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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-14
ago SLOW"
1t Is Those Who Can Wait Who Sue
coed.

Il
coed.
Prentice milford in New York Star.
"Give to each proportioned thought its act"
Hamlet Which simply means Ego Slow"
and when in hurry wait till your hurry is
over.
A "proportioned thought" is clear thought
IL is the plan which one sees perfectly outlined
in his or her mind las you may see on paper the
architects plan for building. To carry out
this proportional thought" in the mind with
the body, it is necessary to go slow in order to
get ahead fast
Let us, then, learn to initiate nature. The
sun never hurries while setting. Neither does
u hen. Both set in harmony with natures
laws. Were the sun i'll as chronic condition
of hurry as are one-half of us miserable sinners,
we should have sunrise half an hour after sun
set, and no night to sleep in were hens in as
great a hurry about setting as we are about
living there would soon be no broods of
chickens brought TO light. and with the failure
%of'elsickens there would soon be failure OF
eggsl
What if mother earth hurried her orbit
round the sun, and completed year in six
months? Would she be any better off, or we
be any better off with rent doubling up us
go slow. It's the old hunter who kills the
most ducks, because he waits for hours where
they come to feed instead OF rampaging over
miles of country like the young man searching
for ducks to shoot, and showing the ducks
himself and his gun and what he's after.
Hurry reveals lots OF secrets which, from q
business and most practical point of view, it
pays better to keep to yourself Hurry shows
your opponent your cards and your "hand" in
your face. What is time good for but to use
to think in, and isn't time money.
Go slow. It's the little touches, the merest
"dabs," the finest possible shadings Of the pic
ture that produce the "eifect," and these, ON
the artists part, are the result of study, time,
repose, deliberation. The artist paints his
mood of mind as well as the picture. lie must
not even move his brush or mix his colors in u
hurry. There's thought in every shading and
an idea in every hairs touch of his brush, and
these can't be transferred to canvas at 2:40,
breakneck pace.
Go slow. Ideas are not Matched by straining
and grabbing for them. They come to you
when the mind Is in mood TO receive them.
You would call farmer a fool to throw his
seed ON unplowed ground month before the
proper season forplanting because he was in a
hurry for the crop. These's vast amount of
human effort made about as sensible.
Go slow Many Of the things a man hurries
after are not worth the hurrying for. A young
man was once in great hurry to get married.
He got married. Within years time he was
in as great hurry to ger unmarried. He got
unmarried. Soon he was in great hurry &c
get married again. But this is no way TO rush
into such a serious and important business
Had he gQne slow at the start he would prob
ably have saved himself lots of trouble, ex-
pense and sad experience.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-14
A MUSICAL SNAKE.
A Confederate Soldiers Pet Lost and Recov-
cred.

Confederate Soldiers Pet Lost and Recov-
cred.
From the Swalnsboro, Ga, Pine Forest.
In the year 1864 q confederate soldier from
one of the louisiana regiments came home
with one of the young men and spent his fur
Tough at Vineland. The soldier had q pet
rattlesnale about two feet long which he car
ried in an inside pocket of his shirt. The sol
der would whistle to the snake "Dixie,"
"Bonnie Blue Flag and other popular war
tunes Which always had noticeable effect on
the little snake. He used tho root of some
kind of herb as charm and circle made on
the floor or ground with the root the snake
would not dare attempt to cross. One day
while out in the field after fodder for his horse
the soldier placed the snake in his hat and put
1t upon the fence, first running his root around
the brim of the hat so that the snake could not
crawl out, but there came n puff of wind and
blew the hat Off the fence and the influence of
the charm being removed the snake orawled
OIL into swamp near at hand The prettiest
thing about the snake was that he was beaut-
iuily tattooed with different colored inks. The
name of the snake was "Dick," the initials of
the soldier and his regiment and company and
z. S. A. all beautifully and legibly tattooed on
the back of the snake. AS time passed on and
lifted the war clouds and let in the sunshine
OF peace and prosperity no more was thought
OF the soldier and his little rattesnake "Dick,"
VII 1886 twenty-five years after the war;,
negro woman in passing the swamp discovered
very large rattleSnake, which after being
killed was found to have twenty-six rattles
and two buttons and his hide when stuffed
held three peclls of bran, but all the tattooing
had grown out. Then how are we to know
that it was "Dck?" Why, when the woman
assumed a warlike attitude "Dick" sprung
his rattles and ratified off Dixie in such notes
as would put to blush regular brass band and
to the tune of which up marched about one
hundred well armed young rattesnakes about
six feet in length all rafting off Bonnie Blue
Flag
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-14
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BANGS AND BANCROFT.


