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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-09-30

w. A. Freeman, farmer living near
Gainesville, Tenn, is reported to have
inherited S2,Oo0.0QQ in England.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-09-30

a worthy Woman Rescued from the
Grave by using HLDDEN'S MAG
NETIC C0MPOUND-A Lesson SO
plain that he who runs may Read
and Understand it We'll.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-25

T1n1fc Debility, spermatorrhna, Sem.
NG1tv WV inn! LOSSES, Night Emiss ion,
Loss Of Vital Powers. Slesplessness, Dependency,
Gloominess, Depression Of Spirits, Aversion to
Dull, l%istless, Unfit for Study or business, and
finds life q burden. SAFELY, PERMANENTLY
BLOOD AND SKIN i diseases IS ai syss,
most horrible In its results, completely eradicated
without the use of mercury. Scrofula, Erysipelas
Fever Sores. Blotches. pimples, Ulcers, Pains in
the Head and Bones, Syphilitic Sore Throat. Month
CURED WHEN OTHERS HAVE FAILED.
Az b Hl~"'wS Weak AZ" B S"as"f burning nrSa,
Urine, Frequency Of Urinating, Urine highly col.
ored or with milky sediment on standing. Gonor.
rhG, elect, CystitiA, Etc, promptly and safely
cured. Charges reasonable.
To Young Men and Middle Aged Men.
A SURE CURE E EaS =" H a. sH's ss,. Gf
brings organic weakness, DESTROYING both mind and
body, with all its dreadful ills, permanently cured.
Urethral Structure c cs%aHs ) ssma1!
without pain or injury. Proof hdisputabIe.
DRS. BETS inSs,sss , ,asss who h hay, ave
hhhpNAlSu VuthlbtlNC N Nv I'LL
proper indul2snces aud solitary habits which ruin
hoth body and mind, uniting them for business,
study or marriage.
MEN, or those entering on that hap.
py life, aware Of physical debility, quickly assisted.
OUR SUCCESS
IL based on facts. First-Practicsl Experience.
case Is especially studied, thus
starting Alright. Third-Medicines are prepared
IN our labratory exactly to suit each case, thus
cures without injury.
~ Send q cents postage for celebrated works
on chronic, Nervous and Delicate Diseases.
may save YOU future suffering and shame, and add
golden years to life. svANo letter answered
unless accompanied by cents in stamps. Address
DRS. Belts & BELTS,
% st. Charles Street, New Orleans, La.
December Is, 1891. 431v
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-25
Ghelemurrat-S II
MR.. PRExTISs WAS PROMPT.
Three Hundred AdIceflvcs and Ninety.
Three Cuss Words Used BY a
Modest Georgian.

"A Georgia man living in that
ancient town OF Rome, will be i'm.
mortallzed IN American history as
the first individual 10 make formal
application 10 The next President,
Grover Cleveland, for a Job. The
Georgia man whose name is
Prentiss, by the way, did not wait
10 hear from Illinois or OHIO be.
fore he got in his fine work. and
he did not depend upon Mr.. Wan.
amaker's service 10 put him in
touch with Cleveland. Jaw
Gould's telegraph wires were moi
any too good 10 do justice to The
favor OF the Ge0rgian's ambition.
His message was filed at The
Rome Office OF Mr.. Gould's tele.
graph company at 1874 D. M.
Nov. Sth, which was iwenty.six
minutes before Wednesday, the
9th, as anybody with half a mind
Tor mathematics can soon determ-
inc.
There were more than 1000
words in Mr.. Pren,iss' telegram
and it was marked "1,1O2 words,
paid $6O.03."
Mr.. Cleveland got Mr.. nrentlss'
message at 11:25 o'clock Wednes.
day and read the first ten words.
lie will finish reading il during
his spare time.
MI. Prentlss, it seems from his
telegram, wants 10 be POSTMASTER
at Rome, Or surveyor.general OF
Georgia. He held a job under
Mr.. Cleveland's administration,
and since Mr.. Harrison fired him
he had a violent dislike to the
surveyor. general Of Georgia and
for the postmaster at Rome, and
who, he says, is incompetent and
unpopular. The people of Geor-
gia are suffering from the made.
qnacies. and Mr.. Prenliss wants
MI. Cleveland to make a change
even before he names a cabinet.
There are nearly three hundred
adJectives and ninety-threc "cuss.
words" in The message.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-25
A Northern Attorneys Experience In an
Alabama Court.

