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A wanger in walking throngh the
group* of men that etand abont, apper-
antly idle, in front of the aaloons, the
■hipehaadlety atorea, and the warehonaea
along South street might not notice that
they differed from laboring men seen
abewham, except possibly that they are,
aa s rale, of a more comfortable appear-
Kit if one stopa to listen he will
them talking, always with a foreign
et, of ships, ship news, and places
in foreign lands. They are sailors or
Baalsriag men, or man who get their
taring by dealing with seafaring men.
In a part of the street where the crowds
are thickest was a little red and white
sign which read:
: T ; -9—r—*
; “Otrs the Old ifsn s Chance.” •
Ukclb Job Banja,
; Shipping Office.
A narrow stairway led to a third-story
front room with low ceiling and a railing
that divided the room across the middle.
Colored prints gave variety to the walls.
Mea of various colors and conditions
and in all comfortable attitudes served
the same purpose for the rest of the
room. Behind a desk within the railing
was Uncle Joe and a partner. When
naked whether any difficulty was found
in obtaining sailors, they said' v
"None whatever. We are overrun
with certain kinds of men, and get a
good craw without any delay.”
"How many of the crews placed by
you am AmV^an sailors, or what pro
portion of each crew is composed of
Yankee sailors ?”
The two men looked at each other and
then at the questioner for s minute, ami
then one said:
"Ha wants to know, if any Yankees arc
■hipped oat of this port ”
"Oh 1” said the other. "Ye-es. L’mme
sea. Was it two or three we shipped
this year f*’
"What nationality do yon ship then?”
"Swedes snd Germans mostly. Now
and than one or two from all other na-
ttona under the sun, except onr own
Captains who come in here tell ns they
it Swedes or Germans. Borne take
especially for the West India
trade daring the sickly season. They
never call for Irishmen.”
"Can you give any reason for this ?”
,c If. Swedes as s class are the best
sailors shipped. They have to serve
sossa sort of an apprenticeship in their
own veeeels when they first go to sea.
Then they will stand more abase than
any other nationality. They are docile.
They are as healthy men as can be
found anywhere. Negroes are good in
baoause they can lie down on
when the tar ie running ont of the
i and dripping from the rigging,
soundly. In winter the cold
kills them. Irishmen are dreaded, be
cause when disciplined with s marline-
sptke they ars pretty sore to kick up
■erne sort of a mutiny. The Dagoe and
ths West India negroes are treacherous.
The English are good sailors, but we do
not have many of them. They stick by
their line steamships.
"What has become of the Yankee
sailor that used to man the clipper ships
warned of?”
_ "Ha doesn’t grow any more. Why
should be ? What is there to induce a
boy to go to asa ? la it 'the eighteen
dolian a month that ha can earn, bat
not always gat, when he has sailed long
enough to learn his trade ? . la it the
mil hone and hard tack that he lives
an f la it the persuasive flat of the
mats whan that gentleman is afflicted
with a sour temper ? Can yon think of
ana reason way it young mAh
j "I gnern I haven’t had one. it
doesn’t pay them to go to sea. They
are too independent to stand the died*
pline."
"If yoa ate not making any saflon
whan do the matee and oaptains eons
from?”
"Many of then are naturalised for*
eigners. The Americans come from a
certain class of ocas ten and fi» barmen,
who ship their crews among the neigh*
bora of the owners in the small ports
where they belong. Some of the cap
tains do not know tar from patty when
■hip His first mate is then at once
commander and schoolmaster to the eap-
tain until the captain learns how.”
A black and white sign in front of a
South street hotel read: "Wanted, men
for the U. S. Navy. Seamen, $21.50;
ordinary seamen, $17.50; firemen,
981.60.” Mr. Edwin 0. Prorost had
charge of the naval shipping office,
they first go to ses. The captain most
have the money to bny an interest in the
vessel before he can get command of
her, sailor not. If he has enough money
and wants to sail he can bay into a
"Is the food as good in the merchant
serrioe aa in the navy ?”
"Better. That is, the quality no bet
ter, bat the variety ia greater.”
"What chance has a boy to enter the
navy ?"
' "All he wante. The training ships
•reopen to him. After Jan. 1st, 1884, able
seamen will get $24 in the navy.”
The chief officer of the United States
steamer Yantio was diaoossing with some
reporters the conduct of the sailors at
the time the Proteus sank in the ice.
"Do you have any trouble in getting
good seamen iu the navy ?” was asked
of the officer. He answered : "We do.
