A SOLIUKKN I'liEACHEfi.
The History ot Sam Jones, Who Is Waking
Up the Georgia Churches.
It is not an uncommon thing, writes
a Macon, Ga.. correspondent 10 The
Philadelphia Times, for a man not
worth a thousand dollars, who lives in
a small country town in a plain house
not fully paid for, to refuse the arit'tof
a 10,000 house in a large city, and
yet that is what Sam Jones did the
other day in Nashville. And who is
Sam Jones?
Written on the conference minutes
it reads: "Samuel Parkes Jones, agent
Orphans' home," but nobody writes
him reverend and everybody calls him
Sam. He is 36 years old, was born in
Alabama, was brought up in Georgia.
His father was a lawyer, and his moth
er a sensible, intelligent, and excellent
woman. Sam was a precocious boy.
He was always ready for a lively time,
a dog-tight, fisticuff, a fishing frolic,
or a speech. When he was 5 years
old he was booked for a speech at a
school exhibition. He ended his
speech with the prophecy:
Some day yoiTll bear in thunder tones
The famous name of Sammy Jones.
He went to the best schools and took
in what he learned by absorption. No
body saw him stud', but he knew
more than any of his fellows. The
teachers loved him, laughed at him,
and lathered him. He was full of
mischief, and was about 16 years old
when he began to fall into bad ways.
He was no vagabond, never a gambler,
a thief, or a coward, but he would get
on sprees, much to the grief of his
gooil mother and father.
His father took him into his office
and Sam soon was "S. P. Jones, Esq.,
attorney-at-law." He had no practice
and no money, but he met a bright
Kentucky girl and married her. He
ran an engine and drove a dray to make
aliving. One day Sam, who was em
ployed in running an engine which
was connected with an ore-crusher at
a furnace, was much annovcd by those
who fed the crusher putting pieces of
rock into the hopper and throwing the
whole of the machinery out of gear.
Sam declared very emphatically his
intention to knock the head off the
next man who did it. It was done di
rectly, and by a burly Irishman. Sam
seized a hammer and knocked the
Irishman down. Next day Sain was
coming from his cabin, and in an open
space, some distance from everyone,
stood his antagonist of the preceding
day.
"Ye struck meyisterday," said Pat:
'no moil ever strikes me net who
does not strike me again n
"Now, pat," said Sam, "we are
about even. You did what I told you
not to do, and I knocked you, as I said
I would; I don't bear malice; let's drop
the matter."
BuL the Irishman declared his deter
mination to have a tight then and there.
The Irishman had only sue eye. Sam
looked at him with perfect coolness.
"Pat,1' fa said, "I don't want to
fight you; I can't; you could whip me
in a minute;: but I tell you what I will
do, you've got but one eye, and if you
Jay jour hand on me, sure as j-ou are
living, I will gouge your eye out, and
you will be as blind as a hat."
That settled it. Pat knew his man,
and muttering, "The nion that will
gouge is a .coward," left Sam alone.
One day iCapt, Jones fell sick, and
in a little'whrtethe prodigal Sam stood
Dy a dying tether. He wits broken
with remorse. The father died and a
great change ame over Sam. He
gave up hie bad habits, and in two
weeks he was getting ready to preach.
That fall I -saw 'him for the first time
a sallow, thin-laced, slouchy little
fellow, with alkeen black eye; .He came
to conference for a circuit. He got
odc He went c it. He did not know
much about theology then, i? truth,
he doesn't 'know much now, but he
knew men ami lie knew their needs,
and fee began to preach what he knew.
He made men Hough and he made men
cry and be 'made men angry, and one
day he lost his temper and came.very
near whipping a blacksmith who
angered him. He was rather unmerci
ful to niem whose religion was all
mouth or all 'tears.
In two year we took Sam intoithe
conference, and settled it that he
would do. Since then he has won 'his
way. He cam draw a larger audience
in Atlanta to-day than Gough could,
or Edwin Booth did. He went to
Memphis, to Huntsville, teiKno&ville,
to Brooklyn, and at last te Nashville.
