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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-05-19

@hN' 's fhN 'NNNfl lfilAt 1
had when | wa, first learning Your
English! No? was just at the point
where found myself that You wrote
one language and spoke another, when
one evening had the good torture to
meet General Lawson. You know his
reputation as It conver,atipna,ist, and
wished to convey TO him an idea of
the pleasure which | felt at meeting
him, 50 said impres,ively. in broken
English, II am glad TO meet YOU. Gem
cral, a. | am making a special study
Of American idiots HI, composurr
was superb. He never faltered for a
moment. His face had all the calm Of
one eternal Sabbath as he answered.
,uavely: This is the only time in my
life, mademoiSelle, when / feel | that
| can fully Justify a pre-judged opin-
inn.''
Jack ha, watched her while she
speaks. and again sees the subtle some-
thing that reminds him Of the picture.
a curve 10 the cheek. an expression in
the eye, an indefinite something surely
suggests it to him, and yet as Cara sat
listening with a half smile on her lin,
she might herself have been the
theme OF which the painting was the
finished harmony.
III this thing keeps up" thinks
Jack, my mind will be a mosaic. |
shall speak to Cara about it when | get
an opportunity" But he doesn't ret
an opportunity, for just then Cara
announces: "Ah! there is Helen now;
Eugenle, and II cousin is with her.
lie takes II long breath and feels
himself n sane man again. Here. at
last, Is a solution of the problem. A
mutual cousin is the original; nothing
more likely. He returns Cara's Glance
IN a manner which intimatcs that he
understands the situation at last. and
awaits with interest the entrance of the
two ladies. There is little rustic inst
outside the box; II mans voice heard
IN u tone of remonstrancc; a woman's
low and sclf-contained. and the lady
herself stands ut the door of the boy.
A woman In the prime of life, with
that repose of manner which comes
after one has found that things are
neither white nor black, but one ncu.
lrai tint, and has ceased expecting
much-one whose social angles have
been rounded into curves. and who i
seldom found holding those unsatis-
factory opinions which we denominate
opposite"
"Mr-, Carter" says Cara
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

A colored folks wedding in Nor
folk closed with the remark by the
parson, "We will sing the beauti.
full hymn, plunged in the Cult of
Dark Despair"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

The Ne,o is,isSippian OF this
week, gives the particulars of a
most distardly and fiendish treat
ment of a vile at the hands of a
brutal husband. 1t states in sub
stance that Roderick Lowry, nep.
hew of the Governor, had most
cruelty mistreated his young wife,
IA bride of some four months at
Canton. She same to jackson
seeking protection among friends
and stopped at the residence Of
Capt. Henry, Mayor of that city.
On Monday Rod Lowry called to
see his wife. She refused TO see
HIM except i'll The presence of Mrs.
Henry. In the interview between
them she declined 10 live with him
longer, Lowry then jumped at his
wife and BEGUN choking her, Mrs.
Henry interpOsed, he then seized a
stone pitcher of water and struck
her over the head and continued
TO beat her over the head and lace
as long as any Of the pitcher was
left. He then seized quart glass
bottle of medicine ana bronze il
over it over her face. After she
fell he dealt her several heavy
kicks. Lowry then rushed out of
the back door through private lots
and made his escape into Pearl
river bottom. He had not been
captured at last accounts, though a
posse of men had been sent
in pursuit of HIM.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03
A Purist in Agony.

What is slang? Some ole once
hazarded The assertion that all Ian.
guage is slang. 1t would lie near.
er the mark to define slang as es'
'enlially the application of an IL
l~ustratiOn lud'crOuSly mcommen-
Snrate with the thing 10 which is
applied, aud accidentally The ia.
miliar use Of a technical expression
in the sense for which it was not
intended originally. Slang is, in
short, giving mechanics to things.
MIR. B'' says the report OF the boat
race, dubbed The crews well and
stroke them TO lily. Most persons
acknowledge the absurdity Of Jaw
fully Jolly" and of other similar
freaks of boyish exumberancc.
Young ladies, 10 have a slang OF
theirown. A small thingiS ''wee"
or tiny ;" a pretty thing is Ebony"
the children at a school feast are .
goodly number, and hey are 're'
called" on tea and cake. Slang is
everywhere. Why should "big'
be reiterated when we mean
''large," or "mighty" for "great I"
What is gained by Calling panic
"a scare" a Jolly "a craze" a hoax
"a SELL" a ship Tor a soldler) "a
liner" or by saying of a horse or
a watch ut is n good goern instead
of saying ut goes well y Even
writers in foremost rank are some
times guilty of extraordinary sole
cism. The Addison Of our day. IN
one of his charming novels, relates
hov;his ksSbine had"laid a wake all
night" The eloquent and accom-
plished painter in words describes
how The dead Sea laid waveleSs
beneath him. Dickens has lent
his sanction 10 sour mutual
friend" Phrase like these are
plentiful. "ThopE verend pro,
bend" "the learned antiquarian,
''welher or no." equally as goou
as" "more preferable than," etc.
When those who lead The way
offend thus, it no wonder that sn
invalid, recommending a co9cn,
writes: at is most luXuriani," OF
that servant says, "The cup m4s'
be stood on a slab."-NdtIOHa' NO
rieV.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03
CHE 9emurrat-S ST.,
Claude NIeInot,o

