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The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-05

KittyT' reused an idea in his head
The McGheohans of Galway had noble
blood in their veins, and never deser.-
ed a female in distress.
The firemen were busy saving Sulli-
vans stock. They did not heed the un-
couth figure, with bloody face and
torn clothes, Keeling through the bach
door and up the narrow stairs
Through sitting smoke and in water
and flame he CROPPED his way. while
Sullivan was out on the street kneel.
inv beside his wife, sprinkling her face
and chatting her wrists.
She opened her eyes and gasped:
kitty" Sullivan had thought that OF
course the child was saved with its
mother, but now the fear struck him
that this was not SO. He ran from one
to another of the bystanders, frantic in
his search, but no one had seen the
little girl AS in desperation he turned
to the burning rookery, a window
crashed out, and a burst of flame lighted
his road TO the little stairway. He
sprang toward it and nearly overturned
staggering, ragged, blackened and
begrimed man carrying in his arms
bundle of bedclothes, from out Of
which a voice called to Jimmy:
'Papa!'
He threw both arms round the pair,
and two soi1ed and bruised faces met
in an Irish embrace.
''Mowreechy,'' he cried, God bliss
yc!''-Lippincott's Magazine.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-05
PROTECTION WAGES.

What the Mckinley Law Did for tho
workinEman.
The Springfield Register stated some
days ago that wages in the rolling
mills at that place are ten per cent.
higher now than the average rate I'M
der the Mckinley tariff act. The
Springfield Journal, a rcpu blican pro-
lection paper, makes a curious COM
ment on this statement, but does not
deny its truth.
the men at the rolling mills arc now
one hundred per cent. less than they
were ten years ago under protection
and union rules" This is evidently 4
slip of the pen. zone hundred per
cent. less'' means nothing. Tho organ
probably meant City per cent less, or
one-half the amount ten years ago.
There is also obscurity in the refer
ence to "unlon rules" ten years ago. 1t
required not only ironclad protection
for the mill owners, but union rules by
the mill men to keep wages up. Prob
ably protection had very little to do
with it, and the compulsion of union
held caused the high rate of wages
But the republican organ lodges the
question. It speaks about wages ten
years ago. That was five years before
the Mckinley tariff law was enacted.
The statement of the democratic paper
at Springfield IS that wages are higher
now than under the Mckinley tariff
five years ago. That fact is not denied.
But it is said that wages are only half
rs high as ten years ago It must have
been, then, that wages were reduced
one-haf under the Mckinley tariff.
This is apparently trivial, but it is
really important It amounts to a con-
fession from an organ that Mckinley
wages were less than the wages that
prevailed under the previous tariff. 1t
shows that present wages arc higher
than TIE Mckinley scale. 1t il = COM
r1etN argument against . Fevivai Of
Mckinley principles ia revenue legIss
lstlvn, CH!cwgg Ghseese1t.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-05
Spurs for Gamecocks.

Steel heels or spurs for fighting
cocks to take the place of the natural
spur arc made in twenty or more va
rieties in shape and length; they are
sold all over the world. In the United
States spurs of different styles are
used in different parts of the country;
longer spurs arc used in the south than
in the east and north. The shortest
spurs are used in New York. The
standard length here is one and one
quarter inches; in all other parts Of
the country the length is advanced.
good set of steel heels costs ten dol
lars. The spur projects from one side
of ferrule or socket, which is like an
open thimble: leather hand is at
tached to the base of the fe,rule. The
natural spur is sawed off, and when
the steel spur is used the ferrule is
placed over the stump and che leather
band Is wound round the cocks leg
and bound with Irvine; pad or
cushion is placed within the rim of the
ferrulc to make it fit the stump of the
natural spur snugly and firmly. 1t is
said that if well-bred gamecocx.
which had been without food until it
was nearly starved, should then be
placed in the presence Of another
gamecock and of food, it would fight
before it would eat; in other words,
that it would rather fight than eat
n, Y. Sun
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-05
PRESS OPINIONS.

