The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, July 15, 1897, Image 3
THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JULY 15, 1897.
OUIt AUNT NANCY.
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Tho Plain O.d Pomal3 Lady with
a Mouth.
TcIIh t!ie Sotrn from Down
I’an tbt*r t:roek — She Found
a Man Cndcr the
Bed.
on
a man—providin I could find the ri^ht
sort, and find him nt the right lime in
the right place. Hut I’ll be blessed
if I have ever vet thought about lonliin
under the bed for one.
“Them stories which you have told
in regards to the weather prayer meet-
ins over there in the
hill country, iltifus,
put me in mind of
the furious hard
times old man Simps
Corley had along
that time,” says
Aunt .Nancy Newton
to me that night
after supp.r. "You
have saw people be
fore now, 1 reckon,
that seem like they had plenty of re
ligion, but never could make it count
np for anything. Or at any rates, if
you never did 1 have noticed plenty of
that sort, liiYd and last.
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"Oncst upon a time when they had
a l ig distracted nu -t.n goin on down
there c.t old Pilgrim’s licst there was
a mighty revivement in the church and
i< gracious outpourin for all. Some 1.'
or hi) come out from the lost and mint
world am! got over on the right side.
And old man Simps Corley was in
amongst the rest.
"Now, u,p to that time, as everybody
knows, if you had burnt the woods
and sifted the ashes in the hopes of
findin a more reckless and wickeder
man than Simps Corley—well, Rufus,
the thing jest simply couldn’t be did.
Hut beneeforwards after tiiat the old
man was way yonder different, and I
do raley think he was tryin his levelest
to walk upright and faithful in the
ten commandments to the best of his
ability.
“Hit was along in the next foilowin
spring ami summer when a tremendi-
us long and hot dry drought swept over
the country. All the rain signs 1 ailed
and failed and failed—the crops looked
like they would naturally take fire ami
burn up—and from general appear-
ments it seems as if the country was on
the highway to the pluperfect ruina
tion.
"At that time old man Simps was
livin over there on the IMdge, tannin
it on that thin red land, and the dry
drought was bearin down partielar
hard on him, l.’p to then, from what
he told me with his own month, the old
man never had used his religion any
to speak of—that is to say, Rufus, he
was keepin it as somethin that would
do to die by, but he never had made it
/•emit for anything in this life so fur
A as he could recollect. And now, in
that terrifole bad case of pusheney, he
towed he mought as well to see if he
couldn’t put it to some good use. So,
consequentially, he put in and went to
prayin for rain, and he kept it up for
two days and nights hand-runnin, off
and on. Then jest before daybreak the
seeont night a storm riz and passed
over the ridge. Hut it fetched more
wind than water—only a light sprink-
lin of rain and a whole passle of wind.
I’I css gracious, it blowed down the old
man’s ginhouse and blowed two miles
of his fences down. It blowed his corn
down to a dead level with the earth,
and all but took the roof olTen the
Jwellin house over his head.
“Next mornin old mn Simps come
by onr house after Andrew Jim. to go
and help him put up the fences and
save the scatterin remains of his crop,
lie up and told us all allhut the prayer
meetins he had licit and the storm
which riz the night licfore.
"’Reckon there must of been a mis
take somewheres along the line, Aunt
Nancy,’ says he, lookin powerful bad
puzzled and pestered about it. ’Dad-
blame the luck, 1 want prayin for wind
—I was prayin for water.’
Stic Found Him r.t I.ast.