There ia no trouble in getting men who
oru haul on a rope, bnt able seamen
whom, we can promote to petty officers
are not to be had. ” He would express
no opinion on the cause of this condi
tion of affairs.
Another naval officer said : "The ap
prentices are doing well They will have
the first chance in the promotions to the
warrant offices, but that ia not chance
enough tomriBe nary with able sea
men. Naval offioera will not often ad
mit it, but if the cadets at the Naval
Academy were all chosen from among
the apprentices who oonld pan a rigid,
examination after three years' service,
there would be aomething to induce
boya of energy and ability to go to aea.”
"Wouldn’t the failure of the many
who don’t get promoted drive them from
the navy ?’’
"No. They would get accustomed to
the manner of life, and the Bailor s in
stinct, with the new pay rates, would
keep them.” —- *
A rioht mind Sad generous affection
has more Iteauty and charms than all
other symmetries in the world besides,
and a grain of honesty and native worth
is of more valne than all the adventitious
ornaments, estates or preiermenta; for
the sake of which some of the better
sort so oft turn knaves.
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"Oan’t ba get promoted if halaaner-
getfo and capable ?”
"Yea* The law will allow American
■hips to taka only American oitisens aa
offsets. If tha lad ia energetic and ca-
pahia, aa yen aay, hs can, after five or
six years get promoted to a second
mate’s Iterth. That means five dollars a
month more than the men before the
mast Here, look at this list.”
Hie shipping list of the iron schooner
Josephine was spread before the qnee-
tiooer. The mate had signed for $40 s
month, the second male at $26, one sea
man at $20, four at $18, the cook at $86,
and an ordinary seaman at $14.
"That mate ia a first-class man; he
has been to aea for years. The board
and lodging he gets on board are abont
equal to what ge’d get for $20 a month
on shore! So he ranks with mechanics
who gat $2.25 a day, with this differ-
enee: The mate works twelve hoars a
day, seven days in the week, and the
mechanic doesn’t. Is that enticing to
the energetic and capable young man
you told abont?”
"But this is a coaster.”
"Ye*. The man before the mast on
the Trisoo olippen get $16 instead of
$19 a month. That recalls another
thing. As aoon aa a vessel touches the
flock the men are called down below and
ara paid off. One may be kept by for
ship keeper, but his pay does not ran
<m; he only gets his board. Between
tha advance pay system, which fattens
the bearding houses and the time he ia
Idle, the sailer does not handle aa much
money as a tailor’s apprentice. The
Yanks* does not go to sea because be
ean do better on ahora.
"We want able seamen and ordinary
he said. "There are plenty
at those wages, bnt they
i that we ean accept. They
an not aaamsn aa the tens la under
stood in the navy. An ordinary aea-
men who ennkl be accepted in the navy
would be « able seamen in the mer-
The ordinary seamen in
i have had at laaat three
*\the able aaamsn
Exactly Ms out of
by tha
Damages to Orchard Trees.
When the owner visits his yonng
orchard after the snow has melted away
in apring, he often makes the disheart
ening discovery that many of his trees
have been girdled by mice or rabbits.
Judging from our own correspondence,
the damage by these animals must in
the aggregate be very heavy, and sensi
ble to ita importance, we have ever given
timely waruiug. But numerous letters
come every apring announcing the in
jury and asking how the treee can be
saved. The discovery ia often made so
late that a reply and rsmedy cannot be
given throngh the paper until the season
ia too far advanced for it to be of nae.
We therefore refer to the matter at the
beginning instead of at the end of winter.
The first thing to be done ia to ex
amine the extent of the injory. Fre
quently it ia not so bad as it looks, and
the inner bark ia not entirely removed.
If this covers even a fourth of the
wounded portion, and Connecta th*bark
above the wound with that below it, the
chances are that the wound will heal if
drying can be prevented. The ordinary
grafting wax, applied on old, worn oot-
ton doth, or on paper, aa nsed in graft-
portion. This, especially on quite small
trees, will prevent all evaporation. An
other application ia the old grafting
olay, made by thoroughly mixing and
beating together stiff elay with half aa
much cow manure. Apply this over the
wound quite thickly, and fasten it in
place by wrapping with an old doth and
tying with strings. If the inner bark ia
completely gone, nothing remains bnt
to bridge over the wound with dons,
and thus restore communication be
tween the roots and the top. The dons
may be taken from the same tree if they
can be spared, or those from another of
the same kind will answer as well. A
small chisel may be used to aid in set
ting the cions. This method of catting
the ends is better thqn making thealope
on the opposite side. If the wound ia
long enough, it may be covered with a
mound of earth; if not, etaploy one oC
the methods snggested above. If the
injured trees are young and numerous, it
may be cheaper in the end to replace
them with new trees, than to t^ to
repair the old ones by the insertion o!
cions.—Amej-tcan Agriculturist.
