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ELLEN J.DORTCEI VOL-XI. NO. 12.
TOM KELLER .AND HIS
DAUGHTER NANCY.
(Jontinned from last week.
I The arrival of Loraine, his dea th;
Id the consequent sh®ck and exeite
Lnt reduced Mrs. Keller’s health to
I critical condition, Keller bore
to bravely aud nursed his wife as
bnderly as if she ha I been a babe,
’be shadow that had fallen upon
tem, united thorn more
losely, revealed to each the
bve for and of the other. They were
iot altogether unhappy. The re
ent trouble it is true, hung about
hem like a nightmare, and while
feller felt that the future could not
what they had anticipated, that
cloud would never be entir ely
away, yet he felt that life was
worth living. Mrs Keller was
iuto quietude in reference to
marriage with Keller. She was
lit peace within but her strength
not return. The skill of the phy
was not equal to the task of
the mischief. It was soon
that she could not recover.
She felt from the first hour of Lo¬
aines arrival, that life would soon
and that their plans and hopes
for the future were but idle dreams.
Her strcngih gradually failed and
the end drew near, she with drew
the request (hat her child should be
named Polly Grey, and signified that
she desiied that her husband should
take his choice of names after death
The little girl was immediately in¬
stalled with the name of Nancy, by
which she was often called by the
mo(her during the few remainining
days of her life. When death came
and the tired and tried woman was at
rest, she was buried by the side of
her first husband, near the spot th at
Keller designed as the last resting
plaoe of Polly Grey.
Three times before, misfortune
towered above Keller, and descend¬
ed with crushing weignt; three times
the night had closed in aronnd him
and the dawn had followed, he won¬
dered if there would ever be a rift in
the clouds again, if the sunshine
would ever again brighten his path
way, or if the birds and flowers
would ever more amuse and delight
him. The car© of his child demand
ed mnch of his time, the new du¬
ties imposed upon him called his
thoughts away from past troubles,
and something of his old cheerfulness
returned.
He took up hi* residence in the
cottage that he abandoned at mar¬
riage. He had not, however, neg
lected it. every loom had been kept
scrupulously clean, every vine had
been teadjd. and every flower cult;,
vated and yreservcG with his own
" hands. His future was centered in
hie child, he bis to wed tho utmost
‘©are upon her, andbegau a systemat¬
ical course of reading and mental
training; that he might be better
able to educate and train her proper
ly. Iu thi* und- rtaking he received
material aid from the minister and
physician who wore both men of
learning and culture. Hi* mmd
panded and broadened wonderfully,
and within a few years be was a well
informed and cultured man.
was perhaps no improvement in th?
good ne*» of hui heart. He was no
more IneHeed (o do good, but hi*
idea* were leu erode, an* hi* cbnrl*
tie , in thought at Mp** « *
bf ^ r ’ M ° r * ** **
.eoateoftoepoui hU wrplu* »" ew,wt
$ m to inject wuier eebotoe* ot be*
nevoleacc, these demand large
of money, and he a<rain applied
self to the lucrative business
draining lands near the coast.He had
but one ambition and that was to
do s*me good in the world, to leave
it brighter and better than he found
it, to put influences to work that
would tell for ali time to come. He
was otten reminded by the good old
minister, that he was neglecting the
one thing needful. That he was
mueh exercised about projects that
were good and noble indeed, but that
his own salvation outweighed them
all. To this Kelier invariably an¬
swered,that h# knew no religion but
to go good, and asked no reward but
the consciousness of having done the
best he could. When reminded of
the risk of eternal loss and| ruin that
woulrf overwhelm him in the next
world, he replied, if there is a next
world the best preparation I know
to make for it, is to make the best
possible use of this life. One world
at a time is enough for me. I will
do the best I cau here, I think that
is the best preparation for the next.
Like Ephriam, he was joined t® his
idols and would not be convinced.
Continued.
