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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY DECEMBER 36 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
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IN LEADVILLE.
EXPERIENCE OF DANIEL M???FAR-
LAND IN THE MINING CAMP.
On tbe Bough Wagon Hoad-Tho oambllog Houiea,
Bence Ball*, and Place* of Amuaemeat???Lynch
Law and lta Beaulta???Claim Jumping
and the Murder of Qov.Boblnaon.
I entered Leadvillo over seven years ago,
??*ter riding icvcnty-fivo miles on tlio outside
of a stage coach, over one of the worst roads in
Iho world. The horses picked their way be
tween immense boulders, the coach rolling
over smaller ones at angles that threatened a
capsize. At the most dangerous places on tho
aides of the ravines tho paasengors left the
coach and scrambled up the craggy steeps.
Hardly a week passed without tho overturning
of a stage on this dangerous path, bruising and
often breaking the limbs and sometimes frac
turing the skulls of those in search of tho new
El Dorado. All supplies for Leadvillo and tho
eurrounding region were carried from Web
ster over this ruggid pass, in largo and strong
wagons, each drawn by eight mules. About
fifty of these teams, heavily laden, entered
Leadvillo every twenty-four hours. Here and
there along the route lay tho bodies of dead
znules, frequently three or four in view at tho
same time,
This killing mode of transportation mado
business lively for the mule traders and for
those engaged in staging and teaming, cor
ralling, providing fodder for teams, and for
small tavern keepers. The business was im
mense; but when tho railroad was completed
from Denver to Leadvillo it was annihilated at
s blow. Those whose business had been thus
cut oft argued that the railroad was a death
blow to Leadville. Dut the city survived and
prospered,
It was my first advent in a mining cam;
The scene was strikingly novel and interes
ing. The place was as crowded and as busy as
a beehive. Teams clogged tho streets, and
miners, wearing sombreros, and brown duck
overalls tucked in their bootlegs, ond llauncl
shirts of various colors, thronged tho sidewalk.
A long line of miners extended from the de
livery window ol tho post office for half a
block up the sidewalk, This line was formed
each morning long before tho post oftico waa
opened for delivery, and remained thero until
there was no longer any hope for thoso at tho
rear of arriving at the window before tho oftico
closed. It required fully two hours to reach
the goal. Dulcet strains of music issued from
tbe open doors of nearly every second homo
on tho main street. Curiosity led me to enter.
They were halls crowded with human beings,
most ol whom were on the broad road ??? that
leads to death. Bars extended nearly the en ???
tire length of tho deep halls, over which
Leadvillo whisky was freely dealt out at
twenty-five cents per gloss. A score or more
gambling tables were in operation in each
S lace. It was a study for a painter. At tho
ar wes a maulling crowd, subject to no mor
al restraint, {touring fiery liquid
down its thrust. Professional gam
blers with calm demeanor and
apparent indifference presided at tho gaming
table. Among thoae woro women wearing
Derby hats, dealing faro. The players sat
around the table silent and with anxious faces,
and a sympathizing crowd looked on. Musi
cians sat on elevated Beats discoursing music
that drowned the chinking of gold and silver
coins.
Eight and day, Sunday included, these
games went on. A city ordinance and the
atste law against gambling wero published
daily in a newspaper, and a police officer was
constantly passing and roposalng the open
doors of the gambling hells. Indeed, city of
ficials and other of extra sooial standing pub*
licly took a hand in tbe games without oxcit
ing a word of comment.
The harvest wu* usually reaped between
Saturday night and Monday morning. A thou
sand miners fiockod from the hills to spond
these intervals in the city, and to try their
luck at tho gambling tablo. Hundreds woro
. left without money enough on Monday morn
ing to pay for a drink before starting for tho
mountains. It was in these weekly Intervals
that murder was most rife among tho gam
blers. But affrays iu Leadville wero or not
milch account at the time. If a report of a
pistol was heard, and some one wu wounded
or even killed, thegamo wu interrupted only
lor a few minutes.
