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sent to the Editorial Rooms.
Culberson seems to favor free sliver,
but not free lights.
Every dollar spent at home helps pay
the wages of our people.
It is rumored that Hon. M. C. Burke
will be a candidate next year for State
Auditor._
The General Council of the Episcopal
church, now in session, meets once every
three years.
South Carolina stands alone among all
the States and territories in having no
divorce laws.
The execution of the vegetarians in
China probably accounts for the low
price of corn.
Senator Hill of New York is to canvass
Ohio this fall. David Bennett is casting
an anchor to windward.
The victory of Black over Watson in
Georgia shows the beginning of the end
of Populism in that State.
Buckle says that the corn crop regu
lates the number of marriages. If so the
preachers will have a picnic this year in
A ln.hn.mfl
So much has been said about the com
ing woman and the coming man that we
shall probably soon have discussions of
the coming baby.
Mr. Preston, director of the mint, esti
mates that the gold product of the world
this year will reach $200,000,000,000, about
the same as silver.
The Washington Republic asks this
question: "Will somebody tell us why
the silver men don't all take their silver
to Mexico and 'dump It?' Mexico is a sil
ver country."
The marriage on the 10th of Mr. John
Pelham, a distinguished lawyer of An
niston, to a lovely Virginia girl Is bring
ing pleasure to thousands of his friends
all over the State.
The Cullman Gazette says thousands
of Democrats in the State who voted for
Governor Oates In 1S94, will fulfill their
promise to vote for Capt. Joseph F. John
ston for Governor in 1S1M5.
The sentiment of the Democrats in Jef
ferson county Is almost unanimous in fa
vor of enlarging the party and recruiting
its ranks by Inviting every man who be
lieves In Its principles and will support its
nominees to fail into line and take part in
Its primaries.
The State Herald sorely regrets to
announce the death of Hon. F. A. Gamble
at Jasper, Walker county, yesterday.
Judge Gamble was a long time probate
judge of the county. He was a man of
noble character and was greatly beloved
by the people of Walker county.
There has been some discussion as to
whether Judge And.erson of th' !•, rst
district could run for Congress .jurmg
the term for which he was appointed
Judge. It will be remembered that Judge
Cobb of the Fifth District was nominated
and elected while on the circuit bench.
In the convention Friday to nominate
a Democratic candidate for Congress in
the Eighteenth Illinois district to fill a
vacancy, every delegate favored free
coinage, and Mr. Lane, a free coinage
Democrat, was nominated. The only
candidate favoring the gold standard
did not secure a delegate, and received
only 100 votes in his home county.
The State Herald learns that Mr. Her
bert pronounced himself a bimetallist In
Tiis Montgomery speech and indulged In
no abuse of gentlemen who do not agree
with him. The money question is one
that should be discussed solely on its
merits, and with a view of reaching cor
rect and Just conclusions—conclusions
that will promote the welfare of our peo
ple and concord in our party.
The Mobile Register publishes a long
bill filed In the Chancery Court of Mobile
against Hon. C. L. Lavarettn. Mayor of
that city, by his two sisters, who seek to
set aside certain conveyances mnde by
the father in his lifetime to the son, on
the ground of undue Influence. We won
der if it will pqblish the answer of the
Mayor when it is tilt'd in court. It is
rather startling to see pleadings in a
private cause set out in extenso by a
newspaper, but there is no accounting for
tastes.
The State Herald uiderstnn Is that lion.
M. A. Porter is not a candidate tor Chair
man of the County Democratic Executive
Committee, nor is he or his friends mak
ing any canvass for the place. Mr. Por
ter would no doubt serve If elected, and
there are few Democrats in Jefferson, if
any. who do not feel that were Mr. Por
ter elected he would fill the office fairly
and efficiently, and in no way use it to
promote the candidacy of any gentleman
fur any nomination or permit any unfair
methods to prevail.
A correspondent writing from Sail
Francisco says: "The largest monthly
specie payment to China that is on rec
ord was made in September on three
steamers. The total was $3..r>00.(KiO. The
cause of tills heavy shipment Is China s
eagernes; to get coin, to pay n part of the
Japanese indemnity. The total specie
shipments to the orient this year have
been 412.425.3W, against $9,233,705 for the
first eight months last year." China
draws on us for specie to pay Japan and
Japan will send it back to pay for the
building of her war ships.