KANSAS WOMEN
In Kansas the political millenniu m
seems to be at hand. In Stookton
the county seat of Rooks county in
that State, the men have agreed to
give the women a chance to make a
supreme (e»t of their ability to deal
with public affairs. Ia order to do
tk'S the men have stepped aside and
will simply watch the result of the
trial. The entire municipal ticket,
Mayor, Council, e(c., is composed of
woman, who were uuanimomslv nom¬
inated. Stockton is on (he south
fork of Solomon river, and has re*
cently voted to build water works.
The handling of this important mat¬
ter will be left to the women, who
will have to let all contracts, see that
contractors perform their work prop¬
erly, pay off the men, and supervise
things generally. The town is on
the central branch of a Missouri
Pacific line that is likely to be ex¬
tended this year, and the women
will have an opportunity to grapple
with the railroad question. In
short, the municipal government is
tone handed entirely over to the
women. The country will watch
with eager interest the result of this
experiment, which is without par¬
allel in the history of ra ®devn times
On some of the largest store doors
in Athens chalk marks have lately
been made, and it is v needed by all
that the burglars who are now going
through the country have sent one
or two of their number in advance,
whose busines* it is to note the
^ ouseg ,j 0 ; n g the largest business
^ w hieh will hc the e,l, ' est to
into Their plans may have
^ frushate ,l a t Harmony Grove,
^ ^ wil j p ,obabl.v change their
The p0 ]; ce are keeping a
lookjut for all suspicious
r
i characters.
| |>. A. Raker * uo have ptared Z » M fell . ot
' ^ Zm">n to
»* *ri,e iu o, ire P A
4Coityw e.n. to procure ArtUiaer*m
that p's”#.
CARNESAILLE.GA., TUESDAY APRIL 5, 1887
TIIE CONVICT QUESTION.
Will Command the Attention of the
Coming Summer Session.
The statement cf the Governs
of this state a few days ago that
there are 600 applications of convicts
for Pardon awaiting his action, and
that he ia satisfied that there are
ameng the convicts some who are
jnnocent of the crimes of which they
ar? convicted, and others who ought
to be pardon*d because their sen¬
tences were too severe; is certain
to bring the question squarely before
the Legislature at its summer ses¬
sion. Indeed, it is difficult to sse how
the Legislature cau longer «hirk its
duty with regard to it.
The 600 applications ought to be
considered without unnecessary de
lay. If the,State bas done any of its
citizens the wrong of convicting them i
of crimes of which they arc not guilty
it cannot too gwickly lepair it to as
great an extent as possibje. It is |
clear, however, that the Governor
cannot pass upon these applications
as promptly vs they deserve, Ho
could not examine all of them care¬
fully before the end of his terms if
he should his whole time to it.
The Legislature, therefore as soon
as it meets ought to provide for a
speedy examination of the triplica¬
tions, and then it ought to set to
work to find some way for taking
c are of convicts that would give
more satisfaction than the present
oue.
There is uo public question which
Legislatures have to deal with that
presents more Hfiiculties than tho
one relatingAo convicts. It is neces¬
sary that con viets shall be ®<nployed
for two reasons. First, that taxpayers
may be relieved of the burden of
maintaining them, and second, be¬
cause it is brutal to keep them cons
fined in idleness. But how shall
they be employed? Workingmen
protest against being forced to com¬
pete with convict labor. They say
that the burden of maintaining the
convicts should not ia/1 upon them,
and it does fall upon them to a cer.
tain extent,when convict labor forces
down the price ot their labor.
In N»w York it was pro posed some
time ago that no prison made arti
ticle* should he sold for less than the
prices such articles commanded in
the open market. In this way it was
thought (be objection of workingmen
to the employment of convicts on
contract work might be avoided, but
the plan ic not satisfactory.
At the last session of (he Legfsla
lature of this State the Governor
proposed a plan for caring for con¬
victs which was very favorably
commented «n by the press, hut the
Legislature did not find time to con¬
sider it. Probably it will do so dur.
ing the approiehing summer session.
