Lamar County AlArchives News.....The Lamar News August 26, 1886 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Veneta McKinney http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00016.html#0003775 June 7, 2006, 8:26 pm The Lamar News August 26, 1886 Microfilm Ref Call #373 Microfilm Order #M1992.4466 from The Alabama Department of Archives and History THE LAMAR NEWS E. J. MCNATT, Editor and Proprietor VERNON, ALABAMA, AUGUST 26, 1886 VOL. III. NO. 43 THE LITTLE HUNCHBACK – Poem - [J. W. Riley in the Current] THE LAST STRAW – Short Story KNOW THE DEEP PLACES A passenger said to the pilot of a steamboat “You have been a long time, I suppose, at this business?” “Yes,” answered the pilot, “upwards of twenty years.” “You know, then,” pursued the passenger, “every rock and shoal?” “Not by a long way,” was the answer, “but I know where the deep water is.” ANOTHER MATCH SPELLED They were looking over her family album, Birdie and her Harold, when they came to a portrait of an aged gentleman. “Who is that old baboon?” asked Harold. “Why, replied Birdie, shutting up the book angrily. “You don’t think grandpa looks like a baboon, do you Harold?” – [New York Graphic] A PILOT’S LIFE – DANGERS OF THE MAN WHO GUIDES SHIPS TO HARBOR Qualified Seamen Who Are Invested With Great Responsibility Whether there be dangers in the sea, sky or air, the perilous nature of a pilot’s duties makes it imperative that he meet it with a cheerful alacrity, for the esprit du corps existing in the guild is imperious in its influence. Cast among the brotherhood the pilot must not lose, or else he is indeed a ruined man. Except in the matter of discipline, full command of the vessel is vested in the pilot. His responsibility is great; the general rule being that no owner or master of a ship is answerable to and other person for any loss or damage occasioned by the fault of uncompetency of a qualified pilot acting in charge of the ship when she is within the district of the pilot and when his employment is compulsory; though the presence of a pilot does not absolve a master from the consequences of any injury that may be caused by his own carelessness or ignorance. He must be ready at call, and under all circumstances to face alike the winter’s cold, blinding sleet and the summer’s heat, the storm and the sunshine; and bot, high or low, in fair weather or in foul, the pilot must be at his station to guide safely all incoming vessels. And in Boston bay this is particularly true. Said a man who has lived all his life on Cape Cod to a writer in the Boston Record: “We have had piled up on the shore during the past 100 days many vessels which are a total loss. The men who navigated them were saved, thanks to the gallantry of the life saving force, but thousands of dollars worth of property are buried in the sand. What the further losses will be no man can tell, but we do know that unskillful seamanship and an imperfect knowledge of the coast is responsible for much of the loss. But while it is true that there has been this large loss, hundreds of vessels have sailed safely by and have been brought to anchor in a secure harbor. I have not heard of a vessel’s going ashore that had a pilot on board, and I do not think there has been one.” It is perhaps needless to say that the pilot is a qualified seaman, through in all nautical accomplishments: for he can “hand, reef and steer,” navigate by sun, moon or star, and with the “marks and deeps” of the lead line, familiar to him as his own handwriting, he knows the intricacies and varying depths of the many channels. A technical knowledge of all rigs, too, is his, besides a sign manual by which he can make himself understood by sailors of all nations. How relieved in mind must be the master of a great ocean steamer, with its hundreds of passengers and its precious freight, after battling with the stormy Atlantic for days, with scarcely a single peep at the sun, and in doubt about his reckoning and position, to see, away off shore, one of these little pilots vessels making her way towards him. Gallantly she holds her course, heeling and righting, pitching and ascending, and as she4 moves up under the snug canvas, looking like a boxer stripped for the fight, there is seemingly a sentient power in her every motion. It is the skill and training of years that puts the little craft so easily within two cables length under the lee of the steamer. Now comes the crucial test, for the pilot must board the waiting craft. The agile crew must grasp the little boat from the deck, and posing it on the rail, in the very nick of time, launch it over into the seething foam alongside. In jumps the pilot and his two oarsmen and soon the tiny canoe can be seen – now poised in midair on an angry wave crest and anon deep in the dangerous hollow coming straight for the ship. One misstrike, the slightest weakening of a nerve and the hardy fellows would be engulfed in the watery chasm with no stone to mark their graves. It is with delicate care and skill that the frail craft is ranged alongside when a rope is thrown, by which, grasping with muscles of steel, up the side the pilot springs, hand over hand, until he alights on the deck. HAD TRIED BOTH WAYS “How can you tell whether advertising pays?” a merchant was asked. “I can tell that advertising pays by stopping it,” he replied, “I’ve tried it. Trade drops’ the tide of purchasers flows some other way.” “Suppose you should give up advertising?” I should save up a big pile of money, but should lose a bigger pile. You must keep the boilers heated if you want steam. If you bank your fires too long, it takes time to start them up.” It was a Vassar graduate who wanted to know if the muzzle of a gun was to prevent it from going off prematurely. HOW THE INDIANS MADE SUGAR. Thomas Conant, an old resident of Canada, writes to the Toronto Globe: The Jesuit gathers, who were the first white men in this country among the Indians, tell us that the Indians made sugar regularly every spring by tapping the sugar maple. At this time the Indians did not have iron kettles for boiling the maple sap in. Then it becomes a curious question how they did manage to boil down the succulent juice without a kettle to boil it in. They tapped the trees with their tomahawks, and inserted a spile in the incision to conduct the sap from the trees to the vessel beneath. Their spile was a piece of dry pine or cedar wood, grooved on its upper side for the sap to flow down. No doubt this process was extremely crude, still, with all its crudities, they succeeded in producing a considerable quantity of sugar each spring. Their buckets were made by taking a roll of birch bark and sewing up the ends with deer sinews or roots. Thus they got a vessel capable of holding a pailful, and no doubt the sap caught in such vessels was just as sweet as that which we now gather in our bright tin pails at far greater expense and trouble. Gathering the sap from the birchen buckets, it was carried by the original red man to the boiling place. At this boiling place was a large caldron made of large sheets of birch bark. Beside the caldron a fire was built, and in this fire was placed a lot of stones. As soon as the stones became heated to a red heat they were dropped into the birchen caldron, previously filled with sap. By taking out the cooled stones and putting in more hot ones, and repeating the process, even slow as it was, they got the sap to boiling. Once got to boiling, by reheating the extracted stones, they kept up the boiling and so continued the process, until after a time they got the sap boiled down, and sugar was the result. That was making sugar without the aid of a kettle, and no doubt many will doubt the accuracy of the statement. It is a positive face, for my forefathers who came to this province in the last century have handed down in family tradition the story of the process just as I have narrated it. Indeed, they were eye-witnesses of the process themselves. With the advent of settlers of course the Indians soon learned better, and traded his furs with the fur-dealer for iron kettles, and then began making sugar much as the white man does now. THE HORSEBACK CURE There is a saying among the Russians that a man who is fond of his horse will not grow old early. The Arab and the Cossack are examples of the truth of the proverb. They generally live long, enjoy robust health and have no use for liver pads and blue pills. That vigorous octogenarian, David Dudley Field, tells us that he attributes his remarkably vitality to the habit of horseback riding, and if the truth were known, it would be doubtless appear that