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FRANKLIN :
CO taffftii Y REGISTER
J. S. DORTCH & Ed. F. McGOYVAN, Publishers
VL XV
ISlBANGE
10ME RECENT
IN MIND READING AT
LEXINGTON.
he gift found as common
'o Some Extent to all Perrons—
How iDis Done and the Sensa
sations while Undergoing
the Influence of Other
Mind, etc.
!
Just at present there is i o small
iraount of talk and excitement in
Lexington over what may prove to
ie one of the greatest discoveries oi
he nineteenth century. It is noth
ig less than the fact that everybody
!gifted more or less with the her. -
afore wonderful power of mind
sailing
Oar readers will remember that
ist week we locally mentioned that
Lexington young man had discov
red that he was gifted that way.
'he young man alluded to was Mr.
I. H. Clarke, and, while he did not
ant his name mude public just then,
romised that he would let us see his
ower that we might the better judge
. We did not have to wait long,
riday he invited us witness a private
sauce that would be given at Mr. J
Arnolds that evening after tea.
iTe had oefore seen what purported
i be mind reading, and had no
:ason to doubt but that Mr. Clarke
id the gift.
But we were wholly unprepared
T Hie developments that were to
& made that evening.
now IT WAS DONE.
The night performance was made
) tests given to different ones (for
was found chat ail preseiit po.-ses
d more or less the gift) of
iding objects that were thought
by some other person. These
its were conducted in this wise,
lie medium or mind reader would
i brought into the room blindfold
one or two persons would firmly
■asp their hands and place tbeir
gersupon the back of tbeir neck,
er the spinal cord, thiul’ing in
wely of whatever object ,was se
ited would almost abandon all
ougt from bis miud. Quickly
ire woulu be an inclination upon
i part of the person blindfolded to
>ve, and following this inclination
sy would be carried directly to the
by the partms havrag^heni
arge to pick up the object, their
uds would unerringly go to it and
asp it, seemingly without any ef.
it whatever on the -part of tho
nd reader. , It is wonderfuf to see
.at difficult feats were thus P« r -
3netest_(Vas i.;' ■.■.■ia Ciarae ,
mid upon entering the room, go to
i mantle, and take therefrom a
a 1*™° m
. U
•*» t ir ““ ^ ‘
kscreivv^aCe ry!b^th'plique. # in ibc,plaq»eraf|3
and' cc'ijiejits.'ot©
$»other |,erat>n in the room..? He
been placed in another part ,oi
room, find the key that had been
en elsewhere, place the key in
haskebandaad vh^i fepofiR U *
et on the fodt bodttl a bed.
his .was'dtfne a* welt* it could
™ ? whir»i» s* ,
si A
•qualiy as difficuuli tests were
almost every one in the room,
were gone through With about
inch promptin'** aud coma-1is***,
oh goes Us proyo tb.it every
of sixth wu»e as it mighl bo
CABNESYILLE, TUESDAV, MARCH 6 1688
termed. We tried K ourself, and
though we could not perforin such
feats as <J t d Messrs Olive and Clarke
v\e were convinced that wc were not
withoto the sense.
TH3i SENSATION Til \T ONE TEELS.
while being thus under the control
of the mind or will power of another
is peculiar. While you are fu.lv
conscious, there comes over you a
a somewhat comatose feeling as if
p-u-tly asleep and' yet awake. There¬
comes upon the subject an inclina¬
tion to move in whatever direction
the mind beside him direct. With
those who are the best subjects this
inclination is almost uncontrollable;
they are carried along by it as if by
force. Whatever enters the mind
ot the conductor is immediately
taken up by the medium and his in¬
clinations guide him to whatever is
of.
Friday night every test that could
be thought of was tried, the niO‘t
wonderful being to give the name
of a person thought of by the ones
who had hold of the readers hands.
Though failures were made at this
it was successfully done several
times, one of these times being with
Mr Olive. Not knowing of what the
test would consist, he was brought
into the room and led before one of
the guests. It was planned that those
wbo find him in charge would think
of the feature* of the person. This
they did. After some time Mr.
