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..L. MADISON TIMEs.
SDEVOTED TO THE WELFARE OF MADISON PARISH.
VOL I. NO. 6. TALLULAH, MADISON PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1884. TERMS: 2?.1, PER YEAR.
How dear to this heart
Is the style now prevallng.
When bloominu In Anicky
Frills, fresh and new:
So loose and bqJJgA.
Around the town aU&r
Our charms eomoeallng
rom man's vulgar view.
The eye of affection
Can gloat o'er the treasure
That Fancy paints glowing
Beneath the sweet spell.
Though harmless the pleasure
Of seeinlg us dressed in
A style we love well.
In the populous streets,.
Or In solitude roaming.
'Neath the bright chandelier,
Or the Dmoow.yj ,
In the strlf W r*
The 0ool tranqull gloaming,
STis the ravishing garment
For grave or for gay.
The pull-back, displaying
The form, is too "''rapid":
The newspaper bustle's
Prom age have grown rapid:
They rank not with Hubbard
Ihat we love so well.
If nature has lavished
Her charms, 'twill display them,.
The fair, swan-like thromat,
SAnd the delicate hand
By circling the waist with
The tale-telling band.
Though fashions capriclouslf
Change with each season,
AgaInst the fair tyrant
I mean to rebel:
IMI'i blleW sla 0* 'I
The dictates or reason,
And cling to the Hubbard
That I love so well.
How He Fought.
.1 *ýsiekaalss
Arkansaw Traveler.
CHAIFTB I.
When the slim, mild looking school
teacher canme into the neighborhood, the
hbow all wanted to bet that he was a cow
ard, but the womenPr Mlewed" that he
was has handsome and "desarven o' euc
cesa." Raler's Fork was not a quiet
heighborbool. Many a man had died
suddenly there, so unexpectedly that
'tilr miends hadn't time to remove their
came. Bob he
en out a " ,"nt.R .daay that hd
1'' men who didn' "go much on
nowhow," decided to pstanisethe fB3a
fallow. nithough they thought that fbr
conveniace msake, if for nothing else, his
looks might show a little more of that
de ra ln SLhI~-_'----_ the
society of certain sections of .rkansaw.
The school had been in piozres about
four months, and still Lucas showed
mnon of the "recammendin' sperit,'
eMa drrOoeLIfJ _o nofun
nt the W4er.
"Badler," said Lucas, "I have tritl
forbidden any scholar eating apples dur
ing study hours."
; adler continued to munch the apple.
hbrsh measures, and 1 have had hopes
that the school would close as mildly as
it megan, but if you don't throw down
that apple this instant, I shall whipyou."
" "MV _er.e not" replied the boy.
"NeveI mind your pa; put down that
"Ain't going to do it"
lmes stepped fornward, took be boy
;.bj jjj jn wdth a switch which
"I'm goin hoome a' tell my pa."
"Si down there. You shall not go
boemse mail school a dismised."
"Yes I will, too."
"If yes tod leave the house I
"No you won't, neither," making a
break fr the door. Lacs caught him
and srp d it oa him asin in a most an
mistakabe manner.
The st day ws Saturday. News of
,$be wbppi mg~lag eifahled arotud
the m Ihbrhood, sad mor thsa once
Lease heard of the determined charact
ar ot Lie adler.
"ld advis y~ to leave," mid a ma
"Why?' asd lams in a rabertn
*3b a bad m 1armn,"aegIad le--
to -e s mid do better then that.
"Yes, let sm m .Jv
Sdnel ad killed a muma."
ro I -_ to .. . ..d
uharch, wasupqtgt by the mninister. who
esid*
"Mr. Lusus your quiet bearing since
you came am4nnim baseulisted mv sy m
pathiq lapn:our behalf, and I would do
anythiig tr may po-er to serve you. Now
I havd4 rqLest to make of you. Will
you gnrat io.
"If tla iequast be sesoshale."
"It i thb,'thit' Mys wil not attend
churt'to.day.". ..
"Lug, laughlS . .'"tby, ni detr sir,
you aie eild'an exttiordinary minis
i.. Prp.Aetathroughout the country
are ii plqg1Ag pbople to attend church,
and  remi  e, requesting me to keep
"It for the people's good that they
are qaploRqd to attend church, and it is I
for your~ that I request you not to 4
com , .nearer to my church today."
