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MADISON TIIMES.
SDiVOTED TO THE WELFARE OF MADISON PARISH.
VOL. 1. NO. 10. TALLULAH MADISON PARISH, LA., SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 1884. T
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SO'THERN NOTES.
Florida is about to tackle the eultiva
tion of peanuta.
Poor Florids.
A company will be organised shortly
to build a cotton factory at Dalton, Ga.
The new cuttoni mill at Sidney, N. C.,
is receiving its shafting and machitcry.
.\bout f ,ly fanrna hnve hNorn recently
purchased in Green count. Kv., 1, ,.s;
_rants r (rli hi,.
A pottery ha" t.een ,etail,li.hed at the
kaoline mine near Flatonuia, Fla., con
ducted by ex: ert workmen.
Senator Brown, of Georgia, is giving
employment to nearly one thotusand men
in his Georgia iron works.
The Knoxvij, , mta,,h Wheel Com
panv are runnmn, their wheel foundry
extra time to fill heavy orders.
Three thousand yards of cloth and one
hundred blankets are anurynted in
the New Braunfels, Texas, mlus weekly.
All the money neceaemy has been sub
000.
Savannah is thinking of manufactur
ing asphaltum blocks with which to pave
the city.
Don t know a place an the continent
where they are more needed.
Snw ( tfibre foparmakng
i tbr. Medil s'eez Yotnf for!
utihsing the whole of it above the roots.
Several mills in this country have been
wing the same for years.
A new rolling mill, the first one in the
State, has just been started up at Hous
ton, Texas, and it will engae in making
light atslb.. i&tt ,d , pIomee a
success, the works will be speedily en
lired.
The track of the Southern Pacific to
the great salt mine in the Colorado dee
ert, near Idaho is ballastel with great
mps of crystal lt. Heavy rains and
According to the Orange City (Fla.)
Times, there has not been an investment
in lands in that section in the last three
years that has not paid the party invest
In at least twenty per cent. per annum
an the amount invested.
The Messrs. Moulton, of Laconia,
N. H., who are proprietors of a hosiery
mill at Columbia, 8. C., where they em
ploy the labor of the prisoners in the
psmiteatlary, are largely increasing the
mapacity of their werks there.
More than three-fourths of the cedar
l f hti ntiatfitee of cedara pendlg
i- the world is shipped from Flqida.
-artge twc -bdbi'w ip ans down
the coast and on the Suwannee river,
sad the supply sms inezhaustible.
y be made in six months, not
i the enlarged caeacity from
the new rachinery now being pat in.
Twenty-alne saw mills are said to re
eilve their supplies from Brewton, Ala.
These mm g .gg the
tie of the" eoob-e ntgotnety and
the South and North roads, and the tim
ber business is developing into immense
proportions.
A party of capitaltsts from an Indiana
town has decided to start a jute factory
eildmngs and machinery, an the com
pany expect to be manufacturing ba;
'ag 'n time for next year's cztton crop.
Mlismlmpeians teel very proud of their
etate Library in the capital at Jackson.
It comprises thirty-et thoand vol
Union, making a collection which ranks
third in completeness in the whole coun
try.
Charleston, 8. C., has organised a cof
fee importing company of fiftoen mem
_.-__ ,it_ o30o,00o..Coffee
r_--'dl ý ý lyrid'1 un! toui' a to
the highest bidder, whether he be a
aewber of the association or not. If
the scheme is auceseefl, other articles
will be imported and sold an the same
--
__them ,th yarn untal next a
r--y. New gl yamn were offered
t one. fourth a cent lower but the su
perior qnuality of the outh OCarolina
yParns eommanded the contract.
-aeiar recentl. The smg
rs led. having fortvhree balmes of
erihandise and many horsesand males.
Two of them were killed and several
wouded. One of the oficers was fatal
b woocded and one of his men killed.
The Wilson eotton mnils, at Wilson,
N. C., which were commenced about a
year ago, for the mannuetame of fine
j anr sinnow running thirty-six card
machines and Ave thousand one
hadred and twenty-four spindlea, em
pleylg rcomem
per week.
