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THEWEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA, GL. TUESDAY MARCH 30 1886
NOT MUCH COFFEE.
THB BLOOD— ITS DISEASE
CURED.
The mott wonderful blood polion remedy era
compounded 1. B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Babn.) tho
heeling qtulltlee of which era truly phenomenal.
Scientific mouth hot Celled eo fer to prodace 1U
cquaL Then lo noclelm that the Ingredient! of
thti greet remedy ere new; oo the contrary, lu
component parte are all and fkronbly known to
the medical world In their aeparate twaa but the
combination of three Ingredlenta were never at
tempted nntll the formula of EE B. wee made.
For Scrofula, Blood Poiaon, RhenmatUm, Catarrh,
Kidney Trooblaa, remale Complaint!, ele., It 11
almply unapproachable, and aa a true tonic it la
tmequaJed. Wadonotixpectthereadertobellere
all we aay aa to the unprecedented mertia of thla
remedy, for there are lo many able, yet nnacrapo-
lota advertliere that It would not be aafa to regard
everything laid In an advertlrement aa true. Horn!
of tboae column, double-colnmn and whole page
ad'a remind at of a loog-ago friend who traveled
a great deal; that waa before then were many
railroad.: and aa all traveler, thoae day. bad lo do
no he bed to put up at night wherever night caught
him. OoaiequeaUy, lometlmea be had to atop at
placet where the accommodation! were not of the
very beat. lie waa a great lover of ooffee, and oof-
foe he would have; but, laid he, In a very aolemn
tone, I have tome lime, lo drink a gallon of water
o get a taate of coffee. In an ad page there la u»
oally about aa much genuine truth aa eoffoe In our
lrlcnd'a gallon of hot water. For our part wo would
DRAKE’S DEATH.
■tanalae or Jean Drake far ute Huron or Hit
Wlle-The Story of a Met Brutal Cnwe-The
Doomed Kan-. FartUwTO Clgar-A
TfTOHAOTOir, tie., March 2(1.—{Special]—
Full ala tbouaand people crowded the atreeta,
alleys and by ways of Thoinaaton today to
wltncrethe ezecution of John Drake, who
murdered hit wife aomo fifteen montha ago.
Bnch waa the intercat, or rather cariosity, pro-
vailing that people began coming Into the
town the night before, camping aa near the
Jail aa poaalble. Strange and unnatural curl
oally that, which bringa men, women and chil
dren for mllea to look upon ao terrible a light.
The morning waa bright, and the elouda of red
dtut, rolling over the atreeta, gave the little
mountain city an air of nnuinal and ezclting
activity. At 10 o'clock, tbeiherllTwent totbe
jail, In company with Uevcrenda Timmons and
Caldwell, whom pretence had been requeited
by the doomed man. When they went in,
they found Drsko In splendid spirits. lie
talked freely and without the alighteat unea
siness, displaying phenomena! nerve. He told
the ministers that be had been "woshid whiter
than anow by the blood of the I-aojlj, and that
ho waa prepared to meet bis flod.”
i rnrt-wv; citiAga.
When Xlfsli waa asked If he wanted any
coffee In the amall*rrencli cun to eat be replied: “No, I'vo eaten a
taEe the gffarf uf-w2SP I “ **•■“’*' hearty breaklhat, but would like to have some
and have It well creamed. dQtiagouItjjcKot - — —
quantity, and not over-much aweatoaed. especially
With sorghum syrup (the productions of a prolific,
morbid brain). Who can find a needle In a hay-
atackr much leas truth In soma page ad. I Won
derful tlmre these; broad acres of the Sahara with
out an oasis. Olva us the son that will produce
three halm, or a hundred and forty boshed of
wheat Instead. Tat this does not prove that every
remedy la not aa represented.
Wo only ask a trial before a doubting pobllo,
foaling confident that ooa bottle will mtabllsh Its
Intrinsic value aa a blood-purifier. We can only
present a few certificate* within thla limited apace,
but In our “Book of Wonders” will be found mors
than enough to oonvlnee the moat skeptical, and If
then not satisfied wa can show I be original certifi
cates, and also an unlimited number of persona who
bavs been cured of some of the moat noted cases ol
blood polion, etc., on record, by tbs use of E E E
Wherever this remedy la known It takes the lead.
A Doctor's Won,
Caiwroanvnia, Oa., June 11,1MS.-V0e ten yean
have bran suffering with muaoular rheumatism,
relent medicines and physicians’ prescription!
tailed lo give relief. Last summer I commenced
the uas of B. B. E, and ezpcrlenced partial relief
before ruing one bottle. I continued lu use and
gladly cocifwa that lt|U the beat and quickest med
icine for rheitmalign i have aver triad and I cheer
fully recommend It to tho public.