"Ej #r, I hardly comprehend 1
you?--ilt, 1-".:,: .
"I gat you b so blind?" said the
preap hAhqimpsegiveair. Ider I
is sittitg over ondler on a log."
lWql I hope he is comfortable.".
"Is tqpug ble .hat. you don't under
stantdl. M h .t~ap,r~ngesaoeagainst
you.?id ie 'wi),. no dopbt attempt to
take-yaw.lufe" .
"`L be dsn't make any better use of
it aftPire petsit than I have done, he
11 Ind tbhat'hs embrpriie has 11 re-i
id him. Come, are you going to the
hou  . ". * ,
'b tine itnulore you-"
t'"O; lbhsts ill right, I highly appre
ciate-the'tnteest yon have shown in me
and Y that yod wfll not think that
I a .. .w tiy kind warnings, but
I daj tb tnadk.
"W i r'as sworn that he will
cut o$ yodr ears," said the preacher, ex
citedlyr .
"Aijad itad kindness, probably, for
e n b oul thinks, that with shorter
ears,{,pppld look less like an ass."
As gpq drew near lte log where sad
ler sat,, rronded by a party of admir
ingfiamdu ithe 'lepmrate man arose and
said .!: ,, ",
"What mode you whip my boy?"
"*eliseabe refused to obey me."
"Who are you that fl.s hafter mind
'he eaehser bf a school. When
a bcllitar. tre o obey me I enforce
obedlihe."- : .,:
enforce yn, a-n yom
º ` sri Za re that may seem
bettieb skve yofr ends.
'NeW r taind year d-d highehrlutin'
talk. Ify o've setthgritJ'l jestmake
a dm-l e&- Waenfl yes, mag
withou tamaesM all ~, Da wt - Iap
r write no notes nor nothin' o' thatsort
"Will you fight me to-morrow?"
"Yes, at an early hour, for my school
begins at half past eight. Meet me ait
aseven o'clock where the foot-log crosses
tie creek. iang two pistols wi you."
'Nlff amid," replied Sadler. "You've
gpt more sand than I thought you had."
S'Dn,t b'lieve thar's osn' to be no
tiouble on that score," said an old fellow
who had been highly entertained by the
Bne iev he" ai a inebyfthe
Believe he s got more grit than we
all gin him eredit fur havin'. I'm al
most sorry now that I baulered him fur
q brush, fr I don't like ter shoot aich a
quiet, easy goin' feller.":'
S"Getlemea,'!illldl old.Pae,wilo sat
'ith his back against a tree, whittling
%'ef you've tuck that man fur a tin horn
blower, you'll find yourselves badly left
et-ck otlie o' many a man, an' fnl
Ailt I that feller down as one o'
I wondtU to
you?" replied Sadler.
: "Oh, no. I never seed a man that was
afeerd. Don't think that I wanter skeer
you, fhr I was jest lettin' outs leetle .o'
-CHA-rs n.
SEarly the next morning a large crowd
of eager men semnbled near the foot log.
Lucas and Sadle were on time.
right, having been challenged, to make
Sfew specifcations. Letthe distance be
awenty pme. We will draw lots for the
frst time shot."
Men looked at each other in surprise,
and murmurs of toahdat al.; teb
eoolnes were hel. 8adler did not ap
ear to be esy, still he did not object to
the arrsngements. Lots were cast, iand
and Sadler wonthe frtst nt. His face
1'oung feller." he said, "I dent like
tolll yout a man hraster hold up
h h onor, you know."
"Apo es are not necesary," replied
'Wall, tll be orter out o' order to ap
poloigs airter Ldif shahS ."
"Oiut order no Are you riady?"
"Watlla' ae you."
the da e meaured. Iase
tokhils still withaout a show of
elote, 9. his place,
relld his ld, the emammu d wias v
e saudh be pmptly. le ea did not
"Geat GeoiE I h a heai himl em
Boy, good-b~ al otyo, m oaw bel
i is ls e ro tha,
" ! rbed ed, through my m
utrumeutality, dhrfather. For e
lto show ..>
lha,, I wia sme gi li
bleqad while llowlr th dvut -
easrbcf I lledgtwo men, bat
thaak sober w eh e I
i . f1irly. Go toyem
f, aD ies. odeatthan
 ., ..,.a
citable, and that he was not likely to hit
me. Well its about schol time."