Withina sedh n#d f *.leg thma thirty
ires of High Polit, N. ., sa the En
teen mines, all in Ill operation. To
asa h blind facies,'o
Atsata noeatitin: NewFr
Smwving their anon betoiesto Geor
Ighting against atet They should
Emgllsh mills out of eistence.
North Csrolana .ib6iti g- w t 6M in
ease in the number of cotton mills, no
ha than
hundred
and ninety-ave spiadles havin been
sd ifty spinle dari the ya.
houses, the material employed for this
purpose being the refuse, which, when
ground up with about an equal amount
of straw and asbastos, is converted into
a peste, and this is formed into large
slabs or bricks, which acquire, i is sai,
tahe hardness of stone, and furnish a real
ly valuable building stock.
We have received from N. T. Mc[sy,
of Florence, Ala, a fine specimen of yel*
low ochre. which is open for the inspec
tion of any one wishing to investin that
direction.' Mr. McKay says: The bed
is located in Florence, about one mile
from the river, and i- about seventy or
eighty feet wide. Where it crops out I
have dug about six feet down and found
the material all the way down mixed
with kLoRin.-Artisan.
TBE ART OIP BOUOWING.
P olmA h u Awer by OCne aumsestal i a
strUkeg His Aeqaltateases for Mree.
New York Bna.
"WJat'are you doing ro6w?" was the
semewhat well-worn question asked by
the reporter of a casual acquaintance
whose means of livelihood were tncer
tlia.
"Do you mean what am I doing for a
living'.
"Well, yes; how do you do it?"'
"I an forrowing now," was the reply.
"Borrowing? Not a very paying busi
ness."
"Why'not? You invest nocapital, and
the onlyspecial training you require isa
fair knowledge of the world. 'The prop
er study for mankind is man,' you know.
How is it done? You must be born with
a faculty for it. Now, ordinarily, when
a man wants to borrow a dollar from'an
other he watches to catch his victim
alone. 'Then he sneakes u to him, and,
if he is an awful fool, he sarsv something
-intended to Satter hiim. If he is only a
fool of the usual kind, he makes a re
mark about the weather or the affairs of
the day. Then he says, in a kind of l~a
whisper,'i wonder if you could spare
me a doll until to-morrow' Or, 'Oh,
have you got a dollar about you that you
coq. let me hove until to-morrow? Or,
'Q4, by the way, I am a little hard push
ed; would you mind lending me a dollar
unltil to-mbrtow?' Thereare many other
ways in which the simpletonsput it, but
there is one thing in comani, and two
things in general among them. They
always make 'to-morrow' the date of
payment, a& y make their request
exceed adollh(
"Now, thb rrst objection to this is that
they. equalis the advance forces. When
you-think you haxban advantageoveri
man bepune be is alone, yu forget that
you are alstone also. Yon3 reasons are
e ythe pane;you do not want trang
o .6 p nq to be our eqeiqtlanto
you think,lf ouapprosred tnit flet,
that he n either stray.
nor ri sa to hear hisr fusal? At aay
time a man is likely to speak to you,
when confidentially conversing, in pret
ty much the same tone that you speak
to him, provided you speak fist. If you
whisperto a man your secret desire for 4
adollr he is very likely to whisper <
back: Ideclare I have only twenty
ftive centI' and as sure as you bve. he I
will add, if he has a particle of prospect
ive lowme 'J  otuh to et- koatl
with|' Too en-ssh men wi supple
nent their deception by expressing a
hope of borrowing, within an hour or 1
two, enough to supply your wants and 1
their own.
There is a way of avoiding all thia.
When youe int to borrow money fron
a man, ehoose a time when his friends
are about him. Then walk up to him
and say pleasantly, 'Oh, I nearly forgot
about it-can I depend upo you for at
N b, do •ahw. ,'
as ough you were interested in some
thing one of his friends was saying. If
that man doesn't search his pockets for
the money he is a rar avi. Of course,
if he hn't got it, you embarrass him
butrydt are less embarrassed ylarself
than you would'htie'beerad you been
alone, and that is a great point, though
hot a lucrative one. But yos oupht to
know your man before you ask him for
a loan. I know all the men I atrike, and
I don't ofte s)ie Pe psp tivjn my
self." -"
"Do you pay them hack?"
O.ly or the lnst two or three times.
Then rget a larger loan and letthem go.
