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THE SQUARE ISSUE
Must Be Made in the Coming
Local Option Fight.
SHE PROHIBITIONISTS SUCCEED.
The house of representatives had before it
yesterday morning the bill of the city council
of Atlanta proposing to amend the city charter
by providing that, in case Fulton county ever
voted wet, the sale of liquor in the city should
"be restricted to certain limits, and fixing the
license at 51,500, provided the ameddment was
adopted by a vote of the city at its next regu
lar municipal election.
'When tho special order was reached Mr.
Howell introduced an anienemcnt to the bill,
Which, he said, was in compliance with the act
Ot the city council, which, at its last meeting,
recommended that the bill pass with the
amendment, submitting it to the people with
the narrow limits instead of the half mile
limits.
“I am aware,” ho continued “that I will
have to contend with two things which will
seriously interfere with tho passage of this
bill. First, a very thin house, and second,
with the prejudice that never stops to con
sider justice, when questions involving that
prejudice are being acted on.”
Mr. Howell urged the passage of this bill in
the name of the city council of Atlanta, and
of the conservative citizens of both sides, who
arc anxious that this continuous bickering and
turmoil should be put at an end. He called
attention to the fact that tho next local option
election was but a little over a month off, that
at the last election, the city itself had gone
wet by a majority of three hundred. With
the sentiment so evenly divided, it was hard
to enforce the law as it should be. While he
Was an anti-prohibitionist, ho believed the law
Ought to bo enforced, and has always favored
its strongest and most stringent enforcement.
Hut no man could deny that the law was con
tinually evaded, and that whisky drinking had
Slot been at all diminished. "On account of
a great many acts which have been committed
during the past two years, tho good people of
this town have come to tho conclusion that
they will put a stop to this state of things, and
Settle this question on a reasonable and just
basis at the next election.
“There is scarcely a. question,” Mr. Howell
Confined, “as to how Fulton county will go at
that election, and it was looking to this end
{hat this bill was introduced providing, in
Case the county did go wet, a remedy to avoid
the unrestricted sale of liquor. All good peo
ple unite in this idea, that if tho town goes wet
the sale of liquor must be put under certain
Restrictions. If the county goes div in the
next election, the bill in no wise applies, but
if it goes wet, the bill simply provides that the
sale of liquor shall bo made' under certain re
strictions mentioned in the bill, and.shall be
tinder direct and close police surveillance. I
am an anti-prohibitionist because I believe it
is right, but I am not willing that the city
Shall go back to the unbounded and unre
stricted sale of whisky. The conservative ele-
Suont of both sides join in asking you to give
them the opportunity to restrict the sale in
. case the cennty goes wet. All good men unite
in this, but there is a certain class of extrem
ists who will never agree to anything looking
to a reasonable and just settlement. Why, in
the committee on corporations, when
this question was under discussion
a prominent minister of the who has
always conspicuously advocated the cause of
prohibition, stated that rather than have lids
Restriction bill ho would prefer to see tho city
deluged in whisky by an unrestricted sale !
3ly God, gentlemen! See the spirit that we
Slave to contend against,and see the spirit that
. the good conservative people of this town asks
you to meet and cheek. You will be told by
tuy colleague who follows me (Mr. Bray) that
neither the. prohibitionists nor the anti-prohi
bilioni; ts want this bill. In reply to this I
Jiavc only to state that, I have yet to find the
anti-prohibitionist in this city who is unwill
ing that the bill should pass with the amend
jnent submitting it to the people.”
“I have lived in Atlanta almost all my life,
and expect to spend the remainder of my days
hero, far be it from me to urgeanythingthat
would inure to the injury of Atlanta, but in my
heart 1 believe that this is the proper solution
of an ever vexing question, and tho basis on
Which all good citizens can unite in restoring
harmony in our city affairs. Give the people
the right, to say whether they shall restrain the
gale of liquor to certain limits or not. Nothing
could be fairer than this. I regret that certain
gentlemen from the city representing the other
side should tiatly place their issue on tho
ground that they are afraid to go before the
people on this question. lam not afraid to
trust the people-on it, and I beg you to give
them the right to say what they will do on this
fiiattcr.”
Mr. Bray—“l regret to differ from my col
league. While there is a wide difference be
tween us on this question, there is no personal
difference between us.
