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URD^Y, AUGUST 13, 1892.
NO. 32. '
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To the Kditor of tlui Albany Unit ami;
I11 an Alftorlnl in your paper of Au
gust It. yoii insinuated that I was
responsible for tile special correspond
ence from Dawson of August 1, to
the Constitution, which says in tile
last paragraph, that there will be a
Split In tlie Albany Convention Au
gust 17, with two nominations, Tills
is like a great many other campaign
lies that have emanated from over
zealous men in your town—false and
Mil hour foundation.
[ have made no .threats. ’J'lie inter
view with me in the saifie paper cltaV*
| ly states my position. Many of my
| friends who believe that There is u
conspiracy to steal the nomination
| from me, have said that it would be an
outrage to which they would lint be
willing to submit* No man can truth
fully say tiiat I have ever bolted from
a convention or nomination. I have
at all times, nnd under all circum
stances, been obedient to the voice of
iny party.' Can the opposition to me
say ns much? You further say flint l
would own the “thing” if It suited my
purpose; and disown it if it did not.
This utterance is false, nnd I wish to
say to you that I wil I not disown this
“thing” either. A word to the one
who cowardly dodges behind the name
of “Dictator.” I wish you to under
stand that. I am not posing ns a mar
tyr, but simply standing upon my
lights, and the rights of the people
lawfully expressed—uccordlug to long
established eustmn nnd party usnges.
Has it come to pass that men who have
stood in the front ranks of their party
from boyhood' have no rights that
should be respected, no matter how
well established, anil when the bosses
speak the people should be silent? Is
this Democracy? , If so, then the ..or-
■ dcr uf (tjiipgs has been changed, .and
those in authority va’n name the can
didates nnd cull upon the people to
come forward and nominate them
If this fair and free land of ours
gets to the point where the people can
not stand upon a plain, simple nnd
well recognized right, without being
hounded down by men self-constituted
ns the party bosses, who prostitute the
powers of their position In the Inter
est of their favbrite candidates, bolt
ing when they please, violating party
usages, adopting new and unheard of
rules without notice, using any and all
other foul means to accomplish their
nefarious purposes, then say the re
cipients of their infamy have no right
to raise their voice in solemn protest,
without being abused and villiiled,
then I say tills fair and free land will
not be worthy of tlie name.
Yob say by trickery a few Third
Party uien got together In Worth
county, headed by Dr. Piokett and
called me as their man, referring, I
suppose, to the mass meeting held in
that county on the 6th of June, which
seleeted delegates to the Albany con
vention for me. The same meeting se
lected delegates to the Senatorial con
vention which met and nomt nated Hon.
W.E. Wooten, nnd to other conventions
without opposition. The meeting was
called nnd presided over by lion. W.
A. Harris, and he was elected chair
man of the Democratic Executive
Committee, and still retains the posi
tion, and if there was any trickery or
Third Partyism that controlled it I
am not responsible for it. By implica
tion you charge the same to Thomas,
Randolph, Clay and Terrell. Let the
people who participated in those meet
ings speak for themselves and answer
the charges.
Failing to substantiate your charges
by legitimate argument or to main
tain your position by fnir means, you
descend into the slums of personal
abuse. 1 have stood this kind of stuff
till forbearance lias ceased to be a
virtue. Not content with the effort to
rob ine of iny lawful political rights,
and to rob me of the honor due me for
past and present faithful service to
the party and to the people, which all
honest, fair-minded men who know
me cheerfully accord, you now, like a
sneak thief, attempt to rob me of my
good name, and to bring down shame
and contempt upon myself and family
with those among whom I was born
and reared, for whom I have fought
and labored, and with whom I expect
to sleep in my grave. You say : “His
very name is spurned with loathing us
the leader and breeder of Third Party
ism, Ocalaism and the other wicked
and nonsensical isms with which he
dupes his followers in the dark re
cesses of their lodges.” Every one
who is not affected with the same kind
of insanity that yon are, knows this to
be a falsehood, pure and simple. You
seek to bring infamy upon my name
by comparing me with Whitely and
'insinuating that bur actions were the
same, and that we have received the
same deserved rebuke,. In this yuu
implicate all my friends. My couu-
trymen, what have I done to deserve
this kind of abuse at the hands of the
Albapy contingent? (I am persuaded
ti> believethat al! the people in 'AIbnny
and Doughefty county do not agree
with and uphold this contingent). 1
was simply endorsed fur Congress by
tlie same people whose endorsement
was sought by several distinguished
gentlemen in this district. If It was
such a great crime they deserve us
much censure as myself. If it is a
crime to be an AHinneemttn who sym
pathizes will! them, but who wishes to
remain in the ranks of tlie Democratic
party, despite tlie efforts to kick us
out, then 1 am guilty of that crime, for
that Is and has been my position. If
there be any freedom, if there be any
truth, If there beany honor, if there be
.any justice, "Think on these tilings,”
Your fellow-citizen,
' O. il.,Stevens.