our sturdiest old men are those who have been fond of the saddle. The taste for equestrian sports and exercise which has lately made such progress in Brooklyn is, therefore, a hopeful and healthful sign. It is not a mere freak of fashion, but a development in the direction of national enjoyment and an assurance that the rising generation will be less of an indoor and more of an outdoor people. It means less headache hereafter, better appetites, stronger lungs, rosier cheeks, brighter eyes, sounder sleep, happier spirits, and a total oblivion of that organ which, according to Sidney Smith, keeps men a good deal lower than the angels – the liver – [Brooklyn Eagle] A WONDERFUL TOY A wonderful toy has been on private exhibition in Paris. Fancy seven life-size kittens covered with real skin, but with eyes of emerald set in white enamel, and playing upon a flute, a zither, a violin, a drum, a harp, a cornet and an accordion, all perfectly harmonized and going through the most striking airs of the new and successful comic operas! The unseen mechanism is of the same kind as that of a musical box, and the sounds given forth are most delightful, so that the owner of this remarkable toy can have a most agreeable concert at any time by touching certain springs and winding them up. HE WAS TOO SOCIABLE Old Bloonose – By the way, Jane, what has become of Mr. Litewaite? He used to be a frequent visitor. Jane –(shortly) – I am afraid that he wasn’t treated very well when he did call. Bloonose – What? Jane, I’m surprised! There wasn’t a night he called to see you that I didn’t go into the parlor and smoke my old clay pipe for hours, just as sociable as if I’d known him for years – [Call] HAS BEEN THERE “I was a tramp for several years,” said a buggy washer at one of the livery stables the other day, “and I might have been on the road yet but for the circumstance which deprived me of this left leg at the knee. A tamp with a wooden leg would be nowhere, while I get around the stables at a fair gait.” “What was the circumstances?” “Well, seven or eight of us were tamping together through the oil regions of Pennsylvania, and one day one of the gang stole a can our of a shed in the woods. It contained nitroglycerine, but none of us knew the article then. He carried it for about an hour, when we all bunked down in the shade for a noon-day nap. Some of us were half asleep, and we were all packed together under one tree, when the man picked up a stone and began hammering at the can. I was looking at him out of one eye, and I was wondering whether the can held oil or lard, when all at once the vaults of Heaven fell to earth with a crash. Half an hour later, when I came to, I was lying in the bushes 200 feet from the tree, and my foot, ankle, and leg were a mass of pulp.” “There had been an explosion!” “You bet! There was a hole in the ground into which you could have dumped a cottage; and the big tree was a heap of kindling wood. Out of the eight of us five could not be found, and I suffered the least injury of any of the wounded. All that was gathered together to represent five men were some bits of clothing and leather – not over two quarts. That was a corker on me. Whenever I see a stray can lying around I lift my hat, take a circle to the right or left, and pensively observe: ‘Not any today, thank you – I’ve been there!” – [Detroit Free Press] THE ARABIAN HORSE Arabian horses are being imported into America to a slight extent of recent years. Messenger, the famous old stallion from whom our American trotting stock is all descended, had a large strain of Arabian blood in him. Arabian stallions have been brought to this country from time to time as presents to public men and others. But it is doubtful if a full-blooded Arabian mare was ever in the United States. They are valued more highly than the stallions, and not allowed to leave the country. There are six distinct families of horses in Arabia, and the pedigree of some of them runs back unmistakably for five hundred years. They come of old families. These are the horses for swiftness and endurance. They are not draught horses, but in the two qualities named they excel all other breeds in the world. They have delicate necks and fine, small, straight limbs, flashing eyes and a strong, flowing mane and tail. They are not large, fifteen and a half hands being an unusual height. The back is not arched much, the tail is high set, and the hoofs are always small, black and very tough. Centuries of pounding over the sands of the desert have made them so. They have small ears and powerful chest, from which they got their great endurance. They are distinguished for soundness of wind and limb, though their hand-bred, for-off cousin, the Kentucky horse, of late years seems to be developing a lack of hardiness. The Arabian horse is noted, too, for its gentle temper and intelligence. Its master, the Arab, says the horse is Allah’s best gift to man. QUITE SANE Harry – I hear that you have lost your father. Allow me to express my sympathy. Jack (with a sigh) – Thank you. Yes, he has gone; but the event was expected for a long time, and the blow was consequently less severe than if it had not been looked for. H. – His property was large? J – Yes, something like a quarter of a million. H. – I heard that his intellect, owing to his illness, was somewhat feeble during his latter years. Is there any probability of the will being contested. J. – No, father was quite sane when he made his will. He left everything to me. – [Boston Courier] WARNED “I tell you, it’s a great thing to have a girl who knows enough to warn a fellow of his danger.” “Have you?” inquired one of the company. “Yes, indeed; Julia’s father and mother were laying for me the other night, when she heard my tap at the window, and what do you suppose that girl did?”’ “Can’t think.” “She just sat down to the piano, and sang the insides out of “Old Folks at Home.” You can just bet I didn’t call that evening..” FAIR MORNING IN THE HARBOR – Poem – [James Herbert Morse] HUMOROUS Plain facts - Western prairies. The way of the world – Round its axis. The original boy cot – Cain’s little crib. A temperance movement – Turning on the water. It is a wise railroad stock that knows its own par. A cannibal is believed to be very fond of his fellow man. Professor – Which teeth comes last? Pupil – the false ones, sir. A porous plaster has been boycotted, but the proprietors resolve to stick. A six-year-old child being asked, “What is a rope?” replied, “A fat string.” The man with a No. 15 neck and a No. 14 collar has a hard struggle to make both ends meet. Dun (drawing out a bill): Excuse me, sir – Perplexed debtor (hurrying away): Pray, don’t mention it. “Who should decide when doctors disagree?” We don’t know who should, but we know that the undertakers generally does. That new dictionary with 240,000 words is intended to provide a sufficiently large vocabulary with which to address the base ball umpires during a dispute. There is a slight difference between the dead beat and the apprehended thief. One asks the bar to charge the account, and the bar asks the other to account the charge. Professor at Columbia – “We cannot taste in the dark. Nature intends us to see our food.” Student – “How about a blind man’s dinner?” Professor – “nature has provided him with eyeteeth, sir.” A good deal is being said lately about the ability of young wives to cook. The ability of young husbands to provide them with something to cook ought not to be entirely left out of the equation. THE WARLIKE APACHE A correspondent of the Chicago Inter-Ocean says: The Apache is not only the most warlike of American Indians and I do not except the Ute Indians, the Sioux, nor the Comanche – but he is also the most skilled in war. Trained to an endurance which would be unattainable in a more endurable country; with the eye of a hawk, the stealth of a coyote, the courage of a tiger, and its mercilessness, he is the Bedouin of the new world. He has horses that will exit on a blade of grass to an acre, and will travel 110 miles in twenty-four hours thereby without falling dead on the homestretch. He knows every foot of his savage country better than you know the interior of your parlor. He finds water and food where the best of us would starve to death for the want of both. More than 100 different plants yield him intestinal revenue. He has fastnesses from which no force can dislodge him, and when you lay siege he quietly slips out by some back door canon, and is off like thistle down on the wind. The dangerousness of an Indian is inverse ration to his food supply. The Apache, born to