Lamar County AlArchives News.....The Lamar News February 25, 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 January 30, 2006, 7:51 pm The Lamar News February 25, 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, FEBRUARY 25, 1886 VOL. III. NO. 17 THE DEWDROP – [Pittsburgh Dispatch] From the night cloud’s boson, cool I fell, Adown the darkness roaming; I gladden the hearts of the flowers all Amid in the purple gloaming I quiver and shake As the night winds wake The flowers to their swaying I catch the first gleam Of the moon’s bright beam Across the mountain playing. I watch the stars peep, And the moon from her sleep Wake the nightingale sad to her singing; I revel, I dance, At the moon’s pure glance, And the planets above me swingingly. I hold in my heart The fiery dart Hurled from the sun’s golden quiver; I glow, I gleam, As afire I seem, And my myriad hues deliver; Till, when in the east, The days’ high priest Arises in his glory I rise in a mist To my home, sun kissed Above the mountains hoary. AT HORSESHOE BEND The parlor car on the fast line from Philadelphia was comparatively empty when the rain pulled out of Harrisburg, after stopping the usual twenty minutes for dinner. The three drummers had retired to the smoking room for a cigar, and the only other occupants of the car were a young lady and a gentleman. She was about 20, a blonde, with little rings of soft hair falling over a white forehead from beneath the turned-up brim of a jaunty straw hat. Her nose was what Tennyson calls tip-tilled. Her laughing blue eyes rebelled against the otherwise demure expression of her face, and the slightly-parted lips revealed a glimpse of pearl-like teeth which one could never associate with a dentist’s chair. Her neat figure was set off to advantage in a tight- fitting light dress, and the cluster of carnations on her bosom bespoke a love of nature. The young man on the other side of the aisle, immediately opposite, evidently appreciated the points of excellence in his fellow traveler. He held a book in his hand, but was not so absorbed in it that he did not case many a covert glance at the pretty face half turned toward the window in admiration of the scene. He was a bright young fellow, with a dark moustache, and a silk traveling cap thrown carelessly on the back of his head. In the seat by his side was a small satchel, which he had never let out of his sight since leaving Philadelphia, and upon which he rested his hand most of the time. It was easy to see that he was traveling on business, and that he was used to it. He was as much at home in the swinging chair as if he owned the car and all its appurtenances, and he commanded the services of the colored porter in the off hand manner characteristic of your experienced traveler. “Wonder what makes my fair neighbor so fidgety?” he was saying to himself. “Seems to me something is troubling her. She looks awfully worried. Not used to traveling alone, I guess. Maybe she thinks there is danger of our being attacked by train robbers of Indians, or something of that sort. She does not look like a fool, though. There is a good deal of intelligence in that face.” The lady had been feeling in her pocket and had closely examined the contents of her hand-satchel, drawing therefrom a handkerchief, a vinaigrette, a pair of gloves, a bundle of paper patterns, some crochet work, and a few crumbs of cake. The last she put in her mouth in an absent-minded way, sighing heavily as she replaced the other articles. Then she tried to raise the window. In an instant the young man was at her side, tendering his assistance. She tanked him with a glance of her blue eyes. “At what time shall we be at Altoona?” she asked, in a low, sweet voice, in perfect keeping with her appearance. “About 7 o’clock. We are a little behind time.” “We start near Horseshoe Bend by daylight, shall we not?” “”Yes. Just about sundown. You have seen it before, of course?” he interrogated. “No. I have passed it several times, but always in the dark. Papa prefers traveling at night, to save time. I am making the journey by myself this time, now it is the first opportunity I have had to enjoy the scenery.” “Altoona! Twenty minutes for supper!” The young man hastily seized his satchel and left the car, telling the porter, as he passed him to see if the lady wanted anything. But she did not. She told the porter rather shortly that she did not want any supper, and then, as soon as the man had disappeared, burst into tears. when the young man returned in about fifteen minutes, with a stray crumb on his mustache and an aroma of coffee clinging to his clothes, he noticed that his traveling companion eyes watered, and that she looked generally disconsolate. “Does not like travelling by herself, and feels lonely,” was his inward comment, as he settled himself in his seat, after placing his satchel by his side, and throwing a paper bag of cakes down with it. The train started, and the young man gradually let his book drop on his lap, as his head sank back, his eyes closed, and his mouth opened. He was not exactly asleep, but had almost lost consciousness when he became aware that his satchel was moving slightly. Without opening his eyes he let his hand fall on the satchel. As he did so he touched the slim fingers of a hand that he recognized with a thrill to be those of a lady. The hand was quickly drawn away, but the young man was now broad awake. So broad awake that he pretended to be still asleep as he opened his eyes just wide enough to peep through the lashes at the troubled face of the young lady who was “traveling alone for the first time.” She had moved to a set in front of him, and her dainty, ungloved hand was hanging over the back, as if she had been afraid to take it away when the young man moved. Five minutes passed, during which she sat perfectly still, looking a the apparently closed eyes of the young man, while the loud talking and laughter of the three drummers, who wee telling each other highly-colored anecdotes in the smoking room were the only sounds to be heard save the rumbling of the wheels. “Strange how a man may be deceived,” thought the young man. “I always considered myself pretty bright, but I should never have suspected that girl of being a sneak-thief. She does her work like a professional, too. Probably works the trains all the while. Hello! She is going to try it again.” The girl had arisen, and the white hand was steadily advancing toward the satchel. The young man found it difficult to breath regularly and naturally, and his eyelids quivered with the exertion of keeping them in such a position that they appeared closed, while allowing them to watch the would be thief. Now her hand is on the satchel and she is gently pulling it toward her. Slowly it is drawn from the young man’s grasp. In another minute she will have it. Her face is flushed, the blue eyes are dilated, and even the pretty blonde rings of her fair seem to be cur ling tighter in the intensity of the moment. Then – “Here is Horseshoe Bend,” says the young man, suddenly sitting up, “and beautiful it looks in the sunset.” He does not appear to notice the girl’s confusion, but he takes the precaution to pick up his satchel as he steps to the other side of the car, and points to the broad mountain panorama spread out in the red light of the dying day. The girl moves over to the window and is at once lost in admiration of the scene. There is no doubt about the genuineness of her delight, and the young man confesses than sneak their though she may be, she has an artist’s eye for the beautiful. Unconsciously she points at features of the landscape that strike her fancy, and calls attention to light and shade effects among the pines as they tremble and wave in the gentle evening breeze. “Funniest girl I ever saw. Wonder if it is not a case of kleptomania. She has every mark