THE FARMER'S WIFE ,
Prom out ilic rosy land of dreams
She comes at early morning ;
The. dew upon tlic meadow gleams ,
Fair as a bride's adorulupf.
Aroma from tbc wavlncr pines ,
And fields of blooming clover ;
.The uolsy brook that sings and shines ,
"With willows bending over.
The eastern sky glows all flame ,
As though , to one beholding ,
The gold and sappl > l j clouds that came
Were heaven's trates uufoldincr.
But all this glory stands apart ,
Nor charms her with its beaaty ,
For care sits heavy on her heart ,
Where falls the line of duty.
The cows nwait the milking time
With Foft and patient lowing ;
The stuidy fanner , in his prime ,
Must hasten to his incwiug.
His wife must speed the morn's repast ,
And work with nimble fingers.
For farmers all , from lirst to last ,
Make hay while sunshine lingers.
And it hen tlie meal Is o'er , the palls
Of foaming milk are waiting ,
"With fragrance caught from sunny vales ,
To future joys relating.
The cream lies thick , like cloth of gold ,
Where f-hlning nans are brimming ,
Their riches gathered fold on fold ,
All ready for the skimming.
Then , later , as in olden days.
With much of stir and flutter ,
By weary hands the dasher plajs.
And wins the golden butter.
And FO the day goes on , and on ,
No time for "rcbt or pleasuie ;
"A woman's work is never dene , "
Is tiue in fulk-st measure.
And as the sun sinks in the west ,
And day grows into even ,
Weary and worn she goes to rest ,
Aucl almost longs for heaven.
Good Housekeeping.
MY MUST PATIENT.
And may I beg yon to visit us
In your private rather than "in your pro
fessional capacity ? Since my deaf wife has
been failing thus sadly shchas evinced a great
dread of m < * dieal men , and were she to guess
you oilier than an ordinary guest I tremble for
the consequences ! The carriageHill meet
yoirai Blacklmrne station at whatever hoar
you name. "Yours very truly ,
"AUTIIUI : Cn.vwroKD. "
This is an extract from a letter that
I received on the 10th day of June ,
1870. and being but a young fellow of
26. I was very much elated thereby.
The great drawback to being what is
called a specialist is that the generality
nf people are afraid to employ you until
you are well on in years , and conse
quently this Mrs. Crawford , for whom
my services had been enlisted , was my
first private patient. My specialty was
Biadnesand tiring equally of hospital
work and idling in my own ruerns. I
was heartily thankful for the good luck
that had befallen me.
My host met me on threshold with
out-i retched hands.
"This is exceedingly kind of you , "
he paid , "for I know 3011 have come at
your very earliest convenience. " I do
not think I ever met a man who so
much charmed me at lirst sight ; nay ,
he more than charmed , he captivated
me. He was about 30 , and exceedingly
handsome , with fair curly hair and
bright blue eyes. When I had finished
luncheon his manner changed abruptly
ns he began speaking of his young wife.
"I did not like to enter upon the
subject before you were rested. For
some months past she had been suffer
ing from intense melancholia , and
lately she had taken a deep distrust of
those around her , more particularly of
me. " lie stopped abruptly and bit his
lip. 1'Doetor , 1 simply worship her , "
he went 011 passionately. "When I
mairied her , live years ago , she was
the blithest , merriest girl in all the
shire ; and now , to see her like this
why , it breaks my heart ! " and he drop
ped into a chair and burr'ed his face in
his hands.
There was an awkward pause , for in
those days I was too inexperienced to
be much of a hand at consolation , and
Chen I stepped nearer to him and laid
my hand upon his shoulder. "Come ,
uonie , " I said cheerily , "there is no
fieed to dispair like this. We must
hope for the best How does she show
} ier distrust of yon ? "
He raised his head to answer me.
' By keeping the boy from me. for one
IhinirShe will hardlv let me touch
JuniT'
"The boy ? A son of yours ? "
"The onlychild , " he answered "a
dear little fellow of nearly four ; and
she betrays a terrible fear vrhensTer I
ha\e him with me. " Then followed a.
string of various professional questions.
"You remember that I asked you to
drop the doctor , and seem as an ordi-
TJsitor ? "
Of course I agreed ; and then he told
me he had spoken to her of me as an
old college friend.
