The Northeast Georgian. (Athens, Ga.) 1872-1875, September 05, 1873, Image 1

Previous Issue Next Issue

Clip Visible Area View Page Text View PDF

Newspaper Page TextPUBLISHED BY - T* ® Airpr , ,.... prtorBIETORS, EDITORS AND 1,1 M r»o$oUarsrer \Am**,\ CASH IN ADVANCE. ^' measuring the baby. I the riotous lvat>y 'aXmI tb« 5 ot W.*“‘ h X 111v at the throh-'ld, u’,1 the hoy ’ • as just as t*ll ! x:oi The fra-ran l «lr* »" n ' *”• J*. i The fra Without ih« blue hir»l* whistlfd * lllS urto U.boM ropMfM, A." ioa.il fro at the window A nL rod rose r^ ked her been ; An t the wee pink firat of the baby War never a moment itill. Sint* him? as shine and ahadow That da need on the lattice nlll ! IIin ores were wide aa bluebells— Itis iuouth like * flower unblown— T*o little bare feet, like f inny white mice, Peeped out trom nia anawy ^*mn ; And we thought, with a thnl of rapture That had yet a touch of pain, Wbrii June roils around with her rotes, W e ll measure the- boy again. Ah me ! la s darkened chamber, With the aunahine ahnt away. Through Wara tu»i fill It*, a bitter rain We meaauru i tho bov to day ; And tbs little bar o feet, that were dimplod And swcctaaa buddi.tg rose, L»y aide by aide to.’etb r, in the huah of a lung repose ! Vp from the dainty p How, White as the risen dawn. The fair little wee Jay s niling, With the light of heaven thereon— And the dear litt.e hands, like rose leaves lirojpxl from a rose, lay still, Never to snatch at the sunshine That crept to tho ahro id.sl still ! ;Vo measured the aleepin* baby *V it It ribbons w.nte as s ow,’ For the shining r >sewool casket That waited him below ; An loot oft I - darken* d < hainber We .vent with a cittkilm inoan : To the height of tne sinless angels. Our little one had >n»wn ? /] ! r" rrf NO- 49. .tic LAUGIIERISML. I ±n t ATHENS, GEORGIA, r FRIDAY MORNINGS* .r.i> ,6l..\\\ \ V. - -5 >-*•» •”** : ‘ i 1 . ’V.t ) D> 1873; ( ■ - ' * ..MM ,1 ,Uf>< OLD SERIES—VOLUME L'i. NEW SERIES-VOLUME I./ Onr Cosh Bates of Advertising. **#■ firfk, faCrtlXt 4 * dun Dollar per Sq'uare (of one lock) for tbe int rtlon..*qil.&» l eiUjr r ttT«Ceinap#r §4|iut for e«.ch additional insertion. MT Funeral Noyces and Obituaries charged for ri> '! Vfc. No extra charge for Local or Special column ■i»Dv4r. Pompeii is among the wonders of the world. Here one enters into such associ ation with tlie ancients us he can have nowhere else. The town lies about twelve miles cast of Naples, five or six miles from the font of Vesuvius, and not far from the bay. My conceptions of its destruction were vert erroneous It was overwhelm ed, n >: i.y lava, init by ashis, or dust, or cinders, or all toge;lier. The lava descen ded, by the law of gravitation, down the declivity ot the mountain to H rculaneum; but tlie fine duo was b own by a north- westerly wind to a distance ol several miles Iroin the rutuntain, and tell on the doomed city. We may easily understand the laws by which it was destroyed. The almost impalpable dust issued from the top of the high mountain, whence it was borne by a wind, settling in the usual di rection, over the plain at the base of the mountain, and falling, as it naturally would in its course, it reached tho earth at Pompeii, and in its vicinity. Its fall, at first, was prob ibly not rapid. During the recent eruption, the wind blowing from the east, Naples was covered to some depth with the same kindol dust,causing darkness in the day time, and a consider able panic. As the dust gradually fell on Pompeii, there was probably an alatm. which soon iricw into a panic. Most of the inhabit mts tied, carrying with them their lighter and more valuable articles. Some persons weic reluctant to leave thc>r homes; some were unable to do it; and some had confidence that the threatened oatastrpphu would be averted. Several fac:s arc illustrative of these supposi tions. In the museum at Pompeii is the body of a female. She wns evidently a woman of some refinement. Her feet and hands were small, and her fingers were adorned with rings. It is almost certain that her delicate condition caused her to resolve on remaining in her house, and running the risk of perishing in the city, rather than to venture out amid the dark ness and th : tailing cinders. The most splendid mansion yet discovered in Pom peii was just without the wall, on the road to Neap ilis or Naples. It covered a large space, and was evidently the abode ot wealth and luxury, Among e ther con veniences, it contained a large wine-cellar, in which may still be seen rows of earthen jars for holding wine. This building, ns inscriptions show, belonged to a man named Dio m-de. Very naturally he was reluctant t« leave liis abode, his hoarded treasures and his delicious luxuries. His w nccellar afforded present defence again--! 't tearful storm, and he was willing to n-k his litc to protect his property. Mure than a dozen bodies were found in tile wine-cellar; and near its entrance a body clutching a bag of gold. They slowly reached the conclusion to make their escape; but it was too late. Most of the inhabitants took warning and fled from the impending tpln. Mcanwhil the dns*. continued to pour on the city. Gradually the streets were filled, the houses were covered, their roofs were crashed by the incumbent mass, every vestige of the city was concealed, and not a monument, was left to mark the spot which it had occupied. The destruction was as coin' - pietc as that of Sodom and Gnmorah, % and by means quite os wonderful. For nearly eighteen centuries no effort was e mode tp discover the site of the buried -.. city.