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HEALTH!
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Street, Oregon fitv, Orr?on.
ryAr L".rJ:
Ki v I1 of -orwiU '-is:ni loc its
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1 A
V Well, liove, my poor child,'! said
a dignified old gentleman, ;I Lave
;.!;c,,j your matters all over, and I
must say I see nothing but starvation
before you and your family."
W-dl. futJKM-." lied a bright
little woman of twenty-five years, in
a tremimng voice, "I've not the
lea io-r,. nor of
iettiner
f .
my "t. ve
my health."
- not if Gotl spares
.. ' You were always, abrave child,
Love, but this is a terrible crisis It
would be cruel in any one to taunt
you now, but remember that I told
you and George that it was very im
prudent for a man to marry till he
had ...
gene,.,"
"I remenibor. t'atiu-r, t at you
thought I should be wiser to marry
a man with a house and store, for
whom I did not care, than to marry
George, with two thousand a year.
Hut if I had the choice to make over
again to-day, I should do just as I
did then. I wouldn't chauee nlaces
with any woman on earth, even now."
" You are a faithful wife and a
brave little woman. Love, but "
"But what, lather?"
"You
can t live on in this
way,
live
child."
But I will live,
father, and
well, too, and take
Care of
George
and the babies."
How?" At. that was the word
that had been ringing in the heart
oi this brave little woman ever since
the day that her husband failed at
his desk, and was brought home ap
parently dying. S,he knew that site
could rear the pillars of her domes
tic structure but iiu.
" Well, Love, I will do what I can
for you," said the old gentleman,
" mill aihl if it were only for you
am. the babies, I should say at once
come home, and be as welcome there
as you were four years ago; but you
know the house is so small we
haven't room for four in it."
Love smiled a sad smile, and then
said, perhaps a little provokinglv,
lour of us would occupy no more
chambers than three, the babies are
too small to be away from us at night.
But if your house was twice as large,
father, could not take my husband's
own little home away from him, now
that he is sick. I shall have to de
cide soon, and will let you know my
plans."
The respectable old gentleman rose
up, and with his handkerchief pol
lished his already shining beaver,
kissed Love, patted the heads of the
babies, and turned to go saying,
" Keej) up a good heart, child, and
remember that the ravens fed Elijah."
V ell, I don t want them to feed
me; 1 preler to teed mvselt. replied
the spunkv little woman, who felt
that it was rather hard in her father
to diocourage her, and then exhort
her to ' keep up a good heart."
She loved the old man, although
ie was still a"nd narrow in his views,
and never forgot any slight offered
ns judgment. She followed him to
the door, and said, " Good-by father,
i .111.1 i
give my love to mother, aitnougn
the real mother, who would have
found room enough in her heart and
lome for them all, had been for years
in the grave.
It was twilight, and as the old gen
tleman was going down the steps a
young man came up.
"Ah, gool-eveuing,good-evening.
said the stout, good-natured hotel-
keeper to both, and then added to
Love, " Here I am on the old bor
rowing business. My wife says she
can't please the lawyers in court time
since you and she change I pickles
and honey. Old Squire Watts call
ed out theminnte he sat down to
supper, 4 Come, Bruce, borrow some
of that -neighbor's pickles for us."
Them piekles is a standin' joke
anions them. W hy can t nobody in
town make pickles and catsup and
chow-chow like yourn? My wife s a
cook that can't be beat on bread and
meats and pastry and cake, but she
ought to 'prentice herself to you on
some things."
Love, who had known Bruce all
her life, smiled and said:
"I will give you a jar with all ray
heart, Mr. Bruce, an. I that won't half
pay your wife for the nice things
she has sent in to poor George. I
have my cucumbers all ready now
to make next vear's pickles, and I
yet have two or three jars left."
Suppose we make a bargain, Mrs.
Bart, I'll buy two barrels at the best
Boston price, if you'll make them for
me. and chow-chow and catsup, too."
Love laughed, and the hotel-keeper
went down with her to get the jar.
The old man went down the street,
whispering, with a sigh, "The Lord
knows what's going to feed that fam
ily; I can't do it, for wife saj-s I
can't, and she knows everything
most; and Love is terrible obsti
nate." Well, the hotel-keeper ran back
the next moment with his pickle jar,
as happy as some men would have
been to find a nugget of gold that
size, for he had a rival yvho kept the
old tavern, and he wanted to keep
all the lawyers who came there to
hold court as his customers.
