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the franklin county register # 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.