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NEWBERRY, S. C. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1889. .PRICE $1.50 A YEA
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tion of all. I solicit it worth while togive any explanetion
an educational nature that He adds if the rule had been for th
y be disposed to contribute, verbs to poison these cases it would
or original on the theory have been all the same to him. You
education or methods of may fall into the very faults which
- provoke you in your pupils. Are they
thing more stimulating to in danger of going mechanically and
of teaching than an ex- unintelligently through theirwork? So
thods.. There are many may you through yours. Are they in
the same thing, and by danger of being satisfied with lesson
of ideas. teachers are af- getting? So may you be satisfied with
portunity of selecting the lesson-hearing without regard to mean
There are so many ad- ing or results. Your chief work is not
be derived from this means to detFct, expose or punish ignorance,
but little use to emulate but to remove it.
hope, from time to time, to Wake up the minds of your scholars
ve some methods of teach- by all means. A lesson from the book
mary branches, knowing or newspaper, or from life; an accident
of work is what the ma- in the room, the play hground, the
teachers of the county are neighborhood; an item from the daily
and also a part of the work j paper; cyclone or freshet, or riot; the
that should be done right, tower in Paris, or the bird's nest in the
e word rigid that the very yard-any one of these, or all of them,
o ie used to induce wimay help you. Take advantage of any
active growth of the local historical association. From the
es. gullies around the schoolhouse to the
-sprout never makes a bright stars above it by night, press all
nor willa child reach those things into your service as object les
ents he would under sons. The little spring branch, followed
circumstanes far enough,.will lead you to the great
ly -more to be accom- ocean. Wake up the moral impulses
primary teacher than and aspirations of pupils. Our country
professor. For the errors is not suffering greatly from lack of
can be exposed while smart men and women. W need good
are concealed. men and -women; wise coixcerning evil.
in youth while the Aim touprepare your scholars not merely
c,itfis capable of receiv- for examination but for life. Build
ressions as will be basting up yourself and them by al means.
ng of his education. A When Charles Kingsley (minister of
has said, u give me a Church ofEngland) was entering pro
first six years of his school fessiona clf he i rote to a friend: "I
not who has him t ere- go to tie humble parish which is to be
the, time. If this be so, my prison or my palace. Please God
conclusions are that it shall be my palace. Go to your
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A DEMOCRATIC SWEEP.
Ohio, New York and Iowa Join the Ranks
-The Victory in Virginia.
FORAKER PURLS HIS FLAG.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, November 6.-Al
len W. Thurman has sent the follow
ng:
"COLUMBUS, OHIO, November 6.-To
the Hon. Grover Cleveland, New York:
Governor Foraker has surrendered all
the Republican flags in Ohio."
The Republican State committee at
1 p. m., concedes the election of Camp
bell and admits that the Legislature is
Democratic in both branches. At 1
o'clock this afternoon Governor For
aker sent the following telegram:
"COLUMBUS, OHIO, November 6.-To
the Hon. James E\ Campbell, Hamil
ton, Ohio: To the full extent that a
defeated candidate can do so with pro
priety, allow me to offer my congratu
lations and assure you it will give me
pleasure to extend you every courtesy
I can show you in connection with
your inauguration and the commence
ment of your administration.
"J. B. FORAKER."
IT WAS A CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION.
CLEVELAND, November 7.-Com
plete returns from Cleveland city and
county give Foraker 20,403 votes and
Campbell 18,168. Foraker ran from
809 to 1,500 votes behind his ticket-in
fact he was cut by Republicans in
nearly every one of the one hundred
precincts in this county. Eight Re
publican candidates for the General
Assembly were elected by an ample
plurality, and the results in this county,
all things considered, met with the ex
pectations of Governor Foraker's
friends.
In Nortbern Ohio the -Democrats
lost and gained votes in spots. In Sum
mit county, of vchich the flourishing
city of Akron is the capit$l, the Repub
lican loss was something like 1,100.