starvation, his whole life a constant fight to wrest a living from vixenish nature, as well as to wrest life from his neighbor, is whetted down to a ferocity of edge never reached by the Indian of a section where wood, and water and facile game abound. PAGE 2 THE LAMAR NEWS THURSDAY AUGUST 26, 1886 RATES OF ADVERTISING One inch, one insertion $1.00 One inch, each subsequent insertion .50 One inch, twelve months 10.00 One inch, six months 7.00 One inch, three months 5.00 Two inches twelve months 15.00 Two inches, six months 10.00 Quarter column 12 months 35.00 Half Column 12 months 60.00 One column 12 months 100.00 Professional card $10. Special advertisements in local columns will be charged double rates. All advertisements collectable after first insertion. Local notices 10 cents per line. Obituaries, tributes of respect, etc. making over ten lines, 5 cents per line. We are pleased to note the fact of Gen. Wheeler’s renomination to Congress from the 8th district. The Age of the 22nd came out with sixteen pages giving the semi-annual growth of the Magic City. While the city is making rapid steps toward greatness, the Age keeps ahead. No more fresh and readable paper is published in the South. Can Bro. McNatt of the Vernon News inform us what has become of the “Gass Bag”? We haven’t seen a copy in several weeks. – [Franklin Democrat. We haven’t either – however, we believe he has tucked his tail and crawled into his hole. HURRAH FOR LAMAR! Several counties in the State are claiming to be the banner Democratic county. Lamar is ahead of anything claimed yet. Seay received 1362 votes and Tanner 2. Not a single Republican State ticket was voted. Fayette claims to be the banner county with 1576 for Seay and 2 for Tanner. We can go 257 better – stand aside Fayette. On yesterday Gen. Wheeler was re-nominated to Congress from the eighth District. Judge Richardson was General Wheeler’s opponent in the race and prior to holding of the primaries it was thought, would prove a very strong one, but those elections went overwhelming for Wheeler and practically ceded the contest. A brilliant campaign was waged and Gen. Wheeler has come out victor. It is a flattering compliment to the general and shows what a firm hold he has on the hearts of the people of the eighth district. – [Montgomery Dispatch] NEW FOR HARMONY Now is the time for harmony in the Democratic ranks if there was ever a time when it was necessary. Having a Democratic President at the present does not insure the next one to be Democratic. And because we have Democratic State officers and have no trouble in electing them should not give Democrats the liberty to split up and disorganize the party. Such a course of conduct will put the federal government back into the hands of the Republican Party. There is no subject so well calculated to raise disturbance in the ranks of the Democratic as that of tariff and the finances. That there are differences on these subjects in both parties, it is very evident and while there doubtless exists a greater division in the Republican ranks on these subjects than in the Democratic, still there is not that spirit of casting off party allegiance that there is in the Democratic ranks. The extreme protectionist and free-trader does not belong to any particular party. You will find each alike in the great political parties of today and strong efforts are being made to array those of like views on each side into one solid body, crating new parties and dissolving the old. The good that promises to come of this is precious little and the result will only be the demoralization and ruin of the Democratic Party. These are not the aims and ideas of great and for seeing political leaders; but of a few sensational journals and those who are saying to get into office whose only ability and chance of success is to play on the excited imagining of the people over oppressive wrongs. Such a spirit deserves the contamination of all good men, a spirit of tolerance should prevail in all of our deliberations and honest views on the question of tariff and money should command our respect though they be at variance with our own. Unless such a course is followed defeat is inevitable, for one party can control this government except it be united in one solid and unwavering bond when the time of voting is at hand. The Democratic Party, Nation State and even down to the very precincts is ---- with a crowd of self appointed leaders and the wisdom of the party is - --- utmost to keep them from ----- and shivering the whole ----- to small for top-----. AN UNPROVOKED ATTACK Editor Lamar News: In the Vernon Courier of Aug. 20, I notice an unprovoked attack on Miss MOLLIE PENNINGTON and those who have seen and heard and know it to be the wonderful works of God. Stating “those who believe it are on a sandy foundation or superstition and ignorance, for any man indorsing her knows no more about the teaching of Holy Writ than a parrot knows about the science of language.” Stating that Vernon has medical men that could diagnose the --- &c, and is signed J. P. COLLINS M. D. Now we don’t know Dr. COLLINS, but we do know by his unprovoked attack, that he knows as little about the grace of God as he does about little Mollie. He is one of those hearsays red-hot from his father’s kingdom and his lust he will do and spits forth his persecutions in style. Now, Dr., we have Doctors here the pears (sic) of any in the State, and gentlemen at that. Dr. M. W. MORTON, whose judgement we will put against any Doctors in the State of Alabama, says he could not diagnose the case, at all, and Dr. G. C. BURNS was with her off and on from beginning to the end and was there when she apparently died. She told them before, all about how it would turn out, and it was true prophecy. Dr. Burn’s testimony corroborated by every person there which were about 15 or 20, and no one ever denying except some of those hearsay skeptics. Now, Rev. M. D. – D. D. what do you know of Mollie, the innocent little girl and her prophecies? You seem to assume an angel of light, as Paul says Satan will do, and endeavor to diagnose a case of which I am sure from your position you know nothing of. No, M. D. – D. D., if you are as ignorant of phyu7sic as you are of revelation I pity your patients. Rev. Sire, please don’t shoot until you see the game, and don’t condemn your betters before you know who they are. She has never pretended to have any new revelations and she has never said, or done anything the Bible does not justify. He who says she has is “a liar and the truth is not in him.: If you think her doings and sayings cannot be substantiated, come to the scratch and see; I know what I say and I am not as green as you or your blindness may think. I stand pledged before God to defend her against all the fiery darts of hell – so far and if you think there is no good in it come and see. Come to the light and don’t bushwhack men you know nothing about on hear says your tirade of hear says amount to the basest persecution. I have written two articles, what I did not see I can prove and what I saw I will swear and am ready to go to judgement on it. I will stand by it and if necessary I will seal it with my life. Now, sire, if you think, disease and medicine give persons the love of God and make them happy as she is all the time, please sire take some for God knows you need it badly. What harm has she done you or any one else to merit such an attack of malignant persecution? She has done and is still doing much good, all in the name of the Lord. Many hard hear4ts have been melted, many made to rejoice, many reclaimed forma back-slidden state, many good persons visit her room a far and go away rejoicing. I have to meet the first Christian yet who has seen and heard her that is not truly satisfied that the work is from God and supernatural. You say the Bible is complete, so says Mollie and never has said anything to add, or take away but prizes it highly enough to obey this teaching by pure love to all. Now, as far as God’s wrath hovering over us, we are ready any time. Are you sure? And again be sure you many not haply be found fighting against God. For you are as sure as there is a God, and now where does infidelity come in from Satan’s ranks, always opposing everything Christ-like opposing the works of the spirit, denying the power thereof. Now dear sir in conclusion will you please come and see for yourself the little innocent girl whom you have attacked so savagely and unmercifully. She will forgive you as freely as Christ forgave his enemies and so far as I am concerned I forgive you for your harsh sayings, for you know not what you do, and I hope God will, and before you die you many see and know the truth as it is. I subscribe myself a lover of truth. T. W. SPRINGFIELD. “STOP MY PAPER” We clip the following as applicable to Old Sorrell: “After you get on your ears, and make up your mind to ‘stop’ your paper, to make the editor feel humiliated, just poke your finger in water and then pull it out and look for the hole. Then you will know how sadly you are missed. The man who thinks a paper cannot survive without his support, ought to go off and stay awhile. When he comes back he will find half his friends didn’t know he was gone. The other half didn’t care a cent, and the world at large hadn’t kept any account of his movements whatever. You will find things you cannot indorse in every paper. Even the Bible is rather plain and hits some hard licks. If you were to get mad and burn your Bible, the hundreds of presses would still go on printing them. And if you were to stop your paper and call the editor all sorts of ugly names, the paper will still be published. And what is more, you will sneak around and borrow a copy of it every week from your neighbor. It would be much better to keep your vest pulled down and your subscription paid a year in advance.’ OUR TEXAS LETTER Winnsboro, Tex. Aug. 16, 1886 Ed. News: Just as this dull season the two principal industries are horse swapping and lecturing. The redoubtable Texan will swap any thing from his pony to his wife. There are men herein town who know every horse in Texas. They have traficked (sic) and traded and swapped until the horse and mule sale have become confused. There is a female mule two miles from town the mother of a two weeks old colt. The work of a candidate here is much lighter than there. He lectioners (sic) less with men and more with organizations. There seems to be a complete line of opposition between the town people and the country. The country people will vote for their man solidly and the result is they generally down the “city chap.” When will people cease their foolish wrangling and vote for a good man regardless of his place of residence? Their interest are identical and they ought to --- a unit in sentiment. In some places a good man dare not come out for an office; his very ability will be againt (sic) him. Well, what are the people talking about now? Hadn’t you and Wall better throw up your commission? The poultry business might be made a success, if you could stir up a few more roosters. Our campmeeting is in progress. A big, fat irreligious lawyer of our town tell me “Take cake belongs to Texas on big meetings and professional shouters.” We have fine churches in town. The Methodists are in the lead. As in most other towns the churches have been the priciple (sic) obsticle to the school. I think, however, the people fo this town are decided to unite upon the school. The prospects for a good school are very flattering. Ross was nominated for governor. You ought to have heard our anvils and bells. Respectfully, J. S. TOMLIN PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMISSIONER’S COURT Regular Term, July 12, 1886 It was endorsed by the Court that W. R. BROWN be allowed for stationery 3.18 J. C. BROWN ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ pauper 13.00 KATE JONES ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ ‘’ 25.00 R. W. COBB ‘’ ‘’ stationery 5.83 S. F PENNINGTON – repair court house 10.00 J. W. DRAPER for pauper 15.00 W. W. PURNELL “ “ 96.29 SAMUEL LOGGAINS - as commissioner 6.50 R. W. YOUNG “ 6.50 ALBERT WILSON “ 7.95 W. M. MOLLOY “ 8.00 ALEXANDER COBB “ 6.00 W. Y. ALLEN “ 4.00 W. Y. ALLEN stationery 1.25 Order of Review granted for a new road from Moulton Road to Fayette County line. Order of Review granted for a new road from Columbus & Fayette Road to Fayette line now W. K. DAVIS” in Stern’s Beat ALSO AUGUST 9TH 1886 It was ordered by the court that: J. F. SANDERS be allowed for bridge lumber 2.10 J. E. CUNNINGHAM for mile boards 1.00 G. B. SPRINGFIELD for feeding prisoners 4.03 JAMES P. YOUNG for registering voters .85 JAMES P. YOUNG for bridge lumber 3.24 WM. MCCULLOUGH for registering voters .85 J. E. SISSOM “ “ 1.00 J. I. BURKSDALE for bridge lumber 11.10 LEON NALL for 5 trees for bridge sills 1.30 MARSHALL & BRUCE for stationery 9.31 J. I. BURKSDALE for hauling lumber for bridge 2.75 MCADAMS & PHILLIPS cost for arresting prisoner &c. 3.20 A. J. PARSONS, lumber for bridge 15.00 W. W. PURNELL, for care of paupers 24.20 W. G. RICHARDS & SON, nails for bridge 1.00 HALEY & DENMAN “ “ 4.76 A. A. WALL, for election notice 14.00 E. J. MCNATT, for public printing 4.00 SANDERS & WHEELER for lumber and nails for bridge 22.25 JAMES MIDDLETON, registering voters 2.50 ALEXANDER COBB for registering copies of election 25.00 JAMES MIDDLETON for ex-officio fee as clerk 125.00 ALEXANDER COBB for ex-officio fee as probate judge 125.00 ALEXANDER COBB fee for road services 90.00 S. F. PENNINGTON ex-officio fee as sheriff 200.00 Mrs. MCGILL for pauper 12.50 ALBERT WILSON as commissioner 4.95 W. M. MOLLOY “ “ 4.95 R. W. YOUNG “ “ 3.90 SAMUEL LOGGAINS “ “ 3.90 W. Y. ALLEN “ “ 3.90 ALEXANDER COBB “ “ 3.90 The above is a copy of the orders and disbursements at said courts. ALEXANDER COBB, Judge of Probate WANTED: To know the whereabouts of SYLVESTER ALONZO BOX. It will be to his material interest to correspond with W. Y. ALLEN, Vernon, Ala. or W. L. HARRILL, Okolona, Miss. To Grand and Petit Jurors, witnesses and all Interested, we are requested by Circuit Clerk MIDDLETON, to state that Circuit Clerk will not convene in the town of Vernon until Tuesday August 31, 1886. Ad for Pianos and Organs – (picture of organ) Mr. J. Garrison, of Cullman, Ala who handles bur first class pianos and organs. PHOTOGRAPHS – R. HENWOOD, Photographer, Aberdeen, Miss. Price list: Cards de visite, per doz………$2.00 Cards Cabinet, per doz……….$4.00 Cards Panel, per doz………….$5.00 Cards Boudoir, per doz………$5.00 Cards, 8 x 10, per doz……….. $8.00 Satisfaction given or money returned. RESTAURANT, Aberdeen, Mississippi. Those visiting Aberdeen would do well to call on Mrs. L. M. KUPFER, who keeps Restaurant, Family Groceries, Bakery and Confectionery, toys, tobacco, and cigars. Also coffee and sugar. Special attention paid to ladies ATTORNEYS SMITH & YOUNG, Attorneys-At-Law Vernon, Alabama– W. R. SMITH, Fayette, C. H., Ala. W. A. YOUNG, Vernon, Ala. We have this day, entered into a partnership for the purpose of doing a general law practice in the county of Lamar, and to any business, intrusted to us we will both give our earnest personal attention. – Oct. 13, 1884. S. J. SHIELDS – Attorney-at-law and Solicitor in Chancery. Vernon, Alabama. Will practice in the Courts of Lamar and the counties of the District. Special attention given to collection of claims. PHYSICIANS – DENTISTS M. W. MORTON. W. L. MORTON. DR. W. L. MORTON & BRO., Physicians & Surgeons. Vernon, Lamar Co, Ala. Tender their professional services to the citizens of Lamar and adjacent country. Thankful for patronage heretofore extended, we hope to merit a respectable share in the future. Drug Store. Dr. G. C. BURNS, Vernon, Ala. Thankful for patronage heretofore extended me, I hope to receive a liberal share in the future. The Coleman House (Formerly West House). W. S. COLEMAN, Pro. Main St. Columbus, Miss. Is now open for the entertainment of guests, and will be kept clean and comfortable, the table being supplied with the best the market affords. Rates per day…$1.50, Rates for lodging and 2 meals….$1.25, Rates for single meals…...$0.50, Rates for single lodging…..