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Fort Worth Democrat-Advance.
VOL. 6.
FORT WORTH. TEXAS. THURSDAY. JANUARY 5, 11882.
A. E. KIERSKY
Is now receiving daily a full line of
FANCY CR9CERIIS
For the Holiday Tables. Standard Brands of
Canned Goods, Smoked Fish, Hallibut, Salmon, Bloaters, Herrings, Anchovies, Russian Sar-
dellas, Imported Sardines, in Catsup and Mustard.
All kinds of Fresh Pulp Grains, such as Green Kern, Ferina, Lentils, Split. Pe.is
English Peas, Pearl Barley,
And, in fact, everything that is received and sold by a first-class GROOER.
TVo. 30 HOUSTON STRERT.
Murdered In Cold Blood—Goal Deposits
—Mineral Water—Ohrist-
mas Headaches, Etc*
A Full Line of Cheese.
Your Wants and Interests have been Duly Considered by
OIF THE
NEW ORLEANS GROCERY.
CJAJEfc
They now Offer for Sale the Finest
OF FLOUR
Ever Received at FortWorth, Comprising
“PATENT PROCESS” “PRESIDENT” AND “ECLIPSE” BRANDS
T1 Is House Carries the Best Assortment of
B. P. FAKES.
W. G. TURNER.
J. N. MANUEL.
FAKES& CO.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
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£-fl
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STAPLE MB f
them and ask for one of their description books.
R. F. TACKABERY,
Manufacturer and dealer in
SADDLER'S, HARNESS, etc., etc.
Manufacturer of the
Furniture
jS@*Bar Fixtures, Glassware, Queensware and Tinware. Coffins and Coffin Trim
mings. Corner Houston Street and Square.
Fort Worth,
Texas.
CHAS. SCHEUBER.
M. HOCHSTADTER.
And
TACKABERY TREE,
sole agent lor STII.L BRO’S. IKON FORK TREES
SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS TO STOCKMEN.
Pine Buggy Harness a specialty.
No. 3 West Weatherford Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
12-21-tApl 1-dw
SCHEUBER & HOCHSTADTER
WHOLESALE
MOSES FREIBERG,
SAM KLEIN,
JOS. SEINSHEIMER
Freiberg, Klein & Co.,
IHPOBTEBS HD RECTIFIERS.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR CIGAR DEALERS
Strand, Galveston, Texas.
Liquors and Cigars
-AND-
Agents for Anheuser’s Bottled Beer
NO. 15 HOUSTON STBEET.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS
CINCINNATI OFFICE,
120 Second Street.
ROBINSON BROS. & 00.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS
RANGER.
Special to Dkmockat-Advance.
Rangkr. Jan. 4, 1882.
News was received here some days
since, of the murder of John Brown, on
December the 10th, by Willis Foulks,
both stockmen, on a stock rane.be about
one hundred miles from Fort Griffin, on
the Pease river. Botn parties are said to
have been the best of friends previous
to the killing, and were only - lew miu-
ut< s before conversing with each oiher in
apparently the best oi humor. Brown
had stopped at Foulk’s house while pass-
ing by, to have a friendly talk with him
and get a dri*k of water, alter which lie
bid Foulk’s good bye, mounted his horse
and started off. He had hardly rode a
tew steps from the door, when Foulks
leveled his gun, took deliberate aim at the
back of his head and fired, killing him al-
most instantly. Both men st aid well in
the community in which they live, and no
aue whatever can be attributed for this
cold-blooded murd r. Large parties * f
men are scouring the country tor the mur-
derer, as a large reward is offered for hi-?
capture.
In consultation writh Mess.is J. F. Ford
and W A. Narlzell, I learned that they
eave discove ed ver> valuable deposits bf
al on their lands in and around the can-
yon, some four or five miles east of here,
and near the Texas and Pacific Railroad.
This coal burns beautifully, and the above
named gentlemen informed me that th y
are now negotiating for its development.
Ere long they expect the mines to he open-
ed up and in operation.
Mr. George L. Sands, General Superin
tendan of the Texas and Pacific Ra lroad
Company, communicated with Mr. W. G.