of refinement and education,” thought the young man. “She evidently would like to get that satchel if she could. Guess she knows by the looks of it that it contains jewelry. Probably she had her eye on me in Philadelphia and determined to get it before we reached Pittsburgh. By Jupiter! I’ll give her a chance, so I can see what her game really is.” He had returned to his seat by this time and the girl was leaning on the windowsill, looking calmly at the rugged mountain scenery which extends for many miles west of Horseshoe Bend. He took a cigar from his pocket, bit off the end, and then strolled carelessly in the direction of the smoking room, leaving the precious satchel on the seat. He sat down with the drummers and lighted his cigar, but kept in such a position that he could watch his satchel. He had not long to wait. Hastily and nervously the girl whom he had left apparently absorbed in the view form the opposite window sprang upon the satchel and moved it from the seat. Things were getting interesting and the young man almost swallowed a mouthful of smoke as he leaned forward to get a better view. The train was moving at the rate of about forty miles an hour, and he knew the thief could not get off just now at all events. But what was this! She had thrown the satchel on one side without deigning even to look at it, and was fumbling at the light fall topcoat he had left on the seat. The young man started. By the powers! She is after that diamond ring in the pocket. I had almost forgotten it. She is a sharp one. How did she know it was there! This has gone far enough. I guess I had better join in the fun myself. He had made one step toward her when he saw her turn quickly, utter a joyful cry, and throw her arms around the neck of a tall, dignified gentleman with gray whiskers, who had just entered the car from the other end. “Oh, pap! Where did you come from? I am so glad to see you. And I am in such terrible trouble; and oh, I am so miserable!” She did not make any effort to conceal her tears, but cried on the dignified gentleman’s should until his vest was wet through. “Why, Mr. Argent, ho do you do?” said the young man, as he stepped up and shook hands with the dignified gentleman. “When did you come aboard? I did not see you before?” “I got on at Altoona, Hal, my boy. I was there on business connected with the bank, and I thought I would give my daughter a pleasant surprise by dropping on her unawares. She does not seem very pleased, though. What is the matter, Blanche?” “Blanche!” thought the young man. “Her name is as pretty as herself.” “It was a tear stained, disconsolate face that was raised toward her father’s as she said: “Why, papa, as soon as I left Philadelphia I found that I had lost my pocket book. I had not a cent of money, and, oh, I am so hungry! This gentleman has a package of cakes and -–and – I am ashamed to tell you! I tried to st – st- steal a cake while he was asleep, but he woke up. Then I tried again when he was away. Then you came in, and – and – I am so glad to see you. And do apologize to this gentleman for me. And – and try and get me something to eat, won’t you?” “Here are some cakes at Miss Argent’s disposal, said the young man, with a mischievous smile. By the time the train reached Pittsburgh the banker’s daughter and the young wholesale jeweler were excellent friends. He is now a pretty constant visitor at the Argent residence, he and Blanche always find plenty to say to each other in a rather low voice, the subject of their tete-a-tete being invariably the beauty of the scenery in the vicinity of Horseshoe Bend. GREAT CORN “Talk about your Kansas corn,” said a short-necked bull-dozer on ‘Change the other day. “It’s nothing to some my father raised one time when I was a boy. That was corn, and no mistake about it.” “Tell us about it,” said a man with a sandy goatee, to whom the remark had apparently been addressed. “Where the old man got the seed, I don’t must know, but I remember he only had a few grains of it; enough for a hill or tow. He planted it in the garden, and drove a stake in the ground alongside of the hill, so he would know where to look for it. Well, sir, I never saw corn grow like that did. It seemed to fairly jump along, and I never knew anything to yield like it before or since. Every stalk had five big ears on it, and there was three good-sized stubbings on the stalk, and it wasn’t a very good season for corn either.” – [Chicago Ledger” Down in the world – The bottom of an artesian well. A BEAR AGAINST SNAKES – WHAT A PROSPECTOR SAW IN THE BLACK HILLS Dozen Of Rattlesnakes Attack and Kill A Big Grizzly (WILL COME BACK AND TRANSCRIBE LATER) THE STORY OF A GREENBACK The following story appears in a late issue of the Atlanta (Ga) Capital: In 1864, when a confederate camp was located on Marietta Street, an incident occurred which, with its sequel, makes an interesting reminiscence of the days when the old Atlanta was more of a soldiers barrack than a city. The camp to which I allude was a good way out on Marietta, and the site is now occupied with a number of new dwelling houses. Dr, Roy, of this city, was then one of the physicians of the camp. The late Capt. ALPHONSE HURTEL, of the 24th Alabama, had been placed in temporary charge of the prison, and one day a Yankee prisoner gave him a $100 greenback bill to keep, fearing theft on the part of other prisoners. Shortly afterward the prisoner escaped, and Capt. Hurtel send the money to his wife in Mobile, Ala, telling her to keep it, and if he did not send for it, and the confederacy fell, to use it. When Mobile surrendered, that $100 was a godsend to one of the many impoverished families of the Gulf city. And now the strange sequel. Ten years after the close of the war, on day while Capt. Hurtel was sitting in his office, a poor and ragged solider walked in and asked: “Is this Capt. Hurtel?” After a quick glance a the man’s features, Capt. Hurtel answered: “Yes, and you are the soldier who gave me a $100 bill in Atlanta, Ga. during the war?” “yes, sir, I am,” the soldier replied, as the tears rolled down his cheeks, “and if you will give me just $5 of it now I will be thankful."” A check for $100 was given him, and the man fell on his knees and wept like a child. Once again had the same money proven a godsend in the hour of bitter need. HOW TO PRESERVE THE EYESIGHT Avoid all sudden changes between light and darkness. Never begin to read, write, or sew for several minutes after coming from darkness to a bright light. Never ready by twilight or moonlight or on dark, cloudy days. Wile reading, it is best to let the light fall from above obliquely over the left shoulder. Do not use the eyesight by light so scant that it requires an effort to discriminate. The moment you are instinctively prompted to rub your eyes, that moment stop using them. If the eyes are glued together on waking up, do not forcibly open them, but apply saliva with the finger. It is the speediest dilutant in the word, then wash your eyes and face in warm water. A GOOD WORD FOR CHEESE Buy several cheeses and keep them through the winter. As they ripen, get older, they taste better and digest easier. Every American family should make cheese an article of diet, taking the place of more costly foods. Out basis for eating cheese is all wrong. It is eaten with pie. Do away with pie, and eat cheese in the place of meat or as a partial substitute for it. To crowd pie and cheese into a stomach already crammed it to invite the doctor and encourage patent medicine. Better eat cheese as a food, spiced with good sauce, and patronize your own welfare. More cheese, more cows. More cows, better farms and more comforts at home. – [Boston Cultivator] “WHO’LL BUY?” – (poem – will come back and transcribe at a later time) HUMOROUS – (jokes – will come back and transcribe at a later time. PAGE 2 THE LAMAR