“You recollect the Callinses, don’t
you, Rufus?" Aunt Nancy went on its
r he scratched a match on the seat of
her chair and lit her pipe for the third
time. “And of course at any rate
you recollect Miss Mittie ('allins. the
old maid of the generation. Now, while
Miss Mittie never has mated off and got
married, through many long and
weary years she has been lookin for •>
man. Kerry night the good Lord seat
since she come grown she has looked
under the bed for a man. Well it does
raley look to me like if I was hunt in
? or a man I wouldn’t have much
hopes of findiu one under the
bed. Hut it would seem as if Miss
Mittie was borned to live in hopes if she
•lied an old maid. As reglar as the
nights rolled around she would say her
prayers and then look under the bed for
a man. And one night about three
weeks ago bless the heavens if she
lidn’t find him—found him under the
Dcd, too. From the news I ruther think
Mis Mittie was sorry she found what
she was lookin for—so suddint and sur-
pri: in’ like. She screamed and fainted
ind fell over in it. Hy the time the old
lady and the boys got to her room the
man was gone. He is gone till yet—no
body knows where.
“That is all I know, Rufus. And that
s about all Miss Mittie knows. She
•fon’t know whether he was a young
man or an old mr.n—ugly or tine lookin,
or only middlin . She didn’t even know
for certain whether he was white or
black. Hut she knows that w hereas she
was lookin for a man and she found one,
and found him under the bed.
“Ilencefonvards since then Miss Mit
tie has quit lookin for men, but she
makes the hoys go to her room every
night and strike a light and see if they
ban find a man under the bed before she
^dl risk herself inside the door.
“Now. as to me, Rufus, I don't make
Rat like 1 would break ami run from a
man person. And I don’t try to make
people think I wouldn’t love to find me
Willing; to Iletorn Visits.
“Some people have set your old friend
and fellow servant Tom Dick Simpkins
down as one of the men which had took
their seats way back by the doer that
day. w hen they was pnssin around the
brains to the human family. Hut that
ain't right. Rufus. Tom Die!; ain't as
smart as the man which writ the first
bocks. I know. Yet still, if I had to
take your old army musket and start
out to kill the native born fools and
idiots in this country, Tom Dick Simp
kins mought live a right smart whet
before it come bis time todie.
“Along indurin of the spring one of
Tom Dick’s little boys had a long sick
spell. They fe . the little thing on sul
phur ami molasses, and snake-root tea,
and wormy fuge and the like till they
saw that wouldn’t fetch him through.
Then they sent for old Dr. Crowder.
For about three weeks the doctor was
there r.l least oncst a day and some
times every night tendin on the child.
Finally at last the little bay took a turn
and got better. When the doctor quit
the ease he made out his bill ind handed
it to Tom Dick. lie charged so much
for the medicines and so much for the
visits lie had made. The medicines
didn’t run up only three dollars, but the
sundry and numerous visits stacked no
somethin over $?t). Tom Dick looked
at the paper and handed the doctor
three dollars.
“ ‘That’s all right, doctor.’ says he.
‘1 will pay you spot cash for your medi
cines. and if I live I will return your
visits.’
JAILED BY PROXY.
I.rnn Woman Incarcerated In n Fat ;
Friend's ('ell.
Etta White, weighing 125 pounds, |
fiaytv the Chicago Kecord, \va.> found i.i j
the brideweil Thursday as a substitute ;
for Susan Wanslow. w ho tips the acale.?
at something over 5k0 pounds. Asa rt- j
suit of the discovery a habeas corpus i
writ was issued by Judge Hurke order- 1
ing the release of the \\ bite woman, i
Hoth women are colored.
Policemen Tommy a id O’Mai a. of
the Harrison street police station, were^
given a warrant Mar 21 for the nrres'
of Susan Wanslow. charring her with
disturbing the peace. The woman liven
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A THANKLESS TASK.
Ks iiericnce of n Man Who Ilcfereed
a llorNc Trade.
“Don’t ever referee a horse trade! I’d
rather umpire a baseball game, decide a
prize fight or interfere in a family
row.”
It was Clem Creveling who made this
sweeping statement to a St. Louis Ke-
puhlic man.
"Ten years ago I had two particular
friends, both of them horse fanciers.”
Clem went on to say. “One of them
had a light bay colt, and the other had a
black eolt of the same age. One lived
in Missouri and the other in Illinois.
The Missouri man didn’t like the color
of his eolt, and the Illinoisan would
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GREENER THAN GRASS.
fToosler Fanner ESacortcd Oat of Cbl-
c:>tto l>y a Policeman.