When I descended I found both
Crawford and his wife waiting for me.
He was talking merrily and looked the
personification of life and good spirits.
"Ah ! there you are at last ! Let me
introduce you to my wife. Beatrice ,
this is Mr. John Lennox. "
She had half turned when he began
speaking , but as Jie said my name she
gave a sudden gasp and confronted
me with large , startled eyes. For one
moment she seemed half mad with
terror , but the next it fled as quickly
as it came and she held out her hand
in greeting. As she did so an ugly
scar on the smooth , white wrist vaught
my eye. Jt looked to me liks an un
skillful but intentional cut from a
knife , and while we were exchanging
commonplaces as to my journey , etc. ,
I was wondering as to whether she
had ever attempted her own life. She
was in the first flush of her woman
hood , and her glorious blue eyes and
toil of auburn hair would alone have
sufficed to stamp her as a beautiful
oman , had it not been that tho curi
ous expression of her face outweighed
every other fascination. Add to this
the fact that her face was entirely col
orless , and the hand she had given
me , in spite of the June sunshine , was
as cold us ice , and it will be seen that
mj lirst case promised to be full of
interest
She poured out the tea silently , whilo
her husband and I went on chatting ,
and * he did not speak again until he
projiosed to ring the nursery belL
"We have not seen Bertie all day ,
and I know you would like to show
him off to Lennox. "
"Show him oft * in tho morning , Ar
thur ; I don't think we want him now. "
"Oh fie ! There is an unkind
mamma. I'll fetch him. "
"iNTo , no ; I'll go. " She ran out of
the room as she spoke , and Crawford
turned to me with a weary-looking
smile.
"You see Lennox ? I generally give
way ; but I am afraid of il growing up
on her , if I never sec the child. Ho is
such a splendid fellow. " As he spoke
his wife returned with the boy in her
arms. *
She seated herself on a low chair ,
still keeping a jealous arm around the
child , and went on talking , this time to
me. "Arthur and I quarrel over this
small boy. " She laughed a little , but
it sounded very mirthless. "The last
cause of disscntion is his death. I think
ho is growing delicate and wants to
change , but papa doesn't agree. Does
he , my beauty ? "
The boy laughed as she held him yet
more closely to her ; and looking at his
rosy cheeks and bright eyes , it seemed
to me that there could not be a health
ier youngster.
"I am afraid I must take papa's
side , " I said.'You must not alarm
yourself unnecessarily , dear Mrs. Craw
ford , for I think " I stopped abrupt
ly , alarmed by the expression on her
face. I was new at my work , be it re
membered , but I think that older men
than I would be frightened. Bertie
had rebelled against the detaining arm ,
and , sliding on to the floor , had run to
his father and climbed into his arms.
A fine game of romps now ensued ,
and the mother sat and watched them.
Sitting there , facing her , I , toowas
watching. In my student days I had
kept a tame lizard" , and by whistling to
it had been able to direct its movements
at will , and now I was reminded of my
whilom pet by watching Beatrice Craw
ford's eyes. Every motion of her hus
bands , as he ran round the room toss
ing the laughing boy in his arms , ap
peared to hold a fascination for her ,
and her gaze never left him but once.
That once was when sho walked swiftly
to a further table and possessed herself
of a paper knife , which she handed to
me , commenting upon its curious
make. I handed it back again with
the remark that it would make a nasty
weapon if needed. She took it without
glancing at me again , but her husband
had caught her words , and now came
up to us breathless and laughing , with
Bertie clinging round his neck.
"Don't hold that thing , my darling , "
he said tenderly. "I hate to see such
an ugly knife in your dear little
hands. "
"Give it to Bertie , mamma , " cried
the child , stretching out its dimpled
hands for the coveted treasure ; and his
father , with an injunction to be care
ful , was taking it from her to give to
him when , with a muffled cry , she
snatched the knife back and dashed it
through the window into the garden
beyond.
"You shan't have it ! you shan't
have it ! " she cried , excitedly , while a
bright , red spot burned on either cheek.