New York, in three of her great
prisons, has now 2,100 ccuvicts idle
and the burden of msmtain'ng them
is a heavy one, in all her prisons and
reformatory institution* she had over
12,000 prisoner* last December. She
is beginning to wonder wiiat she is
to do with this growing army of
criminals.
A writer in a late issue of t ie N»w
York Herald suggested that tbacoa
vic(s of the whole counfry he Iran*
ported to Alaska. The suggestion
U not a new one. (n feet, it ha* been
pretty generally diMUMed, and in
time it may take a much firmer hold
upon the public mind than it
no* Until it It doe*, ho»em, the
,
questioni What *hall l)« ‘lone
the convicts? will continue to force
itself upon public attention.
The Southern States oould very
advantageously utilize them in mak¬
ing improvement* of ono and another
Thetaisnota county in the State
j GOlll( j not wc |i aff ;V( j to bear the ex
pgnse of guarding and maintain
j ; ng many m0 re convicts than it sends
j 0 the penitentiary in return tor the
pn nlege of using them to itnpiove
its roads and drain its swamps. The
benefit that the chain gang has been
to this county is very great, and it
promises to be still greater, The
county could use a large number of
convicts in making public improve¬
ments (hat, would in a few years,
make the lands of the couuty far
more valuable than they are; When
the Legislature takes up the convict
,'et it consider tAe advisa¬
bility of distributing the convict*
among tne counties which desir*
_g x
WOMAN BENEFACTORS.
The New Orleans Picayune an¬
nounces that the handsome amount
of $30,000 has jus( been given to in¬
crease the endowment of the
Christian Women’s Exchange, al¬
one of the most successful
benefactions of that city. Tho gen¬
erous contributors of this fund are
Mrs Howard,relict of (he late Charles
T. Howard, who gives twen(y thous¬
and dollars, and Mrs Whitney, who
gives ten thousand dollars. The
Picayune'adds: “The city of New
Orleans is being placed under ever
increasing obligations to its noble
- women for their pnb ,; c spirit and
their philanthropic works, Thero is
.sentimental m the
benetactions of these ladies. All is
thoroughly practical and to the point
From Margaret, this Bread Giver,
whose white monument stands wheie
it cau bo soan by the orphans, whom
for eo many years 6he freelv fed,
to the women who ondow charities
and found libraries and colleges, the
reo.o rd is magnificent. The day ap¬
pears to be near at baud when the
most distinguished and noble monu¬
ments of beneficence in New Orleans
■will be due to women.
THE VERDICT UNANIMOUS.
W D Suit, Druggist, Bippus, Ina.,
testifies: “I can reeommeud Electric
Bitters as'the very best remedy. Ev
ry bottle sold has given re lief in
every cas\ One man took six Lot
ties, and was cured ot Rheumatism
et 10 years s'anding-” Abraham
Haae, druggist, Bcllvile, Ohio, affirms:
“The best selling medicine I have
evei handled in my 20 yeaas ex peri'
etiee, is Electric Bitters-” Thousands
of of others ha^e added teeir testi
mony, so that the yerdict is unani
mo us that Eltetrc Bitters do cure al
diseases of the Liver, Kidneys or
Blood. Only a half do’ lar a bottle at
jj ^ Freemans Drug Store,
-—
A man who believe* he does not
g et | fa j g monc y’s worth and is doing
an act of charity in subscribing for
any newspaper, hasn’t any mind t°
j to thjnk flU( j hig gou i jf i0 small that look
^ ay won ’t, take the trouble to
^ ^ at t j J0 j a y 0 { judgement.—Ki
change,
All kind* ot garden wed, Kaffir
i >»ru, Millet, Burley Ao., for «*l* »y
jy r , if. M. Frevman.
INTERSTATE COM MEItCE
VVhat the Act Means From a Busi¬
ness Standpoint.