"Say," called Sadler U"Im goin' to send
my boy back, and if he don't do to suit
you, whale him ag'in."
UOh, I think we'll get along smoothly
now. Good morning, gentlemen."
CHAFP.
A model woman-A poser.-Folio.
The golden age-Coinage.-The Judge.
A great general. Baker? Papaw :
Lowell Courier.
Some of the butchers-"We shall meat
n the suet by and by."-The Lash.
Mahone has all the Christian virtues
wive resignation.-Washington Hatchet.
A seedy suit is an awful bad habit for
the males during leap year.-Waterloo
Observer.
Three degrees of a sidewalk study:
Positive, maid; comparative, mud; su
perlative, mad.-N. Y. Journal.
A braying mule is about the most un
pleasant neighbor we can have.-Mer
chant Traveler.
Detroit wants to see its Mayor hung,
in the Council chamber-in oil.-Com
mercial Advertiser.
In dis life al'er try to hep a man up de
hill. lie can get down by hisse'f.-Plan
tation Philosophy.
The musical instrument called a lyre
was first played upon by a scrub politic
ian.-Rose's Toothpick.
If you want to put money in a sound
investment buy telegraph stocks.-Phil
adelphia ('hronicle Herald.
A man who found that his wife was
very tart, recognized that be had made a
sour mash.-N. O. Item.
1884 is to be a lucky year after all.
Ella Wheeler promises to marry and
settle down.-Philadelphia Call.
The grocer who sells twelve ounces for
a pound depends on his winning weigh.
-New Orleans Picayune.
The man who mourns over departed
spirits, is the man who has no money to
buy more. - Keokuk Constitution.
The thermometer is a great invention.
It tells a man when.to take his red flan
nel bhirt off.-New Orleans Picayune
When a vocalist wanders from a key
most of his listeners would not be sorry
if he had the lockjaw.-Boeton Budget.
Has the American hen forgotten her
lay?-Cincim nati Commercial Gasette.
No. she has Lent it.-Detroit Free Pres.
An Exchange says mush has become a
popular dish in society. Nothing seems
to take in society like something soft.
Oil City Blizzard.
Oscar Wilde has become a drua in the
market. If properly compounded, what
would be his medical properties? Anee
thetic, I gues.-The Judge.
A London critic speaks of Mary An
demon's "'prety nuque and svelte figure."
She must have contra 'ted those terrible
things over tkere.-Norristown Herald.
It is said that a Texas man will go as
much as five miles for a drink. We
didn't know a Texan ever gotas faraway
from a saloon as that.-Bsnrington Free
Prems.
"Never Take the Horse Shoe from the
Door may be a very good song," remark
ed Von Boozel, but if some fellow would
write one entitled 'Never Take the Key
hole From the Door," it would strike "a
popular chord.'--Vanity Fair.
A musical joke: To say that a man
with a bad cold in his head is like a mu
sician, because he blows the nasal organ
and sounds the loud catarrh may be a
has joke. but its tenor is certainly fmnny.
--The Judge.
Ayoungla.ly recently received a note
from a young man of her acquaintance
soliciting her company to church, and as
he had never olesed to take her any
where else she accepted his kind offer
and closed the note with thesolemndec
laration that "salvation is free."--The
Evangelist.
were Lishag.
Editor's Drawer, Harper's Masalae.
Some years ago, in Georgia, that hand
of Christians known as Acensionista
were having a grmad revival. One day
when the meeting wa in all force a
st9rm came up, and a young gentleman
who was out hunting with his servant
took relbge in the church door. Being
curious to see the service, the two hunt
emrs crept up into the gallery, and there
hid in a plce whoe they could observe
without being obserted.
',ome, Lord come i. our robes are
ready. Come, Lord, come," cried the
preachber, while all preaent gave a loud
"Amen."
•"Maas Gatbe," whispered Cafry, lift
ing his hunting-born to his mouth, "let
me gib demjist one toot."