The Needy.
A novel way of aiding the needy has
just been put in operation in Baltimore,
It is the "Provident” wood-yard, where
men who are willing to work ean saw a
oordof wood for fifty cents. A| present
the place ia far too small and arrange
ments are making to enlarge it. Strange
to say, not one tramp has yet pat in an
appearance for work. The applicants
are all residents of that city who have
been thrown out of regular employment.
One of the applicants recently was an
old gray haired man, felly eighty yean
of age. He waa one of the firat to finish
his assigned labor, and went off rejoicing
with his half-dollar.^
Fttiat to understand e grand and beeu-
K thought requires, perhaps, M much
as td^ooceiye it.
One rammer'i evening, ere the sun went dowa,
When city men war* hastening from ths town,
To raaeh their hoey sosas near at hand,
■otatfar,— ^ '
By snorting train, by omniboa or ear,
To bo beyond the reach of city din,—
A train-oar stopped, a little girl got in;
A cheery looking girl, scarce four yean old;
Although not shy, her manners were not bold;
But all Alone I one scarce could understand.
She held a little bnneleAn her hand-,
A tiny handkerchief with corners tied,
Bat which did not some bread and batter hide;
A satin scarf, so natty and so neat
Was o'er bar shoulders thrown. She took her
seat,
And laid her bundle underneath her arm,
And smiling prettily, bnt yet to calm,
She to the porter said, "May I lie here?"
He answered instantly, "Oh, yea, my dear.”
And there she seemed inclined to make her
•tsy,
While once again the tram went on its way.
The tall oondnetor—over six feet high.
Now seaoned the travelers with a business eye;
Bnt in that eye was something kind and mild,
That took the notice of the little child.
A little after, and the man went round,
And soon was heard the old familiar sound
Of gathering pence, and clipping t ckets. too—
The tram was full and he bad ranch to do.
"Tour fare, my little girl.” at length he said.
She looked a moment, shook her little bead,—
"I have no penniee; don’t you know,” said she,
"My fare U paid, and Jeans paid for me?”
He looked bewildered—all the people smiled;
"I didn’t know; and who is Jeans, child?”
"Why, don't yon know He onoe for sinners
died.
For little children, and for men beside,
To make os good and wash ns from onr sin;
1st this His railway ( am traveling in T'
"Don’t think it is! I want your fare, yon know.*
"/ UM you Jesus paid it long ago:
My mother told me Just before the died,
That Jesus paid when He was crucified;
That at the cross His railway did begin,
.Which took poor sinners from a world of sin«
My mother said hia home was grand and fair;
I want to go and see my mother there— —
I want to go to heaven, where Jesus lire*.
Won’t you go too ? My mother said he gives
A loving welcome—shall we be late ?
Oh, let ua go before he stints the gate:
- -- - g im/
He bids us little children come I
hild,
it only
smiled.
The poor condnctor's eves felt rather dim,
He knew not why—he fumbled at his coat,
And felt a substance rising i
The people listened to the little chi
Some were in tears—the
And someone whispered aa
"Out of the month of babes the Lord is
praised.”
"I am a pilgrim," said the little thing;
‘Tm going to heaven. Mr mother need to ting
To ma of Jesna snd His Father's love;
Told me to meet her in His home above,
And so to-day when aunt went ont to tea.
And looking ont I could net father see,
I got my bundle—kissed my little kit,
i I am so hungry—won't yon have a bit?)
ind got my hat, and then I left my home,
A little pilgrim up to heaven to roam;
And then your carriage stepped, and I oonld see
You looked so kind. I saw you beckon me,
[ thought you must belong to Jesus' train.
And are you Just going home to heaven again ?”
The poor conductor only shook his head;
Tears in hia eyes-the power of speech had
fled.
Had conscience by her prattle roused his fears
And struck upon the fountain of his tears, ;
And made his thonghts -in sadconfnsion whirl;
At last he aaid, “Once I d a title girl,
I loved her much; she was my little pet,
And with great fondness I remember yet
How much she loved me. Bnt one day the
died."