I very seldom borrow more than twice
from a ma after I have determined to
,o(pa tylng him."
tthat cannot last. Your Aeek of
friends must soon be exhausted."
"Of comurse the old stocks are ontsat
ly runnins out, but I am lways search
ing for new ones. I never drop one un
tilI have se*,red another, or perhaps
two, to take hbi place. I have mason ow
than I had a mouth ago."
"ltaseems an esy way of earning a
"lt . By the way, while I think of
It, could you obige me with a dolha an
tIl tomorrow?"
"Beally," the reporter replied, "I have
only twenty-ve cents, just aenough to
get home with."
"Ah, I ~te,"t y ma n emarked.
"Your MsmOasud haebeen around.
Them yeu foaa*ds n it 'br me.
Well, good day..
U1I5YIFIC
Chimoninathed krudrO • tr,,'ld
Avor, and are ad to b mperi rto
-a~udh tie ea tea sold. The plat
Is uawn in England a Sowerinl
shr~r
ih vi dsase that eannthalim
i-er s a are near tBruswick,
Germany. In BeRglia wl tat *ell
ir evidence had been foud bfore, but
ad been dimied as doubtful.
/ Coid wintrs arenot artnsr d yers
wmtlPijy stPe,:oduneIvm he.:
Aid, stae tt .1 , end he rlomr a I Ut
amidgsssiema the amm ot a Maht
hae over its disc. The phenomenon
occurred during a brilliant purple sun
set, and lasted oout three minutes.
Near Stockholm a similar appearance
was witnessed at about sunrise.
The objects collected by the French
sdentific expeditionto Cups Horn are to
le publicly exhibited in Paris. In ad
dition to a large number of mineralogic
al, geologicl and soological specimens
the collection includes living plants, and
it s proposed to acclimatise these as
far as possible in French forests.
Two German chemists have investi
gated some cases of poisoning by aspara
gns which had been put up in tin cans.
They are surprised to find that the juice
which had been in contract with the
cans contained no tin, while the vege
table itself yielded about one twenty
fifth of one per cent. An analysis of
canned apricots and strawberries gave
similar results, showing no tin in the
syrups, but a small proportion in the
fruits. They consider that the tin is in
jurious to health if the canned substanc
a is long onatinurd.
The caumeleisnees of excluding Ameri
san pork from French markets has been
recognised by the Paris academy of med
icine by a nearly unanimous voteagainst
prohibiting the sale of such pork. Mone.
Colin stated to the academy that trichi
nosis in man is extremely rare, at least
in France. Trichinous pork is, more
over, rerdered harmless by salting and
by cooking. By experitient he has as
certained that the trichinware complete
lv destroyed within an average time of
fifteen or twenty days after the salting
of the pork, although in large pieces
they may live two or three months
The Cholera Germ.-It is reported
that a most interesting and important
discovery bas been made by the German
doctors who have been investigating the
cholera epidemics of Ei pt and India.
In a water-tank near Calcutta these sei
entists have found the microscopic or
ganisms, or bacilli, which they had al
ready proven to exist in all ceasof.;hol
era and in no other disease. The tank
was uoed by persons among whom the
cholera appeared, and it has been shown
that the organisms diminished in num
bers as the disease died away. It now
remains to determine whether the bacilli
of the tank was the eae or a result of
the cholers, as it hawnotyet been proven
that the organisms produce the dsae.se.
A Yankeen Iled haint.
Walker Lake Bulletin.
The Campoodies southeast of town
were the steuc of unusual excitement
yesterday. It was accidentally discover
ed that one of the head sachems, who
had lived on the Walker River reserva
tion for years, was a white man. How
the discovery was made is not stated.
The Indians were so worked up over the
discovery that the renegade, fearing for
his life, came to town. Upon being in
terviewed by a reporter he said he wasa
native of Massachusetts and 47 years of
age. He became entangled in a scrape
when he wasu 18 years old, and, running
away from hone, followed the sea fbr
two years. Arriving at San Francsco
he joined the rwuh to the mines. After
a pretty rough experience going from
amp to rcmp he finally after the collape
of the Meadow lake boom,joined the
Plates at the Pyramid reservation. He
remained there until he had ully ma
tered the language aid habits of hIs dus
ky riends, and -then painting himself
and suming the garb of the red men,
came to Walker lake, where, in consmd
eration of his ableadvies in the councils
of the tribe, he was elected a chief and
allowed three wirm. He rys that, al
though he sometihnes longed for news
from the Bay State, he was perfectly con
tent to remain where he was, as he
found the roamin, independent life of the
Piats just the thrg for a man tired of
the busy scenes of mviliasa.