Love had a long talk with her hus
band that night. The next day an
old shcool friend, who had alyvavs
been like a sister, come to stop with
the sick man and to look after the
babies, and she went to Boston, ten
miles away, in an early train, with a
neat little basket in her hands. If
any one had been near enough, -when
sue put her little basket on the plat
form of the depot with, such spirit,
he mic-ht have heard her whisper:
"See if my family starves while
I'm alive and in my health I'
The day was lovely, and everybody
on the oars and on the street looked
cheerful and happy. . Of course there
were sick", and' lame, and blind, and
dear people, ana oecrars plenty in
the world, but Heaven was -keeping
OREGON GITY, OREGON FillixtfT
them out of her sight that day, and
bringing . before her only hamv
grown folks and merry littfe onS.1J.
The streets looked so. clean and
air seemed so pure that she charged
herself with having often borne false
witness against the beautiful, as she
T 8 throh Wash
ington, Tremont and Court streets
and Bowdoin square, first to a - store
and then to a hotel. . I each place
she asked for the proprietor or itew-'
ard, and . opening her basket, drew
out three little glass jars of what the
hotel-keeper at home had called
sour things." In one minute she
told her business and the necessity
that broucrht her out or if tt..
cheerful face, her prompt manner,
and her well chosen words gained
the victory for her. She went. lin.rl.-
at nicrht olede-eil fo eu.ni. i.,,
" . n iivUIL--
made pickles, chow-chow and
for three hotels and five large gro
ceries, and she whispered as she
mounted t he steps of her littl 1
I'll show father whether or not we
are going to starve."
Her cheerful story of success did
more for her poor, disheartened
young husband than a peck of Old
School pills or four tiny Xew School
ones could have done. The verv
story of an old woman's joke-bonne"r
which was worn one sided in the ears
to blind one eye, and of the silly airs
of a silly bride, and of a bov with
two guinea pigs buttoned up in iack-
et for safe transportation mallir
brightened the hope of life in his
heart, and after partaking of a nice
supper prepared by their -prettv
friend, he said:
Xow, girls. I feel as if I was go
ing to be about again, and this is the
rirst time I have had any hope!"
ljove Kept awav from her father
till she had visited tw
lens iu the outskirts of tin- town and
engaged a great supply of cucumbers
onions, peppers and tomatoes nn.l
lad brought back the strong girl
.he had at first felt obliged to dis
miss, to help her in her new work.
But if you could only have scon
the
am
and
Lovi
mol
er first husband was the President
of the L Nat ionat Bank, and that
am cashier of it! Whoever heard
of a bank officer's dancrhter makincr
ickles for taverns and groceries?" j
" Whoever heard of a bank officer's
laughter sitting down and starving
when trouble comes?" replied the
little lady.
"Why don't you teach music?"
" Because I don't know enough."
" You might keep a few very gen
teel well, not exactly boarders, but
friends who don't care to keep house
but who would pay largely?"
here are they, and where s the
house and furniture for them?"
O, that's true. But you might
eh? or might eh?" and here his
wits failed him; there are so few
grand things that people can do in
the hope of cheating others into the
belief that they are working for fun
rather than necessity. But soon the
old gentlemau added it was the
truest word he ever uttered " I de
clare, I'm afraid to go home, lest it
has reached your mother's ears!"
I tie proud woman soon heard of it
md she talked angrilv of what Mrs.
dams and Mrs. Col. West, and
purse-proud Miss Allen would say,
and almost inclined to think it would
be better to give Loye five hundred
dollars than to be disgraced in socie
ty. " Love wouldn't take any money,"
replied the old man, whose attitude
during the conversation was that of
one caught out in a cutting hailstorm
without an umbrella.
"Dreadful independent for a body
that's penniles," cried the old lady.
Love and her stout helper went to
work at once, and very soon the
china closet, and next the neat little
dining-room, were filled with glass
jars through whicn tiny green cu
cumbers and onions, and everything
else nice in that line, was peeping,
or, as Love said, "smiling on the
family."
The business went on bravely, and
in one year Love's husband, who was
partially restored to health, forsook
the bed and took charge of it, and
she yvent back to the nursery every
good mother's place when Providence
dosen t call her out of it.