John Skidmore, a Hoosicr farmer on
mute to a Missouri plantation, was re
lieved of a disorderly conduct charge
by Justice Martin, of Chicago, after
the agriculturist had told of Ids woes in
a great city.
The prisoner said he had never seen
a great municipality before. His first
desire upon arriving at Chicago was to
read one of the big dailies. He pur
chased a paper, giving the newsboy a
dollar. Then he waited an hour for
Ids change, which never cams. After
ARP ON THE NEGRO. 3
D3cl2,ro3 lhat Hia Dcat Friouda
Aro in tho South.
Van Lem Do Not l.lLe Him—Durtowr’a
PhiloNonlicr Hr j* tile Colored
3!Mn Should Be Sutinlled
witli iliii Lot.
••Unpin I.nJjc’H" 3*1’iioNo-iIiy.
“The very next time you git up w rong
end foremost in the niondn, and start
out for a gret fret and swivel, Rufus,
I want you to recollect what Labe Wal
ler—Lispin Labe, as all the boys are
wont to eall him—told his st..ic keeper
one day last spring, and let tho other
man lose the sleep.
"To start with Lube aint no great big
shakes as a farmer nohow, lie works
hard, but he trades eo reckless and
heavy. In that way he has been drop-
pin behind considerable and runnin
ids store account up considerable
from time to time and from year to
I year. One day late in the spring he
! went to Hob Willis, his store keeper,
and put in Ids claims for another turn
of fertilize. Mind you now, Rufus, he
had already got five turns and laid in a
whole lot of groceries, and Hob was
ruther nervous for fear he would wade
in so deep till lie never could touch
bottom no more.
“ ‘Looks to me like you mought pull
through on w hat you have already got,
Labe,’ says Bob. ’If I was you I
wouldn't wade too deep in debt. Aint
you sheered it will pile up so as to give
you too much worriment? Seems to
me like if I owed as much as you do,
and had no more to show out with, it
would break into my rest and make me
lose sleep.’
"‘Now, Misther Wiilith, don’t you
pesther your mind about that. You
never will hear tell of! Labe Waller
lothin any thcep in regards to his store
account. No, thin, no. thir! You are
the man to loth tdl the theep, Misther
Wiilith. Yeth, thir, yeth. thir. It
aint my time of year for lothin theep.
No, thir. no. thir! And I must have
another turn of fertilize. Yeth, thir,
yeth, thir.’”
And now Aunt Nancy Newton—may
the tribe increase—has returned back
home to the old T’antl.er Creek .settle
ment. Haley and truly I do wish that
near, delightful old soul—tlianky bag.
pipe and all—could live forever and a
few days ove r. And at any rates, when
her time comes, I hope she may be in
Heaven two weeks before the old Devil
ever finds out that she is dead.
RUFFB SANDERS.
CHANGE OF CLIMATE.
Very On fi In Injarloua Battier
'I'Ij ::i tleififdl to tt'.c U!cL.
At the American Climatological asso
ciation a number of papers were read.
Dr. E. F. ingals, president, of the usno-
rintion, believes that patients should
not be sent from borne unless their
financial and social position is such as
to render ike jourijey and sojourn easy
and agreeable. In the first stage of
pulmona ry t ubereti! os is patients should
a high a!iitud‘\ as a rule, where
the atmosphere is as warm as practica
ble; in the second stage to a medium
iltitudc; in the third stage, if any
where, to a low altitude, and in most
instances, a drv atmosphere. Dr. J.M.
Taylor caliod attention to the "dis
tinct harm wrought upon a highly sen
sitive organization thrown out of b.:l-
tnee by u prolomfed residence on the
■enennst or in eigii mountain legions.”
Abo to the tit!favorable results front
•‘rushing from place to pinee." Dr.
