Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 13, 1881, Page 11

THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY Iy, lSBl-—I-EIGHTEEN- PAGES 11 GEN. ROSECRANS. old" Soldier Comes Out in His Commander’s De- fense. R Cutting Letter Sent by Rose- _ne crans to Gen. Hal- leck. fome Unwritten History Regarding the Famous Battle of Chick- amauga. How Gene Rosecrans Declined to Fol- Jow the Advice of His Corps Commanders. Recommended by Charles A. Who Discreetly Staid in the Rear, ' gis Bemoval Dans, .. quths EAstor of The Chicago Tribune. , Feb. 11.—An extract from the 0:_13:: Commercial, opublished in your impartial journal, secks to do justice to Gen. 5, which is most generous, but just. 1t tends togorrect wrong impressions easily formed in the hurty and tumult of war, and wdiomlne it wasto be in the lead at the ¢dlose of our late War. We can surely do ce while we bind the laurel upon the vic- ac's brow. Nothing succeeds like success, says Mr. Emerson. ‘We might easily para- phrase the saying by changing a word: Noth- ing isso blighting as apparent failure, Be- forea great baitle, Generals are -few compe- tent to solve the mighty problem of the com- ict. After the battle every private o fignt the battle over and achieve success —in hils owa eonceit. Oneof the most brilliant men of genius, 3. literary wonder, as well as a strat- egist in the science of war second to pone, & .man and a Genergl, as a fghter early earned distinction, “suddenly disappeared from the prominent view of his countrymen late in the year 1863, and in the midst of 6ur great War. Much hasbeen since written of Gen. Rosecrans for and sgainst. That he hasbeen one of the worst. abused and underrated Generals the War produced there can be no doubt; that the mantel of obseurity hangs upon - his shoul- ders unjust!y, and illustrates the ingratitude of Republics most strikingly in his case is - essily demonstrated. He graduated first in his classat West Point; was a renowned En- gineer before the War. Immediately upon theontbreak of the Rebellion he tendered his services to the Government. He was ‘made Colonel of the Twenty-third Ohio Vol- unteers, and almost immediately after enter- ing active service became Brigadier-General. His pame soon became a synonym for all the noble qualities of @ soldier and a gentlemah. With an almost kingly air of dignity he yeb WOX THE HEARTS OF THE COMMON EOL- DIERS by his consideration for their comfort and real welfare, and the term * Old Rosey ” in Jéss than three months became his familiar and affectionate sobriquet throughout the amy. He soon rose to a rank commensurate with his genius and culture. Letus not tarry with him, as he makes his way over the brilliant fields of Cheat Mountain, West Vir- ginls, Corinth, and luka, Miss., but go with him at once to Stone River, Murfreesboro, ;I;eflnn..rDec.,sl.,lsuz, and Jan.1,2,3,and 4, The desperate battle was fought with #grossly incompetent corps commanders (with ongexception, Thomas), but by his magnet- lm and alinost superhuman personal gallant- 17, Gen. Rosecrans wro\:ght out of that daotic field of carnage an’immortal victory. Twarmy lay in camp until the following June, when it began its memorable forward movement, culminating with the fearful bat- tesof Chickamauga (or *River of Death,” isIndian name), Sept. 19 and 20, 1563. Inthe midst of the important work of re- o the badly shattered Army of the Cumberland, and some two months after the great victory achieved at Stone River,—for which the ‘Congress of the United States mve him a vote of thanks and the press of were shouting his praises,—there amea dispatch from the General-in-Chief # Washington which is best explained by Gen Rosecrans’ reply, which probably is the secret reason for his subsequent sum- mary decapitation upon the false pretense of Incompetency and failure at Chickamauga. Thereply to that communication, while, as wehavesald, it probably cost him his head (oficially), should emblazon his name and gnfll:lugéomver upon the scroll of fame asa \IT WAS AS FOLLOWS: BrADQUARTZRS OF THE CUMBERLAND, MUR- !';l;'nono. ‘Tenn., March 5, 1863.—Maj.-Gen. H. . Halleck, General-in-Chicf, Washington, D. C: L Yours of the Ist inst., announcing the of - finh\’lmt Major-Generalsbip in the Regu- IrAmmy 1o ~the General in the field who first ins animportant and decisive \‘icmx?‘." i8 re- caved. Ag on. officer and a citizen I feel de- ":d 2t such an auctioneering of honor! m_mllruGeuenl among us who wouid fight For bis own personal benetit whea he would not for bonor and his countrs? He would come by ! commisslon basely In’that case, and deserve R EJespised by men of honor. But aro all TR Cianeat TF ot tges o probLS et ably ge! doast who deserve most!” W. S. Ro;g:cn.\ss): a The Major-General of Volunteers. almost superhuman difficulties which iy Progress in the great forward move- o of the army from Murfreesboro are b Incessant rains made the = nlegne srezt sponge. Artillery had to be the or dragged by ropes in the hands,of - msg]d!ers. he army necessarily was ad over a vast territory—like a fan. hdlml Tavines, trackless woods—Barrens— c:he corduroyed.” The rugged spurs of =t .llnberlmd_Mnuntains had to be marched o 43,5 ly heats and the humid _atmosphere wml']lgust were defied in the onward march Wugh the wilderness of ‘Tennessee. Mmflgsm ‘had to be constructed from the trees lrest with which to cross large and mm‘nemns rivers in the darkness of night m’&% mjt:l\?efln“y"sb,y (? brilnfinnt series 85 enf en. Rosecrans wil Gen. Palmer's division in the lead, Chattaggy S GEEAT RELEL STRONGHIOLD. of the 00ga—Sept. 9, 1863. To_say nothing JanuzFeeat victory of Stome River,of the Cen. a1y preceding, this latter achievément of ey xsev:muslwas “surely well calculated fnthy iim the * vacant Major-Generalship meek“i‘gul.ar army ¥ referred to by Gen. zi:l his Insuliing dispateh of March L. wt G atures of the Staies of New York ‘hlnkno' in_joint assembly, made votes of mor this last brilliant Service of Gen. iy 01’:1& But the authorities at Washing- Yor blor Brains” Halleck und_der mann ntpelpeund elsen (Bismarck) Stanton did ey grabh any recognition. Chickamass 12ter the memorable battle of d, Se émgn was fought, Saturday and Sun- Gar \hlgzeé and 20, 1563, at Gordon’s Mills, Xoy ok nmilessouthwest of Chattanooga. o the “,!‘ bage of unwritten inside history Boseerr % along with the letter of Gen. leek's Bms of March 5, 1563, in reply to Hal- Latg o twsal)‘ On the night preceding the Gen.’ 10! Chickamanga (Sept. 18, 1863), lttey gy ‘Secrans with Tis own hand wrote & “\-Mnfch of his three corps command- Tuiging ‘LGen.A; AcDowell McCook, com- . G e right wuu;i_or Twentieth Corps; the eem.