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Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-08-19
NOT TO BE sLuEEEp.
A Michigan Woman Who Was Bound No
to Have u Trip for Nothing.

a Michigan Woman Who Was Bound Not
To Have n Trip for Nothing.
president and wife cit in town last
night?" he confdcntally inquired on
the market the other morning.
"No, sir. They are not coming this
way that I've heard of"
"They amt! Don't they take in
Detroit on their bride towcr?"
"No."
"Wall. that's funny. They got the
story all over our nayborhood that the
President and wife would be here to-
day. and nothing would do but the old
woman must ride in with me to see
'cm. Say Jane this man says they
won't be here"
ii don't believe it." she bluntly re.
piled.
al assure you. madam" he replied,
"that any such report is false. The
President and wife are in Washing
ton"
She would not be convinced until
her husband had inquired of several
other persons and received the same
replies.
"Waal, you've had your trip for
nothing" he remarked.
III guess not" she replied. as she
climbed down over the wheel. "Sam.
uel, the first thing on the programme
is ginger ale. Then comes soda water
with sarsyparilla sirup. Then we'll
have peanuts and popcorn. ani If we
feel like it wen spread out some on
candy. I'm going to show the Presi.
dent of the United States that he can't
bluff me wuth q centp"-Detrsa Free
Press
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-08-19
In which hc shamcl-ssly declared

IN WnlCu uc suaHcicSSv ooOisaOu
that the Barbary pirates were really
useful to the great maritime powers,
because they tended TO keep the weak.
or nations out OF their share In the car.
rying trade. This. he thought, was "a
valuable offset to tho Empress Cathe.
rine's device OF the armed neutrality.
whereby small nations were protectedi
and on this wicked theory, rs Frank.
lin tells us, London merchants had
been heard TO say that 'if there wcrc
no Algiers. il would be worth EnSland's
while TO build one" II was largely
because OF such feelings that the great
states of Europe SO long persisted in
the craven policy of paying blackmail
to the robbers, instead OF joining in a
crusade and destroying them. In 1856
Congress felt it necessary to take meas
ures for protecting the lives and liber-
ties of American citizens. The person
who called himself emperor OF
Morocco at that time was different
from most of his kind. He had taste
for reading, and had thus caught
glimmcring OF the enlightened
liberalism which French philosophers
were preaching. He wished to he
thought benevolent dcspot, and with
Morocco. accordingly, Congress sue
ceeded in making treaty. But
nothing could be done with the other
pirate states without paying blackmail.
Few scenes in our history are more
amusing, or more irritating, than the
interview of John Adams with IN en-
voy from Tripoli in London. The oily
tongued barbarian, with his soft voice
and his bland smile. aSscycrating that
his only interest IN life was to do good
and make other people happy.
stands out in fine contrast with the
blunt. straightforward, aud truthful
New Englandcr; and their CONVERSE
ton reminds one Of the old story of
Cpur-de-Lion with his curtal-axe aud
Saladin with the blade that cut the
silscn cushion. Adams felt sure
that the fellow was either saint
or devil. but could not quite
tell which. The ENJOYS love for
mankind was SO great that he could
not bear the thought Of hostility be-
tween the Americans and the Barbary
States, aud he suggested that every
thing might be happily arranged for
"a million dollars or so. Adams
thought it better TO fight than to pay
tribute. 1t would be cheaper in the
end. rs well Us more manly. At tho
same time. il was better economy 10
pay million dollars ut once than TO
waste many times that sum in
war risks and loss OF trade. But
Congress could DO neither one
thing nor the other. 1t was too
poor to build a navy, and too
poor to buy oil the pirates, and so for
several years to come American ships
were burned and American sailors en-
shaved with utter impunity. With the
memory of such wrongs deeply craven
in his heart, il was natural that John
Adams. on becoming President of the
United States, should bend all his en-
ergies to founding a strong American
nayy.-JokH FiStc. IN iNdHiic Monthly
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-08-19
..ru,roolism is taking a spurt in

Journalism Is taking a spurt In
Italy. In Naples there is regular
newspaper-reading craze. and even
the beggars gather around some fortu'
nate possossor of daily paper as he
reads aloud In tho street. But the
people soon get tired of any one paper
and clamor for u new one. The con-
sequence is that almost every day some
paper dies and another takes its place.
One of the mos, certain ways OF killing
n newspaper in Italv. by the way, is TO
ill 1t with news. What they want 10
blood. od.curdling sensations.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-08-19
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THE THEoRETIc TURTLE.