"Put that hmo down, or 1'll break
your head," replied the mater in a
whisper.
The boan dropped by Cuffy's side, and
sad eania th minister cried: 'Cas,
L ord, she; rs we redy l rhy m-as
wd odttime -ase -
orG i bs , now,
sQ mauid nao a rit the tart
and to end of the e , buhtIa1IS
the lae eo died sr hi __sr
himjaseif were the e esoopal .o the
"'is radyr df brdinklag. Ma Gaiba
miadCnt, spwlbag every tooth in has
d fI'ca t graoam tib waf
tisi-klae to am de eem eo -m
ober de wn M *aksed
A paper bas I np d by. MI M.
. Dives. sad on the kems.
UdM4I~misMMu riarwII
~I~o~il rerd *P 'Ur
TIe TASTE MSR WIWANCl.
Old Peope W.e ar As a £ s teKtew eow
aSe steer **w ame Out."
I asked Mr. BonQa f he had never
found it necessary kshe any new de
partures in conse of the chages
in literary taste; t same order of
stories that pleasd rben people bad
reed less and had read pleased
now? He said he no way altered
hIns original ideas Ofine subject of edit
ing.He behevres a nature to be
always the same inrif age-yesterday,
to-lay and forev
The Ledger's eaob e onstituency is
an index of the Msha common to all
mankind-the tast. 4Wr romances. All
the world likes le:ad stories. The
prosier and more qagwenthll the lives of
the readers, tire greater their delight in
the exciting fortunes of the heroes and
heroines of the novel. Rom:ance rests
them. It lifts tem out of dullness of
every-day life, opens wide the gate which
leaps in the fair field of fancy and bids
them walk theein and refresh their jad.
ed souls. Existence is so sad and com
fortless for many that to escape from it
for a little whie, even in imagination, by
means of a sedal that puts its heroine in
continued jeopaidy and only extricates
her from a complicated series of misfor
tune after th villian has met his jost
doom and het lover has inherited a
large fortune, ii a luxury not to be des
pised. Not only do all mankmd like ro
mances, but the majority like it strong.
extravagant, yes even impossible.
It is a .istake to suppose that only
the young care fbr fiction. I have seen
old, old men and women, hovering dan
gerously near the grave, who were the
most condrmed snd absorbed of novel
readers, particularly Ledger readers.
Having relied on it for romantic food
many years, theyno more thought of
gvinc it up than they thought of going
barefooted-ouldn't have done 'o with
out suffering.
Mr. Bonner told me of a good old
man, pious and proper, who lived in
Connecticut village, and was th? main
stay of one of the godliest of churches,
who tottere i down to the post office reg
ularly every week to get his Ledger. A
relative, of ant:-aovel prejudices, who
was visiting his family, expressed her
astonishment that he would read "nov.
els," '"Oh, my dear, this is only a bit of
a newspaper story," said the lionest old
man, and went on wlth his sturdy fore
flnger under the lines, chasing a black
eyed heroine through a page and a half
of sorrow and tribulation.
As another instance of an elderly per
son's fondnem for stories, Mr. Bonner
told this: When oweman of the Mirror
offiee he took his proofs home to read at
night. A serial by Charles F Briggs,
cslkd the Tripings ofTom Pepper,"
was being published. It was biographic
al in character ad related the ups and
downs of Mr. epper's eventful career
very graphically, inning with his ear
ly childhood. Mr. Bonner's mother read
each chapter in the proof,and grew quite
impatient at the delay between install
ments. When her son laughed at'her
interest in the protracted "fib," she said.
"Why Robert, 1 want to see how the
little ellow came out." And so they all
want to see how the characters they
grow interested in come out.
ALL NORTS.
The city of Baltimore owes x13,121,901,
78.
It costs 43,000,000 U ear to suplort the
churches in New York city.
New Hampshire still has nine-eight
surviving veterans of the war of 1812.
Of the 113 members cfthe Iowa Legis
lature, but four are natives of the State.
Coomnkins are uaed as a substitute for
money in Calhoun, Ky., their value be
inm ity cents apiece.
In the days of Ovidjirl were taumht
to mile gmeefuy. Thereas uno gig
gling and simperig them.
Iasuramuee pubiations state that the
lames by fire in the United States Ist
year gpr~ete $10,000,000.