Itmeansrn ndenuee in (lie rate
charged for transportation long dis
tances between the west and the east
because local rates cannot Le reduc¬
ed to correspond < veil approximately
with through rates now charged. It
means a much heavier tax for tr ns'
\
portation of wosti ru farm products
and corresponding advantages in
competition for eastern farmers; a
heavier tax on southern iron, and ad¬
vantages for eastern furnaces; a heav¬
ier tax on west-bound merchandise
than heretofore. So that western
distributing points will lose much of
their ndvantuge in competition with
New York. More broadly, it means,
if the of the law can
be correctly anticipated, a definite
set-back for the far western states
and territories, which have been
stimulated to wonderful g.iowth by
the extraordinary reduction in long
distanee rates during the past three
or lour years, a larger
of states less distant, and a pause in
railroad building, especially iu the
Trans-Mississippi region. T he iron
and steel industries may prove to
have been (oo rapidly developed, if
the demand for use in railroad build¬
ing seriously diminishes.—From the
N. Y. Com. Bulletin.
The New York Telegram prints
a ca-ioon representing
mantle and the contest now going on
for possession of that
The bor.y fingers of death tiro hand-
mg donru the mantle, and under it,
reaching up with eager hands and
anxious faces, are Dr. Tahnage, liev.
Joseph Cook, Rev Sam Jones and
Rev Sam Small, The cruel teaMiro
of the cartoon is that tho entire
quartetta could g et lost in tho vein
tie. Underneath the cut tho Tele¬
gram prints these words: “Too big
for them.”
EXCITEMENT IN TEXAS: .
Grea( excitement has been caused in
the vicinity of Paris Tex., by the
remarkable recovery of Mr. J E Cor¬
ley, who was so help[ess he could
not turn in bed, or reise his head;
eyery-body said he . as dying of Con
sumption. A trial bottle of Dr.
King’s New Discovery was sent him.
Finding relicT. bo bought a large bot¬
tle and a box of Dr. King’s New
Life Pills, by the time he had taken
(wo boxes of Pi Ilf aud two bott.es of
the Discovery, he mas well and had
gained in flesh thirty-six pounds.
Trial Bottles of this Great Diicovery
lo®consumption free at Dr. ! f. M
Freemans. Large Bottle* $1.
The c.t in i day Brigham Y oung,
visited Blackwell’s Ialaud, and while
in the insane asylum sang so sweetly
that s me of the demented women
shed tears. If singing were the only
mean* used by mormons to make
woman s nod tears (he Edmunds bill
would perhaps be unuooe**nry.
John Merry nr & Co A n.menial
ed dissolved bone is the mo*’ reliable
tfUUHO ot tile uiurket. For sale at
| Afft , u|| and Martin by It D Yow
it C i*i *
$ 1 .00 MB YEAR IN ADVANE
INTERSTATE LAW SPECULA
TIONS.'
The interstate commerce law goes
into doct next Friday, and, for a
a while at least it will create a great
deal of confusisn ia the busines world
A very large per cc utsge of the busi¬
ness ot the country is, to great extent
bssod unen transportation rates. All
existing contracts for rates on inter¬
state roads will expire by April 1, and
the business world will hardly know
how to go forward until it finds oat
wha( rates the railroads hauo agreed
upon.
The railroads arc doing the host to
agree upon rates, but thero is so
much doubt abcut the meaning of
some of the most important sections
of the law'that it would not be sur
prising it April 1 should find them in
about as mnch confusion, and uncer-
tainty as they are now. It is said
ti ut traffic: on the great interstate
lines were never so heavy as at pres¬
ent, This is because those that have
frieghl, are having it delivered be
fore April 1st.-—Ex.
Au exchange says: Wherever tl o
Mexican is, whether on the prairie,
forest, bottom or mountain,he buries
tho stone of every j each ho eats
The result is that peach trees are
fou::d everywhere in that coun(ry.
Tt makes no diitercnce where (be
Mexican may be he stops and plant*
th e seed. If on feot or horseback,
in stage or wagon,he keeps it until he
has time to plant it- It is his creed
his religion, to help another. He
plants, he says for the stranger.
Why cannot we do the
A hole made by the thrust of a cane
or the foot, a few handfulls of soil
thrown ovoa it and the tree will come
If everyone would follow this beauti¬
ful custom what a country w# would
have for fruit iu a few years, It is
far better and more humane lo do
this than to cast it aside to he crush¬
ed by some passing hog.”