Akron is a manufacturing city, and
the tariff was niade more or less of an
issue in the campaign there. Late this
evening the impression prevails here,
and it is based on a careful review of
all the returns now at hand, that the
Democrats have a majority of two in
the House of Representatives and pdssi
bly a majority of two in the Senate.
If this should prove to be the case a
Democrat will succeed Henry B. Payne
in the Senate of the United States.
The Senatorial election will occur in
January, 1890.
Ohio has been known as a Republi
can State where all the Republicans
vote, yet it ha' never been represented
at Washington by two Republican Sen
ators. Senator Sherman has always
had a Democratic colleague, and now
Mr. Payne, who is a very old man and
who says that he will not be a candi
date for re-election, will be followed by
another Democrat.
IT LOOKS LIKE A LANDSLIDE.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, November 6.
The Democratic State committee is
claiming the election of Campbell by a
plurality of 12,000 to 15,000, and the
rest of the ticket by pluralities ranging
from 4,000 to 8,000. These conclusions
are reached from meagre returns and
mostly by estimates, but are believed
to be reliable within the range of plu
ralities which are given.
The Republican committee have
nothing upon which they can reliably
dispute the figures, further than they
do not think the plurality of Campbell
will reach over 8,000 or 10,000, and that
the rest of the State ticket will not be
elected by more than 2,000 or 3,000 plu
rality.
Both committees and chairmen seem
to be agreed that the Democrats carry
the Legislature in both branches. It
is not probable the figures as agreed
upon as to membership will be changed
from that which has already been an
nounced, though in some counties they
do not have conclusive information.
From the best at hand gathered from
both headquarters the House will
stand: 61l Democrats and 53 Republi
cns, and Senate 19 Democrats and 17
Republicans. This would give the
Democrats a majority of ten on joint
:allot.
THE VICTORY IN VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND, VA., November 6.-Out
f one hundred counties in tIs State
seventy-nine have been heard from,
m ad out of fourteen cities returns have
een receivedi'from nine. Every city
and county shows a gain for McKinney
ver the vote of 1888. Thus far the
Democrats have elected 70 members to
he House of Delegates and 29 to the
Senate.. The composition of the last
Legislature was: House, 63 Democrats,
7 Republicans; Senate 26 Democrats,
4 Republicans. The latest estimate of
he vote of the State gives McKinney
0,000 majority.
FORTY THOUSAND MA JORITY.
RICHMOND, VA., November 6.-The
Richmond Dispatch will publish a tab
lated statement to-morrow, giving
cKinney a majority of 41,000.
MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, November 6.-The Leg
slature will certainly be Democratic,
ut the returns show that there were
ome surprises and changes. The Leg
slature has 117 members, 26 in the
Senate and 91 in the House of delegates.
n the last senate there were 22 Demo
crats and 4 Republicans; in thbe House
1 Democrats and 20 Republicans. One
aalf the Senators hold over. New Senm
ators were elected in the 1st district of
Baltimore city and in twelve counties.
The new Legislature, from' the latest
returns, will stand; Senate, 18 Demo
crats, and 8 Republicans, a gain of 4
Republicans; House, 55 Demnograts and
36 Republicans, a gain of 16 Republi
cas, and a total of 20 Republican gains
1in both houses.
THE EMPIRE STATE. T
NEW YORK, November 6.-The fol
lowing estimate is made on the result e
in New York State: Plurality for Rice,
Democrat, for secretary of State, 20,906;
Legislature-Senate, 19 Republicans,
13 Democrats; Assembly, 67 Republi
cans, 59 Democrats. In this year's Leg
islature there were 20 Republicans and
12 Democrats in the Senate, and 79 Re
publicans and 49 Democrats in the al
Assembly.
EXCHANGING CONGRATULATIONS. a:
ALBANY, N. Y., November 6.-Gov.
Hill telegraphed Governor Fitzhugh CA
Lee to-day his congratulations on the c
Democratic success in Virginia yester- ,
day, to which he received the follow- y
ing reply:
"Accept my thanks foryour telegram.