NEWS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 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 30.00 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, 2 ½ cents per line. Uncle Sammy Tilden still remains one of the oldest inhabitants of the Democratic Party. The canvass for governor is waxing warm. The race now seems to be principally between Messrs. SEAY, DAWSON and MCKLEROY. Mr. HENRY WATTERSON, editor of the Courier Journal, who has been dangerously ill, has taken a favorable turn and there are hopes of his recovery. The whole country will be glad to hear that he is out of danger. Mr. Gladstone has taken the office of Privy Seal in addition to Premier. This is unusual and is regarded as an indication that he has experienced difficulty in securing colleagues. When Governor Seymour died, General Hadcock’s dead body lay in his house on Governor’s Island, and the remarkable coincidence was presented of two defeated Democratic candidates for the presidency of the United States awaiting burial at the same time. THE SENATORIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 12TH DISTRICT We are furnished the following resolutions in regard to the formation of the executive committee of the 12th Senatorial District by W. A. YOUNG, secretary of the last committee held in the town of Pikeville on the 1st day of June 1882. Preamble: Whereas, heretofore the organic system of the Democratic and Conservative Party of this, the 12th Senatorial District of the State of Alabama, has been imperfect and incomplete its workings. And whereas, there is felt to be great need of a more perfect and certain system of organization in order to prevent the possibility, in the future, of a collapse of said organization. Resolution 1st: Be it resolved that the respective Chairman of the different Democratic Executive committee of the counties comprising the said Senatorial, be and are hereby appointed by this convention the executive committee for said party in said district, with power to call a convention of said party to meet at each time , place and for such purpose as a majority of such committee deem proper, and for such other business and duties as are in harmony with the precedents of the party and to the interest thereof. Resolution 2nd. That the chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of Marion County be ex officio Chairman of the said executive committee. LETTER FROM HON. J. M. MARTIN WASHINGTON, D. C. – FEBRUARY 8TH, 1886 To the Editor of the Fayette Journal: Sir: In your issue of 29th ultimo, there is an article entitled, “The Mirrors Correspondents,” which contains statements misrepresenting me, and demanding a reply: FIRST: You say, “He” (meaning Capt. Bankhead) “entered the field, as the Journal is informed, upon an invitation from Capt. Martin, and with the assurance from that honorable gentleman that he would not ask for a reelection – that he would not ask for a second term in accordance with the “time-honored precedent” so confidently quoted by the Mirror’s correspondent.” I state that Capt. Bankhead did not enter the field upon an invitation from me, and that your information is untrue and without foundation. SECOND: You say, “The Journal supported Capt. Martin in the last Convention with the full assurance from him, in person, that he would not ask for a re-nomination, and we must hear from him that he is before we can regard him as a candidate.” I do not know who is the author of the editorial in question;’ but this I know and state, that neither the Journal, nor any paper, published at that time in Fayette County, supported me because of assurances that I would not ask for a re-nomination. I have made no pledge which should deprive me of the right to ask for a re-nomination by the next District Convention. Very respectfully J. M. MARTIN WHO WILLB E OUR NEXT SENATOR! Franklin County claims that by ------ she is entitle to the next State Senator from the 12th district. Each of the other counties, to wit: Lamar, Fayette, Marion having been favored with the office. This right has been conceded by the Lamar people but it seems that all the politicians in Franklin want to be Senator. There are five aspirants in Franklin writing to their friends in the other counties that they will be before the Convention. Franklin does not deserve the office because her men have been obliging and kindly gave the nomination to a neighbor county; but at each time they have made a bitter contest for the nomination but always having a divided delegation their force was last in the convention. The outlook is not flattering for Franklin; with a divided delegation and a candidate from each of the counties of Fayette and Marion, the probabilities are that Franklin will be left out. We admonish you gentlemen to send a delegation to the convention who are for one man, and then with Lamar to help, you will be the victors. AS THE TREE FALLS, &C “And if the fall toward the South; or toward the North, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be” – Eccl. xi, 3. This language is often quoted to prove that there will be no change after death; but the preceding verses of the chapter clearly show, that the wise man is not speaking of death, or of the condition of the soul after death, but of almsgiving. Verse begins by saying – “Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days.” That is, distribute charity with a broad and generous heart, and God will bless you, even after many days. Verse 2nd continues – “Give a portion to seven and also to eight for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth” clearly teaching that we should give assistance to all who are I need according to our ability, for we know ho0t what evils the unfortunate are to encounter, and that sooner or later, we may be included in that number, and may stand in need of assistance ourselves that as we would that men should do unto us, we should do unto them. This is indeed the golden rule enforce by our Savior, which we should all heed. Verse 3rd adds – “if the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if the tree fall towards the south, or toward the north; ion the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.” By this, we are taught, that if we have the spirit of kindness, we will just as surety manifest it, as the clouds do when they are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth. And if we have the love of God’s glowing warmly in our hearts, we will manifest the same by deeds of kindness to the unfortunate – we will empty ourselves to bless, as the clouds do when full of rain. The language has no sort of reference to death or eternity, and it is glaringly perverted every time it is so applied; and involves insurmountable difficulties. If the falling of the tree represents man, as he falls in death, then it is clear that there will be no future life for him, good or bad, for we know that when a tree is cut down, it lives no more. As a tree, it is dead, and lives not again. So it would be with man, if we apply the language under consideration to his death. We destroy all hope of a life beyond death, and establish the gloomy doctrine of annihilation for all the human family, for which infidels have been long contending. When our interpretations of Scripture involve such inconsistencies, we may know we are mistaken. "Whosoever readeth, let him understand." - [Nostsulga Herald] TOOK THREE FINGERS “I never see a man take a drink in a saloon,” said the brakeman, “but I think of a queer little incident that happened me once. Just as we started to work one evening – I was working with a switch crew then –somebody called us over to the saloon to have a drink. I was in a hurry to get to work on time, but as it wasn’t often we got a treat I rushed over an buried up to the bar and said: I want a little whisky, and as I’m in a hurry I wont wait for the