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The Southern herald., 1885-07-18

BY EUeESE FruD.

onrs a : iiae an old Isd hsn
West straflinz roand viii pompoul elnezli
Pr she bad little babies ten.
a part of which WeIe iny ducks.
e. lis veEy raFe that hens. said she.
Have baby dneks e vel - chicks
But possess. e you can sess
Of chickens four and duekinzs six 4"
A season later, this OLE hsa
Appeared. sllll cnckline ui her luck,
Fer. thongo she hcasisd ien.
NotOne Of them was Z duck
Z" lis well. ahe murmnred. broodinx Ger
Ihe little chicks q heecy down,
biy babies now wiz stay ashore.
And. consequently, can not drownl'
The following spring The old rsd hen
Clncked Just as pnoudly As Of yore-
But lo her babies were duekhngs tens
IRslsad q chickens. as before
lis better, e said the old red hen,
AZ she surveyed her waddling brood,
"A little water how and then
Win surely do my daTlings good :"
But, Oh. alas how very sadl
When gentle spring rslled round again
The eggs eveniuated bad.
And childless was the Old red hen
Yet patiently she bore her woe,
And still she wore 4 cheerful air.
And said, "'Tis best thesa things are 50,
For babies are dreadful care T.
half suspect that many men,
And many, many women, too,
Could learn lesson from the hen
With foliage Of vermlllon hue
She ne'er presumed to take offense
At any tate that might befall,
But merkly bowed 70 Providence
She was cOnlented-that was al.
rhtnano Nas.v
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Arkansaw Traveller: aenI |znaa
said tho Jude6. addressing n1a -
lawyer, who hsa assembled 4 lhs
room to hear the docket read aaa
say ssno motions, yoas honor
Calvin Griees has been indicted 'sE
assault with intent so kiIl He
that he is unable 70 employ eoan
and shall therefore have lo appoint
one Of You 70 defend him. M
| l viii appoint you
aJudge, ] world mr.
one else be appointed
"Why, are you busyg
nNo, air.
HWhai, then, Is youz
| Il can not conscientious 'sa'
him.
"Why. siFlv
shortly after I sos divorce Eaz'
Imy wife ha married hsI
aThat should not concern 5ea
I'll does, Judge + made he 4z
to see that any one slsa aa
fool as ] bad boon de
working las sh SIS
Iot fool No. dsh 81
A nsnhtt 6f school b5a
The Southern herald., 1885-07-18

It is claimed that the highest faculty
Of language is to conceal thought. +
may be, but when q man falls over 4
wheelbarrow ia the dark, it seems 4
lose its grip somewhat IL that particl
nlar.
The Southern herald., 1885-07-18

IF you marry a red headed woman
with q fiery temper, my son, sheol
make 4 hot for You
The Southern herald., 1885-07-18

Sifings; A young Texas lady Of q
violent temper, just about to be married,
was found weeping by a friend.
"Why do you weep, Fanny Your
future husband is one Of the most kind
hearted men in the world" asked the
friend.
II know It, but | can't help feeling
sorry for the poor devil, / have such 3
tender heart that it makes me. cry t.
know how I'll boss him around. The
poor man has no idea what he is going
to suffer at my hands, and once more
the eyes Of the kind-hearted woman weri
filled with brine.
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ATTOR Icy AT LAW /,
osYKA, MISS.
WILL PRACTICE in the Courts Of this
wv Judicial District.
" Special attention given to the collection Of
claims.
Oaiee-NeSt door to GOss drug store, east side
RAILROAD.
March IA. 1926
The Southern herald., 1885-07-18
The Indian Days.
"REMINISCENCES OF THE BORDER ERA IN
SOUTH GEORGIA.