Now that he has the paint washed of
and has donned a decent suit of elothes
he is a very intelllgentooking man,
and it is a *ondet that he dould hale
kept hitmsef from his race so mariy veis.
He will probably return to the home of
his youth in a few days.
Att. TSavele.
"Look er hesh," said an old negro to
his daughter, "who's dat yaller man I
seed gwlae roun' wid yen"
"Dat's my beau, an' Is gwine ter marry
me."
"Hle lsis he?"'
"Ye, ahlt"
"When?"
"Naiz' moath."
"Wail, dar am'.be somemumstake 'bout
dat, 'ease I ws o a jury tersday whut
seat him ter jall tar wait air de acahun
o' de gan'jury. D wouldn't sent him,
honey, ut-I 'tsted it"
"Whut made yet wanter do ye chile
dat way es ter sea' her fiter bhsban' ter
de Jell"
'"ori'd tome money hemd de daim
fool homey, borrni'd some moey hum
him. Dun got him outer de way now
chile. Oh, I ael like er white man, bo
aenoy, ur he, he."
A joy lder is seldom a treable bee
rower
Sleader is the eatest hghtalag of
The mana of gemlus die r m the
brayaiof fools
He who maes the best of tO lose
the eart eo dasth.
The arem of pederace if obined
hem eWed milk.
Wheat ager rises good judgmemt its
dowan o a beck seat.
Yaut sucks the sugar costing sad old
age chews the bitter pill of life,
Men use virtue as n umbrella to keep
the rain of briammooe of their Sunday
celtha
The devtis time is so muh empinoyed
tt he detailts idlear end dAeit to
run in recretm.
SA pctt tht hae tbh how a
WAXING UP.
recs autea.
Amber ms
Lightly lued
By the sun of May eaprSelses
Yellow bass
In the mess
leafy of the trees dellelous:
Down the street
Glimpse Beet
Of a gall-winged yacht In motion:
Up the sky
Wild geese ery
As they near the northern oesan.
Like as vale
Smoky-pale
Cloudlets tinge the far haorson:
Fairies ptint
Hills with quaint
Mimicry of Autumn's folaes.
Moist at sass
Chant their pees ,
Thm d toad and salamander.
Pcffs of health
Blow by sttalth.
All things to a love-tryst pander.
In my room
Hornets hum,
omeing from their wintry slumber;
Through the woods
Violet buds
Deeb with blue the fal'en lumber.
What surprise
Violet eyes
Live and dash a dry beet under.
Onee all sad,
Now all gi id.
I an only uas and weeder.
-The Century.
FARMER'S COLUMN.
INTKTBRETIFG & I1IITUC1IVE READ
ING FOR FARM AIND IFI Dz.
Abeout Testing Seeds.
In reference to the offer of the Ohio
Experiment Station to test the vitality
of seeds sent it for that purpose, the
Michigan Farmer rises and remarks that
"the farmer who has not 'gumpntion'
enough to test his own seeds, when the
only apparatus' required is a pan of
earth by the kitchen fire, or who plants
without testing, deserves to lose his crop.
It does not require the culture of a col
lege professor to count out fifty or a hun
dred seeds, plant, and ascertn the'per
centage' that germinate. At least 90
seedsout of 100 should vegetate; really
good seed should all terminat. If only
half vegetates, under a fair trual, it will
be best to look for a supply elsewhere."
Meet Se fr ?rewise
She poorest and lightest sandy toll is
better for fowls than any other. The
rains carry downwards all the impuri
ties, and such soil is always hard and
free from mud, becoming dry in a short
time. Diseases are lot so frequent on
ligt soils? especially croup, and gSpe' in
yvug chicks seldom ocur. This ena
bles those possessing poor, sandy soils
to atilise thse for p!ultry raising, and
in a short time the land may be fitted
for growing crops. Trees are benefited
by poultry, not only from the droppings
left on the ground, but a8so througb the
destruction of insects. Poultry and fhit
should be the bjec, and there are many
loeatione that could made serviceable
in that respest.
