
Ross. When they became acquainted
Id* attention to her seemed to be no
more than politeness would require.
On January 28ih I received a note
from Mis* Little from Gaff icy City
saying she- must sec me at once. 1
could not from her refuse *ncb a sum
mon*, and on tlie uext day I met her
at Mr. Bryan Bonner’* and went wltL
her to Mrs. Mary I^K-khart’s, her sis
ter, w ho 11 veil a lew miles In the coun
try. She seemed sail all tiie while;
hiit *ooii tliore black eyes softened
into liquid beauties, when she sobbed
aloud and said: *Tho task to too great
to tell you. 1 ani to be married to
another!* Then her weeping grew
more bitte r. She again sputa-, «ay-
in;;:
♦“ran I b the Instrument of violat
ing an obligation which has been h Id
so sacred tliat 1 have felt onr happi
ness and success in life depended npo-i
it? Can 1 break the golden liuk?
Dear Gu*, forgive me, 1 only am ta
tilame. I don’t know myself! My
wrung I cannot account for. Forgive
ness from you will make uib again
your happy Florence.’
“This was so astounding that it
dumbfounded me. Wlien I sufficient
ly recovered myself I asked who my
rival was. She said: ‘Dr. Atkinson,
of Chest er. My ites to von are the
oldest.’ She reitc ated: 'Forgive me.
I likela l uieu that h>ved.’ I felt my-
M-If kneeling at the shrine to pay hom
age to tbe power of love. The link,
suddenly- broken, wa* suddenly weld
ed In fervent love. 1 told her the only
obstacle ta our marriage before this
ua* my yuuthfuiness and want of
ci nipletiug my education. We then
discussed the lea-ibility ot a clandes
tine marriage, until this
How can plants increase the fertility
of the soil? In two way*. One by
adding to it that part of themselves
which tliey obtain from the air, aud
tlie other by searching many feet into
the ground with tlu-ir root-* aud bring
ing to the surface the chemicals and
fertilizing material stored there and
filtered from the surface for age*.
This to Lucerne’s method of benefiting
the soil, and this illustration showing
the root* searching for new food, ex
plain*, as nothing else can, its value,
and why it has it. This letter, from a
practical farmer, so completely ex
plain* and answers every point and
question, that we cannot add to it:
“In September, ! wrote a short ar
ticle about Lncerne. I liave received
letters concerning it from all parts of
the couutrv, and at the request of my
friend* all over tiie Union,
I will talk a little more about
Lucerne, its habits, uses and culture.
Lucerne will grow on any land
that will produce wheat, corn or pota
toes. and will thrive oil many
Ian !s that none of these will .grow on,
especially very light sand or gravel,
though it does well nn clay.. But it
will not grow on any land where the
water stands within one foot of tlie
surface, and there is no use in sowing
it iu an alkali that U strong enough
to keep wheat from growing. Though
particular about wet laud, It will stand
any amount of wet In the slimmer, as
long as there is plenty of drainage. It
will also stand ail of tlie water in the
winter that may fall in the shape of
raiu, nr snow tliat may melt. It Is
a very quick grower, and will
mature the first crop in about
two months from the time tlie growth
commence*. 'The second crop will
mature lu almnt six weeks from cut
ting. and the thirl in about five weeks
from cutting of the m coimI. The sec
ond crop is the heaviest, but the first Is
a little the best feed, us it grow* a lit
tle longer than the others, it will
yield about ou an average of six tons
tier acre, and I have known It ta pro-
dneft double that quantify. It
Is a iterenula! of the clover tribe, but
will outriehl it two to one, make* just
as good feed, aud has s great advantage
over the clover, for it never falls down,
but stands up straight.
“Sowing:—The best method .Is ta
sow broadcast about fifteen pounds per
acre where tlie land to in good condi
tion, but ou very weedy laud or clear
gravel or sand that is very poor, put
about three pounds or more. Yon
cannot get any crop from ic tlie first
yea , but do not get discouraged if tiie
plants are ou an average of ten inches
apart, little, cliiu single steins about
lour «>r six inches high. Your proe-
pect to good tliat you will get four tons
I o*r acre nex* year, and the next it will
be as good as ever, it w ill, and staud that
way tor ten years. Ills be*t to sow
with grain: * Oats are tlie best; thus
you will hise no time, bm can have a
crop from your 'and every year. In
fact, it does better to have it shaded
when young. Sow- at tiie same time
that you do spring grain.