They built him ;a great itent there.
They abused ihim, placarded ihim,
threatened him, and rallied around
hi. The result 'Of three weeks' meet
ings was one thousand new -members
to the churches and two thousand .con
versions. Sam Jones' sayings have .become
common property. They are 'his own.
They are gathered from all sources,
they always have point. "Brother
Jones,"1 said a nervous brother, "what
makes you chew tobacco?" -"To get
the juice out," said Sam. Sam .Jones
is like no one and m one is like ihim.
He is simply Sam Jiones, who loves
the good, scorns the mean, and helps
the weak.
A Reformer.
A slim man with a canning fac5 fend
been found guilty in a New Yorkeoitr.t
Df picking pockets. The jude said:
"This is your second offense. I
will give yoe three years in the peni
tentiary."' "I deserve it, judge; I want to have
r chance to reform."
"You will get it."
I will come out of the penitentiary
a better man than when I went in.
Do E have to go there at onc?"
"Certainly."
"That's bad. I bate to be shtstup just
at the time when this BarthoUii circus
is in full blast. If had a fair chance
you bet I'd work the crowd for all it
Was worth." 2'ex'it Si flings.
A Dubious Idea.
The publishers of an English weekly
newspaper offer to pay $500 to the
heirs ot any person found dead with
a copy of the paper on his person.
This advertisement will attract atten
tion and raise a good deal of discus
sion, for it does not appear on its face
whether the offer is in the nature of
an insurance against death, or simply
puts a premium on .murder Boston
Advertiser.
Thieves ac Weddings.
"Thieves are not up to the tricks
here that they are in the East," re
marked a Central Station detective in
the course of a conversation last evening.
"How's that?"
NOTES FOR THE FARM MD HOME.
inquired a Daily News
reporter.
"Why, they are not so 'fly,' and
there are many tricks they do there
that I have never heard of being done
here, notably the sneak-act at big wed
dings, when valuable presents are on
exhibition."
"That's where you are wrong,"
interrupted a grizzled policeman, wno
has, since his first connection with the
force, acted as patrolman, detective,
lieutenant, and patrollman, again.
"That game's an old 'un here; and
many's the good time I've had a
watchin' 'em. Why, ten years ago
there were two or three clever confi
dence men and sneak-thieves wlic
worked that game pretty successfully,
but they were compelled to abandon
it and leave the city, as they knew we
got onto 'em. They came here from
the East; had traveled extensively:
lived in London a number of years and
knew manv of the notables; had gam
bled at Monaco, rested in ihe Champs Agatha.
mjotca ut Anus, auu, iu weie
men who had 'blood' in their veins
and had seen the world. They soon
became favorites and mingled in the
best of society. American society is
manufactured anyhow, you know, and
not very hard to get aiong with, so
that a man can be a mechanic the first
few years of his life and end it up a'sas
siety man." Well, these young fellers,
as 1 said, got into society, and when
ever there was a swell wedding they
always managed to get an invitation.
It also got to be a regular thing for
some of the most valuable of the pers
ents to be stolen or 'sneaked' during
the eveening, but no one could im
agine who were the thieves. The thing
became so regular, however, that an
other officer and myself were detailed
to work it up. We had to go to the
weddings and wear swallow-tails, just
like the rest of 'em. We spotted thes e
foreign high-flyers the first night, but
did not catch 'em taking any jewelry,
although some was missed. "We spent
the next few days in finding out who
they were, and the next wedding had
the table holding the gifts placed in
front of a closet door. This door we
left open just wide enough to see the
table. My partner worked on the out
side and I did the closet business. At
a certain time two of the foreigners
approached the table. There was a
crowd of guests around it, but I saw
one of 'em pick up a diamond solitaire.