A SNAKE IN HIS BOOT.
An Adv-rtlsmiMilit ef tin, rust.
The uvt of advertising is curried
pretty fur in those days, hut after nil'
mere is nothing new under the film,
and very likely if the hieroglyphics
of the Egyptian sculptures were prop
erly understood they would he found
to bo merely aclvurtisuiqeijts of pat
ent nostrums, cosmetics and gim-
cracks generally. At least its for
back as the publication of newspa
pers has extended the art has been
always much the same.
An instance is to be found in the
advertisement of 176 years ago, in
which were set forth the virtues of a
medicine, Which cured all sorts of
diseases “by promoting the cheerful
Cuticle of the Blood and Juices rais
ing all the Fluids from their languid
State to one more florid uud spar
kling, restoring a Juvenile Bloom, in
creasing the animal Spirits, and evi
dently replenishing the crispy fibers
of the whole Habit with a generous
Warmth and balmy Moisture, nnd
thereby invigorating to such a De
gree, as not to he imagined. It is an
admirable Remedy in all Weakness
of the Body or Decay of Constitution
of any Kind, and even seems to keep
Back the Effects of Old-age itself."
This is hardly to be outdone in
these days of abundant advertising,
when the profession of writing ad
vertisements is recognized us a legiti
mate business, on a plane soniewhat
lower, it is true, theoretically, than
the writing of epics,- hut. equally
legitimate und far more profitable,—
Boston Courier.
liy Good Food.
Until!'
A GOOD WEATHER PROPHET.
Hovr » Illtor Utpiilil a Frncttaul Joker
I Vi HIm Oivn Coin.
ye Is just two things hi this
Id that I am mortally afraid of
and have no earthly, use for,"said
my friend Johnny to me one day,
“and they are a bull and a rattle-
shake.* -This flushed through my
mind when, after a hard day’s treat
ing, I stepped up to tlie wagon to ex-
chango my heavy rubbers for my
light boots. Now ono of these boots
was louiled—loadod with a five foot
blacksnuko put in toil first, which
one of tlio party had killed, and my
foot fetched up before I got half way
down that hoot.
Now, I inn not afraid of snakes, but
I do nothin' them in my boots exact-
ly, anil especially not in the late dusk
of tbs’ evening, when it is impossible
to t<'U .one sitako from the other.
Well I turned that boot over to seo
wlir Mile trouble was, the snake shot
out head first ns though alive, and I
must have made a good sized jump,
for the hurrah of the boys would
never, end. They had scored a good
one.,. 1
Now I did not own any bulls to
get sq’tavo .with, but rattlesnakes.
Five '.years had passed, when one
flue October morning I dropped into
his office. "Johnny, I un going up
to old Pike; birds tiro plenty; don’t
you w ant to go?” He accepted.
It was a beautiful Indian summer
day #8 after a successful hunt I head
ed fo-- a first class well stocked rat
tlesnake don. My plans were well
laid. Several times during the day I
asked him, “Johnny, do you know
where we nre?" and after a few min
utes’ thought he would locate him
self very well indeed. The thought
of snakes nevor entered his mind..
Finally we reached the den. I
kept him fully fifty yards to the
right of it, while, I .traveled right
through the rocky ledge, keeping a
sharp lookout. It war. uncomfort
ably varm and I was sure some rat
tlesnakes would bo out.
Abi liere tl.ey Were' Battles all
aroffiid mo, and within six feet of
me laid a large diamond buck, coiled
up and saucy looking. I called my
paniou to me.
tny, do you know where you
’Well,”, he said, “let me Bee."
pOb," said I. “thore is no see about
it; y- .u are right square in a rattle
snake's den. Shoot that big one
there—quick 1 We are square."
“I could' feel my hair raise and
my head commence to reel,” were
his words when he told of his expert
ence.—Forest and Stream.
Wild Anint tilt Tji tiv
Old buboons. naturally the most
surly of prisoners, will i font tnlS
keeper with a filial affection varying
with the quality of the menu, and a
first class caterer can manage to do
mesticate oven such hoarders as
wolves and reptiles. A German
colonist of New Freyburg, Brazil,
has collected a houseful of stuffed
birds, that have been described by
several travelers, hut in the opinion
of the natives the curiosities of his
museum are eclipsed by the menag
erie of his daughter, whose culinary
talents have charmed the souls of
some of the wildest denizens of the
forest, including several tree snakes
(which In Mexico, too, are often do
mesticated for mousing purposes)
and a large boa, a formidable look
ing monster with the disposition of a
lapdog, that will share the children’s
breakfast of milk and bread und at a
signal of his benefactress will curl
himself up in her apron with a su
pernumerary coil or two around her
feet.
