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VOLUME XXIII.
sUIIIILAM) items.
*RAGRAPHS, SAD, PLEASANT
AND TERRIBLE.
ffDIsTRIAI. JMIOGKK.SH —THIS EXCURSION
fhVKK RAILROAD ACCIDENTS-BUICIDEB
PKKAI.CATIONS—COTTON REPOUTB,KTC.
Ain tin nut.
Grunuii "is brokon at UeMemer foi
j, r f,,undtloD for three Urge furnaces,
.hi iiarc to be built by a strong syndi-
: c;l :. of Southern capitalist*. There
a. rumor* of the inauguration of indus
n , nerpri'os which will coll for the
ji inlitim "f over $2,000,000 within
he text twelve mofrttw.
ji ton \io ', well-to-do farmer, and
for mv.ra years a member of the board
>f county comm ssioners, committed sui
jj, nn I'll silav by cutting his throat
with i razor, lie lived on his farm, a
jts m : !e< from I! rminghaiii. Vines had
jhiii ii bol le Itii for s veral months,
Llrireit'y 'e-igntd his ]io itiou as
IMimiifWuuer.
F orWiu
The aim ;ol ei nip meeting r> the M. K.
Chimin South, "ill op' n nt the Atlantic
I imp Grounds Pablo Beach, on August
15.
f ftecn carton s of steel rails have
ken tie ivered for the Sugar Belt Hail.
~,|,l sad ill" work is progressing asiap
i.j|v.o I 'is-ili'e, a large number of bands
lining at "ink.
There "ill be no Si.ite encampment of
L ( i iriljti, as it lias just been diseovcied
it't tie ro at■■ no ti tits, the same having
I, him 1 in the lave yellow fever q.i-
Imi n ill ii hern jiart of the state.
Pci saeolu lias n ; licr docks anew It d
knstcuniM built on anew principle.
'si,'ihas two compartments, one forward
and one aft Iheingims, with thirty-five
Ifiii-t liatih's. Her net register is 2,400
i** but she can carry 3 800 tons (4
[Mil on twenty-ore feet draught of wa
ller, Her name is the Benicia, and sire
till had with pitch pine for Venice,
Th house fO. C. Singleton of Camp-
Ms a- struck by lightning on Thuisdnv,
liliu : knocking out one end of the
britc and passing through it in several
Mr. Sngleton was stiuck on the
I: ii, the fluid parsing thence up ttic
irm :nil down tlic liody and leg to the
nil if the toes, burning and tearing his
dutl.-.ng completely tearing up one of
bis - - A child 3 years old had bis
frit torn oil and burned from head to
but, iaising s me large blisters on his
Ini. and a little girl was severely
wounded by a large splinter being driven
poegh her leg.
I rorj'n.
G:i:esvilli rejoices in new electric
h"ing turned cm tiy
Vfljtiii' , i.t Wade, of the Thompsou-
Uuston company.
j l ,: ' s h'ci n received in Atlanta that
ht. Nelson has been treed at Trenton,
- 1 in is| opposite Rochester, N. Y.
1 11 1 ( pas tots in iiis bank will prosecute
“to thee.\ tent of the law.
l•' 1 i 't,.to effort was made at Fay
1' , i .a , to lynch a colored prisoner
" :1 ' held for attempted rape. It
an hour to b itter down the
H dr-.ir-, when the victim jumped
the crowd and escaped in the
John W. 11. Underwood died
'.v <1 hi art disease at Home. He
™ ln in feeble health for some time,
! ' ii death was unexpected. Judge
Itwrwood was about reventy-five years
! and was one of Home’s oldest
peas.
i : - John ICcely, the well-known dry
i l *!' dealer of Atlanta, who was
. ■ J " ■ out liis stock preparatory to going
i Hie banking business, died on Wed
from blood poisoning, the result
■ ,!| "M wound received in the battle of
"toiiville in 18(10. He was born in
< Ji! 1 'in 1840. On the news of his
' die dry goods stores in the city
'Urncorate 1 with mourning emblems,
' 1 s funeral was oue of the largest
W!t ' en in Atlanta.
I aor ill Vnroilnn.
a " thirds of the tobacco plants it.
h". 0 ? 1 "'" I'tir; of the state have beer
•Hied by recent frosts.
u ion county is bothered over a sur
* 3 -000 in the treasury, and will
J rove Hie roads of the county.
li">i <onsi,a °f Salisbury lias been taken.
|, fhat tlie town Ims 4,159 iuliabi
and an increase since 188.’) of 755.
tpi" IK v slowly progressing on tin
h,,'!,"- Sli °rt Cut Railroad. They wan
U' I [t to the Alfordsville it Leesville
i°oad during J„i y .
CWlotte’s tax rate for the current
las boon ilxed by the lioi.rd of al
t,,' l i . n at M cents on the SIOO, an i
v °i 15 cents' over last year.
11, ' i orps observer at llattcr t
itl I ‘ e ffi'rinan big Anne in, lad r
hii |'"Pontine, and bound from Savan-
Non it' , tu f-'h'sgow, Scotland, ground
to.), I *■*jti iMs Shoals. The vessel wil
L ’- ¥ !' " total loss. The crew liai
r l ' saved,
1!,a " ,ln ’ of Toxno, ill
L. p (t i. ,° an invitation from Col. L.
1% St’ !*p cons entc<l to attend tin
iajtul • , e sarnier’s5 ar nier’s Cotton Convcntiou
L 're^oif.!r ln August nnd deliver tin ad
its i \ “der-State Transportation and
The V 11 ,0 A 3 ricult '-o-’
roum) !■ cnc *mpmcnt on Wrightvillf
W^ Kht,n ! , Horn Wilmington.
in the state is present,
jkoemm ' MI 0 ' jlians and soldiers throng
■"‘flutt “m Viclnity ’ Wilmington ii
l “g)i ; .ii,lL J “ ] bu ? ,l "K. the buildings be
IV \ 111 y decorated.