Globc-D Democrat.
Il am just back from Alabama
said William II. Palm, a disciple
OF Blackstone, 10 Il Globe Democrat
reporter in the rotuua of the Lin
dell. | went down there TO prac
lice law, but got discouraged and
came back North 10 look for a new
location. Business? o, yes, |
had plenty Of business down there,
but my clients insisted on paving
me in coon skins, moonlight whls-
key and political support. l spent
three days on a case for Il Widow
breach Of promise suil-damages,
$4,000, and she sent me a crock
of clabber, a peck Of vans and a
pair of home.knlt blue socks that
would fit the big footed girl Of
Ohio. l didn't mind that so much
as | did the cool disregard for law
of the Judges before whom | was
called 10 plead.
/ was retained to defend a young
fellow charged with shooting a
man at a horse race one Sunday
afternoon. l proved couclusively
that al the time the shooting &c.
CURED my client was attending di.
vine service at a church half a
mile distant. Three witnesses
testified that thew saw HIM there,
and thought | had established an
abb beyond the peradvenlure of a
doubt, and said SO in my speech,
which felt quite sorry Daniel
Webster was not present TO enjoy.
After ! sat down The Judge took "A
chew Of North Carolina tobacco.
put on his specs and called the lie.
PENDANT up beio-e him. "Whar
was y bawn?" he inquired. The
defendant replied that he was
four miles southeast of
on the plantation OF
Sanders. "That settles
H." salu the Judge. "All the Yam.
kee lawyers in Chrislendom
couldn't convince this cot that a
native OF Ole Alabamer was
down in a chnch a sing
in O. Psalms when thar was a hos>
race an free whiskey only a hall
mile away. Yon're docke,ed to
go to Jail until the Gran jury kin
sot on your ease. The man was
killed at that boss race, an it
stands TO reason that YOU was
thar or lharabon,."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-25
A Confederate Patent,
Washington Star.

Washington Star.
Ot the many people who think
they know a good deal of The Con.
federate government only a few
are aware Of the fact that the Con-
federacy was supplied with a pat.
ent office and that it issued patents
in just about the same style as
that practiced by the United
States. How many inventions re-
celved such protection as could be
thrown around them by The power
that ruled The South for four years
may never be known, but il is Ger.
tain that at least fifteen received
official recognition, for ON "A wall
in the Office of Mr.. James l.. Nor
ris is an original document which
assured John l.. Jones, of Tally.
lilo. N. o., that Tor fourteen years
IRON the lwenty-sixth day of Au-
gust, 1861. he should have "the full
and exclusive right and liberty of
making, constructing, using and
vending to others TO be used" a
new an! useful Improvement in
carriage wheels. This was the lif.
teenlh patent issued by The CON
f%ederacy. 1t Was signed by Judah
+. Benjamin, attorney general, and
countersigned by Rufus r. Rhodes,
commissioner of patents. Mr..
Rhodes was United States com.
missioner of patents prior TO The
war. Accompanying The parch-
ment, which is properly sealed, and
which cost Mr.. Jones the sum of
$40, are the customary spec,fica
tions and drawings. The penman.
ship displayed in The specifications
is extremely beautiful, while the
drawings, which are in Indian ink
on linen tracing. could hardly be
improved on. The whole forms a
most interesting and valuable sou
venir.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-25
CHE Demnrra ST.,
4 HUNDRED YEARS aco
Wages and Cost Of Living in th,. &c.,.
In 1872, a'i