I gave the signal and both of 'em were
nabbed. We searched them catefully,
but it could not be found, and we
were compelled to let 'em go. The
lady of the house was very" indignant
and did not believe that" they were
guilty but I was sure of it. The next
day they skipped, and a week later
I received a short note. It was signed
by a noted New York thief and said:
'You dashed fool, I am the foreigner
jou searched the other night. Had
you examined a small pocket in one
of my socks you would have found
your precious bauble. I sold it yerster
day for 200, Many thanks.' The last
time I heard of hiin he was in London.
"At another time, on Wabash ave
nue, t caught a yoang aristocrat who
had always borne a good reputation
and whose father was wealthy. He
had suceeded in 'nipping' a valuable
bracelet. The matter was hushed up,
though, by the property being return
ed, and the young man was sent away
from town."
"Do you have many requests for de
tectives at big weddings?" was asked
one of the heads of ithe detective de
partment. "Very rarely," be responded. "A
policeman generally does the work by
watching on the outside, and sneaks
have no chance of getting in. J have
not heard of a loss at a wedding since
I have been in the detective depart
ment. Chicago Seme.
Household Information,
Gixe. Can prepare a glue that will
resist damp thus: Dissolve glue in
boiled linseed oil; or, melt one pound
of glue in two quarts of skimmed milk ;
add four ounces of shellac, and one
ounce of borax boiled in a little water,
and evaporated by heat to a paste.
For Children. Try the following
simple remedy for constipation in chil
dren. Soak a tablespoonful of fine
bran in milk, warm it near the boiling
point, pour it on bread and give it night
and morning to each child. Dried figs
eaten freely are very good for this
trouble in either children or adults.
Freckles. A preparation commonly
used for removing freckles is thus
made : Sulpho-carbolate of zinc, two
parts; distilled glycerine, twenty-five
parts, rose-water, twenty-five parts,
scented alchohol, five parts. Apply
twice daily for from half an hour to an
hour, and wash off with cold water.
This is said net to injure the skin. For
To Preserve Flowers. Put par
affine in a vess.il over the fire and heat
it until it melts, but do not let it get
heated beyond the melting point. Into
this dip the flowers one at a time, hold
ing them by the stems and moving them
about for an instant to get rid of air
bubbles. The flowers should be free
from moisture before being immersed
in the parafnne.
To the person who asks for a remedy
or preventive against snoring, I would
say : It is only with the mouth open
that snoring can be accomplished dur
ing sleep. Awake, if the nose is closed
by the thumb and fingers, by taking a
forcible breath, it is possible to snore,
and the same result may be accomplish
ed with the mouth shut and the nose
open. The only preventive against
snoring is to bandage the jaws so the
mouth cannot be opened during sleep.
Cleaning Matting. To clean and
freshen old matting, rub it with a
cloth wet in salt water, being careful
not to allow any drops of water to dry
in the matting, as they will leave spots
difficult to remove. Heavy, varnished
furniture should never rest directly up
on the matting, for even good varnish,
becoming soft in warm weather, will
stain the straw. Matting may be turn
ed if the loose .ends of the cords are
threaded in a large needle and drawn
through to the other side.
Ointment for Wounds. Take equal
parts of parsley, plantain leaves,
groundsill and chick weed; well bruise
the whole, extract the juice by squeez
ing it through a muslin or flannel bag;
get a piece of fiay from the pork butch
ers, beat it well with a rolling pin and
then put it in an earthenware vessel
near a slow fire, and melt it down with
out salt; when you have it done suffi
cient, strain it into a clear gallipot and
put the juice of yonr herbs with it,
stirring it ; let it stand by the fire and
gently simmer one hour, then stand it
aside. When cold it is 'fit for use.
This is an excellent ointment for scald
head.
A Dreaded Plague.
