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The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-16
ITO BE CONTINUED
Well Earned.

The first money one really earns has a
value and an Importance peculiarly its
own-a value which is increased if the
money is earned by hard and faithful
labor. One man, at least. will never
forget now he felt on receiving his first
wages He was boy Of Is at the time,
western farmers son. Early one
morning a neighbor appeared unexpcct-
eddy ut the door
My boys down sick, today" lie said,
AN | wondered if couldn't git your
Jimmy to drap corn for me in ~ piece
I'm just finishing up. Of course I'd cX-
pect to pay him for it"
AS our corn was all in, saws tn" gentle
man, and my father was always glad to
oblige neighbor, he said ct once that |
might go.
was greatly pleased with the idea Of
being paid in cash for my services, as
had never worked away from home, and
the spending money" that father coca
si0naIly gave me did not seem like money
had earned.
Up and down, down and up the long
burrows tramped before Farmer Gray's
hoe. 1t was an exceedingly warm day,
and Farmer Gray was ''smart worker, "
and evidently intended that should
earn my money. | had fairly to trot be-
fore him, while he frequently encouraged
the to renewed speed by saying:
"lIurry along, my son! Git along as
fast as You kin. It's the only way to
make a Twin in this world.
We stopped just long enough to eat our
dinner, and finished planting the corn
about in the afternoon Then Mr.. Gray
said:
"Nuw. sonny, you can make up the
balance O the day wedding my onion
bed"
SO pulled weeds TIL nearly o'clock,
when was called in to supper, after
which Mr.. Gray said cheerfulIy:
"S'posin you jiSt split up wood enough
TO last Mis- Gray to-morrer, an then help
me DO my feedin'-for good measure.
you know.
1t was quite dark when Mr.. Gray
pulled out his pocket book.
"Well, sonny" said he, ''you've done
right well. an don mnnd payn &
man his money when he's ARMED it.
About how much, now, ought to pay
you, eh?'
was modest and bashful, and told
him to pay me what he thought | had
earned.
We'll, them he replied, "s'posin' we
call it fifteen cents. Folks wOrkin' by
the day don't gin rally stay to supper, an
as YOU did | reckon fifteen centsll be
bout right Here's your money, an
next time want a boy I'll give you a
Chance
took the money with a good con
science had certainly earned it
Youth Companion
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-16

T le world is fall OF sh"d lYard shams,
but real merit is ALWAYS rec 'gn'zed.
Thirty years ago Dr. ShalrnherLer dI>-
covered an Antidotp to the poi on # NJ l.
la7ia. which has La an immense sale,
al -hongh until r"r"ully il has rot hn"I'
advertised in a sinyl" newspaper Mer
it alone has So IL it All tE,t :" y">r~, b.
cause i: cures y hpn III "'se f4i 8. AMI i
lust wh1t is claimed! il. Ii inft'ihlN
IL etroys Malaria and conll rot ham an
infsnt, Sol hv Drug4i~ts, or sent ty
n7ai for g dnIIar \ 'draea d. ! I
SnALLENBERGFR, Rncl ester, p.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1890-04-16
LADIES

LADIES
Needing tonic, or children that want building
U3 should take
BROWNS IRON 0ialsAE>e.
1t is pleasant to Il &c. cures Malaria. ;1Glges'
ton, and Biliousncss AN dealers keep it,
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-09-20
Bread Upon the Waters.

A white ribboner who is telegraph
operator on the |. M. & S. railway
was reading her Bible one Sunday
evening at the station when the 10 a.
m. call was given for all to be at their
respective instruments to answer.
She was moved to send a scriptural
passage over the wire. She did so,
and a lady in Missouri responded in
like manner. This has been repeated
until it has gone into custom, hay
ing been persistently kept up for
more than a year. A friend re-
marked: ~ know you must be ac-
complishing great good" Her re-
ply was: "You would not think so
if you could but hear what | do pass
over the wires. But | was recently
encouraged by a message from a
young man who said i do not know
who you are, but think you M. A.
B.. At any rate, you have &C
complished much for me- / took on
fresh courage and concluded not to
weary in well-doing.'
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-09-20

tor, has succeeded in getting a petit
ton signed by several hundred of our
people to abolish the G. 0. D. "jug
business. Mr.. Case, the superin-
tendent replied in most beautiful
terms that the request should be
granted, not only for this place, but
all other prohibition towns receiving
express at this place, and would
promptly notify them of the same.
Again "Praise the Lord" Lovingly
yours, JULIA A. CLARK,
State W. c.. T. u. Rec. Sec.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-09-20
Dampened Pomposity.