The old Commonwealth fought with
splendid success against the blandish- F
ments of the Administration of Wash
ington, some Cabinet officers and the v
reckless exercise of Federal patromige, T
the oratory of numerous Republican a
Congressmen and Senators from out
side, and the grease poured copiously i
on her soil from fat fried from the man
ufacturers.
"Virginia sends her congratulations b
to New York. FITZHUGH LEE." tl
THE INDEPENDENCE OF IOWA. ft
DuBUQUE, IOWA, November 6.-The is
Herald has returns from 67 counties in to
the State. These give Boies a plurality iI
of 13,090. The remaining 32 counties in fc
1887 gave a Republican plurality of is
11,298. On this basis Boies already has
a plurality of 1,792 in 67 counties, so R
that all gains in the remaining 32 coun- H
ties will simply add to his plurality. R
If the same ratio of Democratic gains at
continues through the other thirty-two tc
counties Boies will have a plurality in T
the State of 8,000 to 10,000. It is now 8.
impossible to defeat him and his plu- h,
rality is only a question of gains in the B
remaining one-third of the State. So m
far there is no county, with one or two PI
exceptions, but shows a Democratic B
gam.* e
In counties so far heard from there is p1
an average gain of 365 to each. The to
majority of Boies runs up to'more than ki
6,000. He is almost certain to take up la
the balance of the ticket with him. s
Dubuque County in full gives 4,295 w
majority for Boies, and every man on n
the Democratic ticket is elected.
Senator Allisob is now badly fright- y
ened lest the Legislature may also be fa
lost. -
The Register (Rep.) says: "Returns
from every legislative district show that tb
the next Legislature will stand: Senate,
Republicans 28, Democrats 22: Htise, S
Republicans 52, Democrats 47; doubt
ful 1."
THE LATEST RETURNS. fi
DES MOINES, IOWA, November 6.- d<
Full returns from 95 counties, and the hi
remaining four counties estimated, the pi
same as two years ago, show thatBoies, hi
Democrat, has 5,995 plurality. The of- '5
ficial returns will undoubiedly increase te
this majority to about 7,000. ki
The entire Democratic State ticket, sa
Lieutenant Governor, Justice of the pc
Supreme Court, superintendent of pub- er
lic instruction and railway commis- hi
sinner, is elected. -The Republicans th
claim the Legislature by eight majority
on joint ballot, but the Democrats do lii
not concede more than three. be
THE JERSEY vICTORY GROWs. p1
JERsEY CITY, November 6.-Later th
returns from various portions of New P1
Jersey indicate increased Democratic c
gains. Leon Abbett's plurality for W
Governor is now believed to exceed t
10,000. The political complexion of the se
State Senate is still in doubt and hinges be
upon Atlantic County. The Deniocrat- s
ic State committee is equally confident
of the re-election of Senator Gardner. m
The Assembly will consist of 38 Demo
crats and 22 Republicans. sl
PROHIBITION PLAYED OUT IN NEW JER-0
SEY. r
NEWARK, N. J., November 6.--TheN
Prohibition vote throughout the State
showed a great falling off. At the last th
Gubernatorial election the party polled e.
about 20,000 votes, and less than half
that number was polled yesterday. The
total prohibition vote in Essex County ro
foots up only 597.
A CLOSE VOTE IN THE OLD BAY STATE. wi
BOSTON, November 6.-Returns have foi
now been received from every town in sh
the State except Gosold, which has he
about twenty voters. The final figures, Cc
which may be slightly changed in the da
official returns, give: Brackett, Repub- $2
lican, 126,792; Russell, Democrat, 120,- afl
813; Blackmer, Prohibitionist, 13,854; lef
Brackett's plurality, 5,975. In 1887
Amer, Republican, had 136,000; Dov
ering, Democrat, 118,394; Earl, Pro- in
hiibitionist, 10,94.5. in,
REJOICING AT BIRMINGHAM. no
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., November 6.- H1
Birmingham is engaged to-night in th
celebrating the Democratic victories of ra
Tuesday with bonfires, Roman candles
and skyrockets. The shouts are all for S'I
Campbell, interest having centered in
the Ohio contest.