This is no pretty fiction to teach
all i 1 i s 1 it
voting iojks that wnere meres a
"will there's a way." It is a true story
of a brave little woman, and we can
tell you the street and number of a
large store in a certain city, not far
ayvay, where her enterprising hus
band has built up a large business,
and made not a little money.
He savs that if Love had never
learned to make pickles, or had been
too proud to make theni for others,
in his dark time, he should have
been in his grave five years ago.
Who thinks less of her for doing it?
Ear-rixgs. The latest novelty in
ear-rings is probably the singular
pair which were sported by a dash
ing Parisian bell at a recent weddiug.
From each ear hung a small gold
gridiron, on which was laid a heart
formed of garnets, the idea to be
conveyed, says a gushing correspon
dent heincr that of a bleeding heart
on the fiery coals of love!
-- .
"Dttt.v Licensed. It is a solemn
thing a very solemn thing to get
married to feel that henceforth
through life the mild-eyed girl at
vour side- is to bo the only female in
the wide world duly licensed to throw
flat-irons at your head.
Instead of regretting that -we are
sometimes deceived, we should rath
er lament that we are tindecieved.
1 variably prove a total Iosp.
of thfl rd,l rr,.nflni,i..T.L- I
Ithestvle of mouth he Kot up 1 ea3e- eUorcratt kept the gap
. , t wiv. , I, .1, 11,1, I 1 .T .TV. ., T . .
heard his exclamation. "Why. x, , ulouuu l'ie lower turn and up
e. you are crazv! What will vo ir e lomf isii, passing the stand
the? say ? You snrelv fortrot that UVe lenS-lls in -Vont ,ot Hie e tw?
1
K!iiig of fheTurf.
Feliowrraft Beat tki -Time of 'Hi
Grandfather, Lilnj;ton Tl e Great
TurfKvpnt of the Av-Four MUet In
7 .Minutrn 1!) 1-4 .St-cond. . .
From the St. Louis Times, h J-jC
No event in sporting circles; has,
for twenty years, created the inter
est excited by the four-mile race at
Saratoga last Thursday.' in' which
Fellowcraft made the extraordinary
time of 7 :19; beating (.hat of Lex-1
ington ( his grandsire ou his dam s
side) of 7 :19,, made on the Metaire
course, New Orleans, in 1851.
The New York HehdiTs correspon
dent gives the following description
of the race:
TUE SECOXD RACE " r
Purse S 14.00, of which 3 200 and
the entrance money to the second
horse; entrance $50 each. Four
miles.
THE STARTERS.
Owner's eh. c. Fellowcraft. bv
Australian, dam Aerolte, 1 y
"old (Evans)
ears
1
G. II. Bice's ch. h. Wanderer, bv
Lexington, dam Coral, aged
(Boss) 2
A. S. Gage's ch. f. Katie Pease, by
Planet, dam Minnie Mansfield,
4 years old (Ilennessv) .... 3
Time7:iy
THE BETTTXO.
Wanderer.. S200 850 GOO 1,300 500 510
Fellowcraft.lOb' 455 350 GOO 210 210
Katie Pease. 40 205 140 310 110 100
THE DACE.
Wanderer was first away, Katie
Pease second, Fellowcraft third. The
latter soon ran to the front, and
showed'the yvay around the upper
turn. Wanderer second, Katie Pease
third. When the horses passed the
quarter pole, Fell owcraft led three
lengths. Wanderer second, three
lengths in front of Katie Pease.
Going down the backstretch, Fel
loyvcraft sharpened the pace, and was
four lengths ahead at the half-mile
pole in 54 seconds. Wanderer sec
ond, one length in front of Katie
yvho yvere running head and head
Time -f the mile. 1 :47. Wan
derer and Katie Pease closed up a
little of the daylight on the upper
turn, and at the quarter pole Fellow
craft led three lengths, making the
mile and a quarter in 2:15. There
yvas no change doyvn the backstretch,
Fellowcraft being still three lengths
in front of the filly and Wanderer,
yvho yvere running side and side,
the mile and a half being run in 2:42.
Fellowcraft kept up his strong,
powerful stride around the loyver
turn and up the home-sretch, and
passed the stand throe lengths ahead,
making the two miles in 3:37. The
other two yvere still running head
and head as they passed the post.