Warm oDeresr.
In planning a system of farm drainage
(says the Boston Cultivator) it is not gen
etally best to commence in the wettest
places, because these require most labor
and yield the mallest proportionate re
turna The work of thorough renovating
one acre Of uidtsil will e require
enough labor and tile to make tly
ar fve or ten acre feld -st that
is jau a little too wet for proable ualti
vation. To make any work o farthest
it should bep t where least is needed,
which wold lesVe the most diMaItl
places far the last to be reclaimed.
leap Iams hre Uee.
A writer it the World mys: oSkme
time ago a £ arepondent omplialned
that his attle were traubled with lice,
and asked or a remedy. I would advise
him the next warm, snashiny day, to
thoroughly scrub the esttls iadtad wIth
lie with strone soapend. It is betterl
to ashb one poton ata time, rubbg
the wet portion ysrbmdy to dp dry I
It before proedlgto fnrthe .
This preultion on a warm day is not
absolutely neeseary, but it is the safer :
pla to kan the animal from becoming
chilled ant0~ the hair is dry."
ler apes ameaer Mamme
For esample, ia Vew of the her sad
teinesclemsrgns rasuasetn,
the Bastes Post aemlatis: "Can we a
tam our astlenay, or evean Cehri O
tiamity? hall we mnotsather to tream
formed intoe w ordr of ot rbarl sIms
inmeeamtmnrltha those f whom
we uUpngl I thefrae mrs m .asnly!
Wte srabl m eis something is dos se.oo
Let the composnders of eleomrgarie
ad bsv rseb tled a the riaeeti
the er. dt, m is m yso l
Mr. W. H. Bower, of New erlk, writes
to the World: "Th, crest with its at
estire color ad pleasant acid is a fa
vrke fart in my faily and I have had
-aoidrable geod luack with growig it
I have himd that cannts thrive beet
whesbn~ ine lnstlas with othear
tr~lt,~ bel is deLsIrable r
them all, lam m sy qite
agood a time - the Imq far sttn
os arenst platspro te sail
Isa- ooed ilei. As inr start
eymarly inthe whe et them,
th e p is wulihwd. heesesa..
quire a very rich soil for big mrelts. I
don't think there is any better remedy for
the worms than white hellebore."
Shapey Apple Trees.
While stunted trees should be avoid
edit does not follow that the tallest, t
smoothest trees in the nursery are best
for planting. These tall trees have not
been checked enough to secure good a
root growth, and will be more injured
by transplanting. Some good varieties
are always rather crooked in the nursery
rows. The greening apple is one of
these, and at the beet is very rarely a
han lsome tree, though one of the most
valuable and productive of all.
14
Teot for Seed Cor. I
John M. Stahl. in the Indiana Farmer,
regarding seed corn, says: "I believe I
can tell by the appearance of the germ
whether or not it will germinate. By
cutting off small portion of the little
end of the grain the germ is exposed. t
If the germ is clear and solid it will ger
minste; but if it is soft and spong3, or
black, you may be certain that its vitali- I
ty has been impaired. The farmer
should at once examine his seed corn.
fir if it will not grow he should know it
at once." i
The Tree eaem.
The vegetables sent out as trees are
usually some traveling peddler's swindle
on unMuspecting purchasers. The tree
bean is an exception. It is enormously
prolific, and, as it only needs to have one
seed in a place in hills eighteen inches
apart, a little seed will plant a large plat.
The ground should not be made rich
with fresh manure, as this will induce
a grow h of straw rather than of pods
and beans. I
ardes miaus. a
Return bug-eaten peas to the seeds
man from whom they were purchased I
Have all the rows in the vegetable i
garden run the same way, to that they p
may be cultivated by horse. 8prout a
few potatoes in a box of earth behind
the kitchen stove if you want them
early. Plant out as soon as the ground t
is dug.
t
uars musad Domeetse Items.
Now for real Spring Workl
Wisely seesure good help early.
It is said lime kills wire worms.
Rice is good for young chickens.
