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Newspaper Page Text- ■ PO t Absolutely Pure. ' Tbur.nr.lerncTcrvanes. Amarrelof p» r- H - .MrbHfth p.mJ rn.jM*omene«. More eron- °?nio*J i.iaj. irir frrliTtikrj kiwi*, and cannot be ■o!d in fo:njietition witn th« multitude of low b+t. Hhr.r: wlirnt. alum or pbosDhate powder*. v V/ onfu /» ectn*. •to > A! ISA/ifNG POWDER CO., 10' A'ALL STREET. ‘ * It VnrTOU. POE SALE BY A. STERNE. Teet]a!_Teetii!! DE-LEC-TA-LAVE EDITORIAL NOTES. The watermelon grower banka on oroepectsthat are not always realized, but he is happy the while. The Mahone and Wise factions split in tiie Virginia Republican convention, Thursday, and two conventions were held. Dr. W. H. Fkltox, of “near Car- rcrsville,” has announced his intention support the Democratic nominee for Congress in the Seveuth District, anil will be a candidate for the Legis lature from Bartow county. Opj/osi- tion to the sale of the State Boad is the main plank in his platform. Col. Pat Wal-h. with his protec tive tariff views, was defeated at the Shite. Democratic convention, but “tin* b’ys,” including some of those who -loo*l lornist him in the convention, iiavejmuie a martyr of him and eiv«*n him such a Ix/oin that the Atlanta Core -citation is moved to declare tiiat “Pal Walsh Is a bigger man now than he ever was.” Yesterday was to have been a field day in the Congressional discussion oi the tariff. Breckenridge, Randall and Carlisle were expected to speak. Rhe torical pyrotechnics of the most bril liant diameter were doubtless brought to bear on the subject to the end of il luminating it. .Surely there has been evolved in the discussion of the tariff, all tin* light that reason can throw on i subject. Oxe of the healthy signs of future Tlie Best Bentifrics! Dr Calltouii liidornri Delcctaluve Dr. Calhoun, noted everywhere lor hi* in tegrity, has the following to say about Dclec- talave: •‘It nff-irds tne pleasure; after a careful examination of the formula of Delc-talave to bear testimony to its value, und to state that its curative qiialith'it arc beyond ques tion. 1 regard it. as the name implies, n de lightful wash, and can recommend it to the public. Yours trni^r. . CALHOUN, M. I>. If your teeth need whitening, use Delccta- lave. It will jM/rlume the breath, preserve the teeth, harden nnd refresh the gums and prevent the formation of tartar. It is pleasant to the taste, and its aroma is delightful. EVERYUODY SHOULD USE IT. For sale hv Hugo Robinson and all Drug gists, at Fifty Cent# per bottle, A3A G- C ANDLER A CO.. ” Wholesale Druggists, General Agents. Atlanta, Ca■ A HorriMe Inheritance The transmission 1 of the fearful effects of contagious l.!oud poison Is certainly the most horrible Inheritance which any man can leave to his Innocent posterity. The curio con- talnrd In the Scriptural declaration: “Tho slus of tho fathers shall be visited upon tho children unto tho third and fourth genera-, tlon,” can be certr! i!y mitigated, and in tho majority of casc.i, ptaroctod, by the uso of tho antidote to tho contagious blood poison which Nature herself famishes, and which Is to bo found In Its uailvo purity and In- fallible ofllcaey lu tho remedy known all ever tho world as Swift’s SpcdCe — commonly called “ S. S. S.” A* illustrative of this fact wo give tho following evidence—they are test cates, taken nt random from hundreds of others of similar character.* Mr. J. IX. Crown. «>f llumollsvllle. N. Y. t writes: Three years I suffered with this hor rible disease. Swift’s Specific cured me com pletely. Prof. Edwin Boar, Ml E. Twenty-second street. New York, write.!: Swift’s Sjiecif.c cured mo of a fearful case of Riood Poison. Dr. R F. Wingdcld, of the Soldier's Home, Richmond, Vo., writes: Swift’s Specific cured me of a severe case of Blood Poison. D. W. K. Briggs, Brooklyn. N. Y.: I was n perfect wreck from Blood Poison. Specino restored health and Iiojk*, anil I am well to day. C. W. LanghlU, Savannah, Oa.: I have suffered a long time with Blood Poison. I tried Swift’s Specific and am now a perfectly well man. A. \V. Buell, of Tower’s Hotel, Rochester, >*. v., writes: It Is tho best blood remedy on earth. I cured myself with It. I recommended It to a friend of mine, a well know business man, and It mado him well. Mr. F. L. Stanton, editor of tho Smlthvllle. Go., News, writes tnat a'frlead of his was afflicted with u severe case of Blood Poison, nnd that two bottles of S. & S. effected a complete cure. Ho tried every other remedy In vain. Mr. J. R. Kellogg. Stamford, Conn., writes. December 16, 1S#7: Your R S. S. Is doing for me what ought to have been dene long ago. Jt has done me more good In one week than all the medicines I have ev.-r taken. Would 1 had gotten It before! But •’all’s well that cuds well." It will make a new man of rue, and I thank God that I have found It at last\ Treatise ou Blood nnd Skin Diseases mailed hre. Til a Swirr S riccinc Co.. Drawer 3. Atlanta. Oa. growth lor Albany is observed in the ntihiif interest manifested in every proposed enterprise that tends to the de velopment of the city. Tliere is a feel ing of confidence in the city’3 future, inti every body seems anxious to lend :i helping hand to projected improve ments. The Guano Factory nnd Va riety Works will be in full opersition by fail, and the volume of trade will be increased thereby. Herald A special to the New York says that this will be the Blaine plan at the Chicagc convention: In ac cordance witli the Maine man’s Flor ence letter, his name will not be pre sented to the convention, but it is ex pected, nevertheless, that when Arkan sas is called her vote will be given for Blaine, whereat there will be great cheering. Proceeding with the call of States, California and Colorado will next fall into line, and when the first ballot is announced, it is expected that Mr. Blaine’s strength will be so great that, if not nominated on that ballot, he will be on the next. This piau will not edmmend itself to Senator Sher man. THEY WERE SHY. And ibeOaudiome Tonne Doctor Couldn’t Vaccina Maidenly modesty and female vanity have bad a sharp struggle among the young ladies in this city, and especial ly at the fashionable schools, since the small-pox scare began. The young woman dread the di/tofcse, which even if not fatal, might prove deadly to their physical charms, and vaccination was therefore welcomed by all. Bat the difficulty was that few of the young ladies with visions of receptions next winter before them when they would appear in low-cut corsage and sleeve less bodices, cared to have tb<\ disfigur ing marks placed upon their arms. In consequence there has been a great demand, especially at ’the fashionable boarding schools Iu the city, for elder ly physicians to whose care the young ladies could submit themselves for vac- OBLIGING LADY BOARDER. She Just Took 1 hings as She Fonnd Them and Made no Fuss. eal is ffeaitiii unAm ■ c - c 4 f 4 ~ a V. 1»k. F.. 0. West’s Xkbvk and Drain Trkatmkxt, a guaranteed #)»ociilc lor ti>*le- ria, IliuineM. Convulsion■». flu. Nervous Ncnrnlgi.,, Ileadnetic. Nervous Prostration enusoriuy the H-** of alcohol **rt**Uar«o, Wake fulness, Men :ii D.-presslon, Softening of the Brain resulting in insanity and leading to misery,decay am! death. Premature Old Age, 11 »rro'nness,"Lx'^of Power tn either sex. In voluntary Losses n». i S: erirato*rlia>n caused bv orer-everti n ot the brain, telf-ahnse or over-indulgence. hnch liex contains one month’s treatment. |L00 a box,’or six lioxcs for $5 00. sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price. WF. GUARANTEE »IX BOXES To cure any com*. With each order received bv ns for »1x 1k»x**s, accompanied with (5./0, \ve will send the p>tivhn#erour .written guar antee to refmvt the inom.r »l the treatment does not effect a cure. Guarantees is- euedottlvbv lll’GO KUIUNSOX. Chemist* and Druggist, Washington street, Albany, G:i. mm Ur warded are those Who read Ythis and then act; they will find 1 honorable eiueloyment that will not take them from their homes end families. The profits re large and sure f .revet v industrious |H*rson, many hive made and are now making sever <1 honored dollar* a month It i- ease for any one t<* make 15 and upw ards per day. n ho x* wd mg io work. Either sex, j.-ung or old; capital not ne tied: we start \o«i. Krorvthing now. So special ability required; you, reader, can do it a# w ell a.- any one. rite tolt- at once for In i particular*', which we nail free. Aihlrvs* Min-on ,t ft'.. Portland. Maine. has revolutionized the world MU PUTiIIN during the last half century, jl a Mil 1 id if Not least among the wonders 111*1111111^ inventive progress is a method and system <*f «ork that <* ut l»o • er- foraiedad over the -r.rnxry without sepal-/- ling the workers from their lu>;re». Pay Jilwml; any one can do the work; either #cx xoimgorold;no»peciHlability required. Cap ital not net'led; you are sUrten free Cut this >-ut aud muni to us and we will send \ou free M»meth ; ng of great value suit im- jxirtaxev u» veil, that w*4 start you in bust* ik-<s h hi :h will oringyon i:» muremvney right kwav.tliau an vthing else in the world. Grand ouffU Addres* T«n: A Po. Augusta.Mo. tt«wH-d«m-wly. AGENTS for Yjgcm omcred a car hcvd firs*, week. sS.J aeon* half car-load, a Mich, van vesser. leared *ioo first <• witii. a Buffs to «ealtr with hi* tube- finsineaaI* rlesring |IN) i*cr nu>mli on «.ur syectait v. -end tw»»-cent stamp for illus trated ca'.nl'guc. Al.PINt. SAFE CO , Cin- ciunxti. Ohio. $500 REWARD! We will nav the above rewart for^ny case of liver coinp'aint, viy-jn-psia, sick headache, indigesttoii, constiiMtion or eostivenefis we evi not cu e with West’s Vegetable. -Liver Fill*, wbeu the directions are .strictly com* pUeu with. They are purely vegetable, i never f ail to give sati-lactiam Lanre bo oontainmg So sugar-oo**te«l pills, 25c. tor •ale by ad *>ruggirta. Beware of coonterfeiu Ind imitations. 