"You would " with marvelous self-
control she stopped dead short , and af
ter an almost imperceptible pause she
julded , in her usual quiet tones : "Pray
forgive me Arthur , I am so afraid of
Bertie hurting himself. Go up to the
nursery , dear , mamma will come to
7011. "
Awestruck at her late passion , the
hild went gently out of the room , and
! iSs mother following him , I was left
ilone with Crawford. It went to my
icart to see the pained , drawn look on
lis face , but the scene had at all events
jut one thing bej'ond a doubt Mrs.
Jrawford was not merely failing in
jrain power she was mad.
A couple of days went by and I be-
; ame fairly puzzled. All the ordinary
rerbal tests when applied to my patient
jroved complete failures. Her memory
vas excellent , and , indeed , in this re-
ipect , she was far better than her hus-
> and , who was constantly forgetting
hiugs. As to her judgment it struck
ne as above'the average. She rnan-
iged her own housekeeping , and capit-
illy she did it , too , and , in fact not to
ixhaust the reader's patience by enter-
ng into details the only visible out-
ome of her mental aberration was this
ixtreme terror in which she lived , and
or which I could find no reason.
Vhat baffled mo most was the fact that
vhile it was Cravyford himself who
> rimarily excited this terror she was
indeniably fond of him. In fact , at
he end of a week. I was precisely in
he same condition as when I first en-
ered the house.
An exceedingly hot night , and after
re had all gone "to bed I was tempted
o leave my room , and seated myself
iy the open window to indulge in an
xlra cigar. I had been there for per-
laps an hour when I heard the Craw-
ords talking in their room , which was
in a level with my own. The tones
cere excited and eager , and fearing
hat Mrs. Crawford might be lashing
icrself into a fury , and that her hus-
land might be ignorantly increasing it ,
stole down to their door and stood
isteniug.
"Arthur dear , give it to me. You
xju't want it to-night. Why not wait
intil the morning ? "
"Give it to you ? No ; I ! I know a
rick worth two of that. Ah , you think
don't know that you and that con-
ounded mealy-mouthed doctor are in
aague against mo. "
Crawford's voice , shrill and. mock-
ng , but undoubtedly his. Good
icavens ! was the man drunk ? There
ras a moment's pause , and then he be-
; an again , this time more gently.
"Come , come , Beatrice. Drop this
tupid looking. I only want to have
. little cut at Bertie , just a little cut ;
, nd look ! the knife is so bright and
harp it cannot hurt him much.1'
In a flash of revelation that nearly
ilinded me , as I realized the full hor-
or of the situation , I understood for
he first time now matters actually
itood. Crawford himself was the mad- ,
nan , and the devoted wife had known
he truth all this time , and for some
nscrutable reason had shielded him ,
) erhaps at the cost of her very life.
While these thoughts were rushing
hrough my brain I had noiselessly
> pened the outer door , and now stood
n the dressing-room peering into the
> edrooni beyond. The door between
he two was standing open , but a heavy
Curtain hung in the aperture , and , by
making a little slit in it by means of
i penknife , 1 was enabled to command
i view of the interior. At the farther
3ml of the apartment la } ' Bertie asleep
in his cot. Standiug before him , clad
in a long white wrapper and with her
auburn hair flowing over her shoulders
vas the young mother herself while at
some paces from her stood Crawford ,
Jtill in evening dress and balancing in
his fingers a long glittering dagger.
By this time he had dropped his angry
tones and was speaking in his accus
tomed pleasant fashion. "You know ,
dear , " he was saying , "it really is ne-
sessary that we both drink some. Half
a glassful of young and innocent blood
* nd we shall both keep young and
happy forever. "
Won't my blood do ? " asked the
desperately. She stretched her
bare arms toward him and forced a
smile to her poor quivering lips.
"You are much fonder of me , aren't
you , dear ? I shall do much better. "
"He laughed softly. "No , no , my
'lading ; not you. I wouldn't hurt you
for all the gold of all the Indies. " He
stopped suddunly , as if struck by his
awn words. "Gold ? " he repeated. "Ah !
yes , of course , I must have gold. Where
ilid I put it , now ? "
He retreated a few steps , looking un-
Busily from side to side.
