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Clarksville, Red River County, Texas, February £,1888. New Series N"o. 10. Vol. 9,
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N. A- Shaw
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(j L. Moorman
Jk.fp Lawson
DIRECTORY
...... Countjr Judge
Sheriff
County Cleik
..... District Clerk
......... County Attorney
Assessor.
Collector.
Treasure!.
Surveyor
justices and constables.
. ur ot^lbT justice Peace, Precinct No.
j, W. stahl f!oustable. Precinct "
J. W. CttlS'R Cousmoie,
L. Bl.i3.SAKl>
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j. E. hok«br
B. K. Nbai.
j. N.Norrw
C. N. DuooeR
J. B. Pops
David Hudson.
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j'p*Wulua) Justice Peace Precinct No
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
E. A.!*Erwin, - Precinct "
II. L. Williams
lodge directory
masonic.
Friendship Lodge no. 16 A. &. F. MasonH, meets
T'I-Wiiitmikis, Sec'y. J. H. Bbaty, W. M
llaleaboro Lodge No. 381 meets at Halesboro
Saturday night on or «>eioretheJuU m.i>ou.
n. B. Bouyb, Sec y. D. Thompson, w. ai.
Flkhorn Lodge No 402 meets at White Rock
Church Saturday night on or before each full
m8h Ward. Sec'y. Joseph Tkrhy w. m.
Rosalie Lodge, No. 527, F. & A. M., meets at
HoSSe,Texa r«« the 4th Saturday in each mouth
*VWB°'wadka s"retary. F. M. Smith, W. M.
Odd-Fellows,
liois d'Arc Lodge no. 36 I. O. O. F., meet at
thoir ball in Clarksville every night
W. M. Parks, B. S. 3. B. Bradbeky, «
Savannah Orange No. 1002.
Meets at Coiman's Springs on 1 riday before
the 2d Saturday, and on the 4tl Saturday in
each month, at 10 o'clock a. m.
Lawson Grange No. 13, ineents 1st Saturday
a raoT® ™a53rd Saurday at 10 a. m. each
montb,
White Bock Grange, No. 730,meetsou Saturday
before the ttrst Sunday m each month, at a p. ui
and on the Saturday beiore the third bnudayat
10 a. in. , .
Malmaisou Grange, No. 721,meets ftrst and thir
Satnnlays m eash month at I o clock p. m.
' j. M. Skttlk, Master.
J. W. Houston Secretarw.'
Equity Grange No. 942, meets at Rosalie, Texa
on the 2d and 4th Saturdays in each month at
a 1l?v! &>D®, Secretary. W. E. Cook, Master.
M. L. SI MB.
H. B. WKItiHT.
SIMS Jtc WRIGHT.
ATT0EHEY8 AT LAW,
— CLARKSVILLE, TEXAS.
V.*.11 practice in the Courts of the 5th p> tric*
nod in the Supreme and federal Courts held ni
he State. ttf-
1ST- A- SHAW
ATTOHNBY AT JJAW
CLARKSVILLE, - - - - TEXAS.
no.51-tf. Office over the Post Office.
DR. JOHN H. MORGAN,
will do a
GENERAL OFFICE PRACTICE
Chronic Diseases a Specialty:
Office at Goldberg's Drug Store
DRS. RAINEY & CLARK,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS
OLAKKSV1LLE TEXAS,
offers their professional service to the people
of Clarksuille and surrounding country in the
various branches of their profession.
Tliey can be found during the day at then-
office on the South side of the square, and at
their respective residences at night.
Nov. 1st 1879.
GEO. F. BURDETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Olarlunrlllei - - * To:
1000 AGENTS WANTED!
WITHIN 90 DAYS.
CASH SALARY PAID.
The peculiar merits of my Sewintt Machines
will interest you and your customers, and you
should get the Agency. Apply at ouce for cir-
culars, to S. B. KIRBY, Agent.
212 West Markh m St., Lttle Etc
Send six cents for postage anil
Ijreceive free, a box of goods which
■will help all either sex to mure
im>n. y right away than anything else in the
wurld. Fortunes await the workers absolutely
mre. At onue address Tkuk & Co., aiu'usta, Me
A PRIZE;
RED RIVER COUNTY
BANK.
