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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. >GA« TUESDAY NOVEMBER 10 1885.
ARP ON BILLINGS.
IB RKCOLLBCriONS OP THB
humorist*.
BAT OATOBEB9.
am Kill. Mr. Rb.w in Haw Tirk ail Slinkier
l» Tin. la a KotaMUt Fra.ot
■u Josh Watemnx a dalloon-amines
lamina Atut -Bit John,’
Copyright IBS, by the Author.
Joah Billings is dud, and th« world will
miss him. Ha was a aueeeaa In hla way, and
11 was not a bad way. Ha did no harm. Us
did much good, for ho gars a pissing plaaaura
and gin It frequently, and loll tha odor ol
good precepte that llngcrsd with ns. Bo was
-Airop and Ben Franklin, eoadonsad and
abridged. Bla qualnt-phouatto spelling
spiced his maxims and proverbs, and mads
Ur m attractive. It Is carious how wa are at
tracted by Uts wias pithy sayings of an unlet
tered man. It Is the contrast between
his mind and bis collars.
We like contrasts and we like
metaphors and striking comparisons. The
more they art according to nalnra and every
day life, the better they plasae the masses.
The cultured scholar will try to Impress ns by
•eying "tactile d sealants avaral," bat Billings
brings the same Idea nearer home whan he
rays, "whan a man starts down hill,] It looks
like everything Is greased for the occasion.”
We cen almoet see the fellow eliding down. It
It an old thought that has been dressed ap
Sat for centuries, and suddenly appears In
every day clothes. Wise men tell os that the
people do notthtelf lor themselves, but follow
their leaders Innriltics and religion. Thatle
true, and t" It tame and old. Bat
whin I asked the original Bill Arp
how hewts going to vote be said he eonldent
tell me until he saw Colonel Johnson, and
Colonel Johnson wonldent know until be
talkfd to Judge Underwood, and Judge Under
wood wouldent know until he haarn from
Aleck Stephens, but who tells Aleak
bow to vole I’ll be dogged ir I know. _
tbst was the same old truth, but It wu an-
drmed, and tborefore more forclblo. The
Bevel methods Adapted for aeUfog Bid of
Fetby Bodeats.
From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
In a former article the natural history of
our household companion, the sly old rat, wit
considered, as was also hit timid, gentle little
cousin, the ‘'bans mans,’’ as the Germans
call It. How to get rid of these, or at least
what teems to us to be the superabundance ol
them, is a question which, although not of
mneh Interest to the naturalist, It often of ab
sorbing Interest to the good honsewlb, or the
dealer In inch commodities as rats and mice
most admire.
The abundance of these peats It only an
other Instance of disturbing what naturalists
eall tha balance of nature. This balanoe Is
try nleely adjusted, and cne very apt to be
afrat of order by the Interference of man.
Originally we bad no such animals, but as
commerce extended they "came down unto
ue In ehlpe,” and now have a foothold which
all the poisons, rat catchers, weasier, ferrets,
owls and man himself can not dislodge.
They are such good scavengers that it may
be they came here because some such animal
Was necessary to crowded population. Per
haps it Is an example of the truthful principle
ol the survival of the fittest. What beast,
bird or flah would do the work 10 well? The
•mount ol cubage eaten by them yeuly may
be wanted by tons, but they ue sometimes
bold enough to purloin a bit of cheese, nibble
pie crust or run away with a bank note for
their neats, we unite In condemning them
wholesale.
They certainly do considerable damage at
times, but It Is not from a wanton deelre to do
evil, but only In pursuanoeot the right claim-
id bjr ell—"health and the pursuit of htppl.
The great trouble Is that rodents multiply
so lest. Mother rat hu as many at Ive fami
lies in a you, with from fen to fifteen chil
dren at a birth. Ifoutie breeds tummu and
winter, producing from four to ten young.
The young onee ue very helpless at first, but
ere able to cue for themselves in about two
weeks. Mlceueentirely naked at first,being
wee little bodies with big Mind eyes, feeling
tbelr way about tbelr downy nests. Three of
Stephen! I them would not quite flit a lady’s thimble,
Well, end none but a fierce barbarian, or hardest-
wu an- I bts'ted person, could destroy them In their
, —.v.ble. The innocent helplessness. However, to reckless
philosophic theory hu come down loahofhely I *nd voracious are the rets that many a family
fast. I “I mice, and young rats, too, for that matter,
Someyeus ago I met lfr. Bbaw In New disappear down the old rats’ capacious and
Verb, at Carlcton’s book store. I did not
know tbatho was Josh Billings. In fut I hid
forgotten Billings’ real name, and 1 thought
this man was a Methodist preacher. He
looked like one, a very solemn one. Ills long
hair wu puled In the middle and silvered
with gray. Hit face wu heavily
bearded, bla eyea well set and hie
moulh drooped at the corners. We sat facing
each oilier for a tow moments, when suddenly
he leaned forward and saldi "Friend Arp,
uy something." I knew then that Mr. Carle-
ton had eurpriaed me and that this was Bil
lings,for he had told me that his friend Billings
was going to call. We soon gnt friendly and la
milliar, and suddenly he Inquired, "bow Is
my friend Big John?” "Dead," said I. "And
how is that faithfhl steer?’’uld he. "Dead,"
I replied. With a mock sorrow he wiped hit
eyes and remarked, ."beuco thuo tears."
