The Democrat. (McKinney, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 26, 1891 Page: 1 of 4
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-Go lo-
ll, M. Board
For your
Dry Goods.
I, the best go ,1s and ells fur
tke lowest prices. Spend your cash
vttk klm.
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J RAT.
KN TCRCO AT THI PaBTOrriCl A* BK«ON <
S, H. COLE
Surveyor, City Eiigluwr, and Notary Public.
Work In nil parts of the county at-
t«'iial«iI to promptly and carelully nt
reasonable price*.
tow Office with tonkins & Pearson
M'KISNKY, TEX.
VOL. 8.
M'KINNEY, TEXAS. THURSDAY. MARCH 2G. 1891.
NO. 8.
BARKLEY & HARRIS.
CASH HOUSE
CHEAP HOUSE
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NEW HOUSE, f
Bis. Beits & Belts.
MEDICAL DISPENSARY,
lain meet, Dallas, Tex.
Olflne bntirs (• a. m. toft p. m. All ro*
asunlcat inns strictly confidential,
roil TIIR TREATMENT Of
Ninrous.ClirC;^ and Scasial Qlsaass:
IngallN Converted.
Baltimore, Md., March 18.—
Ex-Senator John J. I"«h11h of
ViiMHaH, who passed yesterday .parties, however, inuy l v
.nd last night in this city ndnpb«formi and tne oandi
[Jf Collin t ui l> tesidents would 'In r|i«-!ii.-«-' v-«* ami thwir fi'tenl-.
good, they wou'd nuije ihems Oven mid a> u>l ' h«- • friend- '•>
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IBarkley % Harris'.
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TVe are Ifa'lT* ii prices and sell all
goods on 'tt> if <•'lu>
W hen .von bti.> from ns yon may '••►d
assured of fait* treatment, and no house
giving rou iheir retrnlar prices. ran or
will nntWsell us We Hell all goods at
n profit, yet our profit ia very, very
small, an cjin sell on a small margiu
of profit ami make money; our expenses
nil" small, and buying from mills and
mnmifaoturHrs.webti v them very cheap;
in fact soil them al prices loss than
aorn< merchant# pay for them.
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[Bargains will be offered you in
every department.
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Barkley & Harris,
Johnson Block, McKinnev, Tex.
m Dies
Prs. Betta A Betts an rafula* era*,
astds «f nadfotna ia< •■rgerr, wWaaa
tlfe-lesg aavarlaaaa, prantlaal aatM
f trealm^lt asd paie aiadlalaaa Insure
ipeedy an< perns aaeat nrraa In all prir
rata matter,cktenle aerveus sad apaolal
illtlMI.
VOI N'O MSN-Middle-aged •>< • *,
•lpglaor msjflid, sad alt who auflw
«f tl Hwt raaah'eod, Barretts deMlfty.
fr>#ri awn*«e , seaalaal ianat, aasual
aou.lUlUg asaaiary, itaatil daval-
immwat. lack aaarw, lapavarlafcatf
>>••4, tmp*dl<aenu to Batriua; alaa
kto«4 a*4 aits diaaaat. a/phlHa, arup-
Moaa, ma aatea, awalHaga. ataara, af>
facta at ma/aarr, lilutr aid bladdat
kraahica. wash bask. Walag ana*, lb-
tVMtlnaaoa, gaaarrkaaa, glaat, atrlot-
Ma, ra«<slra taarehliag Iraatmant,
>rampt rvllaf aid aura far llfa.
Bje and ear dlaaaaaa aurai promptlr,
DATAItRrt and all Mmat and lung
utrlotura parraaaaotly
lurad, rauovat oomplota-salthar knlfa,
cauatle nor dllatlM—wlthaut pais er
rnlury- froaMndtapatabla.
I) KB. BETTs add rata tboaa who hart
tanalrad tknualtaa by taapropar i< -
li'igwca and aolltanr bablu, which
mln both body and aalad, uaflttlng
lb«>« fw buttaeaa, atndr or narrtaga.
MAKR1KD BUN, or thoaa aotaring
an that UaM* 1th, awara tt phyataal
iebtllty, <)tM klr alata,d.
0tJl bUUCB 8 It baaad ntian fcata.
KUat, praetleal axpartencoi aaooad,
r. rr oaa« la eapaaiallf atnolad, thin
Hurting aright t third, mtdlelnaa ara
preftartd In (rar Ubaralorr atactlr to
tu\f aacb c«aa, thui alfaotttig aure
trilhoiH lajuw.
IfrBand 4 Nlta poatago tat aola-
bMt«d work* ob ohranlo, aarvona and
Ifttralo dtaoaaaa. Thoaaanda our ad.