“;‘(}oeorze L "Thouas, commanding Gen, T, OF Fourteenth Corps; and Maj- Teft wmas L.Crittenden, comnianding the Qiripe o 0" Twenty-first Ariny Corps,—in- S35 10 each one of thelr Opinions 25 o © Umyggny dpnsulon of the enemy, where the %Ud concentrate, and_what base to Whether l?n in case of sudden attack; tevergon y LXPOSe Chattanooga and give e Pigeo? fi'fl‘ (by way of Stevens Gap, in = ountain range) preference, and, ) asking written and full reasons g,,mmnggm.iuns they (the three corps amy Taets) mizht make, ete.. efe. The tong £ spread over ten mifesof front, s l‘é‘( Gordon’s Afills (Crittenden’s or § t) toward the Pigeon'Mount- “‘“hwm Kg\Ens Gap, to the right and n Sinzufu gogon’sh)lms and C&amnno- o, each MBS ommangers pues! e + A% ELyBoRATE Wi Y SR ITTEN OPINION, strongly and plausibly for & concen- the rejoicings of those whose great- tration on the right and toward Stevenso: Ala,; as an ultimate base of operations,— thus ignoring Chattanouga (the, key of five States) entirely, on the theory taat it was too far east, and must necessarily be left out of calculation, because we were in pursuit of the enemy, and that by shutting ourselves up in Chattanooga we would be very naturally outflanked by the wily and_energetic foe by a probable movement on Stevenson, as ex- plained above. Gen. Crittenden, command- ing the left wing, was rmficulnrly elaborate in his replyto Gen. Rosecrans’ letter, and urged a novement toward La Fayette and a concentration on the right, with Stevenson, - and o not . Chuita: noogd, as a base. Did Gen, Rosecrans adopt the advice of his three corps com- manders? Most decidedly not. Immiediate- 1y upou receiving the opinjons of his sub- ordinates,he gave orders diametrically op- posed to those suzpested by them,—namely: he ordered an fmmediate concentration on the left,—that is, the line was practically re- versed, and the right and centre were by forced marches ordered to form on Critten- den’s left;:that is, take position to the left (east) of Gordon’s Mills (Crittenden’s Jeft). The troops wearily took up the line of march through the dreary jungle of scrub-vak and white sand at midnight of Sept. 18. By 10 o’clock gn the morning of Saturday, Sept. 19, the line was’ nearly completed, which, it would seem by subsequent events, was in pursuance of an apprehension or an amazingly correct ealculation of a threatened attack in force on_ the left, Atabout 10 o’clock of the 19th of Sep- tembera tremendous fire was opened on Crittenden’s lirfe at Gordon’s Mills. Longa- street, one of the most daring and reckle: of Southern Generals, rushed in at least six lines deep with a nerve and abandon typical of Southern tactics. THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA. opened in earnest at that time and place, and raged for two days, the objective point being first the possession of the cross-roads leading to Ringgold and Chattanooga, and, finally, of course, the rout of the Union army and re- capture of the greatstronghold Chattanooga. Not to discuss the interesting and exciting details of the great battle of Chickamauga, let us see what are the facts with reference to Gen. Rosecrans’ removal and per- manent retirement from the army with which he hLad been so conspiéuously con- nected as Commander-in-Chief for nearly oue year. It s quite obviousthat in consequence of Gen. Rosecrans’ sagacity and prescience a terrible and irretrievable disaster was avert- ed. Had the advice of his three corps commanders been followed in whole or in part, the destruction of the Ariny of the Cumberland would have become a matter of history. Since we must judge by results, and nut be guided by fine-5pun theories and elaborate plans (on paper), we should be generous in our conclusions as to the means adopted to produce or bring about such re- sults. Gen. Rosecrans simply conceived a theory contrary to the threc soldiers sub- ordinate only in position (not in rank). He was the responsible head of the army. If it ‘wasa caprice with him to issue an order on the chances of being nearer right than the combined wisdom of his three sifbordinated—as it would seem was the case —then we cannot say whether it was a caprice or a matter of judgment based upon information, small . or great, with reference 1o the matter inquired of which the subor- dinates may not have had. That is a sec- ondary consideration. We ought to be fair, and judge by the simple facts and circum- staunces which wmust always govern in the game of war. e certainly, in his capacity of Commander-in-Chief, did use his own Jjudgnent in handling the army, which WAS MOST CERTAINLY VINDICGATED by the fortunate resuit,—not only by avert- ing a calamity, but by achieving a great and decisive victory,—for which he ought to have received a *‘Major-Generalship in the Regular Army,” instead of a summary re- tirement. Gen. Rosecrans personally was on the field of battle, and by great and characteristic gallantry (as at Stone Rwer;. contributed very largely to the result achieved. Towards 3 o’clock in the after- uoon of Sunday, Sept. 20,”the enemy ap- peared to have obtained an advantage, out- numbering us two to one or more. Retreat from our position at the cross-roads alluded to was scen to be an imperative necessity. There would be no advantage in merely holding our own by keeping possession at that point of the two roads. As a retreat is the last despcrate operation of an army already badly dismantled by a two-days’ bat- tle with superior numbers, it required ex- traordinary fortitude to provide means to make a backward movement (in the tace of a triumphant and aggressive foe) a reasona- ble success. And that, too, over a country at once 2 wilderness and a sterile promontory. Gen. Thomas was intrusted with spe- cial orders to take the active com- mand_of the troops at the front, while Gen. Rosecrans personally, with a portion of his staff (Gen. Gartield, his Chief of Staff, re- maining with Thomas), repaired to Chatta- nooga to provide means of averting a greater disaster than a defeat in the® open field,—the question of prowess being mainly the issue, since neither side could gain anythinz not continzent upon holding or recapturing Chattanooga. | & ‘The world knows the stand which Thomas made at Rossville in strict and specific orders from Gen. Rosecrans. It was A GLORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT, and well have lis praises been sung and his fame assured by his success there. In Gen. ‘Thomas’ official report of the battle he dis- tinctly gives Gen. Rosecrans all the credit for his success. e declares that he simply carried out to the letter the orders from Gen. Rosecrans, and if thereisanyspecial credit to be awarded, Gen. Rosecrans 1s entitled to it, for he conceived the Ph"' and Thomas simply, as a faithful soldier, carried to a fortunate conclusion the instructions of his superior oflicer. 