Americus, Ca, Recorder: Away back
in Indian times there lived a man in
Stewart county who owned some horses,
and a raging party of Indians stole one
of his best ones and carried it across the
river. The ranger tracked the horse to
the river, and crossing, he went to a not
ed resort and then found his horse in the
possession Of a tawny warrior. "Muchee
good pony, ugh. Tote two big warriors
long ways" This was said to induce
the white man to purchase the pony, the
Indian not aware that he was talking to
the lawful owner. ''Come aercss the
river and I'll pay your price, said the
white man. Once across the river, he
turned to the Indian and his friends and
said, "This is my horse, and you stole
it. Now I've got it again, I'll see if !
can't keep it. Get on to your own side
of the river" This was the last straw.
the war Of Roanoke followed.
That was terrible beginning. The
proprietor of Roanoke murdered, his
goods stolen, his possessions burned, the
cry, "to arms, F" was echoed from hill to
hill, and the hardy militia Of Georgia
were soon in the field. The Indians
plundered place on the Nochaway, and
dressed themselves up in clothing stolen
from the whites so as to surprise the man
who had obtained his horse at such a
risk. The Indians were sitting on a log
near the creek, and Mace Bush, Judge
Bell and man named Sampler were
coming up the creek in search Of Jerni
gan's company. Bell and Sampler were
out in clearing, and Sampler, walking
on the hill at the foot Of which flowed
Nochaway, saw smart company Of mer
all seated on log, and thinking it wal
Jernigan's men, he shouted, "Hello
boys, | was just lookin' for ye," ant
started down toward them. Suddenly
: as he came within rife range, he wa
electrified by the whistling Of rifle bal
near his head, and with yell the In
: dians started in pursuit Of Bush, VIII
] was now flying for life. Bell was o
! horseback, and hearing the commotiOr
! galloped to a deep ravine, up which Bus
was flying, and Sampler, on foot, 500
I overlook them, and they found that b
, was seriously wounded. "Leave mt
. boys, " said he, II Can'tgo any further.
! But Bell proposed to get him on II
! horse. They lifted him up, but IL
= horse smelled the blood and refused
carry him. "Blindfold the cussed horse,
j cried Bell, and this expedientwas r
! sorted to with happy results, and q
y three escaped
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4 don care nho ma azss AAe bEeeebes
Of The lanilY said 3 strong minded
wife, 'aa long as / wear them
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Hotel and Livery stable.

Hotel and Livery stable.
LIBERTY. Miss
HyHE UNDERSIGNED begs to announce that
be is now prepared to receive Boardeis and
entertain The travelling public. Fare the best the
market affords.
He is also prepared to meet the wants Of the
public in the way Of
iStabIimg Feeding and Grooming Stock
whieh may Be intrusted to his care.
T Charges reasonable
Give me . trial.
Liberty. Sept. %, 1882.
The Southern herald., 1885-07-18

~ Gard.
ITO MEET THE EXIGENCfES OF THE
TINES | have concluded to reduce my
professional charges as follows, to wit
Visits In corporation 81 5O
Visits IN corporation at night 81 90
hIiIeagc--50 cents per mile aldel to corporation
charges 10 day. aud 81 90 at night
Obsletrieal cases $5 90 per baby. Charges in
kedious and prOtracted cases regulated by cir
cumslances.
eR Special attention given to all chronic fe
s-7nle diseases r.. j. JACKSON, N. D.
Liberty, Miss. December %, 1884.
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TX KATE JUDD's ESCAPE.
The smartest Woman That Ever Broke
from Jail.