Mr A MmMj letter or call may aara
roa mrota MflWlBg car akaaaa and add
goMoa voara to Tina. Mr No lattara
iaiiwarod unlaaa «acou>paated by 4
t«bta la atMnpa. Addr*as mt call oa
. . r*ii«. BKi"i * & uvy >^,
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1(106 Main *tr«<et. oimpoiiltc poetofttoo
Dalian, 't'ex.
The Old Reliable
I ft for N w York lo-dav.
,<• .kiiij{ * l tii*-' Palmes* A'1
"This mov-m^nt
gr at *r rhati
tin- [> nph* tv III
J Hl> lIllMK I .d
-••I,IS title ot III'
st iitiHtvHtii.fcf p ljtical pro
njs of ilie H t* in 11*
• t, ^ le i'h iiidusiru's and
.iafi-'e, « iid;
- building
j '•'> of
. S't-'IU hi Jl<
uii I' pr •
unreal uud when the one diet,
out and the other id allaye 1
wo tuuy look i >f a coalition
that will produi'u luugihle re-
suits. Th.i exist'iig political
their
idates
nominated in iko such conces-
sions to llm Alliance as to
'cause ihe ni'Mitlxirs to retun; to
their te pet!iive t'oids with the
brltef ili u tin* hviIm that they
%j 'ek io re.hvss will be reform-
ed in !hcii liottaehol Is "
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[.KINNRT, - • • TBJ.
Fradttoo limited to the dlaeaaea ol
hr, Nose and Throat
a Vortk Eentncky atreet, over
a'a * Krwla'a ofttro. onpoalte the
otalUai*. Iloura, 8 to Is a. m., and
1 to 8 p. m.
. A. Caldwell,M.D.
' IflM Jehnson Block, Up-Stairs.
I^Kaaldoace Sonth Wilcox atre«t
«ar Atttane*eotion rard, Heapocirul-
r«ot^«1ta yonr patronage.
I. •. MRTK, M. !>..
imitlio PhTslclan and Snrgeor.
MdCINNKY, TRXAS.
Qkffaata dlaaaaaa and dlaeaaea or wn-
aaa tad ahlldren a *p*>elalty All call"
Iky r Bight at hla office, will be
ryamipfly al tended to.
YrOBloa np*ata)ra In ntllTa building.
TAKE
FM
12 eta. lH.il
$15 A WEEK.
Hoh «1ay 8ala
S
, E. WEBB, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SUR6 0N,-*
HfKtnney.Toxas.
^iflao otar McAntey'a itriiK atore.
ftt. Wohb ean be tonnd nt hla nttlce
ly aai night when not proft>ali>nallv
agad.
TO ALL POINTS
NORTH and EAST.
. p mm p carry
Pulman Sleepers
Between Points in TEXAS and
Chicago. St. Louis
—ANl>—
KANSAS CITY.
Close Connections mi all of the above cities
with fast trains of eastern and northern
lines, make the M. K. & T. R'y
tlie best Hoe to
Now York, Boston, Montreal
St, Paul,
and
11. L Pearson,
Dental Surgeon.
! oftao north aide aqttare, over Aron'a
Mora. Teeth extracted without pain
ky-tko nae of nltroua oxide «•*"■
Gko. KI>I>Y,
II. It. t'llOSH.
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Den. Supt.)
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MtTHINKSK ClOM.rOKH-OMaat,
■ «i«1 rhfi*tw si Nchoolo In the Aoutb. Hvmi In
rhi'Niwtl M ht'«)|s in the * tnh
UtincuN 9 aatmi M y#Hrt. Tf
aMken gold mod*:* nt Mnle b >li >'nr mm
ilaKaKS-oittm, lion
I Iht AOUlh. lltfUll lit (HIB
Th«* on!) M*lHM)Uiiinfth«Tf
lo I or rum t i.iiiigiia
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V. KjniHtllTTa l'rrai«l "iil, Kt ri Worth • l>Alln* I
Tljo J•*!!•• WII-m C<dlM« aurevwd* tfrt
T«I.
Trintetl at the Dkmo-
lOKAT office at rensoitiible tfg-
Call and see ns before
placing jour orders.
CT'I
UaS^THE SiNTLEMaa'S MIEMO. *?*!
Our Perfection Hy,Inge free with
every bottle. Iioea not atnln. Pre-
venla atrlolnre. Cure goinorrluea nnd
gleet In 1 to <1 dnya. Aak dmgglatfl
itW Seiit tonny nddreaa for t N h DOI.
I.AIltM
Malydoi Ktg Co., Lancaster, Ohio
ROOFING-
OUM-KI AHTIU ROOKING FRLT
(fata only #2.00 per 100 ai|tinrn fact.
MakoaaEOod rnol'ftir yeara, nnd anyone
can put it on. Send atninp for aauiple
iwxI linrtleulara.
Odw Bi.Aatic Hoonsn Co.,
3!I A 41 WimTJiHOiUWAT, New York.
