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ALBANY. GA.. SATURDAY. JUNE 2, 18*8.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Justice Lamar Is at present In Ms-
con with his wife, who Is visiting her
o <1 home.
The Georgia watermelon grows
ipace, and tlie expectations of growers
a e developing oat of all proportion.
The daily bulletin* from the sick
Rmperor of Germany are not rest
oring. Frit* must surely be ap-
roacbing his end.
Paris is just now in the throes of a
financial panic on account of the lsrpe
number of forged notes of the bank ot
France. Public confidence is shaken
md ugly times seem to be ahead.
^Thliftfvder*..
“jr. Wre-Sth aad i
*miea! taa» savor
— ifl»nsa« ordinary klads. and—aaotia
■old to <vn&petittoa wita tb* aaltitodsof low
top abort weisst, slam or ahooBbasepswdwr
0, &yALB*AEnfG POWDER 00„
10f WALL STREET,
rnrOtRwly HEW TOES.
FOK SALE BT A. STERNE.
Teeth! Teeth.II
DE-LEC-TA-LAVE
The lest Dentifrice I
Dr. Call*on it lieSanri Delrclala^s
Dr. Calhoun. nott»l everywhere * or in
tegrity, ha* the following to any about Delec-
talave:
•‘It afTtwila tue pleaAurc. after a careful
examination of the formula of Dele- talari*
to bear tentimony to it* value, ami to *tAte
that Ita curative qualities* are bejroml quea*
tion. I regard it. »« the name Implies, a de
lightful wanh. and ran recommend it to the
public.. Your* trul^.
. CALHOUN, M. D.
If your teeth need whitening, uoe Delecta-
lave. It will perfume the hrrath, preserve
the teeth, harden and refreah the guini and
prevent the forir ation of tartar.
It la plenanot to the taatv, ami ita aroma la
delightful.
EVERYBODY SHOULD USE IT.
For*ale Uv Hugo Itobinfon and all Drug-
gist*, nt Fifty Ceuta |>cr I*•tile.
ASAG* CANDLER & CO..
Wholesale Druggists, General Agenta.
Atlanta. Ca
POMYODR BLOOD.
fa* people of Blakely have voted to
nave an artesian well, and the News
briog* out Ita boomiog campaign can
non In announcing the fact. Hurrah
for Blakely and ber uprightly News!
Me. J. E. SctioniLD, a member ol
tlie last legislature from Bibb county
■r111 not be e candidate for re-election.
Hr. Schofield made an active member
uid attained some prominence In the
House.
SIDNEY LEWIS TO “50 POLITI-
015.”
A few days ago an article appeared
It. the Atlanta CenstituUoa, over the
signature of “So Politician,” In which
it was staled that Hr. Sidney Lewie,
the Washington correspondent of tb*
Koqttirer-Snn, had la past campaigns
abased Senator Colquitt. Iu the letter
which follows, Mr. Lewis, audtea a
reply to “No Polltieao,” which will
be found nuher sally Trading:
WaaHissTOS, Mar li.-=Tb* remits
ot the late convention In Georgia, seem
w nave been very crashing to the ex-
bu—v. Their pitiful lamentations fill
the air, ai d they anil
nl adders.
-elves like blind
have been disregarded, their
tloua liave been .lighted, ibflremn-
inaml* h.vw
lordly towering combs have been c
* l»eir insufferable vanity ha. I
11 ox. II. G. Turnek bu been men
tioned in connection with the Vice-
PresMnicjr. Ho-would grace any po
sition, and reflect credit upon those
who raised him even to that exalted
position.
Mb. Jktvhbos Davis could not at-
teml the ceremonies of laying the cor
ner Mono of the Jackson, Mb.., Con
federate Monument, but Mb. Winnie
«as theie. and lent inspiration to the
•jccnsion.
The sinniner I« before us, and Id
nitiiml heat will be inteu*ifie<l by the
warmth of the political campaigns.
Keep cool, gentlemen; the world will
move on in i»* regular orbit, it matter*
iot w ho b de eated.
If there b one fact that the readers
$f the Atlanta Constitution should be
thoroughly cognizant of, it is that Sam
Kamlall bsupposed to have saved New
York to tlie Democratic party In the
ast Presidential election.
PnKMident Cleveland tuts signified
his disapproval of a practice that is too
frequently resorted to—that of can
vassing for mii office while holding an
other. lie ha. intimated to Mr. Mor
rison that lib resignation was iu order
before lie enter, tlie race lor Congress
ped, their _
mortally wounded, rho bail air baa
been let out by the successful puuct-
itriugof their inflated pomposity, and
they are blinded with rage-bitter and
unforgiving. Tbe Atlanta Constitu
tion U being made the medium through
which their reviling, are beiug poured
fourth; andtfaeficuoo of
-IMS been reaor
Price $2.00 Per Year.
SKIMPY JIM’S GRAYE.
“Wal, I’m beat!”
As be made the remark, addremed
to an imaginary auditor. Jack Shan
non, miner, paused, shoved bis old
slooch hat backward on bis mop of
tangled hair, and shading bis eye.
with a bard ml hand, gazed down tlie
dope. Rounding tne spur of the hill,
be had caught sight of the figure in
dustriously digging in a breast-deep
pit, a few hundred yarda to one side
of tbe trail.
44 Wal, Pm beat,** be remarked again.
written the happy tidings to the o»d
Striding down tbe slope be was soon
oae beside tbe digger.
“Hello, tharP* be sainted.
Tbe other returned the salutation
politely.
“What do yon reckon to do thar?”
“Make my fortune, I hope.**
“Wal, 1*11 be *
Shannon paused, half overcome with
uouisbment.
“Who air you, an* whuryon from?”
be asked presently
My name is
from New York*
“That's what I reckoi
ford, and I am
resorted t», to give'
anonymous charges a character which
tbe author knew would not attach to
them had they appeared editorially In
his paper. It may perhaps be claimed,
with a show of truth, since tbe results
of tlie lste convention were known,
that there U a show of raison and
frankness In tbe signature, “No Politi
cian,** which U appended to the bllud-
adder cards. Tbe result showed that
the reputed Warwick, the king maker,
was, iu fact, no politician, or a very
noor one. It Is very easy to agree that
lie author of these card, is “no politi-
•;ian.*’ at lea*t of tbe creditable sort;
ind while lie may very naturally be a
newspa|»er mail of the kiud that are
not “embarrassed by facts.” as they
affect others, he certainly shows a
commendable appreciation of Che great
fact as to the squelching of himself,
•unbodied in the action of the conven
tion. Tlds will fully explain this
sort to antioymous methods, to give
character to what he inay say.
While this non-political Jeremiah is
vbat I reckoned,” mnttared
“Evrryrduruetl fool—**
i speak?” questioned Lorn
“Did y6u speak
ford.
“Nope,** the other answered shortly.
Then after a conversation lasting
nearly half an hour, Jack Shannon
strode down tbe trail leadiug to Bed
Oak camp.
By» o’clock that night be bad made
a few inquiries and had followed them
up by engaging in a rough-and-tumble
in tbe east. A day or two
as tbe claim refused to pan out mm*
than a beggarly pittance, he expressed
regret that he hail been so hasty iu.
writing. It would have been better,
he said. If he had bad waited a little
longer till prosperity was assured.
By the end of the week there was
a markrd change in LongfokL The
beavv toil geetn»d weariug on his j
-lender frame terribly, but he labored ;
bravely on, In spite of the fort that
the claim panned out less and less,
day by day. Then as the receipts
dropped to only a few cents per flay
for the toil (hit was rapidly breaking
him down. Longford grew hagg.nl
and despondent, but still worked >n.
tmpthg for the cumiug of the deferred
rosperity.
Then, one day when he did notcouif
to the cabin at noon, and the dinner
got cold without his appearing. Jack
went in search of his partner. He
BARBER'S SDPERSTITION.
Dropping a Razor Brings Bad Luck—
Tired and Balky Razors and .the JLikr.
found hhor v Brimmer, the business* • “Busted, eh?”
in-eii! ' '*“-” J
minder-in-chief of die Red Oak Camp.
Jt
titting nt tlie bottom of the little pi
holding Longford*A head in hla imp ana
fanning him with frightened energy,
particularly endeavoring to restore
him to consciousness.
Jest sorto reckoned to tell him the
truth and save him a heap o* useless
work.** Shorty explained. “Jest told
him *bont this yar bein’ Skimpy Jbft’s
o* agin, an* then* without a sound, fell
farrards on bis face.”
Jack bore his parduer to the little
cabin, and as lie laid the still from ou
the bed, he mattered In emphatic lan
guage bis deep regret that be dhl not
“111 K« —
leprlve Bill Kefflerof bis life instead
of merely beating him.
fight with Bill K*-filer, who prided
him*
prutendedly weeping oyer tbe suppos
ed martyrdom of Mr.
