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VOL. XXVI. NO 3
PRIMITIVE LAW.
The Mosaic law was given to
better the condition of the hu
man race and to adapt it to the
physical phenomena of the earth
The Ten Commandments, given
to the Israelites in the early
stages of their civilization, are
the foundations of modern law.
To their enforcement is due the
essential good government of
the family miif the well being
of society. They cover the worst
phases of man’s nature. They
were given to check his worst
propensities; to guard against
the weakness most prominent
in all humanity. How easily
one can appropriate what does
not belong to him 1 llow diffi
eult to restrain the hand in
w rath from murdering an offen
der! How hard to keep from
bearing false witness against
one’s neighbor—instanced in
everyday gossip. How common
to covet, to break the Sabbath,
to turn after stiange gods!
There are no characteristics or
te idencies inborn and inbred
in man’s nature which must be
guarded so carefully as these —
instincts so dominant in hu
manity that the child seems to
have them first, acquired.
It may be noticed in 11 ■ i
connection, that in giving the
Commandments to the Isreal
itea at tho very outset of their
independence, the chosen jieo
ple were placed at once on a
■imple, fundamental basis,
adapted to their mutual well
being, that all barbaric nations
which have risen to a position
of civiUzation were decades in
attaining.
The careful student of history
is at once impressed with the
adaptability of many of the
laws in Deuteronomy to the re
quirements of nature. The san
ity condition of the i»eople was
p-ovided for by a code of ordi
n-i'toes not excelled nor nearly
so stringently enforced and ob
served iu any inadern city. To
this second code of laws the
Jews are indebted for a rapid
advance in their civilization ac
quired up to tho date of the
visit of the Queen of Sheba to
Solomon.
The necessity of these laws to
tho best physical and moral
Condition of a people, and their
adaptability to all climates, it
well illustrated in tho Isreal
itish race. Since tho time ot
the promulgation of those laws,
thousands, of ye rs ago, the
Jews have strictly kept them.
Th • results are that in spite ol
t,e persecu ions of the nice,
the fact remains that the Jews,
whether bond or free, iu every
known climate, are the healthi
est, wealthiest, least affected
with epidemics and prevalent
i i .oases of any existing race
The race, after an existence ol
m vcaal thousand years, among
every nationality of the world,
I as not changed materially in
1 o’cs, language, religion, cus
toms, inclinations or habit*
They have kept the laws laid
Town for good living. When
ever they have fallen out by
the way, history itself affirms
that it was from disobedience
to the law —New York Dis
patch.
A HUM AMHITION.
“Hamid!”
The indulgent father of the
young man who who had just
gone through college laid hie
1 aud on hie eon'e shoulder.
‘•Harold, I don’t grudge a
penny of the money I havej
8 »,nt. in educating you. 1 have|
■ applied you lih rally with the
mean* to enable you to tit y«*ur
self for any career. If you fail,
it will not he my fault. lam
■till willing to help you in any
way \on can reasonably ask.
You have had a long course of
preparation for succeed in life,
and now it remains for you to
■ay what vocation you will
eliooae. Don’t fear to aim high,
my hoy. What shall it. l>e ?
Touched deeply hy this evi
dence of | a'crnal pride and de
votion, the young man an
swered:
“If 1 can have my way about
it, dad, 1 think I’d like to be a
retired army officer on half
It you know in your heart
(bat you are true to the Lord,
don't come to the co.iclusion
that ln> has forsaken you when
ever things do not apistar to bt
going just light,
The Gwinnett Herald.
AN OUT-OF-DATE COUPLE.
We’re so “out-of-date” they sa v,
Ned and 1;
We love in an old-fashioned w ay
Long since gone by.
He says I am his helpmate true
In everything;
Ami I—well, I will own to you
He is my king.
We met in no rnniatic way
'Tvvixt “glow and gloom;”
He wooed me ou a winter day,
And in—a room;
Yet, thro’ fife’s hours of stress
and storm,
When griefs befell.
Love kept our small home cor
ner wurm,
And all was well.
Ted thinks no woman like his
wife—
But let that pass;
Perhaps we view the dual life
Through roseate glass;
Even if the prospects be not
bright,
We hold it true *
The heaviest burdens may grow
light
Wheu shared by two.
Upon the gilded scrool of fame,.
Emblazoned fair,
l cannot hope to read the name
I proudly bear;
But, happy in their even flow,
The years glide by;
We are behind the times we
know—
Ned and I.
—Chamber’s Journal.
l’il E YANKEE DUELIST.