Local Ai«uta Wan toil.
a.i4wi
pui>ly ngriritlturitl s-Mt'io'.
it i>as tukeit r. deep hoi J on i"
public mind, and theevo u "<
of the movement is olonel
watched by our deepest thins
ers and political economists.
These farmers have concluded
that there are wrongs existing
that need adjustment. Tk-
growth of the organization if
not etheral or spontaneous, but
has come with a strong nnder
current of reason that will ulti
mately land it on a solid found
ation which will defy all the
efforts of political agitators to
shake. Of course the blatant
demagogues, whose claims are
unreasonable and untenable,
will not be the ones to carrj
this movement to the success I
look for it to reach, .cou will
find, however, ttiat the forc>
behind it and with even part la
success, these agitators will b>
forced to give way to the moi
conservative element, and ;h<
leaderships will be assume*
by men impelled aioue by pin I
authropic oi patriotic feeling.-,
and whose couusel cau safel>
be followed with asearaiic-
that it will lead to taugibl* re
suits.
"The adjustment of the tariff
the expansion of the clrculai
ing medium and other* mwuo_
ures, the absence of whioi>
thinking farmers believe uu
derlie the stugnatiou that iioa
aillirts them will bt. advocat'-t;
by the best minds iu the move
. meut in such a way as to carrj
i with them a strong populd.i
i feeling. I think it may b>
'compared to the feeling of iv
puDlicauisui winch swept over
the country from 1856 to 18ttu
This result might be moi-t
A"! quickly reached could the wes
and south find common grouiii,
oti which to stand. The eusi
and the uoith huve recoguizeO
this all along tt' d have ven
adiotil> pit*va-1 i. d auy coali
tion. They know that in th
south an} tiling that endaiigeir
local gnveriiiiiHtti by the whit<
element will be resisted and
that ever j other interest wil
be sacrificed to this end. The\
have utauaKed to >tren«;theii
this feeling t y an occasional
menance. In the west section
al feeling lias been resorted to
with vtir) ing success until this
year, when it squally failed
fi>u< It pla.\ s on tip* passions and
iiit*-re. ts ot t! •• .• ■<•!ions hiv -
abotit r> atdted tit-tr litui'. Th
sectiotie are he. orniug apathei
ic alike to appeals and men
mwmn
apnpi
Of W ran' anccaaaM
o 11 *a"k| uiis if ,"i r .T {£i os£*?traa ol'sSir^
aVA //a6/«, Skillful Tr**tm*at Buaraiitfd.
Board and apartaaanU furnnli.d toabMt wtta
di <!r. pamaal car.. t«od I'. O. a(u p tot eliaa*
lar., .la.
lactfc Kllano. AtlJretalettera,
Br. Ward Otllta, 117 N. Sth Itraat, It. Loula. Ma.
WBl« I It U,
INT LAT>Y. •mp1oyi eor unamplorod.
j can man* thla lor a lew hon«a wo-H
day Halary or com. £ .0 w^mplea frr®.
Ad. XL BZXJDIIX k CO.. 115 N. 8th St., 81. L0VI8. Ul
the old doctor's
LADIES' FAVORITE.
roaolt.
•ond 4
United
praiMtoo, for M raara. and not a alnvln
Monoy returned It not ah r«*,>rcrrnted.
OMtto i atamps) for a *)#d partloulara.
Br.WAKPACO., 1I7R.SU St.. It. UoU, Me.
ae-AMYLADYc«" RHnvatuableaecrctthal
coat me a-, on, autl a i
rubber alilpltl forSOceuUi|
Mrs. V. M. APP. CO.
I IB W. Bth RTKKBT, T. LOim, I
Merctthall
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ins, mo. |
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ENNYROYAL PILLS
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" Dragftal far C*4«*«Nr a fH+ MQL
m~U ' m 4 la 1*4 aa4 w35
mM *Hk Mm HMm. Toko W
liar. *«/vw Issiwm mWMb* ▼
ttd *MiiWnw AkPnicisM. ttMalla
mm pftrtifniMi. iwHawalab «M
snr--1"1 r" ,"ttTiarK:
Mexican
Mustang
Liniment.
No Stock R.iiscr can afford to be without this old
and well-tried remedy.
It cures foot rot, shoulder rot, scrcw worm and
scab in sheep.
Cures harness sores, spavins, swinney, wind galls
and nearly all diseases peculiar to horses and
mules.
Cures hollow horn, caked bags, grub and hoof
disease in cattle.
It penetrates the muscle, membrane and tissue of
man and beast; heals old sores, cures erup-
tions and every kind of inflammation, and can
be applied as an ointment to tender parts.
Keep it for emergencies, read the directions
and use it in time. Remember this is not an
experiment. Mustang Liniment has been
known for years and has the endorsement
of thousands. There is nothing like it.