A certain young man just born
into the kingdom of the voter, with
his newly pledged honors thick upon
him, recently counterfeited the pose
of Joe Jefferson, and assuming the
air of disgust so common to Young
America at that especial crisis, deliv-
cred himself of the following rare bit
of gush: "Young America-Grand-
ma, these w. CT. US do make me
mortally tired, nosing about and med
ding in a fellow business. =" "Grand-
ma-Yes, my child, and your limbs
%
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-09-20

will undergo a greater strain still
when these women make you journey
all the way from Maine to the Pacific
to find something stronger than sooth-
ing syrup to get drunk on" The
boys statue suddenly lowered, and
he hasn't been so large and impor-
tant since. That grandmother must
be blessed with her second sight. At
any rate, she sees clearly to read the
signs of the times. Husband your
health and strength, grandmother,
you may yet live to see the devils
gin-mills that far apart. Then, oh,
then it will be an easy task to push
them off into the ocean; easier than
our forefathers dumped the tea down
to where the sea monsters dwelt.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-09-20
Gleanings From the Field.
STUTTGART.

STUTTGART.
Our union is having steady growth
We had a Gospel temperance service
last Sunday evening. The house was
filled to overfowing and many went
away from lack of room. The prin-
cipal theme of the evening was 1.-The
License System and its great fall
lacy. The people seemed eager to
hear and as willing to give. The col
lection was very fair.
We decorated the house for the oc-
casion with flowers, banner with
our national motto and one with "No
License" omit. Music furnished from
our own book-"Glorious Cause"
On Monday we had lunch stand
right next the polling place. Some
of the sisters superintendent the stand
while Others worked in the interest of
"no license. +"
We renamed at our post all Gay,
working hard, and were crowned with
success. We won, although the
whisky side was out in full force
"Blessed be God who giveth US the
victory"
Our regular meetings are not only
entertaining, but highly instructive.
Our president-Mrs. Blanchard-is
noble woman, and has superior execu-
tive ability. She gives asubject, say
"Household Religion" giving us col
lateral texts for investigation, expect
ing the parties assigned to be pre-
pared for explanation at the next
meeting. Papers on important topics,
bearing upon some of the many sides
of our work are required, all the
members joining in a discussion of
the same subject.
We continue our column in the
local paper, and shall soon organize
our temperance Sunday-school. .
Our efficient treasurer, Miss Pegg,
resigns soon to attend the university
in your place. We regret sorely to
lose her, but commend her to your
love and confidence. Remember me
TO Mother Chase. Lovingly,
Mrs. EVA B. EDEN.
**
BEEBE.
The w. C. T. U. at the Saturday
meeting before the election entered
into q covenant to spend the hour,
from 8 to 10, on Monday praying the
Lord to give us the victory over
uLicense. He heard and answered
our prayer, and now we shout "Ho-
sauna in the highest and PRAISE
the Lord. His mercy endureth for
ever"
We have had a grand help in the
various pastors all the Summer Now
last, but not least, the good news
comes to you that our "whlte lid
honor - Miss BRIGGS, telegraph opera
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-09-20
National Pledge.

81 solemnly promise, God helping me, to alb
stain fromall distilled fermented and malt
liquors, including wine and cider, and to en-
ploy all proper means to discourage the use
of and traffic in the same"
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-09-20
BEAR CITY.