Olive said that he had no inclination
to do anything; that he had nothing
in his mind but the features ot this
terson. He did not know before
whom he stood, whicn bhowed plaiu
y that vhat his mind was governed
)y the thoughts of those beside
him.
All these tests were made with
the utmost fairness and with no oth¬
er object than to fully ascertain who
had the powc.i and how far they
would be governed by they thoughts
of others.—Oglethorpe Eeho.
PUBLIC SPIRIT.
j t xv0ll ],i be a big mistake to say
tbat a n public-spirited men get rich,
m . tba( tbey succeed in then* aspira.
bul aj a rule, they get more
id enjoyment out of life than any
otber ( . {agg
The history of such millonaiiea as
c 01% Cornell. Peabody and Cor
ch()wS thafc it is possible for
^ med ^ ]je pulilie spirited and
QUS without impoverishing
8, Mr Corcora ^ B ave
million dollars, and con.
^ fflake money uuli l the last,
f;fiehad been mirerly and craving
Q)i " ;. jfc have died a poor man.
* rybedy \ loved him. Good
^ ^ f) bacb hlm la any
, and famish him witlrony
^ *.
(biS was , )0 t merely because
^ a wag a Christian and a
wa8 because his
spirit had permeated the peo
» «««
plan, and
acti^ljmpatby with
: tnah.^nd,his
' Even as a matter of policy it pays
man to be public .spirited.. When
puts his shoulder to the wheel
pushes the best interests of the
others will join him, and
will puli together. With such
•** oi “'' s
tew of the^n public ipirtw,
hearted men cv«r,£ail utterly in
They geteraliy fall on their
ami they fiuiUp enty of frieiius
u stand bv them.-A-Coastitu
Fresh meal at McConnell &
the time.
ISSUED WE EKLY
STRANGE
THE STRANGE ILLUSIONS
A WOMAN WHO DIED
NOT LONG SINCE.
fbom SAVANNAH news.
The following story come from
a reliable source: There was
ii» Greenwod recently a woman
will be missed from the streets
Brooklyn. Every afternoon
the tide travel from New York
at its height it was met aud
by a quaint, bent little figure
ing toward Catherine Ferry. It
had white, abnu lant, hair, curled m
m a knot at the back of the
eyes bright as Rhine stones and
shrewd wrinkled, quizzical face. I.
never wore but one gown.
or winter she was faithful to a
old black silk, made in the fashion
a quarter century ago; with a lace
collai at the throat, fastened a big
brooch, inclosing a braid of three or
four strands of hair. In warm weath
ei it wore a cashmere shawl, white
once, but i ellowed with age, its flow¬
ered sprays of embroider frayed with
many washings, its long, knotted
fringe riedueed to the last wisp,
In winter it wrapped in a long blau
ket shawl that mightbe one hundred
years. Arrived opposite the exit from
the ferry-house, there it stood as if
waiting foi some one, and in a few
minutes hobbled briskly away
alone. *
M's. Green—few knew' her name
and in any case she would noi be re«
cogdized under that title—was a
woman ot eighty or more, but active
enough t j be fifty. Sho lived in a
dingy side street to to the north of
the bridge, in an old fashioned still
stately mansion house, sadly in wan«
of paint, whose yuriously wrought
knocker and quaintly carved and
pauneiled entrance told of a day
when fashion had not deserted tbat
region. She had some money but
lived absolutely alone, Had she
wished it otherwise I doubt if she
could have found domestics to stay
with her, for the few whom she took
so far into her'confidence as to ad¬
mit them tor an nour or two beneath
her loot had an eerie look when they
went away as if they had seen a
ghest.
HUS GREEN had been
forty years a widow' and her three
children died long ago. She made a
will to suit her he : rs but warned them
to ktep at arms length. For her she
ressurreeled the dead past and made
it as if it were to her alive. When
her husband died she Jeft his coat
and bat where they had hung in the
hall, His gloves were on the table
and his cane leaned against the wall.
disturb his clothing , . . .