$0.50. call and try us. THE VERNON HIGH SCHOOL, Under the Principalship of J. R. BLACK, will open October 5, 1886 and continue for a term of nine scholastic months. Rates of Tuition as follows: PRIMARY: Embracing Orthography, Reading, Writing, Primary Geography, and Primary Arithmetic, per month $1.50 INTERMEDIATE: Embracing English Grammar, Intermediate Geography, Practical Arithmetic, Composition, and U. S. History; per month $2.00 ADVANCED: Embracing Algebra, Geometry, Physiology, Rhetoric, Logic, Elocution, and Latin, per month $3.00 Incidental fee 20 cts, per quarter. Discipline will be mild but firm. Special attention given to those who wish to engage in teaching. Good board at $7 per month. Tuition due at the end of each quarter. For further information, address: J. R. BLACK, Principal, Vernon, Ala J. B. MACE, Jeweler, Vernon, Alabama. (Picture of watch) Dealer in watches, clocks, jewelry and spectacles. Makes a specialty of repairing. Will furnish any style of timepiece, on short notice, and at the very lowest price. Our stock of Furnishing is full and complete in every respect. (Elaborate drawing of goods sold) Largest Cheapest best stock of dress goods, dress trimmings, ladies & misses jerseys clothing, furnishing goods, knit underwear, boots, shoes, & hats, tin ware, etc., etc., at rock bottom figures at A. COBB & SONS’S Barber Shop. For a clean shave or Shampoo call on G. W. BENSON, in rear Dr. Burn’s office. Vernon, Ala WIMBERELY HOUSE Vernon, Alabama. Board and Lodging can be had at the above House on living terms L. M. WIMBERLEY, Proprietor. ERVIN & BILLUPS, Columbus, Miss. Wholesale and retail dealers in pure drugs, paints, oils, paten Medicines, tobacco & cigars. Pure goods! Low prices! Call and examine our large stock. Go to ECHARD’S PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, Columbus, Mississippi, when you want a fine photograph or ferrotype of any size or style. No extra charge made for persons standing. Family group and old pictures enlarged to any size. All the work is done in his gallery and not sent North to be done. Has a handsome and cheap line of Picture Frames on hand. Call at his Gallery and see his work when in Columbus. MORGAN, ROBERTSON & CO., Columbus, Mississippi. General dealers in staple dry goods, boots, & shoes, groceries, bagging, ties, etc. etc. Always a full stock of goods on hand at Bottom prices. Don’t fail to call on them when you go to Columbus. Johnson’s Anodyne Liniment…(too small to read). B. A. Fahnestock’s Vermifuge….(too small to read) PAGE 3 THE LAMAR NEWS THURSDAY AUGUST 26, 1886 (Entered according to an act of Congress at the post office at Vernon, Alabama, as second-class matter.) TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One copy one year $1.00 One copy, six months .60 All subscriptions payable in advance LOCAL DIRECTORY CHANCERY COURT THOMAS COBBS Chancellor JAS. M. MORTON Register CIRCUIT COURT S. H. SPROTT Circuit Judge THOS. W. COLEMAN Solicitor COUNTY OFFICERS ALEX. COBB Probate Judge JAMES MIDDLETON Circuit Clerk S. F. PENNINGTON Sheriff L. M. WIMBERLEY Treasurer W. Y. ALLEN Tax Assessor D. J. LACY Tax Collector B. F. REED Co. Supt. of Education Commissioners – W. M. MOLLOY, SAMUEL LOGGAINS, R. W. YOUNG, ALBERT WILSON CITY OFFICERS L. M. WIMBERLY – Mayor and Treasurer G. W. BENSON – Marshall Board of Aldermen – T. B. NESMITH, W. L. MORTON, JAS MIDDLETON, W A BROWN, R. W. COBB RELIGIOUS FREEWILL BAPTIST – Pastor –T. W. SPRINGFIELD. Services, first Sabbath in each month, 7 p.m. MISSIONARY BAPTIST – Pastor J. E. COX. Services second Sabbath in each month at 11 am. METHODIST – Pastor – G. L. HEWITT. Services fourth Sabbath in each month. 11 a.m. SABBATH SCHOOLS UNION – Meets every Sabbath at 3 o’clock p.m. JAMES MIDDLETON, Supt. METHODIST – Meets every Sabbath at 9 o’clock a.m. G. W. RUSH, Supt. MAIL DIRECTORY VERNON AND COLUMBUS - Arrives every evening and leaves ever morning except Sunday, by way of Caledonia. VERNON AND BROCKTON – Arrives and departs every Saturday by way of Jewell. VERNON AND MONTCALM – Arrives and departs every Friday. VERNON AND PIKEVILLE – Arrives and (sic) Pikeville every Tuesday and Friday by way of Moscow and Beaverton. VERNON AND KENNEDY – Arrives and departs every Wednesday and Saturday. VERNON AND ANRO – Leaves Vernon every Tuesday and Friday and returns every Wednesday and Saturday. LOCAL BREVITIES Come on Lamar. Lamar – The banner county. Who was to pay the $100? Messrs. Rush & Co. are having their big store house recovered. There is some new buildings commenced in Vernon almost every day. Wanted: 10,000 brick 1st of Oct. – W. A. YOUNG Come to the speaking next Saturday. The building boom still continues. Vernon will be no one horse town yet. Is the Senatorial race over in Franklin? The large trout that navigate Yellow Creek are being rapidly brought ashore. Squire KIRK of Sizemore Beat gave Vernon a short visit yesterday. Today was set for repairing the stables at the patronage. Miss JALA GUIN after a long absence at school and teaching is again at home. At prayer meeting last night a lamp making too great a light frightened the audience considerably. Mr. W. R. WHITE and family and Mrs. L. J. CLARK, after spending some days with relatives in Vernon, returned home via Detroit last Monday. Miss DELLA WARD of Jasper, who has been visiting her friend Miss MAGGIE MORTON, returned home last Friday. DIED: On the night of the 24th last, four miles northeast of Vernon infant child of Mr. and Mrs. JAS. WILLIS. The lawyers seem to be tuning up for court, and were having some kind of a wrangle yesterday before the Register. Get up soon Sunday morning and see the sun eclipsed. It will be worth observing. Board and Lodging for man and horse can be had on living terms during Court weeks at HUGH PENNINGTON’S . The funeral services of Mr. PHILLIP RUSH will be conducted by Rev. D. W. WARD in the Methodist Church Sunday at 11 o’clock AM. Prayer meeting last night. Eggs are as scarce as hens teeth. “Lamar came on” for TOM SEAY. There are 15 cases of concealed weapons on the State Docket. W. G. MIDDLETON Esq. paid Columbus a visit this week. Several new subscriptions added to our list this week. Will give roll of honor on the 9th of September, giving names of all new subscribers. We have just received a nice lot of new type, hoping to give our patrons a more readable paper in the future. Those who pay as a little cash during court will be highly appreciated. The Rev. G. L. HEWITT delighted his audience with a good sermon last Sunday. Rev. CHARLIE WHEELER has just closed a meeting of usual interest over at Richmond. Church Conference at the Methodist Church Friday evening at 4 o’clock,. McLENMORE was arrested and lodged in jail here yesterday on charge of the murder of a Mr. COOK during the war. Mr. N. F. MORTON is moving along nicely with his contract to build dwelling for W. A> YOUNG Esq., will have it completed by 1st of October. See Commissioner’s report elsewhere. The atmosphere has been rendered much more pleasant by refreshing showers. There are 14 cases on the Civil Docket and 71 on the State Docket to be disposed of during circuit court. Rev. J. E. COX is to conduct a service of meetings here commencing on the 2nd Sunday in Sept. DIED: On the 24 at his home six miles west of here of hemorrhage, Mr. LEROY TURMAN a good esteemed citizen. Columbus, Miss has but two newspapers, the Democrat having lately suspended. Vernon will soon be up to Columbus in some respects. Owing to sickness in the family of the editor, the book on the “Wonderful Girl” Mollie Pennington is not yet out of press. Mr. VAN LIVINGSTON is off to Bunavista, Miss to attend college. He orders the News sent him while away. No better boy will be at that school. Ed. Lamar News: I have a long and searching reply written to J. R. BLACK’s letter which croped out of last week’s Courier, which I have concluded to withhold from publication on condition that he produce his authority for contradicting the testimony of so many concerning the trance of Mollie Pennington, or if he has written unthoughtedly on mere hear says, that he may state that fact in justice to myself and others. T. W. SPRINGFIELD. LIST OF JURORS The following is a list of the Grand and Petit Jurors drawn for the fall term of the Circuit Court commencing Tuesday, August 31, 1886. GRAND JURORS M. W. MORTON B. H. JACKSON J. E. GRAVES W. M. MOLLOY VINCENT WEBB J. W. PAUL J. T. JAGGERS ISAAC HILL A. J. PENNINGTON T. M. SAVAGE D. G. HOLCOMB T. G. GENTRY T. J. ALEXANDER W. W. DUNN F. M. COBB PETIT JURORS – FIRST WEEK A. K. GREEN J. J. WHEELER G. H. TURNER T. J. SHAW R. A. TRIM REUBEN GUYTON T. L. CREW A. MORROW KIT DUKE CRAVE HARRIS W. J. SANDLIN J. L. MARCHBANKS ALEX BELL W. H. HILL SILAS WALDROP W. P. SMITH ROBERT IRWIN ANDY CLINE J. R. SHIELDS L. J. HAYS J. M. BEASLEY J. R. GOODMAN J. W. SHELTON J. R. ROBERSON PETIT JURORS – SECOND WEEK W. B MATTHEWS G. B. TAYLOR ABNER PENNINTON W. R. CUNNINGHAM MOSES COLLIER L. R. GUIN R. P. BOLIN J. H. SHAFER J. W. JOHNSON J. H. CARR A. J. LOWRY JNO. HOLLADAY A. YU. HOLLIS W. W. MIZE MARTIN LAWRENCE R. L. RICHARDS J. M. DAVIS C. M. HYDRICK F. M. GARTMAN RAZ UIN S. E. ROWLAMB STEPHEN CASH J. M. USSERY MASONIC: Vernon Lodge, No. 588, A. F. and A. M. Regular Communications at Lodge Hall 1st Saturday, 7 pm each month. – T.W. SPRINGFIELD, W. M. W. L. MORTON, S. W. JNO. ROBERTSON, J. W. R. W. COBB, Treasurer, M. W. MORTON, Secretary Vernon Lodge, NO 45, I. O. G. F. Meets at Lodge Hall the 2d and 4th Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. each month. J. D. MCCLUCKEY, N. G. R. L. BRADLEY, V. G. E. J. MCNATT, Treas’r M. W. MORTON, Sec. THE HUMAN BODY’S WEIGHT – (ARTICLE IS VERY SMALL