For sa!«: everywhere at 25c., 50c. and $1.00 per
bottle.
TIM< UriMttfn ait Maine.
Theetato grniiffo of Mai no recently met
Ht Lewiift in. Worthy Lecturer Dr. G.
X. Twitcholljii ulc 11 report which sle iwed
oonaidwabl.j pro^rean luring the paM
year. Among other ibingu he aaid:
In no atate in nil the Union la the
order upou the aubpUiitinl foundation
found in the old Pine Tree unite.
i'Dbrigrf' our motto in the tfrangu held as
etaewbere. In no other atato do we find
the monnmenta or pcrmanency, theae
grange hiill:', rising in ao many aoctiona.
testifying to Uie z<vil of the piatrona,
their love of the organization, nnd the
power of combined effort. Whether en#t
or weet, north or aouth, go where you
will, and grunge hnlla ataod at the four
corner*, telling tn Uie world of noble
pnrpoaea and coaiaecruted effort. Ont of
320 rabordinato grangee in Muinc, six-
tentha gather in their own homea. in
the eastern portiou of Washington, in
the northern section* of Aroostook,
among the lrQla of Oxford and down the
valleys of York, the traveler meeta theae
evidences of permanency, away from
town or village, where neighborhood!,
gather for aocial and intoliectoal im-
provement.
Brothers and sisters, the past year haw
brought a revelation to mo of the wortl-
and power of our organization, and alao
of tho grand fnturu which awaits ns if
we are loyal to onr obligations. Njver
was the harvest so fruitful, uever were
the laborers so earnest, never wore the
opportunities ao grand for the order of
Patrons of Hnsbandry as today. Free
from alt political alliances tho order ia
comtng to be intensely political, and
patrons aro arousing themselvos to spe-
cific and determined action within their
own party lines which will surely secure
rMralte. The order han been grappling
some of the intricate problems, and will
this winter make its power felt in tiie
balls of legislation. Loyal patrons of all
political parties will there faithfully and
foarlessly represent our true interests,
and yonr duty and mine ia to stand
shoulder to shoulder with and behind
them nntil results are secured.
Another rinituclBl Sclietua.
It ia with great interest that I read
the commnniaation in yonr pai>er on
finance, for it ia one of the most vital
([nestiims of the day. When mankind
was content to bo slaves it mattored
little to them, for they were content if
they tad coarse food nnd clothes. But
men who want to be free aspire to
something higher and nobler. As a solu-
tion to this question 1 submit the fol-
lowing, and to make it plain I will give
an illustration:
Harriaon county, Tex., issued ff>0,000
hi bonds to bnild a court house; said
bonds run for thirty years, at 0 per
cent, which is .000 per year; thiity
years' interest would be I'.Ki.UOO; we pay,
and still owe the principal, $50,000. In-
dividuals bought these bonds at par.
Of course they considered the invest-
uaent good.
Now aupjKise tho law was ao we conld
have deposited those bonds with the
UnUed States treasurer, and receive
greenbacks for thetn at a per cent, inter-
est, which wonld be $1,000 per year, in
Uiirty years, >50,000—a difference of
(00.000. So it is plainly to be soon that
if 2 of the 6 per cent, went for interest
and 4 per cent, for a sinking fund wo
conld pay the principal and interest in
thirty years, and have $10,000 to pay ex-
penses with. This plan looks to rne like
a wheel within a wheel, and the govern-
ment wonld ueed no other source of rev-
onno forever.
lurorporated cities atul counties in the
United States could carry their credit,
and this plan would greatly reduce tho
tax of city and comity. It is a secure
plan, for it is based upon tho property of
tho country.-—J. E. II. in Junrnal of
Agricultnre.
lined Work of tlie All I mire.
A dispatch from Eldorado, Kan., says:
The effects of tho Alliance movement in
JCanoas are already beginning to be felt.
Two years ago tho Kansas stat*- senate
appointed a committee to revise certain
portions of existing state laws.
k The report abolishes a dozen useless
boards. ri"consolidates half a dozen other
boards, revises tho laws regarding tho
control of the State Normal and State
Agricultnral coll. Hutchinson re-
formatory; d( .iate« ex-Governor
Crawford, the state agent at Washing-
ton; cuts down tho uumlier of local dis-
trict judges about ono-fonrth; cuts legal
advertising, sheriffs' snlca, county and
state printing of all kinds 50 jiercent.;
provider for the Australian system of
voting and the election of the state
board of ratlwny commissioners; provides
that the atato furnish school books of n
uniform text, free; overhauls the system
of taxation and assessment and puts it
on a bona fide basis; cuts down the fees
and salaries of all county officers, except
coroners nnd commissioners, and affects
constat ili* and justice of the peace feca.
The report., if adopted and enacted into
law. will save tho peoplo of Kansas
«800 ,000 in taxes annually,
Nol RxIreailaU.
