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Madison times., 1885-06-27
VALUE OF OLD SHOES.
They Find Their Way into Artistic
Decorations.

1t NAV he a surprise to some people to
learn that the old shoes cast into the ash
barrel and carried away with other ofial
sh ould find their way back to the house
in the form of handsome wall decora-
tions. A reporter asked a prominent
wall paper manufacturer whether 1t was
true that old shoes were used in his bus
iness.
1--WE buy" said the foreman, "all the
boots and shoes that the scavengers can
bring us. We pay different prices for
the qualities of leather. A pair OF fine
caIfskin boots will bring as high as 10
cents. We don't buy cowhide boots.
The boots and shoes are first soaked IN
several waters to get the dirt off them.
Then the nails and threads are removed
the leather is ground up into fine pulp
and is ready for use. The embossed
leather parerings which have come into
fashion lately and the stamped leather
fire screens are really nothing but think
naner covered with laver OF this press
ed leather pulp. The finer the quality OF
the leather, the better it takes the bronze
and tue old gold. and other expensive
colors in the designs painted on them
Fashionable people think they are golpe
away back to medieval times when they
have the walls of their libraries and din
ING rooms covered with embossed leath
err They don't know that the shoes anc
boots which their neighbors threw int
the ash barrel month before form th'
beautiful material on their walls and OF
the screens which protect their eyes iron
tIe fire. We could buy old shoes cheap
er if it were not for the competition
from carriage makers and bookblnder
and picture frame makers. l don't know
how MANY other trades use old shoe
and boots, but the tops of carriages ar
largely made up of them, ground up an
= pressed into sheets. Book binders us
them in making the cheaper OF ;eathe
bindings, and the new style OF leathe
e frames with leather mats in them al
entirely made of the cast-of covering
;. our feet" Boston Transcript.
Madison times., 1885-06-27
Trait Of Human Nature.

"Where are you going with the puppies,
nv little MANI" asked a gentleman OF
small bow whom he met with three puDs
in basket.
"Goin' to drown them" was the reply.
81 want a pup for my little boy to play
with. What do you say to letting me
take one ofthem?"
"IT sell you one," spoke up the kid
with true American enterprise. I'll sell
YOU this yaller one for 50 cents, the black
one for Is cents, and spotted one is
worth 81 of any mans money; -.
Il think my little boy would ike the
spotted one best, but you ask 100 mucii
for il. You had intended drowning a'i
of them. but I'll give you % cents and
save you the trouble Of drowning the
spotted one."
"Twenty.five cents for that spotted
nurnw exclaimed the boy. Il can
stand il: taxes is high; rent is high. |
lcosts good money to get into the role
rink. On, no; can't take less thar
81.
But YOU intend to drown"
| Take the black one at Is cents"
MY little boy wouldn't like the blac
one" IN
"Take the waller one at half 4 doila
and he's dog cheap"
My little boy wouldn't Ike his color ,. %,
"Well, then, you better tell yonr hi''
boy to play with his toes, and ne co,
) tinued on his way to the river, remar
ing that "no party can dead beat ms Wa
= ON me these hard times"
Madison times., 1885-06-27
Vyomau,s Faith I'm Man.

Men come home utterly discouraged
their best efforts have failed; self esteem
has sunk within them until hope is quite
extinguished. What does woman do
under such circumstances? Just "ha'
she ought to do. She revives his waning
manhood by praise. She shows him
every particle of her own loving recos-
n;tion of all there is in him. She VINO
knows him best of any, whose love mas
never admitted the existence OF MS ia'ii'S
tolls him in her own way how good ana
how truly great he is. He may be nelth
or good nor great, except as her love aio
Confidence endow him with goodness
and greatness, but the endowment Il
Genuine; the man arouses to hnd nun
elf the possessor of gifts he hardly I'M
aoined. and with a new born strength
goes to- work in a way that conquer
Obstacles. and makes his life sucress,
Gloomy indeed must the household D.
where woman's divine faith IN man
inoperative; where it fails to infuse am
inspire him with the courage that make
him feel himself the peer OF other mel
Helen Willmans, in Woman's World.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

