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HAM AND EGGS- —-- - The following amusing, but true incident was told me a few days , In a small Alabama town, Xe lived an able, but rough and Lain spoken Judge. Ho was a man bo ve reproach as to his character, !l . et he often took methods of jus tice which were, to say the least, ther unusual. One dav while holding court, he P»'« d hl th ," pro7d ing,»na»»W in a olear, stern '°ql'ol<ls mlnute! Ther ’' "A •. this court room with a pis- H l ’’l know because I have seen it, " d there is no use for him to de it Xow if he will come for ward lay the pistol and a sil ver dollar on my desk, that will ell d the matter. I have spoken le the party quietly come forward. There was death like silence in the room for several moments, I,nt no one moved. Then, sterner light « into th. -y B “ ; th ‘ flnn !'■’ Uiid ominously, again hi. rang out with a perceptible tardn« in the intonation, re mating the •ommand. P AB a man, the. twelve jurymen moved forward and when they re- ZXd to their seats, thirteen hug. pwo l9 aQd thirtee ? gI T; ili( . ? vei dollars lay befere that strange judge. A merry twinkle in his eyes foi moment softened the Jharshness of his looks, but, almost instant ly the magistrate was on his feet and his eyes changed into cold and dreadful wrath as he said: “This is almost beyond human belief. That men should sit in a jury box, proposing to deal out justice, loaded down with conceal ed weapons. Shame on you as men of a law abiding country. iou are no better than the outlaw who is the menace to the life of every citizen. But the man upon whose person I saw that pistol has no t vet come forward, and this is my last appeal.” . Then there was a mighty rush for the stand, and when the crowd fell back, fifty-two pistols, and fif ty two dollars were on the table. As the last man laid down his donation to that queer lay out, the judge said, pointing at the fellow : “Thats the man I saw with the pistol, and he is the last man to come up.” According to my notion if that justice wasn’t shrewd he was most. Alf Harper to’d ma the follow ing good one on himself the other day. lie had nightly read the proof of some patent medicine con cern, and the same told of miracu lous cures of almost ‘every known disease. He reads thousands and thou sands of testimonials from peo ple who had been benefited by that same nostrum, and he at last be came firmly convinced that he w as desperately in need of some of it. He couldn’t imagine for what earthly purpose he wanted to take it, as he was appearantly in fine health. But the desire was irre sistible, and he immediately pur chased a supply of th© midicine. He has been taking it steadily for several days and firmly believes he could not get along without it. Farmers are gradually awaken ing to the importance of raising thfir own meat, eaid a well known iarrnor from near the Polk County line to rue yesterday. ‘‘l know all down in my section that with few exceptions, every body will kil] enough meat to last them next J’far, and besides that they will hav» hogs to sell or keep for anoth er year. I know the constant erv of '•hk tarui’.ng class is the low price °fcottou,but who have they to niame but themselves? Don’t they keep m raising it every year, and having grains and such out? We have just simply got to stop plant so much. Next year I shall P ant a very sn ail of it, aod raise Corn, Wheat, Oats, G-ass €t c, instead.” hat s a sensible farmer, and l’ 1 1 he is a successful one. So the East and West Railroad has be-n|gobbled ;Woll it is a splen did thing tor this mt ire section, as the syndicate that bought it will extend it at both ends an make a magnificent ro«d out of it Bu‘ the plucky little city of Cedar town is indeed jubilant over the outlook, already the air down there thrills with the piomise of better fin es, and the quickening pulse of renewad energy is felt ou all sides. And the city of Cedars deserves prosperity. Her people are hospiti ble and public spirit, d- She sits the proud y>ung queen of the fin est mineral region in the world, and is destined to be in the future a great manufacturing mart. The go den dawn hujut opened for her. and my clever and plump friends, Messrs Coleman an d Ilußß“i),are going to be mighty Hgents io the upbuilding of tho Gem city ©f the Vallies. There is a certain pier on East River in the busiest part of New York, where over 800 people have attempted suicide in the past few years. In fact it became such are sort for people bent on self destruc tion that a life saving station has been placed there. The man in chargo of it has saved scores of lives. The favorite hour ot the sui cides is twelve o’clock at night. “The slickest trick I ever had played on me,” said a slim young fellow the other evening, as he toasted before a good fire in tin Armstrong, “was perpetrate d by an infcrnal book agent. Since that time I have had a holy horror oi them. It happened about thiswny. I had not been out on the very long then, and am free to confess that I was a little fresh. One evening I got into a little old town up in lowa. There was but one hotel there and it wasen’t the best one in the world. It was nearly dark when I ar rived, and of course I didn't try to see any of the trade. After sup per 1 sat around the office, won dering how in the blazes I