3 pon the ground at the battle of Chicka- Tnauga was present a rentleman trom Wash- ton in ordinary citizen’s attire. He came alone, and unannounced and unheralded, the same as any private citizen visiting the army. His pame was Charles A. pana. He was then Assistant Secretary of War,—the con- venientand subservient tool of Stanton and Halleck. He committed the gross discour~ tesy of not reporting fo or visiting Gen. Ro- sencrans’ headquarters, but skulked in the rear among the ambulances, picking up \\'hutgossir he could from the large army of stragglers who kept him company, As soon as the smoke of Dattle cleared away, and, safely housed in Chat- tanooga, the cynical journalist and factotum of Malleck, Stanton & Co. at Washington, found means to telegraph the firm of Hal- leck, Stanton & Co., suggesting TOE SUMMARY KEMOVAL OF GEN. CRANS for “drunkenness and incompetency,” and, also, including in his advice the removal of McCook and Crittenden, without giving any reasons therefor! "The fact that the advice of the Assistant Secretary of War. Dana (now, in these latter days of political bargain and sale, the eulogist of Sammy Tilden) was literally and promptly followed, is the best commentary on_the gross injustice done one of the most brilliant Generals, and one of the grandest men the -War brought prominently into view. In the lizht of the letter of Gen. Rosecrans to Halleck, declining_ to be gratuitously insulted, instead of receiving well-earned promotion after Stone River; in the further fact of the religion and politics of Gen. Rosecransnot at all agreeing with those of **the firm” which ran the Government during the War, and the danger which_certain political pets of the authorities at Washington labored under of having to cope with the merits of sucha General as Rosecrans, it is not, after all, so difticult o get at the trueinwardnessof some features of the conduct of the War as might be imagined, Why was the insulting dispatch sent to Gen. Rosecrans to which he made his noble, his heroic, reply? Why did he not get the weil-earned promotion to the yacant_Major-Generalship” after Stone River? Why did Mr. Dana come all the way from his busy desk at Washington in the heat of summer and travel like a spy through the lines of our army, if not for the express purpose of trumping up an in- famous pretext upon which to cut off the brilliant career of the General in the field,— who had two or three times §on the highest romotion in the gift of the} authorities ab {J"nshingmu. but got only a stabin the back by the envious Casea, who merely plaved his role in imitation of his masters at Washing- ton? Surely, under the circumstances in which Gen. Rosecrans found himself en- vironed at the time of the battle of Chicka- mauga, and remembering his treatment after Stone River, he could well_repeat his_signi- ficant words, ** Are ali our brave and success- ful Generals on an equality as to chances? If not, those who deserve. most probably get Jeast.” JARVIS BLUME, Becond Kentucky Infantry Volunteers, Clerk of ROSE- the Asgsistant Adjutant-Gepernt Twenty-first Army Corps, Army of tho Cumberland. —————— ¢ An Ornithological Jamborce. An entomologist of Kingston, N. Y., having on his hands several bottles of insects preserved in irits, for which he had no further use, emptied gem upon the asn heap in his back yard. No sooner had he emptied the bugs than the spar- rows lit all over the heap in » perfect cloud, swallowed the bugs, and in about ten minutes were drunk—drunk as men get—and cut up the same idiotic capers. They fought in free fights of half a dozen, a dozen, aud [n fifties, and sud- denly half of une party would break off from their fight and .dash into some of the other fracnses. Almost all the nests were. puiled down, and the whole colony was in n stite of anarchy and the direst confusion. The whole drunk was over in half an hour, but that ghort time served to aliow the cats to_slaughter over fifty of the sparrows, whose combative qualities and forgetfuiness had brought them 100 near the ground. Nota sparrow has been seen in that nefghborhood since. . GOSSIP FOR LADIES. SUPPOSING. Lena Ledyard in Wide-Awaks, 1If T should write a valentine, And send {t to my Iady, P And you should be the messenger, My darllag little Maidle, You think you'd tie your bonnet on, And, pulling up your mittens, Go running with my sonnet, on. Two feet as ticet a8 kittens? O no! your pardon I must beg— . For you'd untic your bounet, And hang your miltons on a peg, And sit down with my sonnet; And in it you'd find lots of love, And written on the cover: * A valentine for Maidie—{rom Her most devoted lover."” WOMEN WIIO USE THE FOILS. New York Sun. y Itis ‘apeguliarity of the young woman of the ninetefnth century that she apes the young man of the same period. She wears men’s hats, collars, cravats, coats, and some- times canes. It is not surprising, then, that ihe young women of New York are taking to fencing. Men fence, then why not women? And so they have gone into the sport with a vim, - Physicians agree that there is no bet- ter exercise for, persons of sedentary habits. Those who have practiced it say that they have been benefited much, and they recom- mend it with enthusiasm. “Ah, it is a great thing for a woman to learn to fence,” said Col. 1. H. Monstery yesterday. The veteran stood in his school of arms at 811 Sixth avenue surrounded by the implements of his profession. Specimens of old armor hung on the walls, flanked by curious and rare weapons, daggers, pikes, halberds, wmuskets, fuils, rapiers, broad- swords, plastrons, brasers, masks, b 57- gloves, Indian clubs, and dumbbells. ~‘The Colonel, tall, erect, martial, his coat buttoned closely around his slim form, 2 silk skull-cap set jnulxlil{ upon his brown locks, which were parted with m ry precision down the back of his head and brought forward over his ears, and his iron-gray mustache and goatee carefully waxed, seemed fittingly framed by the weapons around him. **Ah. yes,” he said, “women should fence; and why? It develops their chests and muscles, makes them gracetul, supple, and healthy. Half the ills that womankind is heir to would disappear if our young ladies would bug ex- ercise more. Fencing seems to be just the thing, and a good many ladies in this city are finding it out. I have pupils from such fam- ilies as these.” Then he gave several well- known names. 