The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, June 03, 1886, Image 4
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We; e i up
We rak Said shake up,
Ad use the word "up" when w.e cap;
We drink up and think up,
We kink up and shrink up,
And do up a shirt like a man.
We slack up and back up,
We stack up and whack tip,
And hold up a man or an ace;
We beer up and cheer up,
We steer up and clear up,
And work ourselves up on a case.
We walk up and talk up,
We stalk ip and chalk up,
And everywhere "up" 's to be hear4;
We wet up) and set ip,
Bnt hanged if we let ill)
On "up", the much overworked word.
TilE ORPlEUS OF THE WOODS.
The Southern Mocking 1irti---lii Haunts,
Song and Wanton Destruction.
(J'1rom the Macon. (Ga.) Tl'ccyrajih.)
Up to emancipation timnes, or rather
the close of the war, mtocking birds
were plentitul everywhere in Georgia.
During the years that followed freedom
armed at race to wvhomu guns had been
forbidden. The negro became an
enthusiastic Initer, but he was un
skilled and could gratify his craze for
destrivying only upon birds that were
m-arest at hand. Mockitng birds, car
dinals, joreels, catbirds and thrushes
went down as easy conquests before a
chu,s that, had never been taught better
and hni ceit her sentiment nor con
science. The negro hunteri% of to-di,
with p ssilily at f'ew exceptions, are
not wintg tlts, and thev" fill their bags
,vith birds that can be killed in the
trees. It goes without saving that
these are the bIrds that shoubl he
spared to the fields aid to society.
My observation has been that few,
ve"'y few, negroes will 1atss, gun in
hand, anylhintg tliat has feathers and
is large enough to cook ; and this is
borne out by the farI that the bl uejay,
the woodpecker and tie cathird are
disappearii'g from the fields antd woods
almost as fast as the mocking bird
proper.
The dlestiuctliol of the mockin;g biid
has been niore iapid bea'auso Ihis iest
has be(ii sy stenitatically robbed br
parties of both colors For private gaiit
or gratilication. A yea - or I wo since
we noted one sipmi nent of these birds
from Savamiah which coutained (00
or 700. I oit the s'trets of this atl
all other cities ihey are openly sold
every siluniter.
Wliet it is reinenibered that every
bug or worin thus cut oil' may reprae
sent thousanids, tlie value of the bird's
services can be tunderstood. T'rue, he
takes figs and berries, but lie earns
them.
Most Southern people are fimiliar
with the hiabits of these birds, lut it
will be news to inauy to be told, as in
the "Eiyclop'dia Britannica," that
they go to New England in I lie stuner
to breed and ret urn in the l all. A lu
bon's stateiecnt wis tbatt somec of thetn
''go North," ondl this term applied to
the migration of birds means with him
northward. Ini Maryland and Vir
ginia the bird can be tound in summner,
but he comessouth ward in tie aututm.
I am inclined to think tiat. sonic pass
us and go to Florida in very cold
weather. I have seen them late inl the
autumn flyiug southward high in the
air and northward early i he spiitg.
Audubon says that thle stav-at-hionie
birds ot the ftmiil- fight these mtigr'a
toi'y fel lOWS upo n th iric returni.
Mock Iiig hirits c'aln lie t atuiht adlos t
anyt hiing ini the way of' tuones. Alaconi
1s150t boast of' a bird that wlijsteg
''Dixie,'" tili veal's ago a Frenchinan:11
traveled abouit thei( coutr y playing air's
1u1101 his pinio whi'ch his b>ird wouald
fol low accu ratelyx. AM thle P'ulaski
1House int Savaninahi, it negr'o used to
keep a bird that woul whistle a good
alto to tunes his mnaster wlhist 1'd.