Tho only social attractions in Leadville wero
to be found at the variety theaters and in tho
dance houses. They were crowded overy
night. Tho periormancee at tho varieties con
sisted of singing and dancing, boxing and
wrestling, swinging clubs and performing <
the trapeze, all by women, some of who
were nearly nude. Negro minstrels perform
ed, and their performance* were supplement
ed by vnlgsr larc.a, characterized by indeli-
" i^The ???
back, drinking at saloons on tho way. Now
comers, however rei '
aloonsontho way. Now-
spectable, quickly fell in
jr-body acted on the prinei-
you are in Leadville do as Lead-
Thi
line. Almost every-body act<
in Lead
pie., ???When you are in*Leadville do as^Lead
ville does." There wu hardly any other
female society in Leadville. Whon death oc
curred among the unfortunate women the
newspapers contained euloglistic and touching
There wu little legal restraint, nardly -
night passed that several persons were not
shot, and hardly a week that some one was not
killed outright. I never heard that any one
was convicted oi murder. Fow, indeed, were
?? unished for less criminal offensos. Wh
owever, a person was arrested for drunkt-
ness, unless the judgoor some influential poli
tician was his friond, his sentence wu invar-
iably$3 fine and $10 cost, tho latter going to
tho city judgo who imposed it. If unable to
poy, the culprit worked out his ten days ou
the streets in the chain gang.
Highway robbery wu tho order of the day
as well as of the night. Tho stage coach com
ing into Leadville was frequently waylaid and
robbed. Unless several persons wore m com
pany together, it was dangerous to be out in
any of the back streets after dark,
???Ho"
e back streets .Tier dark. Tho cry
old up your hands 1??? might oalute your ears
at any moment, and one or moro ruffians con
front you with their rovolvers. A little Ger
man barber, going home from hi* shop late at
night, killed one of these ruffiaus and woun
ded another in the arm. Tho latter wu a
man of about nineteen, recently from the eut.
The people wero very much wrought up bo-
cause otthese depredations, and also on the
subject of ???lot lumping." For non-compli
ance with some United States law in selecting
the plot for the city, it was claimed that thore
was no perfect title to the^land in Leadville.
Priority of occupancy was regarded u tho on
ly title to any lot. The squatter titles, how
ever, wero recognized u good against all in
truders, nnd were transferred, giving tb<
samo rights to tho purchueri as those of th<
original occupant. This state of things gave
rise to continual fueda, fights, and sometimes
murders. A person, on returning to what he
had considered his home, would frequently
find his littlo cabin removed, and another in
its place, with an occupant on a prior title.
Jumping these unsettled titles and soiling
them had become quite a business, Ono per
son in particular, named Frodahain, had be
come notorious for such transactions. Ho was
arrested and clapped in jail, in company with
the young robber wounded by tho Gorman
barber. A mob entered tho prison, took out
the two malefactors, and hanged thorn in the
public street in front of the jail. The young
man begged for writing materials and a few
moments of life in which to write to his moth
er. He was told that iu a fow minutes ho
would be in hell, where he would have all the
time to write he wantnd.
Tho little German barber suddenly became
a hero. Tho citizens of Leadvillo escorted
him in a triumphal procession, in which the
city diguitaries und other mugwumps wero
rominent. Tho little barber and his honor
cacy and obreenity. A play called ???
i Mor-
to Leadville. tho receipts for
i in a single theatre aggregated
ban $l,00v. Nine tenths was
mons," in which tho Mormon system of wod-
lock was extravagantly illustrated, had a lonj
run at one of tbe theatres. The curtain fol
just at the crowning point of the play. The
price of admission to these shows was fifty
cents to the pit and $1 to the boxes. Such
boxes! But, as one of the managers informed
the writer, they cared much less for the
amount of money taken at tho door than tor
the profits on what they called ???the wine"
???old in the boxes. The name ???wino" waa
used as a generic euphemism, comprising tho
Worst rotgut whiskey at twenty-five cents per
glass, lager beer at twenty-five cents a
???j.ony," ond a kind of manufactured stufT
which they called ???champagne,??? at $5 per
pint bottle. On Saturday nights, when the
miners flocked to Leadville,
these beverages
usually more than
. ??? ??? * # ??? r
especially the champagne, waa drunk or spill
ed on the floor in tne boxes. In the interval
between the short acts the actresses invaria
bly visit the boxe* and entertain the gentle ???
men there by sitting on their laps and in
ducing them to apeutD their money freely for
the little $6 bottle* of champagne. Between
drinking and spilling the champagne on the
floor???the latter a device of the girls for the
good of the bouse???large quantities of wino
were disposed of. A liberal man, flush of mon
ey, thought nothing of spending $50 a night
for this social amusement. Men of all classes
and of all ages???tbe roughly dressed, bronzed
miner, the well dressed man of wealth and of
high social or political standing, even ex-
governors. bald-bt sited old fellows from afar,
of tbe tradition*! gold-mounted spectacles and
gold-headed caue * tamp, with church-going
aa lavishly as though
???favorites oi the toot lights."