Memwithetter, of this place, a few days
since in egard to the mineral wrater re-
cently discovered here, and requested him
to send him a sample of the water, which
the railroad company proposed to have
analyz' d. If the analysis proves satisfac-
tory* to them, they doubtless will take im-
mediate steps to make it a complete suc-
cess.
Christmas passed off with hut little of
unusual interest, with the exception of a
few black eyes and sick headaches, caused
by too much “eleganf b oz.”
'Weather delightful and spring like.
Cane Growers’ Convention.
St. Louis, Jan. 4 —At the evening ses-
sion of the Cane Growers’ convention
yesterday, President Hodges delivered an
address, in which he gave a sketch of
sorghum growing in the North, the in-
creased lacili’ies of producing sugar, mul-
tipliers oi sugar, mill operations in various
parts in the North, and tne identity of
interests between the North and South in
rhe cultivation of sugar. The ■ Secretary
of the Louisiana Cane Growing Associa-
tion made some remarks about the grow-
ing of the Northern cane in the South,
and said it had been satisfactory J. W
Nichols, ot the Louisiana delegation read
i paper, giving the result ol some experi-
ments he had made with orange sorghum
cane, which were quite satisfactory. Prof.
Ylaginnis Swanson, ot the Wisconsin
University, and Prof. Scoville, of the in-
dustrial College of Illinois, read papers,
giving aceouuts ol their experiments with
cane and the production ot sugar. Mr.
Hodges and Col. N. J, Oilman, of S'.
Louis vvere appointed a committee to rep-
resent the association at the agricultural
convention to be held in Washington.
GALVESTON.
Ban Over by a Street-car—Memorial to
Congress—Died—Personal
Necrological.
Hartford. Conn.. Jan. 4 —Hon. Geo. .
Peate, of Canaan, Connedicur-, is dead.
He was a prominent Dbiii critic politi-
cian. and Stare Senator. In 1880 he was
a candidate lor the .National C ugre-s.
Slueveport, La.. Jan. 4 —O n. W. <J.
Snelvin, a well known civil engineer, iu
charge of the Government works at the
mouth of Jim’s bayou, died suddenly
here t esterday, it is supposed, ot heart
disease.
----Bn 8 —-
A Bloody Fight.
St Louis, Jan. 4 —In the southern part
of M< intgomei y e<>unt v, Missouri, Decem-
ber 29th, John. Joe and Ah y King went
to Mr. Nelson’s house, near Americas,
where u fibrin ocoured, in which young
Nelson was killed. S vturday night De-
cember 30th, a band of citizens attacked
King’s tn use, and shot and wourmed old
Mrs. King and one of her sons,, and killed
Mrs. Austin, and another ot King's boys.
Killed by bis Stepfather.
New Fork, Jan. 4.—A P nsaeola.
Flonda, dispatch says that at Pine
Orchard, yesterday, Abraham Watkins
was murdered by his stepfather. Oliver
Francis. Wadtins fought desperan lv tor
his life, until Francis plunged a knife into
his abdomen and drawing it upward in
dieted a horrible wound. Watkins fell
and expired in a tew moments. Francis
shot him twice after he fell.
Special to the Democrat-Advance.
Galveston, Jan. 4,1882.
The city is unusually ull of visitors.
Dennis Murphy was run over at the
intersection of Mechanic and Twenty-
second streets yesterday, by a street car,
and died at the hospital this evening from
the injuries received The driver of the
car was arrested on a charge of negligent
homicide, and bound over to the criminal
district court in the sum of $3'30
A memorial at the Cotton Excnange,
asking Congress to make an aporopria-
tion tor the building of a custom house at
Galveston, is rec.ivieg a largo number of
signatures.
Cotton receipts, 4 163.
Mhj. J, W. Wicks died yesterday, and
was buried this morning, with Masonic
honors.
O. Seeligman, of Fort Worth, is at the
Tremonr House.
Weather unsually pleasant for this sea-
son of the year.
Murderer* His Brother.