Wanderer then made a dash after
Fellowcraft and closed to Fellow
craft's hips; but as the latter passed
the quarter pole he yvas a length in
front. Wanderer two length ahead
of Katie Pease. Time for the fyvo
miles and a quarter. 4:07Jj. Going
down the backstretch Wand.rer lay
at the tail of Fellowcraft, apparently
making no effort to go to the front,
the jockey of Wanderer no doubt
thinking that he would be able to do
so at any time that he chose. At the
half-mile pole time, 4:34 Felloyv
craft was still a length ahead of
Wanderer, the latter three lengths
in front of the hlly. Ihere was no
change during the remainder of the
mile and Felloyvcraft finished the
third mile in 5:20, one length in
front of Wanderer, the latter four
lengths in advance of Katie Pease.
Going around the uppet turn Wan
derer made a movement to take sides
yvith Felloyvcraft, but the latter
would not have it, and he shoyved
daylight between them immediately.
Katie Pease made a last effort and
shut up two lengths of the gap be-
tyveen herself and andercr, but
quickly afterwards began to fall off.
Going doyvn the back-stretch Van
derer made another effort to overtake
Fellowcraft. and he closed the day
light entirely at the half-mile pole,
and then his friends became jubilant
and satisfied that he wonld soon
reach the front. On they went to
the loyver turn, and then the more
Wanderer tried to approach Felloyv
craft the more apparent it was that
ho could not. When about half
wav around the loyver turn Fellow-
cralt again shoyved uayngiu oi a
length, and such ' a-shout as went
up from the trainers, jockeys and
rubbers in the field yvas never heard
before on a track. Caps and old hats
yvere thro-vn in air, and the darkies
themselves fell down and rolled yvith
joy at what to them yvas the victory
of Fellowcraft over Wanderer. The
horse came on apparently without
much effort, while his antagonist
yvas 1 laboring greatly and losing
ground at every stride. On came
Felloyvcraft under a pull, and passed
the post a yvinner by four lengths in
the fastest time ever made, having
run the distance yvithout being
touched by whip or spur in the ex
traordinary time of 7:19. Wander
er yvas second, Katie Pease ten
lengths behind. A general express
ion of wonder burst forth from the
multitude when the. time was an
nounced, and Felloyvcraft was at once
proclaimed the champion' of the
American turf, "and- it is extremely
doubtful whether there is another
horse on the face' of the earth at the
present day that could beat this day's
performance.. Wanderer k. proved
himself a grand race horse,, and hs
hackers bore their defeat gracefully.
as their horse ' had done as ; well, if
not better than they had anticipated
Katie Pease also did splendidly.
This performance- is betfemnimany
respects than Lexington's great race,
yvhich has stood at the-head of. the
record for nineteen years.
First,
The
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
Lexington carried -104 pounds, and
was fiye years old; while Pellowcraft,'
a four-year-old had 108 pounds in
the saddle; second- Lexington had
-a running start-and- horses - to help;
him, while in the . present race Eel-,
lowcraft had only to win the race by
beating the other horses in it. There
is no doubt but that v Fellowcraft
could have come home faster, had it
been necessary to have done so. , ,.
Getting: Poetical.
The Cincinnati Commercial refresh
es its readers with the following po
etical gems, yvhich it has gathered:
The Detroit Tribune leads off with
the following.
"There yvas a young man of Detroit
Who kneyv a good tiling when he saw
it!"
This was fairly matched by the
Louisville Courier-Journal in the fol
lowing: "There was a young maiden of Glou
cester Whose pareids supposed they had lost
her.
Which was sad for the parents. Out
in Indiana the papeis have a couplet
which runs thus;
"The South liend Kmiler
. Got some Credit Mobilier."
Which the Louisville Courier-Journal
improves after this fashion:
"The South Rond Sniiler
Has bust his biler."
Which is better rhyme and a solemn
statement of fact. Had the Courier
Journal made a triplet of it by adding
the philosophic reason: "Because it
yvas viler," it would have transmitted
the whole case to posterity and his
torical accuracy.
"Beast" Butler's Opponent.
General William Cogswell, Mayor of
Salem, has taken the field for Con
gress in opposition to General Butler.
