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HAM AND EGGS.
I am not fully posted on the
ethics of the prize ring, nor have I
ever had the pleasure of seeing a
real, sure enough mill, but it
strikes me that there is something
queer in Jim Corbett’s persistently
ignoring Lanky Bob Fitzsimmon’s
ehallenges. I have seen both men
f in sparring exercises and it occurs
j to me that Bobby could give the
(•hampion a better go than Clmr
' Ue Mite ell did.
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Fitzsimmons likes a fraction of
being as heavy as Corbett, but his
reach and movements are as good
as the Californians. Fitz has clear
ly shown that he is a fast and
furious fighter, by the quick man
ner in which he put Creedon out
in two rounds. I can’t imagine
anything fairer than Bobs offer to
spar four rounds with Corbett, be
fore competent judges, who shall
then declare whether Fitz is worthy
to go up against him. So much
hedging does not gain Corbett any
fri nds, and he should come up to
the scratch.
Yesterday closed the season in
the National baseball league, and
all of Baltimore and the greater
portion of Maryland is filled with
a surging howling mass of cranks,
because the Orioles won the pen
nant. And honestly I am right
glad myself that the flag is tossed
to the breeze ovr Southern soil.
The series of nine games between
Baltimore and New York for the
Temple Cup will begin in New York
city next Thursday. Four games
will be played there, four in Bal
timore, and if it is a tie the last
one in Pittsburg. I have said before
and still stick to it, that 1 honest
ly believe the Giants will win the
series. They have the advantage
of the Orioles in the box. Meekin
and Rusie are the greatest pitchers
in the profession today, and in
fielding the New York’s are equal
ly as strong if not stronger than
Hanlon’s men. If the Balti’s have
any advantage of New York at all
it is in batting, and I believe that
Ward's boys can do as much hit
ting as their rivals.
When it comes to hustling, I am
impressed with the idea that Nick
Ayer, will average up with the best
of them. Whenever he takes a no
tion to run an excursion over the
‘reliable riverside rout,” he neither
eats or sleeps until hq has made a
howling success out of it. No
charges whatever for this notice.
I am simply giving a small recog
nition to one of Romes best and
most progressive young men. “U-
No-Nick.”
A prominent attorney of this city
will not take the side of the prosecu
te uin auy case before the courts. It
is rather a peculiar idea, but he re
iigiously adheres to it, and he ba ß
never been known to be on the side
of prosecution.
Many people will regret to learn
that John Baptiste has decided to
leave Rome. For eight years he has
been selling candy at his present
stand on Broad street and there are
few persons that have not eaten bis
excellent home made candies. He
tells me that he has about come to
the conclusion to go directly to Dal
matin instead of California In
fiist intended. The people of far
away Dalmatia speak a varietv of
languages, Slavonic, , Turkish
and Italian. Baptiste has traveled
over a good portion of the world and
he is a man cf broad and varied
knowledge, He will leave here proba
bly the first of January.
Young ladies with a edilection
for writing anonymous communica
tions regaiding the urgent need of a
tonsonalj artis.’s attention to my
physiognomy, should turn their
literary talents to some field that
promises better results. I have
quietly and unostentatiously
started out to raise a beautiful and
flow ing beard and if it pains any one
to grze upon the hirsute growth that
covers my face, then they can look
the other way. I will state emphati
cally for the public weal that those
whiskers are going to stay there until
it is my good pleasure to shave them
off People may call me “Wandering
TftE HUSTLER OF ROME, SUNDAY SEPTEMBER, 30 1 894.
Willie,” Weary Raggles,” “Stale |
Muffins,” or any other name popular
ly credited to tha gentlemen of mi
gratory and purposeless proclivhi, J
but I will haughtily and peisistemlv
refuse to be coerced into doing
winch is didaetelul to my elf. Send
your )e levs in the future to Alt
Haip *r, Cba'lie Warner or Hurt
Smith.
If I had the slightest idea that n.v
whiskers would ever present as,un
sightly an appearance as those toils
of hair that (Infillvies the chssiia
proseniumof Alfed bh >rter Harpers,
head, th'-n the advice vtiu'd be ac-
I
cep. able.
It shows that wi’dness and abandon
in growth that commonly oelongs to
the genius Capra yet I l ave heard
no one say a disparaging word con
cerning nim. Strange, pissing
strange is the way of the world.