rest of you, but will take my three fingers right off.” Those were the exact words I used. I had cause enough to remember them, for ten minutes later, as I was making my first coupling, I was careless, on account of the whisky I’ve always believed, find this was the result: Here the brakeman held up his hand, from which three fingers were missing – [Chicago Herald] They have discovered footprints three feet long in the sands of Oregon, supposed to belong to a lost race. It is impossible to convene how a race that made footprints three feet long could get lost. A TIMELY WARNING TO BACHELORS The following is from the hands of a young lady, with request to publish in News. “The women have always said that for neglecting to take up their share of society’s burdens the bachelors, as a rule, to their full punishment even in this world. But the single-blessedness fellows have shrugged their shoulders and concluded that they could stand it; women were creatures of impulse and their prejudices were apt to be all wrong. But it is said figures do not lie and even these appear to go against the bachelor. An esteemed London contemporary has just published statistics showing that of a given 400,000 between 20 and 25 there are annually about 1,200 deaths where as out of 100,000 married men of similar age the annual deaths are only about 600. Again, between the ages of 30 and 35, 1,500 bachelors die and only 900 married men to the 100,000. So, if self-preservation is the first law of nature, the bachelors had better proceed to make hay while the sun shines. There is, too, in these statistics a beautiful, if undeserved, compliment to the angel ministries of married women. It is to be feared that thousands of married men go along through their lives lonely half knowing or admitting that their wives are keeping them out of untimely graves at the rate of 500 to 1,000. And with these figure to go on at this dawning of a new year, there is no telling how many bachelors and married men, too, may be happier by the 1st of January, 1887. LEARNING THE ART OF RINKULATING And it came to pass, there came a day when the young man with the lead pencil legs and high water pants bethought himself of the skating rink. So he went out, and when he came nigh unto his girl, he spake unto her, saying: “Come, Mary, let us gird ourselves up and go hence to the rink, for behold I have been diligent in thy absence and have embezzled two coupons.” So they went, one with the other, for they loved each other with love, the greatness of which was like unto death. And when the youth and maiden were come unto the rink, they saw divers other young men and maidens waltzing hither and thither, and standing upon their necks, and spreading themselves upon the floor to the four corners of the place. And Mary was pleased thereat, (sic) for she saw the other maidens sticking to their escorts closer than boiler rivets. And she longed for some agony. So she prevailed upon her lover to go and do likewise. And he went with a light heart, for he loved the sport because he had been there before and knew the wickedness thereof. And after a little while he returned and took Mary’s feet and fastened the skates thereon. And in like manner did he unto his own feet. Then they smiled one upon the other and went upon their wobbly way. And it came to pass when they got out where the eyes of the multitude were upon them, Mary forgot herself and looked back. Now this was a grievous thing to doe, for it was written on the wall: “Thou shalt not look back when thou skatest, lest thy feet forsake thee and thou treadest upon thine ear.” But Mary was full of jouy7 and chocolate caramels and remembered not these things. Also when she looked back her feet flew from under her, and went up into the atmosphere and cut a star therein, and descended with a crash, and Mary sat down on the floor with a dull thud, so that her bustle escaped and came out at the neck of her dress. and her fall was exceedingly hard; yes, great was the muchness thereof. So likewise had her lover spilled himself, but he hurt himself not, for he had been like the seven wise skaters who put cork soles in the basement of their trousers. But in an evil moment he saw Mary’s bustle about her neck, and he lifted up his voice and laughed and asked her from whence came the chiff bag. Then was Mary wroth, and she grew red in the countenance and answered, saying” Thou leadest me in slippery paths, and when the floor riseth up and striketh me a grievous place, thous cometh not to my aid; yes, verily, thou gurglest at my misfortune. Henceforth we will remain together a little closer off. And from that day unto this she passeth him by on the other side of the avenue. – [Roller Skater] NOTICE Jurors, parties, and witnesses need not be in attendance upon the Circuit Court until 9 o’clock Tuesday, the 2nd day of March 1886 as court will not convene until that day. - JAMES MIDDLETON - Clerk, Circuit Court, Lamar Co., Ala. Masonic. Vernon Lodge., NO. 289 A. F. and A. M. Regular Communications at Lodge Hall 1st Saturday, 7 p.m. each month. J. D. MCCLUSKEY, W.M. M. W. MORTON, Sec. Vernon Lodge., No. 45, I. O. O. F. meets at Lodge Hall the 2d and 4th Saturdays at 7 ½ p.m. each month. W. G. MIDDLETON, N. G. M. W. MORTON, sect’y 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. ATTORNEYS NESMITH & SANFORD THOS. B. NESMITH, Vernon, Ala. J. B. SANFORD, Fayette C. H., Ala. Attorneys-at-Law. Will practice as partners in the counties of Lamar and Fayette, and separately in adjoining counties, and will give prompt attention to all legal business intrused to them or either of them. 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. 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. PHOTOGRAPHS – A. 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. KUPPER, who keeps Restaurant, Family Groceries, Bakery, and Confectionery, Toys, Tobacco, and Cigars. Also Coffee and sugar. Special attention paid to ladies. Barber Shop – For a clean shave or shampoo, call on G. W. BENSON, in rear of Dr. BURN’S office, Vernon, Ala. Collins Ague Cure…. (too small to read) New Cash Store, Vernon – Alabama. We have just opened a large, fresh, and well selected stock of General Merchandise, consisting of dry goods, notions, family groceries, &c. We have on hand also, a large and well selected stock of School Books. The bottom knocked out in prices. We only ask a trial. Chickens, eggs, butter, and all kinds of country produce wanted, and on hand. – GEO. W. RUSH & Co. The Great Bazaar! Aberdeen, Mississippi. S W Corner, Commerce and Meridian Streets. Crockery, china, glassware, tin ware, fancy goods, stationery, jewelry, notions, candies, toys and Holiday goods of all kinds at wholesale or retail. Special attention given to the wholesale department. Trial orders solicited and prices guaranteed. Terms: Thirty days, net, 2 percent off for cash. No charge for package. THOS. A. SALE & CO. 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. STAR STABLE – Aberdeen, Mississippi. A. A. POSEY & BRO., having consolidated their two Livery Stables, are now offering many additional advantages at this well-known and conveniently located Livery Stable. Owing to their consolidation, they have on hand a number of good second-hand buggies which they are selling cheap. 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. The most wonderful family remedy ever known. For internal and external use. Parson’s pills make new, rich blood. Make hens lay….(to small to read) PAGE 3 THE LAMAR NEWS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25, 1886 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, ALVERT WILSON CITY OFFICERS L. M. WIMBERLEY Mayor and Treasurer G. W. BENSON Marshall Board of Aldermen – T. R. 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 3 o’clock p.