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MORE In THE MAN THAN IN THH
LAND.
iSouthern CultiYator.l |

tSouthern Cultivator.l
Enowed a man, which he lived in Jones,
Which Jones Is county Of red hills and
stones,
And he lived pretty much by gettin Of
loans.
And his mules were nuthin' but skin and
bones,
And his hogs was fat as his corn-bread
And he had bout thousand acres o
land
This man which his name 1t was also
Jones
He swore that he'd leave them old red bills
and stones,
For he couldn't make nuthin' but yellerish
cotton,
And little o. that, and his fences were rot
ten,
And what little corn hc had, hit was
boJghten,
And DANCED If hv'ni was in the
And the longer he swore the madden he got,
And he riz and he walked TO the stable lot
And he hollered to Tom to come thar and
hitch,
For to emigrate somewhar whar land was
rich,
And to quit raisin' cockleburs, thistles and
And wastin' their time ON the cussed
land.
So him and Tom they hitched up the
mules,
Pertestin' that folks were mighty big fools,
That 'ud stay in Georgy their lifetime out,
Just scratchin' q hvm' when all Of 'em
mought
Git places in Texas whar cotton would
sprout
BY the time you could plant in the land.
And he driv by house war a man named
Brown
Was livin' not far from the edge of town,
And he bantered Brown for to buy his place.
And said that beln as money was skace,
And beIn' as sheriffS was hard o. face,
Two dollars an acre would git the land.
They closed at dollar and fifty cents
And Jones he bought him a wagin and tents,
And loaded his corn and his wimmin and
truck,
And moved to Texas, which it tuck,
His entire pile, with the best of luck,
To git thar and git him a little land.
But Brown moved out on the old Jones farm
And he rolled up his breeches and barred his
And he picked all the rocks from off'n the
gruUn,
And he rooted it up and plowed il down
Then he ploughed his corn and his wheat
In the land
Five years glid by, and Brown one day
(Which he'd got so fat that he wouldn't
weigh,
Was a settin' down, sorter lazily,
To the bulliest dinner You ever see,
When one o the children jumped on his
knee
And says, "Yan's Jones, which you
bought his land"
And thar was Jones. standin out at the
fence,
And he hadn't no wagin, nor mules, nor
tents,
For he had left Texas afoot and cum
To Georgy TO see if he couldn't git sum
Employment, and he was lookin' as humble
as ef
He had never owned any land.
But Brown he axed him in, and he sot
Him down to his vittles smokin' hot,
And when he had filed hisself and the floor,
Brown looked at him sharp and riz and
swore
That whether mems land was rich or poor
Thar was more in the man than thar was
In the land"
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QUAKER sPIcER's BARGAIN.
whalemen's Rights That Turned into Val.
.. r liable New Jersey Heal Estate.