Cleveland, July 81
lady artist in this city. WHOSE yong
cen name is j%eal6usly ,1 MAJ,
from the public by her Guarded
and friends, has begun . "" su;,
divorce in the Common "it lor
Court revealing a slran~a iieas
Of feminine foolishness And history
liar masculine deceit. peCu'
The young woman is nearl, -,
ty years old and is said In b. .nlr'
prepoSsessing. Last qui!e
August, she went TO ChanIs IN
New York. to rest and sketch
thef sSaaft Mr.. Thomas Gdlismaa ana
o1al e.Isie, Miss, a repuled weaIibr
plantation owner, who was ~a;ly
lionized by The pretty girls =, icing
assembly. After a courls%;, 'ne
three weeks The Soulhernar VI
The heart of The fair artist and n WIN
ried her. He Represented Ibat iidr,
owned an extensive fruit far'1 no
Starkville, on which was an ~, ~
CANT mansion, ali extensive VIM
yard and IA we'll filled wine coI'as
lie SAID he had a large incoma
and that he would provide he,
with servants and Il horse and cav
riage, beside which she mis- If Iiro
either in the South or North as sbe
preferred.
Early III September she accom
panied her wealthy sponsa, IN h,
Southern possessions. On arriv;ns
al Starkville she found that his ey'
lensive plantation consisted If
thlrty-five acres of nearly worth.
less land, the elegant mansion was
a dilapldated, filthy and u%ntenant'
able dwelling, with "a leaky ronf
nearly falling in, the doors gone
and the floor loose and unsafe
She learned also that The properly
was covered with mortgages, The
vineyard consisted of three acres
of old, nncultivated and unproduc.
tive grape vines. The fruit farm
was also a myth, 1t consisting ola
few scraggy iIunt trees of no value.
But the wine cellar was the sum.
nit Of the fraudulent misrepre.
sen.ation. Of this Mrs. Gillespie
says: ''Ihe wine cellar was a small
excavation a few feet square, con.
tanning a single small key that held
about ten gallons of utterly spoiled
and worthless wine, so sour and
distasteful that The colored ;peopIs
the nelghborho0d would not
steal the same, as they might have
easily done aud would have done
had 1t 6Geh palatable."
Glllisple had no money or means,
and he not only refused 10 work,
but told her hat he never had done
any work and he never would.
There was no fuel at hand except
chips, which the wife picked up
about the premises. She says she
provided for herself and husband
from her own resources until the
11lh Of the subsequent November
when she left her liege lord to the
sole possession of his broad acres
and returned to Cleveland where
she has since resided.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

Another Of Gen JscksOn's coiOr-
ed body servants died near Rodney
last week, aged 100 years.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03
,Ghe Drmnrraf- Star
The BustIe Banishcd.
Philadelphia Record.