. Walsh, bis real
grievance is tlie fact that a Georgia
deini
Atlanta has generously determined
not to hold the Piedmont Fair next
fall. Macon, Augusta, Columbus,
Rome and Gainesville all are making
efforts to hold fairs, and the manage
ment of the Piedmont has withdrawn
from the field, giving these cities a
clear track. .
Impurities In tbe blood produce dlssssss.
Bodily and mental health depend upon a
healthy condition of the blood. The blood,
particularly In the apring and during th# hot
summer months, tx-come* cl<w d with Ira-
purities, which poison It and aenerate dis
ease. A harmless blood pur I Her, without a
particle of mineral poison In It. such as mer
cury or potash. U necessary to remove these
Impurities and to restore the healthy tons ot
mind and body. The best purifier and tonle
known to the world Is Swift's Specific (8X.8.V
In regard to IU wonderful purifying and
tonlo powers we give a few testimonials as
follows:
Mr. Wa A. Sir bold, with Om. P. Rowell a
Ca, W Spruce Street, New York, wrl'esMarch
2Mh. l)*l; “I feel It my duly, for the benefit
of others who may be afflicted as I was, to
write you this let ter, which you can use as
my testimony In any way you choose. I will
answer any Inquiry from others In relation
to the facts herewith stated. In February
last I suffered great pain and Inconvenience
from boils, all over my neck; I could not turn
my head without acute pain and my blood
was In poor condition. After try Ins all the
usual remedies In such cases, and finding no
relief, by the persuasion of Mr. J. W. Fears,
Manager of your New York Office, I used oae
bottle S. 8. S, ami I Improved rapidly and
very soon I was entirely relieved of my
“Job's Comforters." Now not a sign of my
affliction can be seen. I feel strong and cheer
ful. 8. R. 8. la a fine .tonic as proved In my
case. I sleep soundly and my appetite lsgood.
Dr. J. N. Cheney, a well-known physician
writes from Ellaville, Georgia • M I use 8. & 8.
In convalescent fever cases with tlie best re
sults. It will. In my Judgment, prevent sum
mer dysentery. If one will take a few bottles
In the spring, thus preparing the bowels for
the strains of summer."
Mrs. 8cott Liston, 116 Zane street (Island),
Wheeling. West Virginia, writes: "Having
used 8. H. 8. for the blood. I can safely say
that It treats anything I have used to cleanse
the blood and make a new being out of a per
The telegraphic reports from New
York state that money la abundant
and very easy in that city. This is said
to be the result of the Treasury pay
ing out $3,700,000 more than it received
last week. Money ebbs to and flows
from the great commercial metropolis
of the country. Ita financial condition
is a very good Indication of that of the
whole country.
Mr. M. S. Hamlin. Winston, N. writes
" 1 use It every spring. It always builds me
up. glrtng nw. api<etlte and digestion, ami
enabling me to stand the long, trying, ener
rating hot summer days. On u*!ng It I s»».n
become strong of Imdy and easy or mind.**
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
Tax HwjrrSrvcinr C«v. Drawer 3, Atlanta, (la.
Heal is WeaUh!
Da. F.. i*. WgsT’s Sieve ASP 1!kain
Treatment, a guamiii' cd specific lor
rta. Dlttiliesa, Convulsions rit*. Nervous
NeuraleiL, lloada.-Se. Nervous Prostration
ejiu-od liv the it-eof alcohol or tobacco. Wake-
fulnCR.-, .Men nl l».*|*i exatuii. ^dtening ol the
llrain re.-uliing in insanity ami leading *
misery,d«c.«) and I'eath, I'remattire Old An,
BirroDDm, l.awol INmer in either sex, in
voluntary Losses and Meritato.rluva cauaetl
by over-e\erth n of the braiu. self-abuse or
over-indulgence. lach Isix contains one
month’s treatment. $ .uO a U»x, or,siX boxes
for ^N.tiu. sent by mail prepaid oti receipt ol
price.
WE GUARANTEE alX BOXES
To cereanv ease. With each order received
bv us (or si.\ Isixea, accoiupanie«l with fi.< 0,
we will send the pi.rehaserour written guar
antee to refun > the uioiie*. ‘f the treatment
doe* not effect a cure. Guarantees is-
►uedonlvbv HUGO UOlilNSON.
Cheinist* and Druggist. Washington street,
AlltaiiT, Ga^
m ile warded are those who read
Ihts and then set; they will find
honorable employ meat that will
not take them front heir homes
and families. The profits -re large and sure
fur every industrious per-on, many have mode
and are now making several hundred dollars
a month It is easy for any one to make 95
and upwards per day. who is w tl'ing to work.
Either sex, voting or ohl;ca| ital not needed:
we start you. hvcrvthing new. No s|iecial
ability retjutretl; von, reader, can tlo it as
well a* ant one, w rite to u* at once for til*!
particular*, which we mail free. Address
bUnaon AO
t CO.. 1‘ortland, Maine.
I IMfHlIJRlAlt has revolutionized the world
U lJPUTj||U dunug the Iasi half century,
fl I oifl i AUH * Sul l«*»' 1 aimmg the wonders
" 1 ' of inventive progress Is a
method sml system of work that can be t er-
fiinmal ail over the country without separa
ting the workers from their lion m. Pay
liberal; any one eau do tho work; either sex
younger old: no special ability re-iuired. Cap
ital not needed; you are started tree C«l
this out and return to us and wc will send
you free something ot great value end lm
j«.irtai.ce to you. that md start you in bu»i<
ness which will bring you In more myney right
a« av.than anvthingelse in tlie world. Gruwd
outjitfrte. Address TaCk S Co. Augu*ta.Me.
derfiiobnm-wly.
V17 ANTED—LOCAL AGENTS foi
>> new * -orlaity- Fire l*tv*cf Safes. N.
Y * rent onlered a ear load find week. s.N.J.
agru* halt car-load, a Mich, canvasser* lcared
> U W first r «mtlu a Buffalo ueaicr with his
'*% ..ibe- imsinea* is clearing |1»» i*er aMnfh on
onr specialty Send twi»-eent »ta«p. for lllns-
trated catalogue. ALl'INK aAlktO , Cin-
cinnvti. Ohio.
$500 REWARD!
We will i«y thc•hororan^f<w t janj | roa>
The Atlanta Constitution virtually
atluilta that it waj sent to bed by the
recent State Democratic convention,
and cleverly hints that it U entitled to
a little more time than it has yet had
to get thoroughly “reconciled.” All
right, esteemed contemporary; you
shall have it. -
Dn. WOODUOW'h trial still pro
gresses. He has made an a' le defense
of his position, which has been
strengthened by elaborate arguments
in favor of it by others, but still his in
genious theory is not convincing, anti
it Is most probable that the Presby
terian General Assembly will convict
bin ol heresy.
The services at tlie Methodist church
during tills w*cek have been well at
tended. Good congregations have as
sembled night after (tight and thereby
shown their interest in the work. All
the services up to date have been held
especially for professing Christians,ami
were preparatory In their uuture. To
morrow the regular protracted services
will begin. All are invited.
In the House of Representatives on
Friday an amendment offered l»y J. D.
Taylor, of Ohio, to increase the salary
of tlie Chaplain of the House from
$iK)0 to $1,200, gave rise to some dis
cussion, much of it of a bantering
haractcr, iu regard to tlie amount of
praying which was uecessary for tlie
well-being of a Democratic House.
The amendment was rejected by a vote
of 81 to 8$.
Some of our people have gone to
work already for the next Art and
Flora! Fair. Albany will put Its best
foo; foremost at her next fair. Those
who were agreeabbly surprised at tbe
resources of tlie city in art and flowers
as manifested by the last fair will be
amazed at the extent and variety of
the next. The greatest question with
which the association win have to con
tend will be where to hold the fair,
It promises to outgrow the hall in which
the last was held.
The cottou crop is developing most
satisfactorily. Notwithstanding the
fact that the nights have been unusual
ly cool, the plant has not been covered
with lice as was appreheuded. But
the News and Advertiser cannot tor-
bear to caution our people against
banking too heavily on prospects. Our
farmers and merchants both are too
much disposed to count chickens be
fore the eggs are hatched, to use a
homely phrase. The farmer naturally
feels elated over the promising condi
tion of hU growing crop, and the mer
chant encourages bis disposition to ex
travagance w*hich the prospect* seem
to warrant. Let the most rigid econo
my be practiced b> farmers and mer-
c'lants, and the time will again come
when the farmers of this county will
have money to pnt out at luterest.
ot Vtrer oiwtp'aint. 'ijrtpepaia,
— ( ooosu(Mil 1
. u->n or eotfiTeae** wo
not cure With "crt’i Vrcviable Uvar
PUD, wbcu the direcuuaa ore strieC
pUea with. They are purely v
never falttogir* •atiafacuoo.
fail to fin.
jrenulM manufacture!
XSTuCO^SIS W.Madi-
UL Sold be Hugo fiob-
and laitationa. The rennine iwmt
oolf bj JOHStWHIuCO-l^^
S&ZSSS?'