KING COBN.
Cheap corn will put corn bread in the
reach of the humblest home. What a
variety of delicious dishes can be made
of Indian corn! Batter cakes, hoe cakes,
muffins, pone bread, ash cakes, hominy,
etc. Good muffins make a dish fit to set
before a King. It is In the South that
corn bread and Its varieties reach per,
fectlon. The South grows the best corn
for bread-making, and the North is find
ing it out. A number of car loads of
corn have been shipped North from Ala
bama this year. That the Northern epi
cure has discovered the delicious flavor
of the Southern corn bread is evidenced
by the following extract from a New
York paper:
After the wheat muffin, the most pop
ular cake is probably the corn or Indian
meal muffin. The way In which this is
made depends upon the section of coun
try where the meal is purchased. When
muffins are made of sweet, freshly
ground white meal of the South, sugar
and eggs are superfluous; but this deli
cious meal will not bear transportation,
and cunnot be procured in Northern mar
kets except in a kiln-dried state, when it
has about as much flavor as saw dust.
The best meal that can be procured in the
North is the yellow meal, fresh from the
grist mill. In the .cities it is impossible
to get this, afid the kiln-dried yellow meal
Is the best that can be had. In order to
produce a satisfactory muffin of this
meal, not only sugar, but butter and eggs
must be used to give it richness. The old
fashioned sour milk Johnny cake of yeU
low meal Is an impossibility without the
sweet, freshly ground meal of the old
grist mill.
The hominy muffin of the South recalls
antebellum days, when several kinds of
hot bread were found on the average
Southern table at every meal. Care must
be taken In the purchase of hominy. The
best hominy Is that made from the South
ern white flint corn. The attempt of
Northern manufacturers to compete with
the South In this material, has thrown
upon the market a great deal of Inferior
hominy which turns dark in boiling and
is quite a different product from the
sweet white hominy of old days. The
reason is simple; the Southern corn that
makes such delicious meal and superior
hominy cannot be grown successfully at
the North, and all hominy made here
must be made from a corn Inferior for
the purpose. Most of the Important city
grocers now make a point of keeping
Southern hominy.
SOUTHWARD IS THE TIDE OF EMPIRE
The Chicago Record, speaking of the
great success of the Atlanta Exposition
and of Its good effect upon the Industries
and prospects of the South, says:
The Atlanta Exposition has not only
advertised the South as it has never been
advertised before, but It has gathered to
gether and brought into one view the
South Itself. The visitor to Atlanta to
day can see for himself all the varied
opportunities that are offered to the cap
italist, the business man, the laborer and
the farmer.
So Interesting and attractive are these
opportunities that In all probability the
expansion of population. Instead of be
ing Westward and Northwestward as
heretofore, will for the next ten years
be to ths South.
In view of this prospect, and, In fact,
to hasten It. our trade relations with the
Southern States must be enlarged and
broadened. What Chicago and the North
west desire Is even terms of competition
with every other part of the country.
No section should be favored and none
should be discriminated against. And
yet that is what the Southern railroads
are now doing. They tax our freight
more heavily than Eastern freight. They
do this to their own detriment and for
the purpose of fostering the trade of
the East at the expense of that of the
West, and to the Injury of the South.
The people here are as deeply Inter
ested In the matter as are people South of
the Ohio, and all must act in order to
bring these unjust railroads to terms.
The South should use the Atlanta Ex
position as a lever on Its unwise, un
fair and unpatriotic railroad manage
ment.
HOMES AT THE SOUTH.
It is very pleasant to see the continued
inquiry for homes at the South by the
people of the West, especially by the
Swedes and their descendants, who have
done so much to develop the great West
ern States. The Jackson (Miss.) Clarion
says:
A prosperous gentleman from Manches
ter, la., was in the city yesterday on a
prospecting tour.
He is the avant courier of a large
number of Sweedish farmers who de
sire to make their homes in the Sunny
South, and Is looking for a large tract
of land that can be subdivided to suit
them.