OF the Others
From the New York Press.
The comedy Of Judge Not is in the legs
of Mr.. Bangs. The physical beauty of it is in
the graceful lines Of Helen Bancroft. The
actress is quito divine dummy. In the
midst Of elocuton her facial expressions are
not pretty. But reclining languidly on the
end of sofa, moving pink feather fan to
and fro in lazy rhythm and sweeping sidelong
CLEANS Of oriental fire out Of the dark night OF
her eyes, Helen is a good thing. If she were
a great actress we might speak Of her genius
instead of the velvety curve Of her graceful
throat. But as it is we stop at the throat.
This is usually gratifying TO woman. You
are taking chances when you continually re-
mind a girl Of her talents and never
speak Of her Grecian nose. Bernhardt
would doubtless rather be the most elorously
perfect beauty alive than the greatest actress.
1t is sad TO contemplate this weakness in wo-
men, but when we consider how much sadder
it is TO contemplate lack Of beauty in them,
We discover their excuse for being constituted
that way. And so the ripping satin Of Ban
croft's eloquent shape is spoken Of. We are
unable to say: "You arc Electrically satisfy
ing" So we tell her TO exult in her spherical
g0rgeousness. Imagine fine fall OF sculptur-
ed snow on pink satin sofa, and there is Ban
croft. Her glance is not assuring, but there Is
an equatorial throb in her moon colored flesh
which would inspire a Gautier to another col
Orful tale of Cleopatra. She should never
smile, never frown, but just exist in the lime
lighted air. There are lots Of other women
on the stage like her Why do not they form
Themselves into a great troupe Of statuary and
70 around the country as freight2
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-14
RELICS OF ROBINSON CRUsoE.
What Mementoes Travellers Find on the
Island of Juan Fernandez

What Mementoes Travellers Find on the
Island of Juan Fernandez
Great care, says W. E. Curtis, in his recent
book on Spanish American capitals, has been
taken to preserve the relics of Alexander Sell
kinks stay upon the island, and his cave and
huts remain just as he left them. In 1868 the
officers of the British man-of-war Topaz erect
ed marble tablet to mark the famous out
look from which Mr.. Crusoe, like the ancient
mariner, used to watch for sail. land
yet no sail from day to day." The
inscription reads: "In memory of Alexan-
der Selkirk, mariner, a native of Largo, county
of Fife, Scotland, who lived upon this island
in complete solitude for four years and four
months. He was landed from the Cirque
Ports galley. Sc tons, 16 guns, a. d. 170f, aud
was taken off in the Duke, privateer, on Feb
ruary II, 1909. He died lieutenant of II. b.
M. S. Weymouth, AZ years. This tablet is
erected upon Selkirk's lookout by Commodore
Powell and the officers of Ii. B. NJ. S. Topaz,
A, D. 1865" No one ever goes to Juan Fer
nandez without bringing r,vyy rocks end sticks,
as reiics OF the place. There is a very fine sort
of wood peculiar to the island, which makes
beautiful canes, as it has q rare grain and
polish as well.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-14