In the last four yeas 800,000,000 ha
beea spent building new railroads and
improving old ones in the Southern
tstes.
Money seems to paws no attractions
!for Misa Vea Mrning, a niece tCardi
Ial Mannin. 8he isheirem to £t2,000
annually, yet prefers eonvent life.
There ate 9,606 coke ovens in the
neighbouhood of Connellvlle, Pa. Of
these 778 are idle. The renkinder are
ruxning from thlree to five days perweek.
Some of the Egyptian toys preserved
in the British Museum with which, over
4,0OOyars ago, the youath of the Nile
eountry played, are in imitation of fish.
No Norwegian girl is allowed to have
a bea until she can bake bred and
knit a~oinsh and it would do your
heart dto tqate the bread ad wea
the toeLmathat 16-yearold Norwegian
Tho earlisst osioial aomage was in
Sun~Ieh i . pam nea of an order
tea. Thaasl erdesred were of the val
The eadlebran of the twentieth suni
·erey et i litheod church in New
erk ls achurch a mel a-ter
a certai I~o a-- J sthe andle in
which the b was reehad te slep
o(Altb he mea ch d . ,
whise -tik, w~dh was made in Lyonp
aae, at a eat of elght hmradst dolla n
The ,akl it is id to have required
the'week'd e a sad thLe w-esw
A. l L n U dom town w
, . m, ls-ely, bythe lamid ly
| "i h  sh b_-l_
sorwell.and reveled in so madly. This at
mosphere, in its tangible presence, is Lon
don's one beautiful garment, and when
it is folded about her. she is transformed
from a gigantic. hard-hanned, money
changing wench to a queen.
Our American custom ofSunday morn
ing late rising loitering, and our 11 o'clock
service, brought me to the main entrance
of Westminister Abbey after every sit
ting in that part of the structure was oc
cupied. I was. directed to "poets' cor
ner," where temporary benches had
been placed for the accommodation of
the u.iusual number of worshipers. The
toned light, the exquisite music which
flooded and echoed and lovingly linger
ed among the lofty arches, the dignified
impressive church of England service,
Canon Farrar's perfectly chosen, eloquent
words, all so conspired to enthrall me, at
this, my first church service in England,
that the last "Amen" had echoed and
echoed again and died away before I real
ized that I was surrounded by the tombs
of men who shall never cease to live.
Bending to replace a paper which had
fallen from nmy prayer Ilsek, I saw un
derneath my feet a plain, dark gray slab,
upon which was inscribed in simple gilt
letters:
CIIARL~E DICKENS,
BORN FEBRnARY THE SEVENTH, 812,
DIED JI'NE TIlE NINTH. 170.).
.lust a horizontal slab. That is all.
But ofall the mighty dead resting in that
proud old abbey, none other could so
well dispense with lofty stone and clev
er sculptor.
Charles Dickens will live in the heart
of peasants and king alike, throughout
the circling zones of our earth, so long
as those crystalizations of truth and love
once preached upon a mount, which He
has made vitally human and suited to
each day's common living, are read and
received.
"Blessed are the poor in spirit."
- Ah, pathetic Tom Pin h! I see you,
poor inodeed in spirit, but rich in all that
likens life to the divine. Who would
not be like you?
"Blessed are they that mourn."
Sweet, true, Florence Dombey and loyal
Little Dorritt! We see why you were
comforted.
"Blessed are the meeir."
Gentle Esther Summerson, mindful of
all but yourself; how blessed this earth
when such as you inherit it.
"Blessed are the merciful."
Rough Joe (;argerv, counting as noth
ing your own "incoavenience, how ten
derly merciful you were! Surely such
can claim the promised mercy.
"Blessed jre the pure in heart."
Little Nell; to see God reserved for
Such as are like you.
"Blessed are the peacemakers."
True, loving, simple Mr. Dick! You
made peace between two divided hearts
when those of stronger hands were pow
erless. Truly the most helpless a t
us may be called the "Childretn ( ."
"Blessed are the--"
"Please leave the Abbey," said the old
warden, in a sonorous voice quite in Mr.