AN ELECTION OUTRAGE IN VIRGINIA. he
DANvILLE, November 6.-The peo- Ft
pie of South Boston, Haiifax County, af<
are still terribly excited over the at- th
tempted assassination yesterday of the L~
Hon. R. R. Noblin and others by ne-C
groes, who fired on the party from am- u
bush. Noblin was shot in the eye and u
Julian Chappell was shot, but not se
riously. Three negroes have been ar
rested and were brou.ght here to-night
for safe-keeping. b
.A Year in Jail for a Chew of Tobacco. [Si
[From the Philadelphia Press.] na
SCRANTON, Nov. 2.--Patrick White, an
who was convicted this week ofstealing
a .chew of tobacco from James Carroll,
a half wild boy, who refused to give
him any, was to day sentenced to one
year's imprisonment and to pay a fine
of $100
HE STORY OF MAHONE'S AREST.
e Says He did not Shoot Young Harrison,
But the Mayor of Petersburg does not
Believe Him, and Holds Him
in $2,500 Bail.
PETERSBURG, VA., November 6.
he particulars of the arrest of Gen.
[ahone, last night, on the charge of
iooting young Harrison, his tempo
ry confinement in the station house,
id his subsequent release on bail, are
follows:
About 9.30 o'clock it was evident, ac
>rding to the returns, that the Demo
'ts had scored a decided victory.
he result was that some of the best
ung men in the city organized them
Ives in a serenading band, armed
ith a liberal supply of fireworks, apd
roceeded to celebrate the victory.
rom Sycamore street they marched to
[arket street, and thence to a point
try near Gen. Mahone2s residence.
here they fired off Roman candles
id baby-wakers until theil merriment
as interrupted by a volley, which, it
alleged was fired from Gen. Mahone's
ard.
Only one man was shot, however.
e was Mr. Herbert P. Harrison, of
te firm of Gilliam & Harrison, con
ctionery. A warrant was at once
med for Mahone's arrest, and he was
.ken into custody, and while detained
the lock-up, Mayor Collier was sent
r. The case was heard and the fol
wing evidence was adduced:
The first witness sworn was Chas.
amie, son of a New Yorker, but for
any years engaged in business here.
e testified that he and his friends
arted up Sycamore street and went
a point opposite Mahone's house.
here they fired off several. pieces of
eworks, and then either Gen. Ma
)ne, Butler, his son, or ex-policeman
erry discharged firearms into their
idst. The General himself was
ainly visible, as were also Berry and
utler, when witness heard Harrison
:claim he was shot. Then in com
mny with friends, he crossed the street
Mahone's gate, where he was
iocked down by Berry, either by the
tter's fist or by a pistol which he was
>urishing in his hand. His testimony
as corroborated by that of other wit
eses.
The evidence of C. E. Burton, cor
borated by Romaine, established the
et that Harrison was shot by some
rson in the front yard of Mahone's
>use, and that Gen. Mahone acted on
e offensive.
Car Lodelli distinctly heard three
ots fired from Mahone's yard. He
W Mahone with a gun in his hands.
Myer Saal heard two or three shots
ed. "I saw Gen. Mahone with a
uble-barrel breech-loading gun in
s hands. One of the gentlemen ex
essed to Gen. Mahone surprise about
s having a gun, and the General said:
es this is my gun.'" Saal further
tified that Mahone said "he would
11 any one entering his yard, at the
me time clapping his hand on his
cket, and he would protect his prop
y. The General was standing near
B gate, and the shot was fired from
at point."
Mahone said: "I was sitting in my
rary in conversation with Mr: Camp
1 and Col. Barbiere. I heard the ex
rsion of fireworks in the street until
ey got to my house. Some were ex
oded in my yard. The loud reports
used the impression that firearms
are being used in my yard. Desiring
protect my property I walked out and
zed my gun as passed. I saw a num
r of persons at my gate, one of whom
i.:"You have a gun, shoot, -- you.'
ialked down the steps. ~One of the
en said: 'We are only celebrating.' I
lied: 'That's all right, but don't
oot on my premises.' The nmen went
t and others came up from below.
i of them said: 'You have a gun.' I
plied; 'Yes, I have a right to have it.'
t a gun or pistol was fired that I
ow of from the time I went out of
e library to the end of the affair. I
-tainly did not shoot, and I neither
iv nor heard anyone else shoot."