Few persons are aware that ijeprosy
still prevails to a certain extent in var
ious parts of the wrld. The Chinese
are popularly believed to be the only
people especially subject to it. Medi
cal writings show. Itoowever, thatt it is
not only widely distributed in India,
China, some portions of Europe, the
Sandwich islands, and the West indies,
but that in this country there are sev
eral centers where eases have been ob
served. One of these leprous centers
is Louisiana, where the disease has ex
isted for over a century. It was at i
one time so prevalent that in 1785 a
leper hospital was erected at New
Orleans. Within a few years past j
quite a number of cases have been .re- j
ported in' lower Louisiana, and five or
six years ago an official investigation j
was ordered by the legislature.
iOn the Bay of Chaleurs, in New i
Brunswick, there has .been a leper I
hospital for many years. The disease !
has been considerably restricted by j
governmental supervision, and seenas j
in a fair way of soon disappearing
there altogether.
The disease has been imported int
Minnesota by Norwegian .emigrants,
but is said to be on the decline in that
State. In California it is reported to
be frequently among the Chinese. No j
reliable statistics of its prevalence
there aire, however, available.
In this city several cases of the dis- ;
.ease hare developed within the past i
ten years. Cases have been reported
in the medical journals by two of our j
physicians, who have made a careful
investigation into the subject. One of
the cases has never fceen away froru j
the city, showing that the disease was
acquired here.
Whether leprosy is contagious or not !
is a mooted question. Physicians dis- :
agree upon this point, as they do on
so many others. The weight of evi- -dence
is to the effect that there is great
danger from eontagion. Leprosy is ;
absolutely incurable by any method ot .
treatment known to the medical facul- j
ty, and it is fortunate that it is as rare
as it is. Baltimore Times. j
Kalsomine. Soak four ounces of
white gluo over night in cold water and
in "the morning heat till it is perfectly
dissolved. Mix the whiting with hot
water, stir the two thoroughly together,
anfi have the wash the consistence of
thick cream. Apply warm with a kal
somine brush, brushing it well in and
finishing it as you go on. If warm skim
milk is used instead of water, the glue
may be omitted. Before the wash is
applied all holes and crevices should be
stopped with plaster of Paris mixed
with water. Colors to tint the walls
may be procured at any paint store. If
zinc white is used instead of whiting, it
will last white for years. The first ex
pense is more, but the investment pays.
Use first a sizing of white glue.
Paint. The odor of fresh paint,
though very unpleasant to some people,
is said to be harmless. "Neither metal
lic lead nor any of its many compounds
used in painting are sensibly volatile at
the (temperature of the atmosphere.
Dry white lead is inodorous, and the
paste of white lead smells only of the
oil in which it is ground. The smell of
ordinary paint is not the smell of the
pigment, nor of the solid color
ing matter or the body of the paint, but
simply 'of the linseed oil and tupentine. "
We quote from an authority. F. W.
need not hesitate from any fear of
poisoning from white lead to occupy
her house while painting is going -on
within it.
South Auatralia is coming into competition
with Soatu Africa as an ostrich-farming
region. Th feathers thus far produced are
ot superior quality and bring high prices:
moreover, tue euicKens seem h arrive &i
Agricultural Miscellany.
In some parts of the country corn
stalks are mever stacked or taken into
account. In a few places yet the corn
itself is never husked or harvested, but
left standing, while cattle and hogs are
turned into the fields in Winter to help
themselves. In Virginia 10 per cent of
the crop, or mearly 3,000,000 buseels,
was left in the field over Winter last
year; in Tennessee, 5 per cent, or
3,286,000 bushels. Kentucky and Ohio
had each nearly . 000.000 bushels, while
Illinois left 17,118,000 bushels unhar
vested. Thrifty Kansas left 23 per cent
of hear crop, or 21,905,000 bushels, un
gathered, while ia the whole United
States 110,811.000 bushels were left to
mercy of Winter weather under this
primitire form of husbandry.