“Under the general local option law the ques
tion was submitted to the voters of Fulton
County. The fight was a warm and gallant
one anil resulted in a majority of 225 for prohi
bition. That the law has been evaded is no
concern of this body. Bad men will violate
{he law anywhere. The people of Fulton
county settled the question at tho polls, and
all parties should have grounded their arms,
it was not done. Crimination and recrimina
tion were indulged in, injuring the material
jntcresrs and good feeling of the city.
“The people of Fulton county' want to stand
'by the act. The prohibitionists are opposed to
{he pending bill. Seven-tenths of the anti
brohibitionists are opposed to it. I do not
epeak unadvisedly, but from personal contact
with the people. W. It. Hill, of the firm of
.Cox, Hill & Thompson, told me: ‘You are
Right.’
“What is high license? It is nothing but
(high taxation. It violates the spirit of the
Constitution. High license means high dives
lor the center, but no low dives. It means
.to give t.o „tlie monied few tho right to sell
Whisky.”
. Mr. Howell—“ Will you explain why you
•Object to submitting it to a vote of the people
Mr. Bray—“l am not opposed to the people
(Voting. But I am opposed to asking a man to
make a fool of himself, to stultify himself. The
bill is unjust and unequal in its operation. It
is legislating fora f>w .and is only a subterfugp.
The friends of the bill are not willing to trust
the people, for they want to put it (high li
cense) in the organic law. I am not afraid to
trust the people, for they will never go back to
the unrestricted sale of whisky. The bill ii
Class legislation. I am a democrat and opposed
to monopoly of al! kinds, especially a
monopoly of dives. An election will be held
on the 20th of November. Ido not want to
Seo Atlanta torn up by two elections, and the
strife continued. I have no doubt about it, for
I know and believe that a majority of the peo
ple do not want this bill. The prohibitionists
arc a unit in opposition to the bill. Those anti
prohibitionists, who do not expect to leap a
benefit from this monopoly, are not in favor of
this bill.
“In tho prohibition election.South Bend dis
trict polled hOO vote,, whereas her voting
Strength is bOO. This shows that 500 Atlanta
votes voted there, and that tho prohibitionists
had a majority in the city. Tho vote in the
city council was 7to 0. Mr. Hemphill, a pro
hibitionist, was not there, but dodged the
Vote.’’
Mt. Howell—“ Mr. II mphill stated that he
Was not opp' Xed to tli<- :i' endment submit ting
the bill to the peopo-. and wlien the bill va
first before the council he voted for the nar
row limits.”
Mr. Bray—“ Then Jet him go to council and
yote that way. Mr. Horsey, another prohibi
tionist, was absent.
“In the canvas for representative I an
nounced my position to be non-intc ferci.-<•
with the Jaw. The people bad pre- rd < n it. 1
am willing to stand fiy tl.<-ir action. It lias
been voted out, let it ta. out. Let us elide
by it in good faith. 1 li.i . e bore the petition
Siem 5 by some live If i. ;■■■ u or six bc.mlri d of
the best citizens '1 t.a city, who protest
again-t tltc pas >_• o i isl.iil,”
Mr. Bray. < ..if i tv d that even- min
ter ill tin city has - t protest aga ■ ■ : tin,
bill. They are ie: re- ntativo men of tm ir
•churches.
“The < ity council don't want it. It r nil
Claptrap. In l.ebdt o the citizen- oi At
lanta, in behalf ot ■' ,11. gent to •h> a 10l
Dten ami brght and ■ ■ ■ women. I<i . • pun
ymi to tcit youi I *. n on this me.cui.i,
tnileiii'* .tic aw
“’The mi'rtiojtoiy ot w.,.-ky is the Woist vi a; .
fAppla
Mt. Wed— A« a u'atae of I'uloa
county, I represent tho city of Atlanta and pay
attention to their requests. This bill lias been
termed class legislation. It makes n.o differ
ence who it hurts, there is no doubt that tho
people of Atlanta have the right to vote on it
every two years. Tho argument was used in
the last campaign that certain streets in At
lanta had been deluged with liquor, and it
added to their votes. If it is wrong to sell
whisky, why object to this bill? It is said
that there are milk-and-cider prohibitionists
who w ill vote for high license, but if the res
triction is not made will vote for prohibition.
“A proper license is the idea of the whole
country. If you can fix tho license at SSOO
you can fix it at $1,500. In a city of tho size
of Atlanta $1,500 is no money for ;» license.