•sang‘f Drow n said: "In debilitated
dates of Hie nervoua system, attention
.vith such disturbances of functions as
dmple melancholia, ue'.irm.tl.enia, neu
ralgia. ins,omnia and hysteria, a high
iltitudc a ml the seashore art* contra
indicated, and while g- no rally in such
eases a clear, cold climate is most bene
ficial. a few eases do better in a mild
climate. After a certain degree of im
provement has taken place this may
frequently be advanced by sea or even
mountain air.”
The ‘ ‘ et of climatology is being
nil vow, ted us a part cl the eurrieiiliim
of medical schools. At present sdu-
lents are left to educate th.emselve* In
this particular ns best they can. Many
valuable lives have been lest and
healths ruined by persona going - to
climates unsuitable to their constitu
tions. It is hop d that before long a
patient may be able to consult with liD
loetor on his choice of a country with
lorneeonlidenee.- Chicago inter Ocean
The first southern state which has
passed a bill permitting women law
yers is Alabama.
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"WHY NOT TAKE THIS GIRL?”
in Clark street, below Hoik. When the
ol’ieers saw her they were surprised to
find that she was of immense propor
tions. A eousultation was held.
"We ean't get her through the door,
ft) I guess we had better take her out
the w indow," suggested O’Mara. They
were about to remove the >::sh. when
iheir prisoner called them to her side
a; d said she wanted to make a sugges
tion.
"Why not take this girl here?’’ she
asked, pointing out Etta White, who is
about onc-iifth the size of the Wane-
low wonin!!, and w hose complexion be
lies her name. “You won’t have any
trouble getting her out of the door.and
eke • •ill go in my stead, 'nyhow.l’m
Kiel:, and if you take me I v.iil sue you
for damages.”
Another consultation was held by
the two oflicersand they decided to ac
cept the proposition. Etta White was.
1 lien arrested and taken before Justice
Martin, answering to the natry* of Susan
Wanslow. The •justice imposed a line
of $15, which was not forthcoming, and
Etta White was rent to the bridewell
to serve days. Wednesday a friend
called at the* house to see her. nud.
hearing that she was in the bridewell,
started out to investigate. He learned
the facts r.r.d engaged ar. attorney to
begin habeas corpus proceedings.
Thursday Judge Burhe was told of
ti c affair and he ordered the officers
into court. They explained that the
woman could not he taken through the
door, and, fearing she might bring a
damage suit, they supposed it would
be all right to tai;? Ettr. Whit? in he:
stead.
The judge at ore'' ordered the r dnrr '
cf the woman, and. turning to the offi
cers. sai l: “In all my career I have
never heard of a case of this kind. I
suppose if you men were given u war
rant for a man six feet tall and 1 wo fee*
wide you would let him. pass and arrest
’.he fir:;t small man you ran across.
Your c use of fearing a damage sub
.is too thin. As the matter now stands
Etta' White lias good grounds to gel
after you. Your n< lion certainly wa -
i :ost ridiculous, and besides making
fools of yourselves yon hold the entire
police force up to ridicule. Heh'sse thi
woman and go and arrest the woman
culled for in the warrant as quickly ns
possible.”
TWO-HEADED TURTLE.
Wonderful Freak of Tintirre Discov
ered In Florida.
A wonderful freak of nature is owned
by Dr. A. J. Hannah, of Final ilia. Fla.
--a t vvo-lieaded gopher, or two gophers.
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A FI/ORIDA FREAK.
in one shell. There are two heads, four
single legs and one leg with two feet,
all inside of one shell, the double foot
growing Lot worn Hie beads. Either
head can control the double foot, but
only its own side feet, and unless both
heads are of one mind neither enn mov'e
the shell. Both heads must be fed.
which shown that there are two stom
achs. Its habits are similar to those of
all laud turtles, and it is in its liveliest
mood between the hours of eleven and
one in the morning.
MrrndlnB < • ('rlitilunls.
In the reign of William III. of Eng
land all child-id*alera apprehended
were branded with a red-hot K. for
rogue, on the shoulders. A big Nt on
the right hand signified manslaughter,
while a 'I' was burned into the left hand
for thief.