Are sil your tools in good repair
Avoid rresponsible tree mongers.
Plant plum on a strong lom soil
Craxford's Early is the beet peach
Give good culture to set good crops.
Keep teams in good heart for work.
see to the fruit garden and orchard.
Now look well after all young stock.
Guard egainst forest fires this season. a
Pure blood Embden geese are white. t
It pays to liberally manure poor soil.
Plant plants, plant trees, plant seeds.
Some mix coal ashes with hen manure.
Next Wisonasin State Fairat Madison. *
Wood is growing aster than it is cut h
in Maine. a
Ireland is deelared free from the foot I :
aid moith diseae.
Clover is without exception the beet p
crop a farmer can raise. h
The farmer's wife does not get half I
the credit she deserves. h
The codling moth is just becoming es- l
tabliehed in NevadaL .
Peaches grow well on high ground c
with a southern expore.M
One-fourth of he cotton of this coun- f
try is prodouced in Texas.
Egre senM t by mail in England, an-,
der the parcels poet system. I
Georgia rmers nifered a lose by
dogs laut year of 6O0,00 sheep.
One-alf the students of Wisconsin i
Umniveristy are msons of farmers. t
A cow properlyfed and cred for is
the most proitable animal on the farm.
The orange crop tis year will net the
Florida growersm p,0,o0.
Make experlnentns yourself, and note
the mealt of other people's.
Sheep are sufering from foi and
mouth disease i Great Britain.
Canada is in favor of reciprocity with
s as regards lamber, asit and ore.
The llrgest~ ax oil al in the world
is to be erected ;n Sioux City, lows.
iL bred animls mature earlier and I
are bettr fders than pure bred stock.
eom S e hormes bsve enty been
urmmdtKntsaeky to be en toi
lrven thoimad homesteads were
etered in Florids daring the past year. *
lolds allgator huaters ear, when
Ise~l, faes Po to ,o a smsonM. I
In the whle weorld there sa no
Cksomn dwood forests ae of Osl!
o0e h ded ad thaodh ad
.oarnes' matoal insurance asocia
tioe are becoming quite numerous in
NIew Englad was never so well ap i
paied with dzn-clas stallionas at prem
eat.
The freesing of the cor last year
should not discoarage the men of faith
sad fortitude.
There ae ghlmose factoris in the
United States, with an estimated apital
To ehmber ComoreeLyos,
It is as easy to raise strawberries as
potatoes and they ar-. a greater luxury
in their season.
No fewer than 30,000 women make I
a living in Paris by the production of
artificial flowers.
The United States raises double tl e
the number of sheep annually that it i,
did twenty years ago.
Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina
and Tennessee are the argest tobacco
producing States.
Military lands of an area of 2,920,580
acres are to be sold by the United States
Government. T
It is bad policy fr a farmer to culti- h
vate only one crop. If that fails he has al
lost his year's work. al
A six-pound lemon is one of the won- b
ders which haverecently passed through h
Graineaville, Fla.
The New Er.gland farmers are begin- N
ning to complain lo:dly against the al
tariff on live stock.
The surest way to get cheap freights is
to condense the products of the soil
within the hides of animals, h
In a dry Spring the English farmer
feeds off his wheat by sheep, in order to a
put it back and strengthen it. al
Spaniards have a religious reverence e
for the banana, believing it to he the
fruit of which Adam partook. fa
The production of fine wool in the O
United States is increasing even more tt
rapidly than the consumption.
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THE COLONEL'S TROUBLE. -
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How His Former gave Made Him Sheov at
Mud am the streets. tl
Ark. Traveler.
When the Kentucky colonel conies to j
Little Rock, about the first objectionable to
feature he discovers is the negro police
man. In Kentucky the town constable, fe
a man who carries an enormous club with b
which he strikes the sidewalk and goods la
boxes ringine blows as he walks along, i
is admitted into good society, for his ex- I1
perience in sitting around the livery at
stable enables him to speak of the horse t
with enviable insight. It is an honor a
to be arrested by such a man, but to be ti
seized by a negro policeman is a humil- fc
iation which sinks deep into the Ken- l
tuckian's sensitive bosom of resent
ment.