There is an abundance of good land in
Hinds county suitable to the wants of
this colony, and the Mississippi Immi
gration Bureau has strong hopes of locat
ing this very desirable class of farmers
on lands upon which they have options
In the neighborhood of Cynthia.
These Sweedes do not want much land
individually—a forty-acre tract is per
haps as large a piece as any one man
will care to own, but the colony will need
several hundred acres.
They have learned from experience that
a few acres well tilled give more sat
isfactory results than so many acres
carelessly cultivated and tended, and will
set our native farmers a good example
in case they locate here. The probability
is that they will.
WHITE PRIMARY IN LOUISIANA.
The question of holding white prima
ries in Louisiana is being agitated, as
well as in this State. The leading papers
of Louisiana advocate primaries in the
Democratic party, and believe in allow
ing every white man to take part who
will agree to support the nominee.
The Shreveport Progress takes the po
sition that the Louisiana Democrats
"cannot afford to refuse to allow any
white man who wilf support the nominee
thereof from taking part in our primary
elections. Caucassian rule is our chief
aim, and this is the only way to honestly*
secure'it."
The Monroe Bulletin puts the matter
thus strongly:
It would not be a surrender to Repub
licans and Populists if all who partici
pated In the primary would accept the
leadership of the Democratic party.
What harm would it do if they voted in
the primary? Who would be Injured? It
would be a gain and not a loss to Democ
racy. It would be an example to other
States. It would elevate and exalt the
spirit of Southern Democracy, for it
would regenerate the good old doctrine
that the people must rule.
FOR BIRMINGHAM.
The committee appointed by the Com
mercial Club at the meeting on Friday
afternoon last will begin their canvas
tomorrow, and they expect to call on
every business and professional man In
the city. As their work will be entirely
a labor of love for Birmingham it is
hoped that they will be met In a spirit
of liberal co-operation and their work
rendered as light as possible. They will
simply ask one quarter's dues to thc
Commereiql Club, and the response
should be well nigh universal. Birming
ham has gone through the effort of mak
ing a display of the wonderful resouroea
1
of this district at Atlanta, and now it is
designed to get the most from that ef
fort that circumstances will allow. A
generous response should be given, be
cause the club cannot meet this work
without help, and this is a most modest
request to ask when it bears so direct
ly upon the welfare and progress of
Birmingham.
The Massachusetts Democrats (?) want
gold and gold only as a standard of
values. They spurn silver in all its forms.
They demand the retirement of all green
backs and treasury notes, of course, by
the Issue of Interest boarlng gold bonds
for them. Having reduced circulation by
these means some $500,000,000, and in
creased the interest bearing debt to an
equal amount, they want these bonds to
be the basis of "untaxed notes of State
or national banks" and these notes to be
our only credit— currency, * "which
could be expanded or contracted at pleas
ure by its owners, the banks, and to suit
their interests, speculative or otherwise.
Panics could then be bred to order, and
the prices of the productions of industry
depressed or raised to suit the Interests
of these exclusive owners of all the cur
rency of the land. And the administra
tion is recommended to formulate and
present to the next Congress a measure
calculated to secure these results.
By act of Congress passed October 1,
1890, the director of the mint is required
to issue quarterly statements showing
the valuation of foreign coins, as ex
pressed in the money of account in the
United States. These estimates “are to
be taken by customs officers in comput
ing the value of foreign merchandise
made out In any of said currencies Im
ported into the United States." Mr.
Preston,'director of the mint, has issued
his statement for the quarter ending De
cember 31, 1895. There are only two or
throe changes. The tael of China (Tien
Tsin) is estimated at $0,762. On April 1,
1895, It was estimated at $0,692. The de
mand for silver enhances its value.
The Columbia Liberty bell at the At
lanta exposition is a duplicate of the
original Liberty bell except the crack.
It was made for the World's Fair at Chi
cago and is partially made of revolution
ary silver plate. A number of silver
spoons from the Hermitage near Nash
ville were included In the cast. The
amount of silver in the bell gives It a
softer tone than the harsher notes of the
Liberty bell that aroused our forefathers
to strike for liberty. The Columbia Lib
erty bell is on a tour around the world
and will ring the notes of liberty in ev
ery land. It will also be exhibited at the
coming exhibition in Paris.