From the Talbotton. Ga. New Era
j. Tom Smith, Of Talbotton, had one horse
back ride he will never forget. 1t was not
perilous, but it was terrible.
Liberty Hill church is few miles north of
Box Spring. The church is near the public
road, and on the opposite is burying ground,
with numerous rail pens over the graves, built
as though to prevent the dead from getting
out. Tall pines surround the church and
graveyard; there is no dwelling within sight,
and it is a gloomy spot on bright morning.
Tom Smith started home from a neighbors
late one summer evening. heavy cloud was
approaching, vivid lightning flashed inces-
sanity, peals of thunder rent the air, and when
Tom Smith reached the church it was night,
and he decided to go within until tho threat
ening storm had passed. The church door
was open as shown by the lightning; but
Smith thought nothing Of that; it was usually
open. Riding up to the door he dismounted,
stepped inside the church and held his horse
by the rein. A fash of lightning revealed to
Smith an object at the farther end of the
church. The object appeared to move. There
was another flash and the object was nearer.
"Who is that?" asked Tom Smith. There
was no answer. Another flash and the object
was nearer. "Speak, or shootl" cried Smith.
Still no answer. There was another flash, and
the man, ghost or devil, Smith knew not
which, was within reach.
Snatching his horse alongside the door Tom
Dhlltu dllilOSt lIdHllC jumped upon MIN, ana,
at once, his awful companion sprang up be-
hind, caught him around the waist, and tightly
pinioned Smiths arms to his sides. The horse
took fright and then began a ride more terri
bic than was that of Tam O'Shanterss.
Down the road they went. The lightning
flashed; the thunder reared the rain poured ;
the wind whistled through the mourning
pines; Tom Smith yelled and his awful com
panion was as silent as the grave. The horse
stopped at a farmhouse gate. The farmer
startled by Smiths yels, ran to the gate with
light. Before Smith could explain, the OBJ
ieet behind him jumped TO tile ground The
farmer raised his light, and they both recog-
nized a man well known in the neighborhood
He was insane, and like Tom Smith had gone
into the church to avoid the storm.
Mrs Leland Stanford's jewels are valued at
around million. Her diamond necklace is,the finest
in the United States and possibly in the world. 1t
cost s74 COD and consists flarge, "blue tint soil
taires. Besides this She has several pairs Of magnh
cent solitaire earrings and enough other precious
stones " fill quart measure
Mrs. Kate Chase, rs brilliant as ever and
nearly beautiful, is living quietly on her estate
at "Edgewood," near Washington. There Is pros
pect that the good lady, whose life since her IA
theirs death has been full Of care and anxiety may
enjoy great prosperity again. az her property owing
70 Improvements In is vicinity, rapidly rising in
value,
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-14
Jay Gould Reading Amelio Hiveg.



Mr. Gould started for Saratoga yesterday,
and Is now there. Before he LEFT Iryingon the
Times correspondent paid him Il visit, and found
that the invalid was dividing the day between read
ing a novel on the shaded yerauda aud diekering
with some flowers in the garden. The book was
Amelie Riyess THE Quick or the Deadly which he
said he was perlzng because he had heard 30 much
about II.
"And does II entertain you was asked.
"Toleraby," was the reply. ~ Is a curious study
OF a morbid mental condition IN a woman The
features which ] suppose have pOpularzed II are
dlsagrceal-e. don't know when / have read
novel before. My doctor told me to try fiction and
let thoughtful books alone b am obeyingn
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-08-14
Rough on Tall Men.

From Interview IN Pittsburg Dispatch
believe that people Of small stature are far
better natured than those Of average size. Did you
ever see a small man who wasn't good natured and
inclined to take a rosy view Of lite? And did you
ever see little woman who wasn't Jolly and full Of
fun? I've studied humanity good deal, and /
never yet have encountered small person who was
Burly or misauthrOpic. Who are the peAglmists7
lAnk, tall. rawboned, dyspeptc individuals almost
invariably.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-19

having ruined two classes of men connected with the meat industry, that matters of startling importance will be discovered which may par take somewhat of the sensational. The committee is going to take up the work before them with the honest purpose of finding out what the causes are which are making the anomalous conditions now ex- isting in the beef producing indus try. The committee will require information from many sources in order to probe to the bottom the ulcer which clings to the industry of cattle raising through the mach nations of the Chicago bandits. Leading men in all departments of live stock production will be called on for facts and figures, and no doubt they will respond cheerfully to the call of the committee. What the committee has to do is heroic and every assistance possible should be rendered by cattle growers, bank CTS, and others to make their labors successful. The men whose busi- ness methods the committee have to investigate are not spring chick ems, neither are they so gui'eIess that information yertaining to their affairs is going to ooze from them upon gentle pressure. The prcpondprance of evidence on the part of the public interested i'll the matter must be very great, or, by evasion of the truth, concealment of facts, and ncgation the Chicago contingent will come out winners, and more than ever sustain their reputation as the shinning lights of the commercial world in "addi- ton, division and silence. "-Stock Grower.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-19
Floods in Mexico.