1 he gen nine manufactured only by JOliN C. WEaT - * i CO. on street, Qhioago. ill, bold be The killing of Thomas G. Gresham by George II. Ecl(llemaii,iii Atlanta, on Wednesday afternoon, was declared by the coroner’s jury to be willful murder. The difficulty grew out of some wholesale denunciatory remarks with reference to secret societies umde by Eddieman, who seemed to be hunt-’ ing a fight with some secret society n. Fate brought him hi contact with Gresham, who belonged to two -ecret societies, and pretty soon the lie was given. Eddieman first broke a smalt walking cane over Gresham’s bead, and tiien shot him. Gre-bam was unarmed. After Gresham died u h?ttor was found in hi*pocket from Mr. .losepii Ehrlich, of tills city, Grand Recorder of the Ancient Order United Workmen, thanking him for courtesies extended to members of thenrder dur ing tlie recent meeting of the Grand Lodge in Atlanta. Public opinion is evidently strong against Eddieman, and* there was some talk of lynch.ng him on Friday night. i-inatiou. As they would not be vaccinated upon the arm and they did not eare to nave the pimple on theeud oi the nose it has generally been decided by the fashionable lemaie to have the deluaue operat'ou performed upon tlie calf of tlie leg. This tequireU the services of the elderly practitioners os the ladies were Joth to submit to tlie gaze of tlie youdiful doctors. A lady who man ages si fashionable boarding school near IJroad and Locust streets last week de termined to have all of the young ladies tinder her charge vaccinated. Those who were boarders at the school were io be vacclnuated l»y the physi cian, an elderly and well-known prac titioner, who has usually been called in to attend such ills as school girls are heir to. The young ladies all protest ed against the marking of their arms, and it was-determined, after a solemn conference, that each one should be vaccinated upon, he calf of the leg. This was entirely satisfactory until the day appointed for the operation. In stead of coming himself, the doctor sent his assistant, a very young man with a blonde moustache, whom the girls declared looked “just too sweet.” There was a hurried consultation of the ladies. “Xever?” I’ll take tlie small-pox first!” *‘He shall not vac cinate me!” Such were the exclama tions of the girls. The young doctor was compelled to retire, and the kind ly old gentleman who is his preceptor was sent for, The girls then submit ted without a murmur. A well-known physician said yes terday : “I doubt if there is a woman above 15 in the city who will submit to a vaccination ou the arm. That, of course Is natural, and is feminine.” The LeConte pea-s are liighli’ es teemed iu Thomas county, not only lor the quality ol the fruit, but for the profit to be made in shipping them. One citizen of Thomas county sold tlie yield of hi« orchard'for the next five years at fifty * cents per bushel. This surely indicates that some have faith in the future of the fruit, as fifty cents j»er bushel will bring in an enormous revenue per aerc. Our people seem to have weakened in their faith In the fruit as a money crop, while others ex press fears that tlie trees are subject to blights that make the success of the business highly problematical. We confess that we are not fully prepared to defend the LeConte pears from these charges or suspicions; however, -we have liot entirely abandoned the hope that the fruit will prove a great tiling for our section. There are fully 100 aeres around Albany, and we wish most earnestly that the owners may realize their expectations when they planted them out. The orchards are certainly beautiful, and add greatly to the appearance of a place, as there is no tree more ornamental. Sun-Set Cox made a speech on the tariff question, on Thursday. Mr. Cox always delights if he fails to convince, and his effort is pronounced one of the most witty ot his life. It abounded, too, in serious arguments, as well as pungent wltlclsms, which elicted rounds of applause. There is no ques tion but that the Democrats have the best of tiie argument. In fact, pro tectionists are not slow to admit that the principles of political economy are against their practice, but they are slow to give up the benefits accruing to them personally, or their friends, through this one-sided, unjust and un even taxation. Mr. Cox refuseJ to characterize the present system as rob bery, for said he, ‘‘Theft was done while the victim was off his guard, while he slept it wa> burglary.” That is true, but robbery is committed by force or intimidation over the protest of the conscious victim. How does this suit protection ? By a superior voting force, the principlesT»f ourcenstitution are violated in the levying of taxes, without constitutional warrant, on the mass of tlie people to benefit a favored few. The taxing power by the con stitution is limited to the necessities of “general welfare,” and no one could successfully maintain that a system of tnxatiou was conducive to public pros perity which levied an annual con tribution on nine of our people for the benefit of the tenth, nor say that a system out of which grew monopolies ami trusts, which ace aide*! by legisla tive enactments in engrossing the pro ducts of the country, is right. A tariff for revenue is right in principle and beneficial in operation. The revenue tariff ot 1S46, which was about 20 per cent., was attended by an almost health ful activity in enterprise and develop ment. The agrlultural interest was es pecially developed under it. Protec tionists make tlie same mistake with the tariff that die old woman did with ar senic, she could not understand if a little was beueficial why a great deal would not be much better. She administered It with fatal effect. So with protec- tion, our languishing interests leU the Vowi to subscribe to tale of the effects ot too much “protec- we ^ n ot going back Plain Talk to Boys. A boy’s position in a commercial house is usually at the toot ol the lad der. His duties are plain, his place is insignificant, and bis salary Is small. He is expected to familiarize himself with the business, and as be becomes more intelligent in regard to it he is advanced to a more rcsponible place. His first duty, then, is to work. He must cultivate, day by day, habits of fidelity, accuracy, neatness and dis patch, and these qualities will tell in liis favor as surely as the world re volves. Though he may work unuo- tieed and uncommended for months, such conduct always meets its reward. I once knew a boy who was a clerk in a large mercantile house, which em ployed as entry clerks, shipping clerks, buyers, bookkeepers and salesmen eighty young men, besides a small army of porters, packers and truck men ; and this boy of 17 felt that amid such a crowd a3 this he was lost to no tice, and that any efforts he might make would be quite unregarded. Nevertheless, lie did his duty; every tnorning at 8 o’clock lie was promptly iu his place, and every power that he possessesbwas brought to bear upon Ids work./ After he had been there a year lie had occasion to ask a week’s leave of absence during the busy season. “That,” was the response, “is an unusual request, ami one .which it is somewhat inconvenient for us to grant; but for the purpose of show you that we appreciate the efforts you have made with us, we take pleasure In giv ing von the leave of obseuce for which you ask.” “I didn’t think,” said the boy, when lie came home that night and related iiis success, “that they knew a thing a' out me. but it seems they have watched me ever since I have been with them.” They had, indeed, watched him, and had selected him for advancement, for short! v after lie was promoted to a i»o- siiion of trust, with appropriate in crease of salary. it must lie so, sooner or later, for there is nearly always a demand for excellent work. A boy who means to build up for himself a successful business will find it a long and difficult task, even if he brings to bear efforts both of body and mind; but he who thinks to win with out doing his very best will find him- seli a loser In the race. Therefore, boys, be honest iu work as well as iu word. A Surprised Artist. From the Detroit Free Pres*. ‘Now, George, dear,” said a fond little Newark wife to her-husband of a year the other day, “this is your birth day, isn’t It? You see I didn't forget it if you did, and I’ve been working dreadfully