(Metre.)
While wo wut talking a lad ol the
home came back and said there wu a man la
a balloon and we could teeblmfrotn the front.
We all went forward end we watched the dar
ing Kronant sou away until ha wu out of
a'sht and uwe look seats near the door
cannibalistic maw.
Not only do the young suffer, but the old
and feeble rail victims to the appetite ol
stronger relatives and friends, perhaps in Imi
tation of a habit wbioh prevails, or did pre
vail, In a tribe of South 8to Islanders. After
a member ol tbs tribe bad lived out its useful-
neu be wu given a start of half an hour
or so, whereupon the relatives started with
clnbe and spurs to hunt the old man
down; When captured he wu killed and
eaten on the spot. They said his exercise In
endeavoring te taespe rendered him leader
tnd very much more palatable. If this habit
prevailed here our almshsueee would be re
garded es useless storehouses of valuable food,
murh u gems preserves are In England and
other countries.
rurssaioxaa sat catcbsu.
It requires all aorta or people to make a
world. Juit why some occupations are look
ed down upon and others regarded as high
tored, Is a question hard to answer. We have
a few fools in this country who think it de
grading to be engaged m any business. They
imagine they are oT the nobility, and arqnot
In lr»d». because it Is "quite English, you
BETSY HAMILTON
RSLATBS SOM* BXPBRIBNCB OF
HBR TRAVELS.
■bo *0110 Bow Wo Urothara Wont to fizw to
Otow Up «lift tb« S»tO- OM Oota Rich VTfcllO
tfeo Oi»«r a* miss Poor.tqatro Uamll-
to® os too Prohibit Jon qomij on.
a «• wo took MftU near tha do re * n J* .*• "q«H» EnglUb, you
Billing* braved 4 il*h and Mid. «'I feel Tory B .°* occupation,
bod, my frlendi. That •!#ht dlitmiM mo." I tho kind ol people who choooo a certain
Walked him whr, and hS laid, “It carrlw buaiKMi which make* it disreputable,
mo back to tho accnoa of H©»tter thluwj be, there le»b«rtaee»«er»
1 lied ou abroad of which we see hot little, and
know less. Thai Is rat-catching. Is London
a tub catcher hu about u mu eh bualnssa u
ha can allend to, provided he understands it.
An old beck gives minute details of how it Is
dene. Tho rat catcher first examlnei the
pismlics and notes tha locality
i f aviry rat end mouse hole. He then aalects
a convenient closet or small room not much
frequented, and to which the rodente have
•reets. He tics a small place of routed cheese
or other favorl’e food to a string and draft it
aerrn the floor to thin apartment, and spreads
a little food along the route and provides a
banquet of oatmul la tha room.
Tha Aral night t few find their way here,tnd
my early youth and raminds me or a ead
JVitl.” We waited a moment for
him to recover from his depression, and he
esldt I wu sn Indolent, trilling boy. I
wouldn’t work and I wouldn't study at school.
1 had a looflDg to get away from home and
go west. Most everybody was going wcst.nnd
so enn morning my father aald to met "Hen
ry, I reckon you had butler go. Ton are not
doing any good hero.” And to he gave me
ten dollars end o whole lot of advice, and
my mother fixed, me up a little bundle
ol clotbea and I started. That money
lasted mo until I got nway out to Illinois, for
I worked a IllUa along tho way to pay for
lodging and vlttels, but at tail It wu all gone,
and my shoea wero worn out, and whan I got
to a Utile villago ono afternoon I was home
sick and frclnuless, and didn't know what to
do next. I noticed that tha people were alt
going! no way, and they told ma thay wera
going out to the suburbs to see a men go np In
a balloon. So I followed tha crowd
end when I got then I sew a little dlr(y Ital
ian silling down on an old dingy balloon, and
Ut»» was a follow going around with a hat
In his band trying to make up tan dollar*.
Tbe liUl. Hal km uld ha would go up for that
money. Unt tha follow couldn't make it.
Ho counted tho money and had only fix dot-
lire and a half, and ao ha gars It up, and
waa about to give tha money back whan
I thought I aaw my opportunity. I wu sorry
for ths Italian and sorry for mysslf, and so I
Whispered to him and sake,! him If ha wauld
give ma ail over ten dollare that I could mako
f.fd ha said "yu, all ovar eight dollar!."
Well. I had tho gift of speech pretty lively,
“2 T r.'Pv 1 asdroundamonglhe folks
end told them how thla how poor little
burnt son cl Italy came
miles from hie homo ’ to
minister tothair pleasure and put hie life In
peril, and It wu a shame that wa eeuldsut
make himiup the pitiful sum ol ten dollare. I
•oon got tha crowd In good humor, and In I
about five atiautee I had made up eighteen
dollars. 1 fell proud and ht ” “
Now, my friend, lira np, and
and I
leaky, and I thought It would bunt before we
■cl ready, for we piled the gu In heavy.
Before long the UlUa chap waa In the basket,
and we cut the renea and away she went. It ,
was a ralm. atlil Jay | a Juna-not a braath of |
airto drift tha balloon from a porpondlealtr.