0Ote of thle most1 1 p larit errior's co tn
cerninlg thle iocking biird is thme bliefci
that lie lhas iio song ot' his own -thiat
ho udopIts ad blend(s only' the notes of'
other' birds into ai song. TJhiis is piur'ev
nonsense. Thle younig umckinmg biirds
r'eared1 in thle garrIets ol great citit's,
and beynd the re(achi of' thle soiigs of
others, sing ias dho the limtives; ini their
freedomi, though not as strioingly, sinIca
they' hick t' inispirautiont of itatecs, the
mellow sunilight and libets . Th'leir
sonig iis, ini fact, at inber of',1 5rs~g,bt
eui n'ly or inal. No 11nan eve heard
the dlivisions (of th lm~ ockinig bird's
song inl ainy folt.iCS Thaut tie inIter'
sperses t hem with cat call, thle hawk's
screechi, the wiru' of iie hull but antI
the chic keni' :neicoly " peep"''l
these ate Oniv~ dilantel's jIi hjts r'ecta_
tive ballad(,follure' ini tlihe romanIliCcit'his~
summflers'. 'That hie Sings his pariits
back ward and( Ii forward atnd combnin les
them ainew is also truet. The i un>em i n
bird's song is to thle cari whatt th In
kialeid(oscople is toi tihe me, and thle
cotebitiatnions ois son~gs are~ asi
end(1less as the gla ss fori's ini th lo ; O i
but the s'ong noles at'e the saineu.~i
ai'e two wee'(ks (lit of fitlytwo whencI 5
niotlinmg caIll ilihht hmiini fo sn,il
that is wh len lie i.- in lling. At thatnl
tinme lie may1 bi luoui oopingia
secluded spoit, In-, inl ri less melall I
choly. Ilhe look' thei hot~and sick and si
the only note hie uitters is a low, shor c
whistle, iiot unhike' I hant which the fit tI
makes ats lie remlo ves his hS and~ 1111( ti
his brow.' Perhiaps~ duin ig t his seasoni si
the bird lays asidle mocker'y, repenlts $
anid makes good r'esoluitioins.' y
.Georgia has no law to priote'ct heri'
wild singers, whose songs dlelighit and r1
aStonish thme wo'ld. Sotme of' our d
Southern'u cities have laws to prmotect i
buzzards anid enf'or'ce thetm r'igidly si
The negro, who by pllhli a t'er tI
may baniishi nior'c melody fromth tI
wvorld than hiumian tlps cani sound1(, may 'I
- do it with impunity, but it costs bhn s
$ 5 to hit a buzzard with a clod of dirt.
Whyaj the Cas~e wasm D)ti,smi 1
A young mnan had beeni arrested fori
kissing apretnty girl amnd she was on
the winess- stanid.
"Yetu say," said the attorniey for the
defendant, "that the y'oung mati kissed
you againstjpour' will ?"
"Yes, lhe di, and lie did( it at dozen
times, too."
"Well, now, is it not true that von
also kiased him duing the all'ray ?"'
Ob Jected to; objectIon overried.
"OW atiswe' my (31estion," coni
tied the attoi'ney. "Did you not
kiss the defenidanit also?"
"Yes, I did," recplied the witness,
indIgriantly, "but It was int self
defense.".
SCane disamissed.
On(w~ho knows says that nearly every
mait ho goes fishing takes a big bottle of
shaedlickd" with him. On hIs to
~ tittji m :ed snake
~ihiiI
Points of AlffErenc Comprmd..A
Question oe to Which Is the Better.
(A 1m the St. Louds Jpubliuan..)
There is a vast diftbrence between the
boys of to-day and those of fifty years
ago, more especially as regards the
things which minister to comfort and
pleasure. The new boy, even if his
parents are only moderately blossed
with this world's goods, has a ward
robe which would have astonished the
Dld boy. Instead of the unitnedi
aowhi(le boots--oftene- shoes-rottgh
woolen or rougher fur cap, coarse cot
ton shirt, coat and pantaloons cut
down from the cast-off paternal gar
ments, rarely an overcoat and still
more rarely any underwear, except
the aforesaid shirt and home-nade
socks-the new boy has his button
shoes, rubber boots, handsome cap of
sealskin or clotb, neat linen, substan
tial underclothing, knickerbockers,
coat and vest of fashionable cut, with
overcoat to match, all bought for him
at first hands, and frequently a \vateh
and chain. Think of an old boy with
a watch and chain! lie would have
been a greater curiosity among his
companions than a trick elephant.
From the time the new boy is out of
his cradle he has a full assortment, of
"store toys;" and as he gets older
tmoney provides him with marbles,
tops, kites, b)alIl, bats, knives, wagons,
sleds, skates, bycicles and neariV
ewerythitng else in the shape of play
things that can be imlagined.