Representative Boatuer, of
Louisiana, has returned to
Washington from New Orleans,
and his friends are expressing
their gratification that the “af
fair of honor” in which he was
involved was settled without an
exchange of shots. His associ
ates in the house look upon
him as a man who would tight,
but it was doubtful as an
abstract question, lie believes in
the propriety of dueling. He
would probably have fought,
had it been necessary, simply
because it. is the custom in that
section and he is not timid.
There are few men in congress
now, even among the old school
southern men, who believe in
dueling. There are many' per
haps who, like Boatner, would
tight if they thought it necessa
ry, lo preserve their names
from reproach, but they no
longer look ui>oii that sort of
thing as natural and proper.
Catchings, of Mississippi, was
telling the other day of some
early dueling in Mississippi.
Now a man loses citizenship for
dueling in that state, but there
was a time w hen it was regard
ed as tho natural and proper
thing to settle difficulties that
way.
Catch irgs told « story of the
experience of a young man who
went to Vicksburg from some
where east, New England or
Pennsylvania, some time before
the war. llis name was Rob
bie. He was a matter of tact
business man, young and of
[iiirt, gentlemanly manners,
not used to southern ways, but
disposed to let people alone
Hm eame there to be cashier of
.me of the principle banks, a
p >sit iuii which carried with it
{o >d standing. In the spirit of
the times, it was determined by
the men of the eircle with
which he might lie existed to
associate to make a test of his
mettle. They began by one of
their number picking a quarrel
with him.
lie avoided the quarrel and
did lot see its purpose. One
after another tried to get him
embroiled without suae ess.
Then they began to put indig
nities upon him ami to insult
him. His only mode of resent
ment was to say that they were
blaekgnards. and that lie would
have to do with them. In a
short time they had him ostra
cized He thought lie was os
tracising them. He seemed to
Lie entirely unconscious of any
loss of dignity or standing in
the community, and to look
upon his isolation as simply his
own voluntary retirement from
w hat he consider'd bad compa
ny. Meanwhile, lie had be
come an object of contempt
among the cavaliers, and final
ly it begun to reflect upon the
bank of which he was cashi r.
One day, after some particular
gross insult had loe-n passed
over by him with his accustom
ed silent contempt, the presi
dent of the hank took him aside
ami explained the situation,
adding that he must regain
public resi»ect or he would have
to sever liis connection with
the bank. Robbiu asked what
LAWRENCEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MARCH 31 st 1896.
was expected-of him, and it
wns explained t hat, he would
have to challenge one of the of
fenders to fight a duel.
“Oh,” ho said, “I can do
that if it is necessary.” He
sent immediately a challenge
to the man who last put an in
dignity upon him. This man
was one who had fought before
and was regarded as a most ac
complished duelist. He
promptly accepted the chal
lenge; they fought with pistols
and both were dangerously
wounded. As soon as Bobbin
got well he took up his tormen
tors in order, challenging them
systematically and deliberately.
He fought eight or ten duels,
killing some and Wounding,
others of hia antagonists. The!
ostracism was declared off', and
he was made a liott of. He
prospered, liecame wfenlthy and
prominent, but had tho reputa
tion of the most dangerous du
elist in the Stats.
He simply devoted himself to
(he code. Right and left, for
little provocation or for none,
he challenged men and fought
them. It became his chief
pleasure in life. He boilt a
massive stone castle on the
heights overlooking Vicksburg,
which cost an immense amount
of money, and was known as
Robbin’e folly. In this he had
a long room fitted up as a libra
ry and armory. Here he had
all sorts of weapons which
might be used iu dueling.
Hung about the wall* were
broadswords, foils, pistols, etc., j
lalieled with the particular du
el they had been used in.
The spiritless yankee had be
come a terror. No one dared
to offend him. He was just
looking around for some one to
fight. His extravagance finally
brought financial reverses upon
him. Suit was going to be
brought against him in the
courts for a large sum of money
owed by him to some parties
outside the State. When he
was notified of it, he wrote a
note to each of the members of
the Vicksburg bar, notifying
him that any lawyer who took
the ease would have to fight a
duel. But one lawyer could lie
found willing to take the case.
He was promptly challenged by
Itobbiu. They fought and were
so seriously wounded that they
were confined to their beds for
several months.
Then if was discovered that
Rubhin was insane. When
forced iufo his first duel, the
sight of hia fallen antagonist
had unbalanced his mind and
made a monomaniac of him.