The food exerts a great influence up
on the quality of the butter. Cotton
seed meal makes hard butter with a
good color but a disagreeable flavor ;
linseed meal makes soft, greasy, light
colored butter. The best quality of
butter is made from yellow cornmeal
with one-third its bulk of coarse mid
dlings with the bran in it. Clover hay
should be fed for butter, nnd pea meal
is thought to he the richest food for
making turner. no doubt it it were
plumfvuearing much earlier tuan at the cape. I mlxl m e1uaI proportions with fine
yellow corn meal and coarse middlings
the mixture would make the finest and
most butter. If one doubts the effect
of food upon milk, and necessarily upon
butter, he may feed some wild onions,
cabbages, turnips, or ragweed hay,
when he will soon be convinced of the
fact.
As a rule it is best to plow in manure,
but not deeply so as to bury it. It does
the most good when it is mixed with
the soil, as it is absorbent of moisture
and helps to keep the soil from drying.
It is also then in the best condition for
decomposing and helping to exert a fa
vorable effect upon the soil to a far
greater extent than if it were spread on
the surface and dried by the wind and
sun, and therefore inert in every way.
Besides, when it is well mixed with the
soil by plowing and harrowing it fur
nishes food to the roots of plants in
precisely the place where they can find
it. while if it is on the surface it is out
of their reach, as the roots as a rule do
not try to go that way.
Dr. John R. Woods, of Virginia, tells
how he makes extra fine hams. At the
outset there must be the right sort of a
hog, perfectly fattened. This does not
mean any hog fed on corn, but one
which has a well developed ham to start
with, and then the animal must be kept
healthy. The Doctor gives plenty of
charcoal, which keeps the stomach in
order and the digestion perfect. Then
he believes in sulphur and ashes to
cleanse the blood, and salt also, as the
hogs seem to crave it. Hams made from
hogs selected and fattened in this way,
and all of the flesh, "will be greatly su
perior to that of hogs carelessly fatten
ed," and when corn is the principal
food "it is better worth 60 cents a
bushel than 20 or 25 fed in the usual
mode. Franklin D. Curtis, Kir by
Homestead, N. Y.
r"' Good Bales .
The following rules are commonplace
enough, but we can assure our readers
that if they will observe every one of
the rules, they will be anything but
commonplace men and women :
Don't stop to tell stories in business
hours.
If yon have a place of business, be
found there when wanted.
No man can get rich sitting around
stores and saloons.
Have order, system, regularity, and
also promptness.
Do not meddle with business you
know nothing of.
Pay as you go.
A man of honor respects his word as
he does his bond.
Help others, but never give what you
cannot afford to, simply because it is
fashionable to. give,
Learn to think and act for yourself.
Washing Flannels.
An English journal gives the follow
ing practical hints on the subject :
"Take as much good washing soap
as seems requsite ; pare it up fine, pour
over some boiling water, and let it stand
till the soap is quite dissolved, stirring
it 'Occasionally. If left to stand for
some hours, it will too found to be a
hick jelly. Add to this sufficient
warm water to wash the flannels in one
fey one. Knead them about well, but
do not rub any soap on the flannels,
and do not rinse them in plain water,
but have ready another lather, warm
and well blued, in which rinse out the
flannels. Do not wring them at all
tightly. A m ringing-machine does
them much more effectually than
the hand. The freer from water
you can get them the softer they will be.
Hang them out, if fine, immediately;
if not, dry them in front of the fire. If
left to stand wet, the flannels invariably
shrink. The great mistake in washing
flannels is, 1st, washing them in too hot
water they should never he put into
hotter water thorn you can comfortably
bear your hand m ; 2d, rinsing them in
cold water instead of a good warm lath
er ; ard 3d, letting them lie in ihe tub
instead of at once hanging them to dry.
Many persons efbject to flannels being
ironed. For my -own part, I always run
a cool iron over all shirts, petticoats,
etc., with gathers and plaits i, but not
others. Those that are to be iron ed I
fold up for an hour or two when slightly
damp. The remainder I shake out
several times when drying, which
makes them softer, and tales out
any creases. I never use either soda or
any kind of dry soap in washing
blankets or flannels, as it has a tendency
to discolor them:; but I use mame than
twice as much blue as I should do in
washing linen or calico, though great
care must be taken to mix the blue
well in the lather, or it will be streaky.