But on indigestion or a brief delay
of the dinner hour is liable to modify
the amiable disposition pf such pets,
and boast trainers who keep boos for
exhibition purposes generally take
care to postpone tlieir performances
till after meal times.—San Francisco
Chronicle.
Talma CritloUed the UUhop’s Legs.
In the "Souvenirs de Mine. Beca-
mier” there is a pleasant description
of a scene which took place during
her exile at Lyons in 1813. Almost
every cultivated or fashionable indi
vidual who passed through that city
was sure to be attracted to her house.
Talma, tlie tragedian, happened to
bo giving some representations in
the Grand theater and was dining
with Mme. Becamier, when the bish
op of Troyes (better known as the
abbe of Boulogne) was announced.
This celebrated preacher, though do-
voted to literature and familiar with
the works of the great playwrights,
had never seen a play performed.
After dinner Talma was persuaded
to recite, to the intense gratification
of the abbe, parts from his principal
roles. In return Talma begged the
ecclesiastic to repeat some passages
of his sermons. When he had done
so, “It is splendid, monseignenr, as
far as this 1” exclaimed Talma, touch
ing the chest of the preacher, "but
the lower part of your body is de
plorable. Clearly, you have never
bestowed a thought upon your legs.”
—Many fat men are too swell to
wear ready-made trousers.
A Despised Creature.
The coyote is in reality nothing
but u wild dog with a suggestion of
the wolf in the shape of the head.
Its scientific name, Conis a tern as,
suggests its general type. It is com
mon throughout the Pacific slope
and is classed with “varmint,” be
cause it will, in the absence of other
prey, steal barnyard fowls or kill
lambs and sheep. Its grayish-yel
low fur, whiter beneath the body,
is much like that of the timber wolf,
and its pointed muzzle, sharp eyes
and erect ears are foxlike. It lives
by preference in the wooded districts
or where it can find thickets for
shelter.
By day it usually remains con
cealed and only ventures out at dusk
when it may sometimes be seen
searching about for food. It is a so
ciable little uniinal, often traveling
in packs and usually in company
with at least ono of Its kind. When
night has closed in, the coyote be
comes noisy, yelping in a sharp, pro
longed cry that is not unpleasant.
Two of the animals often hunt to
gether and are more than a mutch
for a grown sheep.—Kansas City
Times.
Theo’ogy und Religion.
The Bov. Dr. Putnam, for many
years one of the ablest and most be
loved of the Unitarian clergymen
about Boston, went on one occasion
to preach in a Now Hampshire vil
lage. *He was effusively greeted by
one of the congregation, who said to
him: “Dr. Putnam, I am delighted
to hear you again. I remember
when you preached here before, some
ten years ago, and I shall nover for
get your sermon.”
“Ah!” said the doctor, pleased to
be remembered. “Wliat was the
subject of my sermon ?”
“I don’t remember exactly,” was
the reply.
"Do you recall anything in it
which will help to brinjg it to my
mind?”
“I only remember distinctly one
thing,” said the other. “You said
that theology is not religion by a
blamed sight I”
Dr. Putnam occasionally told the
story with great gusto.—Minneapolis
Journal.
The First Railroad Station.
The first railroad Btation in the
United States was the Albany termi
nus of the Albany and Schenectady
railroad. Up to 1842 it stood at the
comer of Broad and Van Vetchen
streets (now Third avenue). It is a
one story building about twenty-five
feet square.—Yankee Blade.
A. Man Struck by Lightning Always
Known Whutt u Storm I» Coining.
A reporter knows a man who was
struck* by lightning live years ago
and has nover quito recovered.
"When I was first Btruck,’’lie said,
“I was dead for two or three days.
Then consciousness returned, and
with it a sense of most ncuto pnin.
My muscles wore all contracted, and
whenever I was at rest for ten min
utes at a time the torture was posi
tively unbearable. For days aud
nights I walked tlie floor, and when
1 wanted to sleep ’I got two of my
friends to’ walk with me and I slept
wliilo I Walked. Seven doctors
worked on me constantly for weeks
and they did not alleviate tlie pain in
tlie least. So I let them all go and
started traveling and kept up a per
petual motion.