There need bo little apprehension that
the fanners of tho country, as a class,
will go to dangerous extremes. They
may for the moment bo bewildered by
the vision of enthusiasm, but they arc
the solid, conservative element of tho
land. As to whether they can givo
durability to a national organization in
politics, without uu engrossing and over-
shadowing issue like that of slavery iu
Uie formation of the Republican jMirtv,
is uot now considered. Causes not now
visible only prevent tho Alliance be-
coming a factor in the contest iu I HO? of
ao much im]>ortanco that it cannot lie
disregarded in |K>litical computations.—
Bt. Paul Globe.
It baa been a source of some surprise
and regret with the order that occasion-
ally atato master*, at the recent sessions
of stats granges, failed to mention the
pang* proas, Its value and importance.
H waa undoubtedly an oversight, for no
Patron of Husbandry of this day fails to
noagnUe the vital importance of the
grange press to the actual life of the or-
der.—American Orange Bulletin,
HIS ASHES TO THE WIND,
i
8TRANGE FUNERAL RITES OVER
HENRY MEYER'S REMAINS.
mod-
i pin-
i that
nrted
Ue Waa Incinerated to tho Mn.tc of a
Ilutul—III. A.lie. Were Cant luto the
Air rrom tho Statue of I,lbrrty In New
Torli Harbor—All * He l>lri'i-ti-il.
A little white cloud flouted out from
tho head of the Statuo of Liberty at 4
o'clock in the afternoon, anil in it dis-
appeared in the four winds of heaven
the remains of Henry Meyer, hotel
keeper, of KUiteu Island.
To lie buried in this singular, half
cynical fashion in midair, aa it were,
was exactly as the dead atun had often
directed while he lived. As he had
wished, his body was cremated, his
handful of ashes was preserved in a box
until the next Sunday should come,
and then, with tlie popping of cham-
pagne bottles uud expressions of good
will. but no grief, was cast from the top
of Liberty whenever it would go. In
the clear sunshine of the beautiful day,
looking no bigger and of no more im-
portance than a puff of cigar hiuoke.
the cloud hung for a moment under the
lee of the atatne. Then the sharp north-
west wind caught it, whirled it instantly
out of sight in the direction ot' the dead
man's old home, and that was the last
of the body of Henry Meyer.
A jovial though an odd aoul, and a
hotel keeper for thirty yeara at Port
Richmond, Mr. Meyer waa well known
to every Stuten laiander and a good
many other people, too. From the name
of his hotel he got to be called "Puck"
Meyer, ao that his real tlrat name was
generally forgotten. Ho was a skeptic,
a socialist, a strenuous advocate of cre-
mation, a pretty good liver and a man
of great popularity in spite of a thousand
peculiarities which will bo Staten Island
folk lore for generations.
No one saw "Puck" die. He waa
found dead in his bed in the hotel on the
morning of Feb. 14. His wife was the
first to discover his dentil. Aa his will,
made many years ago, directed, the body
waa taken to the Fresh Pond crematory,
on Long Island, two days later and in-
cinerated. A committee from tho Staten
Inland Schuetzen corps, of which Meyers
bad been a member, accompanied the
remains in three carriages, with a brass
band.
The body was dressed in tho blue uni-
form of the Schuetzon corps, and after it
bad been consumed the brass buttons
and other pieces of metal which the lire
bad not destroyed were preserved aa
souvenirs. The ashes, weighing little
more than three pounds, were o, a
whitish color and aa feathery as cigar
ashes. They were carefully placed in a
round tin box and put in charge of First
Lieut. Moritz Wegerle. Then, with the
band playing a lively air, the party re-
turned to Staten Island.
The special committee took tho steam-
er Bay Ridge for Bedloo's Island.
To avoid curiosity Lieut. Wegerle had
the tin box iu a brown Gladstone bog.
He swung this carelessly in his hand as
the party climbed to the top of the ped-
estal. Then they went outaidothe statuo
on the stone platform surrounding it,
and there tho bag was opened and the
master of ceremoniea disclosed four
brown paper bags, each containing an
equal amount of Meyer's ashes. There
was a spoonful or two left iu the bottom
of the case, which wore saved for
"Puck's" married sister on Staten Island
at her request.
As he handed wound tho bags Mr.
Riuschler made this* speech:
"Here are the ashes of old 'Puck'
Meyer. He was a good man, beloved by
all. 1 never knew of any wrong thing
he ever did."
Each man that got a bag stuck it into
his pocket. Then the party proceeded
to climb the winding stairs to Liberty's
head Their movements, however, had
boeti observed by Watchman Horn, and
aa thoy began the ascent ho called out:
"What have you got there? 'Puck'
Meyer?"
