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Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20
THE INCREASE OF CANCER.
Increasing Ravages Of the Disease
Its Possible Treatment.

From reliable data it is estimated that
from fifteen to twenty thousand new
cases of skin disease occur among the
poor every year. In 1869 there were
3O4 deaths from cancer in this city, and
in 1879. 5!2 deaths from the same cause
In 1890 the deaths by cancer had in
creased to $50, and in 1882 to 73l, or
more than two deaths daily. During
these fourteen years 6, ,S43 persons died
of cancer in New York city. All the
other large cities in the United States
exhibit the same startling progress of
tAe disease, while the reports of the Reg
istrar General in Great Britain show an
increasing prevalence of the malady in
that country. According to the statistics
of the Health Department ofthe city OF
Baltimore, there were seven deaths from
cancer in that city in 1880 and 172 deaths
from the same cause in 1884. During
this period the population had increased
fye-fold, and the deaths from cancer
twenty-six fold.
The association Of skin disease and
cancer in the same institution is based
upon the reason that in many instances
cancer attacks the skin alone, or appears
first on or beneath the skin and after
wards affects the other organs, and that
by the union of skin diseases and cancer
many persons may be led to seek relie
long before the case would be recognized
as cancer either by the patient or by
many physicians. A further reason il
found in the hope that something may
vet be done for cancer by means othe
than surgical operation. To aid this,
prize fund has already been established
to stimulate research in this direction
The cause of the disease is not known
The accepted theory in England attrib
utes it to malaria. The most that can b,
said respecting this hypothesis is that
is not proven. But the fact that canoe
is most frequently observed along wate
u courses, as in London, Liv erpool, Ne
York and Baltimore, gives strong pr
liability to the theory. New York Tell
gram.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20
He Dtdn,t Take the Hint.

"Ah good morning. Mr.. Bizziman
exclaimed the affable Bore, sitting down
by B;zziman's elbow, and elevating his
feet to the top of Blzziman's table; glad
to see you; fine day"
Yes" replied Bizziman, sadly, "a fine
day to be out, sir"
"Just So" replied the affable Bore, the
hint falling upon his thick hide like a
child's arrow upon a crOcodile's skin;
'iust so; should think you'd die sitting
here all day, but then you have lots of
friends dropping in now ard then, no
doubt"
mo, no; my friends are all busy at.
tending to their own affairs"
Are they? Well, that's too bad"
ayes, but then | wouldn't ask any :
BODY to stay in this dull, musty old Of
fee any longer than five minutes, es-
pecially on such splendid day as this
is outside"
"Oh, YOU are too thoughtful of others
comfort. But shan't allow you to pun,
ish yourself. rIl stay with you--got
nothing else to do just as lief Put day
in here as anywhere"
"All right" said Bizziman, with sad
smile, rising and putting on his bat and
coat; fall right. Ii anybody calls say
shall be back some time next week
Good day. Hope you'll enjoy yourself
Boston Transcript.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20
SULLIVAN, THE SLUGGER.
What Boston Actor Knows About tn,
Great Gladiator.

"John l.. Sullivan" said a variety
the Avenue last night, "is reasonably
peaceable when he is sober. But when
he is drunk he is bad man from Bad
vile, and, like a rabid dog, is most
troublesome, not to say dangerous, to
his friends. He might lay by carloads
of money if he chose, but he blows in all
lie makes. He's kept straight, though,
for a long time now-straight as a die.
Yes, he brought back a mint of money
from California alOne-over a hundred
thousand dollars. His wife bought a
house with seventeen thousand of II.
The saloon cost him about sixteen thou
sand. When he keeps sober and attends
to business the place is packed with
men. He draws like mustard plaster
But when he is not there to do the CEN
tral figure act, business is very dull.
When drinking he generally keeps away
from his own saloon. I'll say one thing
for John, though, with all his faults.
He paid five thousand dollars fora home
for his father and mother as soon as he
was able. He ought to have some credit
for that. His wife? Well, she stood by
him wnpn he was down on his luck, and
must have suffered severely at his hands
or she wouldn't be sueing for divorce
now. She virtually supported him for
some time. Yes? l believe their re.
lations were little irregular, and he
called in a priest and marriep her when
he was sick once and thought he was
going to kick the bucket. She used t.
be the only one who could control hin
when drunk. She would walk up tC
him and say, Come along home, John,
and he'd follow her like child. She i.
large, tall, fine looking woman, will
dark eyes, and weighs, | should think
not less than 1S0 pounds. Mr. Sullivan
will go to Europe when the divorce sui
is settled. 1t wouldn't trouble hin
much, but he's afraid he'll lose the kid
It's part of his life. and BANKED bil
part, too. He saws that the kid was borI
; lust So" And the Boston man illustra
. lively ut up his props. After whicl
the stream of conversation began +
wander between banks of reminiscence
where the brawny forms of Yanke
t Sullivan and HeenaI and Hyer AM
, other fistic g'aditors were seen, and upol
which were pitched twenty-four foo
rings, aid hoarse shouts were heard an,
sponges were thrown up and other thril
: ling Things were done, the recital o
which appertain not to the presen
purpose. Hatchet.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20
GOULD AND SAGE.
How the Two MilliOnaires Regard
Each Otber-The Formers Method.