A llnimtn Needle < anc.
Twenty-one cniubric needles hare
been taken from the wrist of a young
woman in Mount C'irmcl, Pa. She con
fessed that she haJ placed than there
herself.
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have preferred a light bay to a black.
They both happened to write to me
within the same week, eacli asking me
to look about for a trade. 1 went io see
both of the well-bred youngsters. The
two men left the terms of the deal to
me. ami 1 decided that an even swap
would be fair.
“It was not long till the Missouri man
wrote me. making a kick so big that it
took two postage stamps to deliver it.
He insinuated that I had never seen the
eolt sent to him. If I had overlooked to
<!o that, he regretted exceedingly not
hav ing sent his little son to adv ise with
me. After the most careful and con
scientious investigation he found ab
solutely nothing in the colt that would
recommend it.
“1 hadn’t quite gotten over this at
tack when a bulky letter came from
the Illinois man asking whether it
were possible that anyone could have
worked in a ringer on him while the
colt was being transferred. The ani
mal he had received looked more like a
giraffe than a horse. He had no ap
petite. was thick-headed, thick-winded,
and game in his off hind leg. He would
be glad to get rid of him at 50 cents
on the dollar. 1 wrote th6m both, de
fending my notion, and got back a
rather sarcastic reply from each man.
They said that they hoped the other fel
low had given me a good round fee,
for 1 certainly deserved it. I have met
them both a number of times since,
but they always profess not to see me.
NYhn they get together each one claims
to have gallon the hot end of the bar-
fe r um”
ATTACKED BY RATS.
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JOHN BUYS A PAPER.
this he bought a cigar for half a dollar,
and nearly died from *ts effects.
Later he was induced to try some
Clark street whisky, after which he
slept long and soundly. When he
awoke lie found lie was short about $15,
w hile his brund-nevv shoes had been ex
changed for a pair of old rubbers.
While searching for a shoe store he
met a stranger who offered to guide
him to a place, after which he loaned
his guide five dollars. The shoes he
pureha.-.*d were second-hand, but he
got them cheap at three dollars for
the pair. He decided to have them
shined. A bootblack polished one of
(he shoes, but refused to finish the
job unless he was. given 50 cents. The
money w as paid over, and the boy ran
away.
After sliding down a pair cf trick
stairs in a (juiney street saloon tiie man
trom Indiana collided with the fatuous
hueki::g goat on Pacific avenue. Dur
ing the encounter he found himself in
the arms of a policeman.
Aii officer of the* law was detailed to
take Skidmore to a train for Missouri,
and see him safely out of thecitv.
Frnak ’.Yus AwuLeixwl When They
(Inavvcd HI.h I.!,.h r.iitl Kara.
Word reached Toledo. ()., from Maple
Shade, a small hamlet two miles east of |
that city and in the northern part of
Ottawa county, that Frank Rubrusku
was attacked by a swarm of hungry
rats while he slept in a shanty on the
banks of Crane creak, and was severely
bitten.
He was awakened by a sharp pain in
his upper lip and'left ear. The room
was dark, but as he leaped m> with a
cry of alarm he felt that his assailants
were rata. One lug fellow hung to bis
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BEATING OFF HIS TORMENTORS.
lip and another to his ear. He beat
them with his hands, but they held on,
and the ilesh was severely lacerated,
lie finally beat them off, but they had
tasted blood, and they returned to the
attack. They were driven away after
a hard fight.
When he awoke the bed was covered
with rats, but all except two scampered
away mid did not offer to attack the
occupant. Owing to tin* fact tiiat the
Crane creek district is infested with
the copperhead snake the hunters and
backwoodsmen always have a supply
of liniments and fire-water on hand to
uae in case of a happening of this kind.
Il'.it Few Like Them.
Tw o men called upon the mayor of
Liudsborg. Kan., t lie other day and paid
him one dollar, the sum which the city
had paid for their lodging one night in
July last, when they were caught short
there. They explained that they had
reached a condition in life which made
it practicable to pay what they con
sidered a debt.