In an interview with a reporter of
the Boston Globe, he said he had al
yvays been and yvas still a Radical,
but he believed the only yvay for that
party to succeed in the future yvas
for it to set its face strongly in favor
of economy -and take a pronounced
position demanding a speedy resump
tion of specie payments. He had no
hesitation in saying that he was op
poses to all measures looking to a
postponement of the time of resump
tion. The Radicals of the Essex dis
trict have a chance noyv to decide be
tyveeti a man yvho misrepresents them
by votiug for inflation, and one yvho
is opposed to inflation in any form;
between a man who stands as an ex
ponent of the most disgraceful jobs
and schemes for plunder, and one in
favor of reform and economy. Y ill
they be disgraced for another tyvo
years by sending a man yvhose pres
ence in Congress is a national shame,
or yvill they choose a representative
who, whatever he is, will ut least be
honest and respectable?
NEyv Parties. It is absolutely
necessary that a neyv party shall com
mence business with capital of some
!?ort. It must have a provocation or
excuse of some discription, good,
bad, or indifferent for its origination
and to secure it, even temporary, ex
istence. The only solitary plank
which would be used, probably, in
the construction of a platform for a
new orgaization between the Demo
crat and , Republican parties would
be that of "reform;" and that plank
has so long been trodden hy the hun-
ry hordes of office-seekers, belong
ing to both national political bodies,
that it has been yvorn doyvn to the
attenuation of a shingle. It is sim
ply a rediculous notion that there
will be any other than "a square
fight," at the next Presidential elec
tion, between constitutional Demo
crats and disgusted, sober-minded
Republicans on the one side, and the
corrupt legions of an irreclaimable
and destructive Radicalism on the
other. All schemes for the construc
tion of an intermediate, beligerent
power, between this time and the
Presidential contest, are baseless as
the fabric of a dream.
Over Nice. Not many years aj
a Hartford man was drowned, and
friends brought home thodead body
to his alflictetl yvife. As they came
to the front door yvith the corpse,
the new-made widow appeared an
sadl remarked: "I guess you had
letter take him around to the back
door, so he yvon t drip on the car
pets!"
The annual Walla -Walla County
Fair commences on Tuesday nextj
and promises to surpass any previous
exibition held-in' that valley, lhe
leading stock-raisers of Eastern Ore
gon and Northern Idaho have sigui
hied their intention .to bo present
yvith specimens of their . blooded
stock. ' ' -
Tho Black Hills are being exten
sively advertised, and expeditions
are being organized in many of the
Eastern cities to go in search of
gold, which is said to be found there
in paving quantities. .Lake all neyv
countries, the picture has been oyer?
drawn, and those who go there yvith
- . . ' Ml 1 31 " "I
great expectations win ue ssaaiy ais
appointed.- - . .
Unaccouxtabl e. The- Detroit
-r . t i i
f ree j're--i remarKS-uiat-it is some
thing unaccountable--how .sober and
sedate old ;.felloyvsf as soon, as their
families have gone to the country to
spend the heated term, commence to
wear their Sunday clothes every day.-
Ami to argue that four, hours sleeo is
all that the human frame requires to
pe neaiiny. c ;J ...i...!. ; t
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Flirtation is attention -without in
tention.' ' ' '. :'H
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Jew die
Our Vice Presidents? 4
1 and none resign."
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"School and Civil Rights
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The probable results tf
ihevcrril
rights bill upon t the public school
system oi the South have arrested
the "attention. of that" periodical the
Atlantic', which'discusses the subject
in r" the - educatational notes; of - the"
September number. The importance
of universal education has been reo-
ognized by all iirties in" the Soutiu
lhe .Peaoody - education fund .has
rendered i-valuablti aid in -the -estab
lishment of a sebool -system hayingd
largely devoted its revenues, to .the
maintenance of model schools in the
cities and large towns, while its
trustees have urged upon the States
the necessity for systematic aid . to
the schools. Education has pros
pered in different degrees in the dif
ferent States. In Virginia, West
Virginia and Tennessee, where the
whites have had control, the public
schools seem to prosper. Very lit
tle has been done in South Caroli
na. In Texas and Georgia laws have
been passed to further the object,
and in the cities the legislation
seems to have been successful.
Both of these States, however, have
until recently been in the hands of
negroes and carpet-baggers. On the
other hand, many things - hamper
the full development of the public
school system. The people are very
poor, very averse to taxation, and
inclined by the political training- of
the past to oppose State manage
ment of schools. It is estimated by
the authority from which we quote
that about one-third of them hearti
ly favor the system, one-third are
bitterly opposed to it, and one-third
are the sort yvho always sit on the
fence nntil they see which side yvill
win. They are the camp-folloyvers
who straggle after the victorious
army. Tho last and greatest hin
drance is the agitation of the civil
rights bill. When it3 passage seem
ed likely many contracts for the
erection of school-houses and many
engagements of teachers were can
celled. The uncertainty of its final
fate exercises a very depressing . in
fluence. If it becomes a layv there is
little doubt that the public school
system of nearly, the whole South
yvould collapse.