In addition to their regular salary tbe ac
tresses received or $16 a night. To be a
good iMewoman was regarded by the man
agers as of mm miportan ?e than to be a good
actress. The peri nuances were kept up till
3 and 4 o'clock in the morning, sole.'y to sell
liquor.
Like the gsmbUug places, the dance homes
were large nails on the ground floor with open
dcorf, and bars over which liquor flowed in
torrents. The income all came from tho bar.
The dance wer.t on all night long, Sunday of
course included, end tbe halls were crowded
till broad daylight. Admission waa free, but
every five-minute dance eoat the dancer fifty
cents, with a drink thrown in. The fannies
danced more than fifty times a night. At
they could not p- ibly drink every time they
danced, those who abturned were given tick
ets, which were a::-r*vsrd cashed at five cents
???piece at the bar. These wild orgies beggar
description. It secm??| as though Baton waa
unbound, and ??*.s there in all nia power and
fiery glory. L*-u and women constantly
swarmed to the bar, smoking, drinking, and
???wearing. Depraved floor managers earnestly
flew here and there among the crowd of men
to enrage partners for the lewd women in the
next lewd dance. llmyh miners, and often
merchants, doctors,' and lawyers, were seen
whirling round r.o-i round in this vortex of
lewd dissipation. Men of good social status in
Leadville rode out w th these females on horse-
bc mayor sat sido by sido in tho first carriage
of tho procession. The citizens also presented
the barber with a gold watch and chain and a
brace of revolvers. The barber did cot re
main long to eujoy his |K>pulurity among the
pcoplo. Fearing destruction at the hands of
the comrades of tho robbers he had shot, ho
left Leadville.
Disputes among the miners about claims
wero frequent, often causing bloodshod. Tho
United States mining law gives tho right to
any person to select, free of charge, any tract,
.???100 by 1.600 feet of mineral land not already
taken up, to be used for mining purposes ex
clusively. To mako and keen tho claim good
it is necessary to have tho Plot surveyed and
recorded, and to siuk a shaft at least two foot
each year until working mineral is struck, A
notice must bo put upon the claim, giving tho
dote of entry and tho name of tho person who
entered it, as a logal warning to all othors not
to intrude. Jumping mines on various pro-
texts, in tho absence of the owners, and somo-
times taking them by armed forco in their
presence, wero quite customary among the
marauders. A person who had struck a rich
mine, and who was unable to muster friends
to defend it, was in danger oi losing It. And of
ten mines were fortifiod and defended by largo
bodies of men bloodshed and death following.
A ease that came under my observation was
that of a valuable mino called ???O'Donovan
ltoisa," owned by a regular dynamiter. Tho
owner assembled his friends, and altera lively
fusilade of bullets, in which several were
wounded, the dynamiters were victorious. A
sad case was that of young Itobinson, who had
just been eleotad lieutenant governor of Colo
rado. Ho bed already growu rich from lucky
strikes in mining, and had every prospect of
collecting millions. War was declared against
a valusblo mine of which he was in possession.
He placed armed men in the tunnel of tho
minoai * ??? **
proaeh
self was tho first to {come to the door after giv
ing the order. Ills men, mistaking him for
tho enemy as ho rapped, fired through the
door, giving him a mortal wound, from which
ho died tbe following day. A bell???the only
one in Leadville at the time???which he had
just presented to ono of the churches, tolled his
funeral knell.
About fivo years ago there was a panic in
Leadville. The miners, who had worked ten
hours a day, struck for eight hours. They
were led by ono Kelly, a man of considerable
culture ana of great influence among the min
ers. lie organized tbe beginning of tho striko
at the mine where be was amployed. Mounted
at the head -of his co-laborers, he marohed
them from mine to mine, inducing the miners
to join their ranks until the strike bocame uni
versal. About 5,000 miners assembled on tho
mountains. They were a formidable army,
Fear of pillage, firo and sword took possession
of many ot the inhabitants ol Leadville. After
banging like threatening clouds above the city,
cn the third day tho miners descended from
the mountains and marched linto Leadville.