AN INDIAN SCORCHER.
Chief Nan:a Illplc I.i Very Fond of
Kin Xew Bicycle.
Even into the rese rvation of the red
man has the bicycle penetrated. The
Indian brave is no lo: w inseparable
from ids mustang. De is non equally
at home on his wheel.
One of the most promising Indian
wheelmen is Chief Niirna Hi pic, of Ne-
vf-da, ’ o ?•• idYng S:;:: -.cis
co, ..hire I.i i riding hr..; c'-chcd gen
eral admiration. He is a graduate cf
the Carson Indian schorl, and was
taught last year to ride a bicycle. He
has since been engaged in encouraging
the use of tho wived among Ids tribe.
The Indian quickly becomes expert in
l ioycle riding, as he does in all athletic:
sports, lie is very apt to scorch, am!
as at present the Indian reservations
have no ordinances against that prac
tice he can indulge his inclination to
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THE CHIEF ON IIUI WHEEL.
hi*, heart’s content. The Indians are
likely bei'ore long to produce some
very ; < od racers.
1'robubly (he bicycle habit will
have its eiVect on these pictur-
sqae Indian names. instead of
Lone Wolf, Red Shirt and s> on, vve
'-'hall have Wheds-Lihe-tb.e-Wind,
Fecl-on-the-llandlebara and Loud
Stockings.
It is not believed that any Indian
woman has yet been allowed to ride the
bicycle.
Iiinucn .a Haellll Hie Hnrd.
Dr. Limlcnthal, in Klinische Woi Tu n-
schrift, states that bacteriological in-
v* sHgations show that the sputnm of
persons who have suffered from in-
lluen/.a, < pceinlly those who are also
the subject of pneumonia, hr.a sorao
1 i.nes been found to contain influenza
lirellli several montliH after the clinical
symptoms of the disi-ase had disap
peared. Sin'!) p«u'.HO"s may infect sus-
eeptible imlividuals and the ease be con
sidered as spontaneous. In eight cares
of influenza associated with pneumonia,
examinations showed that the bron; h.
Those “Boston Yankees” already have
big money in cotton i '.ills in South Car
olina. Three-fe.nrths of th.e capital in
! Spartanslmrg is New England money,
, and they have never yet even suggest
ed the employment of negro opera
tives. indeed, it is a new departure if
B Miton has suddenly fallen in love with
the negro, for all the genuine
Yankees that I know or have known
had little u. e for him, except as a base
of political operations. The new t itle
city of Fitzgerald, that is made up of
Illinois Yankees, won’t even allow him
a domicile in the e;.rp; ration. I know
a Y’anl.ee lady who was taken sick here
and she wouldn’t cat anything they
cooked, and liked to have perished to
deatli duri. g her ha g d’.ae s. Kind
neighbors took nice tilings to her. but
had to tell her they were cooked by ne
groes. It is * iibws how they don’t
mix things up north. In one hotel you
will find all colored waiters and in an
other all whites. There are hotels in
Florida where all the waiters are New
England girls. In the northwest no
colored barbers are allowed. They
w ould lyr.c#. one just as soon as he put
up his striped pole. There is really
less prejudice against the negro at the
south than at the north. There are
more trades and occupations open to
him. Hut all this has been raid and re-
said for 30 years. “Oh, you lynch
him.” they say, and the New York Her-
ild keens account ag: in t us—over
:;G() in the last 12 months. If it was
3.000 we would still ask, like Gov.
Oates: “What are you going to do
about it ?” Lynching for tiiat crime is
the law of nature, and will go on.
When juriesare organized to try hyenas
and wolves and gorillas, maybe these
brutes in human form w ill be tried, but
not before. The argument is exhaust
ed. and vve stand by onr wives and chil
dren. If the brute who was burned at
Dallas had had as many lives as a eat.