These are tho conclusions of that
adle Northen periodical, the Atlan
tic, and it proceeds to argue that the
Southern blacks, have everything to
lose, and nothing whatever, not a
shred, to gain by insisting upon
mixed schools. If the civil rights
hill, yvith its present proviso in re
gard to schools, becomes a layv, me
negroes yvill be abandoned to igno
rance. The laws of every Southern
State forbid any individual distinc
tions. The colored child has pre
cisely the same educational advan
tages as the yvhite boy. lie gets
them in a different building, ' That
is all. The negroes, in order to sat
isfy a fantastis yvhim, would close
all the school- buildings. For , if
Congress stains its prerogative to
the point of making the separate
education of the two races illegal,
the yvhites will cease voting taxes or
paying taxes, and the school doors
yvill shut. The yvhites will then
support private schools for their own
children. The poor negroes can 'or
will do little or nothing for theirs.
The evil will not be . for a year, or
tyvo years, but for yery many. rThe
foes of the public schools will gam
the upper hand ; the camp-folloyvers
will troop after them. Even - if. the
wretched layv should be repealed,
the confidence of the people will
have been shaken, if not utterly de
stroyed.' Confidence is a plant of
sloyv growth. It will be long, very
loug, ere the public schools system
yvill again get a footing at the South.
Haiti more Sun.
At a meeting, last Saturday eve
ning, of the citizens of Astoria, pur
suant to notice Col. Taylor- chair
man, Hon. W. D. Hare Secretary
a committee of five, consisting of
Judge J. Q. A. Boyvlby, T. P. Pow
ers, J. H. D. Gray, Dr. A. Kinney
and Col. John Adair, jr., were ap
pointed to gather infomation relative
to the commercial needs of the lovr
er Columbia river, and to prepare
such petitions as should seem to
them desirable and effective.- The
committee so appointed met on Tnes
day evening, and prepared suitable
petitions. Wedensday evening "the
Astoria Chamber held a special meet
ing and endorsed fully the actions of
tho Citizen's Committee, and the
papers were forwarded . to Washing
ton. .
A Yankee poet thus breaks forth
Oh! -the snore, the beautiful snore.
filling the chamber from ; ceiling to
floor Over the coverlet, under the
sheet, from her wee dimpled chin to
Iver pretty feet! Noyv rising aloft like
a bee in June; now flute-like subsid
ing, then .rising aain, is the beauti
ful snore of Elizabeth Jane.
Just the Thing. Those gracefu
little hanging pockets worn by the
ladies now are just the thing.. Jones
says he picked a note out of one am
learned that Smith had got the start
... .-
oi mm, which saved him the humili
ation of being rejected. - , . ...
. Mrs. Tracy, of Missouri,' bad been
sick a long time, and Tracy had her
coffin in the-barn. When she died
the coffin was found four inches too
short, and the . neighbors wouldn't
even let him saw four inches off the
body to make a fit. " " . "
. It is said of Katie King, the Phil
adelphia ghost, that on one occasion
a. young man attemted to clasp Katie
; in his armj. -. She seemed greatly disr
tressed and slipped from his embrace
; like a; shadow, and did not i appear
again that evening. That's , right,
Ktitie.
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Coming, out Prom Among Theniii5i
; -J-Z"'Tsil.s gi- .'.'.' sf.a-.-1
r A distinguished Republican x Al
abama, Judge Haralson; "undoubtedly
the ablest man1 of the -Republican
party in North Alabama, has -written?
a letter for publication; of -which JJ?
following is an -extract: ri .