Up ’ *•«»» * rowing smaller and small
ar.anUI finally aha wu but a tiny epaekls.
thaaeattb. We nearly broke our sacks look-
lag at It, and aura enough, In n few minutes
more she wu gone. Not a spyglass could find
It. We watched ell the evening lor
the little feller to come beck In slghtbut ho
aaverctm*. Tha shade of night «ma over
uabut no Italian. Tha crowd dteparadana by
23* until all ware gene but me, for 1 wu hta
frlrnd and Irruurtr you know. Neat morning
*• •“*> w«* musing end ell that day wa
made laantilaa Hum tha aurronndlng country,
bnl no Italian end no balloon, end
fe m 10 U,ta *** «*<•«?*•”» never
bean heard.from. I have bit a heavy weight
«l mpeaelbUity about Urn, for I bar I puli In
My bep. la that he wouldud
•Iralght to heaven. lltave hla money In my
benk and it la drawing Interest.”
And Juh wiped sway another pretended
tear cfgritf.
gs"5TKS®a*ajBsk
their pleuurv and In all hie great and curlou
•lleraneec be had never written ellne that
S^SiJSSS^ or “* )1 J* II J te ear people
Faace betohia ubee end honor to hie meat
*?• Bill Aar,
Vise Deg and Ida Cricket.
Titrate. Detroit Free Preaa.
A Cricket watch had Sained Itself away in u
NueUr Beerthiteee Chirped u Geyly of ivenftgi
that Wife .u Children wen dellthted, end the
Fnaut Otawved:
JJS** Wondrous an the Works of oar I
Drstnlgbta
ua not disturbed. Tha next night many more
come, end when ee ninny come u tbe rat
ratrhtr thinks he can persuade ha aprlnga In*
to the room, cloiea the exit, tnd prooudito
elay tha auembled company. All holu are
Iban Mopped with lime, acid, or other burtfbl
material, compounded with broken glut.
Tblj usually succeed! Ip elearlng tha house.
1 tokably the greatest skill Has in being able
tbetn* “* Ao, “ ‘Ooeeufally slopping
l'oteona are now used to each tn extent ttut
t he business of the rat-catcher le almost ex.
linet, hut In former days It wu quite e bail
nut, end the man encaged In It srere well
known. An old English paper, speaking of
Iho I'ftif, refers to e method wbioh wu xeiit
esacral, remarking- "It la much lo bo la
mented that Mr. Foraayath’a secret la not
-'-in to tha world, u it would than be poaal-
for ua to gat abut ol every rat la the king
dom, because after he hu bun to a dwelling
or wer ahotue no rate are sun there ever after-
ward."
aoni peril ccavoua.
A moat cruel rmctioo wu tor a leaf time
followed In Scotland-cruel, because useless.
A mouu wu caught and hung up alive by
the tall la front of the fire, where it wu
Mlosrad to slowly rout to death, It being sup.
pesed that the poor creature's ahrlaka ami
erica would frighten all othera from Urn house.
It la a credit to the human race that thla bar
ber ity wee long ego discontinued.
..•ora* Umo agoaovanty rate wero caught iu
this city by spreading oat mul over tha floor
cf a vacant room user oat ol our large ware
houses- Tho basquaton wan not disturbed
for atvaeM nights, ead at last, when It wu
thought they were "ell present or aooountod
•of," » tush wu made lor Ue hole where
they had entered. A lew eeeeped, but when
the hole wu stopped two ret dogs were
brought in and Ue uvenly promptly loft for
Uit hippy lend when oat meat la plentiful
end Sharp teeth aeiree.
Rate are very alow te go late n pitot where
they or Ueir Irlendi have never Wen. The
seeiet of getting eo many together in a room
is la allowing term te be innndlspul '
useion tor uvtnl nights. They have very
•entltlve noses, ana ran scons the former
p W*if? •• enemlu in n place by lootatepe
which have long passed. The London ru
ral'h era ware la Ua habit of rubbing noma.
Ulsg on Ue mIm of Uelr shoes te deeelve Ue
wary rodent, and for this reason rat traps
ecnld stray be wuhed out or cleaned.
H It a common practice to do eo, and te barn
Taper in them, but II they are loll Just u they
ere mere rate will be tehee. It la a good idsa
lo leave Ue first rat caught tu a new trap for
sdsyortc. When It it at t again the rate will
«Ji “U«rt la something to eat. It must be
ell right, for oUer follows have evidently
been eating of It.” They ere emart enough,
hut can be outwitted II token on Uelr esru
ground.
ltatcatchers makes double fee, one far
rateblng them end one a gala by selling them.
In some of Ue dives of New York, rut mo-ches
sir common amassment. A number are
~ leremqde
eertoln
Copyright IMS, by the author.
Night 'peers te be Ue but time to talk.
Va’ona ill sotihe fire smack and emootb out
toUer night a talkin' about Texas.
Squire Roberson’s folks coma ovor and act
tel bed lima, and wo routed sweat latere in
Us sshu, tnd blltd chestnuts, and popped
corn, and cracked hickory note and walnuts,
tnd drunk tlmmon beer asd et ginger eeku,
tnd I told Joku on pap and Couiln Pink, and
they told 'am on ma, and alter the Robersons
Itfl, pep be got tlttpy asd want In tother
house te bed And left wo’una to tell riddles and
ghost Isles end alter I Urowsd on tha lut
Pght’eod knot and Ue blau on Uo haU begun
lo sit blue,Cousin Pink sht wu sheered logo
npln Us loft to tlssp.