Tho city of Atlanta ought to have whisky for
sale, (good whisky.) in her central part, where
parties can get it without being forced to go
outside where they can only get ‘decayed in
testine’ whisky.”
“The law of God and of man is not against
pure whisky.”
“Atlanta has been injured by the sending ot
money to Griftin and other places for liquors
for those who voted against the sale, (some of
them,) purchase it. I sent to a town and got
brandy at $2.50 per gallon that I had to send
back.”
“Prohibition may do in small towns but not
in Atlanta.”
“I never drank a glass of corn whisky in
my life, and I don’t drink beer. Tho city
council worked on the bill for a year. The
bill places the barrooms in the business cen
ter, where they ought to be.”
Mr. Bray—“ The bill violates the principles
of true democracy, and of popular sovereignty.
It is a disturbing element injected into the
local option law. Tho people do not want it.
Prohibition has redounded to the moral and
material interests of Atlanta. I appeal to
prohibitionists to vote down this bill. Take
mj- word for it, Atlanta will never be deluged
with whisky. T’he bill in its operation is prac
tically class legislation. It denies to the poor
man what it gives to tho rich. There is no
danger of invasion from whisky. The people
won’t vote for high license.” [Applause.]
THE ARGUMENT CONCLfHED.
Mr. Howell concluded tho debate on tho
question.
He stated that he regretted that his col
league in opposing this bill had enunciated the
doctrine that it was undemocratic to submit
any question to the people. It was tho first
time that he had ever heard such a statement
on any question involving the right of the peo
ple to settle that question themselves. Tho
bill specially prov ided that nothing could come
of the law until it was first submitted to tho
people and passed upon by them at their next
regular municipal election. It provided for
no extra election, but was simply to be. voted
on for ratification or rejection at the regular
municipal election in December.
. “Before proceeding with the discussion I de
sire to make a brief statement in reference to a
remark made by myself in my first brief talk.
I then stated that a prominent minister in this
city had said in the committee on corporal ions
that rather than vote for a restriction bill like
this, he would prefer to see thei ity deluged in
whisky. lam free to say that that, expression
was figurative, but it uas made directly by in
ference, for while, the gentleman referred to
did not use that expression directly, he did so
in so many words by stating to the commiiteo
that rather than vote for such a bill as this he
would prefer to see whisky back in Atlanta
like it was before prohibition was adopted. I
make this statement in justice to him. because
I do not want to quote him wrong. It is merely
a play on words, for while he said the latter, he
could have only meant the former.
“The bill first restricting the limits was in
troduced into the council by the prohibitionists,
and Messrs. Hemphill. Bell and Rice, all pro
hibitionists. voted for it, and it was adopted by
a prohibition council. 1 urge that the bill bo
passed with the amendments. This city coun
cil is composed of good, honest, men, aiid they
have recommended the passage of the bill with
these amendments. They are acquainted with
the affairs of the city, and they know what
they are doing in asking yon to pass this bill.
The central portion of the citv is closely
built up and requires diligent police surveil
lance. We simply ask you to give us the right,
in case Atlanta' goes wet again, to check the
unrestricted sale, and confine it to the business
part of the. city, where it will be under proper
police protection. This bill provides that it
shall be sold on first floors, With no screens, no
games of chance allowed, mid the sale of liquor
to minors or drunken men forfeits the license.
The bill is founded on morality, and on the
prosperity of the city and in fighting it the
prohibitionists of the city of Atlanta simply
show that their pretense at morality is a fraud,
and the truth is not in it. [Applause.]
“I am tired of seeing this city rent from
limit to limit by this agitation. lam tired of
seeing the houses of good citizens shadowed
by detectives who grab innocent men as they
march from doorways, and hurrying them to
the stationhouse, force them to submit to the
indignity of a public search. That is what it
has come to in the city of Atlanta. It is time
for this hypocrisy to stop! [Applause.] A
young man was arrested on the streets, car
ried to the stationhouse, and publicly search
ed. A prohibition recorder dismissed the
case. Such infamy our people arc tired of.
Put a stop to this breeding of hypocrites. [Ap
plause.] We are tired of seeing our pulpits
daubed in political infamy and debased with
personal blackguardism. The people w ill rise
against it, and wo ask you tohelp us settle this
question on a proper basis, which good citizens
have agreed upon, and submit to you in the
pending bill.”