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 We are pleased to see Col. NESMITH again on the streets. Our merchants are having quite a boom in garden seeds this week. The horse swapping squad promised to be large next week. Dr. W. L. MORTON is just recovering from a severe attach of neuralgia. Don’t forget that Tax Assessor ALLEN will be in Vernon during court. Send us the news form your respective localities. No man must be considered a candidate for office in Lamar until he is announced in the NEWS. The pretty weather continues some of the farmers will begin planting g corn this week. We are glad to learn that infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GEO. RUSH, who has been quite sick, is recovering. From the number of plows our merchants are selling, the farmers are beginning to prepare for planting an immense crop. We understand that the woods are full of fine-haired gentlemen who desire the honor of representing Lamar in the next General Assembly. Trot ‘em out! Who comes first? If there are any other candidates who wish to serve the “dear people,” the News stands ready to announce them for five of Uncle Sam’s cart wheels. Who next? Mr. W. T. WARE, of Monroe County, Miss, was in town yesterday, making claim to a mule that he had loaned to a neighbor and attached by the Sheriff of this county. Rev. P. K. BRINDLEY, Presiding Elder of the M. E. Church, for this District, we are informed preached able and instructive sermons during Quarterly Conference held at Nebo Church on Saturday and Sunday next. The News is under obligation to the U. S. Cotton Harvesting O. for an invitation to be present at the exhibition of the working of the U. S. cotton harvester on the 23rd inst., the city of New York. This….(REST IS TORN) Over one thousand people will read next week’s NEWS. We hope all indebted to the News will come to court prepared to settle. Advertising is to business what steam is to machinery – the propelling power. We were pleased to receive a call on Monday from Dr. J. I. BARKSDALE accompanied by Master JOHNNY. When a man has no desire but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very narrow space. The hotel and stable men are preparing to accommodate the crowd of next week. As the planting season is here, we advise the farmers to plant corn liberally. We must have 1000 circulation ere the close of 1866. If you want a good pair of Eye-glasses or spectacles, call on Mace & Rector; they keep a large assortment. New Goods! Hats, shoes, dry goods, clothing &c., at Rock bottom prices. GEO. W. RUSH & Co. The approaching session of court will doubtless, from size of the docket and inclination candidates, be well attended. Those who attend court and wish their horses well fed and cared for, will do well to leave them at the Feed stable of . F. HALEY, few rods east of court house. HUGH PENNINGTON is well prepared to take boarders during court weeks on living terms. We expect to send out about 500 extra copies of the News next week, with the view of increasing our subscription list. MR. ROBT. J. YOUNG, storekeeper and gauger for Dist. of Ala, was assigned to duty at Edwardsville and left for that place on Saturday last taking with him the best wishes of many friends. We are indebted to Messrs. A. J. LOWRY and W. J. SANDLIN for names of a number of citizens in their neighborhood, to send sample copies to next week, who are not subscribers. A very interesting trial in the court of Esq. MIDDLETON occurred on last Saturday afternoon. It was a trial of the right of property. The jury failed to agree and the trial is set for this evening again. Messrs. MCCLUSKEY and YOUNG being the contending counsel. We want every good citizen in Lamar County who attends court and not subscriber to the News, to call at this office a secure a sample copy. NOTICE. When subscribers remove, they should notify us of the same, and not allow us to send the paper to an office after they are gone. The law holds them responsible, until the bill is paid, whether the paper is taken out or not. Remember this and save trouble. W. G. MIDDLETON, Esq. announces himself a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lamar County. Our readers will remember that Mr. Middleton was appointed in 1877, to fill out the unexpired term of M. R. MCMULLEN, resigned, and gave general satisfaction. He is a man of good address and fully competent to fill this important office. A FALSE REPORT. I am informed that it is currently reported that the undersigned has stated in a sermon to the colored people of Vernon, that if they did not quit cooking for the white people of Sundays, I would have tem expelled form the church. I emphatically deny this gross falsehood – it is without the least foundation. – ROBT. RICHARDSON, M. G. STRICKLAND’S BEAT, Feb. 25th ult, ’86. Mr. Editor – Lamar News Will you be so kind as to let this letter appear in the columns of your little paper, and by so doing, receive this dollar, and send on your paper another year, for I can not well do without it. Mr. Ed. the coming election seems to be the subject to write on at this time…(REST IS TORN)…they are going to vote for, and talk as if they had won the victory. It is not so with this Bear, we as a voting people are worse divided on the election than ever before. We do not expect however to vote until the 1st Monday in August next. And there is no chance to unite us, before the credit system opens. Though if all the candidates would advertise in your paper so money could circulate again, times would be better and we at once could tell them who would be our next set of county officers. I voted for BELL, and think I did right. What can WARWICK say to this? Yours truly, A Voter KENNEDY, ALA. Feb. 16, 1886 Editor of News: Perhaps a few dots from Kennedy would be interesting to the readers of the News. Kennedy is growing every day and will soon be by far the most important town on the railroad in the county. Kennedy will ship two thousand bales of cotton; large numbers of chickens, turkeys, eggs, butter, hides and furs. Much of the trade of Kennedy comes from the “Pauper county Pickens.” We have schools, good preaching and good society. Beside good stores we have a fine hotel, a splendid mill, shops, &c. We have no saloon and don’t want any. It is not possible for your correspondent to do the town justice by way of description. So come and see us that you many write it up as it appears to your eyes. Respectfully, SIMON LOVE FOR NEWSPAPERS The strong attachment of subscribers to a well-conducted newspaper is fully confirmed by all publishers. ‘Stop my paper’ words of dread to beginners in business, lose their terror after a paper has been established a few years. So long as a paper pursues a just, honorable and judicious course, meeting wants of its customers in all respects, the ties of friendship between the subscriber and the owner are as hard to break by outside third party as the link which binds old friends in business or social life. Occasional defects and errors in a newspaper are overlooked by those who have become attached to it through its perusal for years. They sometimes become dissatisfied with it on account of something which has skipped into its columns, and may stop taking it; but the absence of the familiar sheet at their homes and offices for a few weeks becomes an insupportable privation, and they hasten to take it again, and possibly apologize for having stopped it. No friendship on earth is more constant than that contracted by the reader for a journal which makes an honest and earnest effort to merit his continued support. Hence, a conscientiously conducted appear becomes a favorite in the family.” – Ex. OVER THE STATE Selma is having busts of ex-President Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee, General Stonewall Jackson and General Hardee made, to be placed around the Confederate soldier’s Monument in the Live Oak Cemetery, that