The Department of Acr...,
Is about 10 publish an intarl.are
report, comparing the cos, 81
ing early in this century w',b Nv
il is now. 1t exhibits v;n nn what
contrast between The nory The
primitive agriculture and tha Of
ress in civilization and wealIph '. y
sulling from high develonms,n", re,
all the possibilities of land sna o.
Dor in rural industrial arts an% !; u
dus'rles. The small wages raa ~ =
these days are as SURPRISING a. n
low prices Of commodities ~ ' as
sorts. all
Game was abundant early in Il.
century and therefore chean v 'as
ison cost only 81 cents a nou ea'
Bear meat was very slightly h;"S
er. Pigeons were in extraor,' rl.
abundance, selling at a little mo,s
than l cent IL piece. Elde,Is
readers will remember the f;sh;y,
Of flocks Of pigeons which darkas
ed the skies even as late as ST'r
years ago. Shad were very CIV
costing only cents each. en-
to the plentiful supply OF ra6,-
tanned skins were low in price
deer skin fetched SLIT to 50. MI
sold at ! cents a quart, aud bnt,e,
at 10 cents a pound. Apples vera
from I2t cents to % cents \ hnsh
81, but by 1923 they had reached
so cents. u
Farm wages were only uhou,
one'third what they are now
range from 80 to so cents a dsv
From 81 TO IS a month was lGs
usual compensation of well.srowu
lads. One hundred years aso ,,s
remuneration OF boy for doiny
"clores,' such as cutting wood and
foddering horses, for one wear. was
ordinarily "a. The use Of a pajr
"f oxen for a day cost rs cents,
while the use OF a COW for ono
year cost ~. 1t cost 60 cents ia
make pair Of shoes. The prics
Ut pair of moccaslns was q
Board was only 81 a week
That was the day Of individual
and isolated effort. anteda,inp The
era OF aggregation in factories.
Classification and division of labor
and invention Of labor-savinr pro.
pliances. Prices of farm
products huctuated greatly, &C.
corling to local scarcity, which
could not be miiigaled BY di,tri.
button from regions of plenty. II
there were big crops there wa,
nothing to sell. Every locality, in
It's industries and products, existed
for and by itself, having no rela.
lions with other communities;
therefore the surplus production Of
each farm was small, the induce.
ment to produce being, and there
was very little money 10 purchase
more than bare necessaries. The
industrious family had an album.
of everything that it grew,
clothing as the loom Of The
household conld produce. such fur.
as conld be made on The
place or in the neighborhood, and
little else.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-25

The BILLvILLE BANNER.--There
will be no political demonstrations
in BillviIie on Sunday. The vot.
ers need rest, and The only services
at the churches will be The taking
up Of the collections. The Demo.
cratic tidal wave landed US on The
high bill Of prosperity. We are
now sheriff pro tenn, ch,et mar
shall ex.otfici0, clerk TO the board
OF county commissioners, rail road
agent and boss when our wife is
away. The only time our Minis.
ter ever woke up his congregation
was when he quit preaching and
shouted tor Cleveland. Our re-.
cent victory proved that there are
enough Democrats in this country
10 give every old maid in Massa.
chusetts a Observation-Disclosures Con.
situation.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-25

A creditor called 10 see his
debtor, whom he found busy cary.
ing a turkey.
well, sir" SAID the visitor, ',are
you going to pay me seon ~
IL wish l could, my dear sir, but
IL is not my fault if | cannot. But
it is impossible / am drained
completely dry, ruined. | haven't
a silver to bless myself with"
"Allow me to remark, sir, that
when people cannot pay their
debts II is not usual for them to
eat turkey, as You are doing"
Alas, my dear sir" said the
debtor in faltering accents, and
hitting the servie,te to his eyes, II
could not afford it's keep"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-25

The origin Of the term printers
devil is ascribed to the fact That
in The early days of printing lie
apprentices duties included the
linking Of the forms with bags con.
tanning ink or besmeared with it.
IA the Performance Of this work his
face and hands became So daubel
with The Ink that in appearance
ne suggested the devil.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-01-18
NIGHT ROBES.

Made Of very fine cotton ham
burg r'immed On neck and waist
bands, six clusters of very fue
tucks, h'mburg down front, al.
wavs sells at 81, this price 79c.
We shall also II the balance
of our lat seasons underwear at
very low prizes.
1t will be for your interest to
ecure some Of 'hese goods at the
prices named as they are we'll be-
low the actual value.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-01-18
Duty Called Hin.

He was an old, gray haired man, and
therefore felt himself priv legged to re.
mark 10 tire woman who sat next 20 him
In bridge car the other morning;
Purity sharp sprr q weather this isl
Yes. sir" sho replied
Must have friz M the ponds last
nighty'
Yes. sir
You feelin warm nun"
"Oh. yes.
I'm glad on I, for women folks now.
aday don't half know how 10 take keer
Of themselves I'll tell you one thing
you never orter do in the winter. and
that Is ~ git out Of bed in the morning
and stand around on y piece Of oilcloth.
| believe that very thing has carri
more Brooklyn women To their graves
than you kin shake stick at. You
see
She crossed the ear and took another
seat, and after ho had somewhat recov.
cred from his surprise the old man said
10 himself;
Cant help IL IL they DO git mad abou;
A. That's what killed my wife, and it's
my duty to warn en- about it every
chance git" -- New York Evening
World
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-01-18