Sane oil all other subjects, he
had become entirely irresponsi
ble on this, and his career had
been simply that of a dueling
maniac. He ended his days iu !
an asylum.
THE COUNTRY EDITOR.
The country editor is a com
bination of the entire stall of a
city newspaper. His sphere ot ;
usefulness, although not so 1
übiquitous, is quits as impor
tant as that of the great con
temporaries. His single weekly j
paper is in minature the seven j
issues per week of Iha great
dailies. Hia constituency i*
often the most moral and high-i
minded to be found in the do
main of history. He reaches
the homes of brain and brawn'
that seud .to the colleges and
cities the great, well-balanced
men of the age. He may not
uproot scandal, expose corrup
tion, tear down religious and
politieel parties, create empires
or crush dynasties, but lie reach
es and influences the majority
of the army of hoys who, in
after years, tight the great bat
tles of life in the pulpit, at the
bar, in the hospital, tnd even
liecouie his most distinguished
co-workers in journalism.
The country editor may tade
wood and potatoes on his sub
scription price, bqt he never
1 lies about bis circulation. He
may mention in detail the pro
cess of const ruction of country
barns and the intervisitation of
unim|K>rtant bumpkins, but he
makes no attempt to build his
fortunes on scandals, broken
homes, misty twaddle, and un
due prying into private life.
He may write wretched English
and deplorable grammar, hut
Ihe never talks about “innocu-
I i>us desuetude” and masterful’
j efforts. He may publish three
' pages of patent insides te oh*
of original matter, but he never
stfinls the news and brains o'
others because a geographical
difference of time favors his
location. He may set his ow n
type and turn the crank of his
own press; he may deplore cer
tain local usuages ami want of
appreciation of his columns by
business men-, but lie never
| pursues people who have no I
[ means for reply with vindictive!
hate, with vile cartoons and'
outrageous persecution to the
grave.
He is not a life wrecker, not
a family wrecker, nor a scandal
monger, nor a party political
poltroon, nor a brilie taker, nor
a washer of dirty linen. What
ever his mistakes, troubles and
ludicrous exhibitions at times,
the country editor is an honest,
painstaking citizen, one of the
most potent factors in the high
er civilization of the age.— X
Y. Dispatch.
A CLE AN" CAM PAI (IN.
The Jackson Herald advo
cates a clean campaign this
year, and we desire to add eur
endorsement to the views pre
sented below:
This is political year, as we
all know, and we always huvi
more or loss excitement on such
occasions.
We can see no reason.though,
why there should be much strife,
turmoil and excitement in Jack
son county thTs year. Th
principles of the different par
ties have been so thoroughly
discussed in the last five yenr?
that the people are familia
with them and understand
them. We can see no reason
for a bitter campaign array ini 1
one side against anothir \vi 1
such bitterness that friendshi]
is broken up, relatives win
once lived in sweetest hnrniom
are estranged and will liardh
speak, families divided on tin
|xditicnl issues, and wher. there
are political speeches and po
litical discussions by others it
generally extends itself to the
family.
Let’s have a clean campr.ig
in Jackson county this year
lu?t’s pitch it on a higher plain
and do nothing but what our
consciences will approve when
we lie down to rest. Lei’s have
a campaign in which men wil
have different views on parties,
yet be personal friends. Let’-
not begin the campaign t<><
soon and cause men to qui
their work and go to political
gatherings when they are need
ed nt home.
There is something else in
the world to think of; some
thing else to live for; something
else to work for, and something
thing else to die for beside
parties, anil we are for a clean
campaign this year of ou r Lord,
j 180(1, and one that w ill leave a-,
few scars ns possible.
Suid Col. lngersoll in a ie
I cent address: “In lHflo nil the
j United States were worth $400,-
(KJO.OUO; now they are worth a
! little less than $10,000,1*10,000.
jln thirty years we have spent
|on an average of $1,000,000 a
day building railroad- We
| have got enough now to make
| seven tracks around the great
globe and enough left for side
i tracks. ”
FROM CRABTREE’S FAI.M
ER.
In plowing see that all trash]
is turned under.
Work this season for more
bushels on fewer acres.
Be a reading farmer and keep
up with all new method* and
discoveries.
If you want your boy to stay
• m the farm, don’t make him
work with the dullest hoe
This country’s liquor bill for
six days would build and equip
a railroad from Chattanooga to
Chicago.
Keep the boy on tile farn .
How aboui tlie girls ? Ai
they not worth ns much a* tin
boys? Why not?