- i-. k - ^ Now. it is supposed that JhV-tTiird ot Pompeii has been disinterred and tho work of excavation is in constant prog ress. The ashes, while they crashed the roofs of the houses, preserved everything else in perfection. The walls of the buildings, the frescoes, the paintings, the statues, the domestic utensils, the jewel ry, aud tlie multitude of things ot convey niencc and taste, have been found pre ; ciselv as they were left by the terrified in habitants. You ntay wander through the streets, narrow, well paved, nnd worn by wheels into rats. There are the places o? amusement—the theatre and uinphithe' atie. The houses were, with tew excep tions, only one story high, built around a • o.irt or open space in the centre, with small chambers. The few second stories "ere reach'd by steps outside of the buildings. There are the wine-shops, conveniently nrranged fordipping up the 'leverage for thirsty customers. There, ,0 °. arc the bakeries, with their stamped loaves, dry, dark, and no longer fit for mod. There, also, are haunts of licen tiousness and infamy, with their obscene intuits.justifying Paul’s in detment of leatlienUm, in the first chapter of his cpis’le to the Romans. Everything that cmid lie moved has been carried to the museum in Naples; and the visitor is snr* pnsed at the number, variety, and ele gaocc of the articles of use and of oraa- ntent "‘at have been preserve I. Recent- •y. a museum lias been opened at Pom peii, and relics now found are deposited there. This arrangement will greatly augment the interest of a visit to the dis interred citv. Amp’e plans were adopted or draining the old town, and on a de- ciining street stepping-stones were plac ed for pedestrians to avoid the torrents caused by copious showers. Many of the leys were too narrow for wheeled vehi- h«*«,1 , sorac 'be streets, well worn > wheels, were too narrow to allow car- RC3 to pass one another, in these i ‘ ’"'"ghfarcs all the vehicles passed in tic direction ; or by an understood j-J‘ n S e 'd cn ' went in one direction for a ; *b* B ' n the opposite way for ?h£ ™ bfc-like is the *cenc that one could hsuxMy help expecting to behold some old Pompea/startoutTrom wW g m - W#U * to know 7/ ™ W bOMDCS9 wc ,,ad »b«o—JWvio«. If it wasn’t .for {he law, a man cou make a fortune in half the time. An editor may not be religious, but he generally has. an umbrella wjdch keeps lent. ‘•Stump tailcd monopolist” is the chaste epithet that a Chicago editor slings at a rival. Little girl at the breakfast tablm- “Mam ma. this is very old bnttcO—»Fve found a gray hair in it.” Susan B. Anthony wants the name of the Pnllam cars altered either to pull- man-and-woraan or Pull-irrespective-ot- sex cars. -• - > - ' i * *. ] The editor of a Nevada newspaper gives notice that he cannot be bribed with a five cent cigar to write a five dol lar puff. Three hundred Jnpnnc e’ girls are on their way to this country to be oduea’el and taught the mysteries of the new grass hopper twist. ' - The recent marriage of a Mr. Day with a Miss Field, presents this singular anom aly, thnt although he t/aintd the field she iton the day. Notwithstanding all they say against it, there is not an editor in the State who would refuse to accept “back pay” —trom subscribers. The Boston Trantrri/tt thinks that the * ambitious ; ouths who lircd the Ephesian dome” was a traveling ngent for a patent fire-extinguishing apparatus. News is scarce in Minesota. In the ef fort to present something fresh a I.anes- lioro paper has found it necessary to pub lisli the Ten Commandments. From the New Orleans Itarald. A GENUINE GHOST. He Keeps his Nocturnal Watch in a Honse on Common street, and Scares tho Inmates ont of their Wits —HIs Peculiar Mode of Manifestation. his; so both of them agreed to sleep( - , The young lady who has evinced such deep interest in the hero of a certain criminal rase is often heard to sing, “Let me kiss him for his murder.” A Western editor closes an nffection appeal to delinquent subscribers as fol lows : “May tbe famine-stricken of from an editor's baby haunt his slumbers.” A Western editor, in acknowledging the gift of n peek of onions from n sub scriber, says: “It is such kindnesses as these that bring tears to our eyes.” A merchant who has a class in Sunday school asked, “What is solitude i” and was visibly disturbed when a miserable boy answered: “The store that don’t ad vertise.” A Cincinnati paper states that the find ing of a small gold locket in a pound of sausage meat, explains the mysterious disappearance of a young lady of that city. The new jail at Danbury lias five occu pants already. Although comparative ly a young institution it is so mnnngcd as to command the confidence ot thepub- pe. A new English edition of the Prayer Book changes, by a typographical error, the verse in Psalms. “Thou hast broken my borda” into “thou hast