*Utohn- "H-. °f Washington, win
?f Haul I \ ‘ , n .Ranged for the murdci
, oscapiu''' June, 1888, succeeded
ft tv.H 1,,' "allowsby taking poison,
1ie,.,, "ttnembered that he was to
Ho took morphine,
Jition ‘ ‘""'it to lie in a dying cou
;i Tuesrlii v 11 s l' 11 cd by the governor un
-®dtl. It is <>n Monday lie took poison
L lB he Wn nof finown how h<- procured
1 r-*iciau s ” n 'lor strict death watch.
ftHUof tli ' n Jl )te< i to counti ract the
. ''“ts aft c . r " f >OISOu i but he died a few
.BaviiJ I- Ar kan* R .
H ss PsS o? ÜBOn ’ ount y Ceric, J. R.
; j, 0 ’ a N. w. Michem, at
the / re run out of the county
i ‘ t,! aa<j kc F® trou * J l e between the
n ' with c R M a rion, had an iu
;f ' 8 Mil he l, *? ues > at Little Rock.
J'°.f ' Ul i'rised sgainst all whites
S£!< If >°b, and there is a
I? Ul g out nf ~lore serious results
u matter.
The Georgia Enterprise.
TciihrMpfl.
The streets of Knoxville appenr to U
ro tmsitfc for female* at night, that vigor
ous measure* will be adopted to correct
law Ii ssiic's.
A disastrous tire visited Fnyettvilla on
I tii sday. The Elk Nationul bank and
other buildings were burned. Four per
sons were prostrated by heat.
Reuben Ilobbs, a we 1-known citizen ol
McMinnville, was kicked in the head b\
a horse, the r-kull being frightfully frac
tured, and from the effects of which the
sufferer will probably die.
A man named Hawkins got into an
altercation in u saloon in Chattanooga on
Wednesday with a colored man, who
shot him through the bowel*, from the
effects of which he will die.
An explosion occurred in the Athens
court house. Jim Thompson, the county
register was anding some dental work i£
his office, when the vulcanizer blew to
pi'ecs. Thompson and a Mr. Farring
ton, of Calhoun, were thrown down and
badly hurt.
C. (). Johnson, division freight agent
of the Kansas City, Memphis A Birm
ingham railroad, left Memphis suddenly.
At the same time a pretty type-writer
girl, aged 17, who was employed m h : s
office, also departed. Mr. Johnson was
u prominent member of the Catholic
Knights of America, and a member of the
board having charge of if 17(1,000 belong
ing to the order, and kept in u Memphis
bank.
On Kettle creek, in Clay county, there
exists considerable feeling over the kill
ing of Tom Taylor, a white man, one of
the party, escaped from jail at Franklin,
Tcnn. He passed by the house of an old
negro named /eke Coe and demanded his
dinner. While the dinner was being
prepared he got into an u tercation with
a negro. In the row one of the negroes
drew a knife iml cut Taylor which re
sulted iu his death.
Virginia.
The corner stone of the c dored Baptist
Seminary was laid at Lynchburg, by
colored Ma-ons. Five tli> usand persons
witnessed the ceremonies. The institu
tion will be devoted to the higher edu
cation of both sexes. It is the first in
stitutiou of the kind in the state, and
cost $50,000.
The outlook for the corn and peanut
rops around Peter-burg is discouraging.
This condition of things is due to the
recent wet season, followed by dry and
;00l weather. The oat crop is poor, nnd
farmers assert they will not get their seed
back, and this is particularly true as to
Spring oat-. Much of the tobacco which
was planted after the recant rains caimot
develop proper size before the farmers
will be forced to cut it. Cotton is
wanting in size.
A sudden flood from a cloud-hurst over
whelmed W heeling, on Thursday, and in
a short time swept away the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad bridge with a number nt
people on it. Tile livci rose (luce feet
ii fifiy minutes. The National road trains,
oal chutes, houses and all are gone. The
Wheeling nnd Elm Grove road was swept
away for miles, and the road covered
with six feet of water. Over the river
the ruin is even worse. ’I he storm last
•ii less than an hour, flooding the streets
from house to house. Nine persons liv
ing on Hill Run are known to be drowned,
mil louses on Caldwell’s Run arc gone.
The loss in Wheeling will reach $50,000,
and the damage to crops in the country
Is fearful.
lion. Pat Darden ilitd on Tuesday at
his icsidence in Jefferson county, after a
shoit illness of flux. He was the most
prominent granger in Mississippi, having
been the grand master of that organiza
tion 31 nee 1870. He was elected grand
master of the national grange at Boston
four years ago, and was re-elected at the
last national meeting. He was a gallant
soldier during the War, commanding one
of the best batteriis in the Southern
srmv.
Loiiisinnn.
The Times-Democrat of New Orleans,
had an interview with a prominent Free
Mason of Mississippi, to the effect that
Lodge No. 50 elected a liquor dealer as a
member, and that the grand master sus
pended the charter of the lodge. This
no! ion has created much excitement
among the members of the order.
ANARCHISTS ARRESTED.
Three Bohemians, John Hereck, Frank
Ohepeck and Frank Chcbnwa, were ar
iosi od on Tuesday, in Chicago, lU.,clinrg
;ri with being concerned in a plot to kill
several judges and blow up the Board of
Trade building. About twenty deter
mined murderers were in the conspiracy
aud they were at n certnin hour after
midnight to bent the homes of Grinnell,
ray, Boufield, Frank AValker, General
Stiles and others, prominent in the pros
ecution of the anarchists. The dynamite
was to t o placed beneath the houses of
these and the powerful explosives were
to be touched off simultunously. In the
houses of the three arrested men numer
ous weapons were found and enough
dynamite to blow up Chicago. It is
stated in this connection that the th ee
men were present at the Haymarket meet
ing and 11. 11. Ilroneck procured the
dynamite and bomb from a friend of the
house who was present. When asked
what he had done with tJve rest of this
stuff he replied quite readily that lie had
thrown it into the river. Ii is supposed
that the stuff found was the same given
him on that fatal evening. Hroneck and
Chebawa were intimate friends of Lewis
I.ingg, and both were arrested after the
HawuTket riot.