| f Is ~
Hartford Times, Kate Judd, 7 one
of the best-looking, most nodest-ap-
pearing and altogether seductive but
desperate and ingeniously wicked
young woman ever sent to prison, has
once more broken jail-t this time escap-
ing from the granite wallso the Rhode
Island state prison at Cranston, near
Providence. She got away on Sunday,
Octoberll, and has evidently got off in
deed this time. She was not, like the
other women, permitted to sleep in the
dormitory. but was confined in a pri-
waite cell and closely watched by the
matron She was not allowed to march
out Of the dining-room with the
other women, but taken to q separate
cell, where her clothing was removed
after she got ready to go to bed, and
kept until it was required next morn
ing. Kate was bolted into her cell
while the matron went to supper Com
ing back, the matron found the cell
door open and the bird flown. The
main door Of the building leading to
the yard was also found open. A piece
of lattice work which had served as a
walk to one of the prison Out-houses in
the yard was found to have been used
for a ladder to enable the fair prisoner
to get up on the top of the l6-foot-high
stone wall. 1T reached within four
feet Of the top, and she had scrambled
up anel got of-placing a stout stick
between two capstones on the wall to
hold by, and to this fastened a rope. by
which she had let herself down into the
arms of some confederate-pro
some former prisoner whom she had
made her friend for she won all hearts
and he doubtless drove rapidly off.
OF course she had aid, or the bolt OF
her cell door would not have been shot
back, and the prison officials feel sure
they know the woman prisoner who did
that. Kate had also mysteriously
obtained a skeleton key, with which
she silently and quickly opened the
main door into the prison yard. Her
outside accomplice had probably con-
veyed to her, in some way, the rope.
Kate had always said she would get
out-;lnd no prisoner was so closely
watched. She once got partly out, but
was caught hiding in bin of potatoes
in the cellar. Another attempt was
was very near a success. Once she hid
a case-knife at the table, took it to her
cell, and in some way succeeded in
it into a little saw, with which
she very nearly succeeded in saving off
the iron bars of her cell she had quiet
ly and very patiently cut them two
thirds through, when he little game
was detected. At another time she dug
a hole nearly through the solid wall.
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I This remarkable young woman she
must now be not quite % was sentenc-
ed in the spring Of 'S3 to q term Of
twenty-five years in the states prison,
for setting on fire and burning down, In
| March, 1883, the house in which she was
employed, a fashionable Newport cot
tage on Bellevue avenue, owned and
occupied by Mr.. John CT. Weaver. In
her trunk (about the only thing saved
| was found ST. 600 orth Of silks. satins
ETC., belonging to Mrs. Weaver and her
! lady friends in the family. Kate (who
lis said to be a native Of Canada) was
| we'll known to the Boston police. Be-
fore the Newport performance, and
when she was living in the family Of
Mr.. stanWood, of Topsfield, Mass, the
house was fired much as Mrs. Weaver's
was. The woman was suspected, and
| a quantity Of Mrs. Stanwood's clothing
was found in her trunks. While serv-
ing five years in the Lawrence jail for
! this offence she aroused the interest OF
one Deacon Ambrose. a philanthropic
visitor, and as she constantly declared
her innocence and behaved well, he re-
commended her, on her discharge, to a
Mr.. Osgood as a domestic, though it
does not appear that he acquainted him
with the girls history. She left his en-
ployment in a short time with some
suspicious accomplishments, and the
developments in the place where she
next found service we've such that Dea-
con Ambrose was taken to task for re-
commenting such aperson. A fire was
set at this last place, and quantity of
clothing was missing, and although
nothing could be found in the girls
trunks the Boston detectives were Wig
orously following her up from Ames-
bury. In fact, a detective had intended
to be at Mr.. Viewers house on Mon
day, the day before the fire. The next
morning, while the ruins were still
smoking, Detective Chapman and Mr..
Risteen of Amesbury, who last employ
ed the girl, arrived in Newport, and
Kate was brought before him. The re-
cognitiOn was instant, aided perhaps by
the fact that she was dressed in one of
Mrs. Risteen S missing robes. The next
day Kate confessed to having burned
another Newport cottage, Mr.. Reeves.
She was bound over for trial, and put
in Newport Jail. There she gave the
keepers alively dance. 1t proved af
forwards that she was engaged on the
foot-thick brick wall which separated
her cell from the vacant one next east,
chipping out little fragments of brick
and mortar, and daily charging hole
which was torelease her. On the even
ing of the sth of March, while The Jail
or was getting w ter for another pris
oner, she slipped through the hole she
had made, 81 by 81 inches i'll size, into
the entryway and drow celler. Then,
when all was still, she made her way
up, found the keys, released another
prisoner, George Rounds, burglar,
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Running into a Turtle Rooss.
iPittshurg Dispatch