3 “These young ladies come to me, and_say that they wish to learn to tence. Sometimes they torm a class among thewsclves; some- times they desire private lessons. In each case Iteach them justas I would men. First the positions. So, so, so. Yousee.” The veteran suited the action to the word, and in quick succession assumed the different pos- tures of the fencer. They were not those usually assumed by young women, and were such as might startle an ordinary young lady at first. * Yousee,” said he, ‘““they bring into play all the muscles, particularly those of the waist, stomach, and legs. Still the ex- ercise is not violent. It makes a woman active,—quick to see; gives her command of her limbs, enables her to protect herself in the street, to move quickly and with cer- tainty. Shesees arunaway horse, and ean getout of the way. lier muscles become firm, her chest broadens, her lungs expand. It brings the color to her cheek, elasticity to her limbs, and adds years to her life. Yes, it 1s a good thing for women.” Col. Monstery became eloauent. *Then when the pupil becomes further advanced she is_given the foil, a light one, of course, weighing from half a pound to a pound, and the lessons go on. 'Nothing un- usual, nothing strange about it. Some of my pupils become excellent swordswomnen. They are those that continue and persevere. Others get tired after a time, and seek new amusements. You know what women are. Not always pleased with: the same thing. Not exactly. If a thing is the fashion, then they go into it most heartily. »Many of the fashions are unworthy of countenance or imitation. Fencing is not one of them, sure- ly. It has this advautage: that it usually in- terests the pupil. No exercise is good that is irksome. You set out for a two-mile walk just because you think you ought to take it, and you wish f’ourself home all the time. ‘What is the result? You are shn{yly fatigued, not benefited. You go to a school of arms and fence_with a rival, and the contest is spirited. You work hard, strive you best, are excited, exhilarated, and the result is more beneficial than you can well caleulate. *1 have taught many actresses in wmy time, from Lola Montez down. Lola Montez be- came an expert swordswoman. Helen Tem- ple was another of my pupils. She never fenced on the stage, but merely took lessons in order to strengthen_her voice. I taught Ada Isaacs MenKken, You remember her—at one time John C. Heenan’s wife, and the greatest *“French Spy”” we ever had. "It was in San Francisco that I taught her, and she became excellent. Ah, you ought to have seen her and Junius Brutus Booth fence in the duel scene in the “French Spy.” Ile yas the besi amateur swordsman in Amer- ica, and made up into a splendid specimen of the Arab. The two, nken and Booth, made a perfect picture of beauty and grace as they fenced. It was no ordinary stage- fencing, I can tell you. % “ Weare talking about women, but let me tell you one incident about Booth—Junius Brutus, lecameto me to learn to fence just because he had been badly injured in fencing on the stage. Once he got n'bad cut on the forehead. You see his opponent forgot his cuts, the *one, two, three’ business, and so when Booth cut down, as he should have done, the man cut him over the head. At another time he was badly cut in the knee, much in the sime way. So he came to me to learn the art of fencing in self-defense. And what a superb swordsman he became. None better i America, 1 have taught many actors. 4 “ But you want to know abont the ladies. Then there was little Adele Belgarde, that pretry youui woman who plays Hamlet. She learned her fencing_ from me, and very pretty work she made of it, too, in the last scene. Lean’ttell you how many French Spies and Mazeppas 1 have taught, but last and not least was that terrific woman who layed Mazeppa in the Bowery last spring, Maude Forrester. She was immense;_ wide, at least, and like a child in strength. Why, little Adele Belgarde could handle her. She worked hard, liowever, and learned enough to do well on the stage.” “ How do your pupils dress for_fencing?” “Much as for egvmnastics. In a loose waist and .short skirt, coming a little below the knee. Ionly wanttosee the position of the leg below the knee to tell ether it is correct. Of course the clothing must be loose, and of such a character that the limbs can_have free play. And do yod know,” continued the Colonel, * that. some of my young ladies want to take boxine lessons ? They insist upon it. Of course they do. They want to learn anything that men learn. But I dow’t encourage boxing. It wor’t do, you see, to have a pretty. young woman’s eve blackened, or her dear little nose punched. Oh, the exercise is good, certainly, and [ stand up_and let them punch away at me, but I don’t encourage it. Fencing is the thing for women. ‘Thereis no better exercise.” L Regis Senag, another vrofesser of arms, whose school js in the Bootly’s Theatre Build- ing, was standing foil in hand beforea lad. The teacher was masked, on his hands were fen- cing-gloves, and on his breast a well-worn plastron. ‘At this plastron the Iad was mak- ing.savage thrusts with his fuil, and M. Senac encouraged him in his abparent endeavors to transfix him, by frequent and apparently savage exclamnations, L Senac informed the reporter that he has young women pupils, but not many. They are from the very best families of New York. Sometimes _they come regularly to_take les« sons, sometimes they do not. Butitisa fine exercise for woinen, tencing, and it would he infinitly better for them 1f they would devote more time to it and less to the dissipations of fashionable life, that sap their vitality, drive the roses from their checks, and hurry them to early and prematuré graves. VALENTINES. New York Etentng Post. The observance of the 14th of Febraary as the anniversary of St. Valentine, which for some years languished considerably, has of late been ‘reviving, and this ‘season will be general in all classes of society- The in- creased, interest inthe custom of sending |" valentines is due in part to the improvement of all kinds of business, but largely, also, to the very_extensive use of Christmas, New Year’s, and Easter cards, and the introdue- tion of similar cards for the purpose of val- entines, . This has made the custom fashion- able among persons who had. long relin- quished valentines of the ordu_mry patterns, and has directed fresh attentionto the old usage. . Valentine cards, which have longbeen very popular in England, were introduced in this country to a slight extent several years ago, and last year they were used largely. This season the demand for them isstill great- | er, and the designs,,whichare of wide variety, include mmany of much beauty. Great quan- tities have been made in this country, and many of them have been imported from noted foreign makers of such articles, Some of these cards display elegant embossed work, and others are of satin, hand-painted, with borders of silk fringe. The prices of the cards have o wide range, being from two or three cents to a dollar apiece, All valentines which are not cards or of the * comic™ variety are adorned with lace paper, which custom has made an indispen- sable