But if Alf looks tough. Chari
Jeremiah Warner looks woe'u ly |
tougher. It is reported that disapp in
•ment in lova earned him to take th i
step, I think he is only making i,n
effort to claim tLe honors of being i
the ugliest man in Floyd, and am
satisfied his claims are just .
Rosy Hart Smith’s wl i-kers are
ti o, utterly too too. If you would
see the colors presented in the solar
spectrum .gaze upon him. jThey are
a kind of Joseph’s Coat,and Hut
could make a neat sum by putting j
himself on exhibition and advertise’
as the man with a varigated beard. ;
STORY OF AN
OLD VIOLIN. 1
Mr Edwad Buchanan, lh° ci’ie > j
young musician of this city.has a rac '
an lvsluable cl I violir, which has a
remarkable history.
During the war th s violin was h i
aproperty of an old negro It was o d.
and iiaitere'i and he thought it of no I
vilue and gave it to his son to plai i
wtb. For along while that little pic
kamnny us“d it for a play wagon by j
attaching a strin- to the end, and I
would haul sand in it.
When the little darxey grew to be i
man the violin was thown in an 1
old 1011, the varniso ail rubbed off,,
and the top sadly broken in. For
years and years it lay forgotten and j
unnoticed in that out of the wad
place.’
One day a prominent dealer in |
musical instruments and one who
knew the value of rare specimens
come across it, and realizing at a
glance the worth of it, he got the
violin from the old negro for a
pittance.
Inside of the case were the magic
words “Jacobus Steiner, 1754,’He '
cleaned and repaired the instru-1
ment and Mr. Buchanan boughtit I
at the handsome sum of $l5O.
Twice that sum would not buy it
from the present owner.
It has been pronounced by au-1
thorities on that line, as a genuine
Stein r, and of immense value.
Mr. Buchanan favored me re
cently with a few selections on,
this violin and the waves of exquis
ite harlnony that he draws from
this old instrument is wonderful.
The tone is deep, rich, and as
clear as the notes of a Hute. As 1
sat and listened to him it seemed
as though the masterly touch of the
bow was drawing my soul out, with
its rapturous strain.
It seemed that I heard the icy
blast of the Northern winds as
they shrieked and howled through
the barren trees, Then visions of a
tropical scene came before me,
with the Wurm fragance of the
flower laden air, and the thrill of
a mocking bird sitting upon the
| top most branches of a green
shrubbery.
When the last sad notes of de
licious melody died away, 1 looked
up into the glowing face of the
young violinist, and thought what
a rare gift had been given unto
him, and how well he used it.
Love Apples.
When I first knew Covent Gar
den, tomatoes in their raw state
were habitually known as “love
apples;"it was only when they
were preserved in bottles to be
used as sauce that they took the
name now universally applied to
them. Very rarely were they eat
en raw as a salad, or cooked,
stewed or stuffed, or ou gratin.
THE STUDY OF LICHENS.
A Delightful Branch of Science With Which
to Become Acquainted.
They are a difficult branch to study,
for the descriptions are shrouded iu a
mysterious language that needs an un
abridged dictionary to translate it, and
a good microscope is necessary if one
wishes to examine their internal struc
ture and spores. Bat they are. a delight
ful and easy branch of science to be
come acquainted with by observation.
They are to bo found all the year
round on stones and fence rails and on
trees. They are easy to mount and are
so fascinatingly ugly or beautiful that
they make an interesting collection. In
almost any wild bit of country there
are from 50 to 70 kinds to be found, and
even in the most civilized place, at one’s
own hearth, there arc auro to be seven
or eight species growing on the sticks of
wood laid for the fire. They are so like
and yet unlike that they sharpen the
powers of comparison and observation
until one feels that the keen bladed
knife and pocket lens, which are con
stant companions in a lichen ramble,
are dull compared with one’s own
bright mind.
Lichens—and, by the way, they are
pronounced li-kens, not litch-ens—grow
in three ways, which can be easily dis
tinguished at a glance. There are crus
taceous lichens that grow close to a stono
or bark and have no leafy part, but are
simply a few warts or dots or a stain.
There are foliaceous lichens that lie flat
They are green or brown or yellow
leathery plants that are something like
leaves, and that have brown or red or
pink disks on them, and there are fruti
cose lichens that grow upright like lit
tle shrubby bushes, with bright col
ored knobs.