Kelly was at their bead, wearing a red scarf
and sash, carrying a drawn sabre and mount
ed on a spirited charger, A more orderly and
peaceable procession, however, was never soon,
when the men broke ranks and mingled with
the people, so great waa Kelly's influence over
them that there was no unusual disturbance
and little intoxication among them. For sev
eral days they marched and countermarched
through the streets. The mine owners, how
ever, seemed determined to resist their claims
to the last* Telegrsms from New York and
other cities were sent to the superintendents
at the mines. Finally the governor declared
martial law and the strike proved a failure.
The writer has frequently been asked wheth
er a person relying on his labor alonu would do
well to go to Colorado and work in the mines.
If tbe man is a good mechanic and can have
steady employment at home he had better re
main away from the mines. Common laborers
without families, and with health and strength,
and.those struggling to be ???genteel,'* end de
pending on makeshift! for a living, may do
well in eoy of the scores of mining camps
springing up in the Rocky mountains. Min
ers* wages an $3.50 per day, and there is con*
aiant work. The labor, of course, is hard and
rough, but is by no means so bard, so disagree
able, end so dangerous as coal mining. Most
of tbe miners live inlog cabins near tho mines,
at d do their own cooking. They live well (or
IS per week. They have no rent to psv, and
can have all the firewood they want for the
trouble of cutting it. In the villages, ???cities,"
os they call them, near the mines, they get
excellent board with lodging for $1 per day.
After having raved some money a man has tne
opportunity to prospect for himself. There
ere, however, no vacant ming tracts near Lead-
* Ule. Around the newer mining camps there
ere some which may rival Leadville. There.
I* a possibility of your ???striking it rich" and
be< oming a millionaire, end n slight proba
bility that you,may make s tolerably large
lottune. A goodly number of poor miners
have had tbe luck to become rich, and a fsw
to win millions. Tbe chances, however, are
only a little more probable than those in a
lottery. You hear of the few who draw the
t-rises, but not of the thousands who draw the
blanks. Among those who hare drawn ???capi
tal prizes" in Colorado, the most noted is ex-
Lieutenant Governor end ex-thirty days'Unl ted
States Senator Tabor. Eight yean ago he kept
a little grocery store in Leadville. He ???grub*
staked" a couple of * n ** r **nt lh>n ant nm.
burgh, well kuown since at tho mining stock
board in New York city. Tabor, backed by
wealthy men, raised money enough to pur
chase the shares of his partners, giving on<
$100,000 and tho other $300,000. A company
was formed and $10,000,000 stock issued. Al
though an exceedingly rich mine, this wi
beyond its value. This striko was the fou
tlon of Tabor's great fortune. He is now said
to be worth $20,000,000.
Daxikl McFablawd.
SEEN IN SALOONS.
Men Who Have lleen Kulned by Their Love
of the Flowing Bowl.
From the New York Telegram.
While tn the course of business a day or two ago
a reporter bad occasion to drop into a saloon vis
ited by men. Somo wero sailors, somo ex-soldlcrr,
some pedlers and some beggars. Some were men
who in their day could draw their checks for
thousands and tens of thousands aud hare them
honored; and many were the "ncer-do-wecls,"
who Inhibit this great metropolis. In that pro-
mlscuousassemblogesomc were attired In good
clothing and somo in shabby habiliments; some
wero almost shoeless, entirely penniless, yet
waiting for an opportunity to tako a drink of
liquor, which would only bring them still lower.
Somo had dined in past days at Deimonl-
co???s, and to-day would gladly accept the gift of
twopennies with which to purchase a bowl of
soup. In this place are daily to bo fouud men o(
Intelligence and men devoid of Intellect. Hero
was a man who had wou distinction at the first
battle of Bull Bun, succeeding his colonel when
the latter fell at the front of battle and gallantly
leading the charge; another, a gray-halred and
gray.whiskcrcd veteran of the last Mexican war,
and an old New Yurk fireman, who in his old days
Is left to battle with dire adversity and to peddle
some cheap article with which to pro
cure his humblo lodging and
bread. This old man is a genin',
ES^ttthe^S^SeWu? ife Indulged too freely
In the llowing bowl. lie had a gifted and accom-
~ r! '' ??? wife, who left him and
??????^???protection of a talented New
Yorker, whose name and famo was world
wide as a representrtlve he adorned. Believing I
had seduced his
He whs acquitted c
day tbe venerable looking old man limps
about dependent on the charity of men who wero
once almost as poor as he.
He Wanted Arms nnd Leg*.
From the Philadelphia News.