J. W.RUOD 18, A.
E E B. can bo had at the following places: nail
A Rachel, New York; J. W. Holman, Denver, CoL;
John V. 1-ark A S», Cincinnati: Crowdtu Drug On,
Dallai,Tex.; A. Kclfcr; A flo„ Indianapolis, Ind.
Woodward, Faxon A Co., Kansas City, Mo.; Lord,
OwcnaACo., Chicago, Ilia; Blehtrdaon Drag Oo.,
M. Louis; J. B. Wilder A Oo., Loulavllio, K/„ and
Of all southern druggists.
Rook of Wonder. Free.
By addressing Blood Balm Oo., Atlanta, Oa, any
one can recure five ont of Uw prettiest and moat
valuable IB-page books now out. It tails all about
the blood, Ha diseases and remedies; Scrofula, Ul
cers, Hhcumatlun, Kidney Afihetlona, Skin II a-
more, eto. Drop portal or It at nnee.
Including THIRTY Royal Allumlned Gold
Wolchei. Alio IOOO Fine Photogra
vure Stool Engravings and Oil Paintings
worth In Uro Original from $6.00 to
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FREE I ABSOLUTELY FREB TO TOPI
ADVANOC OOUIIICRfi
MUtataMmi. a CHIt’Auo, ILL. <
^yo$jwjwwr^lM»ai—tl without EUhowat of taUcrlp-
EXAS COLONY!
Itmata. flood land at low pricea
vat and frail district. Inioil-
Jbtral provision for pnblio
i 1-art Iculara by circular.
„ , , tat Vtna £ ClnctnnaU, Ohio.
Mention thla paper. marMett
marto-dfim tns ftl ana o o w wky s o w act
DRUNKENNESS
pyuu luring ”uab»^Syh!miKua, and wUL
ratin'! IJa^cTaudnSuBri 21ffioSoUo wreS?
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BSR .JgjgggHBPBgh.
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ION AND MTlirl'e t'ilA.VK.
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to all other methods Hundreds of raw.
. Dcreriptlve pamphlet sent Ore. Add CM.
Edrean. liVProcbura Brett, Atlanta, fla.
good rigaie, and beiora yoo repd ritem pl<
put seme perfume on them.” lie led In pray
er. which wee sensible and to the point. lie
sited forgiveness for his enemies and bleaaings
for his friends. Drake la an educated negro
and urea good language, lie Is a barber by
trade, and has always borne a creditable repu
tation.
At twelve o'clock Sheriff Foster read the
death warrant to the prisoner, during tho
reading of which npt the elighteet sound was
heard, save the low, measured words of death.
The aherilf then tied tho hangman'a knot
irdered t
about brake’s neck, and
the Upson
epei
the sallows. Drake walked out between the
thcriffand bis deputy. He stopped aa soon aa
be passed out the door, end looking over tho
throug of black faces, remarked that ho had
very good congregation. Ho then got
a (Vagrant brand, which He lighted and placed
between his llpawlthan air that would have
done credit to a latter day "dode." Ilia father
then got In the hack together with a colored
consequential divine. Tbo military then
formed a line on tho other side ef the hack
and began the march. Daring the ride Drake
would curl tho amok# upward with a pleasant
smile on hla face, and an occasional Up of his
hat to aomo friend In tho crowd. Tho way to
tho gallows led right by the spot where Drake
committed tbe crime. As he passed it he
simply turned hla head.
IX THB SHADOW OP TIATH.
Whan the gallowe waa reached the man ef
Iron nerve Jumped lightly from hla seat In ths
hack and remarked that it “waa a beautiful
dey.” He then asked for another cigar, which
your correspondent gave him. This waa John
Drake’s last earthly smoke. The gallows was
ef simple structure, but did Its horrid work
with “nratnaae and dispatch.” Aronnd on tbe
bills, which made a perfect amphitheater,
steed 0,000 people, with 0,000 hearts beating
with excitement and pity. The erowde con
sisted chiefly ef nrgroce.
Drake, tbe aherilf and two minister* walked
up the step* together, where tbe former took
a seat, and through tbe smoke from his cigar
viewed tho Immenio mate ef people. Tbe min
ister ssksd that all Join In the songi
"Than Is a fountain filled with blob
Such a choir nevor assembled in the lltUe
town before. Tbe noise, for It was only a cross
between amean and a groan, was simply appal-
lleg. Alter tbe song the mlalatarled In prayer.