"Perhaps you left it in the library
Ring for James. Or go to Mr. Lennox
Arthur ; he will help you to find it. "
He laughed again a low monoto
nous laugh , to winch my hospital worl
had but too well accustomed me , ant
then he moved near her , still balancing
the dagger in his long , nervous fingers
If he had only put it down for a mo
mcnt I could have rushed in and secur
ed it before turning to him , but , as mat
ters were , cruel experience ta'ught mo
that the instant he caught sight of me
he would rush to the child to carry his
dreadful purpose into elleal , and thai
the mother , in all probability , would
fall tho victim. On the other hand , J
dared not quit my post to summon as
sistance and so leave Beatrice entirely
at his mercy. I glanced round tho
dressing-room and the window-core
caught my eye. I cut it up as high as
[ could reach an1 crept back to my
hole at the curtain. Crawford was
growing rapidly angry.
"Give me that boy ? " ' he cried rough
ly. "Get out of the way , Beatrice ,
and let me have him. " ami he caught
her by the arm and dragged her from
the cot.
"Arthur , Arthur ! husband , sweet
heart. " She clasped both arms around
his iii-ck , and raised imploring eves to
his ; but the sight of the thin white face
only moved him to greater wrath.
"It is all your fault I have not made
rou strong long ago , " he exclaimed
irritably. "You never laugh now , and
rou can't sing , and you won't dance. "
"Dance ! Oh , yes , I can. Look , Ar
thur. " She drew back rapidly toward
; he cot , speaking in her ordinary quiet
iroice. "You shall do what you like
ivith Bertie ; I was only joking. Only
tve must have our dance liist , you
xllOW. "
With a sudden movement she stoop-
jd and lifted the sleeping child from the
jcd. talking all the time in : : n arch mer-
y voice , that still retained its old pow-
; r over the poor madman.
"Dance , Beatrice ! " and he began
vhistling , beating time with the clag-
ror.
Mlife has shown instances of self-
levotion in plent } ' . I have seen proofs
if ready wit , and more of indomitable
; luck ; but 1 have never seen them so
uarvelously combined as ou that terri-
ile night. Instinct taught me what
he meant to do. She had persuaded
ler husband Jo stand at the end of the
oom farthest from the curtain that
i d her one means of escape , and now
lie intended to hazard her only chance ,
l.i h through it , lock tho door on the
ither side , and then go for help. Back-
rard mid forward , round and round
he circled , a weird enough figure in
ur white draperies. The little white
iiet were bare , and it taxed her utmost
trength to hold the heavy boy in her
rins ; but with a sublime heroism , of
r'lucii I never should have believed her
apable , she never once paused for
reath.
"Mrs. Crawford ! Quick ! "
There was not a minute to be lost.
tore the curtain aside and she rushed
award me , but ere I could fasten the
eavy door her husband was upon us.
Vith a yell of battled rage ho was tear-
rig after her , and in another moment
rould have reached her with uplifted
: nife , when I tripped him up and he
? 11 headlong to the floor. He was
tunned by his fall , and while I fasten-
il his hands and feet by means of the
ord , his wife rang loud for assistance.
Ere he came to himself Arthur Craw-
jrd was safely secured m my own
oom. Mrs. Crawford was lying on
ic bedroom floor with her nervous lin
ers still lightlv interlaced , and by her
ide sat he little son , warm and rosy
; om his broken sleep. He was kissing
lie paling lips as I came hastily into
he room , and now held up a warning
tiger as I knelt beside them.
"Poor mamma is fast asleep , " he
rhispered. "And she is so cold. "
She was not. dead. The long and
rightful mental strain through which
he had passed brought on brain fever ,
nd for some days we despaired of her
Ie ; but she came through it bravely ,
nd ere the summer waned I had the
atisfaction of installing both mother
nd son in a seaside cottage.
Crawford , poor fellow , only lived a
3W mouths , for a dangerous fall in the
sylum grounds put a merciful tcrmina-
ion to his confinement. During those
BW mouths I visited him occasionally ,
nd he always spoke most tenderly of
.is wife , whom he imagined to be dead.
When he died I went to break the
icws to his young widow , and while
laying I solved much that had puzzled
ae. Her terror at my first introduc-
ion to her had been occasioned by the
act that she had at once recognized
no as Lennox , the mad doctor. I had
een pointed out to her in the park the
eason before. She dreaded Arthur's
ticidental madness being known to
, nyouc , for she had a blind terror of a
unatic asylum , and hoped that a quiet
ountry life might in time restore him.