TYPE AND VERY HARD TO READ) INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SILKWORMS Mr. Dean tells some interesting facts about his silkworms. He says that one ounce of eggs will produce 40,000 worms. One hundred worms when first hatched will weigh one grain. When they have been properly fed for from twenty-eight to thirty-one days and are ready for spinning their cocoons, these same 100 worms will weigh 9,5800 grains. That rapid accession of weight is, of course, surprising but then everything about the silkworm is more or less surprising when he is carefully studied. His very power of spinning out of himself a filament from 150 yards in length if he has been starved to as much as a mile and a half, or perhaps two miles if he is in extra good condition, and the industry with which he patiently revolves his head around him 300,000 or more times in forming that filament into a cocoon may well be wondered at. During the fifth stage of growth, say in the last seven or eight days before commencing to spin, the words are ravenously hungry. They eat day and night if they have anything to eat. If starved for a hew hours at that time, and then supplied with fresh leaves they are very liable to eat so greedily as to burst themselves, and the silk material that is in them in a fluid form runs out in color exactly like the silk filament. – [New York Sun] THE HABIT OF DINING LATE Probably much of the improved physique which is so generally recognized among Americans is due to the increased habit of dining late. For men of the above classes an early dinner means a hurried dinner, while a late one is a leisurely one. I know men in good circumstances who for years took what was regarded as a regular meal “down town” at 1 o’clock or so, and never allowed more than fifteen minutes for it. And those same men now dine at home, after the day’s work is over, and give an hour or more to the process. Of course, this assumed difference may be pressed too far, and I remember being checked in this argument by that most dignified of women, the late Mrs. George Ticknor, of Boston. She heard me through, but she said so calmly: “I don not agree with you that the hour of the day has anything to do with it. I kept house for a great many years, and had many dinner parties at 2 o’clock. There never was any undue haste at my table”. I should think not, indeed. But Mrs. Ticknor was the last of her generation – the mores the pity – and the lady fo the house today needs all the quieting associations of the evening to secure for her guests the due decorum and repose. – [T. W. Higginson in Harper’s Bazaar] PLATING SILVER UPON WOOD Electro-plating with silver upon wood is now successfully performed, the process being adapted to handles of all kinds, including umbrellas, canes, carving knives, etc. The silver is thrown upon the wood by a process, which it is related, has proved extremely difficult in practice. The deposit of silver, of course, follows all the peculiarities of the wood, and the ordinary handle is simply garnished in almost ineradicable silver. – [New York Sun] English railway companies have successful co-operative banks of their own. Ad for Peruna State Normal School. Florence, Alabama. T. J. MITCHELL, A. M. President. Established by the State for the purpose of training Teachers, Male and Female. Graduater teaches in the Public Schools without further examination. The Course of study embraces all of the branches ------ taught in high schools and colleges. TUITION To normal pupils Free To other pupils, per session $7 to $12 Incidental fee to all $2.00 Music, per session $5 to $10 Board, per Month $10 to $12 President Mitchell is a distinguished Normal an institute worker. The single success of all his institutes, as well as the strong endorsements Dr. Curry and others, mark him as peculiarly fitted for the place. Fall term opens Sept 6, ’86. For further particulars apply to the President, or to Robert McFarland, President of the Board of Directors. Ad for Peruna Ad for Ayer & Sons NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Ala – June 22, 1886 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed his notice of his intention to make final proof to support of his claim and that said proof will be made before the Judge or in his absence before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lamar County, Ala at Vernon on August 9th, to viz: No. 9707 DAVID S. STANFORD, for the SW ¼ of NW ¼ and NW ¼ of SW ¼ SEC 35, and SE ¼ of NE ¼ and NE ¼ of SE ¼ SEC 31 T12 R14 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuance residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: W. M. MOLLOY, S. G. DILL, and NATHANIEL MILLER, and R. CANON, all of Beaverton, Ala. – WM. C. WALLS, Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Land Office at Huntsville, Ala – June 18, 1886 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of is intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the Judge or in this absence before the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lamar County, Ala, at Vernon, on August 25th, 1886, viz: Homestead 4409, WILLIAM B. ROBERTSON, for the S W ¼ of N E ¼ Sec 22 T13 R14 West. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuance residence upon, and cultivation of said land, viz: R. E. BRADLEY, JOHN L. WEEDS, JAMES SIZEMORE, and J. P. MOTES all of Beaverton, Ala. WM. C. WELLS, Register Ad for Peruna Ad for Extra Light Draft Two Mule Sulky Plow – The Bluegrass. (picture of plow) Ad for New Home Sewing Machine (picture of sewing machine) Ad for Avery Sewing Machine Ad for Wetherill Paint Ad for Collins Ague Cure Ad for Marriage Guide Ad for Chicago Cottage Organ (picture of Organ) PAGE 4 LADIES DEPARTMENT HOMELY GIRLS AND BEAUTIFERS Public attention of late has been called a great deal to what are termed homely girls. “Hones are made happy by homely girls, who are not much talked about in society,” says one contemporary. Well, it is true. There is something about the honest-faced, homely girl that comforts and assures the average man. He is not afraid of her, does not hesitate to ask favors, never feels as if he is trespassing upon her time, and always knows where he stands. But all this need not discourage the acknowledged beauty. The telegraph makes bold to say that it has known some pretty girls who were home angels, who labored faithfully under the disadvantage of superior charms and finally settled down to become good wives. Let no girl who is gifted with beauty feel discouraged. – [Macon (Ga.) Telegraph] THE GIRL OF TODAY The girl of today is generally proficient in needle-work. She cannot only alter her own dresses, but cut and make those and her underclothing as well. She has a knack at trimming her hats and furnishing up her wardrobe, and does her full share at helping the dressmaker, who comes to assume charge of the spring and fall sewing. She understands the various branches of mending, and takes that division of labor off her mothers hands, as well as the care of parlors and dining room, the arranging of flowers, the supervision of the manners and apparel of the younger children, and sometimes of their studies, tool Let full justice be done to the “girl of the period,” or rather let there be a clear comprehension of what should be really represented by that much abused phrase. It is not fair to take the weakest specimens of the sec as types of a class comprising workers, with strong conceptions of life, its responsibilities and burdens, and a steady purpose to bear them according to the best of their ability. – [Philadelphia Press] A SOCIETY BEE-HIVE There is always the hostess with her daughter at the top of the stairs, surrou8nded by a crowd who have bowed or shaken hands with that lady, and who afterward appear as if they were trying to hide themselves from her and her offspring as fast as possible, says a writer in Harper’s Magazine, describing a crowded fashionable ball in London. The musicians are blockaded in one corner, and round the doors the black-coated young men cluster like bees in swarming time. Mothers and daughters are ranged two or three deep round the walls, the more fortunate of the former sitting, but many on foot. In the middle of the room, reduced to an irregular space of about ten feet by six, struggling couples beat one against another. On their faces are expressed various emotions – high spirits and depression, malice and good-humor, pleasure and pain. The floor oscillates; wax candles sprinkle their substance liberally about; hot young men open windows and chilly dowagers shut them. Now and then a black coat detaches itself from the mass