o "haiemens hignts Inat turned into VAL
',. liable New Jersey Real Estate.
-..fa tCape May Cor. N. Y. SUM-
The natives are Tot the only strange things
In Cape May county. It has been peculiar
land ever since Capt. Mey first set foot on it,
point, long before New England was fairly
started At one time all tho county was
owned by one man named Cox, who got
tired Of his bargain and returned to England
leaving an agent at Perth Amboy to attend
TO his interests. Quakers had purchased q
large part Of the land and settled upon IL.
They wished to secure the rest to be held as
common property for each community. One
OF the brothers named Spicer was deputed TO
go to Amboy and make tho purchase.
Spicer made the long trip and returned
safely, but with the deed made out In his
own name instead of In that OF the commun-
tiles. It was subsequently discovered that
Spiccr had got Cox's agent drunk, and had
! then induced him TO sell the land TO himself
for o trtfing consideration. .s-.e
When Spicer died. be, left much of the land
that remained unsold 10 the churches In the
three townships. He also bequeathed TO the
people Of the county, to be enjoyed In COM
mon forever, the shell and floating fish
privilegesn-that Is, the right to fish and
county. Although the state long since laid
successful claim to the ownership Of all these
lands under tidewater. it has by successive
acts OF the legislature guaranteed to the peo-
pie Of the county for various terms OF years
the rights granted by the Spicer win.
large part Of the Land In ths county is
now held under deeds from this spics-, and
even to this day many persons refuse to rec.
ognize the right OF the state to tidewater
streams running through their lands and
cannot understand how their titles under
deeds dated long before tho state was created
can be set aside. ,a4 rrl b. FHMmsg.f
In olden times Cape Mey, now become
Cape May, wss expected TO be great whale
fishing center. Whales then moved In large
schools within sight OF tho beach. To en-
courage the fisheries awhalsssnen's rights"
were granted To tho crews OF the boats. The
chief Of these was tho privilege OF using,
free Of rental. plots OF land along tho beach
upon which to build boat-houses and other
structures necessary 10 tho business, I'm order
that no time might b lost I'm getting the
boats to sea whom school appeared. The
whales were quickly driven 10 remote
waters, but the @whalesmen's rights" re-
mained, and as, for convenience, the roads
OF tho villages had generally been run to tho
beach beside the whalesmen's boat-house
Tbs rights" became, in the course OF GEN.
tury, valuable beach-front, corner lots In .
summer resort The last Of them was not
sxtinguished until few years ago, when IL
was nscsnary to search all over the country
for ths heirs Of the old whaleboat crews and
securs releases from them Of the ANCIENT
rights" before good title could be given
10 purchasers Of the land.
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Photographed by Kurtz, New York.
Since the demise OF the late Count
Johannes no representative of the titled no
bility of monarchical Europe has attracted
tithe of the attention at present accorded
to William Rsdivius Olivier, the Marquis
de Leuville, at present sojourning in New
York, and Of all the notables in our
broad land none possess more marked in
dividual characteristics than the marquis.
A better idea Of his appearance can be OBJ
tanned from the foregoing full length por-
trait Of him than columns of description
would give. Shortly after his arrival on
our shores one of the New York dailies de-
scribed him as being ''the finest upholstered
article that ever entered the country free of
duty" Another paper claimed to know that
like the cornetist Levy, the marquis real
old country name was O'Shaughnessy. This
could not be, for his ancestry Is well known
in London where he was born, and where
he is familiarly known as young
wax works." probably from the fact
that he married a daughter of Mime.
Tussaud, Of wax works fame. His
whiskers were likened by The New York
World to those Of an Austrian general on
horseback" and they are undoubtedly the
most remarkable exhibit in their line since
Louis Kossuth was with us. This same paper
Frank Leslie, the marquis fancee. is using
him for advertising purposes. All this and
similar badinage the nobleman has ma jest
ically ignored, but whsn doubt was thrown
on the right of the marquis to his title by
The World, then only was his chivalrouS
spirit aroused, resulting In his appeal to our
courts to grant him SIS, 900 for libel. At
the trial it Is expected all the noted genealo-
gists Of blue blooied New England will ap-
pear, and dude infested New York may be
treated to an exhibition Of parchments, seals,
signsts, helmets. battle flags, and all kinds
Of ancestral ghosts and heraldry sufficient
to make their giddy heads swim. The pro-
ceeds Of this and other libel suits about to
he instituted the marquis has with princely
generosity promised shall be devoted to
charity. Besides being a painter of marked
ability, it is as poet that his talent shines
with the greater effulgence. Quoting from
a recently published volume of his poems
Life" says:
None other than a full-fedged marquis,
with no end Of stars and garteis land per-
haps corsets), could have written such lines
as these:
''She is more loved than my hearts first
For there never was one as this is;
Her breath Is the swerve Of a long lemon
grove,
And her mouth is the gateway of kisses"
And IL you tire OF the meloiious murnurs
of his love poems, you can find depths OF
philosophy which It would stump the Con.
cord school to fathom How the venerable
sage who invented the 'thingness of the
here" wonld delight in such abstruse verses
as these:
while the Past saith to the Is to be:
1T matters not. It matters not'"
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O. DEER LODGE MONTANA, MARCH 27 1885,