The Mississippi prohibition convention,
at Jackson, was ended to order by B. I.
llobbs, of Brookhaven. Judge b. | j
Priton was elected chairman, and E. L.
i num Campbell were
Martin and Kev. J. V lo de lecates
representing of the seventy-five
=s, w| = e„t. There were vehv
BUhop 8 GaUoway, against an
electoral ticket™* read and
th g e slate legislature pass .
What ?s intended to be a natiomd organ-
designed to work in opposition
0W " ' r "udgtcoucih of Waterloo,
sr.r.w
ISSSd°I- ito drink a large
auantitv to becomedruß^^^^^^^
PROHIBITION.
national capital
WHAT THE BWELTERINQ PUB
LIC OFFICIALS ARE DOING.
PROCEEDINGS OF CONOIIESS—IMPORTANT
ACTS OF PRESIDENT CLEVELAND —At’-
POINTMKNTS AND REMOVALS, ETC.
FOMIRKHMIONAI..
After the passage of several bills upon
lie calendar of minor interest, the Scn
tte on Thursday passed the House bill
lupplcmentary to the Pacific railway acts
[with amendments). This is the hill
passed by the House on the third of
March, requiring tlie Pacific railway
company to construct, maintain and oper
•t® telegraph hues, and to afford equal
facilities to all connecting telegraph
ines. Mr. Chandler modified the reso
lution offered by him on the lOthof June
directing inquiries into the election of
senator Gibson, of Louisiana, and on
notion of Mr. Blackburn, the creden
tials were taken from the tabic and
placed on file. The resolution was laid
>n tile table... .In the House, on motion
>f Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina, Scn
ite amendments were concurred in to
■he House bill authorizing the coadein
mtiou of land for sites for public build
ngs Mr. O’Ned, of Missouri, asked
ltiuuimous consent tHat Tuesday, July
list, be set apart for the consideration of
Jills reported from the committe on la-
Jor, and he withdrew it after some de
aate, and offered a resolution which was
referred to the committee on rules, ns
dgniug the 31st day of July for the con
tideration of labor bills. The House
:hcn went into committee of the whole
>n the tariff bill, and Mr. Springer made
! long speech in advocacy of the bill.
After a short and sharp exchange of
jourtesies between Messrs. Reed and
Springer, the discussion and considera
tion of the bill in committee of the
"bole closed, and upon motion of Mr.
Mills it was reported to the House with
favorable recommendation.
The Senate proceeded on Wednesday
to the consideration of the Senate bill
for the formation and admission into the
Union of the state of Washington, to be
composed of the present territory of
Washington and a part of Idaho terri
tory, and after a lengthy discussion, ad
journed without voting on the bi 11....
In the House after unsuccessful efforts
had been made by Stahlnerker, of New
Y'ork, and Burrows, of Michigan, to se
cure consideration of bills for the erec
tion of public buildings at Y'onkers, N.
Y'., and Kalamazoo, Mich., the House
went into the committee of the whole
(Mr. Springer in the chair), on the tarifl
bill.
In the Senate, among the bills reported
and placed on the calendar were the fol
lowing: Senate bill for the donation tc
Tamna FI.. -t TC .* d.o-jix —in. ..
reservation at that place. Mr. Walthall
offered a resolution (which was agreed
to) calling on the Secretary of the Treas
ury for information as to what steps had
been taken for the removal of the nation
al quarantine station from Ship Island,
Miss. The Senate then took up, aud
after same disoussiou, passed the bill to
place John C. Fremont on the retired
list of the army as major general. The
vote was, yeas 29, nays 21. The Senate
then resumed consideration of the bill
providing a fair adjustment of accounts
of laborers, workmen and mechanics em
ployed by the government under the
eight hour law In the House, Mr.
Townsend, of Illinois, from the commit
tee on military affairs, reported a resolu
tion calling on the Secretary of the
Interior for information as to what nction
he has taken with reference to officers of
the army and navy who served honorably
through the Mexican war and whose
names have been dropped from the rolls.
The House then went into a committee of
the whole, Mr. Springer in the ehsir, ou
the tariff bill, the internal revenue feat
ure of the bill being then pending.
At the evening session, bills were passed
for the establishment of light houses,
among others at the following points:
Gull Shoals, Pamlico sound, North Caro
lina; Chesapeake bay, Great Wicomico
river, Virginia; Pamlico Point, North
Carolina; also, appropriating $75,000 for
the construction of a revenue cutter for
Newberne, N. C.
(JOBS ll>.
The Police Department has just com
pleted a census of the District of Colum
bia. Its report shows that the total pop
ulation is 218,157 ; white 145,035, and col
ored 72,522.
Among the nominations sent to the
Senate on Tuesday, were the two follow
ing of Southern interest: John E. Bacon,
of South Carolina, now charge d’affaires to
be minister resident of the United States
to Paraguay and Uruguay. Charles L.
Scott, of Alabama, now minister resident
and cousul general, to he envoy extraor
dinary and minister plenipotentiary of
the United States to Venezuela.
The daughteis of Senators Colquitt and
Breckenridge have been appointed public
school teachers in Washington. 'llieii
object in selecting these positions is sai 1
to be for the purpose of seeking trainiug
in the best regulated and most thorough
schools in the Union, in order that they
might return to their respective states,
and, by teaching, endeavor to improve
the present systems of public schools.
The sundry civil appropriation bill ap
propriation bill reported to the Senate on
Tuesday, has been increased by the Sen
ate committee from $23,300,000 to $27,-
000,000, but is still $6,500,000 less than
the estimates. It exceeds last ye ar’s bill
nearly $5,000,000. The bid increases or
makes new provision for public buildings
as follows: Greenville, S. C. $50,000:
Jacksonville, Fla., $80,000; Savannah,
$75,000; Vicksburg, Miss.. $50,000.