broken my bones.” A printer wns boasting tlie other day about his wonderful nbility to set type. “I know what you can't set,” said a com rade. “What is it?” “Two hens on one nest.” Yen snnte mail sclilnps me on dershoul der und snv. “I va* glad to hear yon vns so veil,” und den sticks behind my pack his finger to his nose. I haf my opinion of dot vcllcr. A Chicago woman tried to commit su icide by swallowing two yards of shoe strings, but had got so accustomed to la cing that they didn’t have any effect upon her. An Alabama editor has found a new premium to offer subscribers. He will name his new boy for the patron who pays for his subscription the longest time in advance. “Shall I cut this 'oin rf mutton stddle- wUe r said a gentlemen. “No.” said one of guests, “cut it bridlewise, for then I may have a chance to get a. bit in tny mouth.” A story is told a person asking another whether he would advise him to lend a certain friend money. “What! lend him money i You might give "him an emetic, and he wouldn’t return it.” A lady who did not think it respecta ble to bring up iter children to work, has recently heard from her two sons —one is bar-keeper to a flat-boat nnd the other is second-clerk to a lime-kiln - ‘ J J , | » | | Tobacconists and drink-mixers lose f 10, 000 by swear-offs on New Year's day. but make double that sum the third week in January, when the lambs, come back to the flock thirstier and hungrier than ever. An enthusiastic African, who lmd “spent de winter in Jamaky,” found it an earthly paradise. He slid he could “lie abed, and. putting his arms out de windy, pick oranges, pineapples, and Jmnaca rum right off trees.” The patent chum is the latest item cre ator yet produced in the l.oundless West. A little girl nt Clinton, Wis., was recent ly caught in the gearing of one these im plements, and ere she could lie rescued looked as if she had been spanked with a curry-comb. Not long ago, in the Court ot Appeals, a certain lawyer, of Celtic extraction, while arguing with earnestness bis case, stated a point and then proceeded—“And if it plazc thccoort, if I am wrong in this, I have auothcr point that is equally con clusive.” A gentleman who takes a business view ot iuost things, when reccptly asked TwpcctfnyB person of quite a poetic tem- peramen^ replied“OI>. he ts .one of t hose jnen who ha ve soarings after the in finite and divHtgsirtttif the unfothorablc, but who nover pay cash.'’ A talc of two Norristown husbands One, upon leaving -his office, the other night, stopped at a book store, paid $1.25 for a new novel, and weut home and presented bis wife with “A Pair of Blue Eyes.” The other, after leaving his of fice, stopped at a saloon, paid $1.25 for _ whiskey, and went home and gave his i wife a pair of black eyes. Texas vigilance committees ride up to a house and shout, “Is Smith in 7” Mrs. Smith comes to the door and replies in the negative, when the leader continues, *T knew lie wsn’t; he’s hanging to a black jack over tbar!” Then Mrs. Smith goes in, gathers her boys on her knee, and tells them how hard it is to steal a horse in Texas und escape punishment As a fashionable young lady, fresh from boarding school, came to her honest fath er’s breakfast table, instead of speaking English and saying “Good nioming,”she spoke French, and said. “Boqjonr.” “Of coarse, the bone’s yours, if yon say so,” respondedjthe practical old gentleman, as the htMdcdf her the ossified portion of tho beef stenh. • Save me.and hover o’sr roe with your wins* You heavenly guards! What would you, gra- x clou* figure?’* i ? f Jn ci store which opens on Common street and extends hack to Gravier, quite convenient to the Herald office, a ghost is nUedged to keep his lonely watch every night with the most uner ring regularity. Only within the last *ew weeks, however, have his visita tions been discovered; his walks being entirely confined to the third story, a place sacred to snperanuated boxes and retired broomsticks alone, and seldom visited except in the day time. This place was desecrated, some years ago, by the suicide of a shoe maker, nnd ever since that time a kind of chilly fear surrounds the unhallowed spot. Tho sclf-destrnetion of the tflif- guided Crispin was calculated to leud color to any ta’es that might be circu lated concerning the place, and slight circumstances of an unaccountable character, when heightened by au over wrought imagination, might lead to gigantic superstitions, and, in fact, be liefs. That such is the ease in this instance we are perfectly satisfied; but we will give tbe statement of the par ties concerning the establishment, all of whom claim that they have seen a genuine ghost—and would rather not see it again. About four weeks ago two of the clerks, who n we will call Smith anti Jones, remained in the store over night to wind upsome^unfinished bus iticss. As well as they cau recolleet it was after 12 o'clock when they con cluded to go home, and Smith went up stairs to the second slory to get his coat. He was in the act of adjusting the coat on his back when suddenly a tremendous noise was heard in the story above, which struck Smith with terror and alarm, made his hair stand like paled which almost made his friend Jones