Zen. Mahone's statement was cor
orated by Jas. C. Campbell.
rhe mayor said that the evidence
s of a character to establish cause
the belief that Mahone fired the
ot that wounded Harrison, and that
would sand the case on to Hustings
urt, but as Harrison's wound was not
ngerous bail would be allowed in
,500. Bond was given, and shortly
er midnight Mahone and his friends
t the station honse for their homes.
THE EXCITEMEN r DYING OUT.
PETERSBURG, VA., November 6th.
:erest in the alleged Mvahone shoot
g case has died away. The case will
t come up until the meeting of the
stings Court in January. Harrison,
a man who was shot, is improving
~idly.
ATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, )1
LUCAs COUNTY, S. S. J
E~'ANK J. CHENEY makes oath that
is the senior partner of the firm of
J. Cheney & Co., doing business in
a City of Toledo, county and State
>resaid, and that said firm will pay
a sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
RS for each and every case of
-TARRH that cannot be cured by the
Sof HALL'S CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
worn to before me and subscribed
my presence, this 6th day of Decem
; A. D. 1886. A. W. GL EASON,
lAL] Notary Public.
Tall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter
ly and acts directly on the blood
d mucus surfaces of the system.
d for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
lEPSold by Druggists, 75c.
MATRIMONIAL HARNESS.
Bill Arp Tells How it Works-Some Rat
Reminiscences of Old Time
Fashions.
[From the Sunny South.]
Ah, these women, these wonier
They make me so tired. But it is
sweet service. Here I've been workin
in the harness for forty years and
don't reckon I would be happy if th
harness was off. I know I wouldeni
for sometimes when Mrs. Arp goes of
to spend the day I don't feel naturs
about the house. I want somebody t
order me around in a sweet feminin
way. "William, that stick that we
between the sash has fallen out and i
down there on the ground. Don't yoi
feel the cold air coming in ?" "Williai
the clock needs cleaning very bad. I
stopped twice yesterday. Hadent yoi
better take it down to Mr. Baker's?
"William, I wish you would get a litti
paint and give the old mantiepiece ;
coat. You have scraped so man;
matches on it to light your old pip
that it is a sight. A little can of pre
pared paint won't cost much. An<
that old grate needs a coat of polisb
Oh, I did see some of the lovelies
grates down at the Exposition an<
these tiles for hearths were exquisite
I don't mean for you to buy any bu
I'm just telling you. Somehow when
ever I tell you about the beautifu
things I see, you look like you diden
have a friend in the world. Of cours
I don't mean that I want you to bu:
them. William, what am I~to do wit]
the flowers ? The geraniums and ver
benas and all the potted .plants. The
winter is coming on and I do wish w4
had a little pit somewhere. It will b
a pity to lose them. Hattie has had i
pit dug and says it did'nt cost but tw<
dollars, and she is going ' to cover i
with a cloth frame." "Sam Pitts dig
pits," she continued. "Sam Pitts dig
pits," said I, and so I sent for Uncli
Sam and marked off the place six b;
ten and squared it according to rul<
and he had been digging for a few min
utes when Mrs. Arp raised the windoa
and said she thought it was a little to
far that way and so I moved the mark
a couple of feet and began digginj
again. In a little while she came ou
and said it was too far this way and s
I moved it back where it was at first
and she said that it was about righ
now. She think that I split the differ
ence but I did'nt. The next day shi
asked me in a gentle voice how muci
a brick wall around the top would cost
a briCk all,aboutthree. feet high of
one side and a foot high on the other
"And sash with glass for a cover," said
I, for I knew she was thinking aboul
it. She smiled sweetly and said "yes.'