requisit, ‘This lncework forms one of the chief item$ of the costof the valentines, as all of itfs imported from England, It could be made equally well in this country, but the cost of new dies for each yem’s de- signs would be so great asto prevent do- mestic manufacture, The English nianu- facturers cai afford this expense becaunse of the greater popularity of valentines in En- glandy where there is a good demand even for those which cost two or three guineas apiece, . “Thenovelties in the trade this year, in ad- ditivn to the eards mentioned, are the cameo valentines and the alleged comic ones which are_called * mustodons.” The latter arc a decided improvement over the old comic styles, with their shapeless colored wood- cuts and abusive verses. The new onesare made in Jong slips, of better paper than the old kind, and are colored photo-engravings from crayon drawings. *The inscriptions are general in their reterences, and are designed to excite a smile rather than to give offense. i)], valentines of thisspecies, a well-known wmanufacturer declared to-lay, always have | been and always will be largely used for the purpose of anonymous insults. His experi- ence, he added, showed that where one val- entine was sent for this object by aman, a hundred were sent by women in order to gratify petty malice,” A man usually sent such a valentine as a joke, like a customer of his, some years, ago, who bought 150 copies of a single design and mailed them to his friends and business correspondents in all parts of the country, with directions to re- mail them to one person 1n this city. In consequence of increased facilities for manufacture and of competitionin the trade the price of cowic valentines is now only a trifle in comparison \\'l}h their cost twenty years ago. A.gross, which used to bring $5, is now sold for 30 cents. - The retail price of the “mastodons” isa cent apiece. The cameo valentines are so called because their colored groundwork is embossed with white figures, resembling the tracery ona stone cut in refiet. The inevitable ince pa- per surrounds some pretty picture or tender sentiment displayed in the centre. The re- tail price of these specimens varies from three cents to a dollar, some of the cheaper ones being remarkably good for the money. The most expensive valentines are sold in boxes, which cost much more than their fra- gile contents. These boxes are of orna- mental wickerwork, or are covered with satin, often haudsomely painted, while some have plate glass covers, or a mirror inserted in the lid, so that they are suitable and permanent. ornaments for a lady’s dressing-table. ‘The valentines which they contain are masses of delicaté lace paper and chenille. enclosing a picture or an affectionate inscription. Elegant toys of this sort cost from §5 to 825 eacly and the demand for them is of course comparatively small. Nearly all of the box valentines sold here are made in this country, as there is a_duty of 35 per centum upon the lace paper articles, an k°£ 40 per centum upon the satin-covered e cas ; A gentleman who hasbeen an extensive manuiacturer of valentings for a lony period said to-day that the demand for valentines this year had been larzer than at any pre- vious time since the War. 'The demand came equally fromall parts of the country, and many dealers, after onee.receiving a consid- erable stock, expected so brisk a"trade that they hud sent to this city for additional sup- plies. Of comic valentines alone he had al- ready sold three millions'this season. PERSISTENT INQUIRY. 2 Brookiyn E “Say, mister, where does this boat land on the other side of the river?’ demanded a woman of-the ferryman yesterday, as she elbowed her way through a erowd of men and planted herelbows on the ledge of the ticket window. “Fulton street; two cents,” replied the faretaker. “Whereabouts on Fulton street.” asked. “Foot of Fulton street; two cents,” re- sponded the oflicial. “Which waydo I take to go to Nassau street ? ) *Straight up.” e. she | lic lessons as here in America, and they rare- +Straight up from where 2 Straight up from the ferry.” _*Say, mister, is'there much ice in the river?” *Yes, some.” “1low mneh 27 “Considerable: Tdon’t know. Let these people pass, will you ?” *1s it dangerous to cross ? Is thereenough ice to make it dangerous ?”” 5 5 “}\',9; pass on, now, quick. You’lllose the oal,’ ““When does thenext boat go 2 *“Ten minutes. Will you stand asi de 2” ““How much is the fare?” “"'yvo cents.” 5 *Ilow long”—here the impatient crowd carried her past the window and_ swept her aboard the boat, but she’ struggled gamely and made her way back. * Say, mister, how long does it take to cross 27 ““ About four hours,” shouted the exasper- ated official. ““ Then 1'd better hurry. hadn’t 127 “ch, hurry. You haven’t a minute to spare.’ Thisis South Ferry, isn’tit?» “Noj; it’s Fulton Ferry.” “Letme out then! What are you keeping me here for? Why didn’t you tell ‘me this was South Ferry ?7 and she fought her way through the crowd to the street. “ Pity I can’t get the ferry I want,” she soliloquized, as she hooked the conductor of a Furman street car over the back platform. with her umbrella. * Now, young man, you put me out at the right place or your folks will },mnk you are in partuership with a buzz saw. She got there. HOW THEY LEARN TO COOK. New York Hotel Mait, The Austrian lady of station who does not know how to cook, one may almost say does not exist. Every detailof the cuisine sheis acquainted with. A storyis told by Austrian ladies of another who, having neglected her education, allowed, at a great dinner party she gave, two dishes of the same color to. be served in succession, a fault for which she was hardly to be forgiven. The Princesses of .tho Royal honseholds attend a course of lectures from a chef entifely upon the order of serving. Young iadies do not learn the art of cooking at cooking clubs, or from pub- Ly learn in their own kitchens. It is the cus- tom to go to some greit house, the house of a Princess or at a very rich banker’s, where there are famous chefs,. from whomn they learn. When a chef engages to cook for a great house he stipulates that he is to have the ofivilege of teachinz as many young ladies as he chooses. These youne ladies need not even kLnow the mistress of the house, and they make their arrange- ments with the ccok only. For a course of lessons lasting through the winter each pupil pays the ¢cook 30 gulden, abont 515, This includes instruction in every particular. If abanquetis to be given, & grand breakfast, oran_elaborate supper, the young ladies are notified, and -are there to See the dishes decorated and to learn the order of serving, ‘They watch every process. Were you to descend to a_Kitchen at such a time you would no doubt find