Drake bung to hla cigar. A. they arose from
prayer Drake pulled a paper from hie pocket
and began reading. It waa written the day
before hla death and wa* well written, In a
plain lrglblehand. During tho reading hla
voice was full and strong, and there was not
the allghtaat shake of the band, the follow
ing la a copy of the paper:
1 hope you ell may remember to read tho M
chapterOol., the Hub and mb verse; aim read
tbe Mb ebaptrr Cphestana; also the Mh chanter,
from ihe -.nth lo 2tuh verses. “Lova one soother.’ 1
It was not because 1 was raised wrong that
caused me lo commit this terrible erh
my parents end Uvea mtaclfuUy.
woman Ural did not care lor me, no
low my cauwelaev obey my t
oh, ttlonda, when you Hud
obeythelrpareuu, Are are
e fob
.ends.
asi
and ^me^TtaKughFhitr kmuandln^herweak
ness abc folk In four or five months alter I waa
married I found'
“*L r
re by
>m, Ii
Yount men, never marry a woman
diva not obey Mr parents, for If you do llfo
ope wiki scene ef misery and woe. Tbe
girls must do tbe same. Do not marry foe 11
pisayingyc
•ell all DOOMS Uut way. Hot blare you
When be completed the reading of tho con
fession he then asked to ha allowed to lead In
prayer. UaeUII swung to hla cigar. The
prayer was not In keeping with hie prayer lo
the jail.but waa more of a diapairing wall. Hla
mother and father than went on too gallows
and bid him good bye. Strange to aay that
was ths meat unfeeling thing oftbeoecaelon.
Hie mother waa very quiet, while hla father
bidding
kadDral
say anjrtldng else, and ho repllixl not. Then
by, The aherilf asked Drake if he i
and binds and drew out the
black cambric cap’which he drew over hla
fsea. All thla time Drake stood
aa erect and firm aa a
peal, not betraying tbe alighlest emotion
Tits tbav arsurra.
The sheriff then bid the wretched man
“goed-bye" and walked down on the gronad,
preparatory lo springing the trap. Such a
movement] A Jerk, a thud, and Joan Drake,
the Upson county wife murderer, waa hurled
Into the dark, depthteen beyond. Tho flail
wae about tlx feet, but foiled to break hit
neck. The trap was sprung at Just seven
minutes past one, and he wacnot pronounced
dead until 2 o’clock. It would hove been tm-
K ilble for eman to have shown more courses
n did he.
vus cants.
On tbs morning of lbs .-Tib of DecernDer, issi.the
quiet town of Thomarton was thrown Into a ter
rible rule of excitement earned by a most brutal
murder of Hla Drake, wtta of John Drake, a negro
barber, an investigation mauled tM fact that
her ahull had bean crushed with an ax, her throat
e bouse set oo Ire In order
the body aad caver tbe
great crime that had been committed. Tbe fire
waa discovered and extinguished before tbe bed/
northern part of the town, and circumstances
notated to John ae the murderer of hla wife and
KKWiMBl £
»eut for. and when ba arrived he had a Jury aa-
paneled and proceeded to hold an Infant.
After Drake was arrested, and while tba coroner
was being sent for and preparing for the trial* Mar
shals Allen and Caraway wr~ *“ ‘ ‘
best they could In the snort
the coroner with a Ust of wl . _ _
lnve»tt«ailon the Jury returned a verdict chaninL
John Drake with tbe murder of his wife. John
was then lodged in Jail and was tried at the Janu
ary term of I'psan superb* court in ISSS, and after
a fair trial, (being represented by able counsel,) he
was fourd guilty of murder and sentenced to hang
on the *xh of March. I*Vv lll< cast was
ranted to the supreme court, and
there srttxd by Judge A. M. Speer,
tut th$ mi twine court •'onUrtned the decision of
the court below, and John was re-sentenced by
Judge Hcynton $t the January term of Upson so-
} $rior court, IW, to hang the JSth of March/ After
ohn was re-rentvneed, a petition rigned by unite
a tunder of rl'lseua was prvMuird to the gov
ern r. at king him to commute the seutenoe of
death to Imprisonment for llfo, but after a caref tl
examination of the evidence the governor re
fined to interfere with the sentence of the conn.
Jehu l-iale is a young negro, about itseuly-ouo
yearn rid, and had l«en ma*ried ah wit
ote year. In the trial of the case the*
facts were developed. Drake aad bis wife ____
frequent onamls. One of her sisters waa in tba
house and heard them quarreling the moraine of
the murder, and left the bouse only a short tuna
before the crime was committed. In thirty minutes
after she left them smoke was seen Issuing from the
house. Drake had broken his wife’s skuuVitb an
ax, cut her throat, placed her head upon the
hearth, covered it with a goods box, rhen piled bed
clothing, etc., on her body and set it on fire, looked
up the home and went to his shop. The ax and nit
knife were found in the house with
blood upon them. Blood auuna were
on bis pants, and he bad wiped tbe
blood from hit hands on the towel in his barber
shop. Before the flames could be extinguished
his guilt, were before tbe court aud Jury. In the
trial of the case he admitted he struck her with
the ex, but claimed she had tbe knife In her
band and in the tuaale cut her own throat. Taere
waa great excitement among tbe negrocaatthe
time <—“* * — —■“
Ing t
daj iTuntll the excltcinent could subside.