than those OF most afternoon papers, be-
cause it is issued before 12 o'clockn moon. For
while The Graphic fell into less fortunate
lays, but now, under new business manage
n ent and flrst-class editorial pilotage, IL
seems to have taken new life. Though
never sensational, it is always spirited and
Interesting; and 1t Is one of the few news
papers that can be dignified without being
dull. Mr.. Gregory is u moderately large,
well formed, handsome man, whose manner
Is at once lf-possessed and modest. He is
q most interesting though unassertive talker.
Those who know him best say that he has
absolutely no offensive self-conceit, q re-
markable absence in a man who has
achieved so much and made as wide repu-
tation. II. is in every sense entitled to the
honora BILE name Of gentleman.
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fChicago Herald 'sIrain Talt'l
One Of the Interesting characters at the St
Paul depot was Q grizzly looking fellow, per.
haps 40 years Of age. who said hs was On lis
way east from Idaho, wher, be had been en-
gagged In the cattle business.
Il threw it up this year" he continued,
1because its overdone." a.ia.T
Il thought that was busincss that
couldn't be overdone.n said q By sta uder.
aYou don't understand it. them wns tie
rejoinder. @Ycu see, there's two kinds OF
cattle business ] was In the kind that gets
men hunQn
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A Mine of Mica.
tChica1o Herald.l

For some time stove manufacturers and
dealers have seen mica grow scarcer and
scarcer, and have heard the steady COM
plant Of stove owners and stove dealers
about It's rapidly increasing price. There
has never been . very liberal supply Of mica
in the world, what there was coming from
the Rocky mountains and the south Within
the past week mica mine has been discov-
covered near Tallulah, Ga, which h pro-
nounced by an expert and successful mica
miner to Be the richest mine he ever saw In
any section The mins contains blocks that
win square one foot and the vein Is I'D judged
10 b inexhaustibla Should 1t so prove, IL
win Be Of immense value to people in every
station In life. IS well as Q bonanz1 to the
fortunate owner. Mica has come to b. one
q The absolute nscssuities OF American
economy.
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George Washington attracted great deal
Of notice, even in his time. by telling the
truth. Think what curiosity he would be
now. And yet truth Is within the reach OF
all. We may accustom ourselves to almost
anything II we begin gradually and work
our way up TO IL George Washington to-
day would no doubt be regarded as freak
Of nature, and yet he told the truth without
sffort and without his notes He used to en-
tertain his friends through the long winter
evenings by allowing them to tie his hands
and feet and then blindfold him, and on top
Of all this he would tell the truth for hours
Ut time. He was what we call in science
, an anomaly. But he had to give up at last,
and finally he yielded to the unequal strain
and, death ensued. People who contemplate
political career with more or less truth in
it should sec that they have strong constitu-
lions to begin with. ~
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7 Norristown Herald: Tho Japan news
papers gave no details Of the recent do
structive typhoon in Yokohama They SIM
ply said: .'Ihe typhoon wiped out ths
town. The Japanese reporters work by the
day. II they had bser on piscs work they
would have gone back few thousand years
10 the time whom the town was founded, and
given history Of the piacs mp to the day Il
Was destroyed.
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An Ancient Roman Banquet.
fyhica0p Tribunal

A Roman convivium was held at Trinity
college commons at Hartford the other day.
Everything was done 10 make the occasion
resemble an ancient Roman banquet a
nsariy as possible. The guests were attire1
in flowing white togas and presented very
imposing sight as they sat at the tables
Speeches were made in Latin on the Latin
authors,
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MINT He Finds.

Inter ocean,
Edmund Gosse SAYS be expected to find In
America n somewhat modified English life,
but that be fnis, in fact, French life
scarcely ;acdifed ut all
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A Mental Wreck.
fFliegende Rlaeffer.l l

Doctor-But, dear madame, why you let
me not before be calledi Your husband lies
indeed already in highest delirium Madam
Yes, see you, SO long rs my husband by
his understanding was would he nothing do
with doctor have
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Journal Of Railway Appliances: It is our
opinion that car ventilation must be abso-
lutely uncontrollabls by the passenger, and
only partially 50 by the conductor, porter
or brakeman
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One Of the Solid Men.