Philadelphia Record.
"The rise and fall of the hustle
Is far more interesting 10 women
of the present day Than any topic
which can be discussed said The
head of n dressmaking department
of a large store in this city on Sal.
urdav. "My, how the hustle did
rise. 1t grew like a watermelon
under a hot summer sun. Indeed,
it was beginning 10 be a question
as TO
Which is the hustle,
And which is the grit
as General Knickerbocker used TO
sing in his tropical song in the lit
tie Tycoon. But the bird cage Is
doomed. 1t rust 90. Dolly VAR
dens went, Gainesborough hats
went, and so does everything Of
that sort. People are continually
painting for something new. The
hustle hal It's uses. 1t gave Thin
girls an air of Sloutness, and 1t was
used to make the dresses set well.
1t was a first rate affair TO take the
weight of heavy dresses off a wo
mans hips. But when the girls
began to year the bustles half way
up theii backs, people began to get
alarmed. 1t made the dear crea
lures. look like miniature camels.
And the way the girls would shake
themselves, oh myl Why, they
looked as if they would fall apart.
For years the hustle has been
growing smaller. The greatest
proportion 1t ever reached was
when it topped the bushel basket.
Now il is Il very modest affair, and
looks like a small-sized rat-lrap.
By next tall it will be gone entirely.
Mrs. Cleveland has done one
good thing for the women of this
country. With a wave of the hand
she has wiped The bustles off The
fashion plates. Indeed, it is really
Il blessing. Then it is SO odd that
the Presidents wife should take
the matter in hand. But she has
done so. Bustles are only good for
masks TO be used by the small boys
at base ball matches now.
"What is 70 take the place of
the hustle! Twill show you. 1t is
simple, effective and cheap. A sci
of reeds are to be sewed into the
back Of the skirt. They are OF
graduated sizes, and make the
dress set well. 1t improves the
hanging of The skirt, and is very
simple. So nature Is to have a
change again /; the hustle has been
banIshed.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

There is one place in Ventura
comfy, California, where there
are 5000 acres planted in beans.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03
All About Eating Crow.
N. Y. Cor. Troy Times.

N. 7. Cor. Troy Times.
Having received an inquiry con
corning The origin of the express.
ion, | would say that The crow has
long been the emblem OF conten-
tion-as Hudibras says:
II not-resolye before we 60
That you and | must pull a crow.
The same idea Is suggested in
Comedy OF Errors, act third;
Well pluck a crow together.
In common parlance, eatingcrow
and an expression of humiliation,
is much the same as eating humble
pie, but evidently is more express
i've. Its origin is too obscure to be
definitely reached, but it came into
use during the late rebellion, and
evidently was born in the camp.
Many years ago heard the late q.
L. Disosway, who was a confirmed
humorist, tell The following story,
which he had received from a sol
der, and | also head it from Capt.
Ballou, of the 115th Regiment.
A private in one OF the Pennsyl-
uania regiments got leave to 90
hunting, and unfortunately shot a
tame crow belonging TO a planter,
who happened to come up just as
the bird was killed. The unlucky
hunter had rested his muskel
against The tree, and the planter
seized it and pointing it at the for
mer, exclaimed "Yuuran eat that
crow or die" There being no es-
cape The hunter got through with
part of his distasteful meal, when
the planter, relenting, said:
you've done pretty we'll here
take your gun and get off right
SMART
The soldier, as soon as he got
the piece IN his hands, Immediately
turned the tables by leveling it at
the planter, exclaiming, Now, You
eat the rest Of that crow or Ill
shoot you on the spot.' There
being no escape the thing was done.
In a few days the planter. had oc-
casiOn to visit the camp, and as the
soldier recognized hlm one of The
officers inquired !: DO you know
that MANI" 80 yes" replied the
planter, 1--WE dined together last
week"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03
Men Who Get Side-Tracked.
Yankee Blade.

Yankee Blade.
Perhaps the most numerous class
Of men who get side-tracked are
those who start in life in an occu-
patton for which they have no nat
ural aptitude. There are thousands
OF farmer boys who never should
remain on The farm-the loud pro-
testatlons OF the agricultural press
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
There are doubtless men who make
a life business of stirring the soil
when they ought 10 be stirring the
Senate, and, Oh the contrary, per-
haps there are men who are trying
TO stir the Senate who ought TO be
stirring the soil.
Good business men are frequent
ly spoiled to make poor preachers /;
and there are many large and
heavy lawyers who would make
ideal bl%acksniths, aud there are
some slender and unsuccessful
blacksmiths with the keen logical
brain and the shrewd maslerful
mind of the lawyer. Such men
are side tracked for life unless
some great event crosses their
track, such as crossed the track OF
Grant, the teamsier, or Cromwell,
the country squire. But no doubt
there are many Grants who always
team, and many Cronwells who
never leave The farm. There are
many men who start out in Lille,
like hunters, on the wrong trail.
They never bring down their game
because their game las gone in IN
other direction. They are like
fishermen who bob for cod in a
trout brook, or start n whaling on
an inland pond.
There are some men who are
side-tracked for lie at their very
birth. They are born into a mesh
of circumstances from which there
is no ~extricatIon. OF course it is
easy enough to say that a man,
like wafer, will always find his lev
ell; but it is hard for water to rise
plumb with its fountain head when
confined in an underground pipe.
1t would have been difficult for
Shakespeare to assert his clam 10
Immortality if he had been IN Pat
agonia, and we would never have
heard of Plato il he had first seen
The light IN ScythIa. To say moth
ing of the hereditary influence that
mold the unborn man, the environ
ment OF the young humans inian.
cy usually shapes and directs his
destiny so irrevocably that ONLY
men of The strongest will and the
toughest mental and physical fiber
can eve cOunteract The impetus
that is given them in childhood.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