bard for four months to get up a surprise for you, and I’m going to give you something that’s all my own work.” She threw back a silken scarf as she spoke, and George saw before him a large oil painting in a frame that be knew lie would have to pay at least |25 fur when the bill came in. “Now, my dear,” she said gleefully, aren’t you surprised? Didn’t know I could paint, did you? I couldn’t four months ago, but I painted every bit of that picture myself.” “You did?” said George; “well, I am surprised. How perfectly natural those cows are.” Cows! Why, George, those are horses.” “Oh, so they are; I wasn’t looking ■losely. I was so taken up with tlie natural look this old stump has.” “Thatstump! Why, ray dear hus- baud, that’s a man.” “Of course it Is. I see it plaiu enough now, and I suppose that is his little dog running by his side. Looks wonderfully like our little Fido.” George,* It Isn’t a dog; it’s a little boy.” “Why, I—I—the picture isn’t in a good light, is it? Let’s move it around a little. There; that’s better. You have succeeded wonderfully with that mountain in the distance.” “George, where are your eyes? That isn’t a mountain—it's a hay- L’lck.” “So it is. What am I thinking of? [*ve l»een looking all tlie time at that pretty rustic bridge.” ‘•There's no bridge in the picture. You must mean that rail fence.” •No. surely not. What is the mat ter with this "light? 1 see now, it is a fence, and there’s a white cow lying do won—” “George Jenkins, that white cow lying down is a lady In a white dress sitting on a fallen log. You’re mak ing fun of the picture, and—” No. no, mj dear, I—1—” You’re just as mean, you—” •Now, now. dearie, I—I—•*’ You’re horrid; you Jnst jut! I’ll never paint an-Hher picture as long as I live, 1 never will.” Wild Western Journalism. The Arizona Howler says: “We have received a two column letter signed Veritas, which purports to give a true history of MajorGalvanus Burt, proprietor and landlord of the Adams house. He is shown up as a thief, hy pocrite. liar and coward, hot we shall not publish it. While he keeps the most miserable apology for a hotel on earth, and while we are satisfied be would steal the winkers from a dead dog’s eyes, the Major was the first man him unless From the Detroit Free Pre e. “O, I’ll not be the least trouble, said the lady boarder, who bad wheed led the mistress of a select boarding house into taking her for six months, although the mi-tress bad said that she never, never would take another wo man to board. “I don’t blame you for not wanting to board women,’’said the lady boarder, while laying off her wrap In her room, “most of them are so troublesome and fiuicky, but I think you’ll find I’m not one of that sort. I just take things as I find them and make no fuss at all- Now I’ll just wash tny hand-, and—O, could you get me a little white castile soap instead of thi% coeoamit-oil kind ?” “I’ll see,” said the landlady. “And about the towels—I never use crash quite so rough as this, and I’d like a Thurkisli towel ou the rack all the time.” / - “Well.” “Thank you. l’ui detei mined not to be troublesome after I once get set tled, audT—don't you think this dress ing-case would look better ou this side of the room ?” “1 don’t know.” “Seems to me it would. Supposing you call a servant up and let us see how it will look moved; and while she's here 1 believe I’ll change the bed to tlie other comer—that is, if you’ve no objections.” “O, none at all.” “Thank you. I don’t really care much, but then—O, would it be too much trouble to have a cup of hot water sent up to my room an hour be fore each meal? 1 think it does me good.” “I suppose I can ai range that,” says the landlady'gloomily. ‘^Thanks; von are kind. Now, 1 guess I’ll—O, I wonder if there is any hot water in the bath-room? I’d like to run in and just wash out a few little things that I never send to the laun dry. And I wonder if I’d be much in the way if I ran down Into the kitchen and ironed them when they’re dry ? I’ll not be a bi: of trouble.” “The cook may object,” says the landlady, blandly. “I don’t mind myself.” “O, i’ll get around lier easy enough. Trust me for that. I always dq out my handkerchiefs and small pieces wherever I board, an l I—O, while J think of it. I’d like to mention that 1 never drink anything but green tea, and if it wouldn’t be too much trouble I’d like my bread made without a bit of salt in it. Perhaps it’s only a no tion, but I can't eat salted bread.” “I hardly know bow to manage that,” says the landlady dubiously. “O, it’ll be easy enough. When you bake just make a loat without salt in it. See? 1 hope you won’t take a Ht of trouble on my account If I’m some times too late for my meals. Some times I may be out shopping or may leel a little lazy in tlie morning and won’t get up, but I’ll soon find out where things are in the pantry and will just help myself without troub ling any one.” This strikes the landlady so dumb that she can say nothing, and the obliging boarder guiltlessly rattles on. “j like hot cakes lor breakfast the year round, and, somehow, no kind of steak agrees with me but sirloin. Would vou mind ringing for a servant and having her lower the window a little from top? O, I set' the blankets on the bed are white. It’s only a fool ish notion of mine, but I really prefer red blankets; and I see you have wo ven wire springs. Conhl you as *.ell as not exchange them for the spiral springs? I much prefer them ami I ” buf tlie landlady, being new in the business, has gone irnm the room iu a dazed condition Of mind, while the lady boarder reduces her wants to writing as they occur to her during the day. jng the Methodist church nightly for a week boarded the front car ot the train, to be greeted by the Rev. Saiii Jones, evuugedsi at large. It was a AN I5FANT EXPOUXDFR. MUSCLE IS STYLE SOW. HUSBANDS, WIVES. A Bor Prc.ch.r In Kolck.rbort. j rheSorstJ Gir , with We „ DexeIoptd ; ilOW TIIET AEE ADVERTISED FOR ] Biceps Rclgnics In Society. ers and ’.Vilit an £xtcn»ive V cabnlarlj. i IN GERMANY. From the L>oa*cville Courier-Journal. , j . On the train leaving Frankfort were j The xSntinexs-Like Propo«isioi two notable characters and o-e that j *“ l *e Column* ot the gives some promise of notoriety. The i _ ew,paprr ** s ~ Rev. Steve Holcomb of Louisville, j From the Philadelphia Times, who has been heard here several tinies j * Nearly all the German dally news- during tlie week, and Pascal Porteiy { papers derive a considerable income die boy preacher, who has been crowd-. from the insertion of matrimonial ad vertisements. In most countries, to ad vertise for a 1ms band or wife is to shock the conventionalities, and to marry a person who has advertised for >igljt-worth seeing to look at the trio. _ . .. , . .... a- they entered iutoconversation,while partner is to Imperil one s future the jieople crowding tlie car gave them i pe**r- But in Germany it is quite a undivided attention. The two adults common thing for respectable citizens, are so well known that anything lifer of good position, who desire to enter lorical about them is sujierfinous; the t| ie bonds of wedlock, to publiclv pro boy preacher is a new wonder, and the c i aini the j t wants; an ,j the reg ' u i t i n «r readers of tlie times have not grown marriage are said to belully as happy with his record. 1.. i V * , . . , . „„ las the unions brought about bv less Pascal Porter is a handsome 11-year-} j.rosaic and more familiar methods. «Bi- . . _ „ , . , , , r!i J So completely is the business nature of ami pleated blouse, »j unity little hat the matrimonial alliance recognized and hi *ii button shoes, he makes uQi thaL>*\*n the best of the German jour- old lad. Dressed in knickerbockers LiDY OK WOMAN. From the New York Sun. A question which has long excited considerable Interest here lias become a matter for discussion in Texas, and we will consider it with reference to all localities. A correspondent writes: “Will you please explain when and where the words ‘lady’ ami ‘woman’ should be used, the difference in the two words, and which, if either, is cor rect, saleslady or salewoman. “A. B. H. “IIoney*Grove, Texas, May 5.” Philologically a woman i« a woman, and a ladv is a hlafdcege, a deege oi the hlaf or loaf, a kneader of bread, a bread maker. The word came up when the bread maker of the ho-se rul«d it, always, of course, under the supervision of her husband, and she being a distinguished person, “lady” became a term to be used with discrimination, and not applied to every woman, regardless of her * occupation anil do mestic station. As civilization went on, the lady or bread maker of the house inclined to give her distinctive function to another person. But, al though she resigned the bread-making, she Jealously retained her title, the dignity of which has been derived from labor solely, and it gradually became the recognized designation of a woman of social elevation above most of her associates. Finally it was adopted to mark the dividing line between refine ment and education and the lack there of. While it worked very well In serv ing this purpose, it lias of late years produced an anxious and supersensi- tive