these girls suf- fused with blushes; for these lessons always foretell narriage, and are the last and finish- ing touches of a maiden’s education. But it would be a breach of etiquet for any member of the household to trespass in _that depart- ment, which belongs to the cook and lis no- ble young pupils. Thisis very much as if the cooks of the Astors and Vanderbilts were permitted to receive a hulf-dozen young la- dies from Fifth avenue on the occasion of a very grand dinner party and explain to them the mysteries of each dish as it left their hands. Since young ladies must _be in tne dining-room themselves on such occasions in their own households, it follows that these processes they cannot watch at home, never mind on how grand a scale things are. And sbin Austria all noble young ladies learn these things in another kitchen than their own. FASHIONABLE SUFFERING. Washington Corresvondence Cincinnati Gazette. There has been a great deal of suffering in Washinegton during the past week. The be- decked and befrizzled daughters of fashion who are here during the season have had a dreadful time walking from their carriage across the wide pavements and the parking to the doors of the mansions where the latest styles were being industriously displayed. One manufactured young lady slipped and Jost a set of teeth.” Another had her wig twisted so far as to expose its character, An- other spattered the costly lace border of her petticoat, and had to mdreh through the rooms with her dress dragging. and so could not displayit. This was a cause of peculiar hardship, ‘as the lace was imported for the season here, and the charming lady who re- ceived it hus since heard of tne death of her father, and will not be able to wear it again. Suffering of this kind, among those unac- customed to hardships, has been general and of unusual sadness. FEMININE NOTES. Women of let-ters—Real-estate agents’ wives. 2 *You will love only me, George, darling * * Sometimes,” he says. The Boston Courler gives the following ‘wise piece of advice to its bachelor readers:. “ Never marry a girl unless you have known her at least three days and a picnic.” Extract from a letter from Angelina: “ Dear Henry, you ask if I return your love. Yes, Henry, I have no use for it, and return it with many thanks, By-by, Henry.” When you hear a young lady very carefully say ‘1 liaven’t saw,” you may be quite con- fident that she is a recent graduate from one of the most thorough of our numerous fe~ wale seminaries. 5 One of the most touching things ever written is this, which appears on & New England tombstone: “Dear Papa went up to Heaven, What gricf Mamma endured! And yet that grief was soltened, for Papa bo was iusured.” *My wife won’t even hear of my going to the theatre with another lady,” said Galla- gher. Ragbag didn’t seem to construe Gal- lagher’s remarks aright, for hesaid: “Won’t eh? Don’t you be too sure of it. I thought wmy wife wouldn’t, but she did, and I hada fearful time about it.” Mistress—As you’ve never been in service, P'm afraid I ean’t engage you without & “ character.” Young Person—I have three School Board certificates, ma’amn.. Mistress —Oh, well, I suppose for honesty, cleanli- ness—— Young Person—No, ma’am; for literatoor, juggr’phy, an’ free’and drawrin I —London Punch. “Ineversaw such tendgrness in my life. Whenever De Sinith comes lomé his wife meets him at the door and kisses him.” “Tenderness, in_a horn!” responded a friend of the family; ‘“she does that tosee how his temperance pledge is coming on this cold weather. \V}xeng\'cr she Kisses him it smacks of hypocrisy.” “Have you the End-man, by Beacons- field?” srid a lady-to a bookseller, “Y-e-s!” said the rather puzzled clerk, as he handed out * Endymion ” to the purchaser. * Was Beaconsfield himself the End-man 2 said the innocent lady, who evidently-was fawmiliar with minstrels. “Yes, madam,” sald the clerk, bowing her out. MEN AND WOMEN. How They Are Divided. The genders or sexes we know are three,— masculine, feminine, and neutcr,—or, 23 Sydney Smith said, * Men, women, and clerrymen.” The men Charles Kingsley aptly divides ‘into—(1) Honest men, wbo mean todo right,and do it: (2) knaves, who mean to do wroang, and do it; (3) fools, who do'whichever is pleasantest. The old women, over 60, Coleridge * conclusively dis- Poses of by dividing them also into three classes —(1) That dear old soul; (2) that old woman; @) that old witch. But the younger and more nu- merous portion of the community appears to defy filosopny and epigram, and is generally handed over to the poets, who are, as a rule, not particularly good at logic, and content them- selves with such vague nssertions as, ** Woman's at best a contradiction still,” etc., which can hardly be said to conclusively settle anything. An eminent astronomer insists * that all women should be divided into (1) sunny women, and (2), moony women.” ‘That both classes exlst there is, I think, no doubt, and the marks of the spe- cies are clearly recognizable. The sunny irl brightens our daily life; there is a sunny warmth about her, which ail, from peer to peasant, who approach her, are sensible of. The moony girl bus a Lrightness of her own indeed, but it is visible to the few and not to the many: besides, the sun always turns his fall, glowing face to us, the moon is only inits fuil ‘radnce thirtcen times in the year. Lovers and poets may dream of the moon, but the work of tne world must be done fu the sun- shine. ** Which fs very romantic, my denr Prof. Stargaze, but not exhaustive,” says Mr. Count- Professor of Mathematics at Omuium Col- : “men gnd women are merely plus_ or minus quuntities, or married orsingle. Two minus quautities cquul one plus quaotity,—an axiom in mathematics, my dear sir;” which aiso is true, but not certninty ‘conclusive; for, tuke the married only, and you might as well el lish a specific term for ull the inbabitants of the sea. as apply the same term old maid to the whole cluss of single women. While, illogical as it may appear, there are many womnen In my own acquaintance, with all the most striking nt- tributes of conventionnl .old-maidism most strongly marked, wno have by some strango frenk of nature, - busband at- tached. Signor de la Chgrde, too, strikes fo: “The poets are nearer ' thin you all” he cries. One’ of them .gays: -* For beauty born of murmuring sound shall pass {nto her face.” Your good and fair women rre good and fuir because they are- harmonious: your-bad women ‘are discords. Every variety has its counterpart In music. Some women uro bright and rippling little fantasies, fascinuting at first Dbut tiresonie 1s s0on,as vne has fearned ' the air. Sotne are symphonies full of deep and hidden meaning, and rounded with perfect art in every fase of their charncter. Sowe are like