Your uncle, Benjamin Harrison,
to the next nomination: You can't
lose me. Charlie!"-Dctroit Free Press.
-Republican candidates must ex-
pcct to be largely knitted this fall, es-
pecially since the new tariff is showing
the quality and excellence OF its make
as revenue raiser.-Albany Argus.
Mckinley is doing more running
for president than any of the other can
didates, and it remains to be seen if his
wind is equal to the long stretch that
lies fore hi1n.-St. Louis Globe Demo-
crat Rep.)
Liverpool orders more American
pig-iron. From Ohio, too. Beware,
Mckinley, beware! The Golden club,
with its English gold, is in a new con-
spiracy to undo you in your own baili-
wiclx.-N. Y. World.
The cinch Mckinley has on the
presidency hinges three contin-
gencies-the session of the Ohio lcgis-
lature, the nomination and the cleo
ton. The days of foregone political
conclusions are past. - Fostoria (O)
Times.
There never was a time in the
history of this country when a man
that tolls was paid SO many dollars for
it, and when those dollars bought SO
many of the necessaries of life. This
is under a democratic tariff.-lllinois
State Register.
The republican calamityites are
bowling because the bond syndicate is
keeping it's contract and paying into
the treasury for greenbacks as much
gold as is drawn out for foreign ship
mcnt. The bellyache syndicate ap-
pears to be having great deal more
trouble than the bond syndicate
Chicago Chronicle.
-Would-be Boss Magee is for Nc
kinley because he thinks the people
of Pennsylvania seem to want him"
The protected monopolists of Penn
eylvania who used to make large
fortunes every year" out of Mckinley
duties would no doubt like TO sec the
Napoleon of calamity elected president.
But they never will. lie has become
the iiloeiesl candidate. General pros.
rersty blighsea bis prospects IN, y
Wes3A,
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-05

wrong, and that Sullivan was rejctetug
in his larse from virtue. 10 maintain
his dignity he considered it. necessary
to i,npfess sui liar with the fact that
the N1cGhoeghans wefe peopia tt be
respected. SO he says:
me names Mowreechv."
That's another fool idee yer wife's
made We swally. Morris was good
enough for We when we was a bye, but
when ~ got married yer wife mist go
changin' yer name. But yer Norris
''Me names Mowreechy, and if We
go fer to call me out av it, or say me
wifes name ag'in, I'll bate We wild that
mug
Sullivan 1cered at hini detisively:
Yer names Morris McGheoghan,
and yer wife's a hannel-mouthed cha,v
like yerself.''
The impact of a beer glass over Sulli-
vans left eye caused him to measure
his length upur the foot the shock
reused him, however, and iii Ii tic'1i1ei1t
the two were fighting like cats. The
crash Of overturned tables and chairs
and of breaking glass would have caught
the attention of the patrol had that in
dividusl not been DOING in the nest
block. 1t would have awakened Mis-:
Sullivan had She not been at that par
ticular time half asphyxiated in her
sleep by smoking handicapped
which had fallen over the lamp left
burning for her husband.
The IRE had siftot1ldered for ha1f ah
hour and the room was flied with
smoke, when n spark fell on the table
and ignited a bit Of paper In an in
slant the room was in a blaze. A burh-
ing curtain caught the eye of a late
traveller, who turned in an alarm. The
hook-and-ladder truck dashed up to
the place, and a fireman snatched the
stupefied woman out of Il burning bed,
but he did not notice the adjacent nj.
cove where little four-year-old Kitty
Sullivan lay dreaming
When Maurice McGhcoghan was
showed away from his antagonist he
thought Jirnmy's friends. had cofae to
take part in the scrinmage. But the
firelnen's uniform and Sullivap's de-
spairinR cry of: MY God! where's
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-05

THE TWO WERE FIGHTING LIKE CATS.
business to do so. but even his speech
grew thick and he spilled his stock as
he served the two three late Gus
toners that came in before he and Nc
Gheoghan were left to themselves
Long after the usual time of closing,
Sullivan's wife. who lived over the sa-
loon; looked timidly in through the
back door and asked Jimmy when he
was coming home.
Git to out O here wild We, aud
mind yer own business" was his an
sver. That's the way I talk till my
wife, Norris he said. You'd be bet
Their off if you'd give yer own taste
av the same when she's deludherin ye
wild her hifalutin idees.'
McGheoRhan recalled the time when
he had known Mrs. Sullivan as pretty
Kitty La fferty; and the barkeeper's
manner Jared the pleasant recollec.
ton; he did not like to see his old
flame treated like that. He did not
relish free advice, either: and when
Sullivan spoke sliR6tinglv OF Mira Nc
Gheeghan IL rolled him. Things were
rather hany Just then. but tha HstiuH
ercrt iHta hts heaa tRat he Was ss''s"t
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-05
LITTLE DANES AND MEN.