In his recent speech at Brooklyn
Secretary Fairchild said that on the
30th of April last there was about
$700,000,000 in tbe custody of the
Treasury Department. Of this huge
amount only about $300,000,000 be
longs to the United States, the rest be
ing held on deposit to redeem gold,
silver and legal-tender certificates and
national bank notes. Of the $300,000,-
000 belonging to tbe United States,
$100,000,000 !s held to redeem green
backs, $60,000,000 is held subject to
checks outstanding, disbursing officers*
drafts, matured and accrued interest,
called oonds, etc., and $36,000,000 is
in subsidiary silver coin. There re
mains still the vast sum of$110,000,000
free and clear from any possible liab'l
ity—a useless surplus forced out of
men’s pockets by reason of excessive
tariff taxes. It is wrong, In Secretary
Fairchild’s opinion—and In the opinion
of a good many other people-tbat all
this large sum of money should every
year be taken out of circulation to
serve no purpose bat that of the pro-
teeth '
ers of trusts.
leuiocratic convention sat down on
him—not because he la not “embar
rassed by facts,” but became he is
embarrassed by opposition to tbe dem
ocratic measure of tariff reform.
Had the convention beeu guilty
of the folly of sending him
to St. Louis, to indulge in hypocritical
gusli over the triumph of a principle
which he fought to the last, and to
which he is even now opposed,the State
would not be treated to the disgusting
exhibition which be gives of rubbing
Mr. Walsh’s sores in public. But if
not a success as a politician, it must
be admitted that he can’t be beat as a
public manipulator of old sores.
My past, present or future relations
to Senator Colquitt are not a matter of
public concern; but I wish tossy to
’No Politician” that wbeu be acmes
me of hMring abused Senator Colquitt,
even when 1 opposed him politkati^r
he utters an unmitigated false!
While 1 liave differed with him strong
ly, I liave never entertained towards
itiui other thau the friendliest feelings
and relations, apd lie knows It. But
had 1 ever been hla enemy, I would
not have attempted to stab him in the
attempted to stat
dork as *‘Xo Politician” does, from
imself on being a schemer and a
financier. The miners were divided
in opinionm to the justice of tbe at
tack; but were united in tlie belief
that Mr. Keffier wasalhoruiigh-U-ateL
man.”
“An* served him right!” roared Big
Joe Bitters, thumping the table will,
his huge fist, wbeu the afiair was be
ing discussed in tlie boarding house
an hour later. “Served him right.
Fer, uv all the low-lived tricks I ever
seed worked on a man that waa tbe
low-livedest!”
“That’s what it was,” agreed an
auditor. “ But Jack bad no call to
dip Into the matter.”
“He had. too!” retorted Bitters.
•‘It’s any man’s call to dip in when he
sees a feller-nixn gettiu* robbed. An*
this yar is nurtbin* shot uv robbery.”
“That’s what it bain’t.”
“We reckoned Skimpy Jim done us
mighty mean dirt, but it wasn’t a
patchin* to what Bill Keffier worked
on this yer tenderfoot.”
Skimpy Jim’s offense hod consisted
in not expiring when expectations and
ak’s apolt
Red Oak’s apology for a doctor ssid he
must die. At. tlie approach of the
I ircvious winter, the shiftless, “trif-
li
ling” ne’er-to-do-wee I of tbe camp,
bad been attacked by a mysterious ma
lady, which had puzzled all Red Oak
id I
and the medical a|iolugy before men
tioned. He did not lose flesh to any
alarming extent, and bis appetite did
not seem at all ailing, but he complain
ed of grievous and racking pains, and
continued to grow worse in spite oi
the heroic doses that he dailv gulped
down. Finally be grew so ill that dur
ing the first cold snap Me demanded
id e\
constant attention, and even had to be
fed with a spoon.
ilder weather came again
behind his transparent i
Sidney Lewis.
SHE WAS A MOONSHINER’S SLATE
But Now Ska will UaLtha Foriwae
off m Ditkosormbla I'sikar.
Boston, May 13.—In 1863, says the
Globe, cue l»r. Augustus Franklin
came to Nantucket and soon became a
leading light in society, gaining the
confidence and esteem of all who
knew him. Finally tie brgau to pay
marked attentions to a young lady
who was handsome and well-to-do.
He was accepted, the bridal prepar
ations were made, the day was set, but
the doctor suddenly appeared ill at
ease, lie sent woltl to his betrothed
that tlie wedding could never take
place, and before tlie people of Nau-
tuckett could recover from their
surprise he sold out his lucrative busi
ness and left Nantucket. Slxteeu
mouths later he returned and attached
to his card, informing tlie public of his
return to practice was the announce
ment that lie would resume the family
name of Franklin Augustus Ellis.
Tills change of name created a sensa
tion. but his business increased aud he
continued to make money. He had,
however, become addicted to tbe use
of morphine. So firm a bold bad tbe
habit taken upon him that he died
from Its effects In Worcester May 24,
18S4. HU remains uow lie in the ceme
tery there.
He left a will by which three sisters
•cere bequeathed some $1S,000. The
sister*’ attorney, George H Newton,
of Manson, who visited California last
summer—chanced to meet Mr. E. M.
Cleveland, a former acquaintance of
Dr. Ellis, w ho told the attorney,great
ly to Ids surprise, that the doctor had
been married in 1860 to oae Martha
Pity, daughter of a wealthy wklow of
Saylesville, Ala., by whom, it was o*-
" h«ui,
certained, be had one daughter. Also
that ou May 5, 1868, the doctor had
deserted
suddenly deserted hU wife and her
mother, taking with him tbe proceeds
of the sale of the latter’s plantation,
some $6,000, and had never afterwards
been seen by them.
Mr. Newton secured the assistance
of O. E. Hall, of Collinsville, Ala.,
who in January last succeeded in
tracing the long-lost daughter to one
of the moonshlnlng districts of Tennes
see. She was scantily clothed, and
her appearance indicated that she bad
been subjected to all tbe drudgery
that could be imposed upon ber, and
that she had practically been the slave
of an old eccentic moonshiner, al
though ber character was above
picion. She told Mr. Hail that her
mother had been dead about eleven
years. She was brought to Collins
ville, where she was at once identified
by her aunt ou account of ber striking
resemblance to her mother. Tbe
clergyman who married Dr. Ellis and
several witnesses of tlie marriage have
been found, and steps will be taken at
once to secure for the young lady her
rightful slutre of her father’* estate.
you know better. I
Didn’t Want the Last Word.
From tbe Chicago Tribune.
“1 should like to know,” said Mr.
Rambo. testily, when the conversation
had began to wax warm, “why it is
that a woman always wants to have
tlie last word.”
’She doesn’t,” replied Mrs. Rambo
“It’s a slander.”
*My dear, it is certainly the truth.
You know you alwayr
“Absalom, you ki
don’t.”
“I am sure **
“No, you’re nut. It Isn’t so. 1
“Why, my dear, can’t yon see ”
* “No, I can’t! And I think—boo-boo
—you are—are just as—as mean as you
can be.”
“Well, dear, I’ll take It pock. You
don’t alwars want tbe last word.”
“Of course, I don’t see what yon
wanted to say so for.”
44 Well, I won’t say It any more.* 1
“Because you know It Isn't true. 1
“As well as I do.”
“You want it youraeif.”
.41 *»
“And you know It.”
“You may be right, my dear,” a
Mr. Rambo, putting ou fate hat i
“I know I’m right.” :
r after nin
Rambo calling a
If you are growing
weaker from that blood
which does not s
fort and t
When mil ^
there was improvement in bis coVuii-
tiou. it w»< decided that advantage
should he taken of the weather, and
so Skimpy Jim’s grave was dug, up
tlie trail ou the sunuy side of theslope.
where tlie ground was not frozen ms
hard ns elsewhere.
“Y6u see, Mdrnp,” Big Joe Bitters
told the invalid, “It’s just this yar
way, yer bound to die in a few days,
any way you kin fix it. We’re on’r
takln’ advantage uv tlie weather un’
diggin' tlie grave wbeu wc kiu. Haint
tryin* to hurry you off, understand.
Presently Longford opened Ids eyes
etl into bis imrduer’a *
and looked into bis panluer’s face in a
•lazed, despairing way. “Jack,” be
whl-pred, “is it true?”
And Jack San non was forced to say
the words that crushed out tlie last
spark of hope. “It’s true!” be said.
uid turn away to grate a bitter regret
' Hied Mr. Keffier In
that lie hail not ki
the most agonizing manner known to
Longford, as he lay on the bed, drew
tile * * ~ *
but just simply takio* time by the fort-
o speak. If we didn’t dig ii
top. so to
now, fust thing we knowed it would
turu cold an* freeze so hard we
couldn’t. *Spose you’d up an’ die
then, whor’d you be with no grave?”
Skimtny Jim’s only reply was to
if i
turn ove* iu bed witli surprising ener-
gy^and grate Ills teeth. That night
grate hli
Impy departed from Red Oak for
ever.