St. Louis Jan.*4.—On New Year’s Day,
in the vicinity of Louisiana, Missouri
John Mo gan haw one of Bill Anderson’s
guerrillas, was shot and killed by his
brother Marshall Shaw. The murder
grew out of a family feud, about the divi
sion of their father’s property In May,
1880, John Morgan Shaw shot and killed
his brother Perrin, and this second tragedy
is a result of the first.
AUSTIN.
Capital Stock Increased — Atttorney-
General’s Report—Small-Pox.
A Terrible Tragedy.
Minden, La., Jan. 4.—A special says a
terrible tragedy occurred on the 20 h ot
December on a plantation four miles
above here. Robert Lewis, a son ot the
late Judge Langdon Lewis, and brother
of Wills Lewis, shot Mrs. Wills Lewis
and her sifter, Mrs. Thompson, both se-
riously, but not necessarily fatal, and
then killed hi mss] f. The cause ot the
tragedy is unknown.
72 and 74 HOUSTON STREET,
Wm. Brown,
THE FORT WORTH GROCER
FORT WORTH,
TEXAS.
Special to the Democrat-Adv *.n'c ?
Austin, Jan. 4,18:;2.
Resolutions were filed in the State De-
partment. to-day byt. he Matador CattleCom-
pany, of Fort Worth, increasing their capi-
tal stock to $200,000.
The Attorney-General’s report for 188L
shows the follow ng crime record: Indict
ments for felonies, 4,208; for misdemeanors,
7id-informations presented.4 98; trials,7,204;
convictions, 4,476; acquittals, 2,470; cases
pending, 9,8 7. No reports were received
from the unorganized counties,
une case dying fr om isuia.i-pox is re-
ported this evening, aud another is said
to be very low. No new cases in the city ,
but one is reported from the country,
eight miles out, Rev J. N Iberg, a Swede
preacher. He will be brought in to-mor-
row for treatment.
Killed Two and Wounded One.
New York, Jan. 4.—A special from
Liberty, Tennessee, s ates that in a figlu
in a saloon at Auburn, Cannon county,
last night, Central Bethel shot and k 11 d
Andrew Houston and Charlej Aduns
and shot ami mortally wounded Bud Mo-
Adoo. The greatest excitement prevails
in the place over the shooting, hut no
arrests have yet been made.
-DEALER IN-
and Cigars.
Staple, Fancy Groceries, Tobacco
FINE TEAS A SPECIALTY
Call, you will find a Large and Fresh Stock to select from at Bottom
Prices. South corner Houston and First Street. H. Brown’s old stand.
Sep. 3-tf.
m m. fry,
T^o. 530 Main Street,
Manufacturer and Dealer in
Eight Indictments for Forgery.
Newark, N. J , Jan, 4.—City Auditor,
Fred A. Palmer,was indicted by the grand
jury to-day foi forgery, and at once placed
at the bar," when he pleaded guilty to eight
indictments f r forgery ot endorsements on
warrants drawn on the city treasurer. He
was remanded to jail.
BREN HAM.
Burial of Mr. Hayne.
JL ISX>
-—S'
Wallis, Landes&Co.,
(ESTABLISHED IN 1865),
WHOLESALE GR00ERS,
-DEALERS IN-
Liquors, Cigars, Tobacco,
WOODENWARE, ETC.,
Strand, :
Nov. 24-dtf.
Galveston, Texas.
Rice, Baulard & Co.,
LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE
-ON-
Consignments by
EOAZ &BATTLE
Cotton and
General Commission |\^J[YERLY
Merchants.
Office and Yard between Main and
Houston Streets, Fort Worth, Texas.
5@“Agents for McAllister ^oal
d A w-6m.
All Goods Warranted as Represented or Money
Refunded.
-DEALERS IN-
lip! Hip! Hnrrali! for Baraiall’s
itiil Holiday boods, ramie, men
Special to the Democrat- advance.
Brenham Jm, 4,1882.
Mr. Robert Hayne, who died yesterday,
from accidentally taking an overdose of
chlorotorm, was buried in the city ceine-
try to-day The different organizations of
which he w-!s a member formed a proces-
sion at his residence,and marched to the
graveyard in the following order: Bren-
ham Grays, Hook aud Ladder Company,
Knights of Pythias.