_ A. Y. H.
Picking Cotton by kfachlnery.
In the last Issue of tbe Soothers Bivouac wag
an admirable article on Memu's cotton picker.
The text is fully illustrated, and justifies the hope
that wc shall food pick our cotton crop by ma
chinery, at one third the present cost.
The disappearance of Mason’s picker from pub
lic view for the past two years led to the belief
that It had proved a failure. Mr. Htornes explains
that It has Leen retired because of suits pending
against its patents, and that having perfected its
patents In every cotton-growing country on earth,
and now tbe last suit pending ayaUu# It is' being
frtlJhM MphSly. For three seasons this harvester
baa actually picked cotton at a cost or one dollar
a bale, again*! a cost of seven and a half a bate by
hand. 1 his it has done in the presence of experts.
With one man and a mule It has picked 2,000
poundH ofcicd cotton a day. Mr. Mason sgy* he
can double this, and make it pick three tables a
day.
The difficulty of picking cotton by machinery
has been the inventing of a machine that might
separate the lint from tbe ftalk and leaves, bring
it away and leave everything else. The principle
on which Mr. Mason proceeded is that tne lint is
hbrom. It is the only fibre on the stalk. It is
the retort tba only thing about the plant that would
sink into crevices, or penetrate slits made In a
imeoth surface rolled over the plant. Acting on
this Idea Mr. Mason made a series of ro ind hollow
stems. At frequent Intervals In these stems he
made slots or crevl cea. jn tnese crevices ho put
curved teelb. the points of which did not reach as
far out as the surface of the cylinder or stem. Thcao
cylinders could thus be rolled over the surface of
a cotton plant and catch and tear nothing, except
tbe Huffy lint, which penetrating into tho crevices
would catch on the hooka and be pulled out or
harvested.
This is tbe principle of the Mason picker. A
large pumber ot tnese stems, revolving rapidly and
In different directions, are geared ou two upright
cylinders. A teat is laid across tho top of the two
upright cylipdcra, and on this tho driver sits. The
mule is hitched not between the two cylinders,
but In front cf one of them, so that he will bo
between rows wbtie me centre of the machine is
over the row. As tbe machine starts the upright
cylinders revolvo. These in turn start tba stems
with their hidden hooks, to whirling round In
oppcalto directions. As they reach a
plant - they hit it at every
point of height, roll over It, preas it forward
and backward aud cover every aquaro inch of It.
The clored bolls or the leaves not yielding, they do
not alnk Into the ilots or crevices and are not torn
olT. The soft lint, when It la pressod by tbe rolling
cylinder, sinks Into the crevice, is caught by the
hidden hook and plucked. If it misses tho crevice
of one roller, tho next roller catches It. As tho
hooks get foil they are stripped by a reverse mo
tion, and the lint dropped into an endless chela
elevator, which carries it to a huge bag and drop#
It. The touch of the stems on tbe plant, while
paisistent, la so gentle that It docs not tear a leaf or
twig. Mr. Mason broke several twigs so that they
were held by a mere shred, and theu ran the ma
chine over the plant. Not a twig was caught,
though every particle ef lint was taken. Tho me.
chine has never broken an unopened boll or twig-
Tbe experiments have been wonderfully sue *
cessfol. One skeptic raid. "Has the think got
ejeir* and after watching it concluded that It
had something better than area. It picks ootton
wet or dry. Its difficulties are: That U leavea a few
bolls on tho sulk, but it picks about as clean as
any ordinary negro. It cannot work in ootton
over five ftrtbiih, though, of course, higher ma
chines can ba built. It does not pick tho gronnd
cotton, that Is ihetbolls that He flat In the dirt. Tho
lint tometimes drop* from the hooks before it is
delivered to tbe bag. These defects Mr. Mason 1«
remedying. lie is backed by a rich company that
has built bis short and imported thebost workmon
for him. Thirty thousand dollars have boom spent
in perfecting the mschtne, and 16,000 in getting
patents for it all over the world.
The picker will not be ready for tho next crop.
The company will not sell a single machine until
It is perfected. It will cost about fJ60 and will
pick three bales a day with one man and a mule.
It can be worked on any land that a reaper could
be ran ova r, though of course not in stumpy land.