The old boy, in his infancy, was
luckv it' lie got t silvet' (101lhr to cult
his teeth on, an inprovip-ed rattle
anud ia rag baby. 'os of laregr
growth Ile tinanutactured hinselI,
"'swtlled" for, g i somlehow by "hook
01' crook,'' or borrowed or did with
out ; I hey were seldon or never bougt lt
for himl, an(l Christmas and Sata
Claus n;ver flvored himlt with their
vis"itatione-while New Y-ear was pro
verbially st igy and 'iThaniksgivin" otly
stufl'(1Ilk hi!tomnach. Now and1 then
be inn( a Iew coppers int his pocket,
but silver was quite beyond his reach.
A warmit sleetting tlpatitnetin in wite
ie never enjoye I, tin less Ott the sick
list. Inl a cold ruoom, usually no
biggert han a clhset, he crawled be
Lweent ice-cold steets, and Wilth chat
tering teeth tsaw his btearlth go out in
white vallor. Itn the mtorning he ottetn
broke the ice for washitiL(-water, halt
dressed himself, with it1nb fingers and
finished his toilett by the kitchen
stove. The new boy has an itinite
varietV of literatire, prepared espe
cilly for' hi; that of the old boy was
of the alncient Sind(ay-school sort, of
which no mre need be said to those
who ltive tried it. The new boy goes
to the t hcatre, circus or at least 10 the
diie mtusetun ; but these places of
lmluselenlt and recreation were hardly
known int the old boy's time-certainlsv
ot. for him. The new boy begins
with kiundergartei antd eids with col
lege or at least, high school. The old
boy was fortunat e if he obtained his
"tlree Its" f'rotn somle rural pedagogue
or at best was groitd throiigli a much
poorer edtcational Mill than negroes
have llowadavs.
When out of the mill he was set;to
work atnd thought himself' well I ,lid
with it(liflerent board and clotlies.
'hile genteel itdleness of the aVer:e
new boy, w hit so often (legenerates
1n vagablotlsism, was not toleraed
lifty te ias ago, and, unlike the average
new boy, the old boy had no tote to
slendi inntil lhe tnade it. lie hail tio
thie reventue of his owtt tosil andi thirifi.
l'oimpas it is onily ant old( hoy's pm...
tility fotr 01(1 ways, but it seem~s to its
hat thle hiardl exper'ience ot th lohl1(
boy-s id more for themt in lituny ways
tan the softer anid easier' lot~of the
ntew boys does0 for' t hem. TPhe Ibriter
werte iutite as happy wvithI the little
they had as the latter ar'e with thecir
tonuch, at-d they were taught-w hat the
otth ers are niot -ecotnmy, indu istryi,
ingenity , self-deniial , self-re'l iatice, thle
valu te of miontey, the neccessi ty of' Ilabor,
amttl, ttuost otf alI, the lite itn the prtimei
wichl dleclares t hat.
l'trob'aly theiewy inethod of t raiinii
boys intakes titre getltemtet, bitt tlit
wiorldh nieeds meni ttnttre thani it does
ietttlement. W'e canntot, oft ('om-ts
reiv'e th hii condi'tionicis, bitt cani wec
not giratt, 5ome of the 01ld primiple
It wgit he worth wtihijle try ing" il
experonenielt,* it oily fo aii'i chiai-e--aiii
iii the ltr(ei stat i.- adfuturitite prots
lwci. of t he' risiing genierattin, whose
chiet amtibit ion seemts to lie to begiti
whlere their ththiers leav-e off
Th'Ie otnly riebi dointie itt ( 'htiego is
nt'tfcesi in. itt a set of tiebi unn
iii lin thie South Side, int thle ici
v ot his oldI church, I )r Ilede has
'av. Whiei ain invc~estet coithl be
ock the ('lsiotiet Unoive'alist w ts
itt into thle stock. Local brokers ill
Liy thait the doctor' hats a hiein i for finiatn
er1ntig hiintsel f. li I has beent (tie ot
iCetitost active ttraders itt local set-ti
es atil treal est ate atid oite of lie mo.,t
iceessfl.i lie is believed to be woth -t
Sit in strteet-car'stock. Tlhiere wa s (one
cenitt investmtet bty htim wvhilt was "I
sast tous- When i Joh it h. Iloxitek
'as uniiloadintg his Consumter's' Gals -
ock Ihe ihev. Dri. liydier wvas onel oh ti
te gent lemten to) whomi lie gave I
Ie pointerCts to buiy-antd to) buiy (lutick.
he doctor bought 1,0)00 shares anid
ink $40,000 inl it.b
A nnrdty Attempstt.