I would like to look at somo artificial legs," a
gentleman said on Saturday In a store on Eighth
street where such aids to locomotion aro kept.
Yea, sir," said the clerical looking man behind
the counter, craning his neck over the showcase
In an attempt to get aglimpsoof bis customer's
feet. ???For yourself?"
"Certainly it???a for myself," answered tho gentle
man, testily. ???You didn't suppose I wanted one
for my grandmother, did you? 1 '
"I don???t know. sir. You must excuse me, sir,"
tbe restorer of lost limb* hastened to explain,
???you don???t seem to bo lame, sir."
Ullii , K.T1U TO mini:, ??jir.
???Idldn'tssy I was, did I? Guess I can buy a
leg, and wear It too, without being lame. Do you.
luppeso I camo to you to spend money for some
thing to help mo to limp? if you can suit mo In
legs, I'll take two. Not the same kind, you idiot.
1 want a left and right," and tho man coolly sat
down in a chair and took ofThts logs.
Tbe astonished dealer hastened to fit hls queer
customer, and had succeeded to his satisfaction
when the stranger spoke up again.
???Bay!" he suddenly exclaimed, ???whllol'm hero
I might as well get an arm or two," and he pro
ceeded to divest himself of his coat, and toon
quietly unscrewed hls right arm. Tho dealer fixed
a new arm on and was Just trying to figure up
how much the bill was, when the customer pulled
drills leitarm and rather impatiently said:
???Now, look lure, my man, If you're going to
wait on mo Inst hurry a little. Give mcancwleft
arm and bo llvoly."
CLEVELAND???S CABINET.
Probable Effects of the Change on Office
Holders???Views of an Old-Timer,
Correspondence Rochester Sunday Herald,
???Yes, the principal topic of conversation
here at present is tho probable action of the in
coming administration.
The speaker was Mr. William M. Ashley, _
506 Maino avenue, a man whose largo and in
timato acquaintance with prominent
public men hero in Washington, renders his
???If you wan???t to sell anything to rao pleaso at
tend to your businaw," again called out tho won-
derful purchazor In an angry toue.
???Wha-what is it you want, sir?"
???I want a head !??? r shouted tho man, ???and If you
have any bodies I???ll take ono of thoso, too.???T a
... , . . .... . ... ,(
n
???Chest
nut!"
Lawyers and Doctors.
???It has lately been remarked," siys the 8t.
James Gazette, ???that tho legal profession (mean
ing thereby barristers aud solicitors alike) has In
the last ten years increased at the rnto of 17 per
cent, whetcaa tbe medical profession has Increased
at the rate of only 3 percent. The statement Is
cnrlouf, and there Is no reason to doabt Its
accuracy. Tho real point of inb
ever, docs not lie In the comparison ....
prcfmlons, but In the fact that the numbers
arc, in tho case of tho lawyers, onto! all propor
tion to tlio growth of the population. Wcnoubt,
however, If they vary much from tho proportion
ate inerrno of wealth; and the law of property,
(Dtha of the lawyer's business,
crepancy, though somo allowance might bo made
for tbe attractions which are said to Ho in the so
cial position of a succtudul barrister. But on the
whole the material teat Is a much moro reliable
guide than the sentimental test; for the latter In
reality only show* itself iu tho number of students
become barristers or solicitors In practice."
BEST BAKING POWDER.
never
???petting on sfiarva, each to have e third inter-
cat in what wes found. Within a bar weeks
they struck s rtry rich mine, the Little Pitta*
Interesting Tests Blade By the Government
Chemist.
Dr. Edward G. Love, tho present analytical
chemist for tho government, has .rocontly
og exneri
comparative value or baking now
| * ???cterr
inters. Dr.
Love's tests wero made to ''determine what
brands are the most oconomicol to
use, end as their capacity lies
in their leavening power, tests
were directed solely to ascertain the available
is of each pow * " ~ ???
le following:
Name of the
Baking 1???owdcrs.
Strength
Cubic iucucs G ai
per oach ounce of Powder.
'Royal" (cream tartar powder) ....l-???7.4
???Fetapsco" (slnm powder).. -.. MM ..,.,~w.iZV2*
???Kumford???a" (phosphate) fresh
"Rumford???s" (phosphate) old ??? 32.7*
"HitifrtrrVa K???nno Ktirh" frwh - .151 JIT
???Hanford???s None
???Hanford's None Such,"old.-.