The following are the increases or new ap
propriations for lighthouses: Crooked rivet
Fin., $40,000; St. Joseph’s Point, Fla.,
$25,000; Bushes Bluff Pool, Va., S4O,
000- Tanquier Sound, Va., $25,000; New
port News, Va., $25,000; supply steamer
Atlantic and gulf const., (additional) $32,-
500; revenue cutter, (additional) $45,-
000; revenue steamer for the southern
coast, (additional) $55,000.
THE CHINCH BUG.
The secretary of the Board of Agri
culture has received information of the
action of the farmers of Crawford coun
ty 111-, who have resolved not to raise
any wheat, barley or rye for the next
three years, in an effort to exterminate
the chinch hue. Those farmers will ex
ert their influence to this end with the
farmers of adioinina: counties.
All people aro on an equality when
they get nauL
"MY COUNTRY MAT BUB BVBR 113 RIOUT. RIOUT OR WRONG MY COUNTRY."-Jrffrr*m
COVINGTON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY >(. 1888,
THE WORLD OVER;
CONDENSATION OF FACTS BY
’PHONE AND TELEGRAPH.
SOMETHING ABOUT CONVENTIONS, RAIL
ROADS, WORKING PEOPLE, CAPITALISTS,
EUROPEAN CROWNED HEADS, ETC.
Thomas W. Hall, n heavy dealer in
wool in Chicago, 111., made an assign
ment Thursday, liabilities $150,000; as
sets, $130,00(>!
The Russian government will take
measures to compel the use of the Rus
sian language iu German preparatory
schools in the Baltic provinces.
George Nii-hofi, alias George Gcbcr
heart, was arrest' and at Quincy, 111., in Ice
act of placing a tie on the track of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad.
The Pope in a conversation stated, that
he does not intend to leave Rome. He
i xpressed regret that his last note to the
Irish clergy in regard to the political sit
uation thould have been misinterpreted.
Bauer &, Cos., piano dealers of Chicago,
111., discharged one of their porters, and
their magnificent building was destroyed
by fire, entailing a loss on building and
occupants of nearly $300,000. They sus
pect the porter set the building ou fire.
John Mackey has disposed of his cable
to Jay Gould for $11,000,000. Negotia
tions have been pending for some time.
Mr. Mackey originally asked $12,000,-
000, but Mr. Gould refused these figures
and finally offered $11,000,000, which
was accepted.
The cane fields in Cuba exhibit a good
appearance, and unless some untoward
Event occurs, tho crop of sugar will be a
large one. Seven hundred cigar makers
of Havana are on strike. They asked
for an increase in wages, and failing to
get it stopped work.
While repairing the Catholic school
house at Latonia, Ohio, on Thursday, the
foundation gave way and the building
fell, killing John McGuire instantly, and
fatally injuring James McKenna. There
were eighteen men working under the
building at the time, but fortunately the
Inen escaped uninjured.
The work of bailiffs engaged in mak
ing evictions nt Kilrusli, county Clare
Ireland, is being obstructed by the pop
ulation, who have cut all the bridges be
tween Kilrush and Kilkee, and take a
other measures to delay the progress of
evictions. Chapel bells are tolling tc
Warn the people of the approach of of
ficers.
The captain of the steamer Alamadea,
plying between Sydney, New "South
Wales and San Frauci6Co, has agreed not
to employ Chinese in the future. The
new act regarding Chinese immigration
has received roval assent. ,It prevents
fi.rtl.nr action by fne UttW ,h„.
vide, that all Cliiutate leaving ibe colony,
except those who have been naturalized,
shall be subject to the act.
A train on the Burlington & Missouri,
consisting of a half dozen cars, was de
railed at Gibson, Neb., by an obstructior
placed ufftra the track. While engaged
in assisting in the work of putting the
cars on the track, a watchman claims that
he saw a man light something withe
cigar and turn and swiftly disappear.
Hastening to the spot where he had stood,
the watchman says he found a bomb witlj
a fuse burning, and by prompt action
extinguished it.
A fleet is assembling at Constadt tc
meet the emperor of Germany. The
fleet consists of forty war ships, among
them are the ironclads, Minin, carrying
the flag of Admiral Popoff, and the
Duke of Edinburg, carrying the flag of
Admiral Tchikachofi, and a frigate car
rying Grand Admiral Sveltana and Ad
miral Lnzareff. Only a small body of
Cossacks will keep the quay, but all
around the cosite, for a distance of one
thousand meters, troops will be con
cealed behind trees and hedges to guard
it securely.
The disruption of the Association ol
Manufacturers of Iron and Steel Nails has
begun at Pittsburg, Pa., and it is stated
that it was only a question of time until
the organization ceases to exist. Within
twenty-four hours twelve firms sent in
their resignations and every mail is in
creasing the list. The association was
organized in. 1882 for the purpose, of ar
ranging a yearly scale of wages with the
employe and not to regulate the selling
price of iron, as has been erroneously
stated. Seventy-one firms, employing
100,000 men and representing $7,500,000
capital, belonged to the association.
A meeting of the grievance committee
of the Brotherhood of Engineers of all
roads in the United States was called to
meet at Chicago, 111. When the meeting
was called to order, only those chairmen
representing the systems which enter
Chicago were present. Those present
were very reticent on all subjects except
the opinion that there would not be a
general strike. The meeting was called,
said one of its members, to vindicate tliel
order, and not to interfere with the “Q. ’
trouble in the least. The following was
passed: “Resolved, That we hereby ex
press our condemnation of lawless action
and destruction of property, and that the
exercise of power by this order will be
used to protect the innocent.”
A PRISON CONGRESS.