things of nv husJand?' cried Betty,
drawing herself up to her EXTREMIST
height, and towering so over the OLD
woman in the chair that she iunped in
confusion at the storm she had raised,
and stared blindly into the blazing eye
and face rosy with indignatioI-her
only thought was to get away from the
storm she had raised, but could not stop
But she was forced to stay, for Betty
stood Just in front of the chair and blocked
up the way, so she skunk back into the
smallest corner Of it and took 1t as best
she could. my husbandw cried Betty,
dwelling with pride on the pronoun-at
least. if they were TO part, she would say
il over lovingly as much as she could till
the last moment, and then when the
time did come people should know that
| il wasn't Johns fault-"the best, the
| kindest. The noblest husband that ever
was given to a woman. I've made him
| more trouble than you can guess; my
hot temper has vexed him-IVe been
cross, impatient and
"Holdf u cried voice, "you're talking
against my wife !" and in moment big
John Peabody rushed through the door
grasped the little woman in his arms anG
folded her to his heart, right before the
old maid.
"Oh w said Miss Simmons, sitting VI
straight and setting her spectacles moro
firmly.
"And now that you have learned al
you can." said John, turning round t.
her. still holding Betty, "why-you may
gow
The chair was vacant. a dissolvln'
view through the door was all that wa
to be seen of the gossip. who started VI
the road hurriedly, leaving peace be
hind.
Betty" said John, some half hou
afterward, "what was the SIGH for?
don't care now, but | did think, deal
and it cut me to the heart, how yo
might have married richer. | lOnge
to put ten times ten into your hanC
Betty, and it CALLED me because
couldn't"
Betty smiled and twisted away fror
his grasp. Running into the bedroor
she presently returned, still smiling
J with bundle rolled up in q clean towe
This she put on her husbands knee, VIII
stared at her wonderingly.
Il didn't mean," she said, unpinnin
: the bundle, Ito let il out now, but | sha
have to. Why, John, day after to-mo
, row is your birthday"
Madison times., 1885-06-27


endure everything" |
"And if you hear more than do,
cried Betty, wholly beyond control new,
"wby, then I'll give up" and she gave
bitter little laugh and tossed her head
again.
Here they were in the midst Off
quarrel! These two who but year
before had promised to love and protecl
and help each other through life!
snow" said John, and he brought his
hand down with such a bang on the
table before him that Betty nearly
skipped out Of her little shoes, only she
controlled the start, for she would have
died before she had let John see 1t,
swell have no mo~e ofthis nonsense"
His face was very pale, and the lines
around his mouth so drawn that it would
have gone to any ones heart to have
seen their expression.
II don't know how you will change 1t
or help it," said Betty lightly, to conceal
her dismay at the turn affairs had taken,
"T'm sure !" and she pushed back the
light waving hair from her forehead with
saucy, Indifferent gesture.
That hair that John always smoothed
when he petted her when tired or dis
heartened, and called her Child" Hei
gesture struck to his heart as he glanced
at her sunny locks and the cool, indiffer
ent face underneath, and before he knew
it be was saying:
"There is no help for it now, suppose
"Oh, yes, there is" said Betty, still IL
the cool, calm way that ought not t.
have deceived him. But men know 81
little of women's hearts, although the!
may live with them for years in closes
friendship. "You needn't try to endur
it, John Peabody, if you don't want to
Pm sure l don't carer
"What do yeu mean?"
Her husband grasped her arms an'
compelled the merry brown eyes to loo
to him.
II can 60 back to mothers" sal
Betty, provokingly. "She wants me an
day, and then you can live quietly an
live to suit yourself and it viii be bette
all around"
Instead ofbringing out a violent pr
testation of affection and remOrse whic
she fully expected, John drew himse
up, looked at her fixedly for long, lor
minute, then dropped her arm and sa
through white lips very slowly:
"Yes, it may be as you say, better {
around. You know best" and was col
from the room before she could recov
from her astonishment enough to utter
sound.
Madison times., 1885-06-27
VOL. ii NO. 90
pow Two Learned a Lesson.

psttv sighed. Now why she should
lave sighed at this particular moment no
40 on earth could tell. And it was all
.hs more exasperating because John had
:nst generously put into her little stapely
- brand new SO bill. And here
began hetrouble'
aUbat's the natter" he said, his face
.,I;nc at the faint sound, and his mouth
clapping together in what those who
s.sw him but little called an obstinate
.nctern "Now what is it,"
Betty who just begun to change the
,;cb inio merry little laugh ripping all
.yer the corners of the red lips, stopped
.,adenly. tossed her head and, with a
oh Jerk no way conciliating, sent out
The words
ayou needn't iusinuate, John, that I'm
.lways troublesome! !!
~ didn't insinuate-who's talking oi
;,s;nuatine?" cried he, thoroughly in
.s,sed at the very idea, and backing
.wav a few steps, he glared down from
his Tremendous height in extreme irrlta'
ion. ats yourself that's forever insin'
,at;pe and all that, and then for you tc
mt il on .,e-it's really aGominable"
The voice was harsh, and the eyes
that looked down into hers were no
pleasant to behold.
aAnd, ifyou think, John Peabody, tha
M stand and have such things said t'
mo YOU miss your guess-thats al! F!
c,ied Betty, with two big red spots com
inc in her cheeks as she tried to draw
her little erect figure up to its utmos
dimensions. "ForeYer insinuating!
uess you wouldn't have said that befor
married you. Oh, now you can' q
coursep
aDidn't you say it first, I'd like t
kpow?" cried John, in great excitement
drawing nearer to the small creature h
called wife. who was gazing at him wit
blazing eyes of indignation; 81 can
Madison times., 1885-06-27