sort of craze against the broader name of woman. When the female division of the race enterted the indus trial world, it began to come under criticism. Salesmen bad never enter tained the notion of putting “gentle” in their titles, aud making themselves salegentlemen. But women who dis placed men in these duties, taok to dis placing the tlie latter, part of their regular working name, and by their own preference they became known as salesladies. Our correspondent asks which is right. Either. ' If salesmen wanted to call themselves salegentlemen they would be perfectly correct. The sales lady can oply be critisized as a matter of taste, and from that point of view- few philosophers would commend it. It displays sensitiveness toa distinction which Is arbitrary, unimportant, sup erficial and trivial. It elevates a special and somewhat indefinite phase of woman above the far grander and diviner conception of the sex. It be tokens great attention to the idea of wearing fine clothes and of proclaim ing one’s self superior to one's fellow- creatures, rather than a just apprecia tion of woman's mission and useful ness. It is a glorious, thing to be a saleswoman, girls. It shows that yon are not salesmen. It* shows that you have driven the men out from work that they u ed to think they could do better than you. It unveils future possibilities that may dazzle the imagi nation of tlie most imaginative prophet of woman's progress. As time goes on, there is almost an un varied showing of new’ kinds of work in which you displace or share _ man's former monopoly. But you do it all as women, not as ladies. It Is tlie femin ine powere in all their breath that compete successfully with the power of man; and they deserve to be recog nized and respected fully, rather than subordinated tojthe narrow and restric ted notion of what constitutes a lady. Better that a woman should cease to be a lady than that a lady should cease to be a woman. No, girts; don’t trouble yourselves with fantastic discredit of woman. To woman we, all of us, men and women, owe our existence, and woman will ever represent the tenderest concep tion of the sex. A lady carries bef stamp of quality in her ing, and principles, as a man his gentility, and never eU any other certificate. Be ladies, of course, as your sweet mothers taught to be, bat rem more Impression on tt;e casual ob server than any ordinary welt-dzessW bay of 11, but" a close sgjgt*— : '" mMt •■.how tne observer that tii thing unusual about tiie lad. This impression is made w hen one looks at his large brown eyes that have in them aii expression beyond boyhood, a thoughtful light that indicates d<*- volped Intellect behind. His manner, also, while eminently boylike, is so full ot nervous force as at oiice impress a close observer. He has been here a wqek now preaching uiglitly to great crowdsl In the pulpit he loses all of his boyish mannerisms, and if he had not tiie form and dress of a child the audience could but feel that a man ot wonderful intellect and culture was addressing them. The incredulous say that Rascal’s sermons show far too extensive a vo cabulary to be* accounted for on the theory of abnormal developeiuent of any intellectual faculty, since of nee- cessity it would take much more time than he has had for him to have learn ed die language sufficiently. How ever that may be, the youngster preaches sermons of wonderful elo quence and fluency quoting readily from all portions of the Bible. The faculty showed itself in the little fel low when he was about 7 years old, by his delivering lictures ami sermons to his fellow Sunday school scholars at his own Instance. He has been preach ing now nearly two years and travel ing all the time for three months past. The family live in Jefferson county. Indiana. The boy preacher ami Sam Jones are to give a joint exhibition at Einiuence. V« the best of the German jour- rve a column or two for the .bachelors and spinsters who The Parson Answered. From the Youth’s Comp-inion. Parson Green was one of the school committee in the town ot Briarfield, and one of Ills hobbies related to the study of geography. He contended that very little time should be spent over foreigu countries, but that each pupil should leave a common school with a clear and accurate knowledge ot his own State’s resources and to pography. Not only was he devoted to this theory, but lie lost no opportu nity of promulgating it. “Visiting school” one day, with a colleague who ventured to differ with him ou this point, the minister under took to illustrate his views by practical example. Selecting a particularly bright little girl in the geography class which had been recitiug about Africa, he said to her: “What do you know about the source of the Nile?” The little maid thereupon gave a vivid account of explorations and hardships at which her teacher smiled approvingly. “Do you know where Liberia is?” She answered promptly and correct ly. “Can you tell anything about the ancient city of Alexandria?” It proved that she could tell a great deal, and when she had distinguished hen-ell, iu the eyes of her classmates, by enlarging upon it. the minister suddenly changed his tactics. “What town in your Suite manufac tures most cloth?” he asked. The child hung her bead. She. did not know. “How many mountains are there over three thousand teet big?” She had apparently never been told. Tlie minister looked triumphantly at iiis friend. “Now, you sec,” he went on, “this child doesn’t even know enough about he* own State to utilize i-s advantagf* when siie grows up. Tell me, my little girl if you wanted to go from your home to New'York, what line of rail road you would take, and what bodies of water you would cross.’* “1 don’t know sir,” sorrowfully said the child. ‘Then you see yourself that you don’t know anything about yorir own State,*’ said lie, determined to drive the question home. “Well, if you wanted to take such a journey what should you do?” The child was driven to the wall, and .ike many a weaker creature she turned at bay. Her eyes were full of tears, and her lip quivered, but she re plied bravely, “I Should just ask my papa to take me to thestaiiou, and buy my ticket!” She was questioned, no more that day. Sid Lewis on Dr, Mary Walker. Sid Lewis lias seen Dr. Mary Walk er, and in bis weekly Washington let ter to his paper, the Sparta Ishmaelite, he reports as follows: Thursday, while standing in the en trance of tlie reporters’ gallery of tlie Houee, and looking down on the semi circular rows of chairs and desks, I had the disgusted satisfaction of seeing Dr. Mary Walker. The combination was seated over on the Republican side, in the chair ot some member. In front of her on the desk was a shining beaver and an umbrella. • Her head rested on the back of tlie chair and her eyes were closed as if she were dosing. I took a good look at the exhibit—an inventory, so to speak, of the lay-out; and truth compels me to say that I have never seen a more pitiable-looking specimen of doubtful humanity. It reminded me how, during my boyhood, I lost my appetite for a conple of days by taking a look, in a dime museum, at a mnnotniclfr P,1Im1 llvinor skplp- QCEER ADVERTISEMENTS. Seme of the advertisements are cn- rious. aud ilirow a quaint light upon Geruhui modes of thought. Here, for example. Is one: “Am forty-two yes»> old, of Hebrew descent, but a Free Thinker. Have been a widower for several years, and have grown-up children. Finding that it is difficult to properly carry on my business— that of a restaurant keeper—without the assistance of a good wife, I have made up my mind to marry again. Young ladies or widows without chil dren, who take an interest in my bus iness, and who have not less than 100 marks ($250) of their own are Invited to address K. R., etc. Agents cannot be treated, and the strictest confidence is guaranteed.” Here is neither non sense nor sentiment. The man Is not covetous. He makes no protestations. He knows what, he wants and he says it. a doctor’s wants. The next advertisement, although it proceeds from a man of a different class, is almost equally business-like: “A young doctor of philosophy, with good private means, thinks of purchas ing a small estate iu the country, and of retiring thither in order to devote himself to literary pursuits, provided that i e can contract a marriage with a well educated lady.” He does not pre tend that lie is dying for the society of a young and lovely woman. He pro poses to devote himself to literature, and the yomig woman must only ex pect to command his spare moments, ne evidently has but little time for love-making. WANTED—A HOUSEKEEPER. Similarly indiffeieut to the charms of rhe sex is tlie composer of the next specimen—“1 am a bachelor of five aud thirty, of noble rank, with a pretty country estate, with an income of 100,000 marks ($25,000). Most of my friends being now married, I, as a bachelor, am unable to entertain them as I wish, and I must therefore marry too. Any lady, also of noble rank, and of good appearance, who is willing to become my partuer in life, and to keep my house, for me with credit, may apply, inclosing full infonnatoin. to— ” This