go off in a faint, upon seeing him after wards. The noise was repeated with renew ed violence, aud Smith stood like one trausfixed to tlie spot—anxious to get away, but his limbs utterly iiica|>able ot locomotion. The noise, according to Sm tit’s subsequent description, was like that of chained animals walking through tlie house with their heavy treads, and unceremoniously kicking everything about that cante in their way. Smith was in utter consterna tion, and although, as he himself de clares, he would not fear a man in the flesh, he almost withered at the idea of encountering a spirit—an airy nothing. Smith would have shouted down to his triend Jones, but his courage sank within hint, and he durst not ojien his together ifvtha room of tho former! v Smith was so harrowed, body And sou l, that the god of sleep did not cob- ffldw bib a qualified receptacle j fbr soothing slumber, but Jones, after much tossing, finally hugged &orpheus ip his firms. ’Twas evident though that his sleep was not the sleep of rest. He was all night loDg wrestling with ghosts and mumbling something that indicated perturbation, and cold per spiration found its way out through' every pore in his body. Next day Smith and Jones repaired to the store where they detailed the oc curences of the night previous to a skeptical crowd. A. force connsting of all the man in' the establishment was organized, and they.proceeded up Abiirs to see % wreck that Jones and Smith represented FOEB ACRES OF SNAKES. ,/ t im ol in mm- IJK.r.1 ~'i.l~.l. —,1- h*«i* narfndnTy on*month. t|fH/ g JUT OT ; Onr city readers-all know that Dr. Pirner, druggist, oWns a four-acre jutch of ground oh tbe hill between Central College and Tilton Davis’ resi- dctice, and that for the past two .years he has been growing corn, potatoes and other vegetables; bat tew of them will credit tis with telling the unvarnished truth, when we inform them that he has also been raising—breeding,, we should tay,—an immense number of* toptUek, and that his patch may now bfc the abode ot half as mauy beauti ful, parti-colored creepers, of all ap proved breeds, as there are hills of corn. Last year Dr. Pirner had not lessthan thirty pairs of snakes on the place. But he has since made many m 1.1.^1 — _ J a. 1 _ *.^ _. * a _ Mack’* Niagara Letter to tho St. Louis Dtasocrat [North Carotins L«U«I to the mchmoad Easttlran I ,..| THE NIaGA'RA TRAGEDY. , : A Ball Agent Decoys a Greensboro Girl K .1 An Appalling Suicide. I have had the curiosity to inquire a good deal about the young people who went over {he foils in a boat about six aad Buries Mother and Child In Rich mond. And tbe angel said uuto me, Write.” Til write it: Some time ago a Miss Carson, of poor but honest pa- weeks ago. The tragedy hasbeen well 1 rents, ia Guilford county, was employ- written and uuiVcrsally^ read—how a ed as a companion to an old lady in matt, with his intended bride and her brother, hired a boat a few miles above, nnd, in attempting a pleasure ride, was carried into the cur rent and swiftly dashed over the foils. I yesterday, visited the place where the boat was hired, and talked with many who were fomiliiir with nil the inci dents of the sad happening. I was astonished to hear them all agree that Greensboro, whose son was then a mail agent on the Richmond and Danville road. He would arrive in Greensboro late in the night, and this pretty young girl had to undo the door and let hint in; and, as the sequel shows, to her own undoing. Not long since, under pretense of the girl’s visiting her rela tions in some place in Indiana, sho ac companied this young man to the city been inevitably made. Smith’s'float was found intue* where it was originally left, aud all the brooms and boxes overhead seemed- not to ha,ve undergone the slightest disturbance, though.ihe affrighted pair believed beyond a peradveiiture that they must have been scattered into “ smitheren,” to use their own ver- raculnr. • * * The ridicule of the house was now- leveled on the two, till they, unable to bear the taunting jeers ot their com panions, offered to put a five dollar bill on one of tbe boxes in the third story, for anybody who would have the hardihood to go up lor it after mid night. The offer was accepted, and prom ptly after 12 o’clock in the night the book keeper and auothcr weut up stairs to get the desired prize. But they had no sooner got up to the second story, than they made their way hack again stealthily, with their eyes directed toward some object above, and their feet noiselessly descending the stairs. When they got oil the ground floor they didn’t wait upon the order of their going, hot fled as though they, were swept on the wings of the wind, and the parties who remained in the store iiu- aim «i mi uuut •..*•> se e them faithfully perform their ke quits on the fretful porcupine, and i ^ LS ^’ 1®*}. w *^ 1 . swiftness after ialed down his cheek to saffron hue, 'hem, without knowing why. --- - - - And thus it remains. Nobody will stay iu that store after hours, and even the warehouse factotum will approach that dreaded third story in the day time only with fear and trembling. to them as balviug' iCOnsideratioa areasotiable natural in-, 'he matter, it wash case crease, there probably not less ■’ 700 snakes at home there. He is i:— *■ . xeptilea on scientific i.