childrcn's Drawers, sizes !, 2,
3, and 5, made of splendid cot
ton. 3 tuck at l. l-2c, worth lSc
Ladie-' Drawers, good cotton,
ll2 incl hem, cluster Of four
tucks, at 22c per pair, worth 35c.
Ladies Cprsct Gpvc"s, Y shaped,
neck trimmed with / 1-2 inch
embroidery, at 25c, worth 3Sc.
Cor.et Covers made of fine cam
brio high aeck, trimmed with |
incI>,mbroidcry at BE.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-01-18
Ladies' Night Robes.

Good cotton, two rows of lnser-
tion, ur clusters e T. tuck
each. neck and Wristbands
trimmed with fine embroidery,
6gc worth g5c.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-01-18
CHEMISE

Made Of splendid quality cot
ton. cord i trimming on yoke
and down front at 29c, worth 45c.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-01-18
CHEMISE.

Good cotton corded yoke,
timmed wIth two rows of inssr-
Ii n, / Gust rs of tucks, 37c. worth
90.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-01-18

We make listers that are Ulsters Ulstsrs
worthy of the name; listers cut long at both
ends No bobtailed ulsters in our stock
Prices this week, SO SO, $lo $l2, SIS and
$17.75. Our and wind proof F'reze King
listers at fl2 are corkers.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-01-18
Ladies White Skirts.

Good cotton, full s'ze 4 tuc.s, 5
inch c,mbric iuflle at SOC, WORTH
62c
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1892-04-25
Ql1slano.

- 9ie gtebe. nit tpelher 8ismarf ft6
fir ben ibm 5u ieinem 77ften @eburtstaq
gebradten TadeIsug %beOanfte, lautete:
vWtelne 0erren, t6 Oanfe Sbneu fir bic
bereoten Worte, Die ih aus Sshrem Mtunbe
loeben gebDrt babe. Nenn td) etnen NIds
bltG tDerfe auf DIE &unD9ebungen, Die mir
beute bon et1em 9roBen Gbeile Der 8eDolte7
rnn9 81 S0etl geDor0en iino, 10 i6lieBe ia
oaraus, oaB be5 beutiben 8oltes 8eifau
cine Qutttung ietn lou fir Die meine gauge
9~ebenSaett Sbrer @elht6te geleilteten 9iens
tie. SD 160pfe oaraus pie ueberseugung,
neil es elmer 10 groBen 3abl Der Bep0Ife@
rung Doblgefdutg lit, 0aB Sic &ues baranz
leBen meroen, I'M oas gegen ale Setnoe gu
erbalte1. SD fra9e sic, msine 2anosleute,
Oh Der Nntbeil, ben i6 INNER an Sbrem
0elhtd genornmen babe, Sic befrieoigt? =
l0ler augenieine 3uittmmung nit lautem
Sa, Sa uohID Befrteoigt Ct Sic, 10 babe
td Die 3uperit9t, 0aB Sic Is feitbalten
tperoen. Sbun mir bas, 10 f0nnen bic
Seinoe BON allen Seiten folnrner, pom
Often uno bonn gBeiten ausLetd, tie t0nnen
ntdt 9egen uns auffommen. Wtr bauen
tie Nue In Die Shame! 6erausforDern unD
an9re!ten tperhen mir ite ni6t, fommen iie
aber, 10 louen tie mai ieben!"
Dem Senate bon 9ambure bat Tirt
5tsr1ard auf ietne @eburtstagspini1e
fol8enoes 9anoihreiben geianot:
Srieoridsrub, BEN 8. Qprtl 1892.
Inter ben 2~tus5eidnun9ell, Die mir aus gtnlaB
11etnes @ebl1rtsta9es gu &beil s%epprOen linD, bat
n1l9 per Slltdnlnl9. beS boben Senats Ser Sreien
hilo 9dnle>Staot belonoerS iuoDttbueno beriibrt,
1Ildbt 1ur in nletner @tsenl9ait ais @brenbitrqer
l1lb Na9bar Oer sroBten SGnbelslta pes Nci9s
lllto pes Sentiments. ~lonDert aud i'll GrinnerlI1o
Der 6re1be, bic i'd an Dem aufi1muuoe babe, wel2
den 9E,anbur9 lett SGbrsebnten genolnmen unb
oellelt 1ernere @TtptGelung benz llnterllebmunos>
9eiite, Der 3batigteit uno benz 8iirgerltnne Ses
banlbursiiben @cmeinwelets e1tipre6eno i'd erz
botTe unO NIT neberseusuns uprausiebe. SD butte
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1892-04-25