Great was the wrath ot tlie miners at
reading a note lie left to inform them
that be had beeu slut aiming illness in
order to secure attendance and food at
no cost to himself. He added In iiisult-
ing postcript, that they were a gang of
suckers, who should never have the
pleasure of burying him,if he went tiu
buried for 1,000 years. So Skimpy
. -Jj, « - • —
Jim’s grave is unfilled aud the miners
expressed great regret that they had
not hurried him anyhow*, and with
out waiting lor the formality of his
death.
“Now, that thar was a mighty low-
down trick of Skimp,” went ou Big
Joe Bitters, with another thump on
the Uble. “But, Ter Bill Keffier to
‘salt’ Skimpy Jim’s grave an, sell it to
this yar tenderfoot as a payin’ clulm
was a heap more’downer.”
“That’s what It was,” was the gen
eral Indorsement. .
The only tiling that prevented the
miners running BUI Keffier out of the
camp was the fact that the ten min
utes that iminedately followed his
beating saw Mr. Keffier a quarter or a
mile away, aud rapidly putting dis
tance between himself aud the camp.
Midnight found the belligerent, Mr.
t cabin frowning
Shannon pitting in hi* _
at tbe sputtering candle rubbing a
painful knot on his head made by tlie
fist of Mr. Keffier. As he rubbed aud
scowled be muttered half aloud:
“Hain’t much on sentimental and
all that, but banged if I don’t feel
mighty sorry for that pore fool ten
derfoot. Paid all his slender savin’s
in year’s in school teaching for that
bole in tbe ground, good enough. 1
reckon, as a grave, but as a mine
worth onlv the $30 in gold that Keffier
used in saltin’ it. Pore, pale, narrow-
chested chap, it eras enough to make a
feller waut ter smile to see bis happi
ness. Now an* then, when he come
onto one uv them leetle nuggets that
Bill had planted, a smile uv joy would
come over bis face and he’d work and
twist as fast as before. Didn’t say so.
but when he told me that he was
workln* for fortun* for sumph’n be
sides himself, I reckoned to myself
that It was a girl, by the look that
came into bis eyes an* sorto lit up hi*
peaked face. Yes,’! be added, shaking
bis moppy bead eagerly at tbe candies
“1 reckoned it was a gal. Wal—” an
other pause—“Wal, onct 1, too, was
workln* fer—”
He left tbe sentence unfinished and
stared dreamily at tbe candle, and In
its flickering halo pictured tbe face of
her for whom be once had toiled. That
was before—
He awoke with a start from hi*
revery and began' again to mutter and
caress tbe knob on his cranium.
“Wal,” be ears, “I’ve got a durned
r Kl notion to do It; hanged if 1 haln’t.
sorter need a parduer, aud I’m
blamed if be don’t too. Wal—I’ll do
it; that’s alL”
And so it came about that Jack
Shannon and Longford, the tenderfoot,
became partners, and shared together
the cabiu of tbe former.
Tbe unwritten law of the miners
thn when a man gets stuck on a pur-
left to discover tlie
chase he shall be
fact for himself. Kept them from tell
ing its owner of the total worthlessness
ofSklmi
dui
py Jim’s grave as a gold mine.
Jon for the feelings of the
y Shannon from telling him,
xmgford, tbe tenderfoot, toiled
on In his little mine. In Ignorance of
the un lmnui of his labor. Bv dav
he would industriously wield tlie pick
aud abovei In toll all too hard for his
t night he would
little cabin
of tbe
sit with Jack in tbe
ramble on In a happy
prosperity that was just a few days be
fore him In
the future.
“To be sure it pays little, very little
tw, he would say, “but only a little
further down I shall strike the lead of
which Mr. Keffier told; the rich lead
that Ludcy Storms andtix
And
from his breast a little photograph and
gKzed at it in a dumb, anguishing
way.
■ “Little Gracie, he whispered. 'Then
tlie haud and tlie photograph fell be-
*ide him and he wa* unconscious.
The apology of a doctor Wiih correct
when he anno j need Longford’* a case
of braiii lever. And a* Jack Shannon
watched, day and night, at Id* bedside
lie learned tlie whoie sad heart -tory
told In delerium. “Skimpy Jim's
grave!” the sick man mutiuined. “It
will be mine, too!”
Next tlay, while Longford was rest
ing for the moment, a trifle easier,
Juck took opportunity to steal away
and purcha*e provisions.
As lie passed the Spread Eagle hotel,
the just arrived stage was discharging
it* passengers. The last, a slender girl
woman, with a fare like a pure, bright
flower, caused Shannon to start aud
mutter: “It’s her, sure!”
It was the original of tlie photo
graph upon which Longford had gazed
so tenderly duriug hi* lost lucid mo-
meuts. It did uot need her words to
tell Jack that Longford’s enthusiastic
letter had brought her to share ids hap
piness.
“Poor boy,” site said. “He will
work himself to death.*’
Then Jack Shannon, averting his
eye* from the pure, flower face, told
the anguishing truth, aud put tlie
happy ho|K*s to flight.
A moment later they were on the
way to the bedside of Shrnnoii’s pard-
ner. The bed and tlie cabin were de
serted, and full of horror and appre
tieusiou. Jack hurried away to Uic
little mine, accompanied by tlie girl,
whose licet footstep* kept poie with
his own.
At the bo:tom of the pit Longford
lay face downward, across the pick axe
with which. In his delirium, lie hod
coin*? to strike again for tlie phantom
fortune. As lie descended Shannon
recalled Longford’* wild word* that
Skimpy Jim’s grave would be that of
tlie man w lio**e life it had aiuiast taken.
Thun, ns tlie’girl took her unconscious
lover’s head in her lap, Jack Shannon
uttered a great cry or wonder.
'They bore Longford bark to tlie
cobin.* When, two hour* later, the
medical apology who, once again, was
correct in his diagnosis, said lio|M*fully
that there was a chance for tlie sick
man’s life, Shannon stole away to the
little mine.
Those last delirium strokes of Long
ford's had, revealed the fortun** o!
which lie had dreamed, and it was a
royal find, too, a three foot vein of |*ay
dirt, so rich iu nuggets that there were
half ti dozeu or more iu almost every
handful of dirt.
Wlietiierit nos due to the minis
trations of Shauiioit and tlie apo.ogy
of a doctor, or to tlie presence ami ten
der cure of tlie flower-laced *irl,or tlie
knowledge of the fortiiue which was
forced upon him as soon as he could
uuderstnihl it, 1 am unable to. say, but
it is certain that Longford recovered so
rapidly that Red Oak’s faith in tlie
medical apology grew wonderfully
strong.
All Red Ouk was present iu the
cabin or was outside and wished to
crowd in. while Preacher Busliead
from Magic City united in marriage
Longford and tlie flower-faced girl
woman.
When the ceremony was over Big
Joe Bittcr» foiui**d himself into a com
mittee of one to tell Jack Shannon a
bit of news that gave that worthy
much savage delight.
“Bill Keffier was held up by the
road agent* yisterday o er beyond
Froze Dog Camp, an* sorto relieved
iv ever' penny he had in the world,”
Big Joe said.
Jack Shanuou is still Longford’s
pardner, and Skimmy Jim’s grave-
mine is making them both rich.
The barber dropped ids razor. The
barber waa white-haired and til
■caned. He sighed deeply as he picked
the razor from the floor. He sighed
again as be rubbed It c rereiugiy with
a chamois and lie pressed his lips to
ss be slid it into a case and
•tuck it gently Into a dusty compart
ment near tlie top of the shelves be
fore him. When lie bad* strapped an
other razor lie silently returned to his
work. Tbe half-shaved man in tlie
choir, who had lazily watched the af
fair aakl:
“No, not hurt in any way; fell on
tbe handle,’’answered the barberggrim-
lr. “It’s too bad. I’ve used the razor
off and on now for ten years. I never
had a razor like Dobbin. You could
dway* depend on him for a quick
strap, and be got tired less quick than
ioo*t other razors, it’s like lazing an
Old friend.”
“Why. be—he. hum—U
reoorxin't lGstT Tbought you
wasn't hurt.”
“He hain’t hurt But then you see
( dropped him. Just tbe same as
buryiiig him. CauT use him again, of
But you won’t understand
to shan
had to
chair while be w
every motion of hl3
for a barber .ouly
wrbt in shaving.
an imaginary face or
eyes of u. bar her to show me the
razor is held -and moved, 1
practice on the faces of
My boss
HE FOUGHT INDIAKSj ,h ’^^ i,di ’^ r? '- ,n ' ^ ,nk '
. boss stood over
every motion. Then be made me shave
him. I trembled so that Icutbim.
It was a long, long time before they settler. He bed before. him a little bf
let me touch a customer, and then only
when some good-natured fellow who
came often and knew me invited me
to try my hand on his chin. Once in
the traces I got confidence and was a
good barber. Then my boas had a
good barter bound to b!m for over a
year, yet at no expense but board, and
he was to get $25 to boot, too, which
waa what I bad agreed to give him for
the aecood year as well as the first.”