Mr. Johnson, a railroad hand, was run
over by a hand-car near here yesterday,
and considerably bruised.
No Opposition.
Jackson, Miss., Jan. 4.—A Democratic
caucus will be held to-morrow night on
the senatorial ques’ion. Col Lamar is in
the c-ity, and will remain till utter the cau-
cus, when he will return to Washington
He will have no opposition for re-election.
Will he Paid in Full.
Jerseyvipe, ills., Jan 4.—The liabilities
of Enoch Littlefield, Banker, whose sus-
pension was announced yesterday, are
$50,000; assets, $60,000. A committee ha*
been appointed to win<l up his affairs, his
creditors to be paid in full.
TEXARKANA.
Gold and Silver Discovery.
Ottumwa, Iowa, Jan. 4.—Great excite-
ment. prevails here over the alleged dis-
covery of gold aud silver in paying quan-
tities near the town of Lincoln, Ne-
braska.
Baggage of a Minstrel Troupe
Attacked.
Paints, Oils Class.
Also Noble & Hoar’s Valentines,
Murphy & Devoe’s
"V" ainlsb.es,
Artists’ Colors and Tools, Wall Paper,
Window Shades, and
MIXED PAINTS'
77 Tremont St-. Galveston, Texas.
Nov. 24-wl2mos
J J. KANE,
53- Office at the Mansion Hotel."£3
- I
I.
TO THE PUBLIC.
HAYING SHOPS IN ALL PARTS OF
THE CITY—
At Snow’s Restaurant. No. 12, Square.
At Corner Mam and Third St., opposite
El Paso Hotel.
At the Depot, opposite Waverly block.
I am prepared to furnish my friends and
kin f,M,eral public with fresh mcais of all
CATTI.K, HOGS
try.
>c3f“ Postoffioe Box 39
9-215-tf
a
MAGNIFICENT VASES—MORE LOVELY THAU THE FLOWERS!
And a grand display of Dressing Cases more pleasing
to the eye than the sunny side of a peach.
A very varied, select line of Lubin’s, Condray’s and Atkinson s Per
funiery, sweeter than the flowers of Arcadia in the lap of spring!
House rent is cheap, expenses are small, and if you don’t want to be sad all the new
year, call and make your selections be'ore going up town.
N- »• BARRADaLL, Druggist and Pliarniaeist,
N. B.—Physicians’ Prescriptions a specialty. 12.16.81
Special to Democrat-Advance.
Texarkana, Jan. 4,1882.
The McIntyre Minstrels’ baggage was
attached for a c. o. d. package they got
last. March without paying tor it. They
had just come in to play to-night, and had
to pay or not play.
B TEMAN & BRO.,
Wholesale
Grocers and Commission Merchants
Nos. 27 and 29 Main Street, Fort Worth, Texas.
E. E. HUDSON.] [I. T. WALKER.
Hudson & Walker.
—DEALERS lN—
Grass asid Coutfy Miw.
Keep constantly on hand,
"EVocli PiQTITIPfl (rOOds i Having resumed in Fort Worth with increased aeilities foi
' ducting exclusively a Wholesale business, ash the atttention o
the trade to their
heavy lines of assorted groceries
re nrepared to make prices that will claim the attention of tbe
re. prep* best anU cloaeBt buyers. . iHT
con
Folger Laughs.
One day last week the Secretary of the
Treasury attended Guiteau’s trial. When
the prisoner begau his antics and the
audience laughed, Judge Folger lorgot
himself and assumed a stern judicial look,
but quickly recovering himself, he turned
and looked at Judge C >x, who sat beside
him, and, to his amazement, saw that the
presiding Judge was convulsed with
laughter. No wonder that Guiteau con-
siders these the halcyon days of his
lift! He has gained the notoriety he
coveted, he is lodged and fed at the ex-
pense of others, and is daily addressi g
audiences such as he never suc-
ceeded in obtaining or entertaining
as a lecturer. He converts
the solemnity of the criminal
court into the coarse ribaldry of a police
court, which excites the risibles of the
lowest classes. Guiteau’s whole life was
a failure until he became a vile assassin.