I scratched a match on the mantle anc
lit my pipe and ruminated. That way
yesterday. Mr. White is making thi
sash to-day, aid the brick mason i
building the wall and I am still in har
ness. Alex. Stevens said he wanted t<
die in harness, and he did but he nevel
knew anything about matrimonia
breeching or he would have wanted t<
live and not die at all. What wouli
become of a man if he did'nt have
woman to keep him lively. When~ we
were in Atlanta the other day my wif<
asked me for five dollars to buy a paii
of shoes. "Have shoes gone up," sail
I as I handed her the money. "No
but I have," she said, "I want a fin<
pair, shoes that are as soft as glove kid
you owe me lots of shoe money, yoi
promised me before we were mnarri
that you would give me thirteen paii
a year, don't you remember?" "Yes,'
said I, "and you have had them, ani
more too." How can a woman raise
ten children on less than thirteen paii
a year. But I would have promised
you anything then; I would havy
clinmed the Chimborazo mountains and
fought a tiger for you then-a smnal
tiger; but I would fight a big one now
Here, take another five and buy yoi
some fine stockings to go with the
shoes-but don't buy black ones;]
despise to see a white woman weal
black stockings. It is like a heather
Chinee blacking her teeth. I wish]
had the making of the fashions. I se4
that bustles have gone out at last and;]
am glad of it. I never did like thos<
unnatural humps on a woman's back
They have been in and out a dozer
times since I was a boy, and so have
hoopskirts. It is funny to see a nev
fashion come in and go out. There are
women in my town still wvearin~
bustles. They feel sorter shamed t<
leave them off all of a sudden. But
they will fall into line and slim dowi
before long. They have done slimmed
at my house; they keep up pretty well
I saw lots of nice ladies at the fair wht
were behind and so were their bustles
but they were from the country and
little towns and hadn't caught up. It
is a good deal of trouble to alter
bustle dress to a no bustle dress, and all
the mysterious garments underneati
have to be altered, too, and that is why
it takes a fashion so long to run out; il
costs money and work. Now if the
ladies will cut off about four inches oj
their skirts and keep out of the winter'f
mud,.they will be all right. Let thern
show their ankles if they want to.
There is nothing prettier than the poe
try of motion that is in a lady's foot
and ankle when she walks. It pleases
an old man mightily.
But the men have passed througt
some very ridiculous fashions, too.
When I was in my teens and had be
gun to notice the girls and put oil on
my hair and cinnamon drops on my
handkerchief, the fashion was to wear
short pants and straps-leather straps
about an inch wide that came under
the shoe and fastened to a buttor
sewed on the inside of the pants. When
a fellow sat down t he whole concern
was drawn as tight as an eel skin and
there was a continual strain on the
r straps at the bottom and the suspen
ders at the top. Sometimes a button
broke or a strap bursted under peculiar
circumstances and then the pants
crawled up amazingly.
aOne day I was riding out with my
g sweetheart and the catastrophe hap
I pened as we were running a galloping
e race up a long hill and my pants
crawled up to my knee'and carried the
undergarment along and it was on her
side of the house, and she laughed and
o laughed until she like to have fallen off
e and I had to get down and cut a shaver
e off of a rail and fasten the strap on
again. The mischievous thing told it
on me and I never got even with her
until one day her bustle came untied
and dropped off as she was passing my
store and I picked it up and handed it
,, to her with a bow as polite as a French
e man, and said: "Miss Mary, your shoe
s strap is broken." The bustles. of that
day were shaped like a new moon and
stuffed with bran, They were general
ly about as large as a hoe handle and
tapered out to a point at each end, but
the more style the bigger the bustle.
t They were all home made and were
considered a very sacred a mysterious
article of feminine furniture. Some
times one of these big ones would rip
from long wear and tear and the bran
I would leak out as the woman wiggled
t along and you could track her all the
way home- -just like the hogs would
track a mill boy when there was a hole
in his corn sack. I remember when the
hoop skirts of a high flying woman was
three feet across at the bottom and
when she stood up close against the
counter her dress didn't need any
shortening behind. It was a sight of
trouble to squeeze them in the pews of
t the churches and sometimes they be
haved in a very unseemly manne'
when the wind was blowing in a shifty
way.
I remember when the college boys
wore boots according to their polities.