‘ ‘Ouo thing I noticed. For two days
before a rain or oleetrical storm there
would be a rigid contraction of tlio
nerves nnd my sufferings were in
tensified. Many a tilne I have pre
dicted a storm when tlio skies wore
clear, nnd people laughed at mo for
awhilo, but to this day I have novor
missed it. After tlio storm passes
there is a relaxation to a certain ex
tent. After tho doctors confessed
they could do nothing for mo I was
in despair for awhile. Then I tried
hot springs and got moro relief than
from anything else. I drink water
almost boiling now and it com
forts me.
“I am getting a little more like
myself now, hut still suffer horribly
at times. Tlie least exposure brings
on an attack, and during one of these
spells my whole, nervous system is
for the time being perfectly shat
tered."
He was asked his recollection of
tho shock.
"I was standing by my house one
lloudyday. Suddenly I saw a flash
of light, which looked as if all tho
heavens wore being opened and the
stars running together. I could feel
a pain as if men were sticking needles
into a thousand different portions of
my body at ouco, und then I knew
nothing until I opened my eyes and
heard a doctor say, ’He’s alive, any
how, nnd that’s all. ’ It is unliko any
other pain, and far more terrible to
my notion.”
The gentleman still '-ceps his body
heavily protected from bend to foot,
wearing twice the clothes sufficient
for ordinary mortals, and In damp
weather he piles on still more.—Dal
las News.
Alfred de Muaiiefc*
In his history of English literature
M. Table takes occasion in one of his
comparisons between English and
French poetry to speak in the highest
terms of Alfred de Musset. An Eng
lish writer who has published his
tensions of prominent French
men says of him that with his tall,
slim figure, auburn wavy hair and
beard, blue eyes and finely shaped
mouth and nose, De Musset gave one
the impression of a dandy cavalry
officer in mufti, rather than of a
poet; the “Miss Byron," which Pre-
ault, the sculptor, applied to him was,
perhaps, not altogether undeserved,
if judged intellectually and physical
ly at first sight. There was a femi
nine grace about all his movements.
The “Confession d’un Enfant du
Biecle." and his play, “Frederic and
Bernerette," were apt to stir tho heart
of women rather than that of men;
but was it not perhaps because the
majority of the strong sex cannot he
stirred except with a pole? And the
poet who was so sensitive to every
thing rough as to leave invariably
the coppers given to him in exchange,
was unlikely to take voluntarily to
such an unwieldy and clumsy instru
ment to produce his effects. De
Musset improved on better acquaint
once. He was apt to strike ono at
first as distant and supercilious. He
was noithertho ono nor the other;
simply very reserved and at tho best
of times very sad, not to say melan
choly.
It was not affectation, as has been
said so often; it was his nature. The
charge of superciliousness arose from
his distressing shortsightedness,
which compelled him to store very
hard at people without the least in
tention of being offensive.
Answer this Question.
Why do so many people we see
around us seem to prefer to suffer and
be made miserable by indigestion 1
oonstipation, dizziness, loss of ap
petite, coming up of tlie food, yellow
skin, when for 76c. we will sell them
Shiloh’s Vitallzer, guaranteed to cure
them. Sold by IL J. Lamar & Sons. (2)
Woman'* Way.
Wonder if thore ever was a bride
who didn’t write home to her most
intimate friend while she was away
on her wedding tour, “And I am
married to the best husband in all
the world."—Somerville Journal.
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A PAM, IN PKIIMTUKK.
Have you licnril tlie news ? If you have
it probably took yon by surprise ; if you :
haven’t it will - , i.
STARTLE YOU
As sure us you live. 11 ta not strictly
accurate to say that there hus been a fall
in furniture: it ip strictly accurate to.say
that there bus been • -
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A FALL IN
Something knocked the props from
under them, and down they came. Have
you heard the news? We are selling our
stock low, and we substantiate what .we
say. It is a wholesale drop to wholesale *., •
figures, a tumble to figures low enough
t° carry
CONSTERNATION
To the heart of a manufacturer. We
nre now on the eve of erecting a com
fortable bouse where; .we can show to
perfection
OUR GOOD!
v
And we do not wish to move any of our
present stock into this
Helice, we have declared this
fall in
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WHAT
Going to do about it? We answer you
this question. You come and look
and sec for yourself. Then if
Goods and Frisco Soil
And you have not all the money on
hand, just say: I want to buy on
Shiloh’s Catabbh Remedy, a mar
vel cus cure for catarrh, diphtheria
oanker mouth, and headache. With
eaob bottle there Is an ingenious nasal
injector for the more successful treat
ment of these complaints without
extra charge. Price 60c. Sold by H.
J, Lamar £ Sons. (3)
HHMHB
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AND MAKE THE
TERMS
TO SUIT
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just what you want.
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