I would have burned them all. The
fateof that poor little child has haunted
| me ever since. And so let the negro
\ bishops and preachers and editors stop
bewailing the lynchings and go to de-
i nouneing the outrages and teach to
, their people the enormity of the crime
and its sw ift and sure punishment. The
emotions of the human heart are the
same at Urbana us at Dallas.
Hot Anglo-Saxon fears are aroused
prematurely. No white children have
yet been displaced that I have heard
of. The papers say that some wealthy
negroes are about to build a cotton
mill in Alabama. That is till right, of
course, and they will employ negro
labor. Mr. Anglo-Saxon can’t com
plain about that, but he charges that
lion. Hoke Smith in 1893 wrote an arti
cle far the American Review advocat
ing the employment of negro labor in
our cotton mills as a means of compet
ing with the Chinaman. Well, I don’t
believe Mr. Smith wrote any such thing,
for vve have no Chinamen in that busi
ness and if we had, how could the ne
gro compete any better than the white
race? I know cf no trade or occupa
tion in which the negro excels the
white man, either in skill or cheapness.
Hut this man. is very mad with us and
actually abuses Frank Stanton for
writing poetry about mules and water
melons and violets and daisies while
the white pcopleare threatened w ith the
direst calamity of 30 years. Stop, Stan
ton. stop, and write a poem about the
black cotton mills that loom up in the
distance. J
Hut while on the subject of the dusky
rr.ee, my attention was called by my
wife to a photograph and n sketch of
Ouern Lil, that appears in the July
number of the Puritan. The photo
graph indicates a handsome woman of
light Moorish complexion and feature*
quite t;s English as Queen Victoria’s.
The sketch gives her praise for her
manners and her lavish entertainments
and her modesty of deportment. It
closes with these words: ‘‘.Die is really
a queenly woman. Her hearing is dig-
abied. her manner gracious, her lan
guage perfect, and one leaves her pres
ence echoing the sentence: ‘Once a
queen, alwv.vs a que* n.* ”
Now that dethroned woman has been
the butt of hundreds of cruel jokes and
•landers and for what was it? For po
litical schemes that are now about to
mature in the annexation of Hawaii.
Dr am I too suspicious of our American
politicians? May the good Lord help
us all a. d keep us from stealing, espe
cially from a woman.
PILL ARP.
I*. S.—Allow me to thank all those
kind friends, far and near, who have
sent me tin: poem I asked for. “Man
Wants Little Here Below," by J. Q.
Adams. It gratifies me to learn tiiat
*o many are Letter versed in literature
thr u 1 am, and 1 thank th"in for fheir
I.In 1 eonslderation < f my ignorance.—
15. A., in \tlanta Constitution.
were offeeted.
the blood.
No bacilli were found In
Paner ((ullla for (hr Poor.
Paper quilts are coming into general
•is»* among the poorer chiHses abroad
They arc made of sheets of white paper
sewed together and perforated all orer
•( ft distance of an inch or two smart.
Clilld in r.n Eaglr’a Talons.
While playing in the jard the other
day a large gray eagle swooped down
upon a three-year-old child of Samuel
Jackson, a farmer residing east of
Youngstown, O. The bird sunk It*
talon* Into the child and was attempt
ing to carry It uway when two farm-
Land* appeared and clubbed It off.
A Light Supyrr Indeed.
A f’.prlrglicld (Mass.) gentleman who
is fond of playing practical jokes upon
his wife, no matter who is present,
gave a little party the other night,
asking Jiis wife to provide a light sup
per. In due time the guests were
• '•tier'd to fli» di.iing-roc.n. to find on
:he table simply n dozen keroseno
lumps, brilliantly burn'ng. The joker
is not yo ford of “light refreshment^*
lie was.
v •
Kriskv at Seventy.
L. I». Matthew*, age seventy and
Mrs. Klezabatli Wilkie, aged sixty-
live, were united In the holy bond*
of matrimony on Sunday night by
the Rev. J. W. Walker. They have
been kept busy since their union re
ceiving tho congratulations of their
friends.
i,
_ J.
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