a Scotcl iz, which makes one’s bones ache with weari- some repetitions and endless iterations. Some women are musical scales, conscientious but monotonous. in the major key always on the strain of effort. in the minor key always dissoly- ipg in tears. Then again we may classify char- acters according to colors. Thus we find. blue women, drab women. and pink and white women, The first are learned in blue baoks, blue ching, and blue stockings: the second are hard-working and conscieutious; and the third are for show and not for uee; intellect subordi- nate to complexion and heaith to fushion. Com- bine these in varying proportions and you have all known hues of charncter. EFFIE WANDERING BY THE SEA, For The Chicago Tribune. ‘Effie, wandering by the sea, .Whaits to meet her lover: ‘While bis white sails gloriously Sunny waves foat over. Nuture langhs in gracious maod, Soft, lixht winds arc blowing, Asoer pearly, shining sunds Euger steps ure goiug. Effie looks to earth and skies, Gioriled fn living: « Eqrth to sky, and each to sea, Bliss untold are givine. ‘Existing but to give and take, - Sun, und dew, and tlowers, Blest in giving, thrice fu receiving, Thro' the radiant bours.” So she goes in happy mood Torth to meet ber lover, He whose white snils zioriously Flout the wild seas over. Snowy drifts and shifting gleams Flash his swift prow under— 1 Tear-provoking, crested wives 2 That keep true benrts asunder, See! the bont has touched the strand. ‘Effie’s light steps tremble. ‘While Pride’s swift-restruining bands Nerve her to dissemble. Who Is she whose stately steps Keep measure with her lover's— Whose dark-rown eyes tlush radiantly, O’er cartn and sky Swift rovers? s Deep in to eyes of sombre hue. Looked eyes of starry #plendor, And tortured Memory backward flew - "I'o partings sad and tender, While all Life's promised mpture fled "o dirye of sweet, low laughter. ‘Whese echoes thro’ her lone heart rung In Memory ever after. In Effic’s enrs are lingering yet ° C ‘The rhythm of * Love's sweet story, And Efiia’s heart cun ne'er forwet Its carly-sbudow'd glory. The white sails on the far sca’s brine, That spenk the * Ovean-rover,’ Are siznuls trom that mystic land ‘Where Eftie wuits her lover. A. Coyxn. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 10,1851, - THE TURF. ‘A List of the Winning Trotting Stallions of the Year. Piedmont Out of Peter Johuson's Stables—Track and Stabl Gossip. 4 SUCCESSFUL TROTTING SIRES. Novw that the breeding of trotters has taken such shape thatan inteltigent knowledge of blood lines and pedigrees Is something that every per- son inferested 'in the turf should have at com- mand, the list of successful sires every season is read with increased interest. THE TRIBUNE has compiled and gives below a table showing all the horses whose get to the number of four or more bave trotted in 2:30 or better, together with the number.of heats in 2:30 or better to the credit of each sire’s progeny and the fastest heat trotted by any member of the farmly. Indrawing the line at those sires which have four or more rep- resentatives in the 2:30 list, one result has been to keep out tho swres of sev- eral noted horses, whose claims to recognition should not be overlooked. This i3 notably the case with Alexander's Norman, who, in addition to siring Blackwood, also gave to the turf t such celebrated performers as Lula, record 2:15, and May Queen, record 2:20; Golddust, whase daughters, Lucille and Fleety, have recordsof 2:183, 2:20, respoctively; Walkill Chief, who got two such good ones as Dick Swiveller and Great Eastern, both of whom have & harness record of 2:18, while Great Eastern is also credited with the fastest record under saddle—2:15%; Strath- more, the sire of Santa Claus, whose 5-year-old record of 2:18 is the best for that age, and niso thesire of Chestnut Hill, record 2:22¢, and Steinway, 3-year-old record 2:25%; Jim Monroe, sire of the wonderfully fustand game stallion Monroe Chief, record 2:181{: Black Bashaw, the sire of those two well-known campaigners Cozette and John H.; Princeps, the sire of Trin- ket; Thornedale, who got Duisydule und Edwin Thorne; and ‘the Hinsdule Horse, sire of Deck Wright and Wilbur F. 1t will be noticed that Hambletonian, althougzh dend three years, still stands at the head of the list, closely followed by his son Volunteer, after whom come the favorit New England stallion, Dnpfel Lambert, and the Indiana pacer, Blue Bull; they leading Almont, who is slightly nhend of George Wilkes and Green's Bushuw. The latter horse is dend, and as the get of Al- mont and Wilkes, especinlty the first named, bave come to the froot very prumlnentlg’ this season, it s foir to presume that by the close of another yenr the two Kentucky stallions wiil be still nearer the top of the beap, nithough Witkes is too old to get many more colts, while Almont Is just in his prime. But when all but borses that have trotted.in 2:%) or better are discarded the Hambletonians stand far fn advance of nll other families. and Volunteer leads the way {o galinnt style. baving no less than Hve sons with records better than 2:30; St. Jullen, 2:114 ; Gloster.2:17; Alley, 2:19; Driver, 2:19%: and Bodine 193, Humbleto- nnian, his son Walkill Chief, and his grandson Belmont, have two each in the list of horses that bave befiten 2:2), Gen. Knox veing the ouly other sire to reach double figures,—which he docs by virtue of Camors and Ludy Maud. ‘The list of sires four ormore of whose get have beaten 2:7%0 is as follows: Fastest Horses. Heats. heat. 7. George Wilkes. 8. Gen. Knox. 9. Young Columbus. 10. Edwurd Everett 11, Winthrop Morri 12, Whippie's Hamble 13. Gooding’s Chumpion. 1. Dilot, Jr...... 15, King's Champio 16. Sentiel.. . Woodford Mamyrino. Alexander Abduliab, Scott's Hintoga Mambrino Pilot Phil Sheridan. Hurold...., . Messenger Duroc. Mambrino Patchen. Woodward's Ethan Aller Belmont. B Georgo 3. . Middietown. 1910191019 10181016 15 18 113 121915 191919 1912 191G IOW I 20, 42, Alexande: 43. Thomas Jefferson. H. B, Patchen. Tom Wonder.. TRACK TALK. There are now fifty-seven trotting records be- Tow 2:20. 