It cost fifty millions to pick the cotton crop Uut
year. If the Mason picker does what Its friends
claim It has done, it can harvest a similar crop for
seven million dollars. It la thought It will be
ready for harvesting the crop after tba next.
••What Shall Wa Do With Oar Daaghtarsr*
This question la asked by a well known lady
lecturer. Well, wa can do a great many thinga
with them; one thing, wa mutt take good care
of their health, and not let them run down
and become enfeebled. For the feminine sail*
incuts, which may be rammed up in one word
writea, “Brown’s Iron Bitten cured me t
vousneas, indigestion and general poor health.”
Let the other young ladiaa take the hint.
The ghost of a smile—smelling the cork.
Holmn’ ton Cnn Month Wuh OtnUfritc.
Cutra flora Threat, Btatdlnn Quma, Ulcoa and
SHSSg$
I’d. ^
“I have bm afflicted with an Affection or the
Throat (torn childhood, caused b, diphtheria, and
have used various reasodlca, hut have uarer round
an,thlot equal toBxovx’s Baoxcnut Tsochci—
Hev. O. M. V. Hampton, melon, Kjr. Sold out,
in boieo.
Rtndeht (to servant at tho door)—'-MM Brownr’
flervont—--flhe's eufaced.” student—“I know It.
lm what ant'd en,a«ed to.”
Another LU. Sov.d,
About two ,ooro aoo, a prominent eitiaen of
Chicago waa told bv hta phjalclau that he must
die. The, said hta system wot so debilitated
that then was nothin, left to build ou. Us
made up his mind to try a ” new departure.”
He got tome of Dr. Pioreo’o “Uolden Medical
Discover," and took it accor4iu, to directions.
He began to improve at once, lie kept up tho
treatment for tome months, and la tods, a well
nun. He an,a tho “ Dlacovry” aaved hUllfa.
U you an tired taking tba large old fashion
ed griping pills, try Carter's Little Liver rilli
and takeaoma comfort. A man can't stand
everything. One pill a dose.
Mr. F. E Rowan died Wednraday erenln* at t
o'clock at bb icaideoce, five mllea west of McDon-
ongh. Mr. Rowan waa one of Henry county's
many good cltlaeno and heat formers
Lack Of Two low Francisco Men,
llr. Jnllna Omen, proprietor of tbo Louvre,
San Francisco, Ual n suffered for a long time
Rim cough. One bottle of Red Star Cough
Syrup cured him, and ho baa ha-1 no return of
the trouble. Major Arnold, of the Occident it
Hotel, io tbe tame city, was cured of rtcuma
lum by 8L Jacob's Oil. .
MIA WDC8L0W8 SOOTHING STRUT tat Chil-
rsn Issthtnx. softens tho gums. MdooM Inflamma-
ttau.allaysaUpatnand corse wtadaolta taocraa
PICKING HUCKLEBERRIES.
A Pleasant Ch.racteri.tlcc of tba South
Georgia Wood*.
Captain Sterne had three hfcudaomo daugh
ters. There waa Belay, the oldest* a maiden
of twenty, with sparkling block eyes, and
cheeks that reminded one of late October peach
es. Betsy, by virtue of her seniority, hod
thing* pretty much her own wsy about the
P l » cc *
Easle, the second girl, was a blonde, with
dreaming blue eyes.plump hands,and a wealfi
cf golden hair. But tho youngest, pritty lit
tle I'ollie, was a rare combination. One o
those fair beings who are neither blonde nor
brunette, but have all the best features of both
nicely blended. In her *merry brown eyes
flam bored the material for a thousand love
stories, and every thread of her dark brown
tresses was like a ray of Indian summer's
sunlight,
I wss severely smitten with [Pollie. It was
jost as natural to love her as it was to love the
sanshine, and what a chase she led me. Jast
old enough to make a man crazy, yet linger
ing coyly on the safe side of girlhood, so that
she might enjoy all the liberties of a child,
and still, when occasion offered, draw herself
up into the dignity of a woman. It was along
about the time when spring begins to take on
the first experience of summer. There was a
great deal of sunshine. It wax everywhere.
Glowing among tbe great pine trees, falling on
the spreading fields in a wealth of gorgeous
splendor, flashing on the sparkling waters.
Oh, how I love the sunlight! It is everything
to me, and I detest these half heated, sickly
looking days when the ran seems to noep
down at us mortals ont of the corner of his
eye.
“The wind and the beam loved the rose,
And tbe rose loved on
Tor who recks the wind
Or loves not the sun."