“Cultivation.—Where there is plenty
of rain, there is no cultivation needed,
tor it would be unwise ta manure it, as
it thrives fully as well on washed sand
as it will on Uie best garden-spot, but
in a *ew year* it will make clear sand
a rich land, owing to tho decay of the
root. The root* will sink them * jives
for n distance of ten to twenty feet
straight do an. Tliey are about one
ami a half inches in diameter, and
fully one-half of that toot decays every
year from tin; outside, and keep* grow
ing larger ffljni tlie center every year.
ceziMor YiiecteHf,
Peace reMoui hurt*,
A good bonk to a good friend.
Rrcln-* serve the wise, bnt command
tlie foolish.
Love labor; if you do not want itfor
food, von may for physic.
He who can I urge: a favor Uie soon
est, can reine miter AU V Injury the long
est.
Men are won uot so much by being
'lamed a* l»y being encompassed with
love.
E*|>ericiifc is the only mari -r; al
though the trhoo! fee* are smucahai
beery.
Gool temper to an csseulini factor'
in success in almost any dcitartmeni
of life.
To secure a contented spirit, meas
ure your desire* by your fortunes, not
your fortune*, by your desire*.
If we could read the si-cret hl-tor-
of onr enemies, we would find In each
man’* life sorrow ami suffering enough
to disarm all hostility.
A man should never be ashamed to
own he has been iu tne wrong, which
but saying, |:i other word*, Uiat In
could be ac
complished*. v\huli was agreed ujion,
and l rcturiu-d to Ii!a--k’* with tlie full
purpose of revealing my plan* to my
p.-treut*. But the idea of coiiMiiting
i iii-iii on such a course, or even ot mar
ia iog at al 1 al mr . g- and not at all
prepared t*»r tlie arduous dutie- of
i.ta, ro break Mich a Mihj-ct ilium the
kind ears of my parent*, weighed so
heavily that my heart failed wiihlu
me.
“On January 30.h I received a note
again to come’ to my broken-hearted
Florence* eujne, and cww nt once.
*l>r. Atkinson w II be here on the
•-veiling train.' I, with my friend, J.
J). Goforth, in a vehicle witn a splen
did pair of horse*, drove iigaiu*t time,
reaching Gaffney City at 10 o'clock a.
iu. I addressed a note from John
MeKeon’s Hotel to Mi*s Little at the
midem-e of Mrs. Lain ten, saving that
.1 would see her. When 1 met her in
the parlo-at Mr*. Ltiindeii's with a
pair or horses at the gate, I asked her
to take a ride with me. She -aid:
• Gil*. I have just been advtoed by
u lady friend not io ridi- out with you,
hui I w’di go at nil haziito.’
“tieiz ng her hat V.e were eoan in
the vehicle and fa*t telt Gaffney City
Ik-hhiil u*. We drove around the
classic hills of Limestone Spring*, thi*
once beautiful summer report, until it
grew late, discussing the -itemtion, she
a'l the while avowing her devotion to
me, and that every throb of her heart
gave me it? genuineness and sincerity.
?jhe remarked, a* we approached
where the roads separated, where the
final conclu-lon was to to; Iwd and tiie
final step taken:
“ 'Thi* left hand toad* to Gaffney
City an! the right to tlie Rev. Sir.
t VirfcrV.
I Migge-ted Llmt tlie road to Gaff-
ney ('itv wa-tiie Atirin-o-i ro.»d, am!
i!»‘- road to the Rev. 31 r. Carter's wa*
the Minrz nw*l, ami. pli«-!n$thc Hue*
in her hand-. 1 -aUli 'Drive the
road of your choice.* She graceful!
reined the team into the 3ihrz road.
After driving a short price i seized the
'in— m.d drove rapHlv to tiie Rev.
Mr. Carter’s, where I revealed to the
reverend geutii’iunn I he object of my
itm-eremoiiimu c*M. He eons'ided,
arid nn leaving the i>ou«e-he said to
Mrs. Carter: ‘lain going out to kill
nakes.’ Tbe old lady, having lier
•uspieirm.*. followed close by and day
in andm-li, and w as a witness to nil
the proceeding*.