Jut had he never broken out before ?
asked , for it semed to me incompre-
icnsible that so slight a frame should
ic capable of such courage. Once ,
she said , only once , and then he had
been bout ou killing himself.
In struggling with him for possession
of tho knife he had accidentally cut hot
wrist , and so occasioned the ugly scar
that so disfigured it. As for Bertie's
presence on that fatal night she told
me he had always been accustomed to
sleep in their roon ? , and as I had re
fused to second her theory that tho
child wanted change of air , and so aid
in sending him out of tho house , she
could devise no other means of getting
rid of him.
I have never seen Mrs. Crawford
from that day to this ; but still , in spito
of a certain pair of sweet brown eyes
which make the sunshine of my home ,
I am forced to admit that there is no
woman on earth for whom 1 have such
a boundless admiration as for that un
fortunate lady of whom I at one time
thought as my first patient.
Pluck in Petticoats.
Just now Bettio Travis is the talk of
Texas. The frontiers of that State have
produced many women of dauntless
courage , but Bettie , in her way , has
surpassed them all.
This girl is a beautiful blonde , sym
metrical as "the Greek slave , " charged
to her pink linger tips with electricity ,
and as wild and fearless as an Amazon.
In some unexplained way Bettie got
into trouble in Hunt County , and the
minions of the law made an attempt to
arrest her. She stood her ground with
a six-shooter , and kept the officers at a
safe distance until she succeeded in ef
fecting her escape. She sought a home
with her relatives near Bairdstown , but
they proved quarrelsome , and she found
it necessary to draw a pistol and drive
them into tho next county. For this a
constable tried to arrest her. but sho
got the drop on him with a Winchester
rillo and then rode oil to pastures
new. The high-spirited damsel was
next heard of in the Indian Ter
ritory. There she was charged with
violating the revenue laws , and
a determined effort was made to
secure her capture. Miss Bettie was
equal to the emergency. She donned
a man's suit of apparel , and , arming
herself with a double-barreled shot-gun
and a revolver , terrorized all the offi
cers and settlers until sho made her
way to Red river. The ferryman de
clined to carry her over without pay ,
but the girl took aim at his head and
persuaded him to laud her on tho other
side.
side.Such
Such careers are generally as brief as
they are brilliant. A deputv sheriff fi
nally captured poor Bettie Travis near
Paris , lie found the girl r .aming the
woods like a veritable Ophcl-a , babbling
unintelligible nonsense , and adorning
herself with wreaths and wild flowers.
Fortunately the deputy had sense
enough to see that he was dealing with
a lunatic instead of a desperado. He |
treated his prisoner kindly and turned
her over to the State Lunatic Asylum.
Texas now feels a sense of relief. For
a. long time it has been a question
whether Texas would take Bettie or
Bettie take Texas. Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Seven Useful Hints.
For the disagreeable sensation known
[ is heartburn , which so often accom- '
[ > anius indigestion , a salt-spoonful of
common salt , dissolved in half a wine-
jlass of water , and drank , is as efl'ec-
iive a remedy as a dose of salaratus
vatcr , and a much pleasanter and safer
> ne. Rubbing a bruise in sweet oil
uid then in spirits of turpentine Trill
isually prevent the unsightly black and
) lue spots which not only tell tales , but
leform. When there is an unpleasant
> dor about the feet , a small quantity of
i weak solution of salicylic acid in tho
oot-bsith is a sure destroyer of tho
> il'ence. Many of the patent extracts
mil bitters arc compounded of an
tlcohol derived from wood , and this is
aid to be a peculiarly dangerous form
> f alcohol , capable of producing very
erious brain disorder. One of the
nost treacherous medicines in all the
tharinacopoeia is the hydrate of chloral
rhich is so commonly used ; cases are
eported where two hundred grains
lave been taken in safety , and other
ases where ten grains have proved
atal or afforded only a narrow escape
rom death by timely aid and effort ;
his drug should never be taken but
pith the advice and attendance of a
ihysician. Iron articles will seldom
ust if they have been cleansed from
ill by hot soda-water , ai l afterwards
ipped in hot lime-water and dried.