Several days ago, Col. Harner. of I1
Kentucky, arrived at Little Rock. He
brought a few dollars with him, and ex
perienced no trouble in find:ng Arkan
saw men who were willing to join him 01
in the social soaking of "straights" and h
flavored spirits. When evening ame, L
the Colonel, having devoted himself so
assidously during the day. was weak- F
kneed and weary. A negro polleman U
stopped him and add: t
"Miqter, ye'r better go to yer hotel. le
Dar sin' no usen yer tryin ter buck agin
dem men far da's at home." Is
"Who do you belong to, anyhow?" ti
asked the Colonel, steadying himself, d
and rearding the policeman with a con
temptuous expression. "I'd give a thou- cl
sand dollars for you."
The dark guardian of the public peace d
did not seem to be in tha least offended a
at this unkind reference to previous
"condition of servitude," but explained a'
his position, telling the Colonel to go
away somewhere and lie down. Such a ac
suggestion from a "nlgger" enraged the
C'oloael and he attempted to strike the A
policeman, but, before be could realise a
how it was done the "big nigger" "tang- cr
led a hand in hair. my pet," wheeled di
him around and marched him offto the
station house. The Colonel called loud.- rc
hv for the friends who had found his tl
company so agreeable, but they merely b
smiled at the "freshness" of the blue- i
ass n man, turned away and took a
drink with a candidate. at
The next morning when the colonel
was arraigned before the judge, he made
an elaborate speech in defense of hi a
shorteomings hut r.mild ha of $10 was
--sseased. The prisoner was shocked
upon learning that he had spent all his
money, and that be would be compelledl a
to scrae the streeta with a hoe; butr
the deepest humiliation awaited him. .
Tbhe neerm policeman who took charge li
cf the "cain gag" was onm the pro- s
perty of the colonel.
"Ion't you know me, Abe?" asked the o0
dutected man as he threw a shovel full
of mud into a cart. i
"Blebe I do, ish."
"You ased to belong to me."
"I'ee mighty well awar o' dat fack, h
sah." hi
"I want you to do me a favor. You
know I'm proud and don't want to be h
seen in this condition?'" bI
"Ya, sah."
"Now, j, t give me a chance and 1'll1
leave here."i
"I reckena yert would, ash, but we'se I
needin' good han's at the preest. Shovel
inde dirt, an' dean stop ter talk. It's
erbad 'amjle fhr yerter be seedl talkin'
ter de boa it
"Look haere, Abe, I wouldn't tret you
hab de chace."
"Nevers mind. DI-d If I 4dm't whale
yoa uwhs I get out of this" p
-ce * aarswemr' rea' hee, for
gita tch widdM ,job yer .n'
w hae ruo-wom. urry up dar s 1
'll hab de jedge stretch out yer string. o
Now yer's gsrettin' st it. Oh, de white
folks ken work when da gits dar mines a
on t. Seems sorter idle at first, but
powerfl fine han's airter er while. It t
haa been id dat de nigger ken hIan le o
de shobel and de hoe better den de
white man, but it ain't er lack. Gin me g
the white man elery time. Take up de p
hoe, marster, an' dig up dat lump. Dat's
it. Wouldn't want or better hand den
yessmf is."
"I'll fix you, confound your black i
hide?"
"Yas, ash, yas. Now take de spade.
marster. Dat's it. Woulde' chban yer
fur no udder two men on de l'ce.
Evey farm hold have a g ood firmer
KISSINO A SENORITA.
Teaching a Mexican Girl the Art of Amerlo
can OscalaUton.
Mexico C -r. Courier-Journal.
"Senorita, I kiss your feet, adios!" This
is the parting salute contained in a note
just finished to a young Mexicin friend.
Of :-ourse I do not intend to kiss her feet
but it was the proper caper here, and I
have confonmed to it. Why should I kiss
Z -nobia's feet, even metaphorically:?
True, I would, and perhaps have kissed
her hands and lips, her forehIead cheeks
and probably the back or her neck, but
although Zenobia is a sweet girl, I must
be excused from osculatory contact with
her pretty foot. diessed in a high-neeled
and atched-insteppel gaiter. Like all
Mexican girls, she is rather slouchy
about her hosiery, and I happened once
to have observed that her white stock
ings were not of the very cleanest, and
hung in folds over the gaiters instead of
being braced up. The appearance re
minded me of a collapsed concertina,
and the dear girl fell 80 per cent in my
esteem.