PECAN CULTURE,
that. You see, if a razor drops while
Ttesto
dalion which time only can provide to
bring out the microscopic roughness.
Another pecularity of the razor is that,
though iu splendid condition when
lost used, it sometimes positively re
fuses to take an edge when put on
tlie hone in tlie morning. A fen
hours later it will take an edge beauti
fully. Tins is due to the same prin
ciple of oxidation. Barbers will
sometimes say a razor Is “bnlky,”
by which they menu that it re
fuses to take an edge, although not
made “tired” by long prevous work.
Some razors, because of peculiarities
in tlie grades of steel, are more apt to
be “balky” than other*. Such are re
garded as suspiciously as a balky
horse, and are disliked in a sort of per
sonal way, as though the razor “lmlk-
cil” of it* own free will and desire.
“Do barber* allow superstitions to
affect theii method of shaving?” was
a*ked of a Broadway veteran.
“Tliere i* only one method of shav
ing,” said the barber; “there never
ha* been but one, ami there uever wil!
be mure. Tlie barber mbs the lather
into your stub until it clings to tile
' it
face Itself. To accomplish this he has
first sponged your face with water to
remove skin sectetion*. When first
put on the lather sticks on top of ti.e
stub and does not touch tlie skin much.
Rubbing brings it into the skin. It
also softens tlie beard, and a barber al
ways lather* you before be starps bis
razor, so as to give tbe lather time to
get in its work. Then when he shave*
you it is always with the grain. That
tioi
Wx are afraid that the poor chlrogra-
phy of the editor, and tbe fact that he
dhl not read the proofs of Wednesday’s
Enterprise, baa made sad work of a
quotation from the immortal Josh Bil
lings, contained in an article in that
issue, and has beeu the means of get
ting our usually placid neighbor of tbe
News and Advertiser into a bad
humor.
Tlie article referred to was entitled
“The Man Who Doubts,” and was in
answer to one In tbe News and Ad
vertiser ou the LeConte pear.
What Josh BUlings sold and what
we wrote, is as follows. “It is very
foolish to argue against a fact.” The
type mode us say: “It to very foolish
to argue against a fool.”
We believe tills explanation will sat
isfy the News and Advertiser that
“malevolence” was not a part of the
motive that prompted what the Enter-
pri*e said. We Intended to place the
News and Advertiser in the atitude
of arguing against a fact, in refusing
to believe in tbe LeConte pear. We
had no desire to institute a comparison
between Albany and Tbomasvilie, ex
cept so far as tbe pear industry goes,
and In this regard, our neighbor most
acknowledge that Tbomasvilie would
have nothing to lose.
We are rejoiced to know that our
contemporary stands so well with Its
people; it deserves all that It receives
of appreciation and support, and if U
be not better than other papers, more
than It receives.
We believe that tbe News and Ad
vertiser will be more willing to re
ceive our explanation of the mistake
that raised iu lie, from the fact it has
misquoted us, and U bad reprint copy
to follow. There are several points in
tlie la«t article of the News and Ad
vertiser that could be made tbe text
for a profitable rejoinder, but as this
article is intended as an explanation,
we kwve tbe matter.—ThomurvitU Em~
terprise.
Enough said, and well said, and the
explanation is entirely satisfactory to
tbe News and Advertiser, brother
Winter. Just don't pnll your LeConte
(•ears before they are ripe, now, and
ail will be wtlL
Tbe best salve in the world for Cuts
Ulcers, Salt Rheum
Chapped Hand*
d all Skin Emp-
pay required. It la guaranteed to
had I lune 25-wai
you’re using it, It’s bad
*have with I; again. I've always fol
lowed tills rale. My father told me
that fortv years ago. Says he, Jim, it
your razor ever goes bark on you, you
must retaliate, boy, or it’ll be tbe worst
for you.’ The boys mostly laugh at
ine for it. It’s an old saying that ain't
much lelieved iu by these young fry.
I notice, though, tliere ain’t many ol
tliem likely to keep their nerve to a
ripe old age like tlie lew of us that ob
serve it, all the same. For shaving
tells on the nerve*, yoq know, aud an
tes* you’re locky you get the tremble*
young and are uo good for handling a
razor. Well, 1 give Dobbin away—or
lay him up in my trunk. He’s been a
good friend.”
The u hitte-haired barber was silent
for a mement, and then broke out.
captiously:
“Fool! I onghn't to have touched
Dobbin to-day. Why, 1 hung up tbe
first customer this morning. Fool!”
“What’s that got to do with it?”
asked the man iu tlie chair.
“Do with It? It’s got everything to
do with it. If a barber has to bang up
the first man that come* in the morn
ing he might a* well put on his bai
and go borne. Tbe day’s bound to be
unlucky. He generatiy don’t make
any money, or else be slaslie* some
body, or something happens—like ray
losing Dobidn here, tor iustauce. Oh,
you needn’t laugh. Every barber in
tlie land knows that b Gospel truth.'
These are two superstitious yet found
Years ago barber*
among barbers. _
.were among the most superstitious of
workmen. If be cut a mau on Monday
the hat ber was sure be would cut
seven men before Sunday. If the first
customer Iu the morning compliment-
little but grunt
ed him, he would get li
hie* and curses tor tbe rest ot the day.
If he didn’t receive at least one tip
above tiie regular fees on Monday, tlie
week would be a bad one. These be
lief* are rapidly disapiiearing. There
are two curious tacts about razors,
though, that still give rise to general
»uperstition*,and probably a! wav* will.
It It
noticed tlmt after long coiitiuuou*
use it is difficult to give a razor an edge.
The knowing hand u ill quietly lay it
away with tlie remark that the razor
is “tired” and “needs rest.” After
letting it “sleep” a lew days, that is,
simply uot using it the razor U found
to be in good condition. Few barbers
attempt to explain This. But tbe ex
planation is simple. The edge of a razor
consists of a series of nilcroscpio teetb.
Long continuous use wears these down,
despite stropnings, and it ueed* the oxi-
* itloi *
rue Folly of Growing Hot
Without Grafting,
(ling*
Mr. T. J. Lacy, the horticultural
editor of tbe New Orleans Sugar Bowl
says much has been said and written
of late about the profit of neeairentture «wpt Iff the right pbo*. Perhaps If
"mostly by pertont hmtlnc uo expo- ,h ® advertiser In iustauce know
7 J K where to look some trace of the -niisss
rience, either in growing tbe trees or
gathering tbe nuts. He to not among
ibe number who can see the profits of
every business except the one engaged
in. aud cannot see tbe expenses.
From the best Information Mr. Larv
can get, not one seedling tree in five
will produce nuts like or even equa!
to those planted, and all tlie other*
will be so small they will not pay for
gathering and shipping, consequently
* rat 5,000 tr
it will be necessary to plant 5,
to getl,000 good ones.
ugh pecan culture is not very
expensive, yet tliere is no nod thing
ana expense.
without some trouble
He thinks pecan planting will pay il
properly prosecuted, but not by plant
ing seedling pecans, wait twenty year*
for them to bear, anud then have four-
fifths of them prove worthless. Tlie
trees should all be grafted from reliable
bearing trees, of extra large size, which
will enable you to know with certainty
as with other grafted traits, what kind
you have; they will bear fraltin about
half the time of seedlings, and tlie nuts
will always sell foi a high price.
Good grafted pecan trees can be
bought for fifty cents. They should
be planted about fifty feet apart,which
allows about fifteen trees to tlie acre.
Tlie land can be cultivated in other
crops, as if there were no trees on it.
Hie same cultivation that is proper
tor cotton Is good for pecan trees. They
can be cultivated with the crop, and
will bear much quicker for being well
cultivated. Young trees should be
protected from stock during the
winter.
We would add that it is now pretty
generally believed that a pecau tree
transplanted with the top-root cut off,
omaoce aud Reality of Scalp-
Liftin?.
: - •••,»!, * •
Fma the Chieigo Tribeoc. * •
" r He was a young oDn—scarcely
more than twenty-seven years of ag
bat he had a itrad of reminiscences
that would have done credit to an older
| And Unde Sam recorded the killing
'of that one poor Indian as an engage
ment. Funny, isn’t it?”
THE TARIFF DEBATE.
the fluid that- baa the reputation of
cheer, and was looking* over a copy
of the Tribune. Presently' 'something
among the small advertisements
caught Ms eJre. He sswwteit it closely
ami then, handing-the paper t* the re
porter said:
“There is something that reminds
me-of tbe timeLlefft homo logo knock
ing about the world.” n u j. ;
It was Just a little advertisement
asking for information as to the where
abouts of , who hail mysteriously
di: appeared..