Washington f. Connor attends to the
execution Of Jay GOuld's stock orders
and is, in fact, the lieutenant of Gould
in ali stock operations. Russell Sage is
the one whom Gould seeks when in Eeed
of money. 1t is nothing for Sage to let
Gould have S1,OOO,000 'over night" /
dare say Gould has had as much as $l0,-
100000 or $12,oOO,OOO of Sage's money at
one time. Sage and ConnOr are not
friendly. To be exact, Sage does not
like Connor. / was told the story OF
their falling out the other evening at the
Windsor Hotel. Things do not always
- on as Gould plans to nave them go,
and long time ago Gould calculated that
the old issue of Manhattan railway stock
would suffer decline. He accordingly
went short of it in the market. A court
decision, l think it was, put a different
aspect On the matter, and rise in the
stock was inevitable. Gould was obliged
to "cover' his short interest. Connor
was equal the emergency. He knew
that Russell Sage held great deal OF
the stock. He rushed into Sage's office,
and, as if doing Sage favor, told the
latter to hurry up and sell his stock be-
cause it was going all to pieces. Connor
brought all that Sage sold to cover
Gould's shorts. When the delivery was
made of course Sage found it out, and he
was hopping mad, but he could not help
himself. Sage probably made Sl5 .OOO,OOO
by bis connection with Gould, the latter
letting him into schemes that brought
him large profits. Sage helped Gould at
lime when the latter sorely needed
money, and afterward Gould showed his
gratitude by putting the former IN the
way of adding immensely to his fortune
| Gould. however, helped himself to
large slice of Sage's fortune last veal
during the great declin in values. His
brokers had bought enormous number:
of puts of Sage, and the drop in value
made the aggregate profit 10 Gould,
think according to the streets" under
standing, about $4,000,0OO. Brooklyn
Union.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20
THE LEGEND OF AN OLD ELM.
A Tale for Government Claimants 10
Carefully Ponder.

During President Sackson's first ad-
ministration a young man, a citizen OF
one OF the lower countries of Pepnsyl-
vania, rode into Washington on horse
back with claim against the govern
mert for supplies furnished from his
farm for the use of the army at Carlisle
barracks. He was referred to Congress
for the settlement of his claim. Hitch
ing his horse to a youns sapling at the
western approach of the Capitol. he en-
tered the halls of Congress fully expect
ing that his account would be settled
that day, and that he would start on his
way home the same evening on his
faithful steed. Delays and vexation OF
spirits overlook this honest but simple
minded patriot, and in course of time
the emaciated figure of the old white
haired spectre disappeared from the lob
bies of Congress. and his claim was
buried in the dust and cobwebs of the
archives of an ungrateful government.
Last week the workmen in Capitol
park, in cutting down one of the largest
old elm trees to make way fer the new
steps leading to the western front of the
Capitol, found piece of the jawbone
and the bride bit of that claimants
horse firmly imbeddod in the largest
topmost branch of that stately elm tree.
to which the animal had been hitched
when it was but a sapling in President
Jackson's time.
The old colored residents living in
that vicinity say that even at this late
period the ghos. of that claimants horse
can be heard whinnying for its MASTER
return above the din of the National
hear garden when il is holding nigh
session. That claim remains unpaid t
this day. Washington Critic.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20
A Noble Deed.