-thfl keen perception of iCflavangers iW; i°sec' \4lUable additions,-and taking into!”” l ^ e P" 1 "' , 0 ^ 'h e principal actor in of Richmond, and there they put up at fiQDlSdfV&tkfll ft MflonhnklA tmtnfal in. the matter, tt was a case of deliberate » nrivato lumrilmir-tmiK*. Bnt the an excellent night-guard to his garden stuff, as it is only a very ignorant or desperate creature who could be pre vailed upon to enter the enclosure af ter nightfall. We are assured by persons who have loitered about tlie place on moonlights, that the spark ling eyes of many of these reptiles can be seen as they coil up the corn stalks or stomach it about uuder the c.ibbage plants. Dr. Rimer’s variety of snakes is very choice ; being com posed mainly of one, two and three- Vfar-old rattlers, a handsome turnout oi the single and double-horned heel- elippers, about eleven pairs of cobra decapelloes, perhaps thirty moocasins, ninety cotton mouths, and a sufficient number of hoop, whip and garter . . , i} T - r , , , ,a private boarding-house. But the Suicide. He had run away from home crime soon leaked out, and they had to with his fathers money, and wasabout | leave the hon«e. to make a forbidden marriage. He had got his license, and was to have been married that afternoon. He pro- posed a boat ride, to which his intend ed bride an’d’-tjec brother consente He hired the boat in which is calk Then they went to housekeeping in Richmond. But the girl was neglec ted and .badly treated, aud she terete home fo her parents tolling them of it, , and. gave the letter to (thisanaii agent to mail. He broke'into it'tfnd rcmHr Chippewa creek, which empties into an d t ore R up, and wrote another let- the Niagara river, about two miles j ter, dating it from the place in Indiana, above the falls. He was warned of I to which she had seemingly started, and tho dangerous current in the middle of | then iuclosed this in a letter to tlie the river, and said he had no in ten- ; postmaster out there telling him what tion of going into it, but purposed to to do with it, and signing his name and stay in the creek, or confine himself to office as mail agent. The postmaster the quiet Water along the shore of the “smelt a rat" and sent on the letter to « ver - He pulled directly for the raid- the Postmaster General. Tn a few die of the stream, which he kuew to days the mail agent received his “walk- be inevitable death, and when the strong current struck the boat aud headed her for the rapids and the falls, he made no effort to avert his fate. A young man who saw it all, assured me yes terday that it was a clear case of inten tional destruction—that after the strong snakes to furnish food for the pure- c “ rrent had been reached there was bloods, should the season be unpropri-1 s *'® salvation possible in steering for tious. He put in this spring two I 'he shorc before she had struck the pairs of mammoth blacks, but he fears; ra l 1 ‘ ds > ^ u ' '* ia ' no effort- of the kind 1 was made at all.. There was no current to drift the boat into danger, as was lips. Jones had heard the noise over head, but with lessened violence, and he merely thought it was .Smith tossing Texas — A Father Rapes his own Daughter—Assassination on Tehuacana. -- Marlin, Awjmt 20.— A man was brought into Marlin yes terday and confined in jail fbr com mitting a rape on his daughter Satur day night. She was about eighteen years old. After her father had com mitted the awful deed, she went to her friends and informed on him, after which time there was a warrant issued for his immediate arrest. He was very much frightened when he was brought to town, and did not deny the crime. The penitentiary will soon have another victim, which the gallows justly deserves. Waco, Aug'Jit 20.—Jim Miller was some boxes about, and paid no lteedT ' Vi *ylai«lland assassinated on Tehuacana ^er to successfully raise thesebcauti- Iu the meantime the cold sweat poured „ night, twenty-eight buckshot taking f u ] creepers, Dr. Pirner has been care- effect He was an old and highly-hon- {ul to burv a num ber of rotten logs ored farmer, and stood above reproach - - liis purc-blood rattlers have bitten them to death, but he may be wrong, and it is possible they arc temporarily ab sent on an obstetric mission.! These black snakes were nine feet long, hav ing been imported from Germany at the time Dr. Pirner made his impor tation of celebrated hardy fruits. It would be a real misfortune to lose them. He also put in one pair of the ugliest monsters ever seen, but whose name we have forgotten. They were only about two feet long, but were as thick as a man’s thigh iu the centre, the mouth being nearly one-fourth as long as the body, the tongue being four-forked—said to be the most dangerous creatures in the world, as their chief hours for business are late at night. When hungry, the snake hasbeen known to invade the dwellings of people, in search of food. It is strange what a fondness some of these reptiles have fbr the babies of the colored people. We have heard a story about how one of them penetra ted a house in a city and wrapped it self around the body of