“While in the buggy, just at dark,
the Rev. J G. Carter performed the
marriaxe c«-remotiy bettveeu myself
tu 31 to* Florence Little. At thtot;
moment nature by appropriately drew J ** wtorr t^-day than lie was yesterday,
its dark curtain tround a* the clandea-1 Itto good that we sometimes have.
rataraoftm
aud
hto
rugged way back to Mr*. Mary Lock- None are so foini of s-.virto ss those
hart’s. 1 took tiiisasa goo.! omen wliodo uot mean to keep them; It will
After reaching Mr*. Lockhart’* I ms- generally be found tliat uich persons
-i-te I tin? then Mrs. Florence Mintz »n covet secrets a* a spendthrift covet*
tbe hotise, and after biding her good moo-y—for the purpose of circulation,
night drove back to Gaffney City, !**- j There ought to be in a healthful am-
lieving tiiat our soared ties would hold hitiou the -tubboro stuff of pereever-
tliiQugh life. Dr. Atkinson, wlio liad j ing longevity; it must live on ami
come at the apj Minted time, was still ] hoj*e for tbe «Iay which comet, slow or
there, but left hmj for hi* home. Dur-1 fasf. to all w hose labors deserve the
iug tills time fhe wires Were flashing goal.
wit* inquiries lieiween Black’* and We may teach rule* of right conduct,
Gaffney, 'Where lzGils, Miw Littl- mid cgii'aiu dearlv tlieir reasons an<:
aiei Dr. Atkin—n? tt hk*l» «»e dM j foundations, but unless we a
marry ?* X*> explaua'ioii. AH ! | ale the moral seuaeof a child
wa* twetwy. . | to voluntary exercise, we can
n Attin tj-
i>ra man
not hope
You were lucky. 1 wanted to, but
there were none going on in the par
where I was.”
“No, I didn’t see an election, but I
beard lota about ’em.
“That’s a different thing. Who
gave you the Information?”
“Now, see here; do yon think I’m
ou the witness stand ? You are evi
dently some. cussed Democrat who
don’t want to find out—the truth.”
“Yes. And you? You are a Demo
crat, too, of com sc?”
“I’d shoot myself If I were.”
“There you have tbe whole thing. I
Fame down hero wilh my mind warped
one way and you come down with
yours warped the other. You see
things tlie way you want to see them,
and J see things the way I want to see
them. Neither of us is a competent
judge.”
‘♦Do you mean to say I’d lie about
what I’ve seen and heard?”
“Certainly. Yon have already lied
about that election business, giving
out heresay as your own experiences!”
Here there was a slight diversion
that interrupted tbe conversation,
which was being carried on in a high
tone. Two of his friend* held the man
in hto seat, while the other said he’d
throw me out of the car if I did not
carry on an argument among gentle
men as a gentleman should. When
thi* had quieted down and I had with
drawn the word “certainly,” tiie con
vention was resumed.
“From 'whom did you get your
stories of oppresiton ?” 1 a*ked.
“From negroes, of course. Yon
don’t suppose tins white people to give
themselves away, do you?”
T *Of course not. Now I have talked
a good deal with my colored brother.
* find tliat he gives me just such in-
irmation as I want. He Is qu*ck at
rtseiug how the land lies and he fur
nishes what to called for every time.
If run a-k a Southern Neuro If he to
down-trodden and he will say ‘Yes,’
and if you ask him if tlie >onthern
people treat him well, he will say
‘Yes.* He hates truth as much as he
lines work. My oplnloa to that the
Negro has a pretty good time, and that
the Southern people understand him
and like him a great deal better than
wc Northerners do, whatever we may
say.”
“All bosh. The fact to that the
Negro In the South has not a single
right that to respected when it to con
trary to the desire* of a white man.
lie lias no chance at law; he has no
••bailee of justice anywhere. He knows
It; he feels It. He sees it i* useless
for him to otroggle for hto rights, and
he to trying to make tlie best of It, poor
lellow.”