— ’ • • -
The man who doee not hate
all sin is not opi>osod to any.
G<st is always nearest you
when you need him most.
The mother’s love is as strong
for her bubo when she tells it
tire will burn as she when gives
it sweetmeats.
No matter what a man may
think about it, the Bible de
clares that to step on a broth
ers rights is to take a stand
against Christ.
TITLED ANCESTORS.
The snake reporter, says tin*
. Houston Post, was wending his!
way homeward last night when
lie was npproached bv a very
gaunt, hungry looking man with
i wild eyes and an emaciated
i face.
“Can you tell me, sir,” he
[ inquired, “where I can find in
! Houston n family of low-born
j scrulie ?”
“1 don’t exactly understand,’
-aid the reporter.
“Let me tell you how it is,”
-aid the emaciated man. "I
came to Houston a month ago,
and I hunted up a boarding
house, as I cannot afford to live
at a hotel. I found a nice, ar
istocratic-looking place that
illited me, and went inside.
The landlady came in the par
lor, and she was a very stately
lady with a Roman nose. 1
asked the priee of board.
“ 'Eighty dollars per month,’
she replied.
"I fell against the door jamb
with a dull thud.
“ ‘You seem surprised, sah.'
she said. 4 A r ou will please re
member that I am the widow ,
of Governah Riddle of Virginal).
My family is very highly con
nected; give you board as a fa
vah; I never consider money as
an equivalent to advantage of
my society. Will you have a
room with a door in it ?’
“ ‘l’ll call again,’ I said and
got out of the house somehow.
“I went to some more hoard
ing houses.
"The next lady said she was
descended from Aaron Burr on
*ne side and Capt. Kidd on the
other. She was using the Capt
Kidd side in her business. She
vamed to charge me 60 cents
m hour for hoard anil lodging.
1 traveled around all over Hous
ton and found nine widows of
supreme court judges, twelve
relicts of governors and gener
al*. and twenty-two ruins left
by happy deported colonels,
professors and majors, who put
fancy figures on the benefit of
their society, and carried grub
as <i side line.
"I finally grew desperately
"hungry and engaged a week’s
bi a'd at a nice, stylish mansion
in the Third Ward. The lady
who kept it was tall and im
posing. Sin* kept one hand ly
ing across her waist and the
other held a prayer biKik anil a
pair of ice hooks. She said she
was an aunt of Davy Crockett,
anil was still in morning for
him. Her family was one of
the very first to settle in Texas,
ft was then supper time, and I
went in to supjier. Supi>er was
from 0:50 to 7, and consisted of
Inker's bread, prayer and cold
slaw, i was so fatigued that I
bogged to show to my room ini
m (Lately after the meal.
"1 took the candle, went in
t i the room she showed me.
and locked the door quickly.
The room was furnished in im
itation of tie Alamo. The
walls and the floor were bare,
and the bed was something like
a monument, only harder.
A boift midnight 1 felt some
thing ns if I hud fallen into a
prickly pear bush, and jumped
Up and lit the candle. I looked
in the bed, and then put on my
clothe- and exclaimed:
“Thermopyla had her mes-j
senger of defeat, but the Alamo
had a thousand.”
•‘1 slipped out the door and
left the house.
“Now, my dear sir, 1 am not
wealthy, and can not afford to
pay for high lineage and moldy
anc stors with board. Corned]
beef goes further with me than
a coronet, and when I am cold
a coat-of-arms does not warm)
me. lam desperate and hun
gry, and 1 hate everybody who]
can trace tie ii- aneestors fur
ther back than the late Confed
erate reunion. 1 want to find
a boarding house whose propri
etress was left while an infant
in a basket at a livery stable,
whose father was an unnatural
ized Dago from the Fifth Ward
and whose grandfather was
never placed upon the map. 1
want to strike a low down,
scrubby, piebald, sansculotte
outfit that never heard of linger
biw Is or grace before meals,
Out oue who can get up a mess
of hot eornbread and Irish stew
at regular market quotations,
i Is there any such place ioHous
tou ?”
j The snake reporter shook his
head sadly.
“I never heard of any,” he
| said, “tlie boarding houses here
are run by ladies who do not
take boarders to make a living
they are all trying to get a
better rating in Bradstreets
than Hetty Green’s.”
''Then,” said the emaciated
(ban, desperately, “I will shake
vou for a long toddv. ”
The snake reporter felt in his
vest poeket haughtily for a mo
ment; then refusing the prop
osition scornfully, moved away
down the dimly street.