Wc'ons seed all of 'Squire Roberson's folks
w! sn we wu la Texu, and that’s what
filched him end Miu Roberson asd Ua gals
over Ust night—lo hear about ttsr klanery.
Boms of 'sms dons monstrous well oat they
end t’others heist, but tbe ‘iquirs Iowa bit
would er bun Ua same If they er went any
whan else. Now, tbar’a Daniel Boon Rob-
aiacn, Uats went te Texu and mads a tight
tr money, asd hit brother James MadUon that
wu a heap bigger and amarter’n him and
better lcokln, went Uar at the earns time and
ha't been n gwine right down to Ue dogs ever
ttneo.
Bnt whiskey got the beet of poor Jim end
•hat money ha made ha drank It up or fooled
it away. They say Jlm’e out and out for pro
bibilioB for ever body alto but hie self.
Zack Singleton ha 'Iowa moat aver body lo
Ala bam and Georgy fa jiat like Jim. They
want to put a atop to whiskey but haint wil
lin’ lo quit It thar selves.
Ftp’s for prohibition, ha lows
hit hadn’t er been as handy
r him to git wblakay whan ha
was yonng be wonldent er got In tbs habits of
drlnkln. Hite Uo young folks now that ha
full so much construed about ho wants pro
hibition to come before these ehiUun thats n
com In on now glte a tuts of It, asd aees to
much of It. He lows If ttey don't ass it, asd
smell It, and tula It, how are they a gwine te
know anything abont it? and prohibition te
tbs oslyett way he know* on to hup it away
from ’em. You'll find moat all Uo old
nun tbal'a lu Ue habit of
drlnkln' waate to rula out whteky aalliu’ before
Ibis erap of boys that’s n cornin' now glte a
tests ol It. Pep he seed a man tother day at
Ua table to have some turnips. Ue lowed ho
didn't want none; be bad beam Usl turnips
was osbealUr, and hadn't never luted one
In hit Ilfs, and didn't crave ’am; and, aaya he,
"that'a Ua way I am by whisky; never tuted
It, and of eourse don’t eravo it." Pap Iowa if
anybody will show him n hotter tew then
E xhibition te slop draoksnnsss he will vote
r It quick tnd 1st prohibition go.
Whisky leads te t power of dsvilmoi.t. Now
I hers Jim Madison Roberson is a hasp
emeitu’n his brother Dsn Boon, and moughlsr
bad sa much moasy if it hadn't or boon for
whteky. Ho had a hup better start u Dan
Boos, ate pop tool him to school, and Dan
Boos ho had to stay at home and work. I
mind mighty wall when Dan Boon
Roberson wu a little one gallu, bar-
footed, stump-food, plney-woods boy, and
drove a lit tie sorrel attar to town, and sold
peaches—frost never 'peered te bits Ucr
peaches— and bit wu a reg'lar thing overy
I far for Dan Boon te take 'em to towulo acif.
la storked longer his daddy in the coalin’
8 rounds, end the piss smoke would utils in
lisklu end ho would with hit (sot aright
smart,tco, but hit never looked clun, 'copt on
Bundayi) and when his maw would terab him
upvHh lye soap to und him to loam with Uo
would make his face ahlno
• would let in teholliuat
. hint *‘I mTi Din Boon,
wen’t you lend ms your fee e fora looking
gleet? Hslat you shard of kstehlu of a cold
unco you tuck off all that dirt? Bay, Dan
Been, wont you lend ma a dime when you tell
your peacbci." They laughed and made a
power of Ain of Dan Boon for ullla of hit
t rachea and axad te berry hit money and now
• 1a ptenly ablo to tend ’am money and te
Inv ’am all out.
in Boon hu lived to too tho day when ho
THB -OLD SCOTCHMAN."
A Checkered Lire Drawing to n Close—Six
Tenia la Prison.
N«w Yout, October M._Ths rector of Grass I
chapel In one of bit periodical visits te Lud- i
low street jail, became acquainted with and
deeply] Interested in Augustine R. Used on.
•Id. generally known u tho "Old Scotch
man," who hu spent Uo lut aix rears of an
adventurous life behind the ban. Law
yer W. H. Arnoux, through sympathy for Uo
old Scotchman's ease as related by Ue kind-
hearted rector, volunteered te mako an effort
te get Mr. Macdonald’s release. Lawyer Ju.
U. Laird and Ju. C. MacEachan assisted him.
They appeared before Judge O'Gorman to
day for that purpose. To oppose them were
General Chance K. Hover, of Horsy A Dote,
lawyers, of Wuhlngton, D. G., and Thos. M.
Wheeler. Mr. Macdonald la a direct de
scended of a historic Scotch fsmlfy. Hte
grandfather, Alex, Mxcdonxld, tho laird of
Gltnaladals, wu among Uo first to loin tho
standard of Prince Charlie. Ills lather wu
Captain John Macdonald, of Gtenaladate, who
fled from Scotland to Prince Edward's
island la 1772 te taespe religious
persecution. Mr. Msedonald wu
horn in Charlottetown, Prince Ed-
ward’s Itltsd, fifty.slx years ago. Ho wu ad-
netted in England. Among Ms callage
friends wu General ThomuFranels Meagher.