3 Jim Malone, & good race-horse, and the best son of Hiawothn, has broken aown. 3 Dr. Lucas, of this city, has purchased & fast pacing mare by Legal Tender, dam by Gen. Tuy- lor. ' " Hughes and Costello have been engnged as jockeys for Mr. George L. Lorillard's stable this year. . The $30.000 match between the trotting horses Edwurd and Richard has been declared off. Both sides weakened a little. A bet of 1,00 to 15 ngainst Mr. Lorillard's colt Barrett, in the English Derby, has been taken twice in London. Chris Boyle's stable of runners, consisting of Adn Glenn, Springfield, and Rosaphile, has ar- rived at Nashville for trainiog. * DanSparling and Kingeraft havebeen matched for ¥1000 to run a half-mile dash, weiter weight, ut the spring meeting of the Coney 1slnud Jockey Club. : James A. Dustin, who made Chicago his home two years ago, At which time-he drove Churlie Ford, is fn the city, und wilf train hisstabie of trotters here next senson. Mambrinio Hnmbletonian, the sire of Parana, jsdend. He was purchased ‘nbout four months ugo by Mr. C. F, Emery, bf Cleveland, who bred Purana and stiil owns ber dam. . The well-known trotting stallions Killarney and St. Clair, by Aberdeen (the sire of Hattie Woodward), died recently at the home,of their owner_and breeder, Capt. Isaiak Rynders, Pas- sulc, N. J. Arrangements have been concluded whereby Peter V. Jobnson will have the stallion Ken- cky Wilkes, record 2:21% fn his stable next season. Catchily, Blanche A. Mory, and Bar- rister, arrived from Kentucky last week, and are now io Jobnson's bands. Mr. Vincente L. Casares, of Buenos Ayres, has selected the F-year-old site Mambrine Lupwing, by Brigand, son of Mambrino Chicf, duin Jessic by Gearge Monmouth Patchen, to found o fum- jly of trotters in South America.” Mambrino Tapwing Is o dark buy, with star, sixteca hands, and welghs 1,150 pounds. N Tie TRIDUNE ncknowledges the recelpt from Mr. Willlam 3. Bates, of the New York Sports- man, of un elegnnt set of rucing plates, compris- ing pictures of the Epsom Derby winners from 182 to the present time. The coliection Is one that Is not to be found anywhere in this country outside of the Sportsman and TRIBUSE oflices, ond fs therefore the more hixhly to be prized. The ownerof n_fast trotter fo Central New York talks of retiring from tho turf. He says- that his cup was filled last summer, while on & side circuit in Pennsylvania. At one place he agreed with two other owners that either horse should win as best sufted them, and they would divide the pools. He could have beaten either of the others. They refused to divide the spoils after he had lost the race, the pooi-seller ran otl with tho money, and tho managers would not pay the purses. Part 1. of “EKrik’s Guide to tho Turt for 1830 has been issued, It contains a complete record of ull races run in the United States and Canada during 1620, and by American-bred horses in ‘England and British Guinea. Also the winninys of all stallions and their urozenf, tabulated; sn index to all paces run, to all places where rc- ing took place, and of the more prominent evenrs, The weights carried, sules of thorvugh- breds, ete., are alio fncluded in this volume, knd it is one that should be fn the bandsof every borseman. Part I will be issued finashort time, and orders should be sent to H. G. Crick- more, with the World, 35 Park Ltow, New York. A fellow at Cleveland, O., has been udvertising horses for sale under names of well-known trot- ters. Recentiy u newspaper mun at_Clevelang telegraphed Mr. Wesley P. Balch, of Boston, as follows: **Man here whooffers harsesat auciton. He represents them to be Laura Willinms, Witd Lily, £d Getebel, Billy Dow, und Frank Munson. ‘Arc thes penuine, orishe a fraud?’ The fol- lowlnz answer was received in.n few hours: #Laura Willinms s dend. - Wild Lily can't be ght. Frank Munson is” beld at $2,500. Ed bo -Getchel s In Maine. Billy Dowis belng driven on the road in New Jersey, and the man vffering to sell them at suction isa great. fraud. W. P. Balch.™ fE It has finally been decided that Peter V. John- son will not have tho stallion Piedmont, record 2:213, in his stable next season. Johnson took the horse last apring and made @ very auccess- ful geason with him, winningevervracein which 2 he started except one, andgiving him the record above mentioned. It is. understood that Mr. S. J. Morgan, the owner of Pjedmont. desired to trot hiw this year in some of the staliion purses thatare to be offered, and as Johoson aiready has Munroe Chief to look after in those events he was obliged to let Pledmont go. Should Monroe Chief, Piedmout, Bonesetter, and Vol- taire—all Chlcago horses—come together In & series of races, as now seems probable, the event wouldbe one of great interest. If these horses trnin on well, the otner stallions that f‘“ :ny part of the mouney will have a warm im DOT DWO COUBLE FELLERS. For Ths Chicaco Tribune. Dwo couble youny mans vent out mit der nite, Vhent out mit der nite vhen der sun he vas down; Dhey yoost vandered along in der pale moon- e £ Und ::mk&d some cigars as dhey vatked down wn. For mans vill go, and vimmens vill veep; *Dwas not oot to cry, much besser to shieep, Oter dhey don'd got home dill mornin’. Dwo couble young mans vas lookin of der moon, Vas lookin of der moon as dhey vhent dheir vay. Und vas dinkin’ of Foley’s by saloon, Vhere efry nite dhey could billlards piay. Dhem mans vill play. uné-vimmens vill veep; Dwus not goot 1o cry, but viser to shieep, Ofer dhey don’d got home dill mornin'. ¥ Dwo couble young fellers got safe by der door. 'Vasdhero vonce again as der vas clock shtrike nine; : Dhey vell know der pin ks d(dhe;e ;’ell‘"”' pl ce‘,u dhey had been nd trink of dns brandy, und ale, und das vine. Dose fellers vill trink, und vimmens vili \‘Gfl;’:e "Dwas a aste mit salt vater—'dwas besser to D, Dough dhey don'd got home dill mornin’. Dwo coubles young fellers vent out mit der - ghtreet, Vhen:."nlzwlck der door out, as der clock shdruck “dbree; Dwo scx-feeted bolicemens ‘dhey chanced to meet, .: . - PiSTae s Und dhey vas gwick marched along by der olt Armoree. Und mans vill sing, und vimmens vill veep: *Dwas too lade to cry. much besser to Shieep, Ofer dhey don’d got home dill moraiu’. Dwo couble young mans vas come homein der moru, Vas comed vonce in vhile der clock he shtrike tsen; - Dhey vent out to got vool, but I dink dhey got shorn, . Und r:lcr sheeblest coubles dner vos lookin® yoost Dose mens vill sin, und vimmens vill veep: "Dwasa vaste it uflection—,dwas viser toshleep, Und tream aill der dawn it der mornin’. CARL PRETZEL. ———— A Georgia Note. - New York Erening Post. We were this morning shown, at alending bank in :hls city, a note of which the following is a copy. exceptiag the amount und names. The note came to the bank in the tegular way of business, und 1S u_curiosity. All that partof it excepting uames and amounts is printed as if there wus n general demand in Georgia for nks of that description: 00 ATLANTA, Ga. Sixty days after date I promise to pay $300, and hereby bind nsself, my heirs, execu- tors, administrators, and assigns, to take 0o ad- vantage of the Homestend or any other rascally Georgin luw. 50 fur asthis devt i3 concerned. So belp me God and keep me steadfast in due per- formance of the same. ; .* Witness my hand and seal. . **JOHX JONES. '[SEAL]” Sour stomach, sick headnche, and dizziness, Hop Bltters cures with o few doses. 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