She did not m
closets or tne drawers. His slippers
were warming n> front of the fire,
ed place Sue sti/1 set a plate for
him at the table, and opened and
dried the morning paper for his hand
Every afternoon she walked to Oath
ine Ferry to meet him on bis return
from business and home again as if
he was oy her side. Her dead chil¬
dren she kep. with her in memory
the same way. Tlieir playthings
were never taken from the floor, and
a torn dress lay for years near the
window seat. To step into iier sit¬
ting room you would have imagined
it to have been tne abode of fun
loving, born blowiaff boys and girls.
Her fancy that her family was stil
unbroken, every room in the bouse
filled with mute witnesses to their
preseu^e. But she was not foreicr
a y 0UD g woman and as her years come
U p 0n her so naturally would they
U p 0n If the shoopkeepers had
known of her object it would have
been a .“trange sight t> waUdr her
providu g for the wants of the iuvi*<
ibj(J The baby’s ratUe was
replaced by toys, wd then by sebcoi
Lad her earrings, an 1 then her
lying about, and by and by
teething ting of the first grandchild
She changed the fashion of per hus¬
bands clothes as the years went by
nnlil she had him finally wearing the
inafflpr and easy shoes of an old
man. The last time I saw her she
was beginning upon tho fourth gen
oration, or so I imagined from tho
cradle which had once mrro taken
its place in her room. Shu talked
of her family and to her family oon
tually. Passei’s hoard her give the
gossip ot the tno day to that unseen
husband as she walked up tne hill
With hnn at night. She would in¬
terrupt a conversation to bid “Each
ci” be less noisy, «• to ask if you no
ticed how rh muiatism had taken
liold of the old u.an. In all other
matters she was a sharp business
woman who managed her own
mency affairs and turned neat little
s ums by her prudence and skill. She
bad her own opinions about ques¬
tions of the day, and when things
did not go to suit her she was not
slow to speak her mind. She never
hesitated to tell you if sho thought
you dressocl too richly for your in
omno, and her hobby was shoes, of
whicn “Rachell’’ aud Rachel’s chil¬
dren always had a good supply
broad-soled, thick and low heeled,
"It’s saved them from many a bad
cold; just you try it child,” she sail
to me. I|er husband and her son
voted the Whig ticket never forgot
election day any«yeaf. If those b il -
lots did not count in the general re¬
sult tb<jy fared little worse than
those of mor j tangible men. Mrs.
Green did her best to keep her fam¬
ily up to ail its duties, aud her de¬
votion to to her dream folk was not
the least amiable foiling ever seen in
woman.
lie strongly endorse the sent i
ruent in Georgia us well as among
many Congressmen which favors a
reform in the revenue laws. There
are object onable features that
should be rectified. It does not seem
to have occurred, however, to gomo
of our moonshine friends that a re
peal of the law would cut them out
of a job altogether for whiskey
could then be put down here from
the great corn grow ing Spates ot the
West foi a few cent. 1 per gallon. It
is only the dodging of the internal
revenue tax that make? moonshine
business possible. This, not by ’'ay
of agology for them, but to put a
break on their clamor.
CITATION.
Georgia, Franklin county*
To all whom it may concern, Mrs
Elizebeeh Edwards having in due
form applied lo mf*, to have a 12
months support set apart for her
and he' minor children, Wrightly
B Edwards aud Nancy S Edwatds,
from the estate of H Edwards,
deceased, of said county and up.
praisors appointed for the purpose
of setting apart t.hesamc have made
out a schedule of the property so
set apart by them. This is therefore
to cite all next of kin and creditors
of J II Edwards to be aud appear
at my office within the allowed
time by law, aud show cause if any
they cun why au order should not
be granted at the March term oi
said court for 1888 allowing tbt
the amount eo set apart. Given
and r rav hand and seal Jan 23
1888 L N Tribble, Ord.
If you want a box of tobacco Mc¬
Connell and Bro’s is the place to tfet
it,
if you want a hat McConnell A liro
a fiat y„
ONE DOLLAR l’EU ANNUM
THE SWINDLERS
HOW THE PEOPLE OF IHK
COUNTRY HAVE BEEN
IIUMBUGGEO BY
PEDDLERS.