Established .LST4:,
AUTHORIZED CAPITAL$100,000
Officers.
M. L. SIMS, President
Jos, H. Burks Vice Pr trident
D.W.CHEATHAM Cashier
A. CHAMBERS Assistant Castie
Directors.
J. H. BURKS, L. C. STILES.
R. R. GAINES," D. W. CHEATHAM
M. L. SIMS.
D. W. CHEATHAM, Secrctaiy
Correspondents:
Fourth National bank, New York City.
National Rakx. St. Louis. Mo.
Itoh Prairie Huge and Scratches
nf everv kind tired in 30 minutes by
Wool ford's Sanitary Lotion. Use
uoothc:. This never fails. Sid by
11 Goi.t rn;o. Druggist,
Clarksville, Texas.
.State-*.
What is tiiis Disease that is Coning
Upon Us?
Like a thief at night it steals
in upon us unawares. The pa-
tients have pains about the
chest and sides, and sometimes
in the back. They feel dull
and sleepy; the mouth has a
bad taste, especially in the
morning. A sort of sticky slime
collects about the teeth. The
appetite is poor. There is a
feeling like a heavy load on the
stomach; sometimes a faint, all
gone seusation at the pit of the
stomach which food does not
satisfy. The eyes are sunken,
the hands and feet become cold
and clammy. After a while a
cough sets in, at first dry, but
after a few months it is attend-
ed with a greenish-colored ex-
pectoration. The patient feels
tired all the while, and sleep
does not seem to afford any
rest. After a time he becomes
nervous, irritable and gloomy,
and has evil forebodings. There
is a triddiness, a sort of whirl-
7
ing sensation in the head when
rising up suddenly. The bow-
els become costive; the skin is
diy and hot at times; the blood
becomes thick and stagnant;
the whites of the eyes become
tinged with yellow; the urine
is scanty and high colored, de-
positing a sediment after stand-
ing. There is frequently a
spitting up of the food, some-
times with a sour taste and
sometimes with a sweetish
taste; this is frequently at-
tended with palpitation of the
heart; the vision becomes im-
paired, with spots before the
eyes; there is a feeling of great
prostration and weakness. All
of these symptoms are in turn
present. It is thought that
nearly one-third of our popu-
lation has this disease in some
of its varied forms.
It has been found that phy-
sicians have mistaken the cause
of this disease. Some have
treated it for a liver complaint,
others for kidney disease, etc.,
etc., but none of these kinds of
treatment have been attended
with success; for it is really
constipation and dyspepsia, ft
is also found that Shaker Ex-
tract of Roots, or Mother Sei-
gel's Curative Syrup, when
properly prepared will remove
this disease in all its stages.
Care must be taken, however,
to secure the genuine article.
( IT WILL SELL BETTER THAN
COTTON'.
Mr. John C. Hemptinstall,
of Chulatirmee, Cleburn Co.,
Ala., writes:. "My wife has
been so much benefited by
Shaker Extract of Roots or
Seigel's Syrup that she says
she would rather be without
part of her food than without
the medicine. It has done her
more good than the doctors and
all other medicines put together.
I would ride twenty miles to
get it into the hands of any suf-
ferer if lie can get it in no other
way. I believe it will soon sell in
this State better than cotton.
: TESTIMONY FROM TEXAS.
Mrs. S.E. Barton, of Varner,
Ripley Co., Mo., writes that
she had been long afflicted with
dyspepsia and disease of the
urinary organs and was cured
by Shaker Extract of Roots.
Rev. J. J. McGuire, merchant,
of the same place, who sold
Mrs. Barton the medicine, says
he has sold it for four years
and never knew it to fail.
SIIE WAS ALMOST DEAD
I was so low with dyspep-
sia that there was not a phy-
sician to be found who could
do anything with me. I had
fluttering of the heart and
swimming of the bead. One
day I read your pamphlet called
"Life Among the Shakers,"
which described my disease
better than I could myself. I
tried the Shaker Extract of
Roots and kept on with it untii
to-day I rejoice in good health.