ASEggEEgNaa az@ SIR nur So. 90 unb NGaoa ferh.
NGGAsNME@aI t1 fret per BDft bns bette eISStiSSSs
VE~ 9rulbaub. S&to SSalfeich. Ia
~-1 @lorfltr, Gbtco8o. ST. Shreibs
brett an ooigs Sirma unb ueuut biele Seituua.
S0E1at1SmD
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1892-04-25
ST.. 0aomaO'S
0e9ullr Qiuett,
pnMsp stuseteS S~tbfRbrs, tnt1Ses 4
Gefnnu9sasttteL berettett fetsse
GG9tterSett, tteater 5ttpers
IGfft9 tito a8ati5rIG6

wv ~ %%VF%%V%@P &%H&~G@
gsefnteu satitteG, berettett fet0e
S@ttersett, tu1ater supers
IGfft0 a&tto 18ati3rtIdD
tntefettS%
HUnfdnbig 9efGmadLDs, elegant nit fHBenr Giuaaa
ahersudert. purgtren, %re9nltreH, retHtaen u. ~sr6ftieeE.
Saomau's 0tQen
Refen aae unregeImdBt9fetteH bss gsagetS, ses
9ebef, oer Giwee&uetDe, eer gSieeeu, be.
GtGis, nero5ie Arestfbcitea, 94p2 etf4IofSas
tett, Seopfi61nteeseas OeTFtcpfnmg, &artIets
GrauTbett, ggtebeE, 1ttfetteibSe eat ;taNO una,
&aatcgrbDtOe1s l1no one ~tteferer granddaughter.
Vein pe9etabtltib. fei1 QueGfllber, mtnerolri1e, noa
fcnfttge i@dO4td)e Srpgaeu entbalten0.
SstetS Rs GtS. ete 5dsad)teE.
S1 auea s9pptbefsu sa baseHs
9GS 0rOBe 2~eserNtittel.
sHfoHtntet tc Beroatt;ta ipiro brr@ GshYonGa
Apn &oEloaps DtaeN ~ersteIt. Istttelit tbrer amtibbs
Tuns bee Gale nne beren Abseituug burd bic gaaens
G6nge on. Bel alien G6aen BON Mtigrtne, 9eIbIu1t
gaaiget ANfGaen, HnpDatonmeuer Gerbaulug (oer
SoIse bon Sdasnergub ms 8Iut) regeIa bteje YiaeR
Ill 0ebea BON bret bis fhwT Stiid raid bic 9tbertbGs
ftgfeit une beFreieu ben patienten BON bieien St6rnns
gen. Gtme D6er sspet 9fobpap'ihe pilen, bon nit b.
hSleH SdKer5et 1nb Giarr9eit Der Sober GeplaoteR
fdeiiob Ge1DWtTisn, er5alten baS SbiteE1 re9elu1dHi0
MAO ftdert eeiuWbe 8erbauuna.
Ue0n gebe ii6er unO iebe at, bab mon
,Hao1Ddp'S" erbaIt!
Gsan iniae etne Srtefnarfe an 9r. RaStnah q
GensH., gr. So Marren Street, gero Norf, mn bic
6driFt 'Fslse and True, &relde ipertbpnne Nuss
hiuit 1iebt Auoei4tdt AL befDN1nleM.
The Bossier banner., 1892-07-28
WASTED EFFORT.