He tried many professions and did not
succeed in earning a living or a friend
until now, when he is the only man in the
court-room who is protected from insult.
He spares no one, and is never rebuked
It Judge « ox can’t make him keep quiet
he certainly could insist that his language
should be decent and respectful to the dis-
trict attorney and to witnesses. Friends
of Judge Oox say that lie puts no restraint
upon the prisoner, because ins tirades and
»Duse show up his ch ..ratter and give the
jest evidence of his sanity and vicious-
ness. He certainly is an illustration ot the
doctrine ot total depravity.
Maritime.
London, Jan. 4.-A telegram from
Montevido states that the bark Frank
Marion, from Brunswick, Georgia, struck
rock while in charge of the pilot, caus-
ing her to leak. She is discharging lor re-
pairs.
-9 —■*-
—The Half-breed organs have just made
the discovery that the people never elect-
ed Mr. Arthur President, but only Vice
President, and that many nuai— he among
*hem—might he nominated for Vice Pres-
ident who could not possibly get the
nomination for President. This is per-
haps true, under the present system of
nominating: and electing the President and
Vice-President, but it is not true under
the plan adopted by the trainers ot the
Constitution. The Constitution, as origi-
nally adopted, provided that the Electors
of each State should meet and vote tor
two persons, whose names should be sent
to Washington, and that in the counting
of the votes from all the States, the per-
son receiving the highest number of votes
should be President, and the person re-
ceiving the next highest should be Vice-
President. This certainly contemplated
an equality of ability, fitness and charac-
ter as between the two, and left it to acci-
dent rather than design as to who should
be President and who Vice-President.
This plan was changed by the adoption of
the Twelfth Amendment, because it was
found to operate in tbe_ selection ot the
candidate of the minority party to the
Vice-Presidency.—Globe I’emocrat.
The Guitean Trial.
Washington, Jan. 4.—A.t the Guiteau
trial this a. in., before proceedings com-
menced. Guiteau said : “This is a good
time to make a speech, but I promised
the marshal I would keep quiet to-day,
and I will try and cto so.”
Mr. Scoville read an affidavit setting
forth that the prisoner has been in such a
state oi mind that he has been unable to
receive any assistance or suggestion ol
names of any witnesses; that aihant since
closing, has learned the names of cert-in
witnesses who can testify to ma'eriul
facts for the defense. After giving the
names of the witnesses and briefly sratiug
what he expected to prove by each, bco-
vilie moved that he be allowed to intro-
luc“ 'h's evidence.
Judge C"X inquired if counsel desired
to be heard upon the motion.
• 'ol. Corkhill—* J hardly think anything
need be said.”
Coi. Reed addressed the court in favor
t tne motion. He was aware that tne
m tier was within the discretion of n-»
court. It was not. however, without pre-
cedent. and that, too, m h United Siao-s
c urns. He hi n cited eases m su port ot
ins argument., and said in this country it
was the h -ast of qur tree constitution that
■oar tm n >h Hid have the same right- hi
courts o? justice as the deuisou of 'hr
al.'tial mau ion, and that e was assure.il
American people would not hegrudg-
the extension that was now aske t in be
ha f of this pri-oae', in the name, ot just c.
and fair trial.
Mr. Davidgereplied at some length, and
lenied that any precedent existed for re-
ope ing this case, simply to introduce
umulative evidence, particularly in rh<-
natter of Dr. McFarland. He believe :
he would be scandalized to admit the tes-
timony of a man Si) reckless as to form an
opinion and be willing to swear to it
merely fr««m reading newspapers.
After considerable discus ion by coun-
sel which was interrupted by Guiteau,
Judge Cox said the counsel fo the defense
came a stranger to the courts of this dis-
tric , and even the prisoner h mself, and
found himself environed with difficulties
from the outset The most serious diffi-
culty was the odium attaching to
assassination, it made witnesses unwill-
ing to allow their names to be known to
the defense. Appreciating 11 these diffi-
culties which embarrassed the defense, he
(Judge Cox) had felt disposed to offset
them with an equal latitude, and more than
ordinary facilities in the preparation of the
case. Evidence of insanity could
not he offered in subrebut-
tal. In his opinion, proof of
insanity should be iimi el iu the evidence)
i; , Chief of defense and rebutting evidence
of prosecution. He therefore must ex-
clude the evidence of Dr. McFarland.