Go to any birch tree, and there will
be seen within a stained circle some cu
rious little black marks like elfin hiero
glyphs. They are the fruit spots of a
common licheu called, very appropriate
ly, Graphis scripta. Almost any tree
one visits will have some irregular cir
cular stains upon it, especially if the
bark is quite smooth, and in the center
there will be some brown or black or
white specks. It is easy to collect such
crustaccous lichens by slicing off a thin
strip of the bark, large enough to show
the outline of the stain, and by writing
the name of lhe tree from which it was
taken on the bark, but it is quite a dif
ferent matter when one sits down beside
a bowlder.—New York Independent.
SENATOR VANCE MET THE ISSUE.
But the Reporter Failes! to Get a Big
“Scoop” All the Same.
“I once had an experience,” said an
old newspaper man at the Press club to
a reporter, ‘‘with the late Senator
Vance which I shall never forget. It was
during Crisp’s first contest for the speak
ership, and, as you all probably remem
ber, every newspaper man in town was
hustling for inside news. The sources
of this, as usual iu such cases, were very
few, and Senator Vance, who was act
ing in the capacity of an advisor to the
nominating caucus, had to spend most
of his time dodging journalists.
‘‘So wary did he become that he dis
continued taking his lunch in the senate
restaurant and had it served in a com
mittee room. One day, however, I
caught a glimpse of him passing through
one of the lower corridors on the house
side. Determined not to let him escape
me, I at once hastened forward, and in
the most innocent manner possible be
gan asking him about his health, which
was rather bad at the time. He answer
ed all my questions in the kindest
manner possible and was about to leave
when I said:
“ ‘Oh, by the w/y, senator, who do
you think will get the nomination?’
“ ‘I don’t know exactly, ’ he replied,
‘but they will have to fight if they want
to win. ’
‘‘Certain now of my information, I
began to see the letter 1 was going to re
ceive from the home office, after they
had published my big scoop, telling me
in the most flattering terms that the
paper had decided to raise my salary on
account of my good work.
“ ‘Which side? senator?’ I asked, al
most in a whisper for fear some one
would be lurking in the dark recesses
and hear the reply which was to make
me the most noted hustler for news in
the ranks of journalism.
“ ‘Both sides, ’ he replied as he disap
peared iu the door of a committee room.
‘‘And the letter that 1 looked for
never came. ” —Washington Times.
Generalship.
‘‘The Clahtys does be slow returning
what they borry, ’ ’ said Mrs. Dolan.
“Yis, ” replied Mrs. Rafferty. *‘Oi
niver forgit the throublo Oi had gettin
back the flatoirons Oi lint ’em wanst
out o’ the koindness av me heart ”
‘‘An how did yez git ’em?”
“Oi sint my b’y Teddy to holler out
that the Clantys wouldn’t be in this
country on’y St. Pathrick chased the
snakes out av Oireland. Thin the oirons
cem over the back since fasht enough.
All Tiddy had to do wor to dodge ’em. ’’
—Washington Star.
The Mexican Agave.
The Mexican agave is a vegetable
growth used in making an intoxicating
wine. According to a tradition of the
country, it was the first plant God made.
Another species of the agave is used for
the same purpose as soap, its leaves
when broken and rubbed together pro
ducing a cleansing lather. It is also
employed in poisoning fish to be eaten,
this poison, like so many others, having
no effect upon the person who eats the
fish.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
To brine butter take a pound of gran
ulated sugar, a tablespoonfnl of salt
peter and 3 gallons of brine strong
enough to tear an egg. Boil the brine
and strain when cool. The butter should
be wrapped in cloth before placing in
the brine.
San Diego is the oldest city in Cali
fornia, and the ruins of the mission of
1769 are still preserved.
THE FINEST LINE
AND
lest Assortments
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THE LITTLE RUBY
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1116 Market Street.
A. J. BANKSTON General Agent
Ringgold Georgia
Blacksmithing.
I have moved Blacksmith and Repair shops
from Fifth Ave., opposite New Court House to
my Old Stand on Fifth Ave., in the Fourth
Ward.
W. T.DRENNON?I
-A_t old stand
-sth AVENUE FOURTH WARD.
8-12 ts
SHOPS REMOVED
To my patrons and’the public 1 wish to state
that I have removed ms
Carriage Waggons and
Blacksmith Shops
From the old stand in the Fourth Ward to the
buildin opposite the New Court house where
I am always readv to do guaranteed Carriage
buggy, wagon and Blacksmith work
Repairing and Horse Shoeing a specialty
M. A.. WLMPEE, JR-
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