Mr. Ch'larles Barbhary was biefore rillal
ustlee Woodrufft last Monday moit etII
ilswore itut a w'rran tigin tst WIVii in i
~rtold, chaUrgin g ino wit h hiaving mn ale e
il sttl mpo M rs. Tharbary wvithi a foul ti
atunt. - rtnod, we unldertand, hits left the
he dei' fo plarts unknown.'t 1t Pemi t hat d
htilit 'Irted loose in this~ thllIsh dl f
etfn Ma1 isein virmtoorget that the
L~ynchi seemsf tot exericise hbut a limhtedl fe
>vecrsuchi daistardly ruirals~ Ilou, t a
The heavies,t raimn of thie ie:ls,m li n;
(Ctfonl fell Maturday af ternoen, it wats ae-.
>ompanuiedi by hail in thte seCe-don oif Mr. .t
Fob Wessinger and in Switzer Neck Tihec
tall stones were as large as gulnea eggs and4
ompletely destroyed Mr. Wessinger's
rops. Leaves were threshed fromt the,
roee. .r'~ W.? ShullI informs us te
all was up in drifts over knee hig)h
(esars. .Wd 4 Sita Corley's erops were
S al 411 bdfr6 the tes
CloseQ With a Big Bear..-S rto
of a Hunter.
S a fJeld and bhrm. )
"We W taking a band of wethel
onee-.w8 bad.' 10,000 in the band -
from Umatilla county, Oregon, t<
Cheyenne," said a shepherd to a cor
respondent, "and had three men bosidi
myself, each man with a dog. We ha(
several horses, guns and campaigi
outfit, of course.
"One hot day about noon the sheol
anchored en us and while they wetr
lying in the shade the went down t<
the water to cook dinner. This wa!
in the Blue Mountains, on the middl
fork of the John Day river, at a sor
of horse-shoe bend about a quarter o
a mile around. It did n'.t look like 1
white had ever been there before.
"Somo of the boys went id lswiin
ming aud went acro s the river on th
inside of the bend. '1'hey found thou
sands (it tracks of all kinds of gan(
in the sand-deer, elk, coon, bear an(
goose tracks.
"I'Them goose tracks,' interposed 0
voice, 'was beaver tracks. A beaver'f
hin d loot is webbed and makes a tracl
like a;goose's.'
''That's so. I lounud that out after
ward. Tho river was full of mussel
shells, with mussels in them at that.
You could have scooped up a wagon
load of them in little or no tinme.
"They sawi a right fresh track of a
bear anI a cub where they had been
after those mussels and gonc into the
brush.
"I tried to get thern not to go inte
the bru'i after the bear, but no, they
were houll(t to go.
'h'ey stationled muc; on a point. that
cam e down betweenl the cogs of the
horse-shoe and cotumanded the under
lying flat cotpl)Ietely.
"T'1'hn Ihey took the dogs and their
g(rtins and wetil i no the brush. A m an
could just crawl throug Ii the bruiih and(]
that wa:s all.
"TiaI artt was there, you bet, and
the clogs hayed her before thev had
gone a huntidred yards. The ien
could not, tell trom ie barkitng where
she was. 'l'hev kept as near together
ts possible, I'il Sloa itn: in advance.