THEMES FOR THINKERS’.
God never forgets tile good
no matter how black iheir skv
may sometimes look.
The man who knows that all
things are working together for
good will not lose his pence
when In* gets had news.
The man who shares his load
with Christ will nevercoinplaiii
that his buiden is heavy.
One of the things revealed in
the Bible is that heaven is tubs
forever devil proof.
If God were only willing to
lie the God of the perfect in
conduct there would l»e no hope
for any of us.
There is always hope where
there is trust.
Mercy and truth are the
wings of love.
The character of truth is al
ways endorsed with “Thus
saith the Lord.”
—Rain's Horn.
DIET AND DIGESTION.
Beans may be properly diges
t'd in two hours and a half.
Melted butter requires three
a.id a half hours for digestion.
Wheat bread requires three
hours and a half for perfect di
gestion.
Cheese cannot be properly di
gested under*three hours and a
half.
Oyster sfew requires from
three to four hours for proper
digestion.
Baked sponge cakes requires
two and a half hours for proper
digestion.
Carrots are considered diffi
cult of digestion, requiring over
three hours.
Three hours ure required for
the digestion of broiled orl>oiled
mutton.
The capacity of the stomach
is varied greatly by- age and
habits of eating.
Hashed meat and vegetables
will be digested in two and a
half hours.
Green corn, properly masti
cated, will he digested in three
and a half hours.
Boiled parsnips are complete
ly digested at the end of two
hours and a half.
Boiled turnips will lie proper
ly digested at the end of three
hours and a half.
Tin* frying pan is said to do ■
almost as much harm a- tin j
beer mug.
Boiled apple dumplings re-|
quire from three to four hours
for proper digestion
■ ■
The morning paper* lay on i
the seat beside him in the ele
vated train. Ho was reading
with eagerness an awkward..
crumpled little sheet. Tht i
printing of the paper was un
couth, for it looked as thoug'i
half the letters were ma*lnd
iThe impression of the typo wusj
I dull and blurred.
It was the weekly puper,
printed in the town wln-re this
prosperous, wi ll dressed New
I Yorker hud been born and • red.
Many a man who has cam d i
fortune iu this city, hails the
j little country paper every week
as a welcome rmss-nger. It
[ tells how the crops are flourish- j
ling, how the fences are being]
I whitewashed every spring, and
II er’ups ouc) iu a while there is
a paragraph about the dear old
mother, who has got into print
by entertaining the sewing cir
cle.
And the prosperous New-
Yorker reads it entire, while
the metropolitan sheets lay be
side him unheeded.
A nurse in Los Angeles, Cal.,
is holding the baby she va
i hired to care for as surety for
th > payment ot her wages. The
mother of the child fell behind
] in her. pay merits to the nurse and
i finally the nurse refused to
surrender the child until she
was paid in full. The case is
to come up in court on habeas
corpus proceedings The nurse's
lawyers claim thut a human be
ing can be held as security for
; u debt.
1 - QQ PER annum, in advanc
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report
P/jVfol Baking
Powder
Absolutely pure
Correspondence
GONE HOME BY A SHORTER
WAY.
As a tribute to the memory
of little Jul ia Will iarns. we are
requested to publish the follow
ing beautiful poem, taken from
an exchange:
Her brief life work is ended
Ere the shadows of evening
play;
She has only hastened before
you,
Gone home by a shorter wav—
As if in some bright home-com
ing
She suddenly dropped your
hand ,
And gleefully hurried forward
At the open gate to stand. •
While you, with a footstep
slower.
Came on by the longer way
To find her smiling a welcome,
Astor the innocent play.
Yet not like this, but far better,
For she did not go alone:
She dropped your hand for a
dearer,
And the Lord took home His
awn.
You stood at the plaei* of part
ing,
And the clouds were leaden
gray
That hid from sight, your darl
ing,
Gone home by a shorter way.
She has reached the place made
ready.
But was not the way prepared?
And you, from your longer
journey.
Know much that she now is
spared.
Your fervent wish for your
daughter,
Was a home with our Lord
above;
He has sent yon an early an
swer,
He has sent it in tender love.
You think of her, bright and
winning,
With her beautiful hair and
eves;
With her blithseme grace of
manner,
And her speech so quaint and
wise;
You think of her, loved and
loving,
And your grief must have full
sway;
But think of her as only
Gone home by a shorter way;
And all whose unclasping fing
ers
Have broken your heart of
love;
Have carried its best affections
With them to the home above.