feel constrained to write ana tell
you Of the victory inour mining camp.
Bear went "dry yesterday by a hand
some majority"
There had been no special agita-
ton of the subject, but simply a
giant determination on the part of the
temperance element. If the vote
had not carried against license the
citizens were prepared to petition it
out. All honor to the State of Ar
kansas, which comedies the right of
petition to her women, which counts
woman's name if not her vote. Ar
kansas legislators may not be aware
of it, but that local option law is do
ing more to agitate the woman
suffrage question and to make
friends for that measure Gas agitation
always does) than anything else at
present. AT least we find it so in
this locality. The women of Bear,
awaiting with intense anxiety the re-
suit of yesterdays election, argued
thus among themselves: eff they
don't vote it out to-day it will only
have to be done over with this differ.
ence, that we women shall have a
voice, and that instead of taking one
day it will take several. Now why
in reasons name wouldn't it be just
as well for us to vote? We are going
to have it our way in the end, and
why is it any worse for us to drop g
ticket into the ballot-box than to
write our names on a petition? We
don't care so much about voting for
the officers, but we don't see why
there is anything so dreadful in that
either" So the leaven works. Once
get women thinking about it and
the battle is half won. Only two or
three women in Bear openly syma-
thized with the license party, and
those, almost without exception, speak
the English language but brokenly.
Many who voted for license were of
the honest opinion that to abolish the
saloons was to damage the town.
They cling to the idea that all mining
men want whisky. Ibelieve "dry"
mining camp is rather an anomaly.
But this is an age of departures, and
in nothing is change so marked as in
drinking customs. People who have
lived far away from centers of civil
cation have no idea of the rapid adj
vance of the temperance reform
throughout the land. They cannot
hear the steady tramp, tramp of the
marching armies nor see the flying
banners, whose notices proclaim
peace and good will to all men. But
the moving hosts are coming nearer,
the trumpet call is sounding louder,
the idea of home protection and uni
versal brotherhood is gathering force
day by day in the woods of Arkan-
sas as elsewhere.
We feel proud to report our little
town of Bear without the aid of any
kind of temperance organization, in
the vanguard of the home protec-
tionists of this State.
CLARA G. CHAPLIN.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-09-20
DIRECTORY OF STATE OFFICERS.

LYDIA M. CHACE, State President, Little
Rock.
MRS. F. L. SUTTON, Corresponding Secre-
tary, Little Rock
MRS. JULIA A. CLARK. Recording Secretary,
Beebe.
MISS A. G. FAIR, Treasurer, Fifth and Wolf
Little Rock.
The w. G. T. U. meets every Thursday at
M, at headquarters, McDiarmid block,
5A2 W. Markham street.
The US meet every Monday at p,m,, at the
saH o place.
Woman's chronicle. (Little Rock, Ark.) 1888-1???, 1890-09-20
Temperance.

CONDUCTED BY MRS. F. L. SUTTON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-15
BASE BALL DISRUPTs A CHURCH.
The Pastor Deposed Because He Played
the National Game.

The story OF pastor deposed and a church
disrupted by quarrel over the national game
of base ball comes from the town Of Rockand,
Sullivan county, NY. The Rockland Me.
Church belongs to the Newburg district Of the
New York conference. In April last Rev.
Frank Forsyth then recently ordained to the
ministry, was assigned TO the Rockland charge
At first he was generally liked. but some of the
more exacting members Of the church charged
that he smoked cigars and played croque. and
they were horritied to find that he engaged in
games of base ball with other young m IN Of
the town. The elders of the church called
him to account, but he resented their dctation
and soon afterward announced from the pulpit
that picnic WAS to be held to raise money for
the church and that among the attractions
would be match game of base bali. The an
nouncement Mortified the brethren and the
trustees OF the society resolved to depose the
offending pastor summarily and without the
customary appeal to the bishop
On the following Sunday they locked The
pastor out of the church and gave notice that
he would no longer be permitted to conduct
services there. The pastor responded by
promptly sending III His resignation. A large
minority of the more liberal-minded members
Of the congregation who sympathiDsd with the
views of the pastor, at once seeded and started
a Free Methodist Church, with the Rev. Mr.
Forsyth as pastor. They nave hired the Roscoe
school-house as q temporary place Of worship
and there Mr.. Forsyth preached eloquently
last Sunday to a large and sympathetic audi
ence. His followers are going to build a
larger and handsomer church edifice than the
old one at Rockland. The basement will be
fitted uD q gymnasium
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-15
a POETESS BECOMES A WIFE.
Marriage Of Ida Lewis Watson to
Francis w. Higgins.