We all must remember when
we were little DANES ana men:
When each sorrow tugged away with oil its
might
At our little hearts and eyes.
Till tho air was full of signs.
And the brightest day was turned to darkest
night.
How we'd weep.
How we'd creep
To our little beds to sleep,
With wet lnSnes on flushed faces; even theH,
Not soul would ever know
Half our agony: and
We should sympathize With little danes and
We must all remember whom
We were little DANES and men,
When we meet the little ones from day to day;
kind word is just S cheap.
And it sinks to depths as deep
As the harsh ono you we've sending down their
way.
II you knew
How few
Gracious acts and words from you
Wcrc planted in their souls to blossom when
Golden days OF childhood seem
To be shadows OF u dream.
You would love and cherish little DANES and
men.
N f. Magazine
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-05

KY with Jimmy Sullivan. and he used
to drop into Jimmy's every evening.
''just to wash the dust from his t'roat,'
as he phrased it. The washing process
had developed into such proportions
that McGhcoghan's wife said he might
wild it, Then she applied what she
called the 'wather cure" and Nc
Gheoghan reformed. Mrs. McGheo-
CHAN had such faith IN the reforma-
ton that she had taken the baby and
gone for three days to her cousins, the
o'Flannigans. in Sauce1ito: and the
only admonition she had given her
husband was the parting Injunction:
''Mind yer eye, now, Maurice"
Mct;heoghan had not been particu-
larly proud of his descent from the Nc
Gheoghans. of Galway, but his young
wife continually dinncd it in to him that
they were "a fine Guild family" and
associating with people beneath him.
1t was bad enough to be poor, she said,
without mixing with the common herd.
AS a distinguishing mark, she always
gave an Italian pronunciation to her
husbands name, Maurice, and insisted
upon his doing the same. Mrs. Nc
Gheoghan had learned Italian in her
youth among the fishermen of North
Beach. Maurice did not take his
wife's discipline kindly, and it was
only his love for her that made him
endure it. Out of her sight he liked to
be one of the boys, and in sly ridicule
of her aristocratic pretensions spoke of
himself as a "hunin illevator"-hc
elevated bricks by the hodful up q
ladder.
When McGheoEhan pushed quietly
through the screen doors. slipped I'M
obtrusively past the crowd at the bar,
sat down at the last table, and began
looking at the prints in the Irish News.
Jimmy Sullivan knew something was
in the wind: for had not the O'Rourkes
told his wife that Mrs. McGheoghan
had forbidden her husband to have
any thing to do with that ''low-do.vn
sha loon-keeper, Jimmy Sullivan?"
"What1l yez have, me bye?" called
Jimmy, as the last man drew one of the
three towels hanging before the bar
across his dripping mustache and
swung himself out into the street.
Faith, but it's long time since
I've had the good luck to grip yer fist,
man. Here's the crane O the sason till
ye.'
If the thought of his wife came to
the hod-carrier a. all, it probably
brought suggestion to make hay
while the sun shone, for he and Jimmy
filled and emptied glass after glass
while they smoked black cigars and
chatted over the Gould times when
they were single. Sullivan kept the
clearer head, for it was part OF his
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-05

ends by means beyond the grasp Of
vulgar intellect, and even by methods
Numerically opposite to those which
the multitude would pursue. But, to
effect this. hespealss as profound a
knowled9s OF mind IA that philoso-
pher cyiaeets at matter. WHO farst pro-
taeed iss ~ tte aKanay IT Avat.-.
tulte,U.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1895-10-05
M'GHEOGHAN'S LAPSE.
BY WILLIS CHAMBERLAIN

G Fl 60 G II "A II
had kept sober
a long time. For
weeks he h q d
not even taken
- -1-- II .ls-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-09

John E. Baker has leased the Everett
hotel at jacksonville.
Merle Rice's jewelry shop at Fernandipa
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-09

First Thespian-I had my leg badly
pulled last month out in Ohio.
Second Thespian-How did that happen?
First Thespian-Got it caught between
two railroad ties.-New York World
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-09

IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL
and work, order your autographed and
printed stationery and blank books from
Morning News. Savannah. Ca.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-20
ruo,hod,.t Episcopal conference.