???Readbead???s
''Cbarm"(ft]um powder) JHHI
???Amazon??? (alum powder).....
???8ea Foam".
???Csar"
"Dr. Price???s"...
1170
116.00
??ul>
107.0
~.106.S
nt Vi-
I'U.M
*i.2
"congress??? yea*t.....~....... w ....^. 71 Jb
???C. E Andrews A Co???s" (contains alum).,..??78.l7o
"Hecker???a"
???gnict???a" M.2
ojn hls report tbe government chemist says:
???I regard all alum powders as very unwhole
some. Phosphate and tartarlcacld powders liber*
ate their gas too freely In process of baking,or un
der varying climate changes suffer deteriora
tion."
Dr. H. A. Mott, tbe former government chealat,
after a careful and eloboratc examination of the
various baking powders of commerce, reported to
tbe government In favor of the Royal brand.
Gentlemen Hatters,
From the Philadelphia News.
When the virgin queen was once reviewing a
trades proceielon a partlcutpily fine body of men
attracted her attention. Asking who they were
the was told hatters. ???Henceforth they shall be
called ???gentlemen batters'," said Elizabeth.
Since that day a Journeyman hatter bos always
been called a gentleman hatter, and aa hls name
so bis manner* and customs hare been.
Just now several thousand batters In Connecti
cut ere unfortunately on a strike.
Fean of trouble were fat. but tbe hatters were
equal to the occasion, and L**oed a circular ssrlnr
they did not foUnd aay violem*. and they held
ofgeatlemen
Wrecked Manhood.
Victims of youthful indiscretions snffering
from nervous debility, leek of eelf-eoafideace,
impaired memory, and kind/ed symptoms,
should send three letter stamps lor large illus
trated treatise, giving means of certain cure,
with numerous testimonials. Address World's
clerks of the various department is, who is __
go. In my opinion there will be very few
*??? ??? time employes who
??? "car out through
te removals will
occur among the heads or departments."
???The sense of mistrust wnich must nec
essarily provide the departments is, I suppose
detrimental to the proper transactions or busi
ness?"
???Well, rather, I reckon. It unfits tho clerks
for business. Some get very bine, for they
have purchased little uomes which thoy must
sacrifice."
???Last summer it was reported that many
were ill of malaria. How is it?"
???More likely, ill of a fear of change. I don???t
think Washington is so vory malarious. At
the same time! admit that since rosidinghere,
I have not always felt first-rate. At times 1
have been greatly troubled with sharp-shoot
ing pains. Ono day my right arm and leg
would tortuo mo with pain, there would bo
great redness, heat and swelling of tho parts,
and perhaps the next day the left arm and log
would bd similarly affected. Then agalu It
afternoon and leavo mo comparatively freo
from suffering during tho balance ef tho
??? y four hours.'
course you consulted the doctors regard
ing your difficulty?"
??? Consulted them? Well, I should si
did Some told me I had neuralgia; others
that I had imflamatory rheumatism, for which
there was no cures"
'But didn???t they try to relieve your miser
ies?"
???Yes, they vomited and physieed me, blis
tered and bled me,plastered and oiled mo,sweat,
steamed and everything but frozo me, but
without avail.*???
???But how did you finally recover????
???I had a friend living Michigan who had
been afllicted in a similar way and had boon
cured. Ho wroto me regarding his recover
and advised me totrv the remedy whicl
cured him. I procured a bottle and com
menced its use taking a tablespoonful after
each meal and at bed time. 1 had used it
about a week when I noticed a decrease in the
soreness of the joints and a general fooling of
relief. 1 preserved in its uso and finally got
so 1 could move around without limping,
when I told my friends that it was warnor??
safe rheumatie cure that had put me on my
' ct."
???And do you regard your cure as perraa-
mt? w
???This waa more than a year ago, tho tronble
has not returned and I haven???t been so woll
in years as I am now."
"Speaking cf President-elect Cleveland,
who, in your opinion will compriso his cabi
net?"
That is as difficult to determine as it is to
what oflico holders will go. Manv ,
men have been named for tho positio
Bayard, Thurman, Bragg, McClellan, not to
mention a lot of lesser lignts. Every promlnon
politician has a slato mado up which he is
backing to win, but then, as is always tho
case, some ono will get left.
GalliiMes BlustCJo.