city. The Birmingham Good Templars propose organizing a prohibition club in that city soon. Two young ladies in Birmingham have entered into a wager to ear one pound of candy for thirty days in succession. The United States Court convened in Birmingham on Monday last, Judge Bruce, presiding. The taxable city property of Birmingham has increased in value about $290,000 over last year’s assessment. Alabama experienced a genuine earthquake on the 13th. It extended along the Bigbee valley from Moscow in this county to Tompkins Bluff in Marengo County Houses, cattle, etc were considerably shaken up, but no great damage done. – [Gainsville Messenger] The fight between the “wet and dry” parties in Livingston, recently resulted in a tie of fifty-nine freeholders for each side. There were several in doubt, the trial was postponed until the 2nd day of March. It seems there is no doubt that the extension of the Georgia Pacific Railroad from Birmingham to Columbus, Miss will be commenced at once. The entire gap is to be built as promptly as possible. On the 17th inst., the Governor appointed Mr. JAMES R. HUGHES, Sheriff of Marion County. We think no better appointment could have been made. Mr. Hughes having filed the office acceptably to the people of Marion for two terms, and in his appointment they know what they are getting. Whitehall, N. Y. had a $60,000 fire on the 16th. Baltimore had a loss of $20,000 on the 16th caused by fire. ANNOUNCEMENT. FOR CIRCUIT CLERK We are authorized to announce S. M. SPRUILL as a candidate for the office of Circuit Clerk of Lamar County. Subject to the Democratic Party. Election in August, 1886. We are authorized to announce J. N. MCNEIL as a candidate for the office of Circuit Clerk of Lamar County. Election August next. I hereby announce myself a candidate for the office of Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lamar County. Election in August next. – W. G. MIDDLETON FOR PROBATE JUDGE We are authorized to announce J. E. PENNINGTON as a candidate for the office of Judge of Probate of Lamar County. Election next August. THERE IS YET ROOM FOR A FEW MORE ANNOUNCEMNTS JAMES T. ALLEN, Vernon, ala., having recently attended the Alabama Normal Music School is prepared to teach classes in Lamar and adjoining counties. Write him for terms and have a class this winter. READ THIS – A FINE FARM FOR SALE I offer for sale my farm 6 miles north of Vernon on east side of Wilson’s Creek, containing three hundred ($320) and twenty acres. Well improved. One hundred acres under good fence; two hundred acres of good tenable land. Well timbered, plenty of good water and one of the healthiest localities in Lamar County. I have lived on it for the past ten years and there has not been a chill in my family during that time. If you want the best and cheapest plantations in this country, now’s your time to get it. For cash, it can be bought for $5 per acre. For further particulars, address: J. WESLEY CLEARMAN, Vernon, Ala. THE TIMES-DEMOCRAT – NEW ORLEANS (ad for New Orleans newspaper = will come back and transcribe at a later time) THE FERNBANK HIGH SCHOOL now under the Principalship of JNO. R. GUIN, will open Nov. 2, 1885, and continue ten scholastic months. Able assistants will be employed when needed. Said school offers great advantages. Tuition as follows: Primary: Embracing Orthography, Reading, Writing, Primary Geography, Primary Arithmetic, per month………….$1.25 Intermediate: Embracing Practical Arithmetic, English Grammar, Intermediate Geography, Higher Reading, English, Composition, and U. S. History, per month………..$2.00 High School: Embracing Botany, Physiology, Elementary Algebra, Physical Geography, Rhetoric, Natural Philosophy, Elocution, and Latin, per month……..$3.00 A reasonable incidental fee will be charged. Board can be had at $7 per month. Tuition accounts are due at the end of every two months. For further particulars, address. - JNO. R. GUIN, Principal, Fernbank, Ala. – October 28, 1885. Probate Court, February 8th, 1886 This day came J. G. TRULL, administrator of the estate of C. K. COOK, late deceased of said county, and filed application in writing and under oath, praying, for an order to sell certain lands in said application, described, for the purpose of paying the debts due and owing from said estate. It is ordered by the Court that 29th day of March, 1886, be a day for hearing and passing upon the same, when all persons interested can appear and contest the same if they see proper. - ALEXANDER COBB, Judge of Probate ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE The State of Alabama, Lamar County By virtue of an order of the Probate Court of said county to the undersigned administrator of the estate of J. M. I. GUYTON, deceased, I will on Saturday the 18th day of March, 1886, in front of the court house door in said county, sell to the highest bidder the following real estate belonging to the said estate, to wit: An undivided half interest in west half of house and lot No. 32 in the town of Vernon. Terms, twelve months credit with two approved surities and vendors lien retained. This 18th day of February, 1886. W. A. YOUNG, Administrator of estate of J. M. I GUYTON NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION LAND OFFICE AT HUNTSVILLE, ALA. JANUARY 23D, 1886 Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before the probate Judge of Lamar County, Ala. at Vernon, on March 13th 1886, viz: No. 11476 AARON C. WILEMON, for the N ½ of NW ¼ Sec 28, T12 R15 W. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon, and cultivation of said land, viz: J. R. RAY, WILLIAM WHITE, C. W. JOHNSON, and JOHN W. JOHNSON, all of Detroit, Lamar County, Ala. - W. C. WELLS, Register TAX ASSESSOR’S NOTICE The State of Alabama, Lamar County I will attend at the Precincts in the various beats of said county, for the purpose of assessing the State and County Taxes for the fiscal year 1886 as follows: FIRST ROUND Lawrence’s Monday February 22 1886 Sizemore’s Tuesday February 23 1886 Brown’s Wednesday February 24 1886 Good’s Thursday February 25 1886 Moscow Friday February 26 1886 Trull’s Monday March 8 1886 Vail’s Tuesday March 9 1886 Millport Wednesday March 10 1886 Stein’s Thursday march 11 1886 Strickland Friday March 12 1886 Wilson’s Saturday March 13 1886 Town Tuesday march 16 1886 Bett’s Wednesday March 17 1886 Military Springs Thursday March 18 1886 Pine Springs April 13 and 19 Millville April 14 and 17 SECOND ROUND Lawrence’s Monday March 22 Sizemore’s Tuesday 23 Brown’s Wednesday 24 Goode Thursday 25 Moscow Friday 26 Cansler Saturday 27 Military Springs Tuesday 30 Bett’s Wednesday 31 Trull’s Monday April 5 Vail’s Tuesday 6 Millport Wednesday 7 Stein’s Thursday 8 Strickland’s Friday 9 Wilson’s Saturday 10 Henson Springs April 15 and 16 Will also be at Town during Court, March 1st to 8th. W. Y. ALLEN, Tax Assessor ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE By virtue of an order of the Probate Court of Lamar County, Alabama, issued on the 1st day of February, 1886, I will offer for sale at Vernon in said county on the 6th day of March, 1886, all the right, title or interest that Dr. W. R. KIRK at his death had in and to the following track of land, to wit: N W ¼ of N W ¼ Sec 15, and N ½ of N E ¼ Sec 10, and N ½ of N W ¼ and S E ¼ of N W ¼, and N W ¼ of N. E. ¼ Sec 22, T 15 R 16; and also such title as vested in said W. R. KIRK by Sheriff’s deed to S W ½ of N W ¼ and W ¼ of S W ¼ and S E ¼ of S W ¼ sec 17, N E ¼ and E ½ of S E ¼ of S E ¼ and S e ¼ of S W ¼ Sec 18, N ½ of N ½ and S E ¼ of N E ¼ and E ½ of N E ¼ of S E ¼ sec 19, and N ½ of N W ¼ and N W ¼ of S W ½ Sec 20 T 15 R 15, also an undivided half interest in Lot No. 32 in town of Vernon, being in section 16 T 15 R 15. I fully believe the title to all of said lands are good, but I shall only sell such right as vested in said W. R. KIRK of the