“She's gone to heaven," the little girl replied:
“She’s gone to Jesns—Jesus paid her fare,
Oh, dear conductor, won’t you meet her there?”
The poor oondnetor now broke fairly down;
He oonld have borne the harshest look or
frown,
Bnt no one laughed; bnt many sitting by
Beheld the rcene with sympathetic eye.
He kissed the child, for she his heart had won,
’T am to sleepy,” said the little one,
“If vou will let me, I’ll lie here and wait
Until yonr carriage comes to Jesus' gate;
Be sure yon wake me up. and pull my frock,
And at the gate git# just one Utile knock!
And you’ll see Jesus there,” The strong man
A wept! , \
I oonld but think as from the car I slept,
How oft a little one ha* found the road.
The narrow pathway to that blest abode,
Throngh faith in Christ has read its title clear.
While learned men remain in doubt and fear.
A little childl - XtLfcjLwd oft uses snch
To break or bend, tho stoniest heart to touch.
Then by His Spirit bide the conflict cease,
And once for ever enter into peace.
And then along the road the news wa bear,
We’re going id heaven—that Jesut paid our
fare. ’ Diexia Rhtmsb.
SELECT COLORED PEOPLE.
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He WAS Too Confiding.
If oil men were na innocent and con
fiding aa good Deacon Ebeneser Cum
mings, a pillar in the Orthodox church
of a certain town in Maine, who had
slept under the ministrations of no
than twelve pastors 'during the thirty
years of holding tfaediaoonaJ office, this
world would be a much more desirable
place of residence than it now is. Not
long ago certain charge* wore made in
the ohoroh meeting against a brother
whose course had long been regarded
with anxiety by the more conservative
ing, should be applied over the injured 0 f disciplining him arose. It was voted
Douglass ranks as the leading colored
man -of the District, bnt he goes bat
membgrgQf tke parish, and the questie*-! lit - e _ into
era Branch of the Potomac. Douglass
ia worth about $200,000. While hia
wealth and ability make him easily tha
foremost man of hk raoa, he is-not popu-
lar. He ia regarded aa guilty of the aame
to be desirable, however, not to excite a
scandal or bring cause of reproach
against the church, and, aa a preliminary
step in the matter, Deacon Cummings
was delegated to visit the erring brother
and inquire into his disposition and in
tention in the affair. Accordingly he
set out, found the subject of discussion
at home, and, after some conversation,
returned to the* meeting, which was
awaiting his report, JThe good Deacon
came in radiant and somewhat indig
nant, withal. "I tell yon," said he,
"that Brother Blank has been abused.
He’s just as straight as I be, or the
minister, either, and there ain’t a word
of truth in the hull bqsineea.” "Whet
evidence, Brother Cummings,” said the
pastor, "have yon procured to that ef
fect ?” "Evidence !” quoth the Deacon;
"the very beat of evidence I Why, he
told me so himself I” In apite of this
convincing testimony, however, it waa
voted to investigate the matter further.—
Boston Journal.
' A tiealas.
It is a New Hampshire genius who fat
credited with using an auger profitably
at a ball game. Hundreds of boys found
the view from an adjacent free hill that
off by a tight fence. There was e wild
•earoh for cracks, bnt the fissures had
been carefully battened. To whittle a
peephole would hare been an hour’s job.
Then the Yankee drew an anger and
quickly bored through. An eager
throng pre—sd upon hia with beseech
ing requests for a loan of the tool.
I wouldn’t hare this auger dulled for
anything,” he laid, "but I’d just aa aoon
bore a few hole*; though I’re'got to tax
you fire oanta per bore. Head over »
nickel and I’ll poneh-ths board. First
iBarred. Here we are. Where’ll
you have it T
The man took in aonwWng Uka twe
dollars before the demand fa? fc* IN 1
vioea cessed. ,—•.
Then ere 66,000 colored people in
Washington, aaya a newspaper letter
from that city. In no city in the United
States, not even New Orleans, ia there a
larger colored population. The colored
people here enjoy all tha social and po
litical rights that law ean give them,
Without protest and without annoyance.
The public conveyances are open to
them, and the theatres, the jury box,
ara theirs. Many of there men ara
wealthy, and tha aggregate wealth of
the colored property owners in the
District amounts to millions of dollars.