Along our road the track skirts stretch
OF boggy. swampy territory, aud by the
side of the tracks is a .uggish stream. TGat
place is alive with les, and they will
crowd out upon the logs and sticks at the
bank by hundre Is to sun themselves One
day noticed the wheels of my engine skip
ing and we couli MT make any time Fi-
naliy discovered the cause. Tho rails
were resting places for the turtles, which
gathered CD them so thickly a. 10 actually
impede the progress OF thu tram- Nhsn the
wheels ran over them they slipped, and
that kind of greasing had gotten the track
too slippery for the driver wheels 10 do
business On
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-07
A Ciergvrnan's Mania.

ESan FRANCISCO
* had curious case last year of n minis
ter who was afflicted with an imperious pas
sion for dancing. He had a queer impulse
to dance gs even on the most salenn oe-
casio,ls His only explanaEionwh which he
gave me with tears in his eyes-wes that it
seemed 10 relieve his mind. His brother
who was what rough Connecticut
farmer, begged me to give him something
strong for it. or he might lose his b.
Only last night, he exclaimed, my reve,-
snd brother excused himself from tho com
pany at his house, aud five minutes later I
found him downstairs in q corner Ola room.
rocking mighty solemn, AMI puttins in q
little private jig on the dead quiet IL APP
pes,ed, also that a deputation of his par
ishioners had waited OH him to inquire into
this heait
Al learned that on this occasion the old
gentleman toesk down his Bible and real
from Ill Samnels, vi: IA And David
danced before theNl.or,l with all his might
This silsncsa the aeputation but the good
old man felt the need OF advice, recon-
nisndea HIM TO saw wood and adopt milk
diet IN time he was cured
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ADVANCE IN PASSAGE.

The price of emigrant passage ticket
during the year has been very cheap.
About s25 from Ireland st. Paul, and
even as low as 1913 by some lines; but
now advices come from New York that
the railroad companies intend to ad-
vahce their European fare from New
York to st. Paul to the former prices
500. This will make the through rate
We advise all who may wish to send
out a passage to a friend to take advan-
tage of the present low rates, and send
Sl2 by calling Immediately, and secure
the passage before the advance takes
place. We are always willing and
anxious to save money for our custom
ers, and give this timely warning in re-
gard to passage tickets. We issue
drafts for 81 and upward, payable
everywhere in Ireland.
A. E. JOHNSON Il Co,
Emigration Agents.
Corner Third and Sibley streets.
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IN favor of cann,balisn,.
lChicago Times.

A Boston papsr says: sSandwich islanders
formerly had the soundsst teeth of any PEG
Pile on the globe. but their teeth have now
begun TO ecay rspdly." This soundness of
teeth once characteristic of the Sandwich
ISLANDERS was remarked by Capt. Cook and
Other enrly travellers who yisitad the
islands. As the natives were then habituai
cannibals, the rapid decay of their masti-
Gators since isa strong argument in favor
of canaihah IA Il people would learn TO
subsist on ths members of their specisS,
instead OF upon the snimals now used for
food, there M tht be much lass toothscha,
fewer SETS Il false teeth and a great reduc-
don in the sum total OF dentists bills
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WIEN JACK is TALL AND TWENTY.