So Heaven will be more home
like
Than ever your home below;
When the summons comes at
evening,
How sweet it w ill be to go!
i He who has taken your treas
ures,
Making such empty space,
Will come and dwell in their
places,
Filling the void with His
grace.
i Such room in vour heart for
Jesus!
I Such room in your aching
breast!
You have given Him what He
asked Ur.
And He will give you “peace
Mini rest.”
MEMORIAL.
UV CAROI.IMK V. ROBINSON.
In memory of my father, \V.
A. Lester, who died at his home
near laiwrenceville, Gwinnett
county, Ga., Feb. 21, 1895.
i once had a father
Who was always kind to me,
But now I am left to mourn
For my father is gone away.
My heart is tilled with grief,
My eyes with tears to think
No more his loving face to see,
No more advice from him to
hear.
Oh, that I could forever sit
With my father ut the merer
seat!
Be this my happy choice
To hear my father’s voice.
How many troubled hours
In thoughts of him I’ve spent,
Since 1 and him did part,
Our Heavenly Father sent.
There is to me no hymns so sweet
As those my fat hi ■r sung,
When joyously around his feet
His little children clung.
The stealing tear mine eyes be
dim,
My heart is running o’er;
The music of a father’s hymns
Shall cheer uie here no more.
If death my father and me di-
vide
I lion dost not, Lord, mv sor
rows chide.
J toel a strong, immortal hope
\\ Inch bears my mournful spirit
up
Beneath its mountain load.
I soon shall find mv father again
Within the arms of God.
(>h, thou who hast mv sorrow
borne.
H'dp me to look.on thee and
mourn.
Mv lather whom I loved so well
I- gone to heaven, there to
dwell.
■ --r.
('no of the most novel things
i:i the history of conrts and
criminal prosecutions happened
in Ba iks county last week.
A young man decided that ho
wanted to exercise the right of
every American citizen to get
married. He got the maiden's
consent, but lie was poor, very
poor, and his wardrobe was
dreadfully deficient. To com
plete a passable outfit, he ap
plied for credit to a storekeeper
and succeeded in purchasing a
hat and a pair of trousers. He
agreed with the merchant to
come within a week to work
out the debt, or to return the
wedding apparel. He did not
d<f either, and as court was in
session the merchant at once be
came his adversary at the law.
But the young man did not
need to agree with him quickly.
\\ hen the merchant went to the
grand ji-ry, after having tho im
pecunious bridegroom arrested
under a warrant for cheating
and swindling, that body found
a “No Bill” and also that tho
prosecution wus malicious.
The Sheriff went to the mer
chant for the cost, but tho mer
chant refused to pay it, where
upon he was arrested and taken
to jail.
In admitting tho merchant
to prison? the Sheriff released
the incarcerated young man,
and the lattler, in coining out,
passed his prosecutor going into
jail.—Walton News.
IN NEED OP NEGRO BLOOD.
The peculiar case of a young
woman trying to prove that she
has negro blood in her veins
will come up this week in court
in Muncie, Ind. The young
woman is the daughter of a
prosperous wliito farmer iu
that place, and there has never
been any suggest ion that she
was other than of pure white
b'ood, and there is said not to be
the sligl test ground for her
claim now. But sho fell iu
love with a full-blooded negro,
and was married to him by a
colored minister lust week. It
is unlawful iu Indiana for white
people and colored people to in
termarry. and the couple were
urrestod and held for unlawful
marriage. The girl declares
sho is of colored blocd, and will
try to prove her allegation in or
der to keep her husband, and
to keep him and herself out of
jail. She is a decided blonde
and of attractive face and man
ners.
HIE SERPENT HAD BUS
INESS.
Here ii a little story that
Mark Twain told in Australia,
uneut the effort to push prohi
bition there- “In our country
loveral years ago there was a
man came into a prohibition
town, aod, unlike you savages
here, they said to him: ‘You
can’t get a drink anywhere ex
cept at the apothecary’s.’ Si
lie went to the apothecary, who
said: ‘You can’t get a drink
here without a prescription
from the physician.’ but the
man said: ‘I am perishing.
1 haven’t time to get a prescip-
Don.’ The apothecary replied:
’Well, 1 haven’t, the power to
give you a drink, except for a
snuke bite.* The man said:
•Wlnr ’s the sunkj?’ So the
apothecary gave him the snake’s
i d Iress, and he went off. Soon
after, however, he came back
and said: ‘Forgoodness sake,
give me a dr nk. That snake
is engaged for six months
ahead. ”