Ht cams to this country and alndiod law
under Judge Choate at Boston for a time. He
wont south and became a aueceufal trader la
tobacco and cotton. Just after Ue capture of
Vicksburg, Macdonald wu ampowerai by
President Lincoln to mako an arrangament
wlU Uo oon federate military au-
UorlUea by whleh loyal eltteaua and
neutral aubjaete of fnandly foreign powers
might buy cotton from southern factories and
bold it without fear of destruction byolther
union or confederate armies. Mr. Msedonald
succeeded In his uteafon. Ho te said te have
had about $40,004,000 worth ol eottentram-
ferred to him In trust In one day. Ho bought
$2,000,000 worth of bla own account. Ha
B lacsd tha whole lot under tha protection of
it Britieh flag. About $3,000,400 worth, ta-
eluding Ml bis ossa, waa dutroyad by union
Hoops, under General Osborne, in January,
■IS BIO CLAIM.
The next event ofoonuqueuM In Mr. Mac
donald's Ills wu related hr Lawyer Wheeler
today. Mr. MaedouMd, Mr. wboster said,
wu a subject ol Gnat Britain. In 1M0, white
a resident ol Cincinnati, ha filed a petition In
bsnkiuptoy. Mr. Tbomu J. Phelps wu
ehoun u utitnee. Among hta assets bo put
iu a claim of $240,000 against tho government
for cotton destroyed In several southern states.
Hit attorney employed Hovoy A Dote,of Wuh-
ington, te autet la proaceutlng hit claim. Ho
•greed, Mr. Whatlcr said, to giro Mcurs.
Itovcy A Dote one quarter of tha amount ra -
covered- A mixed oommtesloa awarded Mr.
Macdonald $200,000. Mr. MaedouMd, Mr.
Wheeler said, refuted to pay Maun. Hovoy &
Dole for their urviees. Hovoy A Dote resort
ed to tawanlte to got the mousy. Their csss
wu dismissed, and Mr. Macdonald raeolvsd
$200,000 through an order of the oourt. Ths
tew firm appealed te the general term and the
decree dlsmiseisg the cess wu reversed. Iu
Juno 1878, MaedouMd wu ordered te ra
sters $40,000 te the regieter of ths ooart,
ths receiver having bun discharged.
Lawyer Wheeler saps Shat Macdonald disap
pear'd from Wuhlngton. It wu decided
that he bad disobeyed toe order of the court,
and he wu adjudged guilty ol contempt. Six
days were given him te rasters ths fund and
on hit faUura te do so hit aaawcr wu stricken
out. Then the " “ *
district, where
Hovey and ~ ‘
rior court,
wrongful 11
■onsl piopsrty,
THE TWO WARDS.
ONE IS RBLBASBD. WHILE
OTHER IS CAOBD.
Two Important cases new rraaauladM tha Fabllo
-Outs Livies Kouamaat of Diocvooo. i
Omar X asters a so HOMS and
rrlsutfa-rts COM u IS Stues,
Tito saff roap woe
ilie i, aid town boyi
him time thay seed I
Hovey and Dote began an action in tho snpo-
- charging Macdonald with tha
■onal pioparty. uo did not put lu an answer,
•nd ho wu arrested tnd lodged In Ludlow
street jail. Mr. Wheeler said in conclusion:
"Mr. MscdonMdcan get out of jstl at any
time. AU we want la to know what ha did
with that $200,004 ha received. Wo do not
want bit body, u It te of no uso to ue."
trrotvs to niLiiu xiu.
Mr. Arnoux, In behMt ol Mr. Maodonald,
•aid (bat ha had taken np tha old Soothman's
uso without expectation of loo or reward, bat
merely In tho Interest ol justice. All that Mac
dcnald wanted was an opportunity
himsslf, which he had a—
roraseoofIho law. ~ '
The firm of Grant AWard have enjoyed a large
•hare of fras advertising In this country, bnt tho
■fihet has hesn of an unenviable character. There
are two Wards whose names appear prominently
before the mans*, ol peculiar interest. Both bars
been placed In a perilous condition,and both have
made desperate struggles In order to obtain relief.
White one test his money, ths other test his
health. One hu succeeded In obtaining an enure
release, without Ure ewfvtanoo of lawyers, white
ths other, who bad money, friends and lawyers
In abuudsMS, hu suooecdsd In securing a cell for
ten yean tn Uts penitentiary. The one who went
to law can truly uy, "Ward's Woes" have Jail
cc mmsnccd, while ths other who did not resort to
tew can uy “Word's Woes" have ended.
Ferdinand Ward, of Grant A Ward, hu met
with bla re-Ward, and will not soon bo cauiht In
ths amo snap, white Robert Word, of Maxsys,
Oa., hu boon matched from the writhing agonies
of disease tnd Impending death, end now boatte
of a healthy constitution and a clear oontdenca.