Every season some now swindle
is practiced on our country friends
Tiie lightning rod man who charged
about five pr‘c*h for his goods lias,
run his race and disuppenred Pons
the field. The fruit tree agent still
holds ou with bis abnormal plates
an 1 magnifying bottles containing
specimens still bolds the fort, but ho
is not reaping lbo harvest of a few
years ago. Our people have learned
as a general thing those high,priced
scions aie fruuds of tho firist magni¬
tude and are going bnok to tho seed¬
lings of their forefathers, but iho
field is still kept well fli od with
portable humbugs, aid it seems to
be feko study .of certain sharpers to
deviso uew schema to entrap the un¬
wary.
Perhaps the biggest fraud yol. per
poi rated was tho Wrought Iron
Range sold through this section lust
year a . inferior article that could have
been bought from any reliable home
dealer for was sold for $05, and as
the agents who .disposed of them wore
oily t-mgtted petsttaders the ranges wont
ofi’li o hot cakes. Intone neighbor
hoods nearly awry family purchased
OKU. The great inducement to purchase
the.r ratifies wn-' that they vroie sold
Oil tri.if p i ttblj the following full. It
is jve'J ess to add that purchasers
badly swindled. Many of these
never wooM cook a decent meal and
now l he bucks uro warping anti
luuLs ef ths range giving away.
purchasers learned to their chagrin t| m t
vou cannot have the broken pieces re
pfuec'd ns you can the stoves yon buv
at home, and soon their expensive nur
chase vould have to bs sold for !d iron
Last summer there also came
through the country sonic agents sell¬
ing a cheap clock tlmt cost ai out $2.2,)
at wholesale tor $10. They nvoido I
1 ho whites and sold altogether to
groes. ?ho collector was promptly on
hand when crops were made and got
every dollars clue them. These clocks,
however, like the wrought Iron range,
arc giving out.
Next spring aud summer doubtless
new swindles will be hatched and the
poor countryman will no doubt, fall a
ready "victim” to the agent’s smiles,
Our advice lo our rural friends is to
let these traveling dealers alone, foi
you will be swindled every tim > you
buy of them. If you need a cook
stove, or a c’ock, or lightning rod, or
any other class of goods sold by these
trave er go]tosomo responsible dea’er
at home, make known your wants and
our word for it jou wilt save more than
more than half your money and get nil
arliole, too, thrt you can rely on.
WANTED. A pofi.tiou as teacher,
in a good neighborhood m this
county. A young man of good
character, who stood an excellent
examination as an Applicant fo:
liceuso to teach a public school,
desires a three or six months school.
For particulars, call in person, or
direct a letter of inquto the
Register office
McDonnell A Bros new clothing
is of the uitHHi styles ami colors of
any in the pJpce, aud more of 'hem.
Old Dominion tobacco is the best
the market for 33| cents per lb
found only at McConnell A Bro.
Gj to McConnell & Bro for shirts
they have a large stock from the
to tbn best.
The crown I’nnce of Germany
iastiU low and all hope of recoven
bast feccu abandoned. I
NO 4
mental food for boys.
An liter It Tell* How Senaatlonat StorlM
Am Pal Tagvtltar.
"The waiter of fiction far the young
Ass become tin important branch of liter¬
ature," raid an old writer whose charm*
ing stories have tickled a generation of
doesn’t young p ople. draw "It seems simple enough, im¬
it, to a little upon the
agination and spin out a lot of stuff about
‘Jimmy tho Safa Cracker,'or ‘Bob th#
Boy Detective,' but some of the beat
newspaper writers in this city liavo soiaad
the story writer’* quill with a sort of holy
enthusiasm—and have failed. One of
them whoso heartrending tale wna tmb
lished had tho happiness of hearing him¬
self < ailed a‘chump ’ by gamin crfWe
n
who had just finished reading the effotfc
"I guess this faculty of writing fiction
must have tried conic voluntarily hand to a branches person. ef I
my at other
literature, and have immediately and
with good. great unanimity been pronounced rebuff
no telling Shortly tho after this a
story, of almost supe rhuman
deeds of a young hero, appeared, and i ever
since I lmve not boon able to turn out
lishers. manuscripts quickly enough for the pub¬
"On some days I can’t, to save me,
write n singlo lino, while at other time* 1
may worry through a paragraph, but on
reading it a second tipio I tear it up ia
disgust. Nothing remains but to twaH
for an ‘inspiration.' This does not com*
from above, a gift from tho gods, as is
vulgarly knowledge supposed, the but is brought the on pub' by
a of foot that
Jishcr is waiting impatiently for the next
chapter of my story. When I once got
started the thoughts come almost too
quickly. "Do lever Well,
I correct the my copy? together in
not much. put story
my cranium and then spin it out. I
sometimen read it n second time and
change a word occasionally, then off else
goes to tho printer. Wc are not very
particular, ing anyway, since wo are work¬
for boodle, not for undying fame.