'Colored flannels should always be
washed last, and be rinsed in a plain,
warm lather without blue. Recently
we washed fourteen blankets, with the
use of a machine, following the direc
tions given above, and they are beauti
fully soft and white, not having shrank
at all. I may add that blankets should
be taken down when half dry, well
shaken, and then hong up till quite
drv."
Fashion for Hair Dressing1 for 1885.
Agreed by the Hair Dealers' Association.
The spring and summer fashions for
ladies hair dressing will not change ma
terially from the styles which have pre
vailed during the winter; the hair con
tinues to be worn high, the bow knot
on the crown of the head, with a few
waves and short curls tapering toward
the neck, being almost universal for
ordinary wear. The front half is worn
very fluffy in Pompadour shape, a per
fect rrest of short waves and ring curls ;
many ladies use a small Pompadour roll
to heighten the front hair, and pin their
front coiffures. These styles are worn
by young ladies also, but there are
many ladies, particularly those whose
hair is turning gray, who do not think
these curls are dignified, and who pre
fer to wear the hair parted in the centre
and waved in large waves at the sides,
"Madonna style."
The straight bang is still worn by aJ
forf Mlt civi f.t fiia lit.f.la nodi irivlo il
fancy stores have adopted this style,
this fashion is on the wane. Fashion
able hairdressers' stores are filled with
different styles of ornamental hair goods,
all intended to save the ladies the trou
ble of arranging their own hair. Never
was additional hair so much worn as at
present, although it does not appear so,
as it is not fashionable to wear bulky
chignons. But the front coiffures which
often cover almost all the head, are so
artistically made that no one would
suipose that they are mere conveniences,
removable at will. A fashionable lady
can thus appear as a blonde or a bru
nette, or with golden auburn locks, as
it may please her fancy, as many do.
Shell pins, plain, are used altogether
for arranging the loops of hair. Fancy
shell pins, silver and Rhine stone orna
ments in endless variety, are worn in the
back hair. For evening wear, pufls ol
flowers and feathers. For young ladies,
knots of flowing ribbons.
Seeding to Grass.
As the seeding to grass is a costly
operation, anil also an important one, it
should be done in the best manner. It
is not the best way to sow the seed on
Fall grain and leave it to grow or die as
it may happen. It is the best way to
prepare the soil well and sow the seed
by itself, and this may be done after a
grain crop is removed in July or early
in August. Clover thus sown with tim
othy or orchard grass will be strong
enough before the Winter to stand the
exposure, and will be equally forward
tho next year as if it had been sown in
the Spring on the grain. The old
fashioned way of seeding to grass and
clover should be abandoned and every
possible care be taken to get the soil in
the best condition for the seed, and to
put the seed in in the best manner,
covering it with a brush harrow and by
rolling.
Low Water in Wells a Cause of Typhoid
Fever.
Dr. Henry B. Baker, Secretary ci
the Michigan State Board of Health,
has collected statistics throughout the
State regarding the cause of the great
prevalence of typhoid fever during part
of 1881-82. He finds a close relation
between the prevalence of this disease
and low water in wells. The theory is
that when the water is low it is less
pure, and the germs of typhoid fever
develop more abundantly and become
more concentrated in the well. The
remedy would seem to be thorough fil
tration and other purification. Shal
low wells are equally as dangerous as
where the water is low. Some facts
regarding the impurity of shallow well
water have been made known by the
analysis of the water in 418 of them in
England. They certainly show, as a
rule, a frightful state of contamination,
the organic nitrogen to .070, in 100 000
parts of the water. One of the purest
shallow wells contains only .053 organic
carbon, and .003 organic nitrogen,
whilst a very bad specimen contains as
much as. 931 organic carbon and .940
organic nitrogen. The enormously
large proportion of the latter points
distinctly to animal contamination, and
this sample is, indeed, a great deal
worse than any one of the seventy-six
samples of land drainage from sewage
farms. In many places in our own
country shallow wells are to be found,
and there can be no doubt they are a
frequent cause of disease.