The toes were shaped like a duck's bill
and were turned up and overon the top
of the foot like a skate, and if the boy
was a Whig he had CLAY printed on
the toes in large letters, and if he was
a Democrat he had POLK printed
there, and so they walked about stick
ing their politics in everybody's faces.
But after all I believe the women of
this generation are more reasonable in
their deeds than for many generations
past. Three thousand years ago they
were fast-very fast, for Isaiah tells
about "the bravery of thei tukling
ornanentg about their feet and their
cauls and round tires like the moon
(bustles I reckon,) their chains and
bracelets and muffets, the bonnets and
the ornaments of the legs and head
bands and tablets and earrings and
rings, and hose jewels and changeable
suits of apparel, and the mantles and
whimples and crisping pins and hoods
and vails." Oh! it took a light to set
up one of those ?high-fiying Hebrew
women, and the Prophet went for
them as fiercely as old Allen Turner
used to go for our, women a half a cen
tury ago. "If that young woman with
her green bonnet on the back of her
head, and the devil's mnartingales
around her neck, and her stirups in her
ears don't quit her giggling, Il point
her out to the congregation." Yes,
we are all doing better-except some.
.ButlImust stop now for Mrs. Arp isi
calling me to come and put out some
chrysanthemums, and I'm so tired.
BILL AR.
Why the Bill Failed.
An attempt was recently made in the
Georgia Legislature to pass a bilto tax
dogs. The bill failed to pass, and the
reason is probably found in the follow
ing "unanswerable" argumneit of Mc
Iver, the colored member from Liberty
County:
"Mr. Speaker: It gives me much
pleasure, sir, to address an able speaker,.
sir, to address an able speaker as thou
art, expert in all customs. It give me
pleasure I say, sir, to address you. I
stand before you, sir, aM aul did before
Agrippa, sir. I was once for the tax of
dogs, but when I found my constitu
ents are against I also turn against it,
sir. Ilam against the dog tax, sir, be
cause the dog'is the poor man'sproper
ty. If a dog is vicious put the buck
shot to him, sir. What would some of
the poor country people do without a
posum dog. A 'possum in a poor
man's home is like a stall fed beef is to
you, sir. So I hope that this honorable
body will !ote down the dog tax, sir.
When the Yankees left us we had
neither a hoe nor an ax. If it had not
been sor our good friends what would
have become of us ? Multum in a
parrox.'
A General Tle-Up,
of all the means of public conveyance
in a large city, even for a few hours,
during a strike of the employee means
a igeneral paralyzing of trade and in
dustry for the .tigne bcing, and is at
-teuded with an enormous aggregate
loss to the community. How much.
more serious to the individual is the
general tie-up of his system, known as
constipation and due to the strike of
the most important organs for more
prudent treatment and better care. If
too long neglected, a torpid or sluggish
liver will produce serious forms of kid
ney and liver diseases, malarial trouble
and chronic dyspepsia. Dr. -Pierce's
Pleasant Purgative Pelets are a preven
tive and cure of these disorders. They
are prompt, sure and effective, pleasant
*to take, and nnattivelv' harmless.
HOW OHIO WENT POLITICALLY..
A Kentucky Postmaster Objects to the
Manner in Which the News was
Conveyed to Him. -
WASHINGTON, November 8.-The
following telegram has been received
by the Postmaster GeneraL:
LouISA, Ky.. Novomber 7,1889.-To
the Hon. John Wanamaker, Postmas
ter General, Washington, D. C.
claim protection and redress at the.,
hands of the Government. I am post
master at this place and had. the hand
somest fourth-class office in Northeast
Kentucky, surpassing many presiden
tial omces.
"My office this morning is con
pletely demolished, being the work of
a few persons wanting to let postmaster
here know how Ohio had gone politi-- '
cally. They used high explosives,
dynamite and other combustibles,
caved in the fromt door, biroke every
window in the front of the building
threw open the shutters, and this morn- '
ing I find my office little or no protecX
tion to the United States mails,
pouches or money order deposits. This
being a distributing office the finding
of the guilty parties will be an easy ,
task for the detective force.