THE BII.T, DEFEATED.
On the call of the yeas and nays the bill
was defeated, receiving 10 votes for it and 94
against
We are willing to bear personal testimony to
the efficacy and value of Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
which we have been advertising some years in
our paper, having used it for blood impurities
with great success. It is a preparation of
standard merit, made of perfectly pure ingre
dients, and thoroughly effective in cleansing
and purifying tho system. For erupt ions, boils,
etc., it can bo relied upon everytime. Our
own experience with it has been most gratify
ing, and we are glad to give it this endorse
ment. —Athol, Mass., Transcript.
THE BRIBE'S HH.EMA.
Clara Bell Tells How a New York Belle Wa
Worried on Her Wedding Day,
It was reserved for a bride lately to suffer a
complication of accidents, and get married af
ter all, in the Little Church Around the Corner,
in New York. The young lady left the house
and got leu blocks away when she discovered
that she had not put on her bridal veil. This
was no fool of a veil, either. It was not the
regular square of blonde lace, but a lovely
Brussels net, richly wrought by the nuns in the
convent of the Sacrc Cteur,in Montreal. Back
went the bride for this g trgeous portion of her
raiment. It was thrown over her in the car
riage, and the wedding procession again started.
This time a breath of air produced an inclina
tion to sneeze, The poor bride repressed it,
but it escaped at last,and,oh, horror on horror’s
head! Her white satin waist split from belt
to shoulder. Here occurred a halt, This time
at a little shop, where thread and needle were
obtained,and the gaping space with difficulty
was covered.
At last, much too late, that unfortunate wo
man reached the church. In stepping nerv
ously from the carriage, the lace bottom of an
under petticoat caught on the step,and she felt
the fastening give way. Every step up the ide
she could feel that cruel skin slip, slip, till 'die
I should have to step out of it at tho very altar.
I She took a grip on the side, and on she went.
; During the entire service she clung to it like
I grim death. She let go for a moment to got
; her glove off for tho ling, and when she re-
■ sinned her hold she felt that it had gained on
I her. She might have been married with the
catechism for all she J.new. She had these
thoughts “Will that petticoat be dropped in
I the isle.orwill f slud it on the sidewalk before
the mob us 1 climb into the <-.irii.ige? Is it the
■ lawn skirt, with three ruftlc.t <•! valci'-iur s,
i or is it that little blue < nib'-o dered cashiii-rt*
1 ma madi'tne wear so I wouldn't tike cold?"
I The p< r-i'ira’ion suarted on her pallid brow at
' sh<> hurriedly made the responses, and, half
fainting, made her way down the aide.
“Don’t lose veer pro firn of mind, dear,”
whispered the y ung husband.
“it s my petticoat I'm 10-.lng,” returne 1 the
j lady. p. tti-ldy.
When "lice in th# carrh'.’" th" 'u ntiim n’al
' bridegroom pre.-.<•<! |.r hand and .aid; ‘At
’ last the p ize is mine.”
She s tid tho same thing as she 1 the
i di( a<tful petticoat under Urn carriage seat. It
I was tho woolen one.
■ A Ne.ala eufeken tt ' Z'l by >■
I hawk, enrrh'l it mile taken u.tiiv by a loa n’-d
I <nrr|, I two miles more and In ►th" ot all. term I
• u-. at b ■ v. iti.out a aorateh. How little things
. -oinetlmc- nmiri'i u- ol a trip of 11.fc average Boston
| uian to New York-
THE WEEKLY COKSTITITIOK ATLANTA. GA., TLESDAY, OCTOBER 11. 1887
PLUNKET'S HOUND.
Old Blue, a Hound of Anderson
ville Fame.
THE OLD FASHIONED GIN-AROUND.
“I want you to take cr look at my hounds, ’’
said old man Plunkett as ho arose from the
table with a pone of corn bread in his hand
and made his way to tho back porch.
“That speckled pup,” continued the old man
as ho broke a piece of bread from the pone and
tossed it toward the dogs, “is tlie best stock of
hounds that was ever in Georgia.”
The old man tossed another piece of bread
toward the dogs, which called for a general
scramble among them, and the manner in
which the ‘pup’ jumped with open mouth to
catch it would have done honor to au expert
baseballist.
“The man that owned that dog's grand
daddy wouldn’t er took SSOO in gold for him.