The roses and fragrant cape jessamines wore
blooming in tbe front yard, aad in the corner
was a great crape myrtlo with Us purple
crown. Bees buzzed about the honey-locust
blossoms, and two sober mocking birds were
n eking love to each other on the old worm
ft nee in a very matter of fact sort of way.
While 1 wss gazing out upon the sunlitten
earth, thinking of nothing wluttever,I heard a
giggle at the back gate. The giggle was fol
lowed by a rustle of skirts and a pattering of
d tbe girls passed oak with long pako
“Where are you going!” I cried.
“We’re sgwino huckleberryin,” answered
Betsy.
“Don’t you want to go?” called Susie.
“Oh. me! He can’t go. If he goes I’ll stay
home,” put in Pollie.
But I understood Hiss Pollle’s negatives,and
_j two minutes, despite b
marching along the path
merry lasses, on picnic pleasures oent.
A half mile walk brought ns to the edge of a
large swamp that lay along the river, and in
tbe flats were thousands and tens of thousands
of dwarf huckleberry bushes, laden to the
earth with blue berries. Busy fingers were
*oon engaged in rapidly transferring the fruit
from the bashes to the backets.
I, of course, having no bucket of my own,
now and then a handful of the luscious
passed between the ruby lips of my charmer,
and those same lips, like the tips or her dainty
fingers, wero stained with the inioo.
“Ob, yon mean thing. What makes yon eat
all yon pick? Yon are too no’coant for any
thing.”
“1 did not eat any,” I replied, “I waa jast
taking a cbew of tobacco.”
“Well, If you’ve got nothin' better to do
than to chaw tcrbocker ’round whero tho gals
is, you’d better go to bantin’ up somebody
clta to go with,”
•Ti.lllr, you are real cruel. Yon do all this
just to worry me, and von know I loro yon
lit to kill.”
“That rounds mighty purty,” said a voice
at my back, and looklnf around, there stood
Bute, banting with suppressed laughter. “I
wish the boys ’nd talk to mo that way. They
al’os know bow to please children, though,”
“Who’s children?” said pugnacious Follls.
“I’m no more of a child than yon are, big
miss.”
“Come on,«nd Its' go In tho swamp, and git
aomo water and not,’’ called Betsy,
Into tbo swamp we went. The deep
shadowy awamp with Its thousand mysterious
nooks and crannies, where old nature, ths
Industrious artisan is forever working away
on the development of some new wonder.
Tho deep swamp where the moee lay like a
carpet, and tho yellow green sunlight fell In
wondrona traceries.
A big owl altered a cry of startled astonish
ment and flow to another perch whero ho oat
and stared at ni with bis sleeping eyes, as if
we were some beluga from another world,
Tbe poke bonnets wero off, and tho rosy
cheeks glowed, and tbo eonveraatlon was
chatty and heated.
“O, Lordy, Lsrdy!" shouted Fulllo, “what a
snake!" Fut in Susie, “Law me, ita a rattlo-
aoake,” crledjlletaey excited out of hoe robot
seif, by ths sight of that wierd creature
There ho lay, Just ahead of ns in the little
path we were following. His six foot of mot
tled majesty wae colled In a splendid
and hla great strong jawed head lay oompla-
cently on tho crest of the moss. It waa hard
to realize that anch a thing could exlat in tho
midst of ah this beanty.
I took a atop to one ride, and his keen eyes
followed mo aad he gave a alight tap of hix
rattles to warn me. There is nothing on this
green earth that has such a look of majestic
pride aa tbe eye of a rattlesnake in repoae.
Wall he knows hla power, and the fatal venom
that ta concealed In tfloro terrible fongx.
“Keep your dietance,” ho seems to aay, “and
111 not harm yon, touch mo and you die.”
“Do lo'o git ont o' hen," pleaded Boric, “I’m
ro seared 1 don’t know what to do."
“Which way shall ws go?" questioned Betsy.
“We're oxwine to kill that snake before we
go,” said Pollie, aad aha looked like she meant
•very word tbo said.
That roused me, and I started off in search
of a pole. “Watch him, glrta,” I said, for I
well knew tho habits of these monsters. They
do not ilka to bo disturbed, and if they are
watched too much they will become annoyed
aad go gliding off into tho Jennie.
1 rot o good stout pole and returned to tho
scene of the proposed conflict.
“Bo shore on’ kill ’lm tho tint lick." cried
Betsy,
' Ob, whet if yon miss ’im an’ he token e'ter
ns,” whimpered Susie.
‘‘Hit a shore lick,” pot ia Pollie.
I gated a moment in tho eye of ths serpent.