man’s object is, apparent ly, to be able to give dinner parties. But it is not only men who advertise. AN ARISTOCRATIC LADY. “A lady of the aristocracy, of at tractive appeal ai ice, aged 27,* and hav ing a house in the neighborhood of Potsdam, wishes to marry a gentleman —preferably an officer—of equal social -tinding and slightly superior age. Althougiusbc is well off, she has been discreetly and usefully bought up aud Is a good housekeeper.” Here, appa rently, is domestic jewel. An Ameri can might, perhaps, object that if she were really discreet is, after all, only a comparative term, in Germany it seems to be discreet on the part of lathers and mothers to advertise for husbands for their daughters and _for brothers to advertise for husbands for their sister*. A BREWER’S DAUGHTER. Listen to tlie old gentleman who thus expresses his hopes and aspira tions: “I have a daughter, aged 23, to whom I am devotedly attache/!. I am a brewer, and am making a large in come; but as 1 am became somewhat infirm, and am obliged to recognize that 1 must shortly relinquish the ac tive conduct of my business, 1 desire to make tlie acquaintance of an honest, cultured young man, whose antece dents will bear the strictest investiga tion, and who Is also a brewer. To Midi a oneT offer a partnership, pro vided lie be fortunate enough to please my dear daughter, and provided al«o that, when he marries her, he will be content to live with me, in my house, until X die. Application must be made iu the first place by letter. If all be satisfactory, a meeting will sub sequently be arranged.” A GOOD BROTHER III another advertisement a brother speaks: “I have.become a partner in an exjiort bouse in Singipore, bnt be fore I leave Germany l am anxious to see my sister, an orphan, comfortably settled in life at tlie side of a good hus- liand. She is a good sister, and will make a good wife. 1 can give her 10,(KK) marks (2.500) on her marriage •lay; but the man who marries her must be able to support her properly and must be or unimpeachable char acter.” All this is very business-like and sensible, although to onr ideas it may appear strange. The majority of tlie German matrimonial advertise ments are of similar types. But now and theu THE CLOVEN HOOF of tlie fortune hunter or hunters un mistakably shows itself. Yet it is not often so unblushingly as in the follow ing: “Educated young man of good and no monstrosity called “the 1‘ving skele ton”—a harrowing spectacle differing in kind but not in degree from that witnessed yesterday. The spectacle had her hair brushed man-fashion. She wore a standing collar and red cravat. There was a plenteous show of shirt front, and coat, vest, breeches and ^boots—just like one of the boys. In fact, she was rigged in masculiue attire from top to toe. Her taee is cadaverous. I have never seen a more bloodless face or more ex pressionless features. She is slight; not weighing, I should think from ap pearances, more than eighty ponnds; but it is my deliberate opinion that if she weighed only half that amount there would still be eufirely too much of her. When she got up and walked away with an awkward waddle I was not •iiirprised to see that she was decidedly pigeou-toed. ' It was before the hour for tlie commencement of the session, and but few or the member? were in the hall. But of those that were pres ent, aud of the outsiders who came in. tliere wasn’t one who paid any atten tion to the poor creature. I am In clined ~to think that she is crazy. Iz is incredible that any sane woman, what ever might be lier standing or her want of it, would voluntarily play the role of Dr. Mary Walker. Washing ton City is a free and easj place be cause of the heterogeneous character of its population; but the line ought to be drawn so as to exclude unsexed females from appearing in male attire in public places. It would seem that the law for abating nuisances could easily be made to * v ' iumption. family, excellent appearance means wishes to marry a young lady of fortune. Age not important. Ad vertiser, who speaks several languages who would like to travel, and, after a few years so spent, to settle in the Im perial capital. A Hebrew lady not objected to.” This method of obtaining a partner for life in Germany has become much more common during the last three or four years than it ever was before. THE REASON WHY. A Berlin newspaper proprietor, who has recently been questioned on tlie subject, attributes tlie increase In the number of matrimonial advertisement to increased business pre-occupation of the young men of Germany. “Many of our promising young men,” he says “have now no time for courtship in the ordinary sense of the term, t They feel, nevertheless, that they must mar ry. They choose, therefore, the eas iest method of meeting with a suitable mate. I believe that nine-tenths of our matrimonial advertisements are worded with strict truth and in perfect good faith; and that the great majori ty of the marriages which follow are as happy as—well, as happy as mar riages usually are.” ~ He Takes Care of Her. Kalegh, N. C., 3Iay 3.—Last Fri day the parents of Miss Anne Tillman, of Anson couuty, placed that young lady, who is only sixteen * A and Extreme ly pretty, in the. care of James Mc Laughlin, who was on his-way to the Union Theological seminary, In Vir ginia, for the purpose of completing his education for tlie Presbyterian ministry. The young lady was on her way to school at Greensboro. N. C. The embryo clergyman promised to take strict care of her. He more than kept his promises. On reaching Charlotte lie and tlie youug lady de cided to get married. A license was procured and the ceremony was soon performed. Mr. and Mrs. McLaugh lin then went on to Greensboro. There the bride left her husband and entered the college. The groom went on to the Theological seminary. Both are now studying. The groom ed the girl’s parents of the From the Washington Star. Society is decidedly horsey just now. Everybody, especially the ladies, talks horse and everybody rides who possi bly can. Some lack the nerve to mount a horse, and others are too coruplent. Bnt what they lack In practice they make up in enthusiastic Interest in all branches of the subject, from the proper length of the horse’s tail to the style of the riding costume. It is something new. A craze, a fad that has taken hold of the fashionables. “Most of the ladies don’t know how to ride,” observed a horsey yonng man who was talking about the paper hunts. “But they go at in some shape. The first hunt of the season, which *was over a difficult course, was notable for the number of lady riders. Tliere were some 40 ladies on horseback, while the total mount was only 110. In fact you may say the ladies are making horse back riding popular In this city. At the riding school you will be obliged to make application for a lady’s mount two weeks ahead The number of horses is being constantly increased. It is safe to say that there are over 400 persons in this city who are regular horseback riders. A year or two ago you could almost count the entire num ber on your fingers.” THE INFLUENCE OF WOMEN. “How do I account for it?” asked the young man. “It is the thing. 1 supf/ose. That will make most any thing popular. - Then again the ladies are interested In it. The resnlt Is that everybody who pretends to be any body is interested in horses. Those that caa’t ride or don’t want to ride drive out in their carriages to witness the paper hunts. I noticed a friend of mine in a carriage at the first paper hunt this season. A day or two pre vious to the last hunt I met him and asked him if he was going out. ‘lain like the Englishman’ was the response, ‘who was invited to attend a picnic ami excused -himself on the ground that he had beeu to one. I don’t tliiuk that I will go.* “You understand he was only a spectator,” commented the young man, “and of course there is not much interest in a paper bant from that standpoint. But you can perceive that for the persons riding tliere is a fasci nation that is difficult to resist when once experienced. Of course it is rather expensive for society people here but then, you know, if it wasn’t that it would be something else. ON GENERAL PRINCIPLES. TAXMAGE’S INCOME. A COLORED JURY LUMPS TRANSGRESSIONS. THE low the Famous Freaclier Sleet. Brooklyn Ei Of One or Its Own Color and Goes Beyond the Limit—The Jury Knows Slore Than the Judge. It brings everybody out of doors, and is right in line with the athletic develop ment, which seems to be a very gener al craze.” Fashionable people don’t care for athletics,” observed the listened as If h£ was stating an undisputed tact. “Don’t they, though!” drawled the young man.” “Well, I rather think they do. What do you think of raw eggs before breakfast?” and he paused as if he had scored a point. Very good after a ran, perhaps, when a man is training,” observed the reporter. “Were we talking about men ?” was the rather impatient rejoinder. I re ferred to ladies taking a walk before breakfast, and when they get back sucking a raw egg or two. How Is that for physical training?” “I don’t believe there are any ladies who do that maintained the re porter, stoutly. “Besides, - how would chat affect their complexion ?