'resently Bill shot inal the bear made
a Imoge amd was onl lop of him and
got hia down. The other m ani raised
his guatn to shott, but was so close that
the beat siruck his gunl frot his hand
and knocket it clear ott olf his rcach.
lie got away fromi her and she went
bacl and stepped attrot oi top of
Bsill, who was alaottt half dead. The
third manl o! uetd ott her and she
would (trop down every timc lie hit
her an'l he hit her every shot. lie
called four help and I hurried there as
Fast as I couldl. I hatl a little collie
bitch that was as tiinid as a hare
arotld Vout, but, for tighting gane I
nevcr saw atna animual so big that she
was aIiaid to tackle it. .She went to
the bara a-lying. Tle other dogs
were sitaply barking atronit it. Dixic
seiz.ed on to te Iwar froin behind ani
madte ii so livel. for lr that she left
lill anl was w rried Iv the tlogs until
:le died ([fr"om the elleets of the wounds
she had received.
"We Bilot iil out, packed hiin on a
hor.w to the ariaest tow ta, which was
100 noile' awvvay, and it was three
month - betore lie w,, able to he up and
ott agli.
WiOMA N's tLIAt,Alot-s 1,itI.S.
Tt' IIlitloiaars i'rotetst 'iThey Slioti ti Not
iltnr All ( ih' llantea,.
(' F'unt t/u 1 an'il ry, Tr: &?ciew. )
Te aelot tnowi beintg made by corn
ltin haitnaiajtartiantas to tdiseourage the
waariang of buirds or. theia iluatage by
huhesic in thlair laits is all Ieyo ii'i otI It
its wi'ay at gi es opp'oNiO aifies fotr
such:i li-rt('s to io-i' as ietorn iats , btt
whyv they shiould isiL theia' wortdv
wr ath I uiotm lin' poor' inilinIiters, ats
soaana haveia dione, is ats mya sterious as it
is in(onasistenal. 'lia itaillitner (does not
kill iiw hairds, noria <Io Itherv teachi hen
until tl ave pia?aed I harouagh the
hlads tot steveral tdtalers~ or' aluidlemenl,
:iaa she wataihd not sell thelin wiere they
naot deia aatletd by her i cutfomers. The
(tonsoneri't tat atina arie'l is the persona
responib~le i'hr its being oleca as
aineh;athiM. So we atdvise our '
'aenev'olent brthercas andit sisters to "'go
.An:i whlile they are alit it let thaem
1101 stip at phnias otn aats; let [liem
'itcultet thle betattifutl ltorloisc shel
:atmib \l iss lahion wtears ini haer hair
waas ataiginiaLIly taakent fr'om a poor
ii aaoaant, cratre t whlo tused thais annte
ialh tor its tonly defetase. '[hle kid(
dov es sht ar I onS ( lier ahan ads wvere
~tripe fromi tttit a babe wvhose p uailns
tad hop ha-a it its tinattur'i.y wotuhl be
lateit in lhi araiiltss iautsaeeat of
>(11tatlauaap bloat ait subbtlaan rocks
.tat Iting'jl treel on ence-board~
'Te -ittheat slit ciarries ott het' armii
ta a sla i ini ago forttanedh part of an1
tainphujas aiiai iwhaose onaly carimae
anti,-tld ii baiskitng aIn st iinshine
a .i'jatt tits tat thea St. ,Joham's
itr,t.- o ia ai nlyfoik n
aike a taal. (t loa
ats aaaaaa Iromtit tar iin ltg thrieadts
ifome loolttilion tot' thouatsamatis
tialu ir's be'auiaifl eaemaaitans ivla
e!e tiiuelly sailrt wiithaina ther
'citiltetd retre'ats lest the la miiight cait
I le valuale librtea.
Thea sae<tt thIat.a shels la her fai form
ota liar ruttle intry ' blasts onlce
'1lpetd to Plot eet a beai'tiflI animial,
hose ive otn iito is amitd the icy'
'gionas tof Alaska, iwhre lie is ruth
s-l sariied lotr a species of' skini
me; an anima sutseo;A ble ot domtes
caitioni lad tapableIt o11a high dtegrete
enI cuure, vicintg ithI thec av'er'age
iihan11 iln ii usical abtnility, as iwas
emaonisttrated by sever'al thatt have
~en exhaibitetd at variouis mtuseums,
hetre they i.andale thae barrc'l oirgaii
'ith mar'ked skill.