By the way, the Senoritas have but a
faint idea of kissing-that art from which
so few possess the capacity of extracting
the most available ecrstasy--and I one day
offered to show a dark-eyed, raven-hair
hed young lady bow les American m per
formed the act. She laughingly agreed
-it is unnecessary for me tosay that the
male members and duenna were out of
way-and I advanced upon her: my left
arm encircled her waist, extending over
the right shoulder downwart; my right
arm bent at the elbow, afforded my hand
an opportunity of accumlating her dim
pled chin. Gently folding back her head
and throwing a look or, rather, a rapid
series of looks of unutterable nothings
into my eyes, I gazed clean through ier's
for a moment, and then with a tong
breath I tapped her lips. It was a reve
lation to her; she quivered visibly, but,
instead of returning my kiss. she bloke
away from my embrace and ran off to
lock herself up, trightened. pleased but
astonished. I was satisfied that I had
done myseli ahd country proud, al
though, to be candid, it was merely a
mechanical operation with me, done for
the sake of effect, as I did not really care
fcr the girl. I think she remained in
maiden meditation for two days, but at
last 1 saw her and she told me with a
blush, that she wished she had been
horn an American, to be kissed like
that.
Preraettltlot.
Procrastination is a long.word, but it is
one most of us no something about. It
has you know, a connection with the
Iatin work eras, which means to-mor
row; and the boy or girl who is fond of
lrociastination is the boy or girl who
thinks that to-morrow or presently, is
the proper time for everything. Hap
less mistake! There is danger in i .
A noble ship had spruang a leak, and
lay upon the ocean with a signal of di3
tress flying. To the joy of all a ship
drew nwar, nd at last came within hail.
"What's amiss?" called the strange
captain through his speaking trumpet.
"We are in bad repair, and are going
down. Lie by till morning," was the
answer from the sinking ship.
"Let me take your passengers on board
now," called back the ready helper.
"Lie by till morning," was the only
answer.
Morning came at last; but the Central
America went down within an hour and
a half of the refbsal, end passeners,
crew, and procrastinating captain, went
down with her.
"I'm going to turn out at six to-mo-
row," says Tom, with an air of most
thorough determiratioa. At half past
live the next morning, Tom woke with
the feeling of having something on his
mind.
"Hallool it's time to get up! 8tay a min
ute though, I can dressan m less than half
an hour."
Tom secordingly liesr upon his back
and follows the movements of an early
fly, which now aud then makes dashes
at his face. The position not being st
isfactory for long, he turns upon his side
and, while experiencilng a sensation of
relief his eyes show a tendency to close.
"This will not do," cries Tom, arousing
hixslf iha je trk.-"Bat the y tisy t
s bad tSoget out o01 bed in a hurry."
Acting upon this caution Tom's head
once more returned to the pillow; and
we are hardly surprised that the net
time he thnas of terning out it is be
cause there is a loud knocking at the
door, and somebody caling oat, "It's
half past eight. Masiter Tom, and break
fast is begun!"
Mo Master Tom's urolrstination ends
in his eoming down a houemr late for
brakfast, with as eepy face and in bad
temaper for the rest of the day.
Ilf Meter Tom goes on through life
like this in evermy matter, we know well
enoubg thee is but ,ittle ~uoces await
ing him. This I a by world, and
while one isthinkiag t doing something
p preectlj," another conmes up and doee
washlasb atehet
"Shine 'em up, sir! shine 'em up, sir'
Pat a good shine on 'em for a nickel.
"Arah, Mickey, what are ya biladgin
about? Don't yer see it's a mimber of
congrems what's blowed in all his boodle
at poker?"
"Yes, I nee norw, Pat, and we may hav.
to lend him a hundred or two to, g bone
"But we won't do it, Miicrkey, lek he
give us a clincher on the next mnonth's
pay will we?"
? okey, contemptuously: "N-a a-,-'
Meanwhile the statesnnr is ailing
down the avenue. inma"ininr that the
whole city is watching his staltely stride
but they ain't.
J)on't breed from scrub, tU- )ear,
pray.
Give ample rvt . to roots oft -nit trees.