The South and Good Times.
Boston Traveler.
While the southern portion of our coun
try is sharing in the common prosperity
that is now spreading itself over the
whole land, it is unfortunately a fact that
the return of “good times” is slower
there than in other sections. Several
causes contribute to this condition of af
fairs. In the first place a most unhealthy
“boom" swept over a large portion of the
southern country jpst before the business
depression was inaugurated. A “boom”
is always dangerous, and is generally
succeeded by a reaction that carries the
business conditions to the other extreme.
Northern capital was poured into the
south by the millions; the resources of
the whole territory was extolled; prom
ises and predictions of a great develop
ment in the immediate future was made,
and business methods and sound reason
were for the time thrown to the winds,
In the wild “craze" that followed. The
natural outcome of ail this wus a failure
to realize expectations, and a resultant
loss of confidence. More than this, the
methods pursued, the bursting of some of
the choicest "bubbles.” and the conse
quent heavy financial loss added preju
dice to lack of confidence, and have made
the business world more chary that it.
would otherwise be of southern business
ventures.
The amount of railroad mileage in the
southern country that has fallen into the
hands of receivers during the past three
years is comparatively larger than that
of any other section, and the reorgani
zations perfected and pending have been
more drastic in their effects on their se
curity holders than those of any other
corporations in the land. Hardly a road
of any importance remains In the south
that lias not been turned over to the
courts, and the very few that have es
caped are those held closely by strong
capitalists who have been well able to
weather the storm. The loss of traffic
and the resultant ill that has followed
the same emphasizes the woeful condi
tion into which southern business con
ditions have been plunged. Deserted
towns, depreciated land values and a
lagging, halting and disappointed spirit
among the business men are all manifest
evidences of the severity of the hard
times.
»» im: weave piuapriuj' l»
spreading, it seems to be very slow in
reaching our southern people. And yet
it is bound to come to them, and the fact
is even now inspiring something of cour
age and hope. The revival in the iron in
dustry—always an augury of coming
good times—is a sign pointing In that di
rection. The resources of the section are
as rich as even and the soil just as fer
tile. The people are energetic, even
though their energy is hampered
and there are splendid opportunities for
a grand business development. It Is not
possible for tlie sunshine of a new era of1
prosperity to touch one portion of our
country with new life and leave another
in the shadow. The good times are for
all alike, and though the south may, be
cause of peculiar circumstances, be re
tarded a little In coming within the reach
of the new influences,' It will none the
less share generously in the nation's
grand march of progress and develop
ment of the future. It is a prosperity—an
upbuilding for all our people—and some
thing which is to be as far-reaching as
the nation itself, and as substantial and
hcalthy'as the conditions on which It is
based.
Circumstance.
Whence is thy might, O Circumstance,
That thy dread clutch a human soul.
A destiny, may seize? What chance
Or power cloth fix thy stern control?
As petals in the calyx set.
As gems wrought into metal’s clasp,
As gold ensnared in iron net—
So are we held within thy grasp!
May we not do. shall we not dare,
If thy command doth say us nay?
Shall life sink aimless In despair.
When thou dost mock the prayers we
pray?
Art thou relentless? Far beyond
Thy menace, rises dauntless Will,
Whirl! dares to break thy ruthless bond.
And nobler destiny fulfill!
A craven he, who owns thy thrall,
And yields his life to thy dictate.
Who heel's and heeds diviner call.
He Is the master of Ids fate!
The sea that bars us from the shore
Itself shall bear us safely there,
The winds, contentious, waft us o'er
Wild waters to a haven fair;
And e’en from Circumstance adverse
The earnest, faithful soul may wrest :.
True victory, and from her curse
Win patience that shall make him blest!
—Zitella Cocke in Companion.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla, is the ope true1
blood purlfler prominently in the public
eye today. •*
WITH THE EDITORS.
The Journal says politics are dead in
Selma: Politics are dead for the time
being. The attention of the public is
now directed to business.
The Prattville Progress thinks Judge
Caffee will be formidable: Judge A. E.