R C. MCCLuR,
"Postmaster.
The. postmaster general has insti
tuted an investigation of matters con
tained in this telegram.
HELPING JOHNS HOPKINS.
The Munifcent Gift of an Aged Lady to
Baltimore's Cherished University.
BALTIMORE, November 8.-The trus
teeslof Johns Hopkins University were.
summoned to the city hall this mor
ing by Mayor Latrobe. When they
were seated the mayor announced thy
he had been instructed by Mrs. Caro-r
line Donovan, of Baltimore, widow ot...
a New York merchant, to -present ti
the University a check for $100,000.
Mrs. Donovan expresses a preference
that it be used to found a chair for
glish literature, though if the trustees .
see fit to make other use of the oin '
they may act according to their bsp
judgment.
Ex-Judge Geo Dobbin, president
the board of trustees, after a conferen
with-the board, announced that tl
accepted the money as asacredtr
found a chair of English literatu..
He expressed thefr especial
tion that the wo.k of the Univ
so appreciated " by one ,unii
}he,Mr onh -is.8yeai
age, and made this money h
fortunate investments. She had
ready provided for all her blood rela
tions, and thus made generous-g
without causing family jeaiousies.
THE BATTLE OF BEOWNSBURG
A Bloody Fightin a Little Town In Rec
bridge County, Virginia.
LEXINGTON, Va., Nov. 8.-Reports-'
received here from Brownsburg, a .9
small village of about., three hundred ~
people in Rockbridge Count,y, fourteen~
miles north of Lexington, state that
the village is in a high state of excite
nient to-night over a terrible and bloody
fight between the leading men of the
vicinity. Three persons are dead or~
fatally wounded, while a number of
others are severely injured.
The news received from Brownsburg,-..
which is off the line of communicatiorg
says that Dr. P. T. Walker, one of the@..
most prominent physicians and sur -
geons of the State, had threatened the.
life of Henry Miller, a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Rockbridge County,
for insulting the former's wife. Miller
had Walker arrested and placed under
bonds to keep the peace.
Between 3 and 4 o'clock this morn
ing the case came up in the Magis
trate's Court and the trouble soon.
started, which ended in both sides
drawing their weapons. Millst was
killed, Dr. Walker was fatally hurt and
Mrs. Walker, who was in Court as a
witness, was- killed. Dan and Win.
Miller, sons of the accused, were shot
and dangerously wounded. Samuel
Beaner and others, whose names are
unknown, are also injured. Full de
tails of the affair are not obtainable.
The sheriff and a posse have gone to
the scene of the trouble. '
LANCHING FEARED.
LEXINGTON, November 9.-Dr. D. y.
Walker, who was wounded in thet
Brownaburg affair, on Friday evening ,
has died from his wounds. Dave Mil
ler Is mortally wounded and his broth
ers, George, James and William, im
plicated in the shooting of Walker and
his wife, are in jail. Lynching is fear'ed
Big Bequests With a Queer Condition.
[From the Atlaa Constitution.]
To-day the will of the late Ferdinand X
Phinizy was admitted to probate in the
court of ordinary in Clarke county. Mr.
Phinizy left very handsome bequests
to Boggs Chapel, Oconee Church, and
Centre Churc i Oglethrope county,
on condition that the churches shal
never have organs or any other musi
cal instruments in the house. Saving
these legacies, the estate is to be divided
among the widow said children of the -
deceased. The estate has not yet been -
appraised, but ;it will go considerably
over a million.
Woman's Work.
There is no end to the tasks which
daily confront the good housewife.. To
be a successful housekeeper, the fisb
requisite is good health. How cana
woman contend against the trials and
worries of housekeeping if she be suf
fering from those distressing irregu- ~
larities, ailments and weaknesses pecu
liar to her sex ? Dr. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription is a specific ror these dis
orders. The only remedy, sold by '
druggists, under a positive guarantee
from the manufacturers. Satisfaction
guaranteed in every case, or money re
funded. See printed guarantee on bot.
tIe wrapper.

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