Consternation was depicted on every
face until Horn shouted again; "It's
all right. Go ahead. Yon can come
up!" Up they went accordingly, but iu
one of the sharp turns Capt. Fink who
is a portly man, got hopelessly stuck.
He handed his bng of ashes to Mr. Boohe
and went back to the pedestal, it had
been intended to throw the ashes from
the torch, but that was impossible. They
had forgotten the necessary formality of
the special permit.
Each man took his station therefore in
the head corresponding to tho points of
the compass, and aa each bag was emp-
tied Ui<> members cried, "Here goes the
ashes of 'Puck' Meyer. Happy days!"
"Happy days to old 'Puck' Meyer,"
said Mr. Riuschler.
"Ho wns a good fellow," remarked
Lieut. Wegerle.
"You're right ho was," said the others
altogether, according to tho prearranged
formula.
"Do you believe in tho resurrection''".
asked one of tho committee of a brother
member as they boarded the 5 o'clock
boat,
"Well, 1 guesa there's somethiug mi
it," said the brother laconically.
"Then all I've got to say ia that 'Puck'
Msver will find a hard job pulling him-
self together when tliat day comes."
Meyer was 50 years old and came to
this country from Hamburg about thirty-
five years ago. He waa one of the first
volunteers from Staten Island on the
northern aide during tho rebellion. He
served through the war and got a wound
iu liia loft leg in askirmisli iu Tennessee.
He refused to let the surgeons amputate
his limb, although they said he couldn't
live unless be did, and brought tho leg
and tho rest of his body homo safe and
sound nt tho end of the war. Ho never
wore an overcoat, always wore a ailk
hat tlie year round and always carried a
cane. The Staten Island children al-
most worshiped him.
Meyer provided in his will that his
friends should have a champagne supper
after scattering his ashes, but it wna
found that no money remained for this.
In fact, tho man died a bankrupt. His
nlace at Port Richmond was sold under
foreclosure the day after he died. Ho
left one child, a son !1 years old, by his
present wife. His life was a fast and a
merry one, and his frieuds hardly knew
whether to laugh or cry over his memory.
—New York lleruld.
Tlir Orlifhinl Inivi vlfv
By li:e death of .lames Ited)
l>ii. journalism has lost one
neer*. Mr. Redpath ib' d to i
he waa the first interviewer.
tlie practice of interviewing in . iy years
Bgo," he remarked to me a lew weeks
ago, "in the i duiunaof The I ><<111 Ad-
vertiser. My lirst interview was widely
diaeu.-i.ed, and uiy plan was inini. diate-
ly imitat d by Editor Dana, of The Sun.
who the day after my interview ap-
peared sen 1 out a corps of writers to in-
terview tho leading men of th" day oti
various topics. Iu iny career since that
time 1 have written hundreds of inter-
views, and I have learned from them a
few lessons which have been of use to
me.
"In the first place, my experience has
taught mo that it is impossible for an
intend, iwtr to report the exact words of
the person whom he is interviewing. II"
ia obliged by tlie condition under which
lie works to misrepresent, or rather to
fall into inaccuracies, verbal or other-
wise, with regard to what has In m said
to him. Consequently, whenever a rep-
resentative of the press ccui. u to inter-
view me, and 1 have been interviewed
many times, I always insist upon writ-
ing out the interview iu my own hand,
and I aiu thus sure of beiiig reported
correctly."
Mr. Redpath's career is an illnatratii...
of the fine training which journalism
gives to one who after practising it en-
ters upon purely literury work. Much
of his success us a magazine editor waa
ioubtless due to his experience as a
newspaper writer. Mr. Redpath was
Allen Thorndyke Rice's right hand man
during the period when Rice was lifting
up Tim North American Review from
the comparative obscurity into which it
had fallen to renewed success, aud to
his ability much of the present popular-
ity of the review is due. It !h known
that Mr. Rcdpatfi wrote most, if not all,
of the articles which appeared over
Rice's name, for though he may have
furnished the ideas ho was not a literary
mau.—New York Telegram.
A Broken IImiiIc'n Hiiro Mx|>orlon« r.
In 1877 the Third National bank of Chi*
J cago failed for nearly $1,000,000. It had a
! capital stock c? $750,000, and all its cash
! 011 hand, amounting to $200,000, went to
i its creditors. J. Irving Poarco was pros-
| iilent of the fated bank. Huntington W.
| Jackson was tlie receiver of the closed
j institution, and litis hud tho management
i of its assets since that time. Tito stock-
| holders were informed that tho stock
was worthless. Some sold tiieir holdings
for a song and others Iwpt what they
had because nobody would buy it. A
meeting of those bidding stock waa held
reoeutly, at which the receiver announced
that be had been offered $1,000,000 for
real estate near Jackson park, supposed
to becomparatively worthless at the time
of tlie wreck of the bank.