At the session of the National Prison
Association held in Boston, Mass., the
secretary read the lists of all persons
registered, numbering 109 in all. Tilts
is the largest attendance ever known at
a prison congress. The states represented
were : Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kanas,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York,
New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia,
Wisconsin and the Provinces. A discus
sion arose on the O’Neill bill presented
in Congress, and cx-Governor Bullock, of
Georgia, said that the O’Neill hill would
Compel the abandonment of the whole
system of leasing convicts in vogue in
the South. lie predicted that the
Southern members of Congress would
vole against the bill when th y saw it
would compel the support of the prison
ers in idleness.
A Dnhions Recommendation.
Undertaker (to physiciau) —“Did a
stranger call on ou to-day for treat
ment, Doctor?”
Physician—“ No. ’’
Undertaker —“That’s strange The
gentleman was looking for a physician
and I recommended you very highly.”
Physician—“lc-a. I guess tiiat’a ilie
reason ho didn't come to me.”—-Weir
THE MAJORITY.
How fare they all, they of the pallid faces,
Beyond our power to beckon their return!
I Hew is it with them in the shallow place*!
How Hhall wo learn
] Their solemn Hocret! How can wo discover,
By any earnest seeking, the true way
Unto the knowing in w liat realm they hover,
in what high day,
Or in what sombre shadows of the night,
They are forover hidden from our sight!
Wo question vainly. Yet it somehow pleases,
When they have spoken the lost sad good-by,
It somehow half the pain of parting eases,
That in the sky,
In the vast solitudes of stars and sgiaces,
There may he consciousness and life and
B hope,
j.nd that when we must yield to death's cm
braces,
There may be scope
Tor the unfolding f the better powers,
So sadly stilled in this life of ours.
—7V acy Robinson, in Boston Transcript.
THE CANNON’S MOUTH.
BV F. A. MrrCHEL.
They said it was a forced march.
First, some soldiers on horseback went
tearing by witli a terrible clatter, leaving
a i loud of dust behind them, then it was
all quiet for sn hour. I heard a tramp
ing, and looking up to the crest of rising
giound to the north, saw the road
packe i with soldiers on foot. They
came quick y up. and I scarcely had time
to see what they looked like before those
in front hud passed. They didn't march
like soldiers 1 had seen in the city on a
Eai.i day, when I was a little girl; they
Berried along, each man walking as he
diked 1 wondered how they could
go so fast, they were loaded down so.
They carried great heavy knapsacks anil
blankets, and tin pans and canteens, be
sides their muskets. 1 hey look more as
if they were going to set up house-keep
ing than to war.
While I was leaning on the widow
sill, looking out aud watching them, I
-saw a young officer ride into the yard,
as if he belonged to the place- or,
rather, as if the place belonged to him—
and back toward (he barn. Two soldiers
rode close behind him, and they got
down oil their horses and went into the
-barn. I thought at once they were after
our horses. My pony was there, and
I made up my mind they shouldn’t
take him without walking over my dead
body. I ran down stairs and out to the
barn. If 1 had been making a forced
march myself I couldn’t have gone faster.
Before J got there they had nvo horses
but, and were harnessing them to the
farm wagon. 1 marched straight up to
the officer and asked him what he was
doing. *
He was a trifle startled at seeing a girl
standing before him, looking as if she
nU ,,xuea io maun a iesistante.
“ Ye’re ’pressing all the horses and
wagons we find along the road,' 1 he
said.
“What do you mean by ’pressing
them
“We’re 'pressing them into the ser
vice. ’’
“\\ hat for?”
“To carry the men’s knapsacks. They
can mail'll faster. ’’
“Do you think it makes it any more
respectable to call it 'pressing?"
The officer’s face was flushed. I
thought it was because lie was ashamed
of his work; but I soon noticed that he
was iu a burning fever.
“You shan’t take my pony, anyway,”
I cried, going to a man who was leading
him out of the barn aud seizing the
halter.
“Nevermind that horse,” said the of
ficer; “it’s only a pony. Take it back
into the stable. ’
The man obeyed at once. They har
nessed two horses to the wagon, and
led the team into the road. As the
soldiers marched past it they threw their
knapsacks on the wagon, and it was
soon loaded, and one of the negroes
drove it away.
Just then an officer came along with
a number of other officers and a train of
horsemen following him. X noticed that
he had stars on his shoulders, aud wore
a straight sword instead of a crooked one
like the rest.
“Captain,” he said, looking at the of
ficer who had taken our horses and
wagon, “you’d better not try to go any
farther.”
“1 can go ou, general. It’s only in
termittent.’’
The general cut him short with, “Stop
where you are.” He spoke so sharp that
1 thought lie was going to bite the cap
tain’s head off. 1 wished the captain
had tlie courage to answer him, but ho
hadn’t. The general aud those who
were with him rode on, leaving the sick
man silting oa his horse looking after
them, to take care of himself as best he
could, i noticed he wore the same orna
ment on his cap as those about the gen
eral—a wreath -and I concluded he was
one of them.
There was an interval in the passing
regimenis, and no one was near hut the
captain and me
“What are you going to do?” I asked
him.
I was sitting on the fence, with my
feet dangling, it wasn’t a very graceful
position, but I was only a country girl
then, and didn’t know any better.
“1 don’t know,” be said, wearily; “I
suppose I must ride back to hi .
There’s a hospital there.”
If he hadn t been a Yankee and a rob
ber, or a ’pressor, which is the same
tiling, I’d have asked him to come into
the house at once, he looked so sick.
“Aren't you ashamed of yourself,” I
•aid, “to take horses that don’t belong
to you?”
I!e did look ashamed. “It isn’t a
pleasant business,” he said. “You’d
better get that pony of yours out of the
way ; there’ll bo more troops along here
by -and-bv.”
When lie said this his voice sounded
so pleasant, and he looked so sick, that
I made up my mind to ask him in. But
I couldn't bring my.-cT to speak kindly
to him. I couldn’t forget that he was a
Yankee soldier.
“Come into the house,” I said,sharply.
He looked at me out of his melancholy,
feverish eyes.