the sleeping infant, where it laid ull night snug and warm, but bit the child to death the moment it was disturbed. In or- demonstrated to me yesterday in a boat ride over several i ilesof Niagara river. It must have taken strong pull- ing to get to the heavy curreut which swept the unfortunate young people to destruction. There was no possible destination for the man in the direction in which he was rowing—across the river—and lie certainly cannot have hoped to row across that swift current and back again unharmed. Having gathered all the facts that were attain able in the exact locality of the tragedy, I am convinced that the theory of design is more plausible than the theory of accident. ing papers,” and I have heard that the postmistress iu Richmond got wind of it in some way, and lmd him dis missed. But the saddest is yet to tell: The poor girl died in child-birth while lie was away, no one with her but au old negro womau, and the infant lie after wards had placed in front of one of the orphan asylums in Richmond, aud it, too, died in a few days. If he had just boldly braved his error and weak ness, and in face of the talk of the worl[|, had thrown his arm around the poor young woman as her married hus band, and worked for her and protec ted her through life, then this pen would have been silent. But as it is, let him catch the scorpion’s tail that every true newspaper man should fix to his quill to lash the seducer through the land. The man is still in Rich mond. poured down tins latter, and he would have given all his earthly goods, and surren dered his best hopes in this world if he were only at a safe distance from that spot. Smith is a brave man, has faced the fire of a thousand muskets without shrinking, and heard the fearful roar of a hundred deafening cannons, without the shadow of a desire to shrink back ; but this—this was too much for him. The apparent clanking of chains and the internal din created by the tossing of boxes and broomsticks struck terror to his soul, and he would have forfeit ed liis title to a second Paradise if he had had it, provided lie could be trans ported to o safe distance from that ter rible spot. By an almost superhuman effort he struck motion into his limbs, and made liis stealthy way toward the stairs, his right hand nervously, but firmly, grasping a lighted lamp. Near the head of the stairs liis light was blown nut by some su|>ernatural agency, and lie made a desperate plunge for the banister, clutching it with cold ner vousness, tbe lamp at the same, time, falling out of his hand and smashing into infinitesimal pieces. Tlie noise of the fallen lamp attract ed Jones to the spot, and he made his way up the stairs to find his friend hugging the banisters almost breath lessly. The alarm in the upper story had by this time ceased, and every thing had its normal silence. “ For God’s sake, Smith, what’s the matter?” said Jones- But Smith was unable to answer, aud merely pointed tremulously toward the stairway of the third story. Jones looked, audio! a figure clad in long garments of an inky hue was faintly visible at th>- head of the stairs. No motion could be detected in the figure, aud the foce was scarcely discernible to their affrightened visions. Jones tugged at the arm of his utter ly powerless friend, and in a dead-alive way moved down stairs, though how they accomplished this feat was more than they could afterwards remember. Remote from the dreaded spot, strength was soon struck into their trembling limbs, and with the speed of pursued buffaloes they made their exit through the back door, Smith leaving his coat behind him to the tender mer cies of the uncouth visitor. As though lightning was stuck to their heels, they sped their way through the streets till brought to a stop by a pursuing watch man, who mistook them for burglars, or some such illicit species of midnight workers, on account of the fleetness of their limbs. An explanation released them from the claims of the viligant officer, and they went away with comparatively quieted minds and slackened paces, now that they had seen somebody who' was unquestionably mortal/ Jones wouldn’t sleep that night by himself in his own room, nor Smith hi until lately, when he was arrested and charged with killing S. Miller iu June last. Tlie examining court held him over, and the grand jury, after consuming several days on his case, ignored the hill entirely. He left Waco yesterday evening, and said he pprehended no danger now, as his enemies, who had maliciously endeav ored to ruin him, had now come to him to beg pardon, and were now liis friends. He carried no arms. It is deeply re gretted by all good tnen here. Cir cumstantial evidence is almost conclu sive against two men known to the authorities. No arrests were made. Mark Twain’s Last Adventure. —1 got into the cars and took a seat in juxtaposition to a female. The fe male’s face was a perfect insurance company for her. It insured her against ever getting married to any body except a blind man. Her mouth looked like a crack in a dried lemon, and there was no more expression in her face than there is in a cup of cold custard. She appeared as if she had been throi gb one famine and got about two-thirds