Hundreds own comfortable homes, and
■ome handsome residences; their
churches ars many, ineluding three or
(our buildings that are ornaments to the
eity. Bnt the color line is rigidly drawn
In what is known aa society. Wealth,
learning, official place, give no colored
family the right or privilege of entering
the best or the commonest white society
on terms of equality or endurance. In
this respect the colored race lives as
separate and as exclusive a life as in the
days of slavery. There are three recog
nized social classes among the colored
people. Neither acknowledges the
others, and it is the ambition of those in
the lower to be received in the higher
circles, just as among the whites.
The upper crust, so to speak, consists
of men of wealth, learning and high po
ll tloal place. These people exchange
cells, with all the ceremony of the
whites, some of them driving in their
own carriages, leaving cards with scra-
pulons attention to etiquette. They
dine with each other, and are waited
npon by colored servants, with whom
they will permit no other relations than
those of master and servant. Probably
the leading family in the highest colored
society here is that of ex-Senator Brace,
who is now the Register of the Treasury,
Brace is e light-complexioned, intelli
gent-looking man. He ia aaid to be
worth abont a hundred thousand dollars.
He lives in a handsome house that he
owns on M street. It is richly furnished.
A superb piano stands in the reception
room and a choice collection of books
lines the wall of the library. Mrs.
Bruce is a handsome woman, with not a
suggestion of her race in her face, and
whose manners are regarded aa the con
summation of ease, grace and courtesy.
She dresses as richly and handsomely
as any woman in the bftyi
Another member of this social circle
ia John T. Cook, the Collector of Taxes
for the District. He lives in excellent
style and entertains handsomely. Prof.
J. M. Gregory, professor of Latin at the
Howard University, and John M. Lang
ston, the Minister to Hayti, with their
families, are recognized members of the
best colored society, while Dr. Chsrles
B. Purvis’s society and that of hia wife
are eagerly sought.
Dr. Purvis is a very busy man, being
the snrgeon in charge of the Freedman’s
Hospital, and the Professor of Materia
Medics at the hospital school Nearly
all of his scholars are white. Dr. A. T.
Augusta and his wife also are received
in the highest circle of colored society,
while Dt. Angnsta aa a physician com
mands the respect oTEs white brethren
in the profession. Mr. Henry Smith,
for many years the Librarian of the
House of Representatives, entertains a
good deal, and his wife calls in her own
carriage. R. T. Greener, a member of
the District bar and a graduate of How
ard, and his wife, who is an accom
plished musician, are much in society.
The Rev. Dr. Alex Crammel, rector of
the leading colored ohoroh of the Epis
copalian denomination, is always wel
comed. He ia regarded aa the most
learned colored man in the District, and
is highly respected tty the white dergy
of his denomination. Of course Fred
aasre to prosper, and are happy. . For
ffa great bulk of tha aohredpopatotton.
—tha servants, laberetm, and the poor—
they have sympathy, bat no more have
social relations with them than a white
family would. There latter in the main
are thriftiare, Jiving from hand to mouth;
happy if they do nothing, happy if they
gat a job. Their social instincts are
gmtiflsd by tha rs ganiaatifsi and main
tenance of soeieHes of all sorts, benevo
lent, patriotic, social, and eoonomie.
There are nearly 100 of there organiza
tions, supported almost entirely by the
laboring colored people,
IRISH CONGER EElff.
Feet Lmc an* S«M M k
•I the Ssakee BzaeUeU hr Fatrtek.
"I was reading in the Sun the other
day a story of big eats and aea snakes,’’
■aid an old fisherman, who one* caught
mackerel and herrings off the deep sea-
oorets of Ireland, but now earns his
living by crabbing in Newark Bay. "I
don’t think the average American has
much idea of wbata real big eslis. When
they see one a little larger than naual
they say it is a serpent. If they saw the
congers off the Irish coasts they would
have some reason to call them serpents;
for, you know, there are no anakea in
Ireland. St. Patrick drove them all
into the aea, and it is a common super
stition that they became conger eels.
YoA oan’t find them anywhere else in
the Torld. Of course they catch eels
here, and dtery where, that they call
conger, bnt they are no more like the
Irish conger than a sprat is like a salmon.
I know it is hard to credit it, but I
have caught scores of them, each ten
feet long, and nearly as thick as a man’s
thigh. They are only to be found in
the deepest water, and are fond of lurk
ing under great rocks. They are canght
with a stout line and hook, and will
grab at any bait offered to them. But
fishermen don’t much care to hook
them, and when one is hauled into a
boat he makes, usually, an unwelcome
addition fb its occupants. He lashes
around like a boa constrictor. He never
attacks a man, bnt if yonr foot gets into
his month yon most take hia head off to
get it ont again. An Irish fishing crew,
however, is not likely to be long both
ered with him. They daze him with a
blow from a boat book, and then cat
deep into the back of bia neck; bnt even
after that has been done he z^nat be
watched, or he will pare quickly over
the side, and back into the aea.