Mrs. M. E. Tinsley, Bevier,
Muhlenburg Co., Ky.
For sale by all Druggists, or
address the proprietor, A. J.
White, Limited, 54 Warren
St., New York.
Riddles-
FROZEN TO DEATH WHILE INTOX-
ICATED-
LOST IN THE AI LEGHANIES.
What port is sought by every living
ceature? Sup-port, You cannot well
if your lungs are not sound. Taylor's
Cherokee Remedy of Sweetguni and
Mullein will make them so, and cure
your cough,
What general causes more distress, is
more prevalent and spreads more dismay
General Want, If it was from want of
strong lungs, Taylor's Cherokee Reme-
dy of Sweetgum ana Mullein would out-
general it.
Charles Slennett of Mansfield, Mass..
is another musierI prodigy. He is not :l
years y Id vet. hut can rattle off upward
ot twenty tunes on the harmrniea, many
of them without missing a note.
BY Z. T. DITMOBE.
Several years agol'spent some time in
one of those long, deep, narrow and ro
mantic valleys common to the mighty Ap-
palachian mountain system. One pleas
ant afternoon in mid winter, ]iist after the
melting of a heavy snow, I determined to
visit a distant part ot the valley, which I
had not as yet explored. Being a tirst
rate pedestrian, I conclndcd to make the
journey on foot.
Before starting the old farmer^witli
whom I was stopping, suggested that I
could save myself a walk of from six to
seven miles by leaving the main road and
taking a crooked and percipitous trail way,
which led over a lofty mountain spur.
This spur projected out from the main
range nearly across the valley, leaving
barely room enough around its base for
the channel ot a beautiful river, the
Cheoah, and the sinuous passage of an ex-
cellent roadway. "But," added my host,
"if you take the near route, yon had bet
ter procure a guide to conduct you at least
to the summit or flats, for there you will
no doubt become perfectly bewildered by
the great number of trails which you will
find running in every direction."
I only smiled at the old man's sugges
tion and tears.
For I had been climbing and roaving
over the mountains all my life, and pri-
ded myself somewhat upon my supposed
proficiency in wood-cratt. I was also
quite confident that I had the direction of
my intended destination well fixed in my
mind, and that it was barely possible or
hardly probable, that I should lose my
reckoning in so short a distance, bo pro-
curing a long stout, iron-shod walking-
stick, suitable for mountain climbing, I
started on my journey with a great deal
of alacrity and vivacity.
For I knew that the pathway before
me led up to and through some of the
most charming and majestic scenery in all
that region. Even ufter the blighting
frosts have withered and disclosed the
gorgeous summer robes of the Allegha-
nies- and the relentless wintry winds have
torn and scattered them, it detracts little
or nothing from the grandeur and beauty
ofjthese noble mountains.
As I slowly ascended higher and high-
er up the steep zigzag trail, I would in-
stihctivelj%j)(iuse from titrie to time to
gaze upon the resplendent scenes which
lay above, beneath and all around me.
So absoi bed did I finally become in the
contemplation of these matchless visions
of the lieautiful and sublime that I took
no'note of time.
When I at last aroused from my day
dream and reverie, I was consideraly
started to find that it was growing late in
the evening, and that I had not accom-
plished perhaps one third bt my journey.
I perceived that the nearest tall spire-like
peaks were casting their long dark shad-
ows across the valley and the gorges,
while the sun-set glories were rapidly fad
ing from the distant rocky domes. To
add to my consternation, I discevcred that
the sky was being rapidly muffled up with
boiling, sombre looking clouds, and that
pecuisr roaring and moaning of the wind
along the'deolivities could be heard which
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always betoken the approach ot a storm
among the mountains, or of foul weather
of some sort.
Quickening my pace, I soon gained the
summit, and then hurried on almost at a
run. It was not long until I discovered
that what the old farmer had stated in re-
gard to the number of trails which I
would find on reaching the flats was true.
I was soon completely puzzled, for I
found hard beaten paths diverging in
every conceivable direction.