The Portsmouth District Conference
will convene at Benn's Church, Isle of
Wight county, on Tuesday next. Rev.
L. Men. Simpson Is booked for the
opeuIng sermon. The delegates to this
Conference from this vicinity are:
Monumentsl-Rev L Men Simpson,
George l. Neville. n + richards and
James Fl Toomer.
Central-Re W Fl Edwards, George
W Moss, w b Wilder and Fred A
Friedlin.
Wright Memorial j L Bosnian,
George L Townsend, King and Il
A Etheredge.
Park View-Rev George W Carter,
J h BROMLEY, l. b Wilkins and Q W
Hudgins.
EfiinShsm Street Rev K w Webb.
Q II Herbert. j L Owens aud Q w
Martin.
Churohland and West Norfolk-Dr
S s Lambeth, Lynn Wright, d b
Mackey and S w Burnett.
Norfolk Circuit-Rcv @ II Boges, j
d Tnylo NJ + Parker and j G Heath.
Suffolk Rev II G Cheatham, DR. w
n Campbell, Joseph King, A A Rid
dick.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-20
THE CARPET STRIKE.
The K nsngton Mills to Reopen on
Next Monday. The Last Resort.
BY Southern Associated press.

DY southern associated fre5a.
PHILADELPHIA. July l9.-The big
carpet mills In KcnsiuRton, which nr,
now standing idle owing to the strik'
of the ingram carpet weavers, wi.
open on Monday morning. The follow .
Ing Official notice was issued to th,
VIEWERS to-day by the manufacturers
"To ingram carpet ll'.0c,rS. Belic>
ing that the weavers have not, in Il
Individual capacity, been Afforded
lair opportunity to decide properly Oh
the merits OF their employers proposi
ton tor prompt settlement of TIL,
pending strike, wo now make public
our intention TO open our respective
mills for renewal OF operations on Mon
day, July %, and pay the rate of wage,
current prior to tho strike until De
cember |, next, ut which time we agree
10 pay the rates demanded by the
wenve.s' schedule dated, Juno |, 1895,
aud unless thIs proposition he accepted
aud work resumed on tho dute men
toned we hereby declare our intention
to close our respective mills aud keep
them closed until snch time as wo con
slider it Tor our interests to reopen
them." The notice is signed by all
the mill owners in the Remington dis
tricts.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-20
A Newspaper Building to he Erected
ut the Atlanta Exposition.
by Southern Associatai Press

ATLANTA, July 19.-The Committee
on Privileges and Concessions of the
Cotton States and international Expo
sition this afternoon reported u propo
sition from MIR. Il. j. Kelley, of the
Atlanta Constitution TO erect build
ing for newspaper exhibitors to accom-
modate u large number OF newspapers
throughout the United States. who
would come in and comply with the
conditions.
The building Ia to he very hand
some affair, and the exhibit IS to be
placed in very handsome style. 1t il
proposed 10 make the exhibit very
handsome representation OF tho Amer
lean prese. including newspapers. mng
azines and trade Journals.
Tho recommendation was unani
mously adopted by the Executive Com
mlttee.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-20
Death of IL Popular C,,izen.

MIR. George W. Leigh passed quietly
AWAY yesterday morning at II O'Clock,
much to the regret OF his many
sympathizing friends. after au iluess
OF eleven days. MIR. Leigh had suf-
Sered from meningetic trouble and at
Zines was very dehrious. lie leaves q
wife and one son. MIR. w. l.. Leigh, to
mourn their loss. The funeral will
s.ke place Sunday afternoon and will
I've attended by Masons and Odd Eel.
lows, OF which he WAS a constant mem
Der
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-20
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, Syrup of Figs.
It's excellence is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
alive; etiectually cleansing the system,
dispclling colds, headaches and fcvcrs
and permanently curing constipation
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
neys, Liver and Bowels without weak
cning them and it is perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in soc and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF Figs,
and being we'll Informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-20
PORTSMOUTH MEMS
horToiI County Court. Judge w. N.
PorttOck Presiding.