*’ Whether you believe it or not,' went on the young man,” it is a fact. There are ladies here in fashionable so lely who go through a regular course of athletics. -They have their brisk walk and their slow walk; cold baths aud crash towels, and all that sort of thing. They have their Indian clubs at their homes, and other devices of the gymnasium for developing their muscles. Fencing and boxing are not unknown accomplishments, and the femenine muscles nowadavs is not found altogether in the region of the ~‘* tti' mouth. Of course these women are not numerous, but shows you what lads some foshiouable people cultivate. I think, that this teudency is the reason for the revival of the iuterest in horse back riding. Then there is rowing, iriving, tennis and bicycle riding. The latter is developing very rapidly, judging from the number of lady riders seen on the streets. But ail classes of society use the bicycle and tricycle, and it is perhaps, the most general form of out-door exercise em ployed by the sex.” “Where are the men all this time?* asked the reporter. “Where the women are, of coarse,” was the prompt reply. “Some men are no( athletic, and. of course, they don’t associate with the women having such taste. There are all sorts of women, as well ns men. The fop can find bis congenial companion, and the man of muscle his; and the fop can pretend to be muscular when it hap pens to be fashionable, and vice versa. So you see every one can be happy. But just now out-door sports is the lad, and among some of the more in tellectual society people botanical and geological clubs and associations of a similar character devoted.to long walks in the country will be organized so that the frivolous and the serious alike may enjoy the fad while it prevails. 1 The Speaker’s Power. From tlie New York World. It is very little understood what enormous power is exercised by the Speaker of the House of Representa tives. I was a party to a conversation a few nights ago,' in wnich a very prominent member of the House, speaking of this, said: The power that rests in the hands of the Speaker exceeds In a vast degree that possessed by the President. With him rests practically every action of the committees. It is he who decides oil the men who may speak, and the measure they may speak upon on tlie floor of the house. The possible effect of such an Immeasurable power in tiie bands of one maq cannot be estimated at the present time with snch a just man as Speaker Carlisle has shown himself to be In tlie chair. But should this power fall into the hands of sui un just or a venal man, ihe consequence** would be appalling. Put the gaval In the bands of a corrupt man, and what ■night be not do! The formation of the committees would be entirely un der bis control. If he desired the pas sage of a certain measure of vast na tional importrnce, or if lie desired such a measure killed, knowing tlie state ments of the members of the House, he could so “stack” the committee which would eventually have it In charge as to make the disposition of it wbieh he desired certain. As I said, the power of the Speaker Is much greater than that of any other integer in the scheme of onr govemment. Glasgow, Ky., May 17.—Special,— An amusing trial in a magistrate’s court took place several days ago at Summer Shade, in Metcals county and well illustrates the qualification of the “colored man and brother” for jury services. A yonng negro about twenty years of age, with a general reparation for bad habits and vicionsness, had been arrested for some misdemeanor, and upon being examined before ’Squire Morgan, represented himself and demanded a jury of bis own race, which was accededto by the magist rate, and a constable directed to sum mon a paunelof six colored housekeep ers. Tq secure a substantial col ored jury took the officer some hours. but he' sncceded finallv in getting together a half dozen ebon-huetl gentlemen^ satisfactory alike to the County Attorney and the defendant. They were a lot of gray headed, honest-looking old darkles, each one of whom looked like a church deacon, and seemed fully impressed with tlie proper dignity of a juror and the importance of tlie dutv he was called upon for the first time in his lite to perform. After being duly sworn ami listening to the evidence, which was positive, and to the short speeches of the defendant and the County At torney, and having beeu .instructed by the court that the punishment for the defendant’s offense, if they should be lieve him guilty beyoud the influence of a reasonable doubt, was a fine of not exceeding $20, the jury retired to con sult on their verdict. They were goue about thirty minutes, when they re turned and presented the following: “We, the underfilled jurey, fined the defendant $C2 and fees for the jurey,” to which two of the jury signed their names and the other foiir made their marks. When ’Squire Morgan read aloud their remarkable verdict he could not repress a smile, which spread all his benevolent features until he was the very picture ot mirth fulness; but quickly recovering his composure, he observed to the intelligent jury that tiiry had evidently not regarded the instructions given them relative to the limitation of punishment, and inform ed them that at the most they could find defendant but $20. Thereupon the must venerable one of tlie panel arose and said: “Well. ’Squire, you air de judge, but we isde * d "’* jury, and we all knows dis here Nig ger, an’ be am one of de worst lot in dis community. We knows dat you sed fine him* $20 for de ’fence he guilty ob iu dis ease, but den, ’Squire, we knows ol> two or three odder pieces ob debihnent be ben ’gaged in afore dis time, and we jest thought we’d lump de whole business while wc ’boot it.” It was plain that this was a “general principles” jury, and the crowd pres ent evidently agreed with their ver dict, but the firm old magistrate could not see bis instructions and the law trampled upon In any such manner as that, however equitable to justice such a verdict might be, and he stood a bul wark between the the defendant and his “own race” jury, who wanted to find him upon general principles. He read over to them again his plain instructions, and directed them to retire again and find a verdict in conformity therewith. This thev did, and fixed the negro’s fine at $20, not failing, however, to add the costs in their verdict also, as ir fearful thev would n a be carried with It un less so expressed by the jury. The wrath of the defendant was with bounds that the “niggers” couldn’t sjjck to another “nigger” and give one of their own color a “far” trial. It Is sale to say that the preced ent of a negro demanding a jury of his rare will scarcely be followed in Metcalfe county by any other coon who gets liimsel! hit » a scrape. Albany Aryo* Talmage’s income is large, and Jie has prbably turned his attention to larger substantial gains than any pub lic man of the day. His salary as pastor of the Tabernacle is $12,000 per year, while his lecturing, receipts are fully twice that amount. As he is the most popular lecturer in the country, his services are everywhere • sought, and he can afford to ask high prices. For the exclusive control of his ser mons. in advance of the .publication as reported upon their delivery, he re ceives from a New York firm a yearly amount nearly as large as his salary. As editor of popular monthly he re ceives $5,000, while his marriage fees ran as high as $250 for a single cere mony. His Friday evening lectures are also syudicated to a large number of papers, and for this be get$ a regu lar stipend. Then he has a royalty on lils publishcd books, and receives ver large sums for doing odd literary wori whenever he has time. Offers of this kind cotne to him by every mail. Only recently he decliued an offer of $150 per week for a regular newspaper let ter on current topics. Talmage’s ex penses are, of course, large. His family live and dress well; lie has a son at college, aud a daughter of mar riageable age, and must meet many of the thousand aud one demands that are made upon a public man. He car ries an insurance of $75,000, and the premiums of this alone Is a consider able sum. Nevertheless, having a shrewd and careful wife, lie is enabled to layby several thousands of dollars each year, and were Talmage to die to-day his family would be more than comfortably fixed for the rest of their lives. A Peculiar Accident. From the Jacksonville Times-Union. On Tuesday night quite an amusing as well as painful accident occtired on a passe ng train of the 8., F. & W. road, of which Captain Floyd was conduct or. The train left the city at the usu al hour, and when it arrived at the junction In LaVilla, as the train had several “blind’’ ear* attached, the con ductor sent the train hands ahead to make an examination of those cais to see if their were any persons attempt ing to steal rides, tramps having caused considerable trouble of this sort. The hands returned, having failed to find any one. The engine attached to the train was a wood-burner, and a part of tlie spark-arrester was broken, allowing the sparks to escape freely. A young Negro man who was stealing a ride, in order to escape detection, climb on top of one of the hind cars, and lay face downwards. As the train got under full head way, large sparks flew thick and fast from tlie broken stack, and, one big one lighting on the Negro’s hack, was soon fanned into great ac tivity, and set fire' to his clothing, burning rapidly. The Negro, finding himself on fire, got up and began clambering down tlie end of the car on the platform. In his frantic hast and excitement his foot struck the bell- rope, ringing the engineer’s bell. The engineer, in response to the signal. A SOUTHERN ROMANCE. Ilandaoiue Maude St. Pierre In (be Wild* of Alabama. Mobile, Ala.. May 16.