“.\o, 1 thank you. I’ll ride back !o
N ” and he turned his horse's head
to ride away.
1 railed to him to stop He obeyed
me, and I went out into the road and
took hold of his bridle.
“What do you mean by that?” he
asked, surprised.
“I going to ’press your horse.”
“What for?”
“To keep lor the safe return of those
you've ta .cn ”
He looked at me sort o’ dazed. He
put his i and to his head, and didn't
seem to know what to do. I led his
horse up to the veranda. He disinouui-
sat down on a bench, while I took his
horse round to tho barn.
Well, the captain was put to bed. He
had typhoid fever, and a very bad case
it was. Occasionally, when troops
would come into tho neighborhood, I
wound mount my pony, nnd ride over
to their camp and ask to have a surgeon
come and seo him. Between tho sur
geons und iny nursing we got him
through the crisis. 1 nursed him for
six weeks. Then ho became con
valescent, and it was very nice to have
him sitting up in an arm-chair on the
veranda looking so pale and handsome,
I used to sit by him with my work, and
hofeemed so gentle and so patient—not
at all like be appeared to me when I
first snw him riding back to the barn to
'press the horses—that I began to feel
sorry he wasn’t one of our own men in
stead of being nothing but a detestablo
Yankee.
One day while I was sitting on the
veranda beside him, sewing, he said:
“Miss Molly, are you still holding my
horse as a hostage?”
“Yes. Ours haven’t come back yet.”
“Don't you thiuk you could let me
take him when I get well, if I should
promise to go and find your horses, and
have them returned ?”
“I’ll see about that when you get
well.”
He’d been talking already about going
on to join the army, but I din't think
him well enough, and didn’t mean to let
him go. He couldn’t very well go
without his horse, so I wouldn’t let him
have it.
•‘What host age do you require in token
of my appreciation of your kindness since
I’ve been sick?” he asked.
“You haven’t anything to leave. Be
sides, I’ve done very little, I'm sure.”
He thought a moment. Then he said,
somewhat sadly:
“Y'es; there’s one thing I can leave—
only one. I’ll leave that with you.”
1 couldn’t thiuk of anything he had
except his revolver, and I was sure he
wouldn’t leave that. It wasn’t appro
priate. 1 waited for him to tell me, but
he -aid nothing about it then.
At la-t he was well enough to go. At
least he thought so; I didn’t. He was
still as weak as a kitten, but I saw liow
anxious he was, aud 1 didn’t oppose him
any longer. So one pleasant morning,
when the air was soft and the roads were
dry, I told one of tho colored boys to
bring the captain’s horse round from the
barn.
The captain stood on the veranda ready
to mount and ride away. Hi* blanket and
rubber poncho were strapped behind the
saddle, just as he had left them, and his
horse was so anxious to be off that the
boy could hardly hold him. The cap
tain took my hand in his to say good-by,
and looked straight into my eyes. I
lowered them to his spurs.
“Y ou’re a good girl," he said. “I’ll
not forget your kindness.”
“Oh, I would have don 6 the same for
any one.”
“* nt one.”
“ A tin a ■
Then I asked my soft: "wnat urn i
waut to say that for. ”
“I leave you the hostage I spoke of,”
he said, “bnt it is a very poor return for
so much kindness—a mere bagatelle.”
I could have bitten my tongue off. lie
was going to make a return —to pay for
what 1 had done for Him.
“Yon will find it," he added, “if you
have the shrewdness to guess where it
is.”
With that he gave my hand apressure,
aud looked long and steadily into my
eyes. Then lie mounted his horse and
rode away without once looking back.
As soon as he had gone I commenced
to think what he could mean about leav
ing a hostage. I was sure he wouldn’t
offer anything very valuable. He must
know 1 wouldn’t like that; but I thought
he might leave some little trinket for me
to remember him by. 1 ransacked tho
room he had occupied, looking into
bureau drawers, into closets, any place
the ingenuity of man could find to hide
anything. I even looked behind the
pictures hanging on the wall. Then I
went alt over the house from attic
to cellar. Not a thing could 1 find.
Then I recalled his words: “If yo u are
shrewd enough to guess where it is,” and
xvent all over my search again. At last I
gave it up. “A pretty way to treat me,”
1 grumbled, “after takingcare of him so
long)” I vowed that if ever I should
see him again lie should tell me whether
he had really left anything, and what it
was.
*******
News came of terrible fighting at tho
front, stragglers, broken-down horses,
wagons, ambulances from which now
and then a ghastly face would look out,
kept going by day after day for several
days. The yard, the barn, the kitchen,
were full of men. They I rst day they
drank up all the water in the well. Then
regiments marched by almost as fast as
when they were making their forced
march South. They passed on by the
house, but stopped on tho crest of the
hill up the road. There they began to
dig with spades and shovels, and the
next morning when I looked out there
was a long line of forts, and the Yankee
flag flying above them, and, great heav
ens! tho black mouths of cannon frown
ing directly down at us.
While I was iooking I heard some
thing rattle fur down the road. It
sounded like emptying a barrel of stones
into another barrel. Then another rat
tle, mingled with a constant dull doom
ing. All the morning the sounds kept
coming nearer, till at last I could dis
tinctly hear the loud reports of cannon
and of muskets all fired at once. I no
ticed a great stir in the forts above.
Horsemen were galloping 1 ack and
forth; new guns were every moment
thrusting out their ugly mouths, and
men were marching and couotermaich
ing. I could hear their officers shout
ing gibberish at them, which they must
have been Ind an or C hinese to under
stand. Then more soldiers passed the
house from the South, tiled, dusty,
grimed, some of them ruuning. some
wounded and tottering along slowly.
All passed in a steady stream behind tho
forts.
Suddenly a lio-reman dashed up to the
house he wa- all du-t and dirt, arid his
hor>e was covered with foam, lie threw
himself from the saddle and came up on
to the veranda.
Hood gracious! the captain.