Tho theorcuo turtle started out to 500 the
toad;
He came to stop at . Iberty.pols In tho
middle OF tho road
" Now how. In tho namo OF tho sporting
whale" tho Indignant turtle cried,
~ Can I climb this perpendicular clin, and
get on tho other slider
eff only could make . big balloon, I'd
lightly over II fly;
Or very long ladder might reach tho top.
though it does look fearfully high.
" II beaver were In my place. ho'd gnaw
passage through with his teeth;
lcan't do that, but can dig tunnel and
pass beneath"
Ho was digging his tunnel, with might and
main. when dog looked down at the
hole.
sTbs easiest way, my friend" said ho. els
70 walk around the pole"
"A. R. Wells. IN st. Nicholas.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-08-19

What Is the difference between
having an exact copy of any thing, and
having an ailing wife and all the chill
dren down with the measlesp One is
fac similc and the other sick family.
N. J. Tribune
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-08-19

"A Mexican confined in Jail at San
Antonio, Tex, climbed to the highest
grating, stuck his toes In the ironwork.
hung head downward, folded his arms.
cried "Adios," and dropped to tho
basement. lie struck on his head, but
failed to kill himself.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-08-19

-Squaring the circle..making a
square meal out of around steak. Isn't
a revolving light on the coast a navy
revolyerP The first fishery seizure was
the one in which Jonah figured. -Tezas
SVsnga
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-08-19

"A young man in Meadville. Pa,
sold his bicycle for thirty-fve dollars
in order to raise money with which TO
get married.
Signal-Copiahan. (Hazlehurst, Copiah County, Miss.) 1885-1888, 1886-08-19

fstherlesa They win find plenty Of
friends now. But Tommy Brown Il
the bravest noblest little lad / have
heard Of in many day. He Is one OF
the heroes Of the world.-M W. Carss-
fidn ddvocdke
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-10
LIGHT DRINKS.

Strong Testimony That They ArsfUiti
mately Destructive to Health and
Greatly Indame tho Passions. ..ss
As strange as it may seem, there ara
those who seem to think that they are
temperate, and that they do not violate
the Temperance pledge, so long as
they drink nothing stronger than beer,
whatever may be the stage of ferpenta-
ton. 1t is true, also, that them are
those who believe-or wish to elieve
that it Is harmless to take domestic
wines, such as are made from currants,
elderberri,s and even grapes, simply
because no alcohol is added, forget
ting, or being ignorant of the fact that
all alcohol is the product of fermenta-
ton, and that all such domestic wines
are fermented, if kept long enough,
with sufficient warmth. If there is
one-ffth, one-eighth or one-tenth as
much alcohol in this wine as there is
in whisky. to get intoxicated 0ile has
simply to take q corresponding num-
Der of glasses, to obtain the alcohol in
whisky, with similar results. The in
toxicating element is alcohol, and to
the extent that it is in homemade "
wines. they are as pernicious in their
results as foreign wines.
1t is undoubtedly true that given
amount of alcohol, taken in beers and
wines, in larger quantities Of these
drinks. has more unfavorable effects
upon The constitution and health, than
when the same amount is taken In the
stronger form.
The following, from good sources,
is in point:
OF all things known to mortals, wine 70 the
most powerful and effectual for exciting and
infiaulinS the passions of mankind, being
common fuel to them all-LOrtt BdcOn.
Light wines-nOthing so trcacherOuel They
| inflsme the brain like fire. while melting on
the palate like Ice. All inhabitants OF light
wine countries are QuarrelsOme.-Str Edward
| BulDer LuttOn.
-Wester,, R0tDn1ON.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-10
HOG DISEASES.
The Only Successful Method OF Prevent
ing the Spread of COntagiOn.