Ho seemed to understand my look and flashed
back a glance of hate and defiance, and
the gnat coils glowed, and moved
themselves. Tho demon tn hi*
nature wa* growing exasperated. I raised the
pole, measured the distance with my eye, the
rattles moved slightly and “crash!” I struck
a rotten limb over my head and broke it off
taking mo plump on top of tha head, earning
ma to Jump aside like I waa shot. Betsey
shrieked, Boric cried “Oh, Lordyl” and Pollie
giggled.
Then
glistening c
was bald ]
coils unwound themselves, the
proudly aloft, sod the autocrat of
tho jangle moved slowly away. “Ob, ho’U
git away,” cried Betsy. “Lot ’em go,” cried
Basie. “Pont you stand them like a stamp
in' let that snaka crawl off;” said Pollie, and
grabbing the pole she came down with a ter
rible whack oa the aerpent'o tail.
Ha was ■ reused then, and threw hloroelf
into an attitude for atriking, and hit color
rhanyed to an ashy gray with pure anger, and
■he rattles beat a wild tattoo that made one
diaay.
“Dive mo the pole.” said I, and taking care
ful aim I crashed the proud crest with one
blow, and the demon of tho awamp lav writh
ing in tbe mingled agouiea of rage aod mortal
pain.
“I guia. we'd better go now if wo expect to
git any dinner,” said Betsy.
“Look out for snakes.” cried Basie. “Don't
leave yoor bucket.,” said practical Poll!*, and
wa were soon ont in tho sunny woods ogaia,
matching handtful of the juicy berries aa ws
walked along. ''Pollio," I pleaded, a* w*
dropped in the rear, “I love yon more and
more, and atiU you treat mo with oontampt.
Do tell me something to make mo hope.”
“Better wait till yon kin kill a snake,” re
plied onyoetlcal Pollie, aa the gate closed
and the pretty creature went tripping into
the kitchen.
If. H. F., Mncon Oa.
SAM JONES.
He YFanUthe Gr*»* Growing on Hl» Grave
when His Daughters .ltteml Germans,
Io Chlcaco Sam Jones closed his labors for
the list week with a sermon to girls only. There
were over 4,600 present Amoug other tbiogsMr.
Jones Mid: , ,
• Girls, watch your company. An angel from
heaven could not keep some company thtt girls do
in Chicago and not be corrupt Pure noble girls
stand alone on this earth for beauty onA gfar.
Boys go in bad company, but the hope of thu land
1$ in iu pure girls. On. be vigilant; gnard your
parlor. Beware with whom and how you go to en
tertainments. The best wsy to go Is uot to go at
**Mr. Jones then indulged in a long description
end denunciation of the perfumed young man. He
alto described a chs*e or younrUdle* after a spl-
der-legged dude. "Tell me what your associations
are, joung lady, and I will give you a glimpse of
your history. Is he sn exquisite dancer? Does he
wear perfect pants? Is his hair parted elegantly In
the middle? Does be clerk In a big establishment
st 160 a month, and spend 140 a mouth for board,
S20 a month for carriage hire and C20 a month for
theaters? Does he convince you that he hM not a
ttingy bone in hfs body? Do you think he is ‘Just
nicer Where does he get bis money?
“1 am In love with the wool-hot and Jean pants
boy. He starts at tso a month, sticks to businesj
and the wool hat till he gets a thousand a year,
then gets to be junior partner, theu seulor partner
and finally owns the whole block where he does
bnslnera. You stylish girls do not like him. Well,
hehkes you just about as well, torwhen he wanted
a wife be went back to his country home and mar
ried plain Mary.and for a few yean it was lore in a
cottage, and now he haaa residence on Michigan
avenue. Girls tie to these wool hat boys and they
will takeesre of yon.
“A beautiful girl of this city arranged to attend a
wJne»upi>er last week. When the night came she
sent word raring, # I can’t go: my heart hav been
touched at the meetings.’ Now she has brought
three of Iter associates herewith her. What do
you want of wine suppers, ob, mother*? No matter
w bat the dsvil may owe you. if he sends you about
three drunken son-in-laws be will have paid ail the
debtsnd you will receipt in fall. Then girls watch
these tempers. If a gin is ugly to her mother, she
will make it warm in her own home, if sheerer
has one.” All the girls who talked ugly or saucy
to mothers were asked to stand. There was no up
rising—not one.
“Mothers, overhaul your libraries. A young girl
once said she was terribly bored by reading the
Bible The poor, silly, sap-headed thing. Home
mothers fix their daughters to bo damned. They
insist on having little parties for their children, a
little party is a big party in short clothes. Then
a. a - .a- •-—>- g german.
„_ T w ._. „ _ _ my grave
when my daughters are attendinggermans. After
tha gennans, then what? I will not go forther.