"Dublin, I suppose, is the best market
for conger eels, and after we had
canght a lot of extra big ones we used
to ran for Kingston harbor, and land
them on the pier. Ladies strolling on
the pier often nearly fainted at seeing
one going straight at them. It was im
possible to persuade them that the eel
did not intend to attack them. The
act is congers get stone blind when they
are a few honrs ont of the water, and
have no idea where they are going.
They will live for days, however, out of
their element.
"No, not even in the sea will a conger
attack a man ao far as I know. They
will take a dog down, though. I have
seen one seize a good-sized water spaniel
by the throat and throw his tail over its
back so that the poor brute sank with
hardly a struggle.”
Politeness la Arkansas.
sins toward the colored men of which he
accuses the whites, namely, refusal to
recognize them or have personal rela
tions with them.
Mr. M. M. Holland, who is an officer
in the Post Office Department, ia said to
be the beet classical scholar in the Dis
trict, and his attainments bring him the
highest social recognition of his people.
Wormley, of Wormley’s Hotel, is a
leader of the beat set on account of his
wealth, reputed to be $160,000, and hia
relations with prominent white men.
Smith Wormly, one of his sons, is a large
owner of real estate here, and another
son has an excellent practice aa a phy
sician.
There is another and a much larger
society here that may be designated aa
of the second rank. While holding no
social relations with the set just men
tioned, they are equally exclusive as re
gards those whom they hold beneath
them in the social scale. This class is
composed of Government clerks and of
people in comfortable dreams tan oes.
Theta are a- good many colored men in
Government employ aa clerks. They
form tha basis of the society of the sec
ond rank. Many of them own comfort
able little homes, and one of the finest
streets in the dty ia occupied by them.
This ia Sixteenth street, between the
Scott statue sod tha White House. It
is a splendid avenue, broad, well paved,
and in the heart of ths moat fashionable
part of the city. Nearly all of these
colored residents own their homes, and
refuse to sail. The-property is very
valuable, and moat ultimately pass out
of their poasaarion. Ihere people are
very food of social Ufa, but they do not
/»
find it in/entertaining, but rather in ao-
dablea, balls, picnics, and especially in
thdr ehuretos. Thejr efe fill dressed,
- 2i '■ .
Let me relate an incident, I suppose
that Arkansas ia abont as dangerous a
plafle as Texas for a bully to go to, but
from personal observation at both points
I think Arkansas is a little safer place
few a gentleman than Cincinnati The
general urbanity of the people as ton
ished me more than anything else. This
is what I propose to illustrate. We
stopped at one station, ana traveled
sbont forty miles by stage. On onr re
turn, tire stage—a large' apring wagon
without top—waa loaded with me
They were of different types. One had
a bottle of whisky. One was a minister.
We came to a creek where a party had
stopped to water their hones. There
Domanu mid a short time before hia
death: "You cannot convert fifteen
tana Into tweuvy thousand
tons.” This will cense ice dealers to
■anils until the ecrnen of their months
gat all tangled npon the backs of their
"7*. . m ^ v
Mlffisas have died wlUi Bright'! Kidney dia-
tsssa sad rheumatic dlasasss. Dr. Kbnoie is
the fink to discover s core. He hs <- sled
with his Rhramstlae-Ckmteline abd
kwtacai'. Itatwava
Bkunvn nothing against another bnt
<m good authoritr; nor report what may
hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt
to another to conceal il
Fetre'eam V. Naeby.
D. R. Locke, Petroleum V. Nasby, editor
Toledo Blade, writes: ,“I had on a forefinger
of my right hand one of those pleasant pets,
a ‘run-round.’ The finger became inflamed
to a degree unbearable and swollen to nearly
twice its natural size. A friend gave me
Henry’s Chrbdlic Salve, and in twenty min
utes the pain had so much subsided as to give
me a fair night's rest, which I had not had
before for a week. The inflammation left the
finger in a day. I consider it a most valuable
article.”