* A number of years ago,” tie
tinued, I was described in an' ai
nilar td tbs
Lrubed.foc
con-
ad ver-
aml ay
mg one might be found. Of course
this is only a surmise, because there
ere really many mysterious disappear
ances that cannot be explained in the
way I refer to: but I happen to know
that a good many others can be.”
“To what do you refer asked tlie re
porter.
“Well I think that if the records of
enlistment for the United Bute* army
were examined a good many of these
disappearances could be cleared up. I
know mine could have been, and it
was about as strange a one as any of
them. I just walked out of the house
one morning without saying a word to
anybody, and I never came back—at
least not for a g joil many years. Tlie
main trouble witli me was* a rusli of
lime novels to tlie liead. I had read
any number of these, aud when, final
ly, a friend of mine was killed in an
Indian fight, J made up my mind that
titan a * *
A Historical Parallel Found I
the Speeches that Have Been
Washington Special to Now York World.
. The tariff debate which began on the
17th cf April dosed by mutual qouaent
to-day. It has been marked by genera]
courtesy and good nature on both
sides. In the course of it four me
Messrs. Witeo o, of West Virginia;
Russell, of Massachusetts,- Scott, of
PenpsylvsnWgnd Fitch, of New Yorx
—made a conspicioua ma
mark. They are
all Democrats except Mr. Fitch, and
he, though a Republican, made au ad
mirable tariff reform speech.
speech.
On the Republican and high tariff
side it can not be said that any man
except Mr. McKinley distingul
contributed anything
important
illran speakers were
discussion.
himself or
tcrial to the
Some of tbe Repub!
witty, but most of them * were
and rtefa Mr. .Reed, the Rrpu
Wader of the House, in his speech to
day. lively and amusing as it was, had
nothing to say except to cry out “free
trade,” os so many of his side, with less
wit aud less brilliancy, had done be
fore hint.
To the older among the listeners to
the long debate tbe Republican speeches
were curious reminders of the year*
before tlie war, when the Democratic
replies to Republican arguments oi.
■davery question were mainly perpetu
al cries of “Abolitionists” and accusa
tions of the lock of patriotism. Mr.
Reed to-day, for Instance, set out l*
demonstrate that anybody who wool,
id lower
as they usually come from tbe nurser-
do so well as one with the
ies, does not
tap-root undisturbed. If this is so,tlie
disadvantage might be obviated by
plauting and starting seedlings where
the tree Is to stand and then esing
them tliere as stocks to graft upon.
is, every distiuct portion of your fi .
is shaved in the direction the ludr
grow*. If thi* rule were not followed
tlie totighert Vkin would, an hour later,
show itliraisoiis and eruptions would
route. After tlie face is once shaved,
the barber shaves it again for close
ness. This second shave may be safely
against the grain. Mott face* can
stand tbe second shave against the
graiu, bat there are some men with
stiff beards, too, wboeeakln is so tender
that they can only be rhaved one wav.
The barber can never know positively
from tbe tbe looks or touch of a skin
whether or not it can stand the second
shave. That is something tbe owner
or the face mast discover by experi
ence. So, when he shaves a stranger,
unless be is sure be has a tough skin,
tbe barber asks, after tbe first shave,
if tbe man desires it close. Tbe razor
to placed nearly fiat with tbe face.
The freehand draws every bit of skin
tight before be shaves over it. Some
barbers pick up tbe skin between tbeir
fingers, others merely press it tight.
Practically, though, every barber the
world over shaves In tbe same way.
Mb
He baa no room, therefore, to bring
in superstitions, so bound is be by the
recognized principles of the art, except
in such little details as beginning the
shave on the right or left side of the
face, shaving the upper lip before or
: chin “ “ “
»in, and ocher tilings of that
after tbe _ _
kind. Every barber has tome little
maxims of bis own about these unim
portant items, and some believe that
bad lack attends tbe man who doesn’t
shave every face in precisely the sam
anner regarding these little details. 1
“How do men learn to be barbers? 1
was asked.
You’ve got to pey for it,” aakl tbe
•. “Here and there you'll find a
barber.
barber that keeps a sort of school' and
a round price to give lessons.
charges . „
They allow tbe learners to practice
when they gain a little deftness on the
chius of unsuspecting chance custom
ers. Generally, though, a boy who
a barber u bound out to
w*anto to be a barber u bound out to
a regular barber for two years. The
«arber exacts $25 or more a year and
tbe boy’s entire service. In return,
he boards and lodges him. and makes
him a good barter. My own experi
ence is a fair sample case. I was only
fourteen when I was bound to a barber
not in this eity. I paid $25 cash
and got half a bed and poor board.
They pot me on lathering first. Lath
ering leoka easy. and it is easy, coo
but you’ve no idea bow awkwardly a
new man will go about it. So, when
there were uo customers around, my
boss would bare one of the workmen
lie down In a chair and set me to lath
ering his face. There tea knack In get-
Z over a soapy face deftly and
ckly. Sometimes you use your fin-
r cures Piles or no get. If you pres* too bard yon make
guaranteed to give- ic uncomfortable for the man you’re
or money refund- lathering. Tbe boss stood over'me in
** box - •SSVhStnSfrtle
D<e4 *■ the OUwr Mde af tke Cnaler.
From the Chicago Mail.
I remarked to 3Ir. McKenna the
other day that he was growing bald,
He ventured to reply that one of the
things which was causing this state of
things was that he was weary of tlie
old talk ou the other side of the count*
er. He didn't know why it was that
In this age of progress there was noth
ing new to be said when two men met
to take a drink. From bis infancy up
he had heard-the same old raws."
counted them over on his fingers, I
look them down mentally. It was not
much of o task, tor they were wormy
even to my dragged-out recollection.
Look at them:
Here's luck.
Here's to you.
Here’s looking at you.'
Here's your good health and your
family’s good health. (Shades of Joe
‘ “ il)
Jefferson
Here’s tb what makes us wear old
clothes.
Here’s another nail In your coffin.
Here's all the hair off tbe top o’ your
head.
Here’s to the bottom of the glass.
Weil, if I don't see you agmiii, hello.
Of course these old saws refer to
men who stand before the bar. WJien
u party of gentlemen get in a wine
room and stay till broad daylight—
which never occurs at the Grand Pa
cific—they reel off something in the
way of doggerel which Is newT There
3 who ha'
are men who have nothing else to do.
apparently, excent write dogecrel for
drinking pi ~
uking parties. Some of these roast*
possess merit in a literary way, and do
not deserve to be classed as doggerel,
but, as a rule, these song are of the
same ancient order a* that which our
fathers made use of, to-wit: “Here’*
to good old whisky, drink her down,
drink her down; here’s to good old
whisky, drink her down; here to good
old whisky, it makes us gay and
fri«ky, drink her down, drink her
down, drink her down.”
A Cold World.
Norwich. May, 15.—Billy Coombs,
of this city, believes ft Is a cold and
uncharitable world. He stole a $5
copper bath tubjfrom the poorbouse,
saved the lives of a train full of pas
sengers on the New London Northern
railroad, has been sent to the Norwich
jail for thirty days, and all the reward
begot was a mild “thank you” from
the train conductor.
It all happened within forty-eight
hours. Billy, who la familiar witli
tbe ins and outs of the aimshou w, got
into It early In the evening, and spent
tlie whole night prying out with Id*
iackknife tbe copper rivets from tlie
bath tub's sheathing. At dawn he got
the thing loose, which was then in tlie
sha|ie of a crashed opera hat, folded it
under**
— — 111 MJV " W,ir , |<
log negotiations for its sale at a
wich pawn shop. In a deep ct
the falia he came upon -a heavy
his coat, and started off up the
track to secrete it in the woods, petul-
. - t Uor-
cut at
upon -a heavy ob
struction of rock and gravel, which a
freshet had washed upon tlie track
daring the night, ami at about the
same moment heard the distant roar or
the steamboat train, which goes north
ot this city at 5:30 o’clock. Mr.
Coombs did not hesitate. He threw
down his copper sheathing and darted
south along the track, am! when the
train came in sight he thrashed hi*
arms and whooped wildly. Witli a
great deal ot difficulty tbe train wa*
held up only a few rods below* tlie ob-
n, the warning was given, am!
struction
the conductor and trainmen with pick-
axes and shovels cleared away the im
pediment that, but for Billy Coombs,
would have earned a disaster. The
conductor said 4 »Thank you” to Ids
rescuer, drove on, and Mr. Coombs
picked up bis copper aud deckled to
cake It down town and sell it.
As be waa sauntering down Franklin
streets spark of sunlight glinted mo
mentarily on tbe edge of tlie bronze
sheathing caught tbe eye of Police-
Murphy; ami as Billy can’t have
or any other unusual property
person without exciting the
suspicion of the law.be was arrested.
In tbe City Court, before Judge Kci-
dozeu Indian scalp*
would satisfy my thirst for gore. But
how to get to the front was the great
question. I finally solved it by un
fitting in the United Suites cavalry.