lFreaerch tangbridge in Good Words.l
When Jack is tall and twenty.
We En@W what Jack will do,
With gels so sweat and plenty,
He'll find him one to WOO.
And soon the ,oyar,' twilight
WIN hear story told.
And Jaas will die or fly sky high
For AXE of hair OF gold.
Iearkap, Jack and heed rue--
f>stser what say!
Ills Fools are sol for locks Of gold,
For goii viii turn to gray.
But Jack, if truth be spoken,
Is simple Jack no more:
II gold his heart has broken.
Ills scarce the gold of vore.
He wots OF dover for daughters
Not all IN ringiet' roiFd;
TO beauty steald, his heart VII yield
TO sJampsd and ninted gold
Hearken Jack, and heed naa~-
Ponder what say!
If goi hath wing, as poets sing,
Then gold may fleet away.
When Jecl, goes forth a-wooing,
II Jack he heart Or head
And would not soon be rueing
TEe hour that saw him wed,
He will not pine for grace.
Nor or nya for wealth TO hold.
But strive and dare by service fair
To win a heart OF gold.
Hearken Jack, and heed me
Ponder what | say!
The gear will fly, the bloom viii die,
But love will last for aye
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Gold Mining hy EleeErioity.

Power for stamp Batteries and Other opera
tio.is May be cheaply obtained III mining re-
siars whess waterfalls alsclad by sou. N
electrical engineesia firm Is HOW ear fsigi2snut
ii contract fef this purpose IN New seaIaiaS.
The soeslsA 81 operations Is a gold lniiae u y
torsit, 4 stamping battcrs Of twenty heads IS
transmitted from, Il waterfall og copper y lre
of the same sire as au cgstiuary " segraph
wire. This Is suspended from telegrap snsus-
Ator> II, the usual MANNER and the wsas Is car
rieti efsSanee OF I'VE nsiaes and oyssS y srasSis
am Y xsls feet nigh. tzSs1 rs 5
The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-07
Knew He Could Get It.
fyransy;ita rs~us

a eolore man was hunting house TO
move into He WAS talking to some parties
when ane of shem spoke up and asked aim
il he had p9.d his rant to his former land
lord Ses san. be said. rather aesisat-
tngly. Can you get y recommend tionf'
'Oh, yes, sab. can get Ms Smith my
iandlor |. 10 give ma q recommend tion
<<Esaw dc you know n eanf' 40h know
Scah, ,stase ne waats me TO get oak
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Is it not rather odd that after all this
outcry against Southern wrongs against
suffrage, the only places where frauds
against the ballot-box are SO notorious
as to excite the citizens to resist them
in the courts are Cincinnati and Chi
cago?-Louisville Conrier-J Journal.
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The Family Reprsssnfesf.
New York SUM-

tNeW 1aFK SUI
Jones tat the circusl Hello. Smith, you
hersi
Smith-Yes, had TO come 70 take caro- OF
my little boy.
Jones' ere's the boyl
Smith--He was taken sick at the L,
moment and coul.n't come.
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Hnw Hotels Are Robbed.
Mai! and Express


A reporter wa talking to the clerk OF an
uptown hostlsry the other night, when G
ball boy ri ,het up 10 the counter and calico
for "key to No. l47 Just as the clerk wa
about to han, the KEY TO the boy he stopped
and looked ut the address in the box.
"Who wants the keyf he a,kel the
youth.
Lady in n hurry
"Wuere Is shes'
an the paror.
s.Just go and u her nams No. LAT is moi
her key.
In nom MT tbs boy rsturne ].
at don't make no differences, hs said
srhs woman says it is a mistase-anl shes
gone
The Clerk smile and turning to the re
porter said: This /, II new scheme, and
women generally work it. They 60 into tht
ladie,' parl tr ring for the bell boy. and
send him in a matter of fact way for the
key of some rom. He asks tie clerk for it
ard il he Is hn y os thinking of something
sl g, he hand IT cut without que ton. TheE
the female sdarnsT goes through the room
In hurry, trusting co taieve,s luck that The
occupant will not return before she get
away. The hstei is resp ,nsihle or the
-
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WTcHcRAFT IN THE WEST INDIES
The Strange Power of the Obeah Man
singular Negro Superstitions.