ICnIcdK0 sum-
A young bride enumsrating the many
good qualities of her husband to frienI,
said, land then he Is 20 big and stout that
he Is just splendid to sit on the Bible and
pre0s autumn leaves
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The more I study the character of George.
A very curious incident occurred in the
life Of George Washington which now ap-
pears in print for the first timel 1t seems
that George was given a small hatchet by
his father when a boy, and in an unguarded
moment the youth cut down a favorite
cherry tree belonging to his father. On the
return Of the old gentleman he discovered
the act, and, calling his son to him, asked
how it occurred. George did not know at
first what to say, but finally he looked
bravely up in his fathers face and said:
Father, cannot tell lie. did it with
my little hatchet"
have often wondered that an anecdote
like this, concerning a great man, should
have remained so long unknown. I am in
debted for the above facts to friends Of de-
ceased.
The monument to George Washington is
deserved tribute to q great man. Il Is no
SLOUGH Of job to be president the first time
and pay of the help that it takes torun such
government as this. Let those who think
1t Is easy to be president try to write an
annual message once and see how their
brains will throb. A president must not
only shine in society and be able to stand on
one leg and shake hands with every ten-cent
official in the Union, but he must be quiet
and gentlemanly in his home life and good
provider in his household. Added to all
this he must be able at a glance to distin-
guish between fiotilla and a reciprocity.
He must know how to spell at sight and be
able to sign his name so that 1t will look like
birds eye view Of q stroke of paralysis
He must be firm with foreign powers, and
stilf he must govern his temper and avoid the
unnecessary shedding of other peoples blood
He should be good business man, a good
statesman, gentleman and scholar.
We can readily see that successful Presi-
dent cannot be picked up on every street.
or course, he has good deal Of help but he
alone Is responsible. George Washington
was all that was great, but the most success
full thing he did was to quit at the right time
and to die before he stopped over This
Is q powerful lesson to some Of our public
men not to overdo the matter Of longevity.
Long life is all right in other walks Of life,
but in politics 1t may be overdone.
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George Washington


Now that workingmen are clearing away
the scaffolding from the tallest monument
In the world, we are led to inquire, who
was George Washington He was the father
OF bis country for one thing. He gave this
country a start that it has never fully re-
covered from. He was also first in peace,
first In war, and first in the hearts OF his
countrymen. He did not take position ON
account Of the salary. At that time the pay
was not large, yet George attended to the
work well. He would get up before day
light and work till late into the night. He
very seldom took holiday, and used to
work right on through the ed of February
as he did other days. George Washington
was different from some of our modern
statesmen In many respects. He scorned to
enter convention and grapple with the
delegates all day. He did not seek to be
president SO hard as some have since done.
He simply placed himself in tho hands Of
his friends and let nature take her course.
The more / study the character of George
Washington the more regret his untimely
death. We neea him almost every day II
II he could see how badly his orphan coun-
try needs him sometimes, it seems as though
he would almost open the door of the Mount
Vernon smoke house and come forth.
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Omaha Republican,: A boy digging for Q
skunk in Lancaster county, Pennsylvan
found lump OF mineral which old miners
aver 70 be goli. That's just boys lucl1
any older person would have found the skunk.
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Unpleasant.

A. though ws had not suffered enough
from 6ir Lspsl Grim, d. H.. we now havs
Cappsr, the Englishman Why should
Capper - 20 many unpleasant things 10
Amsricaf Was Capper cornedi Cost toi
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Timely but Irrelevant.

lLOuisviue Courler>Journ0.l
II Is to BE- hoped that the architect OF the
Washington monument has not forgotten to
paint Post no hills" on that imposing struo-
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The Porous Plaster.