The Only Successful Method OF Prevent
ing the Spread of Contagion.
Suppose every farmer concluded that
every other farmers hogs were afflicted
with contagious disease, what would
he do first to prevent his own from
catching the contagion? Will the reader
stop just there before reading further,
and ask himself that question and an.
swer ite 1t can be answered.; it must be
both answered and acted upon sooner or
later If we would save our stock from
disease and death. We have talked and
talked; we have written and rewritten;
we have doctored and dosed we have
tried this mans remedy, and that mans,
too, and our own into the bargain, what
has it all amounted TOP We have hog
cholera vet; we have much and more of
it, and the longer it exists the more we
have of it. Have we acted the part of
sensible and intelligent men, or the part
of lot Of automatons, knowing moth
ing and acting only as pieces of ma
chineryp We have no hes fancy in say
ing that in the vast majority of eases we
have done nothing but dose and pretend
to doctor much as an automaton would
do its work, and that in q very large
percentage of other cases we have done
but little better than automatons.
Our talking and writing, our dosing
and doctoring have all been futile; time
and labor and money all thrown away
and we are getting deeper into the mire
every month and losing more every
year. Why? Because we do not, will
not take an intelligent view of the stua.
ton and act upon it. This is as tho
world goes; men growl and complain;
they talk among themselves they de-
bate this matter and that, and it ends in
talk.
If a man knew that Asiatic cholera
was prevalent in his neighborhood and
he wished to save his family from the
contag on, and was determined to do SO
if possible, what would he do? He
would take that family away to where
| the contagion could not reach them.
He would not only remove his family,
but he would also disinfect the premises
they were to live in, would sec to il
there were no mud-holes or cess-pools.
no disease breeding effiuvia ar sing from
filthy deposits, that their food was pure
and free from disease-breeding condi.
tons, and would generally take every
possible precaution. So must the swine
breeder If he, would save his hogs
C0lmdn's Rural World.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-10
Ruin of Chicago Homes.

The tribute paid to King Alcohol in
this country by his willing subjects
amounts to the awful total of nine
hundred millions of dollars year, of
which sum his adherents in Chicago
contribute fully fifteen millions No
true friend of the poor man can reflect
upon this tax, with all it implies of
consequential damages, without seeing
in it the supreme enemy, the king of
kings, the robber Of robbers. Take
Chicago, which is no worse than other
cities in proportion to its population.
This city has about $500 saloons 1t
is low estimate to say that they take
in on an average Sl2 day. This
makes, in round numbers, $40, 900 GO
ing over the whisky and beer counters
of this city every twenty-four hours, or
$l4,600,000 during the year. This
does not include the liquor sold in the
hundreds of drug stores or carried
home by the bottle or basket from the
wholesale places, aggregating one or
two millions more. OF this sum not
less than ten millions comes out Of the
wage-workers. And the indirect cost
of liquor is about equal to the direct
The loss of time in drinking and getting
sober would figure up an immense
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-10
Strong Temperance P!eas.

The terrible effects of whisky We're
illustrated in a most fearful manner at
the Armory police court, Chicago.
First tottering, chattering, helpless
young man named w. +. Farnley was
led into the dock between two muscu-
lar officers, who were compelled to-
hold him lest he fall to the floor. His
eyes glared and roved about oyer tho
many faces in the courtroom. and he
seemed fearful lest they would do him
harm. When spoken to by the Justice
he started suddenly, and throwing hia
hand to his head tore out fistful OF
hair. Before he could repeat tho per.
Torrance he was caught and securely
held. Between his mutterings Of .Sol-
diers, death, Beecher," ETC., lt was
learned that his relatives live u BUT.
falo, N. Y, and that he had been drink
ing for considerable period. He
was sent to the Washingtonian
Home. His case was SO very
bad that it is not thought that
he will recover. The second case
was that of mother and son, both found
helplessly drunk on Thirty-third and
Halstcd streets. Mrs. Mary Garvey,
the mother, is a white-haired. feeble
old woman, and her son John, who
ought to We sturdy young fellow, is q
watery-eyed, hopeless drunkard, thirty
years of age. Their home is On Lib
erty street. A fine of ten dollars each
was ordered. The third case Was that
of brother against brother, John Perry
claiming that Michael had not drawn
a sober breath for weeks, and was a
constant source of annoyance to the
neighborhood on Deering street.
Michael was afterward taken charge Of
by his brother-in-law, who claims that
Michaers relatives are trying to de-
fraud him out of certain property, and
that the fear that they will succeed
leads him to drink. The fourth case
was that of wife against husband. Mrs.
Lavery stating that her protector and
alleged supporter had pawned his
boys watch and articles of furniture,
and had not given her cent for
weeks. The accused man tearfully &C.
knowledged the truth of his wife's as
sertions, and went to the Bridewell on
a twenty-five dollar fine.-CAic0go
| Inter Ocean.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-10
A Cheering Pledge.