—Maude St. Pierre is in the backwoods of. Con- reulio county, Ala. Her history has been going the rounds of the press, but her whereabouts were unknown until to-day. Four years ago tliere was quite a sensation because of the dis appearance of John W. Neal, of Htiulsvlle, Ala., private secretary to Miss St. Pierre, said to be a lady of wealth. Tills event occurred at An derson station. Tenn., where Miss St. Pierre was startling the people by princely transactions in mineral lands. Miss St. Pie-re deepl y grieved over the loss of Neal, and presently she, too, disappeared. Tliere were rumors that tiie woman had murdered the man she loved. The middle of April last the skeleton remains of Neal were found at the base of a cliff near An- •ler-on station, and It was presumed that he met death b y tailing over the precipice while intoxicated. Information obtained here shows that JIIss St. Pierre, after leaving Ten nessee, went to Milton, Fla., where she remained until her funds gave out. She left several large tranks as securi ty for board, but when these were found to contain nothing but wood. In January last she arrived in Con- reulio county to take charge of a school, but did not receive the position. She took lodging with an old couple and remained until last month, they receiving nothing in tlie wav of pay but a draft on Colonel Cranton, of Washington, said draft not to be pre sented until June. During her stay she went extensively into the pur chase ot timber lends. She made large contracts, embracing thousands of acres, which went by default lately. She has moved fifteen miles back ol Brcwton, Ala., where she seeks the greatest seclusion. Although hand some, finely educated, gifted as a mu- promptly stop the train and ran to ascertain tlie cause of tlie trouble, and reached the car in time to see the burning Negro roll off into a mndhole beside the track. The poor fellow rolled about iu the mud and succeeded in putting out the fire, tlie wet earth also somewhat soothing the pain. The man’s back is said to be a solid blister, all the clothing having been burned away. But for the provident ial accident* of striking the bell-rope ami failing into the mud, the fellow in all probability would have suffered horrible death. slcian aud always fashionably dressed, * * * * * with tlie H- slie associates exclusively literate. The people she is now with are trying to get rid of her. Church Mouse. From the New York Son. “I want a warrant for the arrest of a hated rival,” said a Western young man. “I may te poor, but no man can insalt me and get away with it.” “What’s the trouble?” asked the Justice. Disturbance. It was at the wed ding ceremony. 1 won the girt, and just as I repeated ‘With all my worldly goods I thee endow,’ there came from tlie organ loft. In the voice of my hated rival, the word ‘Rats.’ 1 go on no. wedding trip until this tiling Is set tled.” From a Neighboring Druggist. Whatsoever of benefit one knows to others should be imparted pointedly and practically; and because of this consideration we hasten to say that patrons, into whose families Hut plireys’ Cases of Homeoparhic Spec I f- Tbe preacher has done well, for the girl is rich an/1 pretty. have been introduced, take pleas ure in inviting our attention to the convenient arrangement and reliabiii- of the remedies contained therein. — reryten dollar case contains nearly two thousand doses, and is accompa nied by Dr. Humphreys’ b/»ok of di rections or “Family Advisor.” If members of the household Iiave cough, cold or sore throat, Humphreys’ No. 7 cures every time. If the trouble be Dyspepsia, then No. 10 does the work. The system is sate and economical, sury founds to maintain it of II' — The Finest Country House in America. From a San Francisco Letter. Almost every American has heard of J. C. Flood, the California millionaire, but very few arc aware of the fact that Mr. Flood is the owner of tlie most magnificent country honseand grounds in North America. This estate is at Menlo P;irk. near San Francisco, and 'during Mr. Flood’s illness Is closed to trarists. Tliegoaslpper was a privileged visitor, and can, therefore, picture the scenes denied to others this season. The estate covers 1,000 acres, and is under the charge of a landscape gar dener and 120 asrtstrnts. The drives are several miles in length, and are made of white gravel kept spotlessly clean. Tlie foliage, shrubbery ami flower*, are beyond description^ Everything is a “symphony in white and gold.” The porter’s lodge is a beautiful cottage near theonly entrance to the grounds, and the great gates are white or gold. The grounds are lighted by hundreds of gas lamps with ground glass shade*, the gas being made on the place. Statuary of the most chaste and elegant design and of exquisite workmanship give a finixh to the velvet-like lawns, and closely-trimmed hedges. But the honse Is the main attraction. It i- dazzling white, the roofs are. of black slate in patterns, and the decorations are all in gold. Even the Inside blinds and the furnishings are white and gold, and this effect has been preserv ed In the finishing of tiie servants’ quarters, the eupe-b stable, and all tiie buildings on the premises. The honse stands on an eminence and overlooks one of ilie most beautiful lawns that art could produce. Fountains plash ou every side; a terrace ol Ivy and fiowers hem In eastern view, while a bank of violet* and a wall of roses tem per the force of the ocean breezes and perfume them. The perfect creation of an artistic mi'd with all the neces- „ , in Its per fection, Flood’s Place stauds unriv alled Io America, a typical borne of a millionaire. A Small Fortnue in a Pocket. From the Kingston Freeman. Charles Schermerliorn, a Kingston tailor, was somewhat surprised the other day. A man came into his shop with a pair of pants and asked him to do a little mending. He said he was going out of town for tlie night, 'and when he returned he would come in and get the garment. Before goiug to •■upper Schemer bora took up the trous ers to do the work required. ‘During an-examination of the same he felt a roll of something in the pockets, and fearing it might drop, put his hand In the pocket and drew out what he sup posed at first to be a paper of chewing tobacco. Upon a closer examination it proved to be money. He unrolled it and fonnd three bills of the denomi nation of $1,000 each, two bills of $500 each and several $20 bills. The banks was closed, the man could not be found till morning, so Scermerhora took the four thousand and odd dollars along with him. Schermerhorn says: “It was more m >uey than I was ac customed to carry about with tne or have in the house. I had always found that $100 was sufficient for one trousers* pocket, so I was worried in fear I might lose it. I thought to myself, suppose some villain should pick my pocket? I went home, and then was afraid that on that unlucky night a burglar might decide to come in and carry off my trousers with the money. When I went to bed I put the roll under my pillow and dreamed tiie most hor rible dreams about that moey during the night, and awoke more than once and felt under the pillow for it. “Once the roll had slipped to one side. I felt for it and couldn’t find it. ‘There,* I said, ‘it Is gone now. Jemiuett! The value ot a house and lor!