"Holdv' cried voice, "you're talking
against my wife!" and in moment big John
Peabody rushed through the door, grasped the
little woman in his arms, and folded her to his
heart, right before the old maid.
$50 TSP said John. Gracious! has
it come round so soOn?'
"And, you dear boy" said Betty. shak-
| ing out before his eyes pretty brown
affair, all edged with silk Of the bluest
shade, that presently assumed the pro
portions of dressing gown, "this is to
| be YOUR present But you must be
dreadfully SURPRISED, John, when you
get it, for oh, didn't want you to know.
John made the answer he Thought
best. When he spoke again he said,
perplexedly, while small pucker OF
. bewiIderment settled between his eyes
But don't seq, Betty, what this
thing" laying one finger on the dressing
gown, "had to do with the sigh?"
That" said Betty, and then she broke
into a merry laugh that got so mixed up
with the dimples and the dancing brown
ewes that for NOM ent she could moi
, finish. ''Oh, John, was worrying Sc
over those buttonsl They weren't good
but tbev were the best could do then
{ And I'd only bought them yesterday
t Two whole dozen. And when You pu
= that SO bill in my hand didn't hardly
know it, but | suppose L did give on'
r little bit of sigh, for [ was so provoke
that hadn't waited buying them TIL
to-day" ~
John caught up the little woman
dressing gown and all. don't thlnl
they have ever quarreled since, at leas
| have never heard of ii.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

that he should know. In the unsettled
state of nis affairs there were a hundred
things that he might wish to do, direct
ions he would want to leave behind him,
arrangements for the future, and SO on.
He must be informed.
"Dav and night" said Mrs. Leslie,
"this thought was with me-" how can |
tell that great strong man he must der
Mr.. Leslie had habit of pacing the
floor as Gen. Grant does. He walked up
and down in his apartment by the hour,
saving sometimes that he done SO many
miles and 80 many laps on that day.
Finally, while thus walking the floor
once he said TO his wife:
"This doctor is doing me no good with
his elixir of life. My throat is slowly
but surely closing up. What shall we
doS'
81 don't know that we can do any
thing" she said. Then she knelt down
on the floor beside him and told him the
worst.
He took the blow as a strong man
should do. He talked over their tangled
affairs with his wife, and then uttered
] the words which the world knows:
Little girl, if there is any power by
! which after death | can come back tC
| your side, | will do it. But want you
| to 20 down to my office, take charge O
it, and sit in my place till my debts are
paid"
After that there was nothing for it bu
to be as comfortable as possible and wal
for the end.
The day he died he arose early in th'
morning and dressed himself, to the las
minutia, carefully, as was his wont. HI
had had six hours sleep, The attendan
said.
But don't feel refreshed after il
somehow" he told his wife, "and
haven't any appetite. think | took s
much food last night that am not hun
CRY this morning"
Mrs. Leslie was obliged to 90 out o
business. She went to the publishln
house, and was busy throughout tn
morning. At 2 o'clock she received
! telegram to come home at once.
al knew what it meant" she said. Sh
bastened home with all speed. Mr.. lie
lie appeared to be sleeping quietly, wit
t nothing alarming in his appearance. 81
: turned to the nurse:
"Whv did you send for me like that
I she asked. You drove me almost mad
A little while before her husband hs
J. undressed himself with his own han'
q and gone to bed.
Mrs. Leslie went to the bed, with h
, bonnet on still. Her face was tiush'
from the rapid walking. She reused h
, husband.
"What is the matter?" she asked hi
"Do you feel worse?" He raised his ey
g to her flushed face and smiled. "H'
r. pretty YOU look" he said.
Those were his last words. He sa
4 into unconsciousness, and 0reathed me
~ and softly, till about o'clock, when
was no more. The pressure of
n swelling upon his windpipe caused
gradual and progressive imperfect ae
! ton of the blood, and the effect prod
u ed was as if he had taken a narco
s, He became slowly stupefed. In Il
W way he passed away without strug
n or a pang. n. Y. Cor. Gin. Commerc
os Gazette.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