At (his moment tbe car door opened
and a policeman entered. It was
*tll' ten minutes before the time of
leaving Atlanta. The policeman wa*
•■vldentiy an official. He was a tall
mau with a severe look lhatmeautbu*-
iuess, and had au official strap on hto
-boulder. -1 don’t know ids name so
perhaps the Atlanta Constitution will
ask its crimual reporter who he to, and
whil- he to about it he might read this
account to that august official aud ask
Idin whether I exaggerate any part of
what followed..
The tall man came in and behind
him were four policemen with drawn
clubs. They were evidently prepared
to lake is all iu.
;fiie tali official had a negro by his
-hie ami he said to him;
“I* your man here?”
“Yes, sah,” bald the Negro. “DIs
heah gf-uinaltnuii’s (Ic mau.”
The fat man brought hto stockinged
fret down from tho seat and looked at
the officials In surprise.
Did you ride from the other depot
in this man’s carriage?” asked tiie of-
flrer.
“Ride? I rode in some nigger’s car
riage.”
“There were four of you he sa>s.”
“Yes.”
♦•lie says you refused ta pay him.”
**l offered him these checks which
he promised first to take, and then re
fined wlien he got us here.”
“Tho*e checks are for the ’bus.
Why didn’t you come on the ’bos?
You can’t expect to ride in a carriage
m *l»u* checks.”
DatV what 1 tolc ’im,” said the
negro.
-••Xov look here,” cried the fat man
•lids I* a rank ewindle and 1 can prove
• t. This nigger cam e tome ami said
lie would take tire checks for hto fare.
I sahl (*e were going i n tiie ’bus. He
-aid it was all tlie same tiling and ta
make sure 1 a>ked him to take them to
the ticket agent and see it it was all
right. Then wlien we got here he de
manded a dollar, and 1 wouldn’t pay
it and I won’t now.”
•* 1 lien you’ll have to come with me,
gentlemen.*’
“Now that’s a swindle and you
know It. Y»o know 1 can’t miss my
train, forfeit iny ticket and pay hotel
tare Wt to light about a dollar.”
‘•Very well, then pay this man
what yo« owe him. You know those
check- are good only on the basses,
i’hi- man can’t collect for them from
the «IBce that iiolil them to you In
I’hleago.”
“Tue.i why did he-”
“Come, come, I call t discuss tins
matter all iilulil. Either pay thi» man
or come with me to the Htailon.”
“tbwbera.” I cnlpiml in. “Xegro
that »urue dodge on
•and. These gentle-
drivenr h
me here,
men—'*
“IVere
“No.”
“Then
x one ol the party?”
iT interfere.’
. UWUIC nr-.l,
warranted.
3
TINCT PRIMT
“When 1 arrived at Black’* I found I to forn , „ T f e f uru , c h a ri
y- •* , 1 -^ 8 j*. , ",7 1 * r ;° lb, ' l S2y !ho;,^tr„i „„d L
it WS* ?:• i had <-t y <uv..i:p; -m- ,,,, .... i .. i, ......
- ■ ■" • - -t. t„..l .o' aooomplLm^ «'
Tv- - • **—
• u. * a:,-<] .ick t'» I -'intii -ho n<>-*eiws every other
■' k*. :,v !h;- iT-.v.-.t of a }.. o- tit’- »•* ic-t~.;t except ,-ourte-y i* ii.
. a.-m- igm.:.»i.r •• it- : 1 '**»”•*•' r *'* forfeiting tJiem :i'.. A rude
ri.' h. a. vi • •>( L.ack, : "' r renders it* owner aiway.-
i m.- t*. : (ibi.*-i V ,tck::ow !- b*h!--to afirout. lie is never without
:!;• ‘ J ic eive.J a ».#> ' dignity " ho avoid:
i. Mis* Little, alia- 3Irs.Miuiz, that, ,ul > ut others.
I -iipjiose you art* M»y*»rof Atfan-
Dou’t interfere, l tell you, or I’ll
•*IM like ta see >ou try it.”
“Ar-. you going to payor notr said
rhe officer io tne lat man.
Here, in spite of the protests of the
-'<■ iith-riian from Chicage, one of bis-
frieml- handed tbe Negro a dollar, aad
mat -ettle.l the matter.
It thi- should meet the eye of tbe-
gcntletuan from Chicago, I wish he
owner aiway. would ?eud me a note and let »•
is never without know what he thinks ot tbe
wounding the dig- Negro has lu Atlanta for gotttRg »»»
j rights.