This aale will bo made unless a higher
price is bid, and the money distributed
among the stockholders. The defunct
bank waa also t he owner of considerable
real estate in tho town of Cicero, which
could uot have been sold then for more
thau $150 or $200 an acre, but is uow
worth $8,000 or $1,000 an acre, and which
will swell the assets enormously. If any
other town in the country has a bank
which failed and went out of active ex-
istence fourteen yeara ago, but is worth
more now than it was at the highest tide
of its prosperity, let the facts bo pro-
duced.— Chicago Journal.
A Christian with a long face
is one of ihe best advertise
ments the devil has 011 earth.—
Farmersville Tim« a.
There is no dependence to be
placed on the promise made in
necessity. Help a man out of
a ditch and if h* does not pay
you while the mud is still wet
on his clothes he will never do
it.—Farmersville Times.
Modern lleroeo.
Those pessimistic folks who can see
nothing heroic in the spirit or people of
this age are respectfully requested to give
a moment's attention to the case of Israel
Joseph, a real estate broker, who was
buried in Cypress H ilia cemetery recently.
The other day. at the crowded corner of
Broadway and Vesey streets, two little
girls were about to lie run down by a
heavy team whose driver hod lost con-
trol nf them. Israel Joseph sprang from
the sidewalk, seized tho animals by the
bits and held them back until the girls
were out of the way
The plunging horses so jerked and
flnng liiiu about that a heart valve
burst, and in a few days the man was
dead. He had simply given his life for
two children ho had never seen before.
And iu so doing he had proven himself
one of tho heroes of which our old world
still has plenty. Only they are garbed
iu workmen's blouses or business inou's
cutaway coats, and we don't recognize
them as they go about their business in
the humdrum ways of daily life.—Now
York Press.
Mr. Onulil'a Sentimental Quest.
Your correspondent saw Mr. Gould
and Mr. Wrenu out walking after dark,
and being near overheard tiieir conver-
sation. Mr. Gould had heard of Bruns-
wick's famous tree, "Lovers' oak." which
casts shade over au acre of ground.
Turning to Mr. Wr.jtui lie asked about
the tree aud expressed a desiiv to k..-o it.
Both hunted it and walked eight blocks
by actual count, but it was too dark to
find it despi*" the electric lights. They
returned to the tar disappointed, as no
one near could point out tuo w<,y ♦" tho
tree.—Brunswick <Ga.) Cor. August!.
Chronicle.
A Hundred Dullnr* Stolen by n Mouse.
Fifteen years ago a $100 bill disappeared
from the cash drawer of the Second Nil
tional bank of Monmouth, Ills., and 11
customer, now deceased, waa suspected
of having been overpaid. Recently a
workman, iu dissecting au old counter,
found the lost bank note iu a mouse nest,
and the cloud 011 the dead man's uiiuie is
lifted. The bill, which was issued by
the Pittsburg National bank, U not badly
mutilated, and will be readily redeemed
—Cor. 8t. Louis Republic.
The Mill lor'. Wood I'll*.
A Washington county sea captain as-
pired to tit a handsome pile of firewood
tliia wiuter, and worked lustily with saw
and axe. Proud of his exertions, lie
called on his wife to gaze and admire.
"Phoebe," he bawled, "how does the
pile look from there?" Back was waited
the answer, "tjuitc a pile, William!
I think it you were to move the well
curb it could l e seen from the street."—
Lewwton Journal.
When a chronic candidate
ask the Alliance to "Pussy
give me a corner," then shall
the Alliance stand forth and
exclaim, "Go to the next
house."
A l.lvt* < loss TourtiMKiont.
The lining chess tournament whirl
was held .it St. Leonard's iu aid of the
funds uf 1 lie Men's Help aoeiHy was •
curious sight, tho floor of Royal Concert
ball living for the time converted into a
huge cln bniird, while the gallery waa
reserved for spectators. The Hon, Regi-
nald Cajadl and Mr. Siiadforth Boger
were tho players and were w dl matched,
each side scoring a win. As you watched
tbo figures moving over tho lamrd you
felt aa if you were realizing the dream
of Alice iu her travels oti the other side
of the looking glass, though the Tudor
dreaaes were certainly more graceful
than those worn by Alice's dream frieuds,
and the White tjuevu did not mum to
have lost a single pin, while her Red Ma-
jesty moved with a charming smile on
her face.
The pawns were played by children,
and admirably they acted their parts,
though it must have b«ien dull for thoks
who were never moved during the game.
Two uahera in court suits fetched the
"pieces'' Uiat were taken, and when the 1
Whit® Queen waa taken prisoner several
other white captivea cam*: to escort Her
Majesty off tho board. Among the
"pieces" were Lord and Lady Brassuyo*
the Rod King and Queen, the Hon.