The follow lived down in Pike, on Flint river,
and the old dog’s name was Blue.
“Old Blue,” continued the old man, “was
known by many er yankeo before the war was
through with, for he kept his master outen the
army and give him er easy place at Anderson
ville when it was mighty hard ter git erround
goin’ ter ‘the front,' as they called it.
“Some er the yankee prisoners at Anderson
ville b’lievcd old Blue had more sense than his
master, and there, w as one long Indianian there
who used to say that he had more sense than
the whole southern confederacy.
“Old Blue was kept at Andersonville ter
track the prisoners when they’d get away, and
he got so that ho know’d his business’s well’s
folks, and all you had ter do was to say, ‘Y'ank,
Blue, yank;” and he'd be circling erround tho
stockade and outer the track before the other
dogs would get through barking and prancing
erround the fellow that blowed the horn.
“Old Blue didn’t have no enemies ernrong
the yankees though, and he seemed ter be sorry
for tlie poor fellows, just like folks, and he had
er hole in the stockade that ho used ter slide
through and go all erround ermong them, and
he fared just as well ermong the yanks as ho
did outside ermong the robs, for narry one
didn't have nothing ter brag on in the way of
eatin’, and thar’s many er man that had rather
ter have been old Blue than either yank or reb.
Them war times!
“Thar was one little yankeo in the stockade
that old Blue had made friends wilh, and thar
never was cr day passed that ho didn’t slide
through his hole, in the fence and go in and see
him. After erwhile that little yankeo was
took down sick and couldn't have much ter do
with the old dog, ai.id old Blue ho looked like,
ho was er grievin’ tlio same ’s folks, and I
always will believe he did. After tho fellow
begin ter git purty weak from his sickness,
and cr passel of ’em thought ho was or goner,
old Blue got so he’d go ter sec him two and
three times er day, and one day when he slid
in he had cr big fat rabbit in his mouth, and
ho went up ter where tho sick yankeo was
lyin’ and laid the rabbit down and stood and
looked at the sick man, as much as ter say, ‘this
is for you.’ Two or three fellows tried tey git
the rabbit away from old Blue, bitt he’d begin
ter bristle up an’ growl as soon as they’d start
towards him, and nobody couldn’t git it, till at
last the sick fellow took er notion ter try and
git it, and lie didn't have er bit er trouble, but
tho old dog wagged his tail and pranced
erround as if he was pleased, and that was why
old Blue got up the name ermong tlie yankees
of having so much sense; and I think they
were light, for I’ve seed some mighty smart
dogs in my day, and no man never had er truer
friend than er good old-fashioned Georgia
hound, if they do kill er sheep now and then.
“That little yankeo got well alter erwhile,
and he'd been so sick that tlio guards were
sorter slack on him, and the first thing any
body knowed, one mornin’ before day he lit
out and made for the woods, and everybody
thought he’d git erway; for they didn’t be
lieve old Blue would run him. The alarm
was given, and Ed Turner was on his horse in
e’r minit, and blow'd his horn, mid old Blue
was thar ’fore you could er turned round twice,
and some of ’em told Ed that his dog would
fail him this time, and that he’d better keep
right up with him or he wouldn’t git the
prisoner. Ed was kinder jubas hisself, for he
know’d how friendly old Blue was to the litile
yankeo, so he didn’t say much, but set his doe
out to find tlie track, and it warn’t long ’fore
old Biuc raised his head and barked, and Ed
he agged him on, and purty soon he struck out
up the branch er opening at every jump, and
Ed he put the spurs ter his horse ter keep up,
lint lie couldn’t , and purty soon the dog was so
far ahead that you could hardly hear him bark,
but all at once Ed stopped his horse and list
ened and ’lowed, ‘Old Blue’s bayed Idm;’ and
then ho rid in cr hurry, for ho was orfeard the
little yankee would pet his old dog and stop
him from barkin’, and then it would bo good
bye, yankee—they couldn’t catch him.
“Bat you ought ter’vo seed that old dog!