The destruction of life and prop erty wrought by the floods along the line of the Mexican Central railroad is appalling. For ten days rain fell in torrents on the table lands between the City of Mexico and Zacatecas, and for distance of 200 miles along the railroad every rivulet was converted into torrent. Valleys were flooded and many cities and towns were inundated. At Silao the rlver overfowed it's banks and the volume of water swept through the streets with ire sistible force, destroying about 325 adobe houses. At Leon, 25 miles from Silao a similar disaster occur red with more terrible results. The river rose rapidly and inundated the city during the night. Houses tumbled in rapid succession, and the terror-stricken inmates bewil- dered and having no chance to es- cape, were buried beneath the fall- ing walls. Many of those who es- caped into the streets were drowned in the angry waters. This state of affairs continued for three days with an incessant down pour of rain. Then the waters began to recede and the extent of the loss to life and property could be approxi- mated. It is estimated that 700 persons perished, 2,224 houses were destroyed, and that the losses will reach $2,000,O00. Every effort is being made to relieve the sufferings of the homeless and destitute.- Exchange,
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-19
Assist the Committee.

The investigation of the dressed
 beef men of Chicago and the dress beef and live stock carrying rail roads will begin promptly at Wash ington upon the adjournment of congress. It is known already by the committed who will take Mr. Armour and his confederatcs in hand upon the serious charge of
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-19

AWAY back wonder toward the dawn of creation when Abraham, Lot and the rest of the people were engaged in the range cattle business it was settled at one of the round up meetings that 1t was all right to work on Sunday if the cattle hap pened to fall into ditch. This was literally construed in after time, and it finally came to pass that the cowboy worked on Sunday even branches that had no ditches on them. The Tascosa Pioneer, however, says: It is announced that the KIT people have introduced an innovation in range practices in the Panhandle. Last Sunday the foreman of the Capitol outfit an- nounced to the boys that six days were enough in every seven for man or beast to work and that they would stop for twenty-four hours and observe Sunday. Nobody said nay, and accordingly the pro- gram Is changed on the ranges of one cattle corporation.-Field and Farm.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-19
Unite for Protection.

The STorK GROWER has reasons for believing that the bankers of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Texas, will gladly enter into arrangements with the cattlemen upon such plans as may be agreed upon in convention, to carry them along until such time as the markets for beef are considerably improved. A plan to this effect will help the cattle raisers in their present task of protecting themselves from the rapacity and organized robbery of the big four, for it is an admitted fact that the Chicago fellows are greatly stimulated in work of cut ting down the cattle raisers and binding the entire meat industry by the necessities of the cattlemen who are constantly glutting the market with immature catttle- cattle that should remain longer on the farm and ranch before being sent to the shambles. We do not see any valid reason why the bank CTS and cattlemen should not make arrangements to common advan- tage in this matter. It certainly would help the latter to break the chains now binding their business to the chariots of the big four. We know that any day these men can manipulate the markets so that the conditions for the seller of cat tie are pitiless and destructive to his interests. What is further needed is for the cattle raisers to Lc absolutely freed from the exac- tions of market where the ordi- nary laws of supply and demand have no show whatever. Let the men, then, who want cattle for slaughter or the maturing pens come to the range and get their supplies. The producer must be- gin to secure for himself few points of advantage in the promo ton of his industry, and one of the most feasible as well as beneficial will be the selling of his products directly from the grazing grounds
 We hopefully believe that this suggestion for a conference of the bankers and cattlemen will meet with an enthusiastic endorsement. The time is propitious for intelli- gent and earnest action upon the
 line proposed.-Stock Grower.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-19
Edison Working on an Air Ship.