* I fonnd it after a search, and went to sleep and had the nightmare, ied a vivid dream of having and dreami _ my throat cut by a burglar. The next day when the man came in the shop after his pants I felt relieved. I put the money in the pocket where I found it slyly, without saying anything and handed to him the garment. The first thing he done was to ran his hand down in the pocket. He found the roll of bills, counted them aud said: *Umph! I wondered what I had done with that money. Much obliged,’ just as cool as though he was in the habit of finding $2,000 bills In his pocket every day. The mending cost him fifty cents.” Her Winning Qualities. From the Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette A few days ago there were three yonng ladies stopping at a leading ho tel with their people “doing” Wash ington. They put their heads upon a project to meet Mrs. Cleveland, “not just to shake bands and say “howdy,” formally, you know, but to meet her and know’her, real sure enough.” They concocted a note asking if they could see her outside of the formal re ception, and tiie messenger returned with a pleasant note asking them to come right over. So right over they That ** AN INDIAN FIGHTER. A Talk With the Man Who Bronght About Sitting Boll’s Surrender. From the Chicago Time*. Edward H. Allison, in his buckskin clothes and his old white lop-rim bat, Is one of the most Interesting men I ever met. I usually find that men who have national reparations by their exploits on the plains and among the Indians dwindle and shriveled and be comes stupidly uninteresting when one comes near enough to them to see what they really are. But this is not true ot Mr. Allison. The more one sees of him the more interested one be comes in him. It was he who, single- handed, brought about the surrender of Sitting Bull after the massacre of Gen. Custer and his troops, and the story oi this exploit gave Mr. Allison a national name, but after all that was only one of his exploits and by no means the most Interesting of them. I wish everybody in this land— everybody whose head has been filled with false pictures of Indian fighting and of lite on the great American plains—I wish that every such boy -ould hear Mr. Allison talk* for an hour. He is far more entertaining ban the dime novelist, and what Is •etter he makes true pictures, whlcl while they entertain, are full ofg ■leaning mid profit to those who 1 :hem. He is mu ideal “Indian fight- r,” but is verv far from that particu- ir apd false Set up by the cheap •fpiiy-a-liners who never saw a plain •r an Indian, but who write miserable •tuff about them both by the mile. It is a gentleman who inhabits those buckskin clothes ot Edward H. Allison —an intelligent, a hearty, a true gen- Meman and a scholar. Mr. Allison was bora in Michigan in 1847, and spent the first fifteen years of his life on his father’s farm. Then, yet so yonng, he passed the examina tion (standing as high as ninety), and was matriculated at Ann Arbor Uni versity. Soon after this he enlisted for the war, out of which he became after three years, at the age of 19, fitted as the army is likely to fit one of his years, for something more active and exciting than the old farm life InMich- an. In 1866 he accordingly went est and became a government dis patch bearer. Ever since that time he ms lived upon the plains, suffered its ied its lessons, and hardships, learne now he has come out, after twenty- two years of it, an intelligent gentle man with a broad understanding not only of Indians, their languages and their characteristics, bat of “the In dian question,” in all Its phases, from that viewed by the statesman to that imagined by the ambitions youngster bread-kn" who sticks his mother’s bread-knife in his belt and starts to exterminate the race of red men. Mr. Allison has not merely learned the Sioux language; he has mastered it. He speaks a dozen or more lingo*, or dhlects, but he says the Sioux is the language of the American Indian, and of the 300,000 Indians in all the coun try the Sioux nation comprises one- sixth. “There Is,” said he, “onlv one lang uage that is employed by all our West ern Indians. It Is thesfgn language.” Then Mr. Allison gave me an ex ample of this “tongue.” An Indian Is hungry. He motions with one band toward his open open mouth, as If he was throwing food Into it, and then makes a negative gesture awav from his mouth. The translation literally is: “I have eaten—not.” Of coarse lie has not eaten; he is hungry. If he is very hungry the gesture toward his mouth is greater in extent—that is, he motions- toward his month and con tinues the gesture clear along down ‘ * ... “the way Ids stomach; he is empty all t down, so to speak. Now he wants to say he has looked for game. This is said by pointing his two first Augers away from -his eyes, the back of his hand being in front of his nose, if he was to say be bad to look for the game he points In several directions and for some time . with these “finger eyes.” To tell of mounting his pony and riding away, be straddles two fingers of one hand over.the forefinger of the other and makes a galloping motion with the hand. To say that he levels his gun at the game he holds bis if ho"' arms as if holding a gun. Slapping one palm upon the other means that he fired the gun, and slapping the back ' * ’ 'm of tii of one hand on the palm of tiie other means that he brought down the game. If he missed the mark he makes the same gesture, but adds tiie negative flourish to it—“he brought down the game—not.” So he goes through everything he has to say, and Ur. Al lison tells me that every Indian in the West knows this language per fee t- Mr. Allison held the position of dis patch bearer for some time, and then became a mail carrier, riding on horse back and taking the mails on a pack * ‘ “ Vm - - * - innle from old Fort Rice In Dakota for hundreds of miles In all directions through a country swarming with hos tile Indians. He always bad with him an escort of Indians friendly to him, but they bad many a battle with the liostiles daring the tiiree years he con tinued in the service.' “It was hard to get more than 300 yards outside the fort palisade,” said he, “without having an arrow shot at you. “By the way,” he continued, “I should like to say a word for the In dians who were especially friendly in those days, such as Cold Hand, Gcose, Good Tone Metal, Butcher (or ‘Cut- ’Em-Up,* as some cell him, because he canred bis enemies to pieces. Those Indians and some others were friendly to the government through thick and thin, and were wounded in many bat tles they had for the government’s u I think they deserve to be pen- sake. sioned. But it always happened that "dor government had done the most for hostile was about three p. m., and they did not return until nearly They were breathless with were breathless wii enthusiasm and loaded with flowers. “Just to think,” said one of them, “we’ve been with Mrs. Cleveland all this time, and stayed with her to tea. just we four together, and we had 1 le Indians, while the friendly ones have been left to look out for themselves.” In 1872 Mr. Allison was in Charles Mix county, In Southern Dakota, where he had embarked in business for himself and where be was chairman of the first elected county board. He speaks very bitterly of the treatment be and tbe other pioneers of that coun ty received at the hands of the admin istration at Washington. Just before the county was disorgan ized Mr. Allison was elected to repre sent it in the Dakota Legislature, but be never did so. He bud his certificate of election, bat be had no county to represent. He Used to be a Boy Himself. Little Rock Gazette. The other day a show came to Little Rock and was shamefully imposed upon by Uncle Isom. While standing near the tent he saw a crowd of low- spirited boys grieving on account of financial depression. Does yer youngsters want to go to’ dersliow?” he asked The boys responded iu a noisy cho- such fun. It was just to awfully jolly ms. for anything. We romped and played “Well come on den. I uster be a with ’the dogs, and Mrs. Cleveland I chile myself, an’ unlike mos’ men, I wouldn’t see anybody but u% and she | hain’t forgot it. Count dose boys,” showed us all her pretty tilings, and he added,- addressing the doorkeeper. said she bad not hail' so good a time for ever so long and and—oh, wbo’d have thought ft!” “Did you see Mr. Cleveland?” asked tiie father of one of the young ladies. “Yes,” replied tiie vivacious young ' totting The man began counting, and by the w ranting, am time tbe boys bad passed in, Isom i spokesman, with a perceptible letting down In her enthusiasm. “You know we were awfully prejudiced against him, and really he isn’t a* pretty as h# might be. When be came In we were like a lot of clams, and were afraid of iiim. But be was just too splended for auy thing, and we’ve just changed our whole opinion about him. He was so nice lo her; eo Indulgent and pleasant and fatherly, you know.” There was a burst of laughter at this remark, and the young ladies retreated undercover of it into the elevator. But they will have great stories to teil their chums when thev get back to Pittsburg, an«l I am afraid tbe three paters, who are republicans, will I inclined to vote for .Mrs.) Clevz * next fall. walking around talking to acquaint ances from tiie plantation. “Here,” said the showman, “Give me twenty tickets.” “What for? Does ye think me n lottery agent T’ “You passed In twenty boys, and I want the tickets or the money.” “I doan owe you no tickets, and I doan owe yer no money. I didn’t tell yer to pa«3 tiie boys, I said count em. I’se always beard that showmen is good on ’rithmetic, an* I wanted to satisfy myself. You say dat der was twenty boys; I doan *pute your word, ka-e 1 ain’t no mathertfeian. Spos’n I Like a lot of boys tor de cashier of a bank, and axes him to count ’em, does dat signify de cashier is gwine to pass ’em into the money room? No sail. Go back to your tent 1 see a crowd gom in. The showman remembering that be id left tiie entrance uugugxded, turu- i, and Isom walked away.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Weekly news and advertiser. (Albany, Ga.) 1880-1???, May 26, 1888, Image 1