The little yankee did try ter hush him up and
slop him from barkin'; but no, sir-reo, tho
bark kept up, and when Ed got in sight of 'em
the little yankee was tryin’ ter go for’ard, er
suappin' his finger and cr talkin’ good ter old
Blue, but it didn't ermount to cr thing—he
kept cr barkin’ and er runnin’ erround in front
of tho yankee, as much as ter say, ‘I don’t
want ter bite you, but yon inusn’t git erway,’
till Ed ho rode up mid made the capture and
took him back. The soldiers that guarded
erround the stockade 'lowed that old Blue was
just like them erboiit the matter—they were
sorry for the yankees and didn't want to hurt
’em, but it was ther duty to keep ’em from
giftin’ erway, and they were bound ter do it.
Old Blue bad sense, and I wouldn't take er
hund'ed dollar bill for that thar ‘pup,’ ’cause
he’s of that stock.
The old man made his way for his favorite
scat, on the front porch, and motioning me to
a chair, ho continued:
“Thar's not many women that likes hounds
erround, ’cause er hound is nior'n apt ter stick
his bead in er dinner pot if ho gits cr chance,
and er heap of ’em sticks eggs, but wliar thar’s
boys ter whistle and hounds ter bark, things
baint lonesome, mid I never knowed cr trav
eler refused er night's rest at er house whar
these are found.
“Jn my raisin’every boy had his coon and
'possum dogs, and whar thar was er good lot
o'boys in the family you war mighty apt ter
sec er good many hound -. There were four
brothers of us, and we all had our hounds, and
erlong this time o’ the year, when the grapes
wore ripe erlong every fence row and 'simons
er plenty in the old fields, we'd pick our two
hundred pounds of cotton crpicco every day
and follow the hounds at night, and in them
days I never hc'rd er young follower talking
erbout being tired.
“Boys arc different these days, and they tell
me it’s all for the best, but I can't help from
thinking of tho times when we’d fight out to
the field on er frosty morning, hollerin’;
Iliel < r de;-. In n one w.v< Lion;
lb - IG'l'-r, fi-re, 1-r '
lui'i er tr.v k u s cold n , lion;
II Rati I,||J r , L ■ ■
Oh, don t you I ill old 1.:c.‘,1< r cornin'
Ji "i , Battler, 1•;e, I ''ii.:
Oh, don't •on I.' ’ old B " h r Bonin’?
i: . B.
‘TI ' th' ig-. limy sound !•" Mi these <lny“, •
but I cun i'i.ini ; ii -i v.l 'ii < crowd o' Uiys I
as Ibis, mid wh n the dinner horn v.i iml Mow
they'd have er half er day's work fini-bi < that
nobody wouldn't lie eislmmed of, and they
n' .cr needed no lfi>< r like th'y do
now, and er toy that gi' i. d his hair with !
la: 1 ami went l"i th' good old Georgia 'gm- :
or-round’ got married ter good girls jest tho
same’s these fellows that have all this sweet
scented stuff poured over-’em,
“Times war diff'ent then, and when er girl
went ter git married she didn’t sarch erround
for some fellow that wore gloves and walked
under a parachute, and when er boy went ter
git er wife lie didn't sarch erround sorer girl
that you could span erround tins waist; but
they war nior'n apt ter pick er gal that could
gather oi heifer with her first calf by the tail
and frail thunder outen her with cr board.
“Yon can't beat tho old Georgia gin-er
ronnd,” continued Blunkett, “for having er
good time with the girl?, and you didn't have
ter pay out money ter have some yankee ter
learn you how ter dance. If cr fellow could
‘cut tho pigeon wing’ and wear er big red
handkerchief erround his neck and red-top
boots on their feet, and sing,
' It rains an' it hails, an’ its cold, stormy weather,
Erlong conies tho farmer drinkin' nil tiic cider;
I'll reap the outs, an’ who’ll be the binder?
I’ve lost my true love an' right hero I'll find 'er,
lio'd have cr good time and was nior’n apt ter
git er girl for his wife that couldn’t bo beat, in
them days or these days either.
“These little parties didn’t cost the old folks
anything, for tho girls would jest go ter work
and cook up cr big pile o’ tatcr custards, mid
maybe some cake, and erlong erbout midnight
tlioy'd set’em out on er table mid everyone
would help theirself, and they’d bo jest as well
satisfied as they are whore they have all these
finnykeo things that I see ’em have now.”
Sakgk.
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MUMMIES IN MEXICO.
Perfect Arts of Preserving tho Dead in the
Southern Republic.
Mexican Correspondent Troy Times.