Thomas A. Eddison, the inven- tor, is now dividing his time be- tween the joys of paternity and ex- periments upon new electric fly ing machine which he has been commissioned by the Spanish Gov ernment to make for war purposes. The system will be one of revolving fans, to which power is supplied by means of wire connecting with an electric dynamo on the earth. The fans are not only to propel, but lift the air-ship. Then with a properly equipped car an officer can ascend and take photographs and sketches of the enemy's position, which will give a great strategic advantage to the Spanish commander. MT. Edi- son is confident that his experi- ments will result successfully,-N. Y. Tribune.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-19

The osriches of Mir Clanton, which are now in an enclosure on the feast grounds, are worthy of a visit, as a person who has never seen an ostrich cannot have an idea of their immensity. Mr. CIanton informs Us that they prefer alfalfa to anything else that he can feed them on. This valley will evident ly furnish an abundance of feed
 for the monsters.-Phenix Gazette.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-19

The supreme court of Pennsyl- vania has just decided that mar. riage is a civil contract, and in no sense a religious affair. That is English common law, and Amerir can statute law. The court decides that Sunday marriages are null and void in that state, because the Sun day law prohibits all contracts be- ing made on that day. The court is right again. But the decision shows the necessity of either amend ing the Sunday law or repeating them as utterly un-American in their interference with personal rights and freedom of conscience, -Ex,
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-19
A Bloody ReminiScence.


 Democrat, outside of New Mexico and Colorado, recall the Taos mas sacre? Blood was poured out like water over this same Maxwell land grant one night in January forty years ago. Then the conditions were reversed. The people claimed that the grant was this enormous tract. They were under the leader ship of a Taos priest named Marti- neg. On the other hand, the holders of the grant urged that the priest and his followers were mistaken, that the grant was for no such tract but only for eigh- teen or twenty leagues Under the representation of the priest tine grant was suspended. Beside claiming that the grant was exces- sive, the priest declared that an American, Charlie Bent, was inter- ested in the transaction.
 But Beaubien and Miranda, to whom the grant had been made, came forward at once with their explanations and afidavits that the grant covered only sixteen or eighteen leagues, and with a denial that Back was interested. So the order of suspension was revoked.
 But the priest and his followers were not satisfied. Two years pass ed, and in August, 1846, Gen. Rear ney and Col. Doniphan, at the head of one column of the army against Mexlco, marched into Santa Fe, raised the stars and stripes in the plaza and proceeded to organize in the name of the United States the territory of New Mexico. Beau bien, the Canadian, showed how uncertain had been his Mexican citizenship by becoming an asso- ciate justice of the supreme court of the new territory within couple of months after Kerney and Doni- phan marched in. No longer was any secret made of the fact that Bent was interested in the grant. He had become governor of the new territory.
 The following January, while the Americans were engaged in holiday festivities, the Mexicans and the Pueblo Indians revolted. Their avowed provocation was this Max veil grant and two other like trans actions, which turned over to the hated Americans the whole north east corner of the territory. They murdered Gov. Charles Bent, Mar cisco Beaubien, Luis Lee, Cornelio Vigil and many others. Vigil was a Mexican, but he had accepted the office of associate justice under the new government organized, and was interested in the grants. For q couple of days the Mexicans and Pueblos wrecked terrible vengeance upon all they could in any way connect with this grant business, and the lives taken were numbered by the scores. Their riot subsided, |, but the grant lived on, 10 be con l firmed in this year of grace, 1887, forty years after the massacre 1t provoked. The extent of the tract has proved to be, not what Beau l bien and Miranda said 1t was, but what the priest Martinez, in 1644 claimed 1t to be.-Globe- Democrat. Miss Matilda Carrillo Is said to be a young lady of more than or dinary financial abilities. She acts as treasurer, agent, attorney and book-kccper for her father, who is reputcd to be one of the wealthiest
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-19

Our Montana cattlemen who are down in the southern country buy ing steers, seem to be procuring what they went after, although range steers are scarcer down on the southern ranges than they expected to find them.-Miles City Journal.