Selecting one which I thought would
lead me ont of the maze, in my intended
direction, I still pressed rapidly forward.
It was not long, however, until I discov-
ered to my chagrin and sorrow that the
trail which I was following was growing
more and more obscure at every step which
I took, and finally to mj great disappoint
ment and consternation, it gave out al-
together, seeming to be lost in an impene-
trable laurel brake.
I now began to realize that I was lost,
and to lament my folly in not taking the
advice of my host. To attempt to retrace
my steps and to try an other trail, offered
to my mind that was encouraging and
consoling. For it would doubtless end
in something like this,or something worse.
The thought of having to spend such a
dismal night all alone far from human
help and habitation, and surrounded, too,
perhaps by wild beasts of prey, was any-
thing but cheering.
By this time, night was spreading her
sable mantle over all the mountain tops,
I stood for sometime perplexed and hesi-
tating until I was made conscious of my
unfortunate and perilous condition by
1 having the snow storm, winch had been
| gathering for the last hour, to suddenly
burst upon me in all its blinding, chilly
fury. I now knew that hesitancy or inac-
tivity on my part meant death. For I
was already benumbed and chilled to the
bone with the cutting wind and slinging
sleet. The dim twilight now tilled with
the thickly tailing and whirling, commin-
gled 9lcet and snow, prevented my seeing
a distance of five feet in front of me. But
I must do something. It would not do
to stand still. I must go somewhere. So
I plunged blindly and desperately into
the thick gloom, and began to struggle
forward, batling with the tierce winds and
the cruel snow-flakea.
Fortunately, after a long, exhausting,
stumbling and floundering over boulders,
across rivulets and through thickets, I
came to the bottom of a great rock-cliff,
where I soon discovered a cavernous like
retreat, the innermost recesses of which,
no doubt, were the lairs of wild cats and
catamounts. I soon found that this rock
house afforded a complete refuge from
the {letting storm, and in this asylum I
determined to remain until morn
should the storm not abate, and would its
dangerous occupants permit me to do so 1
After my eyes ha<l^. become accustomed
somewhat to the tljick darkness of my
place of security from the waring ele-
ments, I discovered that a huge tree ip
falling had stuck its lap against the face
of the cliff, and into the mouth of the cav-
ern, and, to add to my joy, found a great
quantity of leaves, twiggs and broken
limbs of the tree almost as dry as tinder.
On searching eagerly and dilligcntly
through my pockets, I found a couple of
matches, which gave me a thousand told
more delight than would have the discov
ery of a rich gold mine. Lighting one
of the matches, Tapplied it to the debris
of the fallen tree-top, and soon, to my un
bounded gratificrtion and joy, I had a
great crackling, roaring tire by the light of
which I was able to procure some larger
and more substantial sticks of wood, which
I also piled on the warm, cheerful blaze.
My success in securing a fire banishec
at once all my horrible fears in regard to
freezing and I was satisfied that the fire
would also hold the savage heasts at bay
should there be any thereabout When I
had thawed out my stiffened and almost
frozen limbs, I wrapped a heavy, thick
shawl which I had carried with me about
my head, arms and body, and lay down
with my feet to the fire.
It was not long antil I was altogether
oblivious of my deplorable situation and
wild surroundings,for I sank into sound
slumber. -
When I awoke, the storm bad lulled
to almost a dead calm.
The silence and solitude of my sur-
roundings were really awful and solemn.
The sky was clear with4he exception of
a few fleecy transparent looking clouds,
which were skurrying across the "blue
vault of heaven." The moon, "pale
mistress of the night," in ail her full-
orbed glory, bad completed half her cir-
cuit across the uncloded firmament, and
was pouring a flood-tide of cold, shim-
mering, silvery light upon knoll, crag
and savage cliff.
The dark, majestic forest of fir and
balsam was rendered sevenfold more
«
dark and gloomy by contrast with the
moonbeams, and the ground covered
with a iight fall of snow and sleet. .Not-
withstanding the loneliness and precari-
ousness of my situation, my whole be-
ing was filled with inexpressible admi
ration and delight in beholding this tare
exhibition of the mighty glories and
splendors of Alleghanian scenery.