I had no! great time to swell around
in my uniform, but was sent at once
to the frontier. I reached Bismarck
Dak., one dark, cold, rainy night, aud
witli a number of other recruits, was
hn>t!ed aboard a Missouri river steam
boat. 1 will never forget that night.
We were driven like a herd of cattle
over a muddy, slimy bank that we had
to slide down as best we could to get
to the boat. When we got down we
were hustled on to the hurricane deck,
and there we lay without anything to
site]ter tut from tlie cold and the rain.
All the romance and revenge are re
taken out of me. 1 wasn’t looking for
any Indian scalps, but I was sighing
for the nice warm bed I had left. And
somehow it did seem to roe as though
1 never had read in any of roy novel*
aliout any such extierlence; everythin]
had been about killing Indians am
nothing ubaut cold and rain.
But I managed to live through it all,
and after fifteen days of travel arrived
at Fort Buford, only to find that I had
some 500 miles march to Fort Custer.
It took um three months to make the trip
for it was winter, you kuow, and tlie
thermometer was away below zero.
We burled three men on the trip, and
often never got Into camp until 9 or 10
o’clock at night.mid then had to huatle
for wood in a blinding snow-storm.
Tiie number of Indians I bad set out to
kill had gradually decreased until 1
was willing to'go bomb without
Fee
single scalp: but 1 couldn’t.
“We arrived at Fo
ana.oiff nfurhlng in' December 'and
to<»k up tlie regular routine of a
soldier’s life. It was not sport, either.
At that time of tlie year It consisted of
chopping wood ami cutting ice, with
twenty-four hours' guard duty once a
week as a sort of variation. I hadn’t
rend anything about tills In my novel*,
ami it discouraged me more thau I can
tell.
But nt lost the long-expected event
came. We were booked tor an Indian
fight, ns the red«kins were reported
raiding the settlers. I will e^afes*
candidly that when the time came ami
tlie bugles sounded ‘boot and ssiddle' 1
was not so anxious for on Indian fight
os 1 had been w hile in the States. But
we had to go. Ourcompany was made
up mostly ot recruit*, and we didn’t
like the idea of turning out in the mid
dle of the nighr to scour the country
for Indians. We were all after scalps,
hut wc preferred to take them In day
light when we couhl see the Indians.
But Uncle Sam doesn’t run his army
d> suit youthful scalp-hunters—I trust
some of your readers will bear tbis in
mind—so we had to go.
“Well, forty-five men strong, with
six Indian scouts, one guide, eight
packers, am! twenty pack-mules laden
with ten days* rations, we started,
and the first day traveled forty-five
udles without rest. Each inan was
at tried with a l ifD and a revolver, and,
witli our overcoats and blankets, it
made a load that was not particularly
comforable for such a ride. A man
can’t realize tlie weight and bother ot
these accoutrements until he 1ms tried
such a ride.* And, do you know, my
novels iiad uever pictured such an af
fair. They had always told about the
mar riding bareback or with nothing
but his saddle and gun. They hadn’t
said anything about fifty rounds ol
reform the tariff and lower duties, even
though only so little as tiie Mills bib
proposes, must in the nature of lldug-
be a free trader.
Precisely in tiie same way, when Se
ward or Chase or Sumner V»r Hale in
the old days urged that slavery should
be excluded from the Territories, the
pro-slavery reply was that If slaveiy
was wrong it ought to be abolished;
if it was right It ought to go every
where; and the men who wished to
“limit it* area” wers necessarily noth
ing less than “abolitionist.’*
Well, in the end that name of oppro
brium became one of credit aud honor,
mainly because of tbe folly and stupid
ity of the pro-slavery orators, and tiie
free thadere in this country can not
ask more powerful assistance than is
giveu in such speeecbes as Mr. Reed's
to-day. If every man who doubts the
wisdom of the present higli duties aud
wants to see them moderately lowered
is a “free trader,” tiie free trade
church will very largely and rapidly
increase because tlie American voter,
who was uot scared to death when he
was called an abolitionist in the old
times, will not be badly frightened at
hearing himself denounced as a “free
trader nowadays.
He will go to work and look into this
tariff business—and the tariff extrem
ists ought to kuow that their favorite
form of slavery can uo more stand tbe
light of day than could the old South
ern chattel slavery, which perished be-
' defenders
A BACHELOR.
Writes an Essaj on the Ctre of Ba>
Wes.
I mm requested to write m chapter on
babies mud whst to do with them in tbe
summer time.
I am thankful to saj Jhat I mm not
well acquainted with my aubjeet, mod
there la no prospect that I will be In
tbe near future. This Is not a subject
to which a man con return with Im
punity as Josh Billings did when he
was lecturing on milk. That subject
Anally disappeared, but tbe oftener
yon return to this subject the more
My judgment Is that the beet thing
you can do for a baby In summer time
is to steer clear of him. If you are so
unfortunately situated that yon cannot
aroli] coming in contact with a baby
during the summer months, I would
ad rise you to adopt- the English plan
awl Establish a nursery In your sky
parlor where tbe wall of the infant can
go up to hearen, but uot come down to
you.
Aa to diet 1 would recommend this
prescription found In the Scriptures:
“Milk for babes.”
Tills Ua eery nutritious diet and
an abundant supply may generally be
had close at hand. Aa ior raising a
liild with a boule, 1 am opposed to It.
t gets hiui into bad habits which he
■vill And hard to shake ofT In efter
ufa. The impressions of chlhlhoodam
very strong, and 1 fear that a child
ralnal ■ list way will have a '
for the bottle all bis life.
I cannot recommend fat me
iny of the rubbish that old
uiiraea give to young babies; but seen
tlda Is preferable to plus, pencils,
splinters, and a great many ocher
things which babies eat. A good large
piece ol ,-ubber, too large to swallow,
is better, but there should he no paint
on it.
As to clothing, 1 would recommand
the mother Hnbbard. It la much
more becoming to babies than to grown
people, and may be worn with or with
out a cirsingle. There la ocher para-
‘ ‘ Hab-
phernalia Co go with tlie mother]
bard. Generally there are flannel un
derclothes, which are non-conductors
of beat, and serve to prevent sodden
changes of temperature in the baby.
In summer time a great deal la ac
complished if tbe baby can be kept
coo), it is leas liable to fret, and ex
perience has shown that excessively
tot weather increases the mortality
among babies more than In any other
class. 1 would recommend a temper
ature of about 60 degrees, and to attain
this you may bring to bear ail the in
genuity at your command. I would
not advise you to keep a thermometer
ou your baby in summertime, as be
might break It and eat the glass,
which would be rather indigestible.
Cold storage promises to do a great
deal for babies. It is said that by that
process of refrigeration a room may be
cept at au even temperature all sum-
cause its adherents aud derenders were
too stupid to see the effect upon a free
people of their silly denunciations.
Every time a pro-slavery orator in the
old days cried out “abolitionist!” he
put a nail in the coffin of tiie slave sys
tem, and every time Mr. Retd or the
lesser lights of his side now cry, “Free
Trade!” at a supporter of tlie Mills
bill he puts a nail iu the coffin of tbe
protective system.
If tlie capitalists who liave their mil- Sleep to a core for a great many e
Hons Invested in protected industries pitinta for which the doctors «n’t
are foolish enough to allow their po- make a diagnosis. The sleep of the
liticsl agents ami defenders to force an .hibjr is a good tonic for those who
h ~ b ' t ~’ n ,h ' «g£?s
The rich will be able to afford thia
sort of thing in tbeir houses to keep
their bebles cool, but the poor can
not, and it is probable that tbe com
pany will bare to arrange cold-storage
rooms where babies in moderate cir
cumstances can go Into summer quar-
ten.
Quiet and sleep are good for babies.
?»f protection just as surely as tbe end
of slavery came wen pro-slavery men
forced the issue between slavery and
abolitionism.
The Mills bill will now be laid aside
for a time, so that the appropriation
bills may be got out of the way.
THE Li.IT OF MARRIAGE.
A Marriage In ftnvannnh that
ltaUe« Seme Delicate Legal
Queatlea*.
ammunition around his waist jumping
chafed ins
up and down so that they
hips raw. Everything
- fclory
tliere, but lids reality—and it was al
mighty stem reality—was all hardship
and no glory. However, the second
day out our scouts found a cattle
ranch, aftd on approaching were
greeted with a volley of bhlleto. But
they threw up tlie but* of 'their guns,
(a sign that they were friendly). The
settlers would not believe In their
friendliness though, until they saw the
soldiers coming up behind them.
Then they threw open theircablos and
i of an Indian raid.
told a* of an Indian raid. Five dead
lior-e* outside of tlie cabin confirmed
their story, and we immediately start
ed hi pursuit. We rent Into camp
tint night on the ground where, the
old timers said, tlie Indians bail been
the night before. On the strength of
that information we recruits didn’t
well—at least I didn't.