Tbs Hon. Frederick Billings has
added $26,000 to his gift of $75,000 for
a library building for the Univereity of
Vermont at Burlington.
spirits snT*gen«ral de^UtyTln their ririoas
farms, also ss s preventive against fever and
agas sad other intermittent fevers, ths Ferro-
Phosphsted Elixir, made by Unwell, Has nurd
* Oo, New York, and sold by all druggists, is
Ihe best tonic; .aad for patients recovering
from fsvsr sad ethsi licka—. It has ao ecuaL
Thebe is no dispute managed without
passion, aud yet there is scarce a dispute
worth a passion.
Ladies' snd children's Boot* ami Hhncs cannot
run over if Lyon s Patent Heel Suffers are used.
1 ‘Overcome by gas” is the headline
in a daily paper. We knew tfioie tre
mendous gas bills would ' kill somebody
<uM>m : r or later ——
The life-giving properties st impure bloo
are restored by using Samaritan Nervine.
The age at which many marry—The parson
age.
From Magnolia, Ark., Mr. T. J. OnnneU
writes: Samaritan Nervine cured my son's fits.
Women loses considerable time before
the looking-glass, bat man loses more
before the social glass.
The Indian of falcon glance ana lion jjar-
ing, the theme of the touching ballad, is gone;
bu r the petroleum they discovered, now made
into Carboline, the natural Hair Reatorer, will
, live forever.
Bbfcntancx without amendment is
(ike continually pumping without mend
ing the leak.
Prevent malarial attacks by invigorating th<
liver with Dr. Sanford’s Liver Invigorator.
Trifles make perfection, hot perfection itsell
is no trifle.—Michael Angelo.
Not a costly medicine—35 doses Fbso’s Cure
for Consumption for 25 cents.
The average age of French Generals
is under 46; of English, over 65.
UUE&UHG
AFP INFALLIBLE
IW comas t
Mptleptte Fits,
Spasms, Falling
Sickness, Convnl-
flt. Vitas Danes, Alcoholism,
Opium Esttng, fUmtmi Weakness, Im-
potency, Syphilis, Scrofula, and all
Nervous and Blood Diseases. •
sedentary employment causes Nervous Pros
tration, Irregularities ot Um Mood, stomach,
bowels or Kidneys, or wba require s nerve
tonic, appetiser or sUmalsat, Samaritan Ner-
ins is invaluable. r~ ■■'t j- \
tRTThoassnda
proclaim it the most
wonderful Invlgor-
ant that ever sustain
ed sstnklng-systen
tLfiOat Druggists.
ThaDB.S. A. RtCMIONO
MEDKALCO.MsPre-
priatsre, St iestph, Ms.
Chaa. N. Crittenton. Agent. New York. fS
®S)
[)
fcOHQUEROR^
were two women snd s little girl, appar
ently very poor. They wore sun-bbu-
nets and faded calico dresses. The horse
poor, and the vehicle wsa aa shabby
rough' an old specimen aa I ever
Gee of the women had xm-
led him back to
aacT
met with.
hitched the hone and
the water,-and had jnst turned to come
up the bank aa we reached the level after
crossing.
Onr driver stopped. A well-dressed
man hopped out of the stage, and with a
bow, offered his assistance. He led the
old hone np to the vehicle-—I don’t
know what else to call it—hitched him
in, assisted the woman to her seat, and
then, aa she heartily thankwf him, he
politely bowed her good-day, lifting hia
hat dear off his head. In a moment he
was in the stage again, snd on we went
After my experience in the north, it
struck me that this wss all for sport, snd
that the men would have lota of fun
about the affair. But I soon found it
wsa all in earnest. All regarded it ss s
matter of course. For from that mo
ment on to the end of onr journey, not
one man uttered one syllable about il
Not a sneering remark waa made, no
joke or pun, no remark of any kind—not
one single word I I had to confess to
myself that I never saw more politeness
than this.—Nasby.
The First Prize.
Captain Fortier, who waa killed in the
political disturbance in New Orleans,
has been an active Ogden man through
out the canvass. He wae well known in
the West snd South ss the Captain of
Fortier’s crao^gvolnntoer battery of artil
lery. Two years ago he competed lor
the artillery prise at Louisville and In
dianapolis in the militory drill He won
first prise at Louisville, and claimed that
he wa* jockeyed eut of it at Indian-
spoils, snd refusing tha second prize
there, appealed to tha Secretary of War
for a revision of tha judga’a verdict
The matter waa referred to a board of
artillery officers, who derided that For
tier’s detachment waa entitled to the first
honors on that oeoarioa Lari summer
bis detachment won first prise at Nash
ville-
AOKSTi WANTBD-BXt'LCHITB TKK-
I ’‘M/rtta tfi—<1 ■ ofth* Blue end
Oijf. Wt-SS—tbrfl ing, feacinetine »o*letj book.