Both had an abundance of bid blood, very bad
blood, and white Fardloand'c wsrked upon hte
brain, prodaetag wild hMlnefnatlonc ol fat Jotra
ud big mouey, Bobert'e broke out ou hta akin,
producing wonderful ud tormenting, utlng nl-
cen, from which hte friends turned away In dis
gust. Tu latter atrafgtod long ud earnestly tor
rcllaf, but never obtained ft uutU he sent some
money to W. O. Birchmoro A Co.,
merchants u Hueys, Georgia, and
•Murad from them a remedy which effected one
of the moet wonderful curse ever known In that
section of tha state. Dr. A. H. BrlfhtweU, of the
same place, mil testify to the almost miraculous
an. Hr. Ward suffered from a terrible form of
blood poison, and ha hod become so disgusting
ud offensive that for three yean he actually re-
fused to ba seen, and wu watting lor duth to
claim him. But ho fa now well and happy
What cured him, did you esk? -
Well, It was B. B. B,—Satanic Blood Balm—that
did the work. Habubeen out of hie prison over a
year and la sound as a dollar, a full history of
thla cast, with proof, will bo malted any one.
Hundreds of othar cases era also being cured all
over the oonntry, muy of them being persons
whose names we cunot nss.
Wssn Just tn receipt of a teller from a wall
known gentleman of
Mobile, Ala.,
which explains Itself, but we will not firs ths
name Should any Interested party doubt Its
gtnnlnaneu ba cu act the letter ra fils st our
BLOOD BALM CO„
Atlanta, Ga.
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BOmS & CHILDREN TEBTHUfS
It M THB DR BAT 60UTHHRN
forth*fcoaata. It U oo*ot 0*bom mk
•filcacioa* retnmlfi* for *11 -untbia '■? M
• Maun frtma vfcdat ftttsu'kft <>f thr h.iwi m
frequent, *cmc n<*Ay MW »bo«]£ be st tw. Tha
wrftftH eiotber.^Jn nnkir to* b*" • am
teechtof, ifcoftM um> thi« Wet,. * *•*'*1*
■end fle rump to Walter $ T*/kr. AUai-... Im*
for Rhldltf book.
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Tifhr’i rhjrokM tttu‘47 of !*•**«|
Gnm and Mollfin alii p o» ^cpl* "ma>
aad OonwauUoa. I'no* lAc-tmltla hotus
A MKT SCHOOL OF THE C SKOLUSA ART A8SO-
■ elation, 18 Chalmers sL, Charleston, B.a
■e fourth annual session commence* on ths
[first Monday lo November, with Mr. K W. Mcs
Dowell, latspnpU ol ths Paris artists, Boatemr
A Lsfcvrs, as Inatrastorlii drawing, oil painting
ud water color painting, aad Nils Della Tomas
Instraotor In Cbuts nslnttog Ths terms tn as
follows: Primsry drawing clsss, mornlns or. af.
Iternoon. X Irrsois per week, per month, tliflc;-
K UAs psr week, per month, R Advanced draw-
■ class, morning tr afternoon, 0 dayi .per
iwrak.lfir Combined painting ud drawing deem
Odaja perwtek.M Advsncsd painting clasa,
days per week, 85. Sketch clsgv, three loorlhe q
gu wins
■ ivuimvn amuacmciu, A DUmi
ranski asd put in a "pit," ud beta ar
oa how Bsav a dog can catch !e a
time, es how long tt will taka him te km ail.
The tab are oo driven to bay tha they fra-
qntnlly tnra rn lbe dog, ud nometimes sac-
ctrd tn klllng him It sited.
A vsrydiigusUngtportte wllneeeed nms-
times In Ua rat-baitieg Una. It la for a nan
logo into lb* pH end kill Uo rats. Ha goes
upv a MI fours end ctlchss Us rat iu Ms teeth,
it being stalest Us rales for him lo touch
hand or foot U them. Thay often sueeosd la
kllllag twsaly or thirty la Ufa anaasr. A
balsa who ctuld mako sack a display of bias-
•tlfte little hatter Utu a brute, ud U worthy
of balsa buritd bribe road aide, when don
ard billvgoara ecnld ran and play anon hit
grave. BsttkoaltUkssMl sorts of people
to make a srnild.
•laughter. He would bs a prisoner for Ills un
less he wrra permitted to coma forth and make
a defense to tho action. He
could get bla liberty, but liberty
. under certain circumstances would be
ts wirU every on# ol them asms boys put sn acknowledgment ol tho justice of tho
tcgelhori and bard srork and soberness done claim agMnat him. Mr. Arnoux etaimod that
It. Thama a team that altera I the rtvvrsMof tha order of Ua oourt paying
'pulls wall legsthar. Pap lowed ho I the moasy to him could not affect his right te
tuosvea a mu oaa time that had taro mighty I It. Judge O’Oormu ncolvod tho papers iu
oaraly stcars, old "Bsd” ud old "Bnot |”thoy I lha caio and rtssrvsd bis decision. Mr. Mao-
was turrlble, bs eould’nl hsrdly do nothin I dotald says that Horsy ud Dole wars so-
with'sbi. ha beat’em ud ha bsal’am.aud I gaged by Lawyer Mayan of Memphis with-
hacuated'sBudhs cussed 'cm i they was out hte (MaodoaMd’a)craMnt. Thsupsuass
turrlble hard te mauags, and hs got so made! 1 v ’- ’ -- •— ■— 1
'•m ha could ar kilt'am, when ho tusk a no-,
Ulb bo’dehasgs lhar names. Us turned in | without a cent,
ha did and named one "Bobsratas" ud
1 other "Herd Work," ud than ho hltehsd
’em together end ttsy wut right along and
attar that he never hid no more trouble with
'an. We'uns seed plenty of folks In Texas,
that went out Ihsr a few years ago with next
to nothin—and now they aro livin’ Intan
thcoiud dollar honsca. Soma of ’em bought
land and It rli on ther hand*—but tha moat
of ’em hu made It by hard work
|nd soberness. They -say “ '
SSSfelG-iven Away
punished. Ha would not bavo suffered longer '
Imprisonment If ho had ben guilty ol mao-
L.&B.S-M.H
ol hla lawsuits and hla long imprisonment
have left Ur. MsedouMd, his friends assert.