near the door, and with a patronizing air selects a partner, or makes a few gracious observations to a chaperone. Everything is sound and tumult, the only approach to repose being on the back stair, where two or three couples sit in a blissful state watching other couples wedge their way to the tea-room through opposing masses who press back to the dancing. In the tea-room is a still denser throng, above which arms are raised waving tea-cups, glasses of lemon-ade, ices, and other light refreshments. TELEGRAPH OPERATORS There evidently is one kind of business for which women seem to be well fitted, judging form the number engaged in it, and that, says the New York World, is telegraphy. Strolling about the city and dropping into almost any telegraph office from Harlem to the Battery there may be seen the female operator, and, as a general thing, she will be seen to be young and pretty and wide-awake to her business. She will sometimes have about her a number of subordinates of the opposite sex in the form of callow youths and messenger boys, over whom she queens it with a right royal will a right royal will and an air of authority that is charming to behold. Generally these young women are very pleasant and obliging; only occasionally will one come across a terror, whose very look will freeze him to the marrow. However they all seem to give satisfaction to their employers and to attend well to their work, and appear to be rapidly monopolizing the telegraphic business. Far out on the western plains, wherever there is a road station, almost invariably the traveler sees a pretty lace or muslin curtain at the window, a bird cage hanging up aloft, and some flowering plants on the narrow sill, or ravine trained up over the red door (these stations all along the line of the road are painted a dull, dark red), and other signs of the feminine presence, and if he looks out as the train stops he will be nearly sure to see a bright, neatly dressed white-aproned young woman come to the door and stand gazing out at the train and watching the passengers with a half-pleased, half-sorry air. This is the local telegraph operator, who has taken up her lonely life out here on the alkali desert amid the sage brush, and whose only glimpse of the world she has left behind her is this brief acquaintance with the trains which pass and repass two or three times during the day. These are true types, all of them, of our brave American girl, whose courage is equal to any emergency. HOW TO GET A PEARLY SKIN I see a lot of people on the street who are out of kilter internally, says a writer in The Boston Globe. What they need is artificial aid. They are too lazy to walk, but treatment, especially for the skin, is necessary, and though it may seem severe, this is highly recommended. A tablespoonful of sulphur taken every other morning for a week then omitted for three mornings, and then taken again, will clear the complexion, but will probably make the black specks that bother women so much more numerous for a week or two. A mixture of powdered brimstone in diluted glycerine, rubbed on at night in connection with the other treatment, will soon cause them to disappear. Wash this off carefully in the morning with soap and water in which there is a little ammonia. This is not commended for women who are slenderly built, nervous in temperament, and apparently bloodless, but for those who suffer because of the oiliness of their skins it has the commendation of an eminent physician. After a bath, the woman who wishes to make her skin healthy and develop her body will have her maid rub her gently with ether almond or olive oil under the knees, about the throat and neck, and from there to her waist, adapting the movement of the hands to the shape, so that no hurt is possible. The Hindoo women thoroughly understand the art of rubbing and are in consequence the most perfectly made women in the world, lithe, firm of flesh, and with skins as smooth as satin. All of the wonderful prescriptions warranted to develop the body invariably give a positive command about the rubbing, insisting that the development can not be accomplished unless the friction is as regularly applied as the wash. Then, if success is attained, the wash receives all the approbation, whereas the credit is due to the rubbing. Almond or live oil is only used to make the skin pliable and to open the pores, for it is to the deftness of the rubber that the perfectly formed woman in Oriental lands knows she is indebted. FASHION NOTES Velvet is much used in the summer costumes. French lace is worm more than Malta or Guipure. The straw lace bonnets for summer show the hair and its arrangement. Tailor made suits have veiled cornelian buttons for an embellishment. A large bow of white ribbon decorates the handles of stylish sun umbrellas. This is the fifth season of jet, and yet the novelties are appearing every day. Parasols are in infinite variety, the jet lace covers being the most elegant and costly. Elegant short visies of black or colored velvet or beaded fabrics are worn for calling. A white camel’s hair gown, trimmed with rows of black and silver braid, is a novelty. A new material of the pongee variety is called silk long cloth, and is wider than pongee. Large or small, long or short, whatever style you decided upon for a wrap, it must be close fitting. An exquisite tea gown is of changeable peacock blue plush, over a silk skirt of reddish tan color. New buttons are like rounds cut from a rough walking stick, bark and all; they come in various sixes. Violets and pale green combine with exquisite effect in silk for scarf embroideries and for small hangings. Soft vests of crinkled Japanese crape are very stylish with any silk costume, and may be either in white or delicate color. Cowslips and buttercups are to the front in general favor, and with the inclination to black prove an effective addition.. The new French turbans are popular and becoming to any woman who is passing fair and has not turned the down grade. The newest fancy in fringe consists of poppy heads attached to a heading of beaded gimp, tassels of beads depending from them. Very small rosary bead buttons are used to trim and edge jackets that are fastened with big flat or medium sized ball buttons. Dog collars worn with low and square-cut dresses are velvet or satin-covered, with beads corresponding with those on the dress. Walking costumes of summer serge or cheviot are made with a pleated skirt; a second skirt, much shorter, pleated across the front, forming a shawl-point at the side and a puff at the back. The bodice comes down into a peak both in front and at the back; it is trimmed with a collar and ruffle of woolen lace to match. MR AND MRS CLEVELAND - PLEASANT IMPRESSIONS MADE IN WASHINGTON BY THE PRESIDENT’S BRIDE Before President Cleveland married complaints of his exclusiveness, or rather of his seclusiveness, were frequent. Almost any one who went to the White House could see him, but it was a rare thing that the outside public caught a glimpse of him in the common walks of the community. He occasionally indulged in a short drive through the fashionable portion of the city; once or twice a month he would ride down to his old-fashioned Presbyterian Church, but he was almost constantly hidden away from the poplar gaze behind his big desk at the White House. A remarkable change is noticed in his habits and manner since he married. He appears at church punctually at 11 o’clock every Sunday morning with pretty Mrs. Cleveland by his side. They frequently take long afternoon drives through the public parks. Last Saturday afternoon, when the Marine band was giving its open air concert in the White House grounds, the President and his wife walked out on the lawn and enjoyed the music with the government clerks and his girls. I suppose the first time the President was ever seen walking on Pennsylvania Avenue was last Saturday night. He had been down to the station to see Secretary Manning, who was passing through from Warm Springs. The President dismissed his carriage at the station and with Colonel Lamont sauntered leisurely along the crowded sidewalks to the White House, three-quarters of a mile away. In his loosely fitting dark suit and broad brim straw hat he looked the picture of a Democratic President. He is mingling with the people of Washington more than he ever did before he married. Mrs. Cleveland receives much credit for this change in her husband’s habits. She has pleased everybody by her unaffected manners and her easy adaptation to her new sphere in life. She had to face a severe trial when she became the bride