Even among tho northern Indians mnmify
ing was frequently resorted to for people of dis
tinction. Beverly, who wrote in 1722, says in
his “History of Virginia, n with great squan
dering of capitals: ~T kc Indians are religious
in presoryimx the Corpses of their Kings and
Rulers after Death, which they order in the
following manner: First, they neatly Hay off
the Skin as entirely as they can, slitting it
only in the back ; then tlu*y pick all the flesh
oil’ the. Bones as t lean as possible, leaving the
Sinews fastened to the Bones, that they may
preserve the .hunts together; then they dry
the Bones in tho sun and put them into the
skin again, which in tho meantime has kept
from drying or shrinking: when tho bones arc
placed right in the Skin, they merely till
up tho Vacuities with very lino white
sand. After this they sow up tho skin
again and tho Body looks as if the
Flesh had never been removed. Thev take
care to keep the skin from shrinking by the
use of a little Oil or Grease, which saves it also
from corruption. The Skin being thui prepared,
they lay it in an apartment for thatpurnose
upon a shelf raised from the Floor. This Shelf
is spread with Mats for the Corpse to rest easy
on, and screened with tho same to keep it from
the Dust. The Flesh they lay upon hurdles in
tho sun to dry, and when it isi hoioughly dried,
it is sewed up in a Basket and set at the foot of
th© Corpse to which it beloiu s. In this Place
they also set up a Cuioccas (idol), which they
believe will be a guard to the corpse. Hero,
Night or Day, one or the other of the Priests
must give his attendance to take care of the
Dead Bodies. So great an honor and venera
tion have these unpolishi People for their
Princes, even after they are dead.’’
A still older writer improves upon this Noi th
American Indian recipe for making mummies
in the ciuaint phraseology of his times. Says
he: “Tlieir bodies are first bowoled, then dried
till very dry, ami so about most of their joy nt >
and necks they hang bracelets or chain's of
copper and such like, as they us© to wear,
Their inwards they stuff v ith beads, and such
trail. They then hippo Hu m very carefully
in white skins, and so rowle them in mats for
their winding sheets. And in the Tombe,
which is an arch made c.f mat they lay them
orderly. What, remaineth of this kind
of wealth their kings have, they set
at their feet in baskets. The burials ended,
the women having painted all their faces with
•black cole and oylc,’ doe sit twenty four hours
in their houses, mourning ami lamenting by
turns with such yelling and how ling as may
express their great passions.’’
In Alaska, up to comparatively modern
times, the dead have been inurmnilied. W. 11.
Dall, in his re< < nt works on “The Northwest
Coast,” tells us that within the last half c n
tury, bodies havebeen eviscerated,clcased from
fatty matters in running water, dried ami
placed in < ascs, wrapped in fur ami woven
grasses. The body was usually doubled up into
tho smallest compass ami the mummy rase
suspended, so as not to touch tho ground, in
some convenient rock shelter. Soim times,
howexer, the prepared body was placed in a
life-like position, dressed and armed. Some
were made, to look as if engaged in a congenial
occupation, such as hunting, fishing, sewing,
etc. With them were also placed eliigic'J of
the animals they wore pursuing, while the
hunter was decked in his wooden armor and
provided with an enormous mask, all orna
mented with feathers and a counth ■> variets
of wooden pendants colored in gay patterns.
All the Alaska mummies wear ma-iks, r. > ar
ranged that the wearer, if erect, could only sec
the ground at his feet. These were also worn
at their religious flam es, from the belief that
the spirit which was supposed to animate a
temporary idol was fatal to whoever might
look upon it while so occupied.
To get relief from indigestion, biliousness,
constipation or torpid liver without disturbing
the stomach or purging the bowels, take a few
doses of Carter’s Little Liver Pills, they wil
please you.
THE CLARKE < OTTONCLEANER.
Tho Great F arm Problem Solved -Why Farm
ers Shmild < lean Their Cotton For
Market A Matter of Millions of
Dollars of Saving to 1 hr South.