Mr. Henry Wuttorson, the brilliant
editor af th© Louisville Courier Jour¬
nal, who has been rather severe in
his criticism ou tho Cleveland Ad¬
ministration, said a few days ago in
an interview pub fished in tho Chicago
Tribune: I do not believe thero is
the slightest, ohance of the Democra¬
tic party winning next year unless it
do:* s nominate Cleveland, He is Ihe
only man that can, imder present con¬
ditions, carry the party to victory. I
don’t see how they are going to get
around it. They must take him. It
will bo perhaps to some like a dose of
medicine, but then as tho quack says,
il’s my compound or death.
BUCKLERS ARNICA SALVE
The bent Salve in the world for
cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum
fevers, corns letter, chaped hands
cuts sprains and all Skin Eruption,
and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. Jt is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction, or money ro¬
unded. Price 25 cents per box. For
sale by Dr. 11. M. Freeman.
Mayor George G'. Grogan of Elbor
ton, is coming to the front as a pro¬
bable candidate for State Senator
from the 80th district.
Tho Avalon High Gr.ul- Acid fo
late by R. D. Yow ds Co ut Martin
and Avulon is a first du«s fertiliser.
Gold . ;* A W»teh chain* at
Me s Bro,
A PRAYER SENT UP FOR RE..
PORTERS.
In the Senate Chaplain Allison
startled (ho august body by
closing his prayer with a word for
newspaper men. He said: “And
now dear Lord, bless the reporters,
whose nimble pen catch every word
before it is uttered. Like thyself they
are almoit omnipotent. If we take
the wings of the morning and fly to
the utmost parts of the earth they
are there. They meet us in the jun¬
gles cf Africa; they waylay us in the
solitary canyons of Colorado, and
whan at last we find the latitude ot
the magnetic pole, behold they ar®
there. May their light and goodnes s
be equal to their power, and when
the groat general assembly convenes
let no reporter be excluded. Amen.
The levival of religion progress¬
ing in Atlanta is remarkable. Many
merchants close their stores during
the day prayer-meetings, which are
held iu different parts of the city,
and they and their clerks attend
them. The member* of the Salva¬
tion Army claim that the revival is
due to their efforts.
■
Not long shied W T Mima bought
piece of property in the resident
portion of Ameriaus, payiug for it
$600. A few days ago he refused an
offer for the same property of 13,000
Ho lias made no improvement on it,
and it remains to-day just as it was
the day he bought it.
' •
,
Mrs. W C Sibley, of Augusts, pre
sidont of the \Vemail's Cbrisfian Tem¬
perance Union of Georgia, has written
a 1 otter on the subject of woman suf¬
frage. She says that the Union is not
coin r.ittod to woman suffrage, but as
individuals its members hold what¬
ever views they please. She does not
think that the Georgia members fa¬
vor woman suffrage and says that “if
the men •£ other Stat es respond a*
nobly as those of Gecrgia have done
to tho appeals for ‘home Protection’
thoro will be no necessity for the IZ
men of this country to defend
selves at the ballot-box.
MONEY TO LEND.
I am again prepared to, negotiat*
loans on Real Estate at 8 per coat.
for a reasonable commission,
March 19th ’87. J. B.PARK8:
M**
The parents of a Georgia infant
chum that it has learned front th#
angels that the world is to come to
an end on the first Saturday in D®«
cember 1887.
For tbe best sewing machine
he market addresB, F * A. Mabrjgr
Toecoa, Ga. ll
~~ v;
. , m
Energy will do everything that
he done in thi* world, and no tal
no circumsteocestwill make a '
w ithout i(.—Goethe.
■
A lady nearly 60 years of a*
war! -■i'¬
EUarville who doe* all her own
cooking for live in family.
m. IS
McConnell«fcBro.,have -M
at
a»sortmon( of tobacco and w
you cheap price*.
Sewing M»rhin«»t Met
Bro.