Betty remembered like flash how John
and she filled the seed cup that very
morning, how he laughed when she
tried to put it in between the bars, and
when she couldn't reach without getting
upon a chair. he took her in his great
arms and held her up Just like a child
that she might fix it to suit herself.
And the ''bits" that he said in his tender
way, they had gone down to the depths
of her foolish little heart, sending her
about her work singing for very gladness
of spirit. And now
Betty stuffed her fingers hard into her
rosy ears to shut out the birds chirplng.
"Ifhe knew why sighed," she m Jana ad.
oh, my husband! Birthdays-nothlng
will make any difference now. Oh, why
can't die?'
How long she stayed there, crouched
down on the old sofa, she never knew.
Over and over the dreadful scene she
went, realizing its worst features each
time in despair, until heavy footsteps
unclaimed that some one was on the
point of breaking in upon her uninvited,
and a voice out in the little kitchen
cried
Betty"
Betty sprang up, choked back her sobs,
and tried with all her might to compose
herself and remove ali traces of her
trouble. y
The visitor was the worst possible one
she could have under the circumstances
Crowding herself on terms OF the closest
intimacy with the pretty bride, who
with her husband had moved into The
village twelvemonths previous, Mis-
EIyira Simmons had made the very mos
of her opportunities, and by dlnt o
making great parade over helping he
in some domestic work, such as house
keepinp, dressmaking and the like, th
maiden lady had managed to ply he
other vocation, that of newsgathcrer, q
- one and the same time, pretty eiectu
ally.
She was always called by her fir'
:, name. though Betty resented ii; and sf
> made great handle of friendship q
", eyerv occasion, making John rave VII
re Iently and VOW a thousand times tn
n "old maid" should walk!
" But she never had and now, scentir
dimly, like carrion after its prey, tn
a trouble might cone TO the pretty llts
ar white house, the make-mischief hf
come to do her work, if devastation hs
" really commenced.
Been cryingw she said, more plain
lis than politely, and sinking down into Il
be pretty chintz covered rocking char Wi
an energy that showed she meant 10 sta
~ and made the chair creak fearful
be "Only folks do say that you and yo
We husband don't live happy-but la!
if wouldn't mind-I know 'talnt yo
fault."
Betty's heart stood still. Had it COZ
les TO this? John and she not to live happ
lid TO be sure they didn't, as she Iememb
~. ed with pang the dreadful scene
words and hot tempers; but had
gotten around so often-a story IN eve
: 1t bodv's mouth? With all her distress
cal mind she was saved from opening !
o, mouth. So Miss Simmons, failing
that, was .orced to 60 on.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

"An' tell folks So" she said, rocking
herself back and forth TO witness the
effect of her words. when they git TO
talkin'. so Won can't blame me if things
don't 90 easy for you. Pm suIew
you sell folks so?" repeated Betty
vaguely, and standing quite still. 'What?
don't understand you"
"Whv. that the blame is all his'n,'
cried the old maid, exasperated at her
strange mood and her dullness. Il say
SAYS |, why they couldn't no one live
with him, let alone that pretty wife he:
got. That's what | say, Betty. And
then, I'll tell 'em what queer man he
is, how cross. and
"And you dare to tell people such
Madison times., 1885-06-27

With wild cry Betty rushed across
the room, first tossing the ten dollar bill
savagely as far as she could throw it, and,
flinging herself on the comfortable old
sofa, broke into flood of tears-the first
she had shed during her married life.
"How could he have done ton, what
have said? oh, John, john"
The bird twittered in his little cage
over in the window among the plan
Madison times., 1885-06-27
FAIRY FOOTBALLS.

to keep and clean the crown Jewels OF
England.
Water in the flooded Comstock mines
ehbs and flows with the regularity of
ocean tides.
A large diamond ring was swallowed
recently by two-year-old boy, ofstock-
ton, Cal.
Greenlanders, il IS said, live in the
hope of a warm heaven and cold place
for the wicked.
1t is said that chirorodists give Chica-
90 wide berth when they go West, and
that the giIls out there use sickle as
corn reaper. Boston Budget.
Nv brother-in.la who is ladies
shc emaker, predicts that impending
historians will write about the Fl
feet monarchies Of Chicago. Erratic En-
rique.
That's kind of sad about those ittl
Chicago twin girls drowning. They un
dertook to take a sail on the lake in on
of their grown sisters shoes, but tn
shoe had a hole in the bottom of it an
sank with the poor little twins. ker
tucky State Journal.
A Chicago reporter t up stairs a
article headed Fact .oout Big Fees
=, but the compost and proof read'
: both agreed in cl aging the final "s'
! a It" An old proof reader doesn't wol
. for thirty wears ON Chicago paper to
fooled by little blue eyed reporter fro
h Oshkosh. Somervile Journal.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