From the Detroit Freo Press,
This great As erlcan people or somo portion of
them ate moving for tbo organization of an ???Anti*
Fu>i*endei Society," Circulars, inviting to mem*
Lcrsliip, aro being sent out from tlio hcad-ccntcr,
v>ich is Philadelphia. These circular* gravely
???liege tbst tho habit of wearing any
suspenders at al is contrary to all tho
teachings of antiquity and tbo experience of
ages. Adam in hls palmist or most fig-leafy days
woro no suapenders, and ono may search tho his
tory of all time In vain to find a hero or martyr
rushing to a glorious doom Incumbered with
those useless aud ???effeminate straps." Aud so It
gne* on at some length, only to Ho:.* with a
startling scientific statement. ???On tho crossing
of many suspenders," it says, ???a piece of
brar* or other metal Is fastened to add
greater strength to an Infamous contrivance. This
bit of metal when brought In opposition to tho
go,dor silver watch chain on tho front of the
body is apt to give rise to a voltaic current not
strong enough to be perceptible, bat which In
time acts on the kidneys and liver to such an ex
tent that these organa become aeml paralvzcd,
and, losing their vitality, degenerato and
glvo rhe to the many diseaws which
luauio m M/> uaie ??m. prCflXOU tO
tbc-ir signatures. This fact is suspicious. It hr 1 * -
vuy much like a married women???s scheme to
out of tbo work of tewing on buttons, by Inducing
tbe men to believe that it la healthier to hold their
trousers up with tho hand.
If vou desire your food to be palatable, en
joyable end digestible use Dr. Price's Cream
Baking Towder, which la not
adulteration, but wholesome,
chemists end physicians of this country uso
Dr. Frice's Cream Baking Powder In their
own families. Buy the Fowder in cans, se
curely labeled.
The king of Slam is reported to have 26-1 chil
dren. Fathers with only six or seven had better
atop bowling about having to tote the babies up
and down at night.???Burlington Free Pms.
Don???t Irkitatk Yota Lugos with a ft tub-
born Cough, when a safe and certain remedy
can bo bad in Dr. Jayne's Expectorant.
Is," was the reply. "II lha ttwes wasn???t so stunted
t get by at all."
Who Now Unknown Will Take ???1.70,000?
Tbe little tussle of thousands of all sorts anp
conditions of people with fortune, will take
place at New Orleans, La., on Tuesday, Decem
ber 16tb, 1884, when Generate G. T. Geauro-
gard, of Louisiana, and Jubal A. Early, of Vir
ginia, will gently but firmly scatter $522,500
among tbe fortunate ticket-holders of tbo Louis
iana Htato Lottery, at the Grand ftemf-Annuai
(I75tb Monthlyi Drawing, of which ???M. A.
Dauphin, New Orleans, La.," is prepared to
give any information desired.
A Kewburn. N. Y., man has 200 different sorts of
tppUs grafted ur*on one tree. This makes it very
convenient for the schoolboys of the town during
apple-gathering time,
??????Frailty, tby Name Is Woman."
???Hamlet.
That she Is frail, often in body,
??? *Tis true, 'tis true, 'tie a pity.
And pity 'Us, 'Ms true."
Dr Fierce'* ???Favorite Prescription" is the
best restorative tonic for physical frailty in
women^>r female weaknesses or derangements.
By druggists. Price reduced to one dollar.
pretty seriously.
CONSUMPTION CUBED,
An old physician, retired from practice.bav-
plcced in his hands by an East, India
fnr bad pli
missionary
the formula of a simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent cure of
eonsumption,bronc]iiUs,caUrrb,asthmaand all
throat and lung affections, also a positive and
radical cure for nervous debility end all nerv
ous complaints, after having tested tta won
derful curative powers in thousands cf cases,
has felt it his duty to make it known to his
suffering follows. Actuated by this motive
and a desire to relieve human suffering, 1 will
e*nd free of charge, to all who desire It, this
men VT irinre'/uuz wiin Hemp, uriuiuz
paper. W. A. Noyes, 14$ Power** block, Bo-
ebester,K. Y. aow
fcktaiiy Men.
"WelU???t Htallh Ren*ir??r" rwtom hnlth
an, vigor, cart* dr.iwp.la, tmpoUne., MXnal
1.W1U,. *1*
Drs. BETTS & BETTS.
IMcdlcal nnd Surgical Dispensary.
83)4 WHITEHALL STREET, ATLANTA, GA.
..W. IT. Betts, M, D??? tho consulting physician. Is
Uiooldest. most successful,.host known specialist
discretions. Lost Manhood and Abuses of too Sys-
Our remedies act quickly and euro perms-
nentfj.