Jollodion , spirits of turpentine , and the
ommon salve called oxide of zinc , are
ach an invaluable remedto apply to
urns and scalds before a } hysician can
rrive to do better , if bett'-r is to bo
one , and sweet oil and lime-water
eaten tip together make a cooling and
ealing ointment for them as good as
ny medicament known.
lazar.
Taking A Mean Advantage. j ;
"Say , you are a fortune teller , ain.t
ou ? " bluntly inquired a gentleman :
he other day as he entered rooms oc- J
upied by a woman who had a sign on !
he door reading "Clairvoyant. " j .
"I read the past and future and give ,
dvice in business troubles
; charges to i
; entlemen SI , " was the reply. ! '
"That's all right ; the charges are
easonable enough , " he continued i
uickly ; "it's not my own fortune I J
rant told , but my wife's. She'll be 1
.own this afternoon , and 1 want to i
iay you something in advance,1'and ]
ie laid a five-dollar bill on the table , 1
, nd , after giving an accurate descrip-
ion of his "better-half , continued : "It <
rouldn't be healthy for my wife to go '
o the sea-shors this summer ; tho fates t
decree that she would be drowned I
rhile bathing. She's undoubtedly go1 1
ng to have a fortune left her in a few <
ears , and therefore she ought to be i
irudent and economical now , so she 1
vill be in a better position to lord it 1
ver me when she handles the cash. I <
hink it would improve her complex- 1
on to do her own work , etc. You i
inderstand , don't you ? Do your work i
roll , and you will hear from me again. " i
And he left as abruptly as he came i
n. Elmira Gazette. I i
IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
riic System Tlint 31ns Prevailed in
Now York nnd tlio Xow Iitov.
To a Missourian , writes a Now York
jorrespondcnt of The Si. Louis Hepttbli-
? an , the fact that a system of imprison
ment for debt exists in this , the Empire
state of the union , seems very strange ,
and that tho law recently passed and
indorsed by Gov. Hill , which limits the
lerm for imprisonment for debt to six
mouths , should have encountered any
opposition seems stranger still. Even
the new law is at best but a relic of bar
barism. For years Ludlow street jail
has been the enforced residence of
many a poor unfortunate , who , being
auablo to satisfy the demands of his
Droditors , must remain in durance vilo
; luring their pleasure , there being be
fore the passage of the new law no lim
it to the time of imprisonment. The
debtor in consequence was worse oft'
than the criminal , for tho latter was
imprisoned for a fixed term , and at tho
2nd of that term he could hope to be
released , while the only hope for the
latter was the assistance of friends , if
lie had aii3 % which was not always , or
the leniency of his creditors. That the
latter class , which Lamb calls the "de
graded race , " in contradistinction to
Hie borrowers , whom he calls the
"great race , " is not always lenient ,
and that there arc people unfortunate
enough to be friendless , or if not entire
ly friendless , without friends who are
able to assist them , is evidenced in the
cases of quite a number of the inmates
of Ludlow street jail. Most conspicu
ous among these is A. 11. McDonald ,
who has been confined in the old prison
since March , 1SSO. His-history is a re
markable one. He is a Scotchman ,
nearly GO years old , and a descendant of
one of the oldest families in Scotland.
He is well educated and was formerlv
very wealth } ' . Shortly after the war
he purcha&ed a claim against tho gov
ernment for the value of a large amount
of cotton , aggregating over § 1,000,000 ,
which had been burned at New Orleans
by union troops during the war. He
employed an attorney to prosecute hi
claim , who in turn retained other coun
sel to assist him. The litigation was
carried on for many years , but he fin
ally obtained judgment for $200,000 ,
which was only sufficient to pay the
fees of his attorney. Suit was then
brought against him by the assisting
counsel for their fees , and another ap
parently endless litigation was com
menced. It culminated over six years
igo , when , the suit having been trans
ferred from Wellington to New York ,
judgment was obtained against him for
something over § 55,000. His money
ivas now entirely gone , and lie was un-
ible to give bail. lie was accordingly
irrested and thrown into Ludlow street
ailr where he has since remained. Not
jontent with keeping him in confine-
nent for over six years , his creditors
iternuously opposed his release , on the
rrounds that the law ws uncoiistitti-
ional ( think of that ! ) and that the leg-
slature had no right to pa > s an act
.uniting or affecting in any way the
cmcdy they possessed for the collcc-
ion of the debt , as if McDonald , in
n-ison and without friends , could raise
he money sooner than McDonald , a
reo man , could do so. The objection ,
is does the law itself , appears to me a
mistmildewed , worm-eaten remnant
if feudalism. Tho judge appeared to
hink so , too. for yesterday morning an
irder wascut to the prison for the
elease of McDonald and several oth-
: rs.