Thkre was a crowded temperance lee
ture at Maryville the other day, and the
audience was very mu:h affected at the
speakers pathetic account of how faith
full wife had borne the abuse and Ill
treatment of drunken brute for years,
and finally reclaimed him on her death
bed. As the audience was wiping Its
eyes and shifting vigorously, sadfaced
man in fatigued looking ulster, arose
in the center of the hall and said, in
melancholy tone:
The incident related by the talented
speaker is certainly very interesting, but
a case recently came under my notice
that illustrates even in greater degree
the hercism and self-sacrifice on the
part of woman-noble woman!'
"Will the gentleman Oblige by relating
his experience?" urged the lecturer.
"Well, am not used to public speak
ing.n observed the thin man, "but j will
do my best"
"Go on, 60 onl" shouted the sympathe-
tic listeners.
ssThe episode to which REFER" said
the man with the called-in overcoat,
"relates to the heroic act of Mrs. Maria
K. Diffenheimer. of Windy Gulch, Wy
oming. Learning that lonely widow
woman living about Iiteen miles out In
the forest, was stricken down by the fell
hand disease, she resolved, although the
snow was twenty-seven feet high on the
ground, and fearful storm ragged at the
time. to take to the poor creature in hel
hour of need, the only succor that would
assuage her agony"
God bless herp sobbed several per
sons.
"Strong men-miners, hunters-in
ured to exposure and hardship, shrant
, from accompanying her; no one volun
:eered. 1t was almost certain death t.
brave the trackless forests on that bite
night; but the noble woman never falter
, ed. There was a precious human lift
, hanging in the balance, and she woul(
j go alone"
wv hat man WOulu nave uohC 81!
cried one of the female vice presidents
For two days and three nights tina
devoted woman teiled on through tn
binding tempest. With both feet an,
: one hand frozen, she :ottere1 throug
!, the gigantic snow drifts, until at lengt
I she managed to crawl TO the cabin of tn
/ lonely invalid. She had barely strengtl
e left, as she fell exhausted upon the f1oo
a to hand to the yet lingering sufferer tn
K priceless boon she had brought"
d "And what was it?' shouted the entir
D audience, as the emotion-choSed narr:
u tor paused to dash away tear.
L ut was, my friends" said the thin ma
a reaching under his seat for valise-'
d was a box of Skaegs' Oriental Cathart
c. Pills" (aad he scattered handful
circulars), (which would now like
$ furnish you all with. at the low price
w w two bits per box. None genuine wit
is out the makers name on the
AS his remains were not called for
three days, he was buried at the e
ri pense of the corporation. Derrick Doo
he in San Franciscan.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20
HER "AD." CAUGHT HIM.
Letter.Carrier Ballard and His Wife I'm
the Divorce Court.


Martha ]. Ballard, brunette of bru-
nettes, was in 1880 a dashing and be-
witchlng widow, residing at Avondale, a
suburb of CINCINNATI o. She was willing
to make good wife to any millionaire.
semi-millionaire or even a little less
than a millionaire, though she loved him
not.
Filled with the idea she sent an ad-
vertisement to the Matrimonial Times
of Boston. This advertisement fell
under the observation of Thomas E.
Ballard. then and now South End
letter carrier, whose age may be any
where from 6fty.fve to sixty years old.
Now Thomas was in want of wife, and
the ''ad." evidently pleased him, for he
at once opened negotiations with the
advertiser. The correspondence con.
tinued without intermission until August
9th, 1881, when Thomas met Martha a
the Grand Central Hotel, New York
They took the o'clock boat and arrived
in Boston August 10; went directly afte
breakfast to the residence of the Rev
DIR. Walker in Linden street, where the
were married. The husband took he
to house at Boylston. which he elaine
was his, but the "manor grand" did nt
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20
Mrs. Langtry and Mary And ersOn.