through another. She was old enough to be great grandmother to Mary that had a little lamb. She was chewing prize pop-corn, and carried in her hand a yellow rosc wirile oj. hand box and a cotton umbrella nestled sweetly by her side. I couldn't gues- Wh ether she-was on a. mission os charity or going West to start a saw mill. I was full of curiosity to hear her speak, so I said: “ The exigen cies of times require circumspection in a person who is travelling.” Says' she, “What?” Says I, “The orb of day shines resplendant in the vault above.” She switched around unpasily. like, then raised her umbrella and said, “ I don’t want any of your 8ass—git out! ” And I got out. m , m L Suicide of a PKH-tfTM pig 'o, have been greased and run -for at the festivities at Carlin’s Springs, deferred on account of the weather, a “piuo rooter,” fleet of foot and “thin as a rail,” was brought to town yesterday and delivered to the managers, but be ing a high-spirited animal, and unable to near the contumely of a “coop,” or the degradation of the “ring,” delib erately beat his brains out against the bars that confined him, and thus cheat ed his owners of their gain and the contestants of their prize.—Alexandria (Fa.) Gazette. A Strong Hint.—“Does vourarm pain you Tasked a lady of a. gentle- man who, ‘ id mixed aisetiibly had thrown his arm across the back of hqt chair and touched her neck. .,, “No/ Miss, it don’t, bnt why do you fysfe y “I noticed its was oat of its place, sir'/ that’s aH.” Theatre was removed. and to plant stumps all about the ground. He also dug a number of holes the first season, in which he put certain kinds of rubbish und the snakes, covering over the top with earth, but leaving air holes for health and as doors. Although not what might be called a lich man, Dr. Pirner lias shown most praiseworthy and commen dable enterprise, and promises yet to become famous as the most successful breeder of snakes for menageries in the world, which will doubtless add greatly to the now not inconsiderable revenue of this growing and lively city Owing to an unusual rush of busi ness, Dr. Pirner forgot this spring to inform his neighbors on the hill of his enterprise in this new and peculiar line, which was quite unfortunate for one of his sisters of a colored church. Had she known Dr. Pirner was engaged so largely in this busipess^- for which nearly all colored people seem to hhve a horror, doubtless she would not hare ventured into the field ’q few nights since. But beiffg ignorantof tbe fact, she simply dropped over the fence to get a few heads of cabbage and a little pail of nice fresh potatoes, and perhaps to see how near the coco- was ripe. This move was her unconsidered mis take ; for aosooner hnd^hfticlippdd off a head of cabbage, ihai tfteri .fund ed the ornnions, warning, ready to strikd rattle of. a pure-blood, which made her curly hair streighteu out. In such an emergency/ a head of cab bage was not to be considered. It fell to the ground; and the affrighted /‘woman and sister” made a bound, as if she would take the opposite direc tion. Not so fast; in her path, not two feet before her, reared the battle Challenging, head of _ qnpther of the ritroe tribe, who shoor bis tail and showed fight. Then a bound this way. But three others were {h e TO - Their rattling grew to a conceit. ; Then that way; but no; there too was a stir in' tlie weeds, as if a thousand monsters were crawling toward her. It appear ed to her that she was surrounded She was. A wild scream, as of a wo- man ftf distress, rang out upon the night air. “O, my God!” “Murder! murder!” “6, Lordy!” ,! *t> save or me 1” and a dozen othet appeals brought timely/re ief. in the persons of half a dozen' brudders ana as many curs, vybo fought Mr. Timer's pets until the prostrate body of the colored lady was gently borne to the fence and thrown ontofdauger. -Naturally enough, this estimable colored lady believes that she was providentially saved; and is now a better church member than ever, singing all the day long, * the touching songs of Zion. She will nev er again venture over that fence. * " tUl'M The women of Galveston don’t e, wear hoops, bustles, ruffles, false hfur - - yonf high fasafod itmast and witt get -tip * Sunday bonnet out of fifty cents. WHEN TROUBLE ROLLS. A Arty at a Melon Lunch Frightened—A Knife Dancing on t.ie Table Without any Visible Cause—Strange as a Fairy Tale —Wc noticed some time ago a carious phenomena in reference to a bottle that had taken an unaccountable walk around a tray in a room in this city. Wc did not attempt to account for this fact at the time, but some of the papers throughout the State facetiously re marked that the bottle had contained spirits, and hence others charge us with belief in spiritualism. Great as was the difficulty of accounting for this caprice of the bottle, we have been ac quainted with quite as mysterious an instance of hidden agency, that occur red yestertlay in'a house situated be tween Mill street and Broadway. A party of five or six ladies and gentle men were seated at a short distance from the table eating melons. On the centre of the table lay a large knife, which, without any apparent cause, raised itself up, stood erect on the point fora few moments, then turned a som ersault unto the end of the handle aud commenced to dance quite lively in a circle of about one foot in diameter. What the magnetic or weird influence was that existed between the melons and the knife, or-how the juicy fruit acted as a conducting medium for some invisible power emanating from those who were eating, that put the knife in motion, we are unable to explain. The paity were as much jiauic stricken, for a few minutes, ns if a case of Asiatic cholera had happened next door, but eventually gave it up as a thing that no fellow can find out But some of the theologians can settle the difficulty simply by saying it was imagination.