Caffee of Lowndes county will be orte
of the most formidable candidates before
the next democratic state convention for
auditor. . «
Says the Monroe Journal: As between
a high tariff democrat and a free silver
democrat we had rather see the party in
Alabama nominate the free silver man
for Governor.—Greensboro Watchman.
Brother Yerby is coming around. Shake,
ofd fel.
The Alexander City Outlook suggests
the organization of the East Alabama
pfess association: "The East Alabama
press should form an association. It
would no doubt be of benefit. Our inter
ests would be better protected. What
say the boys?
Savs the Selma Journal: A telegram
reached the city last night announcing
■the fact that Mr. James H. Nunnelee had
accepted the position of business man
ager of the Birmingham State Hera'd.
He will probably continue to do the ed
itorial work of the Times.
The Montgomery Journal pays the
State Herald compliments:
"With its corps of heavy editors and
reporters and other attaches from the
business office on the ground floor to the
editorial rooms above, the Birmingham
State Herald ought to be the best ed
ited paper in Alabama. There is no
newspaper so well equipped for getting
out a live and progressive newspaper as
is the State Herald.”
The editor of the North Alabamian
catches the euphony from afar. What
the name would be seems to have be^n
generally jnderstood, though never
agreed upon until a few hours before
the first paper was printed: It Is said
that negotiations are under way looking
to the purchase of the Birmingham Age
Herald by the owners of the State. If
the sale is made the consolidation will be
called the State Herald.
The Mobile News is quite right in its
following essay on moving. By way of
parenthesis will state that we have just
moved Into the Age-Herald’s old quar
ters: ' „ ,
"The chief end of man seems to be to
move. Wc move from house to house.
We ride, run and walk. We move the
ore and coal from the mountain to the
furnace. We send the iron to the north
and bring it back. We send the cotton
east and bring back the cloth. We move
the coal from the mine to the cellar and
from the cellar to the grate. It Is mov
ing, moving, moving. Life is moving.
Death is rest.”
The Wetumpka Advocate will not nave
it that Senator Goodwyn is responsible
for what appears in that paper. That
he seems bent on destroying the popu
list party. It says:
“The Reform Advocate desires It dis
tinctly understood that Senator Goodwyn
is in no way responsible for anything
that appears In this paper. Senator Good
wyn's Views are frequently at variance
with the course pursued by this paper,
and it is unfair to him to hold him re
sponsible for what this paper says or
does. The Reform Advocate thinks Sen
ator Goodwyn entirely too much in
clined to trust men who are bent on the
destruction of the populist party of Ala
bama.”
The Fayette Sentinel intimates to Its
readers that it Is the best policy to keep
on good terms with the newspaper: Tt
pays to keep on the right side of all
newspaper men. Every newspaper treas
ures up in its memory the names of Its
friends and likewise its enemies. It nev
er overlooks an hpportimity to assist the
former, but never goes out of the way to
aid the latter. Human nature is the
same everywhere. People who show a
newspaper man kindness never make a
better Investment, or one thnt more sure
ly repays them a hundred fold sooner or
later. As has been truly said, “There
occasionally comes a time In the life of
every man when a word said by a news
paper either makes or unmakes the in
dividual mentioned."
BLOSSBURG.
David Beaurmeister of Cullman Murdered
and Placed on the Railroad.
Blossburg. Oct. 5.—(Special.)—A most
diabolical crime was committed near
Cardiff yesterday morning. Extra Con
ductor Keyes of the Southern discovered
a man on the track in a dazed condition,
but endeavoring to get off. He succeed'd
in stopping the train before running over
him and found that he had been shot
three times—once in each temple and
in the forehead. The conductor came on
to this, place and told of his dreadful find,
when a party was formed to go for him.
On reaching the place it was thought by
Dr. Borden and those with him that he
couldn't possibly live but a short while,
and no one would take the responsibility
of moving him; but as he was still living
when the accommodation came last
evening he was brought here and taken
to Dr. Miller’s office, where he was
viewed by a large number of people
without identification. It was clearly
demonstrated, however, by a note book
in his pocket and parties at Cardiff with
whom he spent the night that It was Da
vid Beaurmeister of Cullman, Ala. He
left.Cardiff early In company with Andy
Oden, who has not since been seen. The
poor fellow lingered until 9 o'clock this
morning and silently passed over the
river.