rs.I
I strolled down to the famous old
irison yesterday morning 'to witness
he release of the lirs.t batch of unfor-
umites. In the reception-room were
he three prisoners who were to receive
irst the benefit of the new law. Mc-
) onald was one of thi-m. Jie is a line-
ooking old nu n , and there is a certain
efincincnt in his features and Ins man-
er that reveals his birth and education
s plainly as his language. His com-
lexion , from long confinement , had
iccome pallid , but"now in the imme-
iate prospect of being once more a
ree man , his face was flushed and big
aars were in his eyes. Next to him
at Terence MonetCa dark little Cana-
ian. who had been in the prison about
ighteen monthHis wife , a very
retty woman , and who during his con-
nement had managed to eke out a
are living by keeping a cigar store ,
ras with him. It was pleasant to see
ow happy they were , and how thev
' talk and laugh and cry alter-
ately. The other prisoner"was a
'renchmen named Jules Chatillon.
[ e had paid over § 1,000 on his debts ,
nd loss than § 200 more would have
Icared him , but then misfortune came
nd he was slow in paying the balance ,
'hen to hurry the"payment - he was
nprisoncd , leaving his Vife to depend
pon charity for subsistence for herself
nd child ; but not long for the latter ,
> r it died shortly after the arrest of its
ither. When the order for their re-
; ase was received by the keeper and
: iey were told that they were at liberty
icy shook hands and "said good-bv to
11 their fellow prisoners , most of
horn were also expecting release in a
; w da\-s ; then they passed out into the
pen air , took a last look at the gloomy
inkling that had so long been their
ome and quietly went their respective
ays , the young Canadian and his wife
oing off arm in arm and very close to-
ether.
The life of the debtor confined in
radlow street jail is not without its
Dmforts. The cells are clean and com-
n-lable , and the food , it is said , al-
lough plain , could hardly be rivaled
i a fashionable restaurant for excel-
mce and variety. A good story is
> ld of a mau who was confined there
> r nearly a year , and then they had to
rive him out before he would go. He
as imprisoned on a judgment for a
nail amount , and his creditors ottered
sveral times to release him if he would
ay tho fees , but he would indignantly
ecline to pay a cent He was enjoy-
ig himself hugely. He would order
is meals with a kingly air , demand the
coper to bring his meals to him in his
ill , and when his wife came to see
im he would send her word that he
as not equal to the task of going
awn stairs , and he consequently could
at see her. Finally the creditors were
iadc awre of the fact that nothing
lited their debtor more than his quar
tors in Ludlow street jail. Then thoy
were angry. For nearly a year thoy
had been playing right into his hands ; *
"
he had been "living on the fat of tho :
land , contented and happy. This was *
directly opposite , of course , to their
desires"for who ever heard of a credit
or wishing to please tho man who owed
him money and would not pay it. So
they put their heads together and de
cided upon a heartless , cruel revenge.
An order for his unconditional release " ' ,
t
*
was sent to the prison. The debtorf J
objected. Ho was doing very well * r
whore ho was , and preferred to slay /
but the obdunUo wardenwould' ni , X
consent to it , and the poor fellow AK . /
forced to leave. It is said thatheliifci *
cordially hated tho warden ever since.
COCKTAILS BY THE QUART.
'
A Xow Dodjio "Which Plnttorcd tho
Atlanta Prohibitionists.