The Strange Power of the Obeah Man =
Singular Negro Superstitions.
Jamaica Cor. Chicago Heralai
Obeah, il the West Indies is two-fold
art---the art of poisoning. combine with the
art of imposing upon the cTadulity OF
ignorant psoole by pretense OF witchcraft.
The Obeah man or woman Is one of a great
guild Or fraternity OF crime.
Hardly a criminal trial occurs in the diff
ferant colonies in which be is not i'm plicatad
in one way or another. His Influence is UNI
bounded. tbs credulous pea 'antry holding
hmm as prophet priest and king OF the di :
trict oyer which be holds sway. 1t negro
maiden wants q charm to make her lover
"gooi 80 her if man wishes to avengs d
wrong or to know the secrets Of his future
the Obeah man is at hand to supply the
means and to prefer mis- assistance and adj
vice
Jrnler the title of sbush doctor he wan
3ers from place to place at the cost o. his
dupas; supplied with fool by one, with
money by another denied nothing. His
pretensions are high; but he has means at
hand to enforce them. He declares himself
powerful to cure Hi disease He can pro-
tect man from the consequence of crime;
he can even reanimnte the dead.
His knowledge of poiSons is immense.
Every bu h and tree furnish weapons for dis
arinory Unfortunately, in too many in
stances, more effective agents are not
wanting to his baud How many planters
have had poison administered to them in
their coffee; bow many bookkeepers have
come to an untimely end by the mixture OF
ground glass in their food may i,e seen in
the records Of the slave courts of The diff
ferent colonies Barbados and Jamaica
especially Next to cholera and yellow
fever, Obeah was the greatest danger which
every white man connectal with ths adj
mini tration OF u sugar estate had 10 on
counter.
There is something indescribably sinister
in the appearance of the Obeah man, which
is readily observed by persons who have
mixed much with the negroes Sometimes,
as an outward and vi ible sign OF his trade
II calling he carries about with him a taft
Z wand, with serpents wreathed about it or
10 rude likeness Of u human face roughly
tielneated on the handle. Lizards bones
ats2Cta vs. ducks skulls, grave dirt--that
's4rearth taken from the grave Of u freshly
buried carpse-hang in bag at his side.
SIS has his cabalistic book (albeit be can
characters,
diaf.ral.-s~
u. NJ
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The Latest Hotel Trick.

fh;cago Herald
Tho latest trick ascrihad to the b.
in q summer hotel is that of
guests at a table where the va
Instructions TO work very ba
they vii, be certain to ask for
anosher table, and pay the inc
ltA
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A New Solder; ny Fantd.

a ne - soldering i.uid fer Tin, recently in.
vent in EMgiant consists of Tactic acid,
one part; glyeerine one part aud water,
eight parts BY tbs application Of heat ths
acid il decosnls oseti, an it is Gained tina,
no s. rss.ys .asss ara lest 10 iajure ths
metal waiea IS ms great advantage ovef
ths coEamcsa x,ne Chloride.
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$. I'll. -.pst ion. Cs&n.

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a sxfen. sts s7n4esi Nasway irsss
..lSsssrekedxes. for sh... NIS Y9yk 4sesnssssSs
sih,; pisE3a tne bsas g 4.
sreysassk Ssa1a is Sss xHl!s1 Sissa ffe he:s.ess
shanahssr. IT isey pesta that this assa eats .he
used for ~ sesssf sw.s0sy fncineFa .ens. The
t,ne Mst.d at Lancaster W!shstuf. ne heat OF
INVENT y-thrse ereniaaons before Repairs were /
Ilsssessasy. and then Jniy The liars which sup
postsd The heaviest psrt of rt,e hesIy. from The
shoulders l., the hips. mad &e replaced by new
ones The highest sfearee at heat attained vt [
Lancaster WAS $40 da9re< fahrenheit