"Then you will not be my wife,"
he said, bitterly, as he released her
hand.
81 cannot" she sobbed, ~ am
pledged TO another"
"And this is the end" he gr0aned.
"The bitter, bitter end, and hope,
like a blighted flower, must fade
and | die.
"No, no." she exclaimed through
her tears, "dOn't say that. Wait
Charles be faithful. You know l
may be a widow in few years"
The graSpine avarice of a wo-
mans heart is simply awful.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03
LAND NOTICE.
LAND OFFICE AT JAcKsoS, MISS,

LAND OFFICE AT JACKSON, MISS, I
June %, 1884. I
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
OF his claim, and that said proof viii be
maze before the Judge, or IN his absence
the Circuit Clerk Of Greene. county, at
Laakesyille, Miss, on August II, lS55, viz
George W. Young, Homestead No. l2,2S5,
for the northwest quarter section 2, town
ship !, soIth range 7 west.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upOu and
OF said land, viz: W. +. Ru-
banks, w. r. Mcleod, L. b. Ball aud J.
s. Woodland, all of Vernal P. o., Greene
County, Mics.
JAS. d. STEWART, Register.
June 90, 1888. l5-6t
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

A man " no has tried il sayslhss
wooden posts treated as follows 81
a cost oftwo cents apiece WA IS:'
so long that the party adopting "
will not live 10 sec his posts aec"
Take boiled linseed oil, aud SUI !"
pulvenzed charcoal 10 the co's,s,
ency of paint, and put a coat O'''
the timber.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

General Robert q Schenck, who
was once so tar gone with Bright's
disease that even poker playing
became a burden 10 him, is nov
living quietly IN Washington, at
hale and hearty as as man 70 yesrs
can expect 10 be. A milk dies
cured him. be things.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

A little grrl was eating green
corn by gnawing it from the cob,
when her teeth got entangled with
a corn-sllk. ooh, dear!" she SAID,
impatiently, 81 wish when they get
the corn made they would pull out
basting threads"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

The middleman is generally
pretty comfortable sort o. PeI ",s
in business life bat he looks mo
unhappy than a hen win
flannel on her leg when he Is Ute
eed out TO a concert BY his mo'"
in.Iaw and his wife's aunt
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1888-08-03

The Moulton Advertisers editor
an entomOlogist, says of fleas ; that,
preferred resort, is "dOwn the
stocking leg of some quiet woman
or up among the hounces and bus
lie Of a tricky girl. The best way
TO treat a flea is 10 let it alone and let
II get through with its picnic. The
more YOU disturb H., the more
troublesome it become, and the
more sensitive T you TO its harm.
less frolics.'
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-05
FRED MARSDEN's WILL.
1t Will BE Contested by His Daughter
on the Ground Of Insanity.

New York, july 4 Special Telegram to
The BEE. Blanche Marsden, daughter of
Fred Marsden, the playwright, who suicided
because of her alleged unnatural conduct
and disowued her in his will, intends to con-
test the will. Her portion of the estate is
father used cocOaiue and was not accounta
BILE for his acts She says: ~ am prac-
tlcally without resources. What is more |
have a name which has been dragged in the
mire. 1t was the constant effort in my
former home of certain persons to convert
the trivial follies of young girl into acts of
studied depravitY. My father was a
monomaniac on the subject of my personal
character. Yet the blame was not his so
much as my mothcr's They never lived
happily together. She detested the very
profession in which my father won fame and
a competence. Actors, playwrights and Bo-
hemians in general we're an abOmination to
her. Six years ago my father attempted
suicide He latterly became addicted to the
excessive use OF cOcoainc, and consumed on
an average a full bottle day 1t unbal-
anced hls mind, and he was driven at last to
a condition bordering on insanity which re
suited in my expulsion from the parental
roof and his suicide
Among the witnesses which Miss Blanche
will produce Is IL prominent Harlem ply
sician who claims to have two letters penued
by Fred Marsden containing II revelation
which places the blame upon Mrs. Marsden,
who always "naggedn him concerning
Blanche's conduct
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-05
RYAN Is DEAD.
The Victim of Tuesday Nights Shoot
in@ fray Basses AMnN.