of the president, and whenever she appears she is still the object of eager curiosity and close observation. While she cannot be unaware of this fact, she never betrays the slightest consciousness of it, either by the disguise of indifference or the tremulous uncertainly of embarrassment. She appears, under all circumstances, a dignified graceful young woman, a beautiful type of womanhood of the republic. Her dress, like her manners, is remarkable for its elegant simplicity. It is the universal opinion in Washington that President Cleveland has won a capital prize in the matrimonial lottery. A PRINCELY CLAIM The claim of Myra Clark Gaines to the heirship of Daniel Clarke, the Irish millionaire merchant, land speculator and politician of New Orleans of eighty years ago, has been a veritable romance of litigation. Nearly thirty years ago the Supreme Court of the Untied States decided favorably to her claim, but his bore no ready fruit. May 3, 1883 Judge Billings in the United States Circuit Court of Louisiana decided the case of Mrs. Gaines against the City of New Orleans in favor of the plaintiff, the suit having been pending for many years. The case had previously been referred to a master in chancery, who, March 16, reported to the court that the city was indebted to Mrs. Gaines for rent and property that it had wrongfully disposed of in 1837, in the sum of $824,660, with interest amounting to $779,401 making a total of $1,604,062. Council for the city filed exceptions to this report, and Judge Billings decision was the result. It confirmed the report of the master in chancery, but he added certain interest to the amount mentioned, bring in the amount of the judgement against the city up to $1,625,667. Judge Billings held that the defendants had kept the plaintiff out of the enjoyment of her property for forty years, and the loss to the latter was represented by the judgement given. This judgement the city refused to pay, alleging nulla bona, whereupon Mrs. Gaines applied to the court for a mandamus compelling the city to levy and collect a tax to pay it. After long arguments on both sides the case was submitted and June 18, 1883, Judge Billings rendered his decision, requiring the city to levy and collect the amount of judgement and interest less $40,000 already sequestered. June 27 Judge Billings permitted the city to bond the mandamus on giving a $50,000 bond pending an appeal to the Supreme Court. October 16 the record in the case was forwarded to Washington. Thirty- two copyists had been at work for three months preparing the manuscripts. It was bound in one volume containing 9,403 pages and weighing 192 pounds. Since then the court has rendered several judgements against Mrs. Gaines and ordered execution against her property. May 22 last a motion to mandamus the city to fund the judgment was argued before Judge W. B. Woods of the United States Supreme Court, sitting in the Circuit Court, and he refused on the ground that the judgement was not yet final, being still on appeal to the court of last resort. When Mrs. Gained died, January 9, 8885, she was in straightened circumstance, and admitted that the judgement she had obtained at cost of so much effort had in the main passed into the hands of lawyers, speculators, and money-lenders. – [N. O. Picayune] Indecision is one of the most common and unfortunate of weak traits in human character. Col. F. W. Parker once said: “Either you do or don’t – Please do or don’t.” E. G. Short, of Carthage, N. Y. stamped a copper cent with his initials in 1864, and last week it came back to him through the hand of a customer. DECOLETTE DRESSES Discussion is rife anent the subject of low-cut dresses. It is the all-engrossing subject of the hour. In regard to their propriety, everybody ahs an opinion, and some are publicly expressing themselves, pro and con. A great deal of nonsense mixed with a little wholesome sense will probably be expended on the question, all to very little purpose. The fashion is in, and will undoubtedly stay for several years, or until its patrons tire of it. Washington society adopted the costume last season, Miss Cleveland acting as a leader of the fashion. The reason was patent she was not a very pretty woman, but she had good arms and shoulders. The new mistress of the White House if following suit. Her wedding dress was high in the neck when worn at the important ceremony. When she appeared in it at her first reception, it had been in the hands of the modiste and was cut away the regulation depth. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher has proved her article on the subject for the public’s discussion. She places the weight of her influence on the other side, and pronounces against the exposure. Mrs. Verdant attended a swell dinner the other evening with her husband. They were late, and immediately upon their arrival the company was seated at the table. Glancing down the long rows of guests, Mrs. V. was horrified to observe that, apparently, she was the only lady present with a dress on. In consternation she turned to her husband and said,” This is disgusting! I never saw such brazen creatures in all my born days.” “Tut, tut! My dear,” said he, “don’t show your feelings. It’s the fashion; you must bear with them.” “Bear with them! I should like to see myself!” She scornfully replied, and subsided into significant silence. ”Well, I shouldn’t” whispered a gentleman, who unavoidably overheard the dialogue, as he glanced at her upright, thin shoulders. A disciple of Mr. Ingersoll says it is a custom especially adapted to orthodox believer’s needs. They should accustom themselves to it, as it is peculiarly suitable to warm climates, such as they persist in believing exist, but in which he has no faith. A mutual friend requested permission of Mrs. Blueblood to introduce to her daughter a successful Chicago dealer in dressed beef. In reply Mrs. Blue blood said, ”Oh, really, I can’t allow her to meet him – a pork-packer.” Mr. P. P., when so informed, said, looking hard at the daughter’s bare arms and shoulder, “So she objects to my business,.” “Ah, at least I am modest enough to dress the goods I have for sale.” Two gentlemen were admiring a drawing room full of pretty ladies in full dress. One said to the other, “Mrs. Whitcomb seems to care very much for dress.” The other replied, “I cannot say whether she cares much for dress or not, but it is evident she does not care for much dress.” These are a few of the chestnuts that are floating around, originating in the intense excitement aroused by the introduction of the fashion. Indeed the décolleté dress promises to be as good a target for slow wits and society’s critics as ever the “Dolly Varden” or the “Grecian Bend” were in their day. A BRAVE GIRL Let the timid women who are inclined to jump from a carriage every time the horse pricks up his ears, read this story of a Westfield, Mass, girl. She was driving a spirited horse, when the headstall broke and the bit came out of his mouth. Of course he ran. The girl, perfectly powerless to restrain him, sat upright in her seat, while the frightened animal ran wildly through the streets. She never said a word, even when a daring man caught on behind and climbed into the buggy, only to find himself quite as powerless as the girl. But his added weight helped, for after a half-mile run the horse was tired enough to admit of his being caught, and the girl jumped out of the buggy, not much frightened, and not a bit hurt. First Newspaper Humorist (at dinner party) – “I flatter myself that is not a bad story.” Second Newspaper Humorist (without smiling) – “Yes it will do.” F. N. H. – “Then why don’t you laugh? That is a nice way to treat a friend’s joke.” S. N. H. (laughing) – “Oh, I didn’t know this was a social matter. I thought you wanted my professional opinion. Pray pardon me.” – [Puck] Almost every year many hitherto unknown insects or worms appear as enemies of fruits, vegetables, and of shade trees. It takes a busy active person to keep up with the old and new pests. Farmers should never fail to report for the benefit of others remedies they have proved to be successful. The Chinese alphabet contains about thirty thousand characters, and the man who thinks of constructing a Chinese typewriter will have to make it the size of a fifty-horse-power threshing machine and run it by steam. “Four or five hours waiting for about ten minutes fun,” is why so many persons do not like the modern horse-racing methods. The long waits between events are profitable to the sellers of pools and fire water. 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