time of his death, said sale will be made on credit of twelve months from day of sale. This the 9th day of February, 1886. W. A. BROWN, Administrator Debo nes non THE STAR – ad for Star Newspaper Ad for Chicago Cottage Organ Ad for Tutt’s Pills Ad for Scientific American Ad for New Home Sewing Machine PAGE 4 IN THE LAST FORTY YEARS FACTS ABOUT THE WORLD;S PROGRESS IN THAT TIME The People of the New World Outstripping Those of the Old In the forty-nine years reign of Queen Victoria the government of that great nation has been growing more and more liberal, while the people are enjoying very much of what is known as American freedom. Never before has an election to the House of Commons been attended with such interest and importance, for the issue relates to the extension of human rights, the enlargement of personal liberty. France has outlived, in form, for a season at least, her Napoleonic rule, and settled into a Republic not unlike the United States. Germany, adhering to her time-honored King, has released to the people many privileges, and extended her power since the Franco-Russian victories, but America, the scion of the oldest government, with more land and energy than her father, has outgrown all expectations. The majority of people, a life of success equal to their hopes and inspirations is glory quite sufficient, yet who had ever predicted that America, the once bleak and despised Republic, should distance all competitors? The day of trouble brought us doubt of it; the hour of peril led us to question if we had planned wisely, but the hours of triumph in liberty, unity, currency and credit made us proud of our national influence. In New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and New England there were farms and homes and improvements as long as forty years ago, but the better part came on much later. Within the period of forty years has been made the greatest gains and the fastest time ever before recorded in any country. In the West we knew very little of luxury forty years ago. The bulk of Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and the States further toward sunset, have grown into being and blossomed into gardens within the last third of a century. The pruned and cultivated farms of England have been trained and tended for many centuries, while the fields and prairies of Indiana and Dakota were homes of red men and free lands of hunters. The limit of English land and the extent of our own is the chief cause of one’s fine cultivation and the other’s rugged developments. But the people in the New World are even ahead of their improvements. Inventors by the thousands, machinery by the mile length, mining and stock raising, grain and wood commerce, trade and speculation, outgrows the mother countries by degrees beyond counting, and America, once so poor and dependent that she invited France to join her in a struggle for independence, may now claim more liberty, more progress, and more independence than even England. In land, exclusive of India and Canada, what country can compare with America? In machinery, implements, wood, iron, coal, gold, silver, salt and minerals, timber lumber, railway and cattle ranges, where is her equal? In growth of men and development of letters – counting of course, the meager beginning – what a wonderful and marvelous advancement. It is not the climate, nor the water, nor the location, nor the soil, nor the advantages, but the men that have made it! It is not the land of a street, but the men on it that improve it. It is not the money we had, but the money we earned that made the nation rich. It is the grand co-partnership of the people, who somehow all feel an interest in its progress, that has made America so thrifty, so progressive, and so prosperous for the forty years gone by, and will make her such a monument of national greatness in the coming century – [J. W. Donovan, in Chicago Current] SAVED HIS CATTLE The French Professor Pasteur, who has made himself famous by inoculating men and cattle with disease germs to insure them against epidemics, ought to yield the palm of priority in that discovery to a humble priest of our own country, says a Russian paper. In 1868, when the Siberian plague was killing the cattle in this place, Father Andrew Joakimansky of the Troltzky Village resorted to a desperate means in order to save his cows. He got some blood from a dying cow, saturated threads with that blood, and passed these threads through the ears of the healthy cows, numbering eleven. At the place where the ears were punctured there appeared tumors of the size of pigeon eggs. In a short time those tumors disappeared, and the cows remained alive and healthy, though the rest of the cattle of that village perished. PEARLS OF THOUGHT It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold which the owner knows not of. That which seemeth most casual and subject to fortune is yet disposed by the ordinance of God. What is berth to a man if it shall be a stain to his dead ancestors to have left such an off-spring? A good word is an easy obligation’ but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. The proper way to check slander is to despise it; attempt to overtake and refute it and it will outrun you. There is a due respect to mankind which should incline event he wisest of men to follow innocent customs. Recollect what disorder hasty or imperious words from parents or teachers have caused in a child’s thoughts. Be pleasant and kind to those around you. The man who stirred his cup with an icicle spoils the tea and chills his own fingers. It is good for us to think no grace or blessing is truly ours till we are aware that God has blessed some one else with it through us. Complainsance renders a superior amiable, an equal agreeable, and inferior acceptable; it levels distinction, sweetens conversation, and makes everyone in the company pleased with himself. No one is responsible for more than he has to bestow, whether it be of time, intelligence or power; but each one is responsible for what he does possess, and must decide for himself in what way to employ it. PEPPERCORN RENTAL In Medieval times feudal lords often fount it necessary or expedient to part with portions of their estates so far as all receipt of rent was concerned, but o reserve to themselves the many other advantages pertaining to the vassalage of the people living upon them. The simplest way of accomplishing this was to grant a perpetual lease of the land at a mere nominal rent. Sometimes the nominal rent would itself be of a kind likely to impress itself upon the attention of all parties concerned – as, for instance, in the case of the now familiar peppercorn rental. When that was first adopted peppercorns were curiosities not easily procurable. There used to be, and for ought we know to the contrary there is now, in Yorkshire a farm held so long as the tenant can or will present to the lord of the manor a snowball at midsummer and a rose at Christmas. Neither the rose nor snowball would be a matter of much difficulty nowadays, but centuries back there would be times when roses at Christmas were mighty few and far between, and when the supply of a snowball at midsummer would depend very much on the temperature on the top of Cross Fell, Mickle Fell, and other high lands in the north of England or in Scotland. The idea of such a rent would be very much the same as in the case of the peppercorns – a demand for something remarkable, something out of the common way, and the payment of which would be likely to be remembered, a matter of no small importance in illiterate times, when perhaps neither party to a contract could either read or write – [Pall Mall Gazette] QUEER MISTAKES OF BRIDEGROOMS Most people the moment they enter a parsonage to get married become so embarrassed they are hardly conscious of what they are doing. One