Irlakln ud went up thar te Deltas
ud got out'n money, ud went te a mu from
Ala bam and tried to pcrsuedo hla tbM hs .
had went to school with him, and for lha sake
of old acqnUntue* ho thought ha bad ortar
tend him soma money. The mu couldn’t
fetch Button lo mind—hut loarad may bo ho
had wratlo school with hlm,M hs 1st him
buy some things st a grocery store,
and lowed he'd sot It ptld. Button hs got
thirteen dollars' worth ud tha mu had it to
pay. Cento te find out, Button ha played tho
•amt gamo on a mu from Maasvalp ud ou
from Georgy, and when hla icboolmates begun
logit too thick for him ho had lo skip tho
town. Hte folks was hers tother day axln
about hla, but pap hs wouldut ted ’em
nothin agin him. Folks axes ns a
power of quosliras about Taxu,
ud iomt lows they wouldn't wut to live
thar longer all them wild varmlnta—and crll
A Toothful Prodigy.
From tho Carkmllta, Oa, American,
While In AdsiravUle recently I aaw some
thing that itruck ma a* very unuuM and
strange. Coil* a parly of gcaltemcn were
•ItUsg around the ctors iu Bibb A Elrod’s
•loro when a little boy abont fiv* years old
•ntered. He waa a quit! looking littl* tallow
and there waa a peculiar expraithm on hte
foe*. "Can't you preach for ua,
Claude?" asked ons ths party.
It seamad that h* was nsad is
that and without any hesitation hsplaosda
chair for a pulpit, took two littl* books that
war* handed him ud pulled off hla bat for
bualncit. Before saying a word ht knoll by
hla chair in sects! prayer for a moment. Hs
then arou ud alter looking earafMIy through
on* ol Iho little hooka ha announced the num
ber of hte hymn, gave It out lu language that
wu lisping ud hard te understand, und than
a t It through all alone. He then knelt
;Mn by hte chair and prayed—this time
oud—but in words that no ou* oould under
stand. Ho took a text from on* of hte bosks,
ud for sight or tea minutes ho praaehsd with
mneh Mraestosss ud spirit. Tbs littl* audi
ence was profoundly quilt ud not a smile
flitted over uy las*. To m* It wu a pica-
liaily solemn scut. There was
a atrang* light Ip tha littl* fol
low’* ayuud a peculiar glow on hit facau h*
SAVANNAH, G, ^
The Great Huite Houac of tho Booth, hu removed
to a ntagnlfloeat new store (tha largest Mule
Temple In tha U. B), ud u a souvenir ol thla
Important in In their business, ud alto u u
advastiacmcnt which will toll from tha Totomao
to tho Rio Grudc, they an actually giving away
valuable gold watcbec.
Doubt not thla statement. It te a lack It's
Wholesale Home, and they do thtors In a whole
•Me war. Read this startling.
-TO -
PIANO Bims,
To every cash purchaser of a
Plano between November ist and
December ist, 1885, from us direct,
or through any of our Ten Branch
Homes or 200 Agencies, we will
present as a Complimentary Souv
enir an elegant
GOLD WATCH.
fora that kite, end sling*—them mule-yeared praachid' H.VZT«JoSy .s toeh »“tS.
rabbi* tnd horned frog*, and make* ani *t{ng- I behind which ha atood, aad Tat he waa
cifif acorpjoB*, and lanterptde*, and Urania* eoiwSJd wd w in * 7
“» mnMMUd flics ud mosquito*.. W. therTwatchlnriL ,
Guaranteed Solid Gold Case, and
fine movement Sold by jewelers
at 840 to 850.
watching
mysterious power wu moving bin
UnutSte Vn lJMte? "nails! *,“* I rang rat la a way thaUUlted tha crowd
rfliiira.Mto.! "* ■oafora Into a aolcmn and almost painful
.'*>*■*• .** ‘Jra*- W# | tilenc*. W* could not catch tha meaningof hla
baby werda that sear* so broxan ud liaping,
hut w*could uo tha flash of hte bluk ayaa
and feel tho power of hte proauce. When
hla sermon wu dono ho sang a tong, took up a
collection (laecipte li cult) announced Cor
sica for lb* evening and went out u quietly
ca he coma. I teamed that tha acano wu no
uncommon one, aud that bt aomctlmea moved
ust never lead but one tarantula and narry
•anfarpeda in Tfxaa, and wa navar toad lha
•cad a plenty ol hornod frogs and mute-yurad
ra kbits, but lhar hMatao harm In lari oaa of
’em. The nd alto te mighty plentiful, asd
this'll sting bad, bnl you can keep
THIS OFFER GOOD ONLY UN-
TIL.DECEMBER 1, ’85.
m 1
with ’em cue day thar in P Uu, aud had te
tun to tho house ud pul ou hit Bunday
clolhta. Ha kicktd around a right smart, aad
p«Uy sigh clawed Mittf to piece*- Man goo*
skoal ther with a seed lotos, ud makes a buti-
acta of bUlla thcac red ante.