Listening to the music of the bands that
were celebrating the nations birthday, John
Ryan, the victim of Tuesday nights shoot
ing aTray passed silently away. He died
about 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and had
been unconscious nearly the entire time
Only once did he appear to recover con
sclOuSncSs and that was when Father
Moriarty leaned over him to give the con-
ISOLATION of the church. He made no state
ment and did not appear to know by whom
he was shot. Coroner DreNcl was ut once
notified, and after hearing the evidence the
jury returned Il verdict that the deceased
had come to his death from pistol shot
wound said shot coming from pistol in the
hands of f.. NJ. Olfineer, with malice afore-
thought. The latter was at once removed to
the county Jail, and the body was turned
over to Heafy & Heafy, undertakers.
The deceased was twenty-four years
of age and came from Peoria,
ILL.,, where his parents still reside.
He was always sober and industrious, and
never known to have been engaged in quar-
rel During his stay in South Omaha he had
made friends of all with whom he came in
contact, and they expressed their sympathy
in IA practical manner, for in less than two
hours they subscribed Il sufficient amount to
pay all expenses incurred in sending the
body home. Officers Redmond and MalOncy
started the list, and were soon followed by
others, and to-day the remains will be for
wardcd to his former home.
Francis Meyer Ofncer, who is charged
with the crime, has made no statement, and
refuses to say anything about the shooting.
He has always been looked upon as quiet, in
offensive man. He is teamster by occupa-
ton, and also the keeper of boarding
house. II was at his house Walter Parker,
the young man who was so severely scalded,
died last week, and it is also said he has
been drinkkng heavily since then.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-05
WILL THEY STRIKE?
Indications ofa Serious Agitation by
the TciegrapherS.

New YORK, July 4.-[Special Telegram
to THE BEE, There are indications of tho
revival of the agitation by the telegraphers
Of the country for the ameloratiOn of their
condition. Considerable activity has been
manifested for some time in the ranks of the
Telegraphers' brotherhood. A secret meet
ing of the delegates from several sections of
the country took place in this city last week.
1t is understood that il was called by Tom
O'Reilly, who is the recognized Representa-
tive of the organized operators and many of
those who participated in the strike of 1883
were present. II was admitted by many of
the prominent members of the fraternity who
Were spoken to that the meeting twas called
to consider the present platform of the
brotherhood; TO prepare statement Of griev-
ances which will be submitted TO the local
assemblies under the jurisdiction of the ma
tional assembly for approval or rejection and
to define permanent policy to be persist
emily pursued in AN effort to improve their
condition. A special circular has been dis
trbuted To the craft urging all to join the
brotherhood. The general impression pre-
walls that the telegraph operators are deter
mined TO avail themselves of the busy, rush
ing, restless activity and excitement of a
presidential year. They will ask reasonable
7 concessions from the companies at moment
when they cannot be well ignored.
Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-05
AssnIltnnHis Eirst WIFE

Lon George who assaulted County Attor-
ncy Smcral, has been guilty of enough mis-
deeds TO make strong case for the doctrine
Of total depravity; but one Of the meanest
was perpctrated Tuesday night He has
two wives, and after he successfully played
the sick dodge and got out of jail he went
back TO his first spouse, who is known as
Jessie Taylor. She lives at Fourteenth and
Webster streets. Tuesday night a couple Of
officers were in that neighborhood in charge
of IA drunken man. when they heard the loud
screams of woman. They turned their
prisoner loose, and after going two blocks
they located the outcry in Jcssles house.
They found the woman with face beaten
almost to jelly. She said she had been as
saulted by George in "a Jealous rage over the
attention of another man. She also accused
him of robbing her of a diamond pin worth
$500. George fled before the arrival of tho
officers