“Come aw ay from here at once,” he
said: “our men are retreating; wo are
going to make a stand behind the
work*. You are directly in range. Be
quick! the lire is liable to open at any
moment.” ”
Then there was a scramble to snatch a
few things. Oue took a lamp, another
a pitcher, another a photograph album.
It seemed as if everybody took the most
useless thing to be found. All except
me were hurrying down the walk to the
gate; l stayed' behind. The ca tain tried
to make me hurry. He was stamping
up and down ou the veranda and through
qiehall^Unos^ruz^v^uydclay^^^^
“Como, bo quick 1” he said, as sharp
as if ho were tho genoral himself.
“Captain ” I said, hesitating.
“What is it?” he asked, impatiently.
“The hostage.”
“What hostage? ’
“That you left when you wont away ,
I couldn’t find it. Must wo leave it.”
Ho looked at me a moment as if ho
thought I had lost my senses; then ho
burst into a laugh.
I never could stand to be laughed at,
and just then it was particularly obnox
ious I made up my mind that he
should tell me what I had hunted for,
and tell inc there and then.
“Never mind that,” he said, seeing
tiiat I was irritated. “Save yourself ami
it will be in no especial danger. “
“I’ll not leave it, whatever it is,” I
said, resolutely.
“Come, come! this will be n battle
field in a few minutes.”
“I won’t stir a step till you tell mo
what I want to know.”
“Nonsense!” he said, severely.
Tho more severe his tone, the more
resolute I became. I stood stock-still.
“For Heaven's sake!” he urged, be
coming really frightened; “the gunners
are standing with the lanyards in their
hands ready to fire.”
“Let them fire!” I folded my arms.
A volley sounded a short distance
down the line of forts to the west. The
captain tried to seize my wrist.
“l)o come,” lie pleaded.
“Tell me what was the hostage,” I
said, stubbornly.
“Here?”
“Here.”
“No, no; this is not a fit place to tell
you that. For the love of Heaven do
come away!”
I vowed I would conquer him or die on
the field.
“You shall either tell me or I wifi stay
here till the battle is over.”
He looked at the frowning forts
anxiously, then back at me.
“You must know?”
“Y’es.”
“Now?”
“Now.”
“Well, then, Molly dear, Heft you my
heart.”
“I stood as one who sees an engine
coming straight down on him, and
whose limb - are ; aralyzed from the sud
denness of the discovery. Merciful
Heaven! what had I done? AVhat stu
pidity ! The blood rushed iu a toricut
to my cheeks; I covered my face with
my bands.
“And now, sweetheart” taking one of
my bands from my burning cheek and
leading me away-*-“if you’re satisfied
about the hostage, we won’t stay here
any longer.”
As he spoke there was an explosion in
the forts, and it seemed as if a dozen
shrieking cats were whirling over our
beads, I almost wished one of them would
strike mo dead. The captain led me like
a child toward the forts through smoke
and noise and confusion. I didn’t think
of the battle that was opening; I only
thouirht bow immodest he must thiuk
aamv-f wtl-1 *1- -* t- •Aaml/I KnllAoa r
could be so stupid as not to know what
he meant by leaving a hostage.
1 have had to suffer all my life for that
one mistake. I never can have my way
about anything; for when my husband
finds all other expedients for governing
to be failures, he invaribly taunts me
with having forced his secret at the can
non’s mouth. — Harper Weekly.
Romance of the Humble Cotton Seed
The “ Cotton-Seed Romance” is thus
told by the Atlanta Constitution: AVas
there ever a history, this side of Cinder
ella, of the uprising of humanity like
that of the cotton seed f” For seventy
years despised as a nuisance, and burned
or dum| cd as garbage; then discovered
to be the very food for which the soil
was hungering, and reluctantly admitted
to the rank of ugly utilities. Shortly
afterward found to be nutritious food for
beast as well as soil, and thereupon treat
ed wilh something like respect. Once
admitted to the circle of farm husband
ries, found to hold thirty-five gallons of
pure oil to the ton, worth, in its crude
state, fourteen dollars to the ton, or
forty million dollars for tho whole crop
of seed. But then a system was devised
for refining this oil up to a value of one
dollar a gallon, and the frugal Italians
placed a cask of it at the root of every
olive tree, and then defied the Borean
breath of the Alps. And then experience
showed that the ton of cotton seed was
a better fertilizer and a better stock when
robbed of its thirty-five gallons of oil
than before. And that the hulls of the
seed made th * best of fuel for feeding
the oil-mill engine. And that the ashes
of the hulls scooped from the engine’s
drift had the highest commeicial value
as potash. And that the “refuse” of thd
whole made the best and purest soap
stock to carry to the toilet the perfumes
of i.ubin or < olgate. About this time
we began to spelT cotton seed with capi
tal letters. And how it traveled abroad
in its various dresses! As meal-cakes it
whitened the meadows of England with
woolly fleeces, and fattened the British
cattle under the oaks; it sputtered on
the stoves of the Dutch in lieu of lard;
it glistened in the cafes of Paris as olive
oils, under seals and signatures it could
not even pronounce to save its life, and
from under the dikes in Holland it went
forth to parade in all the bravery of but
ter and b itterine. In our own country
it renewed the wasting strength of th.
Southern fields, aftd clad them with
whiteness that would shame the fleeces
of England, or yellow that would palo
the fleeces of Argonauts. It knocked
the AV'estern hog into spots, and poured
the AA'estern lard out of the frying-pan
int# the lire. And about this time t di
gress jumped on lo cotton seed with both
feet, and proposed to check its furthei
career by a prohibitory tax.
Training Athletes.
It is well known that pugilists, pe
destrians and others who perform in
public feats requiring great strength and
endurance undergo beforehand severe
training to develop their powers to the
utmost” The rules laid down by tiieir
traiaers are very strict aud rigidly en
forced. The following arc a few with
regard to diet: Little salt. No coarse
vegetable. No pork or veal. Two meal*
a day—breakfast at 8 and dinner at 2.