Take the words of a profound priest, who mvs that
at his confessional nineteen out of every twenty
young women who had strayed ascribed their fall
flrom purity and virtne to the influences of the ball
u
BE ATTACKS QUIBBLIXO C'flBIflTIANS.
From the Chicago News.
In his sermon Mr. Joncft spoke ot those
sristlonswboare outside of the * • * -
.jose people who lay claim to gi
belonging to the church. He said
* Iher never oeiongea *o
jpt for a man whoso wife
keeps bragging about him. I never heard a sylabub
talking that way but whst 1 thought: ‘Old girl,
your husband Is nothing but a whitewathed old
thief, and you have to keep putting U on.* All tho
good people I ever knew were membcrsof a church.
If there is one In Chicago who don’t belong to a
church I want his photograph. A Christian man
takes to the church as naturally as a duck takes
to the water. When I was converted I wanted to
K t tight into the church, and if the door hadn't
cn open I would have broken It down. God
save us from religious bushwhackers! There’s a
it there who’s quibbling now ax
he'll go into tne Inquiry room.
. to quibble for, anyway? You
can’t doany food running on your own schedule.
You tie nearer hell now than you ever were be
fore, and you got there on your own schedule.
“1 haven't cracked a joke with you since I’ve
been here. If you will watch my joking you will
see that when I get a fellow’s mouth ooen L throw
a brick into It. Roland Hill was tho most consum
mate mountebank that ever stood in a pulpit, and
yet eminent divines are writing eulogies of him,
while they^are calling me a mountebank.” ^
An old fashioned Methodist brother said to tbo
reporter after tho sermon:
u l tell yon they need a little camp-meeting
'power' throwed Into this thing." ho said. “There
ain’t excitement enough about it to make it suc
cessful. There's too much argiment and not
enough noise Brother Jones is a powerful man.
but be only riles 'em up. He dou’t bllo over. Now;
he gits through preaching and tho people are
linking an' wresilin* with themselves.it Broth-
* * upon that platform an'
crack his heels an’ ban’s together both at once aud
shout 'Glory to Godl’ a few times, as I've heerd
him many a time at camp-meetin’, It would mako
the sinners feel jovfol, I tell you. 1’copte arc "■*
like they always was ’bout religion. You c
convert ’em with argiment: you must roll ’em In on a
wave of song and shoutin' and rejoicin’, aud then
work to keep 'em In when they’ve coolod.down.’
BA 31 JONES RED UOT.
The Hit Dog Always Yelps—A Word to the
Minions of the Devil.
“I haTe been riled by tho newspapers and
preachers and members of the church about the
way I talk about churches in this city. I defy auv
man on earth that has any more love for the church
ofGodthanlhavc, and. Ood helping me, I will
die in a pool of blood at her front door before these
minions of the devil shall come In aud claim a
home with the people of God. [Great applause. 1
Lots of these old tcound"’- *-— —
away about the way 1 I
Lots of these old scoundrels that have been yolnlng
away about the way I have been going oa. They
are the hit dog, you can bet that. [Applauso and
laughter, during which Long Jonn waved
his handkerchief, grinned hix char
acteristic grin, clapped hla bauds,
and renewed the applause after it once subsided.]
You start a fellow down a road half a mile a rain
atmuttnat. [Applause and laughter.] It they are
not hurt, how came they to holler? I Laughter.] If
not hit. how cnine they to be hurt? If you have
been disgracing the church of God Almighty you
tetter not rome In range of my gun. 1 will shoot
you every time. [Laughter and applause.) Homo
times, though, 1 have sertonsly concluded, "Jones,
E cu have hit many a one, hut you have wastod a
rap of powder aud shot. Your game wasn't worth
it." I Laughter. I
Record 1 Record! Brethren, we are making a
record every day and every hour. Every sin Is
like the man that commits it. It is immortal, aud
it shall live forever. Ye agnostics, listen! What
does j our sgno$t!chra propo«e to do with your con
science and yonr record. There llttlo agnostics
going about remind me of cockle-burrs, which
rrem to be uf no u»e except to catch in and tangle
a hurst's mono. You have seen these little agnos
tics all around—llttlo doctors. A great many of
Hum are stud} ing medicine, and It ha» got so now
that a doctor don't think he can proceed to take
hold of a patient or make a pill right
round till he gets to be a sort ol an
agnostic—can’t make a round pill or
they have to lean up against a stump to low at all.
And there little doctors and little lawyers, little
agnostics among all classes, pitch tn and eat a cer
tain kind of intellectual grass, and the first thing
the hair Is all turning tbe wrong way oa them,
r nd they get so poor they have to lean up against
agnosticism to low at all. [Laughter.] God pity
the little old ca<o like you ore. You are a hard
looking cere when your hairs are the right way."
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