Invest on the Home Farm.
Many a ruralist would greatly aug
ment his prosperity by devoting more
means to personal and other improve
ments upon his farmstead. Somebody
has said, and we think sensibly, that
one of the greatest leaks on a farm is
the practice of robbing it to get money
to put into a savings bank. In such a
bank of deposit four or five per cent,
interest may be secured if the cashier
don't happen to be operating in Wall
street or speculating elsewhere while
the same money put back on the farm
in the way of improved stock, machin
ery, better buildings, underdraining.
fences, orchards, etc, would, after a
very few years, return dividends of fifty
per cent. Money in the banks don't
usually show until it comes up in the
adminstrator's hands, but in good stock
and well cultivated farms it will give
returns speedily and with certainty.
There is another way in which some,
if not many, farmers "miss it" by in
vesting in the wrong place. For ex
ample, many a grasping and ambitious
farmer lives penurious! y, depriving his
family of a decent home and various
comforts, in order to purchase more
acres. Possessed with the insane idea
that he must "own ail the land that
joins him," or as much thereof as possi
ble, he governs himself accordingly.
To accomplish this selfish purpose he
lives in the old house long after it is un
fit for occupancy, makes slaves of him
self and family and neglects the proper
education of his children. Were he to
invest the money thus hoarded to buy
more land (whish he does not need) up
on his home farm his rural home and
its occupants himself and family would
soon be the gainers in both prosperity
and happiness. By expending his hard
earned and miserly kept surplus in im
proving his farm, stock, etc., and mak
ing home comfortable and attractive, he
would not only be quite as prosperous,
but enjoy life far better and keep his
children from leaving the roof-tree,
disgusted with a slavish, miserly mode
of farming, to seek other ahd uncertain
employments.
The Atlanta Constitution says tnaf
the temperance reform has made more
substantial progress in the South than
any other section of the country. "It
is far easier to buy a drink in a total
prohibition State like Maine than in the ;
local option counties of the south. ;
Our planters were carried along with
the temperance wave, and many who
stood out against it, as a matter of prin
ciple, finally yielded because they found
that liquor demoralized their labor
system. The testimony of all Northern
travelers and correspondents places the
South at the head of the temperance
procession." These statements seem
almost incredible but they are well
substantiated
Brother Gardner on Matrimony.
"I should like to spoke a few re-r
marks to Brudder Skinner," observed
the President, as the dust began to set
tle in Paradise Hall.
Brother Skinner, a youngmanof 23,
with a mild eye and a lilac necktie, ad
vanced to the front, and the President
continued:
"Brudder Skinner, de news has,
reached my ears dat you am about to
mar'd. 1 trus' dat de report am true,
bekasel believe it amdedootyofebery
young man who kin support a wife to
take one."
"It am true, sah."
"Den let me compliment you widone
hand, an' spoke a few remarks to you
wid de odder. Gittin' mar'd has ha
werry serious side. Fur instance, am
de gal gwihe to marry you bekase she
loves you, or to spite her folks bekase
dey kept her away from de skat in ' rink?
Am you gwine to marry de gal fur love,
or bekase her father has some wealth
which you hope he'll shell out for your
benefit?
"Ijove am a powerful emoshtm,
Brudder Skinner, but love widout
pork and 'tatars to keep it goin' am
like de froth on top of sodawater.
"Doan' marry a gal hopin' dat her
father will set you up in de barber
bizness. Most fadder-in-laws not only
want all dey has got, but am willin' to
struggle fur another S20,000.
"Doan' sot down an' figger dat fo'
taters, a loat of bread, half a pound:
of meat, an' a quart of applesas an
goin' to run you for a week. You will
want all the salary you kin aim, an'
you had better look aroun' an'
find somebody who will lend you a.
dollar now an' then.