The full moon, pouring her light upon
the snow and the glistening sleet, ren-
dered the night almost as light as day.
The stars, seen through the rarefied at-
mosphere of my lofty situation, seemed
to be suspended in mid air and shone
with unwonted brilliancy.
Having been much refreshed by my
sleep, and being encouraged by the
abatement of the tempest, I concluded
that I would make an attempt to reach
the valley at some point before morn-
ing.
I had proceeded but'a short distance
when my foot struck against something
which gave out a loud, metalic ring.
On stooping down and picking up the
object, I found that it was a tiu flask or
cantecn, and, also, that it had but re-
cently contaiued ardent spirits of some
kind. Going a little farther on, I saw a
round, dark looking object lying on the
ground a few paces in front of me. On
coming up to it I ascertained thut It was
a man's hat. My first thought was, that
some hunter, in the eagerness and ex-
citement of the chase, had lost both
the canteen and the hat; or, perhaps, he
had thrown them down as incumberan-
ces while in the pursuit of a deer oi
bear. But in this opinion was sadly
mistaken—as after developments proved
Carrying the hat and the canteen, I
had proceeded on my way, perhaps, a
quarter of a mile, when, oh, horror! I
found a man lying on his back with his
head resting on one of his arms. The
position in which he was lying was quite
natural! as though he had lain down and
fallen asleep.
On approaching him and brushing the
snow from his face, I shrank back in
horror, for I perceived that he was dead
His eyes were wide open, staring up in-
to the cold, pitiless heavens above us.
How shocking and unexpeeted was the
sight of the frozen man before me. I
had been intimately aaquainted with
him for some time, and he looked al-
most as natural in death as he did when
I last saw him alive.
He had been an honest and industri-
ous mechanic, an excellent husband and
father, and at the time of his fearful
and untimely taking off,was in the prime
of manhood's middle day, and was en
joying uninterrupted and robust health.
I knew that he had aot been a habitual
drunkard, but would only take occa-
sionally what the initiated call a"spree."
But, alas, this spreeing finally cost this
poor mistaken man, as it has thousands
of others, h s natural life, and, also, as
I have reason to believe, his soul. For
saith God's unalteable and eternal truth,
"No drunkard shall inheritthe Kingdom
of God."
I learned afterward that the unfortu-
nate man,after having completed a job of
work, went to a still bouse near by and
drank until late in the afternoon, and
then left for home, carrying some whis-
ky with him, wading through the deep
snow. He attempted to cross the lofty
mountain as I had done, seeking a much
nearer route to his humble, but pleasant
mountain home, which he never more
reached alive. He, doubtless, also,
when reaching the summit, became be-
wildered just as I did. una being stupe-
fied by the effects of the whisky which
he had drunk, and somewhat benumbed
with the intense cold, lay down to sleep
and never awoke. Afterward, on ascer-
taining the day on which he had left the
still house, I found that he had been
lying dead where I found him for more
than a week. For he no doubt perished
the same evening in which he attempted
to reach his home.
Here I was alone, at midnight, with
the dead, amidst the awful silence and
horrible solitude of the mountains, with
no living human being, perhaps, witbiu
a distance of five miles. I was almost
completely overcome with an undefined
fear, mingled with a kind of supersti-
tious horror and dread, I finally step
ped back a few paces and sank down on
a log.
While I was sitting and holding this
terribly lonely vigil with the dead, I saw
a monstrous catamount creep out of the
dark shadow of an adjacent cliff into the
brilliant moonlight, and begin to sniff
the tainted air. But on seeing me, the
savage brute turned about and instantly
disappeared. An owl, after the storm
had passed by,came out from his murky
retreat, high up on the mountain side
and began his lonesome hoot.
Hearing a rustling of wings overhead,
I glanced upward and caught a glimpse
of the glistening, ebon wing of a raven.