The testimony, however, of the w tne^es
by which the" defense expected to pr«.ve
that the prisoner asserted, on the day of
the assassination and on the day alter, the
motive for his act, the court held should
be admitted as evidence in surrebu'.tah
Brooks, chief of the secret service
bireau, was called The witness visttd
the prisoner u cue j ill the night after the
shooting. Guiteau was in bed at the time.
He arose in great anger and excite-
ment, and said lie wanted
to know what meant by
disturbing his resr and quiet at that hour
of night, and I said it ill became him. a
murderer, to speak in that manner. He
had disturbed the reri and quiet ot the
whole nation. He came back at me, that
he was no murderer, but a Christian and
gentleman. His mind vva3 made up that
he had been moved to do the act, as a p )-
litical necessity, and it was for the good
oi the count)y. Witness continued, l
told him I was a Republican and a stal-
wart, and he replied, “then you can ap-
preciate why I did it.” Witness detailed
at some length his convers ation at r.har
time. Witness said to the prisoner,
*>Lf you had taken the Deity into con
^deration, you could not have done such
an act ” The prisoner replied hi had
thought over the matter, and prayed over
it torsix weeks; and the more he thought
and the more he prayed, the m ire he be-
came convinced the presidin' must go,
a-.d that it was hi- duty to remove him
Notwiih-tauding his promise in the
morning, G .iceau continued to interrupt,
and became involved in an al'creation
wirii one f the bailiff , who tried to
silence hi e. “I’d slap you in me mouib.”
n fr equently snarled, u m ule no dem
onstration of carrying his threat into ex—
cation At mother tune he said-to him.
“You are u •tliu-g bu> a mis • radio loung-
er. while l -peak to fifty iniilion ot people
when I talk.” .
Wheu Judge Cox had fimsued ms re-
marks upon Scoville** mod->3, Gui eiu
mrisfed on expressing an o out ton .
“That’s a lirst-elasa decision. Judge;
that’sall I want to get before the jury;
what I said at the time relative to mo
causes that impelled me upon the Presi-
(jen... As for the rest. I don’t care a snap.
I would not give fifty cents a bushel for
this expert testimony. If I had money
enough, I could get fifty ol the b-st ex-
perts in the. country to swear 1 am us
crazy as a loon. Tout’s just h >w much
that kind of evidence* is woith.”
Scoville introduced a letter written by
the prisoner’s father, in which he spoke of
the prisoner, and expressed an opinion
that he was insane. . , .
Guiteau called out jeenngiy, “Is t ie
object of reading that letter, t < state my
father was a crank, or that I am? You
are the biggest jackass, Scoville, I ever
saw. If you cannot learn any sense, I
shall have to rebuke you in public.”
The prosecution then submitted a state-
ment of the law points, on which they
would rely, us follows! First, tlie lejjftl
list of responsibility, where insanity is set
up for defense for alleged crime, is
whether the accused at the time of com-
mitting the act alleged, knew the dif-
ference between right and wrong in re-
spect to such act; that is, if be knew what
he was doing, and that what he was doing
was contrary to the law ot the land.
Guiteeu— ‘I don’t, because my free
agency was destroyed.”
"Second, if the accused knew v hat he
was doing, and what he was doing was
contrary to the law ot the land, u consti-
tutes no defense. It at the time when he
committed the act, he really believed he
was thereby producing a public beneht
or carrying out an inspiration of divine
origin," or approved such belief, would
nor afford any excuse, nor would such
excuse be afforded by the facts that in
the commission ot the act he was impell-
ed bv a depraved moral sense, whether
innate or acquired, or evil passion, or in-
difference to moral allegation.
Guiteau—“All of whish is false.
Third, insanity would, however, cousti
tute a defense if, by reason of disease, it
occurred at the time of the committal of
the act charged, he did not know what he
was doing was contrary to law.
Guiteau—“I had no choice in the mat-
ter.”