'Ui'h por'temnonn,aie she so daintIlly
uaries in haer hatid and( the card ease
ant acromp tanies lher' n lier calls of
Iaremoty were otnco patts of beauthtiful
:sks ,that excited the cuipidlity of'
sast to or Afaran hutetrs who mur
redi a possible Ju tmbo to secure thetm
it cotmmeracial purp'losesa.
Ohitonec's circ'ualar callinag a meieting of
ar .1 ierahl Party ftor to-day, inviltes ''all
aetmbers of the piarty who, while retaining
all freetdotm int all par'ticulaurs respecting
i' li h h Governmnent hill, arc desf rols to
ole to establish a legislative body in Dub
t to anaage affairs specifically antd x.
hiutively IrIsh. It is authoritaitively stated
huliatherlatin will not attend.
There is reason for the belief that ex.
rm~ian Jachne has written thong letter
silpe3tolOiytes divulging able knows
fthej franchse bribersud bhd, stting
tha sum ty r~~iA~qadwl
The announe r a4g .ui Y - 4s Th l
Was abou todisour
tion of labor and cspital dr
Brooklyn Tabernacle last 8u*
3 ng an immense throng of 'pop fo
I all classes of society. Scores were turned
away, being unable to get' w'ithin the
vestibule. In the audience sat many
prominent Knights of Labor, and it was
evident from their looks that they' were
3 in sympathy with some of the preacher's
remarks. After the congregation had
t sung the hymn, "Arm of the Lord,
r awake! awake!" Dr. Talmago expounded
a number of passages of Scripture. His
sermon-is the beginning of a series of
labor topics. Among the subjects to be
treated are: "The Battle for Bread,"
"The Rights of Capital and Labor,"
"The Hardships of the Working Classes,"
"How Employers and Employees Ought
to Treat Each Other," and "The Great
est Foe of Labor."
THE CHAOS OF ANARCHY.
"That labor has grievances I will
plainly show before I get through this
course of sermons. That capital has had
outrages committed upon it I will make
evident beyond dispute. I do not under
rate the peril of those times. The ten
dency is toward revolution. . The labor
quarrel is hen-ispheric-aye, a world
wide quarrel, and the whole tendency is
towaad anarchy. One way in which we
may avoid anarchy is by letting the peo
ple know what anarchy is. It is the
abolition of the right of property. It
makes your store, and your house, and
your money, and your family zaine and
mine yours. It is wholesale robbery. It
means no law, no church, no defence, no
rights, no happiness, no God. There is
too much good sense dominant in this
country to permit anarchy. Within six
months there will be a kindlier under
standing between labor and capital than
has >ver been known in this country.
They have demonstrated as never before
their absolute dependence upon each
other.
ADVICE TO LABORERS.
"Meanwhile my brotherly counsel is
to three classes of laborers: First, to
those who are at work; stick to it. He
who gives up work now will probably
give it up for starvation. Second, to
those who have resigned work; it is best
for you and best for everybody to go
back immediately. Those will make the
most out of the present almost universal
strike who go first to work. Third, to
those who have been a long time out of
work; go now and take the vacated
places. Go in and take those places a
million and a half strong. My sentiment
is full liberty for all who want to strike
to do so and full liberty for all who want
to take the vacated places. Other in
dustries will open for those who are now
taking a vacation, for we have only
opened the outside door of this conti
nent and there is room in this country
for eight hundred million people and for
each one of them a home and a liveli
hood and a God. I am not scared a bit.
The storm will hush.
"Workingmen of America, your first
step) toward beCtterment of condition will
be an asssertion: e.i :'cour individual inde
p)endIence of dIietalen of your f llow
workmen. D)o not b-t any man or any
body of men tell you where you shall
work or where you shall not work, when
you shaill work or wuhen you shall not
work. If a~ man wants to be'loing to a
labor organization, let him b'elonig. If
lie does not want to belong to aL labor
organization, let him have p)erfect liberty
to stay out. I belong to a ministerial
association. I have a right to resign my
p)astorate and say, 'I am going. Good
bye.' But I-have no right, after I have
<luit this pulpit, to linger around the
doors On Sunday mornings and evenings
with a shotgun to inltimidlate or hinder
thme minister wvho comes to take my
place. [Laughter.]I
"This (lay I declare the mutual de
l)endencee of labor and capital. Smite
society at any one point and you smite
the entire community. Belief will come
to the working classes of this country
through a better understanding between
cap)ital and labor, through co-operatiive
associations, through discovery on the
part of employers that it is beet for them
to let their employees know just how
matters stand, and through the religions
rectification of tihe country. Labor is
u1pplreciated and rewarded just in p)ropor
tion as a country is Christianized. Our
religion is a democratic religion."