Ugh S thought I, while I shuddered from
head to foot. I knew that the dead
would have to be left alone again, either
that night or on the morrow. Besides I
was almost freezing and a desire to get
out of sight of the horrible corpse,
amounting to almost a panic took pos-
session ot me. I sprang to my feet and
sped over the frozen ground at the top
of my speed. I was determined to get
off of the mountain and away from that
dead man with his fixed, glating eyes,
parted lips and grinning teeth. I almost
imagined at times I was being pursued
by the frightful corpse. On and on 1
fled, heedless and reckless, with the de-
termination to reach the settlement as
quickly as possible. 1
I kept as straight a line as the nature
of the ground over which I passed would
admit of in my frantic, precipitate flight
When I came to the verge or break off,of
the flat, I found a deep gulch or canyon
leading directly down the side of the
mountain. Down the side of this great
gulley I leaped, and along its rocky tor-
tuous bottom I continued to flee, O, I
hied me until I reached the foot of the
mountain, uninjured, with the exception
of a few scratches and bruises. I was
not long in coming to a house, where I
at once reported what I had discovered.
The coroner was only informed and a
competent jury impaneled. After par-
taking of a hearty breakfast, and receiv
ing a thorough warming up by|a roaring
log fire, I was sufficiently refreshed and
recruited to serve as a guide for the cor-
oner and his men.
Verdict: "We, the jury, give it as
our individual opinion that the deceased
was frozen to death while intoxicated."
Since that time I have left the beauti-
ful valleys and picturesque mountains of
the "Old North State," and am quietly
trying my pedestrianism in the black
mud of Texas.
Annona, Texas, Jan., 16. 1888.
Pope Leo and the President-
Rome, Jan. 24.—The Moniteur to-day
publishes the text of Cardinal Gibbons'
letter to the Fope and also Archbishop
Ryan's address to His Holiness.
The Pope in replying to the letter, af-
ter expressing the great pleasure lie felt
in receiving President Cleveland's gift,
said:
"In America the people enjoy liberty
in the true sense of the word. Religion
there is tree to spread itselt. I entertain
an especial affection for America and have
therefore approved the scheme for a
Catholic university at Washington.
Your great country'has a grand future
before it. Your nation lias a free Gov-
ernment of a strong character. Your
President commands my highest admira-
tion, and I thank and" bless you and
him."
Strange Phenomena.
Some very strange electrical phenom-
ena were observed recently on two very
dry days at a printing office in Maine,
when the whole establishment seemed
to be converted into a huge elcctrical
battery. Electric sparks, seveial centi-
meters long, conld be drawn with the
fingers fiom all parts of the printing ma-
chinery, just as may be done from a
charged electric machine. The action
of the sparks became so mai ked that
the layers on and takers-off (who, it
should be remarked, in German printing
offices are mostly young women) refused
to work, as burning sparks were emitted
every time the machines were touched
with the hands. The electrical phenom-
ena were most striking in the machines
Negro Exodus-
Charleston, S. C., Jan. 25—The color-
ed people here are much stirred up over
reports of the formation of an exodus
association in Topeka for the coloniza-
tion of negroes in South America. Fuel
has been added to the flame by an arti-
cle published in the News yesterday
warning the negroes .that there is dan-
ger of their being sold into slavery if
they go to South America. The article
says: Slaves sell in the market in Brazil
for about $300. It is intimated that hun-
dreds of thousands of colored people
will join the exodus and that the exodus
association represents a capitrl of
000,000. If 300,000 colored people join
the exodus and if these emigrants are
sold at an average price of $300 per
head the ExodasAssociation would make
used for lithographic printing. A strong
paper made of cellulose was being print- j $88,000,000 on its origninal investment,
ed at the time, and the takers-off observ
ed a slight crackling noise as the sheets,
which adhered pretty closely to the oil-
cloth covering of the cylinder, were be-
ing withdrawn. This crackling finally
developed into a loud explosion, accom-
panied by beautiful flashes from ten to
twelve centimeters (from four to tiye
inches) in length. The discharges are
stated to have been more effective the
more quickly the sheets loaded with
electricity were withdrawn. A small
circular saw mounted about four inches
from an iron column discharged at inter-
vals of from twenty to thirty seconds,
when driven, powerful electric sparks,
accompanied by loud explosions, upon
the column. These phenomena were
observed for hours, and continued for
two days, when the printing office be-
came free from electricity, and has re-
mained so since.-—N. Y. Post.