Commonwealth VS.. Henry Watson.
felony; plea not gully. jury l.
Sykes, NJ W hall, Nj Miller. Jesse
Sykes, j L Roach, Hiram Hodges.
Horace Hurdle, James Duncan, q Il
White, w K Bage. W n Williams,
Nicely Parker. This is the case in
which Henry Watson aud Haskius
Skipper, two negro field hands on Mr..
CaIney's farm. two miles beyond
Ghurchland, became involved III q
difficulty in April last. Watson shot
Skipper several times and was sent on
to the grand jury. In the trial ycster-
day he was represented by y. W. Cole
mau. ESQ.,, and Capt. Marshall con-
Quoted the prosecution. The jury, after
rema ming out short while. returned
verdict OF three years in the peniten-
tiary. Motion made by counsel for
defense for u new trial on the ground
that the verdict Was contrary to the
law aud evidence.
Commonwealth VS.. Cherry Vaughan,
felony; pleu not guilty. Jury: James
Stokes, Nicely Parker, W Il Bage. Alex
Stokes, A Bass, Il L White, Horace
Hurdle. } Il Sylvester, Jesse Sykes.
Jesse Ives. S Sykes. NJ " Hall.
Cherry Vaughan WINS arrested on the
oath of April last, charged with hsv-
ing buried her new born infant alive
in the garden Of Phillis Wells on
Green street extended. A search was
made for tho child which WAS dis.
covered buried face downwAr6s by Ann
Kelly, one Of the women searchers.
The accused WAS defended by Mr.. l.
w. Easop and the Commonwealth by
Capt. II. @. Marshall.
The jury retired and up to O'Clock
last night, could not reach an agree.
ment. The judge parolled the jury.
men until this morning, when they
will assemble again and andeavor to
reach q verdict.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-20
A Cry For Help over tho Telephone


"We sometimes hear queer things
over the wire. - remarked Police Tele-
phone Operator Moorehead few even
ings since. But the strangcst occurred
about month ago
Calls We're coming i'll slowly that
night, and between switches was read
ing very interesting and highly excit
ing novel from the French. had
reached passage where the hero was
about to be discovered in his hiding
place and put to death, when with Il
whir and rattle the exchange shutter
dropped | closed the circuit and yelled
Hello. and man s voice, in pleading
and wild tones, came forth from the
receiver:
% For Gods sake send some police
men hero quick--quick-they kill
mo-
Just then could hear another bass
voice howl:
Here's the - He's calm for the
police. Let give him -, and heard
sound like something coming in forci-
bic contact with something ficshy. and
the crack that pealed from my receiver
nearly doafcned me. | knew tho first
speaker mead had come against the in
strument. Then, with rattle. the wire
WAS cnt off
Il called up the central exchange
again, but thcy had forgotten where the
connection had been. i have often won
dered what the strange midnight mes
sage meant, and several times 1 have
underworld to find the station where
perhaps murder was committed, OF ut
least mnrdcroos assault occurred. -
Washington Times.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-07-20
NEWS OF OUR SISTER CITY
Gathered by Enterprising Reporters
uThatthe People May Keep Posted.
Personal Notes. Transfers OF Real
Estate. Collision Of Steamers.
Hay Ride to Port Norfolk. In
teresting Cases Now on
Trial in County Court.
uiss Faye Parker is visiting friends

Hiss Faye Parker il visiting friends
In this city.
Mrs. T.. w. Williams returned home
yesterday after short stay III Suffolk.
Old Dominion Lodge No. 3, |. o. o.
r., met last nlgnt In Odd Fellows
siall.
Portsmouth Lodge No. l, knights Of
Dixie, met last night III Temperance
1IalI.
Rev. j. w. Mitchell immersed sew
eral persons at the Bear Trap yesterday
afternoon.
Miss Addie Beasly, of MiddIesex
county, is visiting Mrs. Mcdowell on
County street.
E.Mr. Charles G. Miller and wife, Of
baltimore, are visiting Mr.. Miler's
parents. in Park View.
The Park View ladies who held the
lawn party Thursday night. repeated
1t last night with good results.
The work of sewering Crawford and
High streets is being finished to
completion by large force OF hands
Seaside Council No, IA, Order Of
Chosen Friends, met last night at
d. Nj. U. NJ. HILL on Chestnut street.
Rev. +. Il. Martin, pastor of Scotia
vile Baptist Church, is expected to mr.
rive to day IN time to fill his pulpit to-
morrow,
A large red dog, which attempted to
get under the floor of warehouse ID, of
OF the Seaboard road, became go
wedged in that he died and was re-
moved yesterday.
DR.. Robertson yesterday attended
Mary Jones, colored, of 3l2 Glasgow
street, who had run fork through her
hand while picking ice, and one of
Daniel Herbert's boys, in LincolpYille,
for slight case OF snnstroke.