Whopsel's style. and I went but into the
shadowy sunshine of that London sum
mer day, for the Arnt time conscious oa
what Charles Dickens had been to the
childhood, youth and maturity of mil
lions of men and women. 'hen it was
that I knew what an American meant
when he said:
"Charles Dickens is the Apostle Paul
of the nineteenth century."
THK NAKED TRUTl.
A 'rlte Ceart lTr' ed to a. Remakarl
ase.s
San Francisco Post.
In trial of J. J. Robbiun a well-known
attorney and journalist, charged witn aºs
saultgupon Lulu and Dura McCrellis, two
young girls, a most dramrtic scene occur
red in the Criminal Court.
Af:er a great deal of evidence entirely
unfit for p'Iblication, Lulu McCrelhs te
tifled that she-had seen certain marks on
Bobbins' body, on his arm the figure of
a woman, and on his hip s horse; that
these were blue and had been teasoed
into the skin. Dora ) eCrlhs, 'her .ls
ter, corroburated thissateimet in de
tail, and said further that she had seen
upon Robbins' back two red mathsa about
six inches long, which he had told her
were birth marks.
The prosecution rested its eas at this
point, and W. W. [murner, fbrthedefeme
rose and said that he would pove by
physical facts that the wituemesas r the
prosecation had invented a wicked and
criminal lie.
"I now instimt Mr. Bobbins," he aid
to strip before the jury, exhibit himsult
naked from bead t foot,and if there s
any sch mark upon him as either of
these girls describe, let him go to the
penitentiary rest of his life."
Bobbins immediately jumped fom
his chair and commenced to strip beLoe
the jury.
"We object to this dramatic asoe,"
aid Kittrell for the proseutio.
"Badn't you betar wsait tl the me
: o, ofspir' r. Dld e thbe
Ide5e. &qo e i the time b ees
leave the courk#o. We tht
Islow it. It the ! r-an-
I the jury eamsslaw " sad th beas
I hed creatwa left the sad, or the
Iswt time swmgins ef tadud had
I Isft brr. Bobb a stripedl ad sab
jected hiself to a rigid examInation at
the hadeef each juryma s each as.
Stoueva for the pemseution a mar.rL
could be en; snno scar, in did
Snose btoe a bleish ohis s
Te girl w assled in ad to& bto
eat tue marks sher deked
Aaqulc sthoouht sad with her eys
fahing with uMbduaed rae and and a
~aret ctthere;he hs .wasd
-tlm It most have Ibe Ialms I
 Do you m e any othemt" asid Li
ar s ~ UsL -c i
Counsel for the defense and prosecu
tions addressed the jury, the latter in
timating that he would not believe any
thing the two girls might swear to in tmhe
case. The judge then charged the jury.
He said:
At the close of this case it becomes
my duty to instruct you. I will not com
ment on the testimory; it is to infamous
to speak of. I will only say this: God
forbid that you should ever be called
upon to witness another exhibition like
which has just trans',ired in this court
roomsuch another exhibition of moralde
pravit yas has never been exhibited to
you The entire case rests upon the tes
timony that is notcredible-wherea wit
ness has told palpable falsehoods to met
erial matter, the evidence ofsuch witness
is utterly worthles'. That is just this
cise." The Judge then fully advised
them as to their duties, and said: "I
might in this case directly instruct you
what verdict to return, but ) b ir common
sense is sufficient to guide you. You
will now consider your verdlict." All
but one of the jurors wanted to return
the verdict fro,. their seats, but one
wanted to retire; the jury went out and
immediately returnd with a verdict of
"Not guily." Robbins was immediately
discharged, and thus ended the very -e
nmarkab.e trial."
Feart In Rail iroductlon.
Iron Age.
On both sides of the Atlantic very re
markable results have recently been ac
complished in thi production of large
quantities of steel rails by indi tidual
works. We have r.c'eived fronm Great
Britain an account of the excellent work
accomplished in a week by one of Bole
kow, Vaughan & Co.'s rail mills, and are
also in receipt of the record made in a
similar period by the Edgar Thomson
Steel-wo:ks, in this country.
During the week ending February 9,
Bolckow, Vaughan & Co.'s Fston No. 1
rail mill turned out 4,110) gross tons of
steels rails. Their Na. 2 bilouoming mill
turned all the blooms for these rails and
232 more. Rolls were changed five
times in the rail mill. The largest pro
duction of one turn (twelve hours) was
559 tons of blooms and 470 teas of rails.