•p w<
The next morning the Indian scouts
were sent out to hunt up tlie trail of
lie hostile?, while we anxiously await
ed result*. We didn’t liave to wait
hmg, for In a short time after they had
left we iieard firing in the direction
they had gone. Of course we made rtp
<>ur minds that they hod come upon
the hostile* unexpectedly, aud In a
moment we were in the saddle. We
prepared for action as tre rode, drop-
and in
logr, be told the whole story straight,
and explained the ethticai
and explained the ethticai question
involved In hi* transgression. The case
presented itself in this light.*
A copper bath tub had been stolen,
and tbe State demanded the punish
ment of the thief; hut if the bath tub
had not been stolen the obstructions
would not have been discovered on the
track and lives would have been lost.
Further, Billy broke into the poor-
house and was in it all night, which
was burglary In the worst degree; bat
U Mr. Coombs had not been in the
almshouse all nigut, dallying ao long
over the larceny, he would not hare
S on the track late enough to bold up
conductor of tbe morning train
life and property, the pirocal
question being: Should heroism out-
' " »7* or a $3 copper bath tub
sacrifice of buman life!
the Judge bad tiven bi* decision,
ping our blanket*, overcoats,
fact every thing except our arms and
munition.
4 A* we neared the first bluff we
heard a veil, and from behind It came
a lot of Indians arrayed in tbefr war*
paint. I didn’t stop to coonr them,
but I was satisfied that there were
more scalps there than I really cared
for. You see. It just began ttrdawn
on me that I hadn’t lost any Indiana
and consequently had no object in
hunting for any. Vo other words, f
» frightened; the cold perspiration
* - « -ie f and In tire
started out - all over roe,
next few seconds I did a wonderful lot
of thinking—not about tire glories of
Indian figbtin, either.
44 We grasped onr six-shooters and
dashed for them, but w» didn’t fire.
It is a wonder that we didn’t, merited
as we were, but our captain managed
to restrain u*. He discovered Just In
time that they were ou* scoots return
ing. The mistake arose from tbe fact
that they bad thrown aside Abe clothes
they wore when they left camp and
were rid'ng in true Indian style, near
ly naked.
“And the firing,” the story-teller
chock led—“the firing was done by
these seven Indian scoots, wire had
caught one poor
Savannah, May 23.—Much gossip
has been occasioned by the marriage
last Saturday night of John G. Sand-
ford to Mrs. Susan Payer. The couple
went to tlie Rev. Thomas Boone, rec
tor of Christ Episcopal Church, and
requested him to perform tire cere
mony. He recollected that Mrs. Prayer
had called on him some month before
for assistance, at which time ahe stated
that she was married to a man who
had two other wives. Mr. Boone re-
minde&the prospective bride of tills
fact and said that ho conld not marry
her. The groom produced a license and
tire bride Insisted that her previous
marriage was not binding, as it wa* to a
bigamist. Tlie rector waa obdurate and
declared that he must have legal ad
vice. Then tbe bride visited two
ladies who had befriended her in times
past and sought their advice. They
Hrected her U^a lawyer, but he was
she sought Judge
not at home. Then i
Adams, of tbe Superior Court, tx
found. Tire ladies, who
could not be
are well kuown in social circles here,
sympathized with tire expectant bride,
who was dejected when s.re could not
get legal counsel. They, went with
to tbe clergyman’s residence and
suggested that it would be a pity to
disappoint the couple. They said that
they would take the chance anyhow.
Finaliy the clergyman performed the
ceremony. Mrs. Sand ford is now al
most even with her other husband,
who has but one more wife than she has
sleep. Squalling to to be avoided under
all circumstances.
Tbe baby is to be soothed by a great
many methods wl * *
„ which come natural to
mothers, and by others which i an only
be learned by experience. In tbe times
of our grandmothers there was catnip
tea ana innumerable and abominable
other teas, some of which have relaps
ed Into the barbarism from which they
came. Mrs. Winslow’s soothing syrup
and all the new fangled things that
have come in of late year*
of my experience, and if 1
were left to
y prejudices in an emergency I would
»«y
rely upon the time honored c
A* a general thing I wo
eschew medicine, but I cai
think of paregoric without feeling
„ il. But when a child to really
sick the safest plan Is to get a good
doctor.
Babyhood Is hedged about with all
sorts of difficulties ana perils. There
Is croup and cholera infantum and
more misery infantum than to dreamed
of In tbe philosophy of an unmarried
Horatio. When it comes to teething
you may as well make up your mind
to face the music, for it’s going to
come. Teething is a subject be-
S ond my comprehension, although I
ave been through It and graduated.
The first teeth begin to come through
the gums In early babyhood and tbe
Wisdom teeth are not cut till after ma
turity. Tbe appearance of these teeth
Is supposed to be conte
with the first indications
but I have seen people
until af
never appeared until after death, and
dving was the smartest thing they ever
did.
There are a great many contageous
di teases to which babies aid vom
children are subject. Tbe measles a
mighty treacherous, and if they^ don’t
Married Women Come to Blows Over
a Handsome Bachelor Pastor.
From tbe St. Paul Pioneer-rrea*.
West Cuff, Col., May U.—A
church scandal, which has been brew
ing for some time, culminated yester
day in a most sensational manner. Tbe
parties involved are the pastor, Rev.
II. J. UIsli, young, handsome and tin
gle and two married women, members
of his church, named Mrs. Koskowsky
and Mrs. J. B. Jackson.
For some time it has been common
gossip here that Mr*. Kowkowsky bad
taken a great fancy to tbe young di
vine. ami was very marked in ber
preference for his society. The Rev.
Mr. Ulsb, however, it now transpires,
did not reciprocate her affection, aod
reminded ber of her duty toherbus-
boud aod to the church. Frequent re
buff*, however, only seemed to In
crease tire woman’s Infatuation, and
dm was so persistent In ber overtures
that the Rev. Mr. Ulsb even went so
for as to lay tbe matter before tbe el
der* of tire church and suggested his
resignation of the pastorate. No one
suspected that the persecuted preach
er’s morals wen not all that they
should be, and public sympathy waa
entirely with him. This congregation
being too small to employ him for all
his time, be occupied the pulpit in the
ipolplt In
neighboring town of Bed Spri
every other Sunday. One of the
prominent aod zealous members of this
congregation wgi* Mrs. J. B. Jackson,
between whom and the minister there
soon sprang np a friendship
— ‘ by tbeir
stronger than was justified b;
church relation of brother aod
He was very, frequently called to Red
Springs^nu Mrs. Jackson as often bad
cession to come to West Cliff.
Tbb condition of affdr
Mr*. Kowkowsky*. ears,
termined upon an InrmtlxaU-m. Yea-
uidar afternoon bn. Jackaon rUlwd
Wat CUfl and immediately repaired to
the Ber. Mr. Ulih’a ttudy. Lean.lnr
of tills Mre. Kowkowsky, seeretinjr a
whip in tbe fold* of her dreaa,aiao
Wilted tbe study, and
Jackson there, struck her
oeer the head and shoulders.
hurt a child one way they are likely to
hurt it another. Yon bad better watch
the eyes and the ear and throat till the
measles are entirely (tone, for if the
child takes cold betore it gets over the
measles, the disease Is eery apt to make
iu mark on tome of these organs. I
remember how proud 1 was as a boy
that I did not go to bed at all with the
measles, bat they gave me trouble for
years afterwards.
Tbe mumps b a disease resembling
the glanders more than anything else.
It nukes a child look like a pouter
pigeon, but with good attention and
care to avoid taking cold, it is not like
ly to give serious trouble.
At some time of his infancy the
child is very apt to become populated.
There U a time-honored prescription
of china root tea which will depopu
late him very speedily.
Many years ago It was the custom
on middle Georgia plantations to call
up all the children, white and black,
once a year in the spring time and
dose them with china root tea. This
practice partly accounts for the fine
physique of maoy ol tlie middle Geor-
iris men of a eeudration or so ago.
One of the most important things to
do for abeby is to learn him to mind
as soon as he is capable of understand
ing you. Tbe earlier yon begin this
tlie better It will beforthe little fellow
trouble. Even In
where the owner of a bad temper has
<ense enough to control It, he bss to
watch ic all his life, and its like a
-mouldering volcano, ready to break
out all at once and ruin everything
that care has built op around It.
It la said that blood will tell, and It
tells as mnch on account of the train-
lug blooded stock gets as for any other
reason. The first direction is given to
to a baby’s temper by its mother, and
If ahe trains It right she gives It an
education that all the public schools
in the world can’t take away. It’s no
wonder that God makes the womei
better Hun the men if he didn’t th
babfesand the
after the child baa become a man
rotten into tbe race of ‘
rival of tlie fittest and
the hindmost. It Is a
the tuby that
1 with what h. can
I feel and tomb and
r has had time to
nper. ibelieverelig
. with the infant In I
. that la where faith and work
: and If he don’t begin to get
there he will have a hard time
up lor lost time alterwaida.
Id’a motiler should take tbe
-tart of the devil, with all the handicap
that nature gives her.
A. Bacntoa.