A Blind Man's Ingenuity,
"Will you please set my watch right
and tell me what the time is now—it lias
run down ?"
The speaker was blind, and he handed
a handsome solid stem-winder to his friend
The friend put the watch right, told the
time and then handed it back to his blind
friend, saying, "ot what use is a watch to
you ? IIow can you tell the time
"You have just set the watch to a quar-
ter to two," said the blind man, "and
now it is fully wound up. It 1 wish to
know what the time is this evening I shall
rewind the watch and count each of the
clicks as 1 turn the key. There are forty-
five clicks, for example, now 1 have found
that nine clicks corresponds to 100 min-
utes, so that it there are forty-five clicks
it will mean that eight hours and twenty
minutes have elapsed since the watch was
set, making the time five minutes past ten
o'clock. I always remember what the
time was w.iien I wound it up last, and so
by a little care and calculation can always
come very near what the time is.—N. Y.
Mail end Express.
Maxwell Uneasy-
St. Louis, Mo.,Jan. 23.—The decision
to-day in the Supreme Court of the Uni-
ted States, in the case of Hugh M.
Brooks, alias Maxwell, greatly unnerved
the little chloroformer. When it was
told to him for the fiist time he showed
unmistakable signs of uneasiness and
paced up and down the corridor of the
jail with a nervous tread, his face dis-
playing doom in a deathly pallor. He
would not believe the statements made to
him, and refused to talk until he had
seen his attorney. One of the attorneys
for the defense was much taken aback
and said the only hope he now had was
to apply to the Supreme Court for a re-
hearing and in the event of another fail-
ure to seek executive clemency, from
which source he had some hope.
Wellsville, O., Jan. 24.—Samuel Irkit,
an old man who lived with his son-in-law
on a farm near here, was eaten by hogs
last Thursday. The old man went to the
barn about dark to see that the stock was
properly housed. Soon afterward his
body wrs found in a corner of the barn
with the flesh torn from his face and body
by hogs, which were still preying upon
him. It is supposed that he slipped ano
tell, and being unable to rise was set up-
A good many negroes here read the
newspapers, and this article has caused
a sensation. It is rumored that agents
of the alleged association are already
here, and are in consultation with some
of the colored preachers.
Houston, Tex.., Jan. 25.—A vestibule
train of excursionists from Boston, and
New York passed through the city to-
day, cn route to California. The excur-
sionists consist of 154 ladies and gentle-
men. The train is perhaps the finest that
ever passed through Texas. This ves-
tibule.tram consists of eleven cars, four
sleepers, one dining car, a library car,
three hotel cars, anil two baggage ears.
An iron frame projects from each door
to the coupling bar and is providen with
small folding doors at the head of the
steps, the doors being fa-tened <>n the
inside by means of iron bars to prevent
accidents to passengers. The i-ouplinas
are spanned by an arrangement of heavy
cany ass plaited so as to allow free ac-
tion in curves and in starling and iu
stopping. The coupling itself is entire-
ly encased and a rubber mat thrown
over the place where the cars join,
makes the train virtually one long ear
The library car is a combination ear in-
cluding a bath room, barber shop,
smoking apartment, writing desk an !
library. The latter carries over 100 vol-
umes of the works of standai 1 authors.
These cars are mounted on springs of
the latest pattern and all have an in-
proved brake by which Ibe old brake
chain is replaced by a set of cogwhcels
and the coupling is operated by a lever.
San Reuio, Jan. 25.— The municipal
authorities waited upon the Crown
Price to-d y and \ presented him u i!h
handsome boquets, the occasion beni<r
the anniversary of his marriage. Ti<"
Princess subsequently ope:i;-.l the . len i-
ty bazaar and was again presented with
boquets.
Many men mistake obstinacy fur St mnes«
Queen
London, Jau. 10.—Th<
open Parliamen in person
for the continent after the
session.
viIt not
sin; will start
opening of thf
on by the swine.