Work began on Monday at 5 a. im. More
than half of the steel was made from
Cleveland ore.
During the week ending at 4 p. m. on
Saturday, March 1, the Edlar Thomsonl
Steel-works prodmue-d 4,653 g. no. tons of
ingots, and rolled 4,110 gross tons of
rails. Their largest twenty-four hours'
work was 709 tons of rails. In one
eight-hour turn 256 tons were rolled.
It will be seen, by comparing these
statements, that Bolckow, Vaughan &
Co., are ahead, having beaten the Edgar
Thomson Steel-works by 200 tons of
rails in the out-put of a week. These
results are very creditable to Ioth works
which undoubhiedly stand at the head of
the Bessemer steel-works of the world,
each having rolled more rails than were
ever before rolled in a week. But we
think the manaeers of the Edgar Thom
son steel-works will not rest satisfied un
til they have surpassed the record of
Bolekow, Vaughan & Co. These are
/hemen "worthy of their steel," and
i must be overcome if our American works
would again stand, where they itpod so
long ahead of the world.
The Womet of France
AA regards women, the most notable
examples of self-evolvement have blen
furnished by France as far back as we
may look, says the Boston Transcript.
No other country has produced such
brilliant women in number or varied
ability. In no other country have ,wo
men played so notable a part in public
events, nor approached them 1n inma
encing the men who shaped tlise
events. Yet most of these women were
the early product of the convent; where
elegance rather than severity of educa
tion uas the aim But the French wo
a an's developement was largely due to
the best French rile minds, who made
her saRn the th tre of their thought,
thus without any elaborate theorising
lifting her at once to their owfl plane
How dlifferent this.fom theTeuton, who
while massing the finet entiments
I about women, cannot b*ook seeing her
rise beyoid the haus frau, with her
bunch of keys and domestic round of
interests. This in high life; while in
low it dloes not occur to him anseemly
to see her yoked in 4rawng lead with
the donkey. There Is something oeeult
and inexplicable in the genius of race;
fbr, while the Teuton women seem gen
erally content with this, her lavie s
ter is not. The Rumian woman is ully
the psr of the man in her desire for
learmn I, sad in brilliancy and action
ahead of him. The most wonderfull
I$hlag In Tonipg neffs books was the
way he showed thisamwaking the man
often seem pale and tame heside the wo
S rooklyn Eagle.
"Do you ever expect toit it the House
of ommom, Mr. Bradlaugh?'" ked an
igile representative of the fhmous Brit
lah agitator.
"IfI could find out what Math'amaleh
Slived on I could tell you better," was the
cautiom -awer.
"Isit true that you are willing t,
swear as thelnw requires?"
"weart E~ man, I've bee doini
5 uolg else hr the leg two yeaws.
S wad. r Ve ad.
Us"Ys oo ad,Blart; what's the mat
a toe' wee th. wods addresse to tairdl
e MeBnuipia by her fried, Mdle Squee
as they met on Austin arwnue.
"I am not feeling well."
"A re ea lek?"
"Nc, lam not r.recisly sick, btrt I feel
tired, overworked."
"Do tell me about it.'" . .
"Well you see our colon;red cooltssck
eid now poor mother has to do all the
o eooking and scrubbing an'l shing asd
laming, and at stakes me .!e tired t.r
ee the old t'reattre work. She i; c
slow."
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GEORGIA'S CHIEF INBUSTRY.
Now torese are wapped ad aMoney Ar
carmulated tn the Land of Milk and
Honey.
Atlanta Constitution.
Gentle reader, did you ever visit the
horse-swapping grounds at the spring
riding of the Superior C'ourt of North
Georgia?
Well, if you answer no, we will simply
add that if you have any idea of tun, half
of your worthless life has been spent in
vain. We have, on one or two occasions,
gone out to see the yerformances of the
regular trained horseswappers, and must
say that it is enjoyable in the first de
gree.