fellow I heard of was dreadfully afflicted in this way, and without realizing his act pulled a cigar from his pocket and twirled it around in his hands. When that portion of the ceremony was reached in which the lady and gentleman join hands he happened to have the cigar in his right hand. What to do with the cigar he evidently didn’t know. The clergyman paused for a moment and then repeated the instruction that they join hands. Buy this time the poor fellow’s embarrassment had increased so it was painful to behold. He gave one agonized look at the Minster and then stuck the cigar in his mouth. Before the ceremony could be concluded the minister had to take the cigar from between his lips. Another prospective groom was in the same dire condition of mind. He was making a great effort to regain his composure by whirling around on his outstretched finer a silk hat when the minister announced his readiness to begin the service. The fellow quickly jumped up. For a second he did not know what to do with his hat, but only for a second, for he solved the problem by sticking the castor between his knees. The clergyman told me he could hardly refrain laughter as he married that man standing in the ridiculous position he was forced to take. – [Philadelphia Record] POPULAR SCIENCE English entomologists are excited over the addition of a new butterfly to the British fauna, making a total of sixty-five species. The species is Tcycona argiades, a common dweller in Southern Europe. The island of Arron, off the west coast of Scotland, is said to be so mild that palms and camellias thrive in the open air, without injury in the winter, although the latitude is that of the northern part of Labrador on this continent. John Lubbock says that ants of the same nest, however large it may be, have a means of recognizing each other not easily explained. The recognition is immediate and complete, even after an absence of a year from the nest. Concerning the longevity of ants, he said he had kept two queen ants for twelve years. An English geologist, T. A. Jamieson, finds evidence that the Mediterranean was at one time shut off from the Atlantic’; that it was divided into two distinct basins by a strip of land extending from Italy to Africa, and that most of its islands, notably Sicily and Malta were connected with the mainland. Dr. C. Keller, of Zurich, claims that spiders perform an important part in the preservation of forests by defending the trees against the depredations of Aphids and insects. He has examined a great many spiders, both in their viscera and by feeding them in captivity, and has found them to be voracious destroyers of these pests. And he believes that the spiders in a particular forest do more effective work of this kind than all the insect-eating birds that inhabit it. He has verified his views by observations on coniferous trees, a few broad-leafed trees, and apple trees. An important feature of the spider’s operations is that they prefer dark spots and therefore work most in the places which vermin most infest, but which are likely to be passed by other destroying agents. A WORLD’S FAIR AT LIVERPOOL IN 1886 There is to be an International Exhibition of Navigation, Traveling, Commerce and Manufacture in Liverpool in 1886. The fundamental idea upon which this world’s fair has been projected is at once novel and well defined. It is intended to illustrate the history and development of travelling by land, sea and air. There will also be shown, as allied to this subject, exhibits representative of the manufacture and commerce of the world. The project is under the patronage of the queen and the presidency of the Prince of Wales with the mayor of Liverpool as chairman of Committees, and hundreds of well-known British names on the committee roster and among the vice presidents. The project will include a collection of models of vessels, ancient and modern, illustrations of the modes and materials of their construction, their engineering and other appliances, boats of every description, docks, harbors, lighthouse, life-saving apparatus, and all other matters connected with traveling by water. In the department of land traveling there will be exhibited chariots, coaches and carriages of all countries and all time; the history of steam as a motive power will be fully illustrated, and there will be shown models, examples and technical appliances, English and foreign, for the conveyance of travelers and goods. The site chosen for the exhibition is the Edge Lane Hall estate, adjoining Wavertree Park. This large, open space, thirty-five acres in extent, has been lent by the corporation of Liverpool. It is conveniently situated for affording ready means of access to visitors by rail, and possesses special facilities for the delivery of materials and exhibits upon the rounds of the exhibition. Here a building will be erected of a substantial character and will be completed in time to permit of the exhibition being opened in May 1886. THE NATION OF ALMANAC MAKERS In France there are publishing firms that have no time to turn out anything but almanacs, and this season there are more than ever. The almanac for mothers is one that mothers could not be expected to do without, and the almanac for daughters is presumably not to go into the hands of mothers. There are comic almanacs and serious almanacs, (though not so many serious ones), and a popular almanac counts its sale by millions. Perhaps this is one of the things they do better in France than in England. The almanac for boot and shoemakers is quite as readable as our trade journals. If it often more digestible than our banquets, and now and then is almost as useful as our literary or scientific congresses. An English wit said that if there was another flood there would be a party of Englishmen who would contrive to meet somewhere and celebrate it in a dinner. The French would issue an almanac. THREE CURIOUS EPITAPHS Here lies John Strange Whose face did change When he fell down dead By the side of the bed. Here is a pity one on an attorney: Here lieth one who often lied before, But mno he lieth here he lies no more. The following on an assistant musician, comes from Llanfilantwthyl churchyard. Under this stone lieth Meredith Morgan Who blew the bellows of our church organ Tobacco he hated, to smoke most unwilling Yet never so pleased as when pipes he was filling. No reflection on him for rude speech could be cast. Though he gave our old organ many a blast No puffer was he. Tho’ a capital blower He could fill double G And now lies a note lower. ANCIENT ART. – The statue of Marcus Aurelius, which now stand s in the center of the Plaza del Campidaglio, upon the Capitoline Hill, Rome, is the only entire bronze statue which has come down to us from antiquity. It is regarded as a magnificent specimen of ancient art. It was much admired by Michael Angelo. The New York World says a child in that city was poisoned by a cough syrup containing morphia or opium. There is no such danger in Red Star Cough Cure. It is purely vegetable, prompt, safe and sure. 25 cents. Mme. Sarah Bernhardt was about to stab Marcellus with her golden hair-pin on a Parisian stage the other night when she sank in a swoon. Twice she essayed continuance, and twice again she fell, so that the curtain was rung down and the people, pocketing their coin went home. Col. D. J. Williamson, Quarter-Master U. S. A.; and ex-U. S. Consul at Coliso, Peru, spent $20,000 in eight years; trying to cure himself of rheumatism, but go no relief until he used St. Jacobs Oil, which cured him. Wealthy Hermit – Lulu Hicks, a female hermit of Olean, N. Y., died suddenly some time ago. Last week the old cabin in which she lived was torn down, and $45,000 in bonds and currency is said to have been found under the pallet on which she slept. 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