Intelligent Effort Handicapped by Poor
Land, Poor Tools and Poor Stock.
For MANY years have observed with
care the great amount of wasted effort
on our farms
l see upon many farms in this state
stalwart men, well fed and physically
able to do much work, follow across the
fields worn-out mules or slow-gaited
oxen that are not worth their care for
the work they do. If intelligent farm
ers would stop and count the cost of
such folly, it would take but little fgur-
ing to demonstrate that inferior work
animals that delay, and hinders
successful farm operations would
do far better standing idle in
pasture than in wanton laziness or
constitutional inability delaying work
that is expensive in it's demands. Time
is money and far. too valuable for poor
man to throw away in expensive effort
and wasted energies without properly
compensating return.
Another instance of wasted energies
will be found in the poor lands our
farmers till. 1t is really pitiable, if not
sites are SO great that he can not af-
ford to strike one lick without reward,
spending days and weeks and months
working lands that will scarcely sprout
the seed he puts into them. May this
not be one of the main causes for much
of our poverty of purse-the poverty of
land and the consequent waste of effort
in fruitlcss toll?
A still more striking instance can be
found, however, in the cultivation of
crops with an absolute certainty that
they will not be remunerative. 1t would
seem an impossible thing to believe
that an intelligent man would prepare
his land diligently and faithfully ex-
pend his money for fertilizers and hire
! expensive labor to cultivate crop that
he has every possible reason, inside of
| an actual demonstration, to believe
will bring him in debt; such conduct is
| just as certainly financial suicide MS
| drawing razor across the neck will
produce physical death.
Will sensible man plant an orange
! tree in north Georgia in the open air
with all the contingencies of climate
| against the maturity of the fruit, Just
trusting that sufficient number of
successive winters will prove mild and
| pleasant and secure for him a paying
| crop of fruit? / can not believe such
conduct could be called wise, with such
conditions SO strongly against success.
Is this not almost II perfect parallel
to the conduct of Georgia farmers who
prepare their lands, purchase fertilizers
and hire labor to grow cotton that is tc
be sold for six cents, when 1t will cos,
them from eight and half to nine
cents to put it upon the market On the
bare hope that the price win be better
when year after year it gets worse?
A fair sample of middling cotton sold
in this market a few days since for five
The Bossier banner., 1892-07-28
What Makes a Man Useful,

A mans usefulness in this world,
whether in subordinate position or
otherwise, is very generally measured
by his ability to adapt himself to cir
cumstances and to be serviceable in
whatever capacity he is working.
whether the conditions are such as he
is accustomed to or are entirely new.
To put it in rough way, his usefulness
is measured by his ability to 'catch
on" The man who is content to SEEM
ingly perform the duties assigned him
seldom excels in usefulness. On the
other hand the man who actually per-
forms all that is allotted to him. and
who studies to increase his usefulness
by doing certain other things that fall
in his way, and which are necessary to
he done by some one, even though they
do not belong to him, very rapidly, In
creases lis measure of usefulness. II
is hard to define the difference between
q thoroughly useful helper and one who
pretenlls to be useful, and actually falls
short. ,cept only by the result of .
period Of trial.-Shoe Trade News.
The Bossier banner., 1892-07-28
FLUCTUATIONS OF SOCIETY.
''The Sole-leather of To-day, the Plumed
Hat of Tomorrow"

1.-THE Sole-leather of To-day, the Plumed
Hat of Tomorrow
There is always a class of persons
here which is called distinctively socie-
ty, but it is not class of noble families
of hereditary ascendancy. 1t is con-
stantly changing, and the sole-leather
of to-day is TIE plumed hat of to-mor-
row. 1t is initiative and puts on pretty
airs of grandeur and an amusing smirk
of superiority, but it is neither grand or
superior.
Yet, again, it is all harmless. An old
directory tells the secret, and, as the
fine society itself would say, gives. this
pretty grandeur away. The direc tory
is a ruthless herald's office. You start
from my Lady Disdain in the opera
box, flashing with diamonds and shin
ing with cloth of gold, little too loud
in her voice, a little too splendid in her
dress, the amiable dupe of novels and
ofignorance, and you soon arrive, in
the inexorable directory of other years,
at the source of the .magnifcence - the
dlestick-maker, the tailor of his day,
the fashionable shoemaker.
These are the idle rich for whom Mr..
Gladstone asks whether nature has pro-
vided a place. Plainly she has. Here
it is in this opera box, in yonder car
riage, in this little palace of the bonbon
architecture. But day after tomorrow
the good people in the gallery will
come down and sit in the boxes. The
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home to the bonbon palace instead of
walking home to the modest fat, as
they do now. 1t is grandeur of
wealth, and, happily, of a wealth
which is not entailed, and is therefore
always flying away, always distributed,
and giving us a fresh nobility every
year, tasting, as it were, of the soil. =
Harper'S Magazine