Fourth—The only evidence in the pres
ent case tending to show an irresistable
impulse to commit homicide is the claim
of the accused that his free agency was
destroyed by his alleged conviction thai
the death ot the president was required
for the good of the American people, and
was divinely inspired; that such convic-
tion if it readv existed could not aft-r
auy excuse, when the party kimw whut h
was doing, and that it was corn run t
law No mere delusion or error ot ju >£>-
meet proaibiU'd by law, is com-
manded or approved by divine authority.
(Guiteau—“God’s law is higner than
man’s law.”)—can exempt the accused
Ironi responsibility for breaking the law
To have such effect, the commission o
tbe act charged must have been the rrsult
ot an insane mind, which was the product
ot disease of such force a* to eprive tin
accused of the uegr-e ot reason m e -ssar
to distinguish between rignfc and wr.m
No. ie
Private Abuse of a Newspaper
Some people think they are very sm-in
when they abuse a newspaper or editor
They torget that many papers have laroA
ly profited by becoming th- objects of
these attacks, and that some editors inve
thriven on bring assaulted.
Aside from this consideration,*it should
he remembered that an editor'is often
obliged to carry a very delicate position
His sense ot right will sometimes cause
him to attack or clelend a man, a business
a class, ora cause at the risk of tnakiuJ
enemies ot others, only to find those i?i
whose interest he has laboied display in-
gratitude. J
Ot course no level-h -aded editor ex-
pects to and much gratitude or charity*
He must geneiatlv be content with the am
provai oi Ms own conscience, and pursue
the. course lie believes to be ri<H>t, regard-
less ot either frowns or smiles, supported
t>5 his conscious rectitude.
it wiil come all right in the end. It is
nard ro be misunderstood, anil to find
those to whose, support you have earned a
right desert you, t * meet alone the ut-
vacks of those you have incensed in pur-
suing the course you were convinced was
right, but you will thereby learn a lesson
oi seit-relHnce. and form a imhir of judg-
ing «-ntir, ly for yourselt that will he inval-
uable. You will bo ah e to tell the truth,
however distasteful, and retuse >o utrer a
talseh od, no m tier how much p ea unt-
r it m. y promise to make things go.
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How Prohibition Prohibits.
St. Lou's Republican.
Ex-Governor Robinson, ot Kaos is, a
Site-long teetotaller, iu a private h-r.ier'on
the prohibition law in nis slate, savs;
Under our local option law Kansas wa<*
I believe, the most temperate state in rhe
Union. I did not meet a drunken person
about Lawrence once in a year; but all is
now changed. B fore, no m m could g -t
a license, without giving a heavy bond,
conditioned that lie would not sed to a
minor nor to a dru iken person, m>r ori
Sundays, holidays and election days
aNo tnar he was liable for all d-mia-te
his liquor might do, or that the man or
woman under its influence might do.
He ce no irresponsible character coul i ob-
tain a license, and saloons were usually as
orderly as other business houses. No w it
is the irrespon ihle,characterless scamp that
runs the saloon, and as he violates the law
no more by selling to all persons at all
times than selling do respectable peop e for
medical or other proper purposes, there is
no restraint whatever, If one town can be
found with a population of 1,000 inhabitants
where liquor cannot be illegally purchased
I have been misinformed.”
A Good Word foi the Embez-
zlers.
Missouri Republican.
After all we must give the Newark de-
faulters and embezzlers credit for a high
decree ot integrity. They are such con-
scientious fellows. They give those wno
are supposed to have supervision over
them a reasonable time to detect their
stealing, and, when this fails, they go
frankly to their confiding superiors and
i ell the whole story. It it were not for
this admirable habit we would not know
anything about the prolonged robbery of
the Mechanic’s Nat’onal bank, and the de-
falcation in the c ty auditor’s office to
this day. The Newark embezze e.s are
the first to tell the news.