THEW CAI1E OF MOUN~T VEHN(oN.
\Vha oen e Monthi Carolina \Vonuan Hn Doe*e
For the lace.
Mount Vernon is thec prop)erty of the
Ladies' Mount Vernon Association-an
association that saved it to the country,
but which must inevitubly transfer it to
the government, as the p)eople of thme
whole country, niot a mere organization,
shuould beC the owners of the home of
Washington. The property was left by
Washington to his nephew, Judge Bush
rod Washington, and descended finally
to Colonel JTohn Washington.' In 18i59
Colonel Washington, whlose affairs were
very muhchl embarrassed1, was forced to
sell. Congress, with strange stupidlity,
took no account of the place, and it was
left to a wonian to save Mount Vernon
from tile autioneer's hammer. This
woman, Pamela Cunningham, was from
South Carolina. She had been an in
valid, well nigh bed-ridden, all her life
since her eighteenth year. When the
news of tile proposed sale reached h'ir
she conceived the lan of rescuing thle
pliace. She applied first to Congress,
b)ut Congress would do nothing. Then
from her sick bed she organized the
Ladies' Mount Vernon Association and
got a charter from the State of Virginia.
Silo interested Edward Eiverett in it,
who agreed to deliver a course of lectures
as a nucleus for a fund to bny it. These
lectures wore brilliantly successfull. Mr.
Evexett turned over $68,000 to the asso
ciation. OthIer contributions flowed in,
and at last the hlouse and 200) acres of
land were bought for $200,000. The
original Mount Vernon tract, when it
was called the Hunting Creek estate,
comprised 8,000 acre, but it had
&windled in the counoe of years,
SThe asooiatonu Is. goered by ones
re,whois appip$ for lifae and
gg tat inth unon aisin
te ta Iote ilolt " 3r
Is'anantainted by a
~ZOO~3ts bsredevery passengez
Mount Vernon . The aso
Mt 1s 'the oontraot fpr carrying pas
4asta steambot company, which
Ua*s daily tripe. The fare is $1, which
cluethe entrance fee to the house
&A d grounds. But the feeling is general
and is loudly expressed that no admis
eton fee at all ought to be charged and
the goveJt'ment should be the owner.
This will eventually work a change. The
management has done much for the
Place but the authority of the regent is
absolute, the appointment of the vice
regents arbitrary and things conducted
generally in a slipshod way. Once a
year, in the month of May, there ladies
meet at Mount Vernon. They spend a
week there and on Sunday they attend
Pohiok Church, which was General
Washington's parish church and sit in
the Washington pew. They look over
the accounts-but there is no real super
vision, the regent, Mrs. Macalister
Laughton, who lives in Washington, be
ing virtually supreme-and then go home
and see Mount Vernon no more until the
next May. It is obvious that this plan
cannot long last. Some years ago a
charter was granted a company to build
a railroad from Washington to Mount
Vernon. Lately the project has been
actively revived. When that is built and
the time of a visit brought within two
hours instead of live hours, as it is at
present, and greater crowds attend, the
Ladies' Mount Vernon Association will
be a thing of the past.
riE 4LUAUR IDiNEA L CONFIRlENCEt.
Imcunnlon or Several Iiportant Mantters. %d
journument sine Ile.
Several important matters were consid
ered by the Methodist Episcopal Con
forence at Richmond, Va., during the two
(lays of its session.
A resolution was adopted directing the
book agent to pay to the bishops and
bishops' widows the amounts designated
to be paid them annually, aggregating
$36,000. A resolution was adopted that
United States Senators Harris, Whit
thorne and Morgan be requested to look
after the publishing house claim before
Congress. The copimitttee on misssion
work reported approving co-operation
with the Woman's Missionary Society.
A resolution was adopted praying the
attention of the President of the United
States to the international treaty with
China, the disregard of which threatens
yiolence to the Missionaries of the Church
in that country.