II is said that French woman who is
beautiful always avoids being seen near
other beautiful women, preferring the
ueighborhood of her sisters less favored
by nature, and, when possible, provides
herself with foil, in the shape of plain
companion, called in French repoussoir.
The two most beautiful women in Lon
don, Mrs. Ianetry and Miss Mar van
dersop. were both to be seen at the
private view of the Royal Academy, and
people, of course, had an opportunity OF
comparing their several attractions.
Bo.h were handsomely dressed. Mrs.
Langtry's gown being of green velvet OF
a most trying shade, trimmed with pea
cock feathers. Her lovely complexion
stood the ordeal perfectly, aud most
people agreed that she is seen 10 more
advantage off the stage, whereas Miss
Anderson is not. So the LOndOners say.
In my humble opinion the two beauties
are so totally different that a comparison
between them is odious indeed. Miss
Anderson seems to have lost her way
from Olympus and TO be almost out o
place amid nineteen century surround
ings; but if might make the remark
without the fear of being misinterpTetc'
| should say that Mrs. Langtry does no
strike one as being too good for thi
world. London Letter in Hartior
Times
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20

uit Mrs. Ballard's ideas, and they re-
turned and put up at the Norfolk House.
In consequence of subsequent happen
ings the quickly welded yet not won
wife filed libel ofdivorce on the ground
of cruelty and abusive treatment and
nonsupport. ''He left me the first after
noon all alone, stranger in strange
CITY. He wrote ne beautiful Letters and
represented himselft to me as a man of
property. / found him different from
what expected; he vas much older and
not quite so goodlooking as thought he
would be, but l thought he was well
fixed. | found OUt inside of two hours
after we were married that he had de-
ceiyed me, and told me falsehoOd after
falsehood. He refused to give me the
money for a new broom week after we
were married.
He found me living in bed once and
lulled the Clothes oil. and dragging me
out of bed threw me on the floor with
great force. so hard that my arm, which
had. once heen broke" .was iriurcU, and
ached for a week"
Mr.. Ballard was in court. He has
stopping shoulders, gray hair, mOustache
ard eoaree, a little bald spot on the top
of his head, ewes small and restless, and
a nose shaped like an eagles beak. He
had filed cross libel, on the grounds OF
desertion. He said that bis salary was
$500 year, and that his wife understood
all his circumstances before she married
him. 81 spent twenty-five or thirty
dollars during the hOneynOon-mOre
than I'd spend now" He proved a
damaging witness for himself, and con.
vulsed both court and spectators with
laughter. 81 wanted her to understand
| was owner and boss of that house, and
you bet, | was the victor every time.
Decision reserved. Boston Post.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20

that it is far more difficult matter to
learn properly five lines of one of
Shakespesre's, Knowles or the other
great dramatists' blank-verse dramas
than it is to commit to memory forty-five
lines from the molodramas of to-day.
Every man or woman in these latter
plays more or less changes the text,
either accidentally or purposely, and in
very many cases these interpretations are
better than the original expressions.
have seen play writer's stand in the
wings when their plays were being per-
formed and incorporate into the text
some of the words and sentences the
actors substituted forth regular version"
Philadelphia Times.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20
WHERE HER DUsKY LOVER


Several years ago it was discovered
that slight error had been made in the
calculation of the suns distance from the
earth, and owing to misplaced logarithm
OF something of that kind, a mistake OF
100000 miles was made in the result.
People cannot be too careful in such
matters. Supposing that on the strength
ofthe information contained in th' o'd-
time table man should star uuL with
only provisions sufficient to take him
80 ,OOO, 900 miles, and should then find
that 100000 miles still stretched out
ahead of him. lie would then have TO
buy fresh figs of the train boy in order
to sustain life. Think of buying nice
fresh figs on a train that ha been en-
route 25O years! Imagine train boy
starting out at ! 0 years of age, and per-
ishing at the age of 60 years with only
one-fith of his journey accomplished.
Think of five train boys, one after the
other, dying of old age on the way, and
the train at last pulling slowly into the
depot with not living thing on board
except the worms in the nice eating
apples p Bill Nyc, in the Cleveland
Sun.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20

rKEDEKICk hUUUsIE DhHIHOHDI'
a name familiar to Americans as the
designer and builder of the Statue of
Liberty presented by the people of France
to the United States and now on its way
to this country, is so years of age. The
statue was begun in 1875 and finished
within this year at a cost of $780, 900.
Bartholdi first gained recognition by his
bas-relief of Francesca de Rimini. The
statue of Lafayette in Union Square, N.
Y, is by him and he was granted a
medal at the Centennial for his statue of
"Peace." He resides in Paris.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20