At $50 am. yesterday, at the Cathedral Of
the Holy Cross, in Boston. Miss Ida Lewis
Watson, the poetess, was married to Francis
W. Higgins of st. Louis. The ceremony was
performed by the Rev. Father Boland, who
also celebrated the marriage mass. In accord
ance with the brides wishes the wedding was
private, no one being present but the members
OF her family and few invited guests, among
them Rev. W. A. Downs. The bride. who is
tall, dark-haired, blue-eyed and stately, was
most beautifully sttired in a white frost plush
robe With full court train. Reverently held in
the brides hands was prayer book-the gift Of
the bridegroom-highly priced as a family me-
mento, for this identical prayer book was held
by Mr.. Higgins mother at the time Of her own
marriage. With the exception of a large silver
cross. inscribed with the date and place of her
marriage. the bride wore no ornaments
Mr.. Higgins Is a southern man and served
with distinction in the confederate army. He
Is engaged in several lucrative mining
schemes. principally in the Black Hills coun-
try. Instead Of purchasing q wedding ring
in the conventional way from a jeweler Mr..
Higgins himself mined the quartz ''panned"
it out with his own hands. had it smelted I'M
der his own eyes, and himself took it to the
jeweler and had 1t made into the heavy gold
band which his wife now wears on her wedding
finger. After short wedding trip the happy
couple will return to Boston, and later on
trip across the Atlantic is proposed. Mr. Hig-
gins Is devout Catholic, and Monday last his
BRIDE who for some time past has been under
instruction, was baptized at the cathedral and
received as a convert to the Catholic church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-15
THE MARYLAND ALLIANCE.
Adoption Of Resolutions Favoring FL
nancial Legislation and Reciprocity.

The Maryland State Farmers Alliance yes
terday adopted resolutions placing the body in
line with the national organization. The reso-
buttons also demand the abolition Of the national
banking system and advocate the issue Of
legal tender Treasury notes in such volume as
that the business Of the country shall be con-
Quoted on a cash basis; the free and unlimited
coinage Of silver and the issue Of fractional
currency to meet the demands Of business.
Congress is urged to forbid by law any further
dealing in futures in agricultural products; to
put stop to any further ownership in land by
aliens and to see that the railroads have not
taken up more than they can rightfully lay
claim to.
The alliance also approved and recommended
the passage OF the Morrill, bill in the Senate as
a measure of great importance to education
and favoring the proposed amendment that the
sum to be appropriated be applied only to in
struction in agriculture, the mechanical arts,
the English language and the various branches
Of mathematics, physical. natural and economic
science. with special reference to their applica-
ton to the industries of life.
resolution offered yesterday indorsing
Secretary Blaine'sreciprocityp plan was adopted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-15
STRETCHED HIS CONSCIENCE.
The Confession Of a Minister Arrested
on Charge Of False Pretenses.

Late last night Rev. r. H. McCready, Pres
byterian minister from New York was lodged in
the central station at Pittsburg upon charge
Of false pretense. He has for some time been
paying for the maintenance of his sister in the
Danville Insane Asylum. Wednesday his
mother, Mrs. Armstrong, died, and before pass
ing away gave him an order on the People,
Bank at Pittsburg for s319 for the sister, The
order was presented yesterday. The teller re-
marked that if Mrs. Armstrong were dead pay
ment could not be made, but if she were living
it would be legal. Rev. Mr. McCready re-
manned silent and this was taken to mean that
she was alive and the money was paid. Soon
after Mr.. McCready's brother came for the
money, saying his mother was dead. A warrant
was therefore issued for the minister, who con-
fesses to having stretched his conscience. but
holds it no sin to have done SO for this unfor-
tunate sisters sake. under the circumstances.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-15
Admission. 5 cents.
To Hiss the Baby, % cents.

The first man who entered the tent emerged
from it three minutes later with strange look
in his face. He spoke to his friends. There
was q mad rush for the tent. Every young man
fought wildly for admittance. Inside twelve
OF the prettiest girls Of Mat;ituck, dressed in
their daIntiest dresses. posed as kissers at rs
cents per kiss. In twenty minutes there was
line outside the tent extending to the end OF
the church. Directly the ksser emerged from
the tent he ran around and got in line again as
long as his quarters lasted The receipts of the
kissing booth were Sl60. The total receipts of
the fair were 1900. The girls were jubilant
Then came the afterelap. The prudish church
people raised an awful storm.
What do you mean by kissing every man
that comes aloug?" demanded one young man,
gloomily.
Il didn't Only the good-looking ones. Now,
Jim, don't be fool. Can't you see it was all
for the church,"
Il can see you are an arrant firt We can
never marry" and Jim stalks of holding his
head very high.
-Four engagements have been declared of,
ten people have announced they will leave the
church. every one is uneasy and awaits that ser
mon next Sunday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-15
FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION.
-Four Men Killed and Two Wounded
Near Newberry, 8. c.