Two of the strongest indications Of
the growth of Temperance sentiment
have been made manifest during the
recent assembly of the Knights Of Labor
at Richmond. The first was when
Grand Master Powderly charged the
delegates that they should abstain from
making themselves ridiculous or con-
temptible in the eyes Of the world BY
the simple act of abstaining from visit
ing saloons. The second was when the
whole body of knights demanded ..
pledge of constant sobriety from its
newly-clected officers. Philanthropists
and reformers can take fresh courage
from these cheering manifestations
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-10
TEMPERANCE READING.
AseLAss OF BEER.

Only glass Of beer,
A social glass with friend; ~
Only glass to cheer @-f -9
The toiler on to the endl
but the single glass vii soon
Mount To the measure OF more than ono
And morning night and noon
Your thirst will have only just begun.
20 pAss II by, with an earnest no.
For It's crafty ana full of guile
1t will fell your strength with cruel blow,
1t will shadow your life the while.
II the tension OF nerve fer moment seem
To lift you above u woe or care
The pid hours will also mean .y- ...
10 assert claim for their own full share.
For when you climb to the top Of a hill
You must descend to the plain below,
Whilst the vaunting lie OF q maudlin will
Haunts the way with pain us you downward
KO
A larger tax you pay for beer ,,.- ....
Than for your daily bread,
Then pass It bv rs all too dear,
And buy homo instead.
1t is only glass of beer,
But within its circled rim
There rules Y monarch drear
Ger the courts OF vice and sin,
Where the hand Of murder holds on high
The Grazing curse Of frcnzied BRAN, q
And the deep red blood OF its victms'lie
Along the path Of its ghastly train.
Ella Dare, in Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-10

sum. Then 10 Il must be added the
loss of situation OF work, the expense
Of vice and crime due, to intoxication.
and all that class OF losses. II the 75,-
900 wage workers of Chicago would
save the money, or even half OF 1t,
thus worse than thrown away, they
would soon all have homes Of their
own; all their wives and children
would have plenty to eat. good clothes
for rags, and comfort for squalor. The
money spent in Chicago for liquor by
the wage-workers would buy moro
than three thousand cottages every
year, and only the sick or lazy would
want for any comfort Chicago Trib-
Hne
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-10

Everybody knows that rats are a
great plague when they have once
effected lodgment about place. To
get rid of them feed them well at GER
tain place until you have gained their
confidence. After a while the whole
lot will come and eat Then give them
. dose of poison, enough to do the busi-
ness etfectually. If any escape be ng
killed they will not trust the food on
those premises again, but will betaks
themselves elsewhere.-Bastoa GLOBE.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-10

IT is said that Prof. LOOMS, Of the
university of the City of New York."
in his lectures on Pathology and Prac-
tice of Medicine, by incidentally REFER
ring to his observations, regarding the
results of the long continued use Of
alcoholic beverages, showing the "a
pidity OF the progress of certain dis
eases, when they attack alcoholic sub
jects, is preparing the great number
OF students, under his instruction, TO be
a power for Temperance in the land
Church Union.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-10

The Yale Mssos, the college daily Of
New Haven, the business columns Of
which have been under the control Of
its financial editor. Mr.. Z. W. Peet, Of
the senior class Of 1886. has the past
year excluded all liquor advertisements,
and has had the most prosperous finan.
eial year Of its journalistic career.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-28
A Famous Burglar Arrested.