It does seem, that some organized ef
fort should be made to run down the
murderer. It will be recollected that not
many months since a negro was killed,
and though several were arrested,
charged with the murder, they were
turned loose. Just prior to that time a
32-caliber Winchester rifle was taken
from a boy here. Both of the murdered
men are said to have been shot with that
caliber ball. If such things are allowed
to continue one’s life will constantly be
in danger. Can't the governor be in
duced to offer a. reward for the apprehen
sion of such a demon.
AN IMPUDENT NEGRO
Seizes a Pistol and Holds a Crowd at Bay Until
He Could Make His Escape.
Last night about 6 o’clock Will Smith,
a burly negro, entered the second-hand
furniture house of Mr. C. C. Bates for
the purpose of making, a payment on his
account. He offered Mr. Bates $1.75 on
his account, but Mr. Batas insisted on
payment in full, which was $6.75.
When Mr. Bates told him to pay the
balance he replied, it Is said, with an
oath and a great show of Impudence,
that he would "pay the balance when he
got ready.” The negro refused to quit
the store when orderd to do so, but in
stead began an attack on Mr. Bates
with a club. Mr. Bates seized a revol
ver, but before he could use It effectively
the powerful negro had grasped the
weapon and wrenched it away from him.
Quite a crowd was attracted by the dif
ficulty, but the negro held them at bay
with the pistol and escaped before an
bfflcer arrived.
Toung gentlemen having ambition to
play orchestral or band instruments of
any kind should consult Professor Weber
%t the Birmingham College of J^ualc.
Splendid opportunity,
- «-M-tf
Highest of all in Leavening Pov
ABMUI1
FINANCIAL VIEWS.
Monroe Journal: England, the chi"f
gold standard country, and the one that
is reaping the greatest supposed benellts
from It, has more paupers than half the
population of Mexico.
Fayette Sentinel: The gold reserve is
growing less gradually and the question
Is, will the president issue more bonds?
The question should be, can the credit,
good name and respect of the govern
ment be maintained by not doing It. If
you know how and why we would like to
know.
The Prattville Progress is not only
conservative, but speaks wisdom: While
the Progress has its own convictions on
every political question. It stands first
and above all for a reunion of the white
men of Autauga county and a firm stand
under the old flag. Is there patriotism
enough for this to be done?
Monroe Journal: There Is no such
thing as bimetallism unless both silver
and gold are given equal rights. You
might as well demonetize gold and make
silver the only legal money of final re
demption and call that bimetallism as to
give gold only this right and expect it to
restore the price of silver.
Says the Montgomery Journal: Two
gold bug papers have recently gone un
der In Alabama, the Wetumpka Ttmes
Demoerat and the Birmingham Age-Her
ald. both hyphenated and ardent Cleve
land papers, and both have been telling
about the prosperous times and prosper
ous people. It looks very murb as If the
prosperity they loved to talk about
didn’t strike them. However, the times
have greatly Improved and the silver pa
pers seem to enjoy It.
JASPER.
Death of Judge Frank A. Gamble, One of
Walker County’s Best Citizens.
Jasper. Oct. 5.—(Special.)—The town of
Jasper is In mourning tonight. Judge
Frank A. Gamble, one of the purest and
most dearly beloved men in Walker coun
ty, died here today. His remains will be
intered at 10 o’clock a. m. tomorrow (Sun
day).
I tXAS.
Remember that the Queen and Cres
cent will on October 16 sell round trip
tickets Birmingham to Dallas, Tex., at
$19.90. Tickets good to return until Oc
tober 30. Don’t miss this chance to go to
Texas cheap. For Information apply to
O. L. MITCHELL,
Traveling Passenger Agent.
SHE DIDN’T GO.
Her Mind Was Changed by an Unforeseen
Inetdent.
“Chesterfield, dear,” remarked young
Mrs. Bittersweet, “t am really afraid that
I must go away this summer. I hate to
leave you, but I need a change badly.”
Mr. Bittersweet held his papor before his
face as he replied:
“I—I suppose Mrs. Brownsmith is go
lug?”