If wo were to follow the advice ofHorses
and lock up our manuscript for nin*
years and then take it out and revise ft, I
am afraid that boolblaokn, messenger
beys and tho young in general w««M tip
without intellectual food for rofhe mn.
That, however, might net prove a serious
blow (o the community, for message*
would then in all probability ue deliv¬
ered promptly. Why. I have aeon a
messenger boy, oh win* e fleetness of foot
afortuno or probably a life depended,
standing on a corner for of half an eomwtf* hour in¬
tensely nlxarbad in one my it
the*. Quito flattering to me, wst
nm
"You think tho increasing drain should
exhauafc my storehouse of Ideas, do fbvil
Let mo inform you ihat it doubtless
would did I not learn something new
every everything day. I always m*ko a note and of
strange I see or hear,
books and papers giro mo any number at
ideas which I mold to suit my readeta—
not my readers exactly, but the publtfh
er’e readers. Wo write to pleaso but o&S
person, and ho is that oil powerful Indi¬
vidual who can tako tho story or return
it with thanks.
‘‘You want to know how wo ana paid!
Well, nano of us over become million¬
aires, yet a person with ordinary talent
outfaces. an always make a good living at the
"I do all my writing in two or three
days of the week, and can make $00 at
{GO without exerting myself. The most
money I ever received for a story was
days. $500 for It a littlo for thing celebrated I finished comediqg m four
was a
who, with my permission, erased on
name from tho title page and inserted hu
own. I don’t know how muoh he r*>
wived ford iis name and my story.
“I think I am doing as much good tot
tho young ns many who make more pro
tension i. Most of my stories are founded
on history, and probably impress truths
cn youthful of minds more forcibly than de- da
omo tho professors who affect to
piso our profession so much.”— New
York Press.
Th« Pacific Count IteuDfiMrjr.
Tke Pacific ocean bcnMtiVjr ot th*
United States has a greater extent ot
coast line than tho Atlantic shore. The
aggregate of onr slioro line on the Paeifle
is t2,734 miles, while on tho Atlantic it
is 11,800 miles and on the Gulf ot Mexico
0,843. California contains 1,180 mlksef
the coast line on the Pacific, white She
also has 272 miles of island shore
and 240 miles of tide water river
shot-*, making altogether 1,648 miles ai
shore line. Texas lias an actual coast
line on the gulf of 1,209 miles, while
Florida has 1,144 on the gulf and MS
miles on tho Atlantic, do that both exceed
California in this particular. promoted It waatbfi tits
annexation of Alaska that
1 Pacific coast to a higher figure than the
Atlantic, Alaska having figures 9,880 taken males of
coast line. These are from
the coast survey reports.—Boston Post
.Tho Beal.Hero.
"I never could understand how the
newspapers or general public could ap
piaud a desperado who announces his In¬
tention ot dying with *his boots on.’” re¬
marked a physician the other day. "A
man who calmly facca death from au in¬
curable disease, while lie goes al*>ut his
usual occupation or is cheerful at home,
is tho one to admire. I have each i a
tier.t now. He knows theta is no 1 op%
yet ho is almost indiilcrcnt to hi* fate. I*
Li difficult to fully appreciate such Ucreis
conduct. TIL calumees will liavo
efiV-t. It will nerve to prolong hi*
St is even e& good as medicine m