CHICAGO, July pa very important arrest
was made here yesterday by the Pinkerton Ma
tional Detective Agency. in the apprehension of
Charles Engel. alias Charles Warren. alias
George Ingle, dangerous professional burglar,
whose depredations have extended all over the
country. Among the robberies that Engel is
charged with is that which was perpetrated on
the house of j. 7. Kennedy, in Newport in 1884
The robbery occurred while the family were at
dinner, and nearly 900 worth of diamonds
and other jswelry was taken. The thief eff
fected an entrance by climbing up the portico Of
the house and getting into the bed rooms. All
this jewelry was recovered from Chicago
''fence" by Mr.. Pinkerton and turned over to Mr.
Kennedy. In September, last year, the house of
Admiral Baldwin, in Newport, was robbed in
precisely the same manner, and some $4,000
worth of valuables taken. Two other residences
in Newport suffered in the same way. A little
after this the house of Ex-Governor Laffiin, of
Massachusetts,, situated near Boston, was also
robbed. All of Admiral Baldwin's property was
found under stone near Newport by some farm
ers, and upon recovery of his property Admiral
Baldwin did not prosecute the case further. His
house was robbed again the first day of the pres
emit month"; and large quantity of silyerware
was carried off Mr.. pinkerton has complete
evidence connecting Engel with all these robber-
les, and last night, he, in company with Detect
i've Richards, of Newport; Mr.. Cornish, super
intendent of Pinkerton's Boston Office, and
armed with the necessary papers, arrested En-
gel. Engel was taken East in charge of the
Boston and Newport authorities
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-28
FAILURE In CHICAGO.
Tobacco Firm Succumbs Under the Pressure
ofLabor TrOublesand the Eight-Hour Plan.

CHICAGO. July 27-The Chas. W. Allen Com
pany, manufacturers of tobacco, with extensive
works at the corner of Canal and Monroe
streets, confessed judgment to-day for $50, 900 in
favor OF e. c. Allen, and SIS, 900 in favor of the
Barker Tobacco Company. Executions were
taken out, and the sheriff Immediately levied
on the works, machinery, stock etc. The
liabilities of the company said to be 1915 000
The assets consist of stock on hand worth
about $25. 900; book accounts amounting to $751;
600, and machinery that cost 800, 1000. The
causes of the failure, as stated by the secretary
of the company. the steady depreciation in the
values of stock that has been going on for from six
to nine months, the Gould strike that totally de-
stroyed the Texas and Southwest trade, and Incl
dentally the depression caused by the local LABOR
troubles and the adoption by the company of the
eight-hour plan. This company was the first
tobacco manufacturing establishment in the
country to adopt eight hours as days work,
and no corresponding reduction in wages was
made. The company had pay troll of about
5000 week. 1t has been heavy borrower
for long time. The Merchants Loan and Trust
Company, of Chicago, holds about $3.50, 900 of it's
paper, and has lately been pressing for a settle
ment. The Allen Company, unable to extricate
itself from its difficulties. secured Elijah Allen
who is the father of Charles W. Allen, and a
large hacker of the company, and the Barker
Tobacco Company, a large creditor for stock by
the confession entered to-day. The Merchants
Loan and Trust Company is said to be, at least
partially secured by mortgages on the real estate
of the Allen Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-07-28
Racing at washington Park.

CHICAGO. July 27.-The weather was warm,
the track fast and the attendance good.
First Race-Thrse-qcarte of mile Billy
Gilmore, Fred Wooley and Glen Almond, at the
start were in front, but Billy Gilmore soon took
the lead, was not headed, and won easily by
three lengths; Wicklow second, Fred Wooley
third. Time 1:151
Second Race-One and one-eighth mile Jim
Gray went to the front and took lead of three
lengths; Bob Fisher second. The others were
never In the race Jim Gray had the lead FOR
half mile when he quit Bob Fisher went to
the front, was not headed. and won easily by
one length; Jim Gray second. Idle Pat third.
Time, 1:554.
Third Race-The Hotel Richelieu stakes; one
and three eighths mile Solid Silver set the
pace for fiveeighths of mile, with Ed Corriean
second and Montana Regent third Montana
Regent then went to the 'front.' was not headed,
and won easily by two lengths; Ed Corrlgan Sec
ond, Mamie Hunt third. Time 223d
Fourth Race-One and one-eighth mile. j. H.
Fenton made the running, followed closely by
the Dude. Eloise and Bootback. At the head of
the stretch Leman came through, followed by
Hattie Carlisle. Leman won very easily by
three lengths; Hattie Carlisle second, one
length in front of Buchanan, third Time Los
Fifth Race-One and ne-sixteenth mile heats
Hopedale was never headed. and won after a
close finish by half length Alice second. Kan
sas distanced Time l48 Second heat-Hope-
dale led to the lower turn. where he burst a
blood-vessel and stoDped. Alice won the heat
and race. Time, 1:59.