—Frequent noise in the co ridor of the
Cincinnati courthouse disturbed Judge
Harmon of the Supreme co rt, and lie
resolved at length to make an example of
the next offenders. It was not long
after that loud laughter arose. “Go
out,” thundered his honor to an officer,
“a.ud arresi tuose men.” The mandate
was obeyed, and three offenders were
quickly arraigned at tbe bar. They were
toe. city solicitor, the clerk of the
court, and a venerable lawyer. “May
it plea e your honor,” explained tne
lawyer, “we didn’t know we were
di>.turoing any no 'y. especially this
Honorable court. Brother Thomas here,
was telling a dog story, and it was she
dog-goned lunn’est story I ever heard,
and Brother riardacre and l couldn’t help
laughing at it. Perhaps if your honor
would listen to the story, m mitigation ot
ilie. offense, it might-” “Never mind,”
the Judge interrupted : “I will dis-
eharge- you this time, but don’t offend
gai n‘
— 1 Coroner’s verdict in Liverpool
warns all omnibus drivers thai it is no
p rt oi their duty to drive over j eaestrains
wno happen to be crossing the streets.
He assures them that a man on toot lias a
riirht to be on any street and on any part
of it, and that it is the d ver’s business to
avoid running over them. He also indi-
cates pretty clearly to the pedestr ans
that if they wid insist on darting ?.cr".->s
the streets and dodging their limst-s
necks with undue recklessness, ril,‘ in isr
not complain if they are stepped on occa-
sionally.
—The Maoris or New Zealanders are de-
scribed as lazy, quarrelsome, frluC!vy . ‘p .
cruel. They haye never become tecmiched
to white occupation or white CLl* j
reason tor decrease in the piactice i
to be rather the introduction ol■ P -
potatoes than any advance m oiviliza .ion.
The hopelessness ot reforming tl eu ustes
is shown in the fact that they P ^
eat a Chinaman with juriao „oo
as a missionary.
—The European taste foi small birds
table delicacies is such that throughout
France and Austria it is common to have
shooting-boxes fitted up in gardens, with
decoys or captive birds placed in the shrub-
bery to attract the feathered songsters m
their flight. In this way immense num-
bers of linnets, thrushes, nightingales, spar
rows, etc , are killed, all being accounted Tvsn^ot to dm act, -o ar ti e
game alike. This wholesaie slaughtei is % the >icr Mthe;
have its effect in a iapid ue- i £ ,
-Alaska not only has no go^rnment,
but is a very much unknown q ^Y
No thorough exploration of t 0yt
lias ever been made, and the q some
Gen- Miles tor an appr°Pr>atl°“ c ‘eX.
$70,000 for the purposes of f scmnt tie eX-
peditiou therefore seems moder . about
FIS f
en the American continent.
—It is claimed that ffh^^aWe'value
tral Park has increased the wxao
°f property in tlmt mty joston pre-
and now both New loi k f se
pose to increase the ^of the old
parks and extend the a an
ones. A city without^ gantry
engine without a sa'etJ* offw without
without railroads, or an office
perquisites.
-Within the last ^/“he^prindpafS
has been a reduction of th®dJmplioii of
the national debt, p_.£h®Qr nt ponds ot
‘ erest
most
w **“toil-
ers of the present generation.
Poultry.
Europe. law of rhe lat'd
_____ -- ■ i— --- j At Scovill«’s motion, court was tmn
_ at the bazaar are ; adjourned until Saturday morning, to
—The dresses made at me givo time for tbe defense to prepare points
universally admired. Bazaab. | St law.
tl»
In using the r-’v®rlCjfa|^, mix
with my chickens, 1 take lt t0 them
ir with rhe dough, and I have
■nee a d iy. By this ch0]cra or gapes a
ievtr lost from r fu.e ^ears.
single cnicke^m^U- E(lgdleld, S. C.
Genuine prepared ^on^y & Co.
Shiloh’s Catarrh Remedy
bhiion v Dipl Lena
A marvelous cure n,r ' , With each
Canker-mouth, and H» a [njeetor
vottle there is cn ingc"" |e'ri( at these
•r the more-ut ee.- -in- .ilMrire Price
•omplainrs witliaiil exira * ’ vVhole-
r>0cts. Sold by L N
ale ar , retail [>rn.i-ri-t
Ray roll blanks iot SHie-^^eQyyi ;*
li
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