; The Civil. Rights biTl is a leading
measure of the Republican party -
the party is. pledged for its success 3
its party .leaders support it, with. but i
few, exceptions. All of the-Republi-j
can "members inCongTesa from Ala
bama, headed by Spencer in the Sen
ate, supporting it. Tt ia urged-'" by
resolutions in primary political meet-j
ings all over the South. There are.
individual exceptions, I concede,!
but they are powerless 1 against the
overwhelming current that .is press-;
ingiton. . It was passed in the Sea,-;
ate by a party vote, after dne delib-.
eration in a party causus,-and.was"
therefore, given to the country as a
strict party measnre. -- ovj i-,-: :
I therefore conclude that the Re
publican party, as a party, supports
this bill and by its support expects
its final successwill put it upon the
statutes of the country, if it can en-
force its execution. I cannot support-
this measure in any. organization, or-
lend myself, to its support in' any
sense of the word. " This is the issue. s
In it is involved the ruin or prosper-:
ity of both races in . the South. . I
the bill is finally passed, it will take,
a standing army to enforce it." ,sWho;
does not desire to avoid such --a
calamity? ' What sane man -will will-i
ingly vote for this polieyr knowing
the consequences 7 . -; .. ,
This bill gives to " the ' Federal
Courts" exclusive jurisdiction over
any and all violations of it provis
ions, thereby centralizing poyvers of
the General Government; breaking,
down the jurisdiction . of , the Stato
Courts putting every man in the"
South in the - hands of the FerteraF
Judiciary, and giving to the Jndici-
ary poyver to enforce heavy fines and
imprisonment.. 1 ... -
The Democratic and Conservative
party in Alabama, is opposed to this
bill in all of its features, and so am;
I. : ; Its ticket is a good one, headed,
by 1 General Houston, the embodi-
meut of Conservatism. He is honest'
and capable; The platform is sound, :
announces correct . principles, 'suchi
as commend themselves to conserva-.
tive men everywhere. I will certain-
ly support them. - - "
V . Respectfully, r '
W.J. Haralson. - t
A Specimen Southern- Man. -An
Eastern exchange gives a brief sketch
of a distinguished Southern man as
follows: "Albert J. Brown, of .Mis .
sissippi, was brigadier-general of mi
litia at nineteen, in the Legislature
at twenty-two, and in" Congress at"
twenty-six." He was ' Circuit Judge
at twenty-eight . Governor at thirty,:
and was afterward Senator, He was
never defeated "for office. In .'a re
cent letter Mr. Brown . says that it
would have been better for him if he
had followed the,, occupation of his
father, which was that of a farmer
His greatest regret is that he ever
made a political speech or held an
office. . He adds, 'to be a blacksmith,"
a carpenter or an artisan of any sort
is no discredit to any man. - Better
that than be a jack-legged lawyer a
quack doctor, counter hopper,-or
worse still, a wretched seeker after
office.'" - :.
North Carolina. The Democrat
ic Conservative Executive Commit
tee has issued an address to the par
ty in that State, in yvhich 'the results
of the recent election are thus - stat
ed: Notwithstanding the overwhelm
ing defeat you sustained in the last
Presidential election you now carry
the State, ' electing : the Supermten-
lent of Public. Instruction by nearly
12,000 majority, gain five Superior
Court Judges, elect nice ' Solicitors,
have more than two-thirds in the
General Assembly, and send to Con
gress a Censervative member from
each district save one, where 3 we
have "largely reduced the majority
against us. --
. Mr. Warbass, J. P., who arrived
at Victoria from San Juan, reports
that seven reserves have been sur
veyed and laid out by Gen. Michler,
U. S. A., for military purposes.
Several forts -will be commenced
shortly. The survey ; of settlers'
lands on the Island is being pushed
ahead vigorously, and it is thought
that in a few weeks all disturbing
questions will be settled in a satis
factory manner. ? ',, . ,: .
The store and .dwelling of L. Elkins
at Lebanon was bnrned about one
o'clock ', last , Saturday " night. The
fire originated in a room used as a
warehouse back of the -store. Ail
material belonging to the postoffic?
yvas burned. Postmaster , Claughton
lost about S200 and F." H. Farrel
about 8250. Estimated loss above
insurance, S2,000i s : s- i--r.
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The NEyy.SvsTEM. Arkansas J udg
es noyv order jurors to be searched
for pistols before ' retiring to make
up a-verdict, and,' when anxious to
procure an agreement; just leave a
weapon in the pocket of the f oreman.
'-A few moments a day - amount to
years in a lifetime. Remember this
when you feel lik idling.
' Tliey, w'ho have no regard for the
rights of others feel themselves con
stantly imposed upon.; s-s J
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1 .Eating and breathing is not to live
in the true sense; for life is action
that has use for its end
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The real' "Home -Insurance Com-
pany" A good -wife.
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The man yvho carries . everything
before him The waiter.
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