Debility. Spcrraatorrliasa,
Seminal losses, night Emis-
??? , . Jwor, Bieoplcssnoss, Despon
dency, Ix*a of Memory, Confusion of Ideas, liluo
before too eyes, Lassitude, Languor, Gloomluoss,
Depression of 8plrits,ayen!on t*?? " ???? i. ty. asiiy .in
coursged, lack of confidence, dull, listless, unfit
for study or business nnd finds life a burden???
* rod.
r study o:
3 Safely,;
rmonently ond privately curt
&
Diseases, Byphllls
. r __.adl*cnio most Ivor-
le in Its results, completely eradicated without
use of mercury. Scrofula, Bryslphelat, Fever
Bores, Blotches, l???linples, Ulcers, Pains In tho head
and bones. Syphilitic Bore Throat, Mouth and
Tongue, (iundular enlargements of too neck,
Rheumatism, Catarrh, eta, etc., permanently
cured when otoct* have failed.
URINARY. troublcs^weak back.buru-
lug uriue. frequency of urinating, urlno High clo-
ond or milky sediment on standing, ???.Gonorrhea,
Gleet, Cystitis, etc., promptly ana safely cured.
Charges reasonable.
T4 1H X* Address thoso who havo
JJrS. Jd! 0C Jj. Impaired themselves by
Improper indulgence and solitary habits,
"inch ruin both mind and body, unfitting them
-jr business, study or marrfago.
Remarkable cures cflected in old case* which havo
been neglected or unskillfully trcsUd. No expe
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express in any part ol tho world. Charges moder
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questions and Guido to Health. Enclose stamp.
Address, w. ii Barrs, w. i>..
83)4 Whitehall 81.. Atlanta, da
New Advertisements.
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teacher in a school, by a young lady
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UltE DRINKING WATER from tho Wauko-
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pnrtof tho world, 'iho demand for tho e.elcbratod
water by our leading families a* a regular drink
ing water i?? dally Increasing. Invaluable in all
kldnej. and liver dlillcultlci. For nhIc by leading
Druggbts, Hamr.lo Rooms, Grocers, or diroot from
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T. H. BRYANT,
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Nervous Debility,'
.ind I'ro-tratlnn, from oi
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STROWBRIDGE SOWER
BROAD
1*. plaster, salt, aaim*.
???warjrthtaf mml/Uvi
i per aero, be Mar nnd
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by towing wrfoctljr oven. AW tftctr-lby uo%^ M
Bred la Dot thrown upward* Huws fin If or fell
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V??? v-v;:???:.\wttocliad (o any wagon or cart without Injury, and
.???used mIh i. vur lln . . Hi Im il.it, ii I.(tain u IMP*
41nu???. Howaeoaci.awheat is.-rd.iy. Propone-
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j '.??????Ilrortlriuolrrmado; inoat aemrate lurrimltursl
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SifXtuL S? CAVAvlry???taa vPuitrrr
Kiialblr WMkoiwI, WHETHER 8Y EXCESS OR NOT. or wh??
find* himself abu*hed and mdifttm-d ot hi* CilMllHMM
IMPOTENCE and WEAKNE&H, con havo a lasting as#
PERFECT CURE
Bw a few iM??k?? or month* Mae of tho
CIVIALE TREATMENT
#Tiri. firErjirif HTW WKilTU I'tHltH. A'01 F \i ??? If A NWM
Of Medicine. AH., do. HEALTH, BViiKMUTiM, riVVHi a
Tnvio or mVd 1 ano
Poor. Jsiv Cimu,
lUino fii/ryjof* Id jUoM DtnjJSofpO-
Mere, du Midi and other JioepUaU of
forte/ Member ofth* frtnok Ueademy
These QUICK, PA INLEHAonA CERTAINreme??liesar*?? now the aUndard adopted treatment la
EVERY HOSPITAL IN FRANCE^. +
an nnd patient who has used them sp??>ak??a W| ill EVJ
terms of them nnd recommends them uM v s w vi ??? ??? a
Oth r* u* too greateot kuown Itcotoraiiveo f aa 1 K ??? ~1 ???
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justlunut'-l Clorr-t Itthtij Cradle ContprrooOT
LrtiuKyv, rtini ???ikr.1 fkhfeotclekoy
AddT3L3. CIVIALE REMEDIAL AOENC^
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