‘"The Combination Half 1 net motor," * acboot and
Hbrarr under one cover, including Weheter • Pronoun
etac Dictionary. Ladies
to fKM with these hooka.
u&RtriCXfr-e—
1-0MBE FITS!
aUme red than have them retain agala. I mesa area-
. VAnU MBMOn flfif Ell
■imoiu Bfiike u ftAfi
UNKIflOOIt
|a malm vom bfsry worn* 01
MAX ANDBEAST!
ImOLDBTSKSTLHUW
EVER HADE IN AHEBJCA.
SALES LARGER THAN EVER.
The Mexican Mustang Llnfmoot hsi
been known for mo re ttan I h Irty-Ur*
years as the beat of *11 foil
Man antTBoast. Its sales uwUy and
larger than ever. It cures when Ml
others fhll, and penetrate* skin, tendon
?nd tnusofe, lo th# very bone. Sold
Cyerywbere.
"Maryland, My Maryland*-
* * * "Pretty wives and
Lovely daughters.”
"My farm lie* In a rather low snd mia»-
matic situation, and
“My wife?" —• *
„ "Whor
“Was a very pretty b’onde! 1 ’
Twenty yotrs ago, Uca iie
“Fallow!”
“Hollow-eyed!”
‘Withered an 1 ngeIt
Before her time, from
“Malarial vajiori*, though she made no par”
ticulor complaint. iKit lieing of the grumpy
kind, yet c lusod me gr at uiicnsiness. |
"A short tune ago I purchased your rem-
o ly for one of Uie children, who ba I a very
severe attack of biliou n'*8 aul It occurred
to me that the remedv might help my Wi:
ms I found that our litt’e girl u|»on ream
had
“Lost!”
“Her gallowTicm, an 1 looked ns fredi as a
new blown daisy. Well tlie *t ry is soon told.
My wife to day lias gained her old time
b'-anty w£Ih compound interest, and is now
as handsome a matron (if I do ray it myself)
mean be found in thiscov.nty, which Is noted
for j rAty women. ( And 1 have only Hop
Hotels to thank for il
“The dfear crra’urc just looked over my
ih<aider anti says, 'I can flatter equal to the
days of cur cotir ship,' and that reinimls me
there might bo more pretty wires if my
brother farmers would do at I have done.”
* Hoping y ou may long be spared to do good,
I thankfully remam.
Most truly yours,
l {_•_
C. L. Jabm.
■WI . — -
Beltsviu.x, Prince George Ca, May 28,
1888. .
GOOD HEWS
TO I ADIE81
Tireeteet tnttecem-iiW erer *■
fared, jfow'e jo™ • ■ * t® g»«»
ostlers for our CO lot t V>d Tma
Too Set, or Heidsjme Deotrete#
u . • .-‘>ee Pinner Sot, of Ujdd tUadllMI
A high- lr inb-rretlnit hu- moron* or ri
el otory by Wii.txb T. Ua*v. author of •The Bad Bor
Abrood," will be commenced In the Issue of Tss C«I-
oaoo I.rmsb of Fvbvuarr M. tasi. anti be continued
from week to week till completed. Thl* n»n»Uve ot
tlie eiiortsmeof •“Printer * Devil*is Oiled with fun
•ml exciUmrat from beginning to end. red wiU t»
appreciated by all lore re of humor and wit. Tsa
Chicago Ls|Kiga la striciir s aoryjnper.ot Urge
•we. and 1* at
•ml get lb* 1
jtver^ number
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COMMUNITY.
FOE CTBCULAM.
I have
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— fl» ewe "
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A aew reeelrlag a cere.
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MAVVFAcrvmmmM or bmt
JtCFfHSD CANTY ftTEBL
QRCIIUR SAWS
rally Warranted.
fUwi r.Uep.reC, retostheR,
froand tkieeer or >«eeir*t
proMtly u4 utMMortlj.
Writ* fnr oor •yoeUl dneonat*.
CBATTAMSOA, TENN.
DIAMONDS,
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Ostslogsa.
Fancy Coeds,
Lowest Pries*.
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(no boiler). Nearly new end in perfeef
running order. Oeu.be seen by celling
on J. H. NORWOOD,
- " 24 Broed etreet, Atlanta; Q*.
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