Providence. II. I., Jan. 24.—A negro
called upon a surgeon in Mansfield. Mass.,
Wednesday, to have extracted from the
back ot his neck a large brass shawl pin.
The negro said he had thrust it into his
neck as a cure for ringworm. Three inch-
es ot the metal had been imbeded in the
flesh for several days. The negro was
almost paralyzed with pain and is now in
a critical condition.
Sturnsville, O., Jan. 24.—The remains
of Annie Devoe. the actress who perished
by the burning of Cain's Theatre, will be
interred at the expense of the performers,
her father, William Hanneman of Alle-
ghany, having refused to defray the ex-
penses. Hanneman's opposition to his
daughter's profession is the cause of his
unfeeling conduct.
They were newly married, ;iml were tli<-
most loving couple in Lincoln. While sit-
ting at the supper tahle y est onlay lie sin-
gled :
"I do not think our love can ever wane.
Annie. I know that my love for yo: «vi!l
always be the same."
"Are you sure of it, George?"
"Sure of it? Can you doubt my devo-
tion ?
Put rue to the test!"'
•' I believe you, George, lint why don't
you eat your sponge cake? I made it be-
cause I know you like sponge cake."
"The test is a severe one, but my love is
unshaken. I will eat it."
And he did—N'ehrask State Journal.
Cleveland, O., J in. 24.—Mrs. Eliza
Garfield, the mother of the late President
James A. Garfield, died last Saturday
morning at the home of Mrs. Garfield in
Mentor. Her age was SU years. She
has gradually been failing during the past
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 24.—Eugene Couch
son of a police captain, was inveigled
into a marriage a day or two ago with a
woman named Daisy Lee of unsavory
reputation. After the ceremony he
took a dose of laudanum with suicid.-d
intend. Emetics were administered and
be will recover.
two months, the result of old age.
A bill has been introduced into the
Kentucky legislature practically prohib-
iting marriage with any man whose mor-
als are not the purest.
As from the hub radiates spokes, so
from one diseased organ the entire body
is affected. Use Warner's Log Cabin
Hops and Buchu Remedy. Put yo.tr
stomach in proper condition. 150 doses
$1.00. ^
Some men's new year's resolutions are
already getting threadbare.
A portly lady endeavored to skate on the
ice at Centrsl Park, but she suddenly sat
down, making a noise like an iron safe drop-
ping from a sixty-story window* A gen-
tleman ran to her assistance, and as he
helped her to her feet lie n-maked:
"I presume you are skating for the first
time."
"No, for the last time." replied " ■
disgusted female—Texas Sittings.
•At a meeting of the New Jersey '
Teachers' Association, last week, re.
tions were adopted asking I.egis'a'.ure *
pass bills to prohibit the display of sho-
bills advertising crime immorality, and ah
the sale of cigarettes to school Iwys.
The United States Senate by a vote of .'J-
to 28.confirmed the nomination of Hon L.
Q.C. Lamar to be Justice of the Supreme
Conrt Senators Stanford Stew and Kid-
dlebarger voted with the Democrats Messrs.
Vilas and Dickinson w< re confirmed with-
out obposition but the Republican s nat>irs
staongly objected to Mr.'Lamar.
During last year there were 12.'} persons
lynched in tho United States. Texas leads
the list with fifteen and Mississippi comes
next with fourteen to her credit. Kiglity
of the whole number were negroes,—Star.
The brain of an elephant is* somewhat
larger than that of a man, but the trunk of
an elephant is considerably smaller than
that of a woman.
A man has invented a chair which can he
adjusted to eight hundred different positions
It is intended to make a twelve-year-old
boy reasonably comfortable in Sunday
school.
Tramp ('o woman at the qoor)—"I
feel very much distressed, inadame."
Madame—"Somethitng you have cat-
en?" Tramp—'-Xo. something I've not
eaten.
Sick man (gloomily) —If I should die;
dear, what in the world would become of
you and the children? Wife—"Now you
mustn't worry. .John-" the doctrr i'*s
bad for you. Hi find someone t.«tai.e care
of us. The sick man got woM
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