Muriel and tho Hon. Marie Ur issey us
tho Red King and Queen's Rooks, the
Lady Beatrice ('11 pell as tho Red Queen's
Bishop, and the Hon. T. Briissey as tlie
Red King's Knight, while 011 the white
aide Miss Forbes and Capt. Oaskeli were
the King and Queen, and Baron von
Roemer tho Queen's Kuight.—Loudon
Cor. Philadelphia Telegraph.
Mr. liantler'. Strange AtltirlIon.
Mr. Jacob Kittizler, a well known bus-
iness man of Sandusky, ia tho victim
of a most peculiar affliction which baf-
fles medical skill. Saturday night he
retired at the usual hour iu full possca-
aion of all his faculties. When ho awoke
he found he could not apeak, his vocal
organs refusing absolutely to perform
their usual functions. Finding that he
could not utter a word, lie attempted to
write what he could not apeak, but his
hand refused to trace the words upon
the paper.
He moves about ns usual, having per-
fect control over his lower limbs and
likewise over his hands until he attempts
to use the latter to givo expression on
paper to his thoughts, and then they fail
him completely. His mind ts as bright
and clear apparently as over. Ho under-
stands all that is going on about his
home anil place of business, but lacks
tho power to express himaelf in any
manner. Mr. Katizier ia about 55 years
of ago and halo and hearty. His afflic-
tion is not paralysis or any kindred ail-
ment. Just what it ia, however, ia a
poser to the medical men who have seen
him. It is believed to Iw tho only case
ever known.—Cleveland Louder.
I iiuilllnj; to Knt with tlio Juror**.
A good story is told on Deputy Marshal
Conway, who is said to bo proof against
the fears of anperatitiou. He waa or-
dered to take a federal jury to the Deni-
aon for ten Friday night, and aa he went
into the dining room with tlie twelve
men ho was couducted
had been specially prepared for the party.
The jurors were all seated, but Mr. Con-
way remained standing. "Sit down,
boss," said the head waiter, as lie drew
out the last chair.
"1 think I'll take another table," said
the deputy.
"Sit right down, sail; ait right down,"
insisted the negro; "there's plenty of
room."
"Yes, but 1 can't be the thirteenth man
at any meal." and Conway took another
seat.
"Doea vo' know, sail, I never thought
of that?" asked tho head winter In a
whisper; "I'd done exactly the saute ns
yo' did."—Indianapolis Journal.
A Typical Curo.
A mid story has juat come in by canal
boat from Cumminsville. A patrolman
on one of the outside beats waa informed
by the passengers on a railroad train that
a fight was iu progress ou tho opposite
end of his beat. Ho made a hurried trip
to the point indicated, and aa soon aa ho
arrived there ho asked if auy 0110 had
heard of a fight. The inhabitants in-
formed him that there had been a murder
there some time before, but that tho vic-
tim had been dead and buried several
weeks. The officer then returned with
all speed to the point from which he
started. Terrible news awaited him.
During liia absence he had been dis-
missed from the force for failing to an-
swer calls, and his wife had married
again.--Cincinnati Enquirer.
^omt'lhlutf I'retty.
Aspii captain who h exercising his
land 1 ,'s here brings a curio from
Pinna Arena, Straits of Magellan. It
is a fur l ug or spjca i made of gutin-
aco ski: . a llama like animal that bears
domestication. Ton of tho light tan
jielts, with their white under fur making
the outline, have been skillfully stitched
together to resemble a pattern in fur.—
Sau Diego Union.
"Gorillas W. Phillips, ot' N'eiv Castle,
T*., who n.'«s bevti i-li'ctcd io cougresa,
once lost a fortune if nearly $1,000,000
that he had madi; ill the oil fields of the
Keystone State. Ho has since retrieved
this 1 ost fortune, and is again one of the
richest of oil producer*.
The sale by Mrs. King, of Corpus
Christ!, the "cattle queen" of T. :>ns, of
15,000 2-year-old steers, ia p ly the
largest single order for cut11 ■ ev. r filled
in T 'xns. The consideration ,...i >$2,000.
Mrs King's ranch is worth JO'iO.OOO.
Edward Letinon. the Irishman who has
juat died tn New York at the a, • of 105
years, carried a pike in the great Irish
rebellion of 170t*. He had pu(icrs in his
posse.-...on proving liia birth in County
Deny, helaud, in lit(0.
Tlie "manna" which fell from the sky
in Asia Minor last August and waa baked
into bread has recently been examined
by men id' science, and ia identified aa S
lichen, belonging to the family Lecauors
Mculenta.
Keep politics out of the
courts and mob law will not
happen so often.—Dallas News.
Patronize the permanent
home industry Every dollar
you expend abroad is 11 dollar
toward buiding up Home other
town, and a dollar's worth of
damage to your own —Green-
ville Herald.
Suppose pmds can be pur-
chased cheaper in u foreign
market, shall we yet take
your advice?
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