would pass the evening. A quiet, dignifi ed man was sitting near the fire, and we commenced a slow kind of conversation, which soon devel oped into a lively’ and confidential chat. He was an unusually well post ed man, and a splendid talker. Pretty soon he invited me up to his room, and we were at once a good friends as if we had known each other for years. He ordered drinks, and as we sat and drank it, before a cheerful fire, the talk drifted into litera ture. My new friend seemed as well posted ou this hue as „u othiiß PrAsetiHy h“ got tin an 1 going u a valise took out a neat looking volumn I don’t remember now jus what the name of it was, but any way we looked at it and i remem ber it wns a good thing. ‘ Perhaps you wou'd like to have it? ’ said the stranger. Now 1 thought 'h' 1 blaukety id iot wanted to give the thing to me, so I said. “Certainly, I would esteem its valuable prize.’ “Well then” said he “you cat have it for $3-00. My pr*c© to ev ery body else is $4 00 but I like you and knock off my profit ” “I looked at the fellow in blank amazement, and without a word laid $3 00 on the table, hurled the darned book in the tire and strode out of ihe room. Tnats why I hat book agents like pizen.” And the voung fellow looked angrily into the glowing coals. A NEW LINE MOUSOONS French perfumes Bough direettrom im porters. These goods are for de icacy of ... od % * n r e lasting quality. Weare your companion . witn any other goods in the United States. Trevitt & Johnson. 1 electric TELEPHONE Sold outright,fn w»r» to City. Village or Country. Z *ssk SssSs never out of order, no &”p. H.rriX* Co.Clek 0 { B'l H /A F7 THE HUSTLER OF ROM E, SUNIJAY NOVEMItB 'j 8. 1894 WILL TRY IT IN ST. L. • The Government and the Missis sippi Warrant Cases. Washington, Nov. 17—Chief Hazen, of the United Secret ser vice, says the fact “that the Unit-! *d States grand jury at Jackson, Mis«, refused to indict Governor Stone, and tha other state officers hi collection with the issue of the Mississippi warrants wiP not deter; the I nited States government ofli -, cere from proseevting the case mi >t, Louis, Mo. aud Chici go 111 , avaiust the bank note company I tba ; print* d the warrants.” The matter is likely to be agai I cal led to the attention of the new United States grand jury at Jack eon. The government officers in the treasury view the matter of the state iGsueing warrants, which were mtended to pass as money , which have a striking similitude to the United States paper curren cy, in a serious aspect as being a direct contravention of the law. The prosecution will be pushed in a l l its phrases to the highest courts by the United Stat«-e government. The Saint and tha Czar. St. Philp came of a wealthy family. He was attached to the court of the Czar Ivan the Terrible, hut in rvbat capacity I did noi learn. At all events, in 1539 he left the court and entered Solovetsk i as a monk. He found it a place of little wooden chapels and miserable huts; he left it wit., a fortified stone monastery, a really fine C'a ’hedrsl, and more than one well built church. In short, the whole working organism of S 1 >vetsk is due to him They called him back to Moscow after he had been 17 years in Solovetsk, and made him Metropolitan of all Russia. Now, Ivan the Terrible among nis other eccentricities, was like Norman Kings, in that he loved to lay waste the lands about. But he w as much worse than they were, for he did n not far purpose of sport nor did he do it in s ) kind a vay. His idea was simply to thin ut the districts so that there might be no mutterings and no crowd. Therefere, when a district became a little too much over stocked for hie liking, out he rode with sword in hand and tbined it Aud one day. when stsarimg on i bunt of this kinde.in which he xpccted extraor liuary sport, and to be able to depopulate pretty veil a cert an district, he chanced upon his Metroplitan, whom he -traightway ask“d to bless the ex pedition. But Philip the Bishop iot only refused, but expostulated ,vith him on bis cruelty. Here upon, vithoutmore demur Ivan dropped him into prison and had him strai - e 1 th 'te T his was in 15b9 .Long man's Magazine. Only a Rats A rat nearly cairned a panic in the Park Theatre, Brooklyn, last night. In the middle of on* of the mo.-t thrilling scenes of “Madiline >r the Magic Kiss, a big iat en tered a box, and after making things lively for the women there bounded up the arch to the balco ny and thence with leap down into the parterre. Men shouted, women and chil dren screamed, and for awhile it looked as if a general panic would ensue At last somebody with pres ence of mind yelled out the rat was dead. This had the desired est -c • People returned to their seats ana th > play went on TO THE PUBLIC. Acting under the best medical adv.ee, I have determined to re tire from active busi ness at once. My en tire stock of shoes are offered at cost. I shall keep no books, ope -?. no accounts, but will sell for SPOT CASH at ACTUAL COST every thing in my line. My entire stock, consist ing of fresh staple goodswill be offered Monday morning to the people of this City and surrounding country at the same price theycost me. My heal h demands tnis c+po To merchant or consumer the goods mui t <? > Very truly yours. J. L. Camp- [fl. 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