Yesterday terrible boiler explosion occurred
at county saw mill twelve miles west Of New
berry, 8. c., on DR.. W. NJ Dorroh's place.
Four men-one white and three colored-were
killed, and two colored men seriously wounded
Pickens p. Matthews. white, son of the owner
OF the mill, met with an awful fate. He was
literally blown to atoms, his limbs being found
some distance from the scene of the explosion
and other portions Of his body suspended in
trees
The colored men, Carey Davis. Thomas Eli
son and William Chambers. had their heads
blown of and were otherwise terribly mutt
lated.
Milton Rabb, colored, had his thigh badly
mashed and Walt Davis was fearfully scalded.
A coiored boy named Young, about twelve
years DID, was the only one who escaped unin-
1ured. He says that the pump was out of or
der and the engine had been stopped. Ellison,
the colored engineer. and the other colored
men were around the furnace Of the engine,
and Matthews was working with the pump
when the explosion occurred. The pump was
In front OF the engine and near the saw, being
supplied with water from small stream, along
side Of which the engine was placed. Mat
thews' shoes were found by the stream, with
his feet in them, having been blown from his
body.
The noise of the explosion was distinctly
heard by persons In Newberry and by other
persons at great distances in the county
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-15
BURIED WITH A DERRICK.
Difficulties Encountered in Interim,
the Heaviest Woman in st. Louis.

From the livery stable Of Thomas Wand in
st. Louis took place yesterday the funeral Of
Mrs. Anna MCGOWAN, a woman Of thirty-six
years, who at the time of her death on Tuesday
night weighed AGO pounds. Her remains were
removed with difficulty to the undertaking
rooms from 11s Poplar street, where she died.
When the attaches Of the place attempted to
put the body in the largest coffin that was on
hand they found that it was hardly half large
enough, and it was then determined to secure
the largest casket to be had at a manufact-
urer's. Then even this was not large enough
and they tried to put her into the pine box
that is used for casing for the coffin before it is
lowered in the grave. Once more they were
forced to abandon the attempt and have a big
ger coffin made. 1t took ten men to lift the
coffin into furniture wagon, there being nc
hearse sufficiently capacious. 1t was lowered
into the grave with derrick
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-15
REMINDERS EXECUTION.
The "Lancet" Says He Died Of Con
cussion of the Brain.

The Lancet the leading medical organ of
London. discussing the Kemmler execution.
says: The operators in the Kemmler case used
their mimic lightning with all the clumsiness
OF mortal inability. They burned the skull
and portion of the back and exploded the
sinuses Of the brain. No doubt they were for
tunate enough to render the man senseless at
the first blow, just as they would have done if
they had struck him on the head and back with
a red-hot hammer, but there was found no
marks of the electrical current III or throug h
the viscera Of the body. The man WAS kille d
by conclusion of the brain and explosio N
within the closed cavity of the skull, just as a
man may be killed by apoplexy or sunstroke -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-08-15
DREAMs.

dreams
There was time when was greatly troubled with
dreams. The burdens of life seemed almost greater
than could bear and the troubles Of the day
me through the quiet hours of the night visions of
stallinent bills horrid nightmares and sleeI
made me tired. 1 read Grasty's advertisement, went
TO see his stock made my calculations Quit buying OIL
credit and now LIES pleasure" Thus spoke mar
who thought he had been getting a great accommoda-
ton in having some ready to claim his cash almost
before he earned it There are thousands of people
In Washington today who living as he had done
Now only ask you to use Just little
COMMON SENSE
and compare my prices with any house in the city and
Fllsave you something right along And here is the
reason: buy for cash. sell for cash. get ali can
for dollar, don't spend q dime chasing a cent my
expenses not onethird of houses other parts OF
the city. and willing to give you the benefits
Folding Beds. $40, sold elsewhere SIP to SIS; much
better one. $3.50. Wire Spring Cot. slys Woven
Wire Bed Springs, 81. %. Msttings-all reduced-7b
cents to 37x. 1000 New Spring Roller Shades, Doc
so dozen of those Fine Initial Tumblers G5c q set
Big stock Of China Glass and Tinware Remember we
are pledged to protect you everything you buy Nc
matter what We show it's at the right price Don't
say. Oh! it's too far up town"-thats where you ge,
the benefit. We sell goods from Georgetown to the
Navy Yard No matter where you live We want your
trade.
REMEMBER THE NAME AND PLACE.
NJ. C. GRASTY,
15l0-l5l2 9TH st. NV.
FURNITURE, CHINA, GLASS, SC,
au11 CHEAP FOX CASH.