VIM. Fl. Vanderbilt sailed for Europe
recently in the steamship Germanic, ac-
companied by his youngest son. Near
Mr.. Vanderbilt on the deck as the vessel
backed out in the river stood the mid
gets. Count Magri and his wife, who was
1tely Mrs. Tom Thumb.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20

rapidly worse. The reports finally grew so
bad that went to see him. He was brought
out i'm charge of two keepers and to say that
[ was shocked does not express 1t. From
cOn,paritiyely rational man with a mlld
form of mania he had turned into ravlng,
bowling madman, whom his own mothef
would not have recognized. l askeu 70 pe
was refused me as the superintendent SAID
it was contrary to the rules. My mind was
m ade nm at once. Th0e was something
wrong With the management and my friend
must come away. The heart-br0ken vile
gave me full power in the case ana wlthln
week we mad him transferred 10 an asylum
near Cincinnati where was personally ac-
0uainted with the management and thor
oughIy approved the method. l turned my
practice i'm this city over to my partner ana
for three months devoted all my time and
attention TO that case. At first my efforts
did not seem to produce any elect, Dut
gradual change for the better look piace
and at the end of the second year he was
back to his condition when originally piac-
ed in
THE NEW XORK HE'LL.
Six months later he was discharged, cured.
"Ah, good morning Mr.. c." eX-
claimed the doctor, as pleasantfaced gen
tleman of about thirty-ive years or age,
but whose hair was perfectly white, came
strOlling along. Il want to Introduce my
friend here" -,
After few minutes desultOry chat with
this gentleman, who appeared of more than
ordinary intelligence and refnment, we
walked on slowly down the street.
That's the man." said the doctor. lie
has never done any business since he come
back but lives quietly with his wife and boy
at a pleasant home on Olive street: lie
saws that when first taken to New York he
was, on account of the Overcrowded con
dition of the place put i'm cell with chat,
tering idiot and for three weeks suffered
tOrtures impossible to describe. At the end
remained so until he regained his senses
near Cincinnati. That's lecture enough
about OvercrOwding, eh?"
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20

Scarcely had the ice cream season
commenced before several hundred peO-
pie in Georgia were poisoned by eatin. !.
that delicacy at a picnic. but you cant
scare the average sixteen saucers girl
with a little affair like that.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20

Statistics show that murder in this
country has reached an astonishing
degree Of frequency. and that the sacred
ness of human life is held more lightly
every year. In 1888 there were $3.50
murders the number increased to 1887
in 1884.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20
FROM A HERALD TO A KING.

"I remember one night when George
Rignold was playing Henry Fifth about
1875 in Ford's Theatre, in Washington,
he was taken suddenly ill. The manager
was in great trep.dation. He didn't
know how on earth to get man In time
TO play this important character that
evening until E. X. Colyer, who was 10
strut across the stage as one OF me
heralds came forward and declared he'd
till Riphold's place. He said he didn't
know the part, but would have 1t com
mitted to memory in time. Some OF the
comnapy laughed at Colyer, but the
manager had confidence in the ambitious
voung fellow, and the result of it was
that although he had only four hours II
which to study the part, he made grea
success. He is high in the profession
now and dates his rise from the night hi
made the great Jump from herald to
king. When the old City Museum wal
vet standing between Fifth and crown
streets B. G. Rodgers, an old timer, wa
nlaying Bob Acres in The Rivals. H
GOT sick and they called on Sam Hempie
the popular Philadelphia Comedian, 4
take his place. Sam declared he dldn
know a word of the part.
.'Play it, anyhow moaned : |:
cyon've got three hours to learn 1t in, s
Get to work ,,
"Sam cot to work, learned the part an
made a capital hit.
ONLY A FEW PARTS TO LEARN, NOW.
"Actors these DAYS don't have an
such troubles and they don't Study mucl
either. They learn one or two parts
the beginning of the season and pla
them week after week without al
change of bill. Even if they had mar
parts to learn in season there wou
not be one-third the trouble the actors
the old school had. The text of O.
modern plays is easily learned and easl
remembered. Any actcr will tell y
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20

Rochefort (Comte) Victor Henri de
Rochefort. Lucay, the well known lit
erary leader of the Communists of Paris
and editor of "L'Intransigeant," was
born in Paris, January 30th 1880. He
has been three times cast into prison for
his inflammable speeches and writings
and once sentenced to penal servitude for
life but escaped and was pardOned by
the general amnesty of 1880. No other
country than France could have prouuced
and educated man of his character.
Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-06-20

The man who gets bit twice by the
same dog is better adapted to that busi'
ness than any other.