-The committee on temperance sub
mitted a very lengthy report expressing
opposition to the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liquors, except for medi
cinal and and mechanical purposes. The
committee's report recommended that
Church members engaging in liquor
traffic be treated as in cases of inmprudent
conduct. Dr. Candler, of Georgia,
moved to amend the Discipline by insert
ing the word "immoral" in place of
"imprudent." The introduction of thtis
amendment elicited a lengthy and ani
mated discussion, and when Delegate
Duncan, of Tennessee,-in referring to per
sons engaged in the liquor traffic remain
ing in the Chureba, said: ''We must not
sanction a trailie with the seal of Mnet.ho
dismn on the barrels," there was a general
outburst of laughter. Dr. Blackwell, o,f
Virginia, thought the less legislation had
in regard to morals thme better. 'The re
corded vote on Dr. Candler's atjtmnd
ment resulted in 107 f'r anid (5 against.
Time rep)ort was tima adopted as a whole.
A resolution wVas aidopted, requeitstin
the Bishops to lput foreign missions ini
their regular annual visitations, leaving,
however, such visits discretionary with
them. The Conference commended the
woman's missionary work by a unani
mous vote.
The question of thme p)lace of hling
the next General Conference was referred
to a special comnmitte, to report at their
op)tion through the Church papers.
A commnitte of flye was appointed to
select from the Calendar such bunsiness
for consideration by the Conference as
may be deemed most imp)ortant.
A resolution' was adopted authorizing
the applointmnent b)y the Bishops of an
asistant editor of the Christian Advocate;
also anthorizing the editor to drawv on
the book agent for $2,500 annually to
pa~y correspondents.
The Conference fixed upon the first
Wednesday in May, 1890, as the time for
the meeting of thme next General Con fer
enee.
The report of thec committee on divorce
was adopted. It provides that no iniis..
ter of the Church shall solemanize tihe rite
of marriage between parties whenm one or
both are divorced from a wife or huisbaind
still living, providled that the inihiition
shiall not apply to an innocent party to a
livorce obtained on Scriptural gron ds.
The Bishops were authorized to ap
)oinlt fraternal messengers to thme North
arn Methodist Episcop)al Churci, to the
afethodist Episcopal Church in Canada,
md the Colored Methodist Episcopal
Thurch in America.
The Convention, just before midnight
)f the 25th unlt., adjourned sine (lie.
Meanc a ne,aIak h.a 'T'wn.
Malarial gases sneaked upi through tihe
>oorly construc(tedl drains and mmadle baby
'ery sick with nualarial fev'er. iBabiy would
ave died but for timely use of hrow~vn's
ron Bitters. There is nothing meaner inm
ts way of coming, nor worse in its etfects,
han this malaria from the underg roumol
eoglons. Mrs. MUDonahd, of New H aven,
.onn., says, "For six years I auffered
romn thm 'NYects of mnalaria, but Brown's
ron Bit'erh enred me enitirely." Tfry it
vhen mmliaria ste,als ini andi underm'ines
rous~ cn sitution. It wvill give relief.
Po~sidlent Cleveland was born on the 18th
>f Marcha, 183:7. lHe is no spring chicken
hut he will "'ommnit"' mnatrimoiny all the
Many a Lady
is beautiful, all but her skin ;
and nobody has ever told
her how easy it is to put
beauty on the skin. Beauty
on the skin is Magnolla
Balm..
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Strengthens the Muscles,
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have k town in Nio 80 years' prastice I have found
special bone c in nervous or physioal oxhaus.
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heav1ryon 6hesystem, a ft trely in my own family."
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the phlegm producing the early mernieg eugh and slmu
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The time has come at last when
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ing us for placing this prepara
tion in the reach of suffering
woman. One lady from North
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would like to thank the ro
prietors on her k nees for bring
ing it to her notic, as in a pre
Vious conlinemaennt she had two
doctors, and they were com
pellcd to use chloform, instru
ments, etc.,. and slhe suffered
almost (eath; but this time she
used "MOTIIE1lS' FRIEND,"
and her labor was short, quick "
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see the original letters, which
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This remedy is one about which we can
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wonderful liniment to be used after the
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