The true use Of porous plaster. according
to Milwaukee, druggist, Is 4to retain the
back in its proper place, and let .he pain
crawl out through the holes"
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Though native of Tennessee, Senator Gar
lands family removed to Arkansas in 1883,
when he was but one year old. He received
a collegiate education in Kentucky, and
was admitted to the practice Of law at the
age of 20 years He was delegate to the
state convention that passed the ordinance
Of secession in 1861, and subsequently, served
In both houses of the confederate congress.
He was elected to the United States senate
from Arkansas in 1885, In 1874 he was
elected governor Of Arkansas without oppo.
sition; took his seat in the United States
senate in 1877, and was reelected in 1888,
his term expiring in 1889. He is at present
mentioned for the attorney generalship, OF
the supreme bench. Speaking OF him the
other day, Senator Palmer, Of Michigan,
said: Garland is one of the ablest men in
the senate. He is one Of the finest southern
gentlemen in Washington. He will be
credit to Mr.. Cleveland's administration u
far as ability goes"
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Boston Evening Record: When Mark
Twain was serving a. private secretary to
Senator Jim Nye, Of Nevada. he replied to
letter from some Of the SENATOR'S constitu-
ents asking for subscription 10 aid In build
inx a church: what you want b not =
church, but nice, large. strong. new Jail"
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A Partisan Cause Cele bre.

The trial of Madame Hughes for the shoot
ing Of one N. NORM, a professional black
mailer, is the exciting topic of the day in
Paris. Tho affair is but one Of the TRACE
dies which has grown out Of the granting Of
divorce privileges in the French republic,
and is of interest from the high standing Of
the parties involved Madame Hughes il q
handsome woman, about IS years Of ago,
comes from distinguished family, and il
the wife Of member of the chamber oi
deputies .....
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~ r RKITs' MELVILLE D. LANDoN.
II was in 1s73. at the age Of SO, that Mr..
LaEdon adopted the signature 'sEli Perkins"
under o series OF letters he contributed to
The New York Commercial Advertiser from
Saratoga, N. Y. These letters attracted
wide attention, and have since been illus
trated and published AZ Saratoga In 1901" !"
He had previously published history of
the Franco Prussian war, but II was thsss
letters OF column day for two years that
established his reputation and won for him
place among American humorists. He
has since published "Eh Perkins ut Large
and recently wit and Humor OF the Age"
He spends bis time at present lecturing and
contributing to the press His articles are
often 20 paradoxical as TO cause Ills veracity
TO be questioned Mr.. Perkins says this =
because "lruth b stranger than nct,on.S
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And Then He Died.

IL 4 Boston Transcript.l - A#
mo" said the dying punster, with grim
smile; mo, don't object to flowers, but
don't have any violets, please i shouldn't
care to have my grave violeted. you know"
IL was immediately agreed that IL was best
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United States Senator from Ohio.

Among the names prominently mentioned
for a cabinet position under the incoming
administration, that Of gentleman" George
II. Pendleton is conspicuous. And at the
age Of 10, after 35 years Of his life spent in
politics, though not always successful few
men are better entitled than Mr.. Pendleton
to a reward from his party. 1t is claimed
by lis friends that mis- speech in the senate
on civil service reform, in 1882, compelled
his opponents to adopt that measure, which
proved after wards to be one Of the severest
blows to them. Mr.. Pendleton began public
life in 1854, as member Of the state senate
of Ohio. Herepresented Ohio in the national
congress from 1857 to 1864, when he was the
Democratic candidate for vice president on
the ticket headed by George B. Mcclellan;
was a candidate for governor Of Ohio in
1869, and in 1879 took his seat in the United
States senate. In private life Mr.. Pendleton
is held in the highest esteem. His wife Is
lady of rare accomplishments. She was the
daughter Of Francis Scott Key, the author
of "The Star Spangled Banner" and a
niece Of the great chief justice Of the United
States supreme court, Roger p. Taney.
Their home is at Cincinnati, where Mr..
Pendleton was born and has since resided
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ISLAND NO. 10.
HOW THE cARoNDELET PASSED THE
CONFEDERATE BATTERIES.

RecolIections Of . Daring Naval Exploit
During the Late Unpleasantncss-Nar-
row Escapes-The Main Brace
Spliced at the Finish.