"Doan' flatter yerselves dat all yoxt
hev got to do am to hug in de honse
an' kiss ober de gate. You'll be hun
gry fur co'n beef an' baked beans; your
cloze will w'ar out; your flour art' but
ter will waste away, an' a bill fur two
months' rent will send a chill down
yer back. De man or woman who
spects dat mar'd life am a green an'
shady lane, lined wid orange blossoms?
on one side an' $10 bills on de odder
am gwine to wake up some day an'
find de rats leavin' de place in disgust.
"Think of dese things, Brudder Skin
ner. You kin get a wife in about five
minutes, but it takes five y'ars to git.
shed of some of 'em. Expeck abotrt .
one day's sunshine fur a week of cloudy
weather. Reckon on house rent eomin
due de fust of ebery month an' de gro
cer an' butcher keepin' an eye out fur
you each Saturday night. It will
amaze you how de woodpile decedes
an' how de flour gifts outen de bitr'lsio
soon. Doan' walk into matrimony
like a lobster into a box, but figger on'
whether de bait am wuth de risks. It
you conclude to mar'y you kin depend
on dis club attendin' de obsequies in a
body, bringin' along a bounteous sup
ply of ham sandwiches. If you decide
not to, it am probable dat you will
soon be promoted to someposishunof
trust an' responsibility."
The Plague of '3
m. . j .- i i ,p r
xue LcnuiB oi me jciiuw icci
plague at Philadelphia, in 1793 are
thus graphically described in the
second volume of Prof. McMaster's
History of the United States:
"The patients died by scores. These
medicines was rarely admmgtrrwf,"
their food was scanty and ill-prepared,
their persons were never washed, .tlieh
filth was suffered to stand for.- ?la?s;hi
the very rooms where they lay. Such
was the popular horror of the pest
house that, rather than go into itr tltif;
afflicted hid the first symptoms: f
their malady as long as. they cooSd,
and, when unable longer- to do so.
locked themselves in their rooms- or
rushed out of the city, and perLshl
under haystacks and in ditches-- 3fer
did those who quitted the city in x.inr
fect health fare much better. For,
once out, it was almost impossible to
go on. At every seaport along the
whole coast a quarantine was laid on
packets and sloops from Philadelphia.
Some towns forbade the stages to pass
through them. The- inhabitants; of
one burned a wagonr loaded with,
furniture, on the high-way. Those
another fired on a stage-coach . Ot here
put up rude huts on the outskirts,
where each stranger was carefully ex
amined before he was suffered to goon.
At everv ferrv stood an armed rasxd
to keep back suspected persons. If li.
hungry fugitive begged for food a!t a
farmer's door, he was given a crust
the end of a pitchfork and bidden to
hurry away. Postmasters wowid
handle no letters till they had been
seized with a tongs and steeped in i
vinegar. Inkeepers would admit no
traveler till he had shown beyond a.
doubt that he did not come from the -infected
city. But the saddest of all
sights were the little children who,,
hungry, orphaned, and homeless., -wandered
through the streets. No one
would feed them. None wouldgo near
them. One, half dead from starvation,
was found in a deserted blacksmith
shop."
St. Louis is getting the love-making-business
down pretty fine. A young
man who was caught flirting with the
female pupils of Kirkwood Seminary
has been fined $20 and costs, notwith
standing some of the young ladies ap-
E eared as voluntary witnesses in has
ehalf and testified that the fun ol
seeing him dressed in a swallow-tail,
coat and crawhng through a hole in
the back fence afforded them so much
merriment that it lightened the labors
of the school-room for a full month-
Miss Rosa Warren, the sixteen-year-old
daughter of Noble Warren, itas
been attending school at Aldenburg,
and the sisters of that institution, as
well as the young lady herself, claim
that she has been cured by prayer of "
spinal meningitis. She was removed
from Aldenburg to the convent at
Indianapolis to be treated by Indian
apolis physicians, but on the night of
her arrival there she spent some hours
in devotions, and rose a well person,
the physicians not even having seen-her.