Folks bun a hup about Taxu that batot
. Wa'usa hatin that Ml Iks kouaaa thar l
was what thay eall box hoaaet—plaaka raauto
at Mg ht up aud down, but I tol you, tom* of
lha fiscal nousu ovor 1 scad wu to Texu— |
and km cf lb* aleect folka livu thar—and
we'una liked 'em monstrous wall, and Couiln
rink hain't beau satisfied Mncotk* got home,
fiha wanu te go huh to Texas. I wu a filin'
lo te'l you abiut Cousin Pina's boon ahocolcb
to Texu, but sha'c a llstoalu', ud I can't tell
yon cow. Btvav Hsuiltox.
CalsoalAl Aibaa Day.
Frcm IkaDaFuatek rings, Florida, fiantlucl,
Hit Oct.
It U piopoocd to plut trace to tbe Sacred circle,
ttraa will sund u asooBKcauso poSal outers ilia
rout* 10 lb* ■atfiffu of God, lb* homo of 8am
Jvuaaud earn Small.
bis audience to lean.
rianecat Lowest Cuh Prices knowu, wftbOOm-
plcteOutfitr, ud AU Freight Paid, Everything
lair and aqutre, ud fuUsaUatactlon guaranteed.
Bud your name ud address for circular gtvtag
full particulars. Thla lathe out chuea of a life
time, which should not bo mimed. Don’t wait.
Tho sin aspires December lit, ud cunot ba re-
FIOHTINO MAD.
Tbs Ouoitat Bolwrsaa Two rntvol AabAnau
Mnam
Lima Rocx, Ark., November 4—A ciupla
of Arkauaaa aditera, Rabat! F. Walr, of tha
Cluoadoa Bur, aad R. J. Xallv, of lha Brink-
lay Argue, cu iu "blood oa Iho moon," and
to judge Irom tho followfug paragraph pib
liihtdlu tha Bun, It would not eauac any aur-
prito if Ihdr diffcraace ltd thorn te tk* "dcld
ol hener” to adjudication. Her* is Weir's
"(be pliblanaassrhao* Initiate arc*. J. Kelly,
and wborrntmalaupu editor of a finny abut
at Brinkley called the Arne, ud who te aowtll
keows •» an unmitigated liar and scoundrel, and
Mjtblca but ui part ol a gentle sen, rimes
rat In lost weokte Imo of hte paper with a acum-
lr or article oodir Uo bood of -goasswkst Par- ,
•onsl,'ud. In hte htbttuM way ol Ivlug, gfvaa la
tbte manner a abort Mogmpkr of out Uteaudtrtos
te lalurs aeaadrarbAstusos,''
Tk* obov* to only a short extra-t from sa
article about* eolimu and* hall (a length
(tho mildest reference to Kelly to WMr’s tra-
mudeaa ooalaughu).
LCLDIff k BATES SOUfEHBS HDiI3 BOUSE,
ALT MAYER'S DEW BLOCK,SAVANNAH,SA.
BOtlfi-WbH
All Sorts of
hurt* and many forts of aQs cf
man and beast need a cooling
lotion, Mflirtyig
CHOLERA IS COMING.
E WILL STATE FOR THE BENEFIT OF 1 HI
public, that during Uu Cholera of 183a
irltlnal Cholera Mlxturcd, manulenturad by
x/r, J. Q. Howard, which savod tbouxandaoflivea
at that time, alio In Cholera of 1141 and 1385, cu
be bad of the solo manufacturers HILLOCK <h
CO., 86S Fulton street, Brooklyn, N. Y-
k TRIAL OFFER!
THE ?ARM AND GARDEN
moly.pciiitaltuontliiy nap«r.wtth Oclfi*
ja«trntlon*4 nn4 i* » fawiMto, rcu-
N« and ncenratfi? rural JounUB.
ffT^^COgfiESPONDgCE
agSMilUg
« wa will ^nj ‘ 1 ■■
\ B®l« or for which they
, Jsr&A.'ftiftag
to oorreipond with ths umteo
Inform ail on (urnlshad of '
AGHIOULTHBALauU EtNCaLUM,
G. P. MEADE,
land lam,
FORT WORTH,
oclll wk 1M
TKX AS.
i*S,2.rrK
i7tJ£^£3HSSi
rilOEGM, RABUN CO UN TV.—TO ALL WHOM
M f* maycoBcero:—James Dachinr, admlulatrai
[ ! or H O-OoctfoA fi'cesMd, has In duttora
iSHSSSSS
TURKISH
—vvr.talla te glva mUjtecttom