“Of courso sho is. She says she hatos
it, but she ju6t has to go. When her hus
band is left at home alone, he gives so
many stag parties that the parlor curtains
and carpets aro sure to be ruined. You
see, she wants now ones this year anyhow,
and he won’t give them to her under any
other cricumstances without grumbling.
In this way sho will get the new things
and bo able to do all tho grumbling her
self.”
“H'ral Stag parties aro”—
“Very stupid affairs. I shall just shut
up the parlor and all but a few of the oth
er rooms. I don’t intend to go off to the
country and leave my poor boy to be both
ered by housekeeping cares while I’m
“Very thoughtful, I’m sure. Fact Is, I
shall ho busy at the office night and day
and shall have no time for parties.’’
“I don't see how I can find the heart to
leave you, after all. I’m sure I don’t
want, to go at all, though everybody I
know will bo out of town, but the doctor
says I noed a change, and I’m sure that I
have lost at least two pounds since I was
weighed In January.”
“Oh, If the doctor thinks”—
“Yes; I suppose I shall havo to go since
you insist so upou it, but I shall have to
bo on the go overy minute in the day lest
I get homesick.”
“Of oourso I shall miss you awfully.”
“Oh, I’ll stay If you wish, t>ut I fear
that I shall bo poor company. You won’t
mind If the heat makes mu a bit dull and
cross, will you?”
>, "Oh, I wouldn’t think of asking such a
sacrifice. Your health demands It, aud you
must go.”
“Yos, I wouldn’t so much mind dying
myself, but the Idea of leaving you with
no one to—to select your ties and watch
that you don’t smoko too many cigars is
terrible.”
“How thoughtful of you! Dut I thought
that you intended to tuuke a shopping trip
today?”
"Well, it hardly seemed worth while.
You seemed so opposed to tho ldoa of my
going away whon I spoke of It last weok.”
“Oh, but the doctor hadn't ordered it
then.”
“True. And It didn’t soem worth while
to get a lot of pretty new things when I
might be too weak to go out and weur
them, and if I were to die it would be ter
rible for you to see them.”
"So you didn’t go?”
“No, I just took a 35 mile spin on my
wheel instead. ” *
"You must begin your preparations at
ODce. Of course I shall be miserable with
out you”—
"And I without you. I shall dance a
great, deal. Nothing keeps off the blues so
effectively as dancing, and I wunt to bo
alilo to write you long, cheorful letters to
brighten your solitude.”
"Yes, I shull be lonely indeed, but”—
“Hello, Bittersweet,” called a jovial
voioo from tho pavement below, “my wifo
has just gotten off to the seashore, and as
you said yours would bo out shopping all
day I ran over to tell you all about our
summer bachelors’ club, of whioh we In
tend to make you president. I just 6uw
Doc, and he says he saw your wife this
morning and prescribed a change of air, as
; >u requested. Say, old mnn, you don't j
look well yourself. What’s the matter?”
Tile "bDly reply was a Jong groan, and
then Mrs. Bittersweet's vmco rose loud and
clear in the next room. Sho was talking
through the telephone, and this was what
she said:
“Is this you, Emily? Yes? Well, I just
called you up to say that I have doclded
not to go away at all this summer. My
husband needs me at home, I find, and we
can spend all our evenings on dear mam
ma's veranda anyhow; It Is always cool
there.”—Ohicuge Tlmes-Horald.
rer.—'Latest U.S. Gov’t Report
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General Heth Tells Some Good Stories
About General Grant.
A man somewhat old looking now, but
with kindliness and hnmor In his faoc, rose
under the trees at tho reunion of Confeder
ate veterans the other night at Marshall
Hall and Instend of trying to mako one of
your howling speoohes which would prob
ably have been a failure told two or three
delightful stories of (iqneral Grant. Heth—
for this was General Heth—and Grant had
met In the Mexican war. They were lieu
tenants together in St. Louis In 1852. One
day Grant was telling Heth what a flnp
baby he had. It had just been born. It
had boon nomod Fred, and wouldn’t Hoth
come up to seo It, for he would be much
edified if he did. The two went up and
Lieutenant Grant brought tho baby In.