Captain Nicholas IlarionOvitch Skryd-
loft made his name in the late 1urco
Russian war. He commanded torpedo
boat which attacked Turkish ironclad
in broad daylight but the electric appa,,
ratus of the torpedo becoming derangged
the affair was unsuccessful. Skrydlon
received severe wounds from which he
was long recovering, for his galIantry he
received the st. George Cross. lie was
given command of the torpedo boats IN
the Black Sea, and after the close OF the
war was sent to Egypt. He is forty years
of are and at present is in command oil
the man-ofwar Strelok which has lately
been an object ofatteEtion on our eastern
coast.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

Mr.. Parnell has again been brought
into prominence by the part he tc9k 10
the downfall Of the second blads,ohe
Cabinet. This famous lrishman needs no
description II was born in Ayondaie,
County Wicklow, in 1916, and has been
CT i've in politics since 1870, beng at
resent the leader Of the Irish members
of Parliament
Madison times., 1885-06-27
HERE AND THERE.

The forests of Scotland yield 10000
deer annuslly.
A bullet travels mile in three and
tvo-tenIhs seconds.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

Daniel NJ. Fox, who was appointed
Superintendent of the Mint at Philadel-
phia on June 9th, 1885, by President
Cleveland, is Philadelphlan and was
horn June 10th, 1919. He has been tor
a long tine a prominent local Democrat
and was at one time mayor of Philadel'
phia.
Madison times., 1885-06-27

Robert Arthur Talbot GaScoigne Cecll,
Marquis of Salisbury, Secretary of state
for India under Lord Derby, Chancellor
of the University of Oxford and leader
of the Tories and other opposition to the
Gladstone government was born in 1880.
He succeeded to the marquisatc in 1865.
As an orator he is especially brilliant
and he occupies prominent place at
present in public opinion as the probable
srccessor of Gladstone as Prime Minister
of England.
The Dawson journal., 1885-09-24
The State Fair E..

The Georgia State Fair will
open at Central City Park, Macon, on
the 26th of October and continue
one week. The premium list COW
trs tine field fully,and is sufficient
ly liberal to induce exhibits from
nll sections of the State. The or
ganization is complete, and the
department superintendents have
been chosen for their peculiar fit
ness. The executive committee
is working zealously to secure full
exhibits in all the departments,
and the outlook is reported as
promising one of the best and
most comprehensive fairs ever
held in Georgia. The managers
are doing all in their power to
make the fair success. We have
the finest agricultural section in
the State and our people ought to
prove it by an exhibition of their
products. Let Southwest Geor-
gia be well represented in the ex-
hibits.
The Dawson journal., 1885-09-24
Cross Road Items.

We hope we have had our DOR
ton of the equinoxial gale, which
consisted of a big rain last Sun
day. AA-&
MIR. Willie Beatty will move to
Florida next month. We regret
ia lose him from our midst, as he
IS an energetic farmer aud good
citizen.
The farmers of this section have
at last found out the superiority
OF the Dawson cotton market over
the Albany market, and are ear
rying their cotton to the former
place. Hurrah for Dawson!
The Rev. Mr.. VIII Matthews. a
young Baptist minister, will preach
at the Academy next Sunday
evening.
sOn account of sore ewes of
the teacher, our Literary school
viii not be opened till next Mon
sSsy, L1e AcLn.
Tive of the dudes are down with
the chills. which proves that chills
are mo respectoF of persons"
Qdite pleasant crowd from
Chiekasawhatchee came over last
Friday night, and are indebted
70 Mr. Jack Collier for great
portion of their enjoyment.
We had the pleasure, last Fri
day, Of meeting friend of former
days, Col. J. NJ. Griggs, who has
recently located in your city.
We bespeak of him liberal share
Of, the patronage of your people,
for he is undoubtedly a gentleman
OF rare talent, which, combined
VIII his great tact, VIII make him
q decided success in has chosen
profession, the practice of law.
MoBE ANoY.
The Dawson journal., 1885-09-24

Elder John Basset will preach
at the following places if the Lord
permits:
Liberty, Sunday, Oct. 4th; Prov
idence, Sumter county, Monday
Oct. 5th; Beulah, Terrell county,
Tuesday, Oct. 9Th; Chickasaw-
hatchee and Dawson, Wednesday,
Oct. 7th; Macedonia, Thursday,
Oct. 6th; Union, Friday, Oct 9th.
Brother Basset will need con-
veyance on his journey.