This has been a day of intense ex
citement among those interested in the ,
prohibition cause writes an Atlanta
correspondent to The New York World , .
owing to the open defiance of the law ,
by tho proprietors of the Kiniball
house. These gentlemen have been
restive under the prohibition law and J | ]
have announced their purpose of fight-
ing it in every possible way. When
prohibition went into effect on July 1 it
found several wholesale licenses out for
dates in August , September , and Octo
ber. The one of the latter month was
held by Mr. M. J. Mabray , who did a
small business in the suburbs. Yester
day morning the Decatur street doors
of the Kiniball house were thrown
open and the public was invited to en
ter. Within were Several long tables
on which were placed as many huge
beer tanks , each attended by half a
dozen waiters. It was announced that
Scoville & Beerman had bought the
license which Mabray held , and intend
ed to sell beer , whisky , and cocktails by
the quart until the end of October. In
the rear end of the room were several
hundred white pitchers' , which would
be filled on request. A door led into
an adjoining suite of rooms , where
stood about a do/.en waiters with tables
laden , with glasses. As the glasses
would be used the waiters would wash
them and place them on the tables
again. When the town boys caught on
to the scheme , which was to secure a
pitcher , get it filled and then retire into
another room , they gathered around
tho hotel by hundredsBeer kegs
were emptied faster than they could be
rolled to the hotel. Drafts were made
ou the wholesale houses , and a scene
of hilarity never before witnessed in
Atlanta was presented. Until midnight
[ lie square in front of the improvised
saloon was filled by men of all degrees ,
mxious to drink and taxing the utmost
powers of the waiters.
Meantime consternation reigned in
; he prohibition camp. Hurried meet-
ngs were held and the officers were
jailed upon. It was decided that the
jusmess should be broken up at all
lazards. This morning the scenes of
, 'esterday were exceeded. Prominent
jusiness men , as well as town boys ,
jrowiled the rooms. At noon the pro-
libition leaders , the mayor , the police
jommission , and chief of police decided *
hat steps should at onco be taken. *
L'he ground of action was that , while
he license was good , it could not be
egally transferred , and that , therefore ,
he sales of liquor in the Iviinbiill house
vere without license. Police Conmiis-
iioner Martin and Chief of Police C'on-
lolly entered the bar-rocm amid a how-
ing crowd of over five hundred ilrink-
: rs. The proprietors were notified to
sease their sale > , which they refused to
lo. The police then proceeded to ar-
e , t the waiters one by one as they sold
int liquor. Their places were as rap-
illy filled by the proprietors. While
his was going on the crowd was grow- { ;
ug furious. They were maddened by
he interference of the police with pri-
ate business. When at last a large
> osse of police were marched around
uid stationed at all the doors tho in-
lignation became deep. Calls were
uade for the authority upon which this
eizure of property was made. If but
me man had spoken the word there
rould have been a riot. Curses were
reely uttered : igain > , t the officers , and
specially again-t Policeman "Jumbo"
luntor , who has made himself particu-
arly obnoxious.
Messrs. Beerman and Scoville mean-
ime hastily appeared before Judge
lichard 11. Clarke and secured
rom him an injunction against the city
fficers , returnable on the 17th , re
training them from in any way inter-
Bring with thebusiness of the Kiniball
ouse. As the news was announced to
he crowd , and the policemen filed
.way , a shout of triumph went up , fol-
jwed by a rush ou the pitchers. At
his moment (11 P M. ) the rooms are
lied by drinking men , while many are
n the outside unable to gain ailmis-
ion. The prohibitionists are bitterly
hajrrined against Judge Clarke for the
iiigth of time he has given the liquor
allers.
The masterly series of papers on
'Great ' American Cities" in HAKPEIS'S
IAGAZIXK is continued in the August
sue by Edmund Kirkc's contribution
n Detroit , which is the leading article
f a rich number. The history of "The
! ity of the Strait' ' is cleverly outlined
rom the time before Hendrik Hud > ou 'J
3t foot on Manhattan Island , when 'J
ie Ilurons pointed out its site to
lhamplain as the gate-way to "the
ast seas of sweet water. " The first
ittlement by the adventurous French-
tan Cadillac , the romantic frontier
fe of its early period , the revolution-
ry scenes clustering about this West-
rii centre of the struggle for freedom , * "
ie surprising flood of Yankee immi-
ration which was opened by the Erie
mal , and its astounding growth ever t
nee , are all deftly described. But the
ty of to-day is the main subject , and
s characteristics in enterprise , society ,
chitecture , and culture are well treat-
1. A lively part of the article is the
ro pages given to "M. Quad , " the
etroit Free Press humorist , whose
> rtrait is one of the numerous Sllus-
ations.
"Happy Charles , white and yellow washer. "
a curious "Washington sign.