If supper is allowed at ail, it must be a
very light and simple one several hours
before bedtime,and is not recommended.
It is reckoned much against a man a
wind to go to bed with a full stomach.
No fat meat is ever given, and no butter
and cheese, both of which are considered
indigestible. Pies and pastry are not
allowed. Meal must Always be taken
fresh, and not seasoned Balt meats are
not allowed. Puddings and hard
dumplings are considered unlit to be
eaten. 'The trainers say “people may as
we ll take earthenware into their
stomachs.”
Success in most things depends on
. Rowing how long it takes to succeed.
NUMBER 38.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
t got to thinkin’ of her—both her parent*
dead and gone—
And all her sifters married off, and non* but
her and John
A-livin’ all alone there in that lonesome sort
o’ way,
And him a blame old bachelor, confirmder
•v’ry day!
Td knowed ’em all from children, and their
daddy from the time
He settled in the neighborhood, and hadn’t
ary a dime
Er dollar, when ho married, ler to start
housekeepin’ on!—
So I got to thinkin' of her—both her parents
dead and gone!
I got to thinkin' of her, and a wundern what
she done
That all her sisters kep' a-gettin’ married,on*
by one.
And her withont no chances—and the best
girl of the pack—
An old maid with her hands, you might say,
tied behind her back!
And mother, too, afore she died, she ust to
jes’ take on,
When none of ’em was left, you know, but
Evaline and John,
And jes’ declare to goodness ’at the young
men must lie bline
To not see what a wife they’d git, if they got
Evaline!
I got to thinkin' of Aer; in my great afflic
tion she
Was sich a comfort to us, and so kind and
neighborly—
She'd come, and leave her housework, for to
help out little Jane,
And talk of her own mother ’at she'd never
see again—
Maybe sometimes cry together—though, for
the most part, she
Would have the child so riconciled and nappy
like, ’at we
Felt lonesomer’n ever when dhe’d put her
bonnet on
And say she'd railly haf to b* a-gittin* back
to John!
I got to thinkin’ of her, as I say—and more
and more
I’d think of her dependence, and the burdens
’at she bore—
Her parents both a-bein’ dead, and all her
sisters gone
And married off, and her a-livin’ there alone
with John—
You might say jes’ a-toilin’ and a-slavin’ out
her life
Fer a man ’at hadn’t pride enough to get
hisse’f a wife—
’Less someone married Evaline and packed
her off some day—
So I got to thinkin’ of her—and it happened
thataway.
James Whitcomb Riley.
PITH APPOINT.
Vein expectations—prospecting for
gold.
foot-note —“Please use the door
Marked intelligence—A ? rofessor with
a black eye.
That thins* are mixed up slightt
Everybody konws.
When a “live beet” in the garden
Of a “dead beat" grows. 1
—lJansvilte Breeze.
“All roads lead to roam,” remarked a
tramp, studying a guide board.— Benton
Budget.
A law prohibiting tbo intemperate
hoarding of wealth might prevent money
from becoming tight.
A cradle in a house may or may not bo
a boycot. It is just us likely to be a
girl’s nest. — Picayune.
Bride—“ Give me a kiss, Harry?”
Harry—“No; that I cannot do; but I
will loan you one—if you will return it.”
Tidbits.
The Empress of Japan is taking lessons
on the piano. The Mikado's fifty-seven
physicians arc giving him every atten
tion.—Nw York World.
Although he covets it from birth.
And covets it through life's brief *pan,
Man never, never gets the earth.
It is the earth that gets the man. •
— Labor Leader.
“Have you Browning?” she asked at
tho village store. “No,” replied the
clerk; “we have blacking and whiting,
but no browning.” — Life.
“Gentleness cannot be kicked into a
cow,” says an exchange. Neither can
tenderness cr there wouldn’t be so much
tough beefsteak. — Danuille Breeze ;
“ What does menu mean, my dear!” *5
“Food for me an’ you, ’tis clear.”
“What does meander mean! Who knows?”
•‘When me and her out walking goes.
—Mercury. >
A Hero of Chemistry
Dr. Gotterman, of the University of
Gottingen, has enrolled himself among
tho heroes of chemistry. Chloride of
nitrogen (N. Cl. ii), discovered in 1812
by Dulong, is one of the most terrible
explosives known to science. It has al
ways been supposed that its elements
were in the proportion now proved be
yond doubt, but no one dared to con
firm it. Dulong himself, whose discov
ery was accidental, suffered the loss of
an eye and three lingers, and since that
nothing more positive lias been learned
about it. Dr. (lottermann, in the pros
ecution of his examination, was com
pelled to wear especially prepared gloves,
protect his eyes with thick glasses and
the greater part of his body with two
thick window panes, from behind which
he watched the substance. No accident
happened,and he was able to prove,after
a protracted analysis, drying, etc., that
the formula, N. Cl. 3, is correct—one
atom of nitrogen to three of chlorine.
He further observed that N. Cl. 3 doe
not explode in the dark or twilight, but
a ray of sunshine will cause almost in
stant explosion. This knowledge will
enable chemists to handle the substance
with comparative impunity. Dr. Gotter
mauu is heralded as one of the coming
scientific stars. Bunsen, being nearly
eighty years of age, and Hoffman well on
to seventy, will both soon retire, and
one of their places will probably be given
to Dr. Gottermann. —Globe Democrat.
A Queen’s Itebnke.
Recently the Queen of the Belgians
was driving through the Palace Royal,
at Brussels, when she noticed a man
violently beating a dog who was at
tempting to draw a heavily loaded bar
row. The Queen at once stopped her
carriage and dispatched the footman for
a gendarme, who brought the offender
up to the carriage, where he was sharply
rebuked by Her Majesty, after which he
was taken in charge fur cruelty, and the
Queen drove off amid cheers from the
crowd.
A correspondent writes: "How long
can a man walk without a restt* He
can walk without ar©3L * j p.s
he behave,. ..unself.