Early Monday morning, and lonz be
fore the court convenes, you may behold
them coming in on every kind of an an
imal-from a $10 horse down to a $2
mule-and about 10 o'clock the fun com
mences. The last one we visited was in
an adjoining county, and the first man
on the ground was a gentleman named
Uncle Dick Statham, who has been in
the horse-swapping business since he
left the cradle. He rode on the ground
about 8 o'clock, with a horse worth just
$6, and the others came up to ask after
his liealth an i to see what kind of stock
Uncle Dick had to swap on.
"Well, boys, your Uncle Richard has
been un.ier the weather for a few da3 s,
but he thought he would come up and
see if you all had any stock that I cared
about. You needn't look at that mare.
She belongs to the old lady I gave het
to Betsy to tide to meeting. She as not
for trade unles4 I could get a right smart
of boot."
About this time Green II., the prince
of the Ilrigade, came careering over the
hill on a $3 nag, and rode aim like he
had been born in the saddle. lie sport
ed a wide-brimmed hat, with a pair of
spurs six inches long. Green looked
something like Napoleon at some of his
great victories (that is we imagine so,
never having seen Napoleon), and at
once joined the crowd and wanted to
know who was on the hill that day swap
ping stock. Uncle Disk at once banter
ed Green and they soon exchanged by
Uncle Dick giving a pocket-knife and a
drink to boot. This was the first blood,
but not the last by a long shot.
A young fellow from Walton County.
who had his moustache dyed for the oc
casion, came in leading a mule that look
ed like he had done nothing but peel the
bark off saplings around a still house for
the last three months. This young man
had heard that it was a shrewd d3dge
among the educated swappers to play
drunk, and he was playing it to the
Queen's taste. It was not long before
be had changed his mule for a horse
w irth $7 2.5, and gave 50 cents differ
ence.
Franklin County, at this juncture, seat
in her deletate in the shape of Johnale
Dove, the oldest trader on the ground,
and as such claimed some notoriety, and
whose word about the qualities of a 11
horse was considered better than any
body's. He and Uncle Dick Statham met,
and after exchanging a few commonplace
remarks, Mr. Dove inquired after Unclde
Dick's stoca; and before long they trad
ed by Uncle Dick getting $3 and the
saddle blanket, which was a piece of an
old qulMt, in the bargain.
By 11 o'clck everybody was swap
ping, and, once in a while drinking. All
seemed to be in a good humor, and there
was no fass or fighting in the crowd.
They traded until night put an end to it,
d the swappers retired to their homes
and to camp out of the town. They
got something to dt and were ready for
bcsinetnext morning. Next day thby
had trimmec their mules and
their horsesland the same scenes
en'actwt m er. Up to Thursday
Uncle.Dick had made eighteen
hads25 in money, three pocket kni
two bridles, two quarts of whisky an
horse wort just about as much as
one he brought.
Any writer, with good descriptive po
ers, could find myterial in the horse
mpping crowd to fill several dime
novels. If any one who ean enjoy sech
fun would only visit Monrort court
he eculd see for himself that noth
ing that has been written is exaugramted,
and that the haif has not been written.
S Uateusry ceove.rtess.
Teasu sftings.
Literary eonversation at a fashions
reception. Mr. Spidlot, having
trod~ed to Mia Zagwell, says:
"Very fie agnmblage."
"Very, and quite literary, too."
"Very. You are fond of liter
prsume7"
"Ah ,very. I dote on it"
"You like Shakespeare I dare
"Ah, very much. Do you?"
"Very fondr of him I like B
"So do I, very mdeh, indeed."
"Do you like Goldsmith?"
"Very, very mtuch. Do you lI
"Think he' grand. Do yea like
"Oh, very much. D you like
"Oh, yes. e's good. you a
"Milts"."
"Yes, he isvery l d ineed-"
Afterwards, Mr. Sldloe in
oftbhe you lady, ays oth
"di h jiLa read evrythietr"
Dr.Poole of Iamdea, in omailag
inety e or groand cofaee porches
ed in Lnombr shopseoly lve were *snad
I to be wholly enuiae. It is often remark
Ied thit"tweoirrea don't as , 4 t,"
/ but here t Is sa tis llateratit Eow*
In how nee e7l, adderatm wi
sliuaiaa r emastera -
e s of cee (or what
Sth tto be oaM) a a beavg.