Every farmet Inteie ted. No invention within
the b.s' qva ter ofa century has been more benefi
cial to the taniuTß ofthesouth than thatof the
Clarke Cotton ( leaner. For j-cnrsthc problem of
agriculture which has defied the inventive imjmu
ty of the n itlon, was a remedy f«a- dirt and trash in
cotton. 'J ids at last IniH been overcome and I y us
ing the Clarke Cotl'-Ji ( ! .mur. niitl.ousof dollars
can annually be saw.”l. Nn I!ward .Atkinson, the
standard cotton aiith'-rity of the I idled States, < i i
mates the to - from all kinds of uneleanliness in the
fb ery stapl' to amount to one cent a pound on half
the crop. In round numbers, this is &!:</»< 0 000. 'lids
Isa tromendotM oneand well worth careful
consideration. Tbegreat saving bythouse ofthls
cleaner can be d’ numstrafed by acton! t tm<l
$h >w!-that it is; overwhelmingly to the fan ■'r s in- .
i< rest to use the cleaner, the mvi utiou of which has
tr cn a public and aciontifle benefaction, whoso
good no mind can men umami whose value will i
grow with the progrch of time.
'1 lie following shows how much rnny be gained
pcrbale. Mr. J. V. D. Ft' Vcns,'of J'.non <iro\e,
ib-ard county, (Ja., ginned J.oOQ pHindsof cottot:.
cleaned in the < lance Cleaners, and then ginned
1,500 pounds »>f tlw p’ac Cotton uncleantfl.
The cleaned bale lost thre • pound in weight and
solfl for 1 rents a i omul moi e than the un !<-aned
bale. '1 lie amount sav' don one bale wtissll. 'Aids
maj be done In every Ins anc ■.
Tostimui t j Carkc- (leaner l-s an undeniable
benefit to the pro re cr, the gimur, the m -.chant
and the nuiiiuhirturor. it improve-, the idghri-t
grade of bi t, it is e.-■ ntial to r-’d'‘cm th' v (l -t pro
r>ortlon of storm (ottoti imm its injury an I pte’.c. it
lar. c lo«upon It. H millions to the lan . r ,
and incn.asc I protlts to every agency timt iinndl'S
the fleecy momuc'n of comm me. It U the r< m dy
of an evil that has for more than a contu y dcstmy
ed, Mwe find per cent of the c<tton cro;>of the
world,aggregating millions up »n rniflinns ot irroi ar
able lo . Ps . v co l ' o! Cid h*rd probl m of
oUi - a/' C lii'iif. I *' l»< •n 1 '• Iciof c in.' the
• invc in ■/y ol the ■ ■. s
tio iul and national Ix nciit.
Tro follo'vm ■’ ’<• tinr nia! from the W' iJ rno'vn
cotton m» r<!. nt , . M Inimm <v Co., ’ b".’- io a me
< ( h.. ... ... J., '.tr !• <1 l.> UM !J ••' . o bm no
thooands of hal* - c .<-r , yi.r.
Ah.am a. Cm., .'epicmler ;;0, 1W -In view of
thrfr-.picni lu-a. y i-c.- i< - - nt’y and l i.e p;obid,i:i:y
t..Ht low grad l f o'ton v. id be veryrn «ii 10. r. s
< oj.i paled to ndd<! dtg tai !• i a .i or two |. s ,
.<• c :! that you are ■! ''"l work in ;rii.r'/F' mg
tlie f >rki '■<•'•'l 1 * i •! f can r. W<* ar f * al-.o haviiijr
vo‘.it tn/nblc with n i;.; ,* and imp'.’t!' 'Uy pieced
• otlo'i. lim 1 .. il do n U:;h townr I om-’d;..
ing ti.L, u-. t if; ( 'Bon will la- <1 cr betoo; gomg to
n.-ii’i. As un m <'-of w)i.‘ miidit Im-: been
d e v.Jtb propei h m lim w .11 a , that we Lave
• •,*!• Eil 1 a io* ci ho hd t.d> ’>• I »dirty, duty rot
iff ■ Hp:. vi- . C "p. » ’ mx ecu’s p'*r i-ound.
I Fro i ' ■' *
< •, j ucHn -.it •• l i ’ >-'ottoi! had l« n i n
thi m.'h ii.-, < <Fm pici.mz U '•\o.dd have
ol 'io lay in t;.» m ■■■. . ' 1 ''igi.t »«n 1 < i -tit one
c. i f cot* |h rpH’. 1, with th uHotut’-- f tied-
.‘ 1- ICC'’ '■ll ■ M. 1 •.?. A: so.
ID' C;hc t t".' -i.rr w.-h th'- u- ' Cms.
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Wanted
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threr hundred acres. Address John It. King,
Roswell, (ia. sepldwkhn
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