Heth, thinking It the proper thing, offered
to take tho baby In his hands, and that he
did. At the moment, however, Mrs. Grant
entered. She uttered usoream. She rushed
for Heth and took the baby away from
him.
“Why, sir,” she orled, “if you had held
that baby that way for five minutes he
would have been dead! You had him
wrong side up.” *
Hoth and Grant were together a good
deal in St. Louis. One day Grant suggest
ed that they should go riding togother out
to Jefferson barracks. Grant had a fine
colt; he said it was very rapid, and hs
wanted to take Heth out to the barracks
in a memorable way. It was an awkward
looking colt., but Heth got in. Grant took
the reins. He didn’t seem to mind it that
his companion should make fun of the
oolt, but merely asked him to wait until
they had passed the city limits; thon they
could let 'or go. 6nce on the oountry roads
Grant did lot 'er go The oolt was a paoor
—legged It for doar life. They hod to turn
a oorijer. Thoy didn't got all the way
around beoauso they were tipped out. Heth
was bruised afid Grunt badly lamed lu the
shouldor. They ploked themselves up,
however, repaired their buggy and went
on.
a ii/iii uiinv inuc neiu miu urnnu uovoi
met until the surrender at Appomattox.
They recognized oach other Immediately.
“We oahio near getting killed,” Grant
said to Heth. “Do you remember, we were
run away with once?"
“Yes," said Heth. “It might not have
made lnuob difference In my oase, but I
have often wished 9lnce then that you had
been killed."
Grant laughod, thought a little and
asked, ‘1 Do you remember what happenod
at the barracks that night?"
Heth couldn’t remember that anything
In particular happened.
“Bragg was thoro," said Grant, “and
MoDowell and Clark and othors," men
tioning many young offloera who after
ward rose to distinction. “They were all
there," he repeated, “and don’t you ro
member what happened?”
Still Heth could not remember.
“Why,” said Grant, “not one of them
asked us to take a drink.”
"It has been a long time," said Heth,
laughing, “since I have had a drink my
self.”
The scene was still at Appomattox
Court House. General Grant Immediately
oalled an orderly to take Geuorul Heth to
the quarters of the Union commander.
Thcro ho found two gallons of good whis
ky. But ho didn’t drink the wholo of It—
ho told us under the troes thereat Marshall
Hall.—Washington Capital.
Hypnotized.
“Now, Wally,” said Edgar, with a
friendly smile, “I just want to make an
experiment. If you offer no resistance, I
think I can hypnotize you. What you hare
to do is to maintain a passivo mental attl
tudo. Try to think of nothing whatever.
No, not ovon of me. Come, try to ho sorl
ous. There, loan back and make yourself
comfortable. So; tbut will do. Now turn
your eye to this light and don’t forget that
your mind is to be kept entirely inactive.
I will count 00 seconds by my wutch.”
Tho young lady scrupulously obeyed
those instructions. In 20 seconds her eyes
twinkled; after 40 they elosedcompletely.
“Ah, I knew I should do tho trlokl”
Edgar triumphantly exclaimed. “Now,
Wally, I oommaud you to reveal to me the
secrets of your heart. Whom do you love?
Tell me, I say 1”
An expression of reluctance flitted for a
moment over the maiden’s faco; then she
began in a monotonous drawl:
“I love Edgar P-and”—
“Yes! Yes!” exoluirued the enraptured
Edgar. “Goon. Tell mo all the secrets of
your heart!”
“I love Edgar P-she wentou in tho
same tono, “and I would love him still
more woro he not so stingy. I should like
to go to tho theater twice a week, hut lie
only takes me thero once in thffio months.
I wanted diamond rings, and lie gives me
rings with cheap stones. I should llko to
have gone for u drive once or twice a week,
but he never luvitos me. When I wnlk out
with him and feel hungry, honover thinks
of treating me to oysters. Whon I”—
“Enough!” the young man cried.
“Wake up! I command you I”
And so saying he mado a rapid exit,
without awaiting tho result of ills com
mand.—-Das Noue Blatt.
Wisdom says, “Honesty is the best pol
icy.” Virtuo says, “I do not care wheth
er it is tlie best policy or not; it is right,
tboroforc I will be honest.”
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