— Daily Lexington Press. A W ealthv , Pennsylvania Farmer Found Pickled in a Uni versity Dissecting Room.—Dis closures made by the Police Depart ment in Philadelphia, reveal a sad state of affairs at the city morgue. The body of Thomas Munce, a wealthy fa raer of Washington county, who left his home in the early part of July last, has been found pickled in the dis secting room of the University. It had been sold to the college by some one connected with the morgue. The family of the dead man were in the city to-day, and identified the body. The discovery was made by finding the watch of the deceased m the pawn- office, where it hod been pledged by one Wm. McEwens, who was driver of fhe coroner’s wa^ou. , Munce was found drowned on tlie morning of July 3, and McEwens removed the body to the morgue the same day. On the 5th it found jts wav into the college. McEwen has been arrested, and an in vestigation is in progress. The deputy coroner states that he holds the receipt of tbe superintendent of the city burial grounds for the body. It appears that at the time of the inquest deeeased’a name was not known. A Noble Historic Scene—surren der of General Pillow to General- Smith—is thus de crihd by the Now* ark Advertiser “Pillow came into Montgomery afoot and alone, sat down on a curb stone, and shook the gravel out of his touch army shoes, ana then walked into Smith’s office. The cere mony was simple. He said, “How are : you, Jack?” The reply was, “Good God, Gidf is that you? Have you had your bteakfost?” T6 whreh Pillow re sponded: “No, rind I havn’fc a dollar to pay for one.” When trouble rolls, is the time for reflection and resolute action. It is then that every nerve should be braced and every encouragement be summon ed : so that the dark waves of misfor tunc and sorrow may be successfully breasted. Un they come, dark and threatening, and the heart faints with fear and doubt. This brave heart, reckless with disappointment, and with out a hope to cheer, sinks down to ruin without a cry—that timid heart falter- ingly meets the raging storm, but gain ing strength from convictions and as sociations that throng around to aid and cheer, toughly buffets with trouble’s roll, and again aud again emerges from it, bright und hopeful. There is always a desolation in sor row, dreary as the storm-tossed ocean, and it is then that the cheering word or ready hand is anxiously looked for. When no such brightness emerges from tho cloud of woe, the heart must in deed feel stricken, and ready to bow dowu and die. Brave stragglers on the world’s benighted path are daily fall ing in the way for want of such a light. Strong at first, they breast a trouble’s roll, and then another, and another, until at last, amid a sea of troubles, they sink to misery and despair. What can cairn the force of such a sea and bid its waves “ be still ”? What can light its darkness with a cheering ray, and reveal a she re of comfort, glowing and inspiring as that which the strug gling mariner sees, when, after wrest ling with the waves and death through the hopeless hours of night, his eye sees the shore at hand, clear in the early light, and his expanding lungs feel the recruiting influence of the morning air? What, but an organization whose cherished aim aud object makes the watching for such cases eren to the world’s horizon, with a mother’s tender ness and a. father’s care, a main and sacred duty. - That, when trouble rolls, steps lightly to the side of those drench ed in its pitiless surge, and without the presumption of King Canute, when he vainly tried to stay the tide of ocean but effectively using his words, with more than his power, boldly and en couragingly says: “Thus far shalt thou go, but no farther.” And the overwhelmed victim is raised up and rejoices, and in the midst of Friend ship, Love, and Truth finds prosperity and peace. Prepare for trouble’s roll. It comes when least expected, even as the calm, sunlit sea is suddenly darkened by clouds and roughened with storm. Prosperity and happiness may be yours, and an overflowing cup of all* good things your portion; but trouble’s roll is always around you, and when least expected may be at your feet . See to it, that when its anguish advance is suddenly heard, you have the proper sign that surely brings the needed coun tenance and support. In the hour of joy, no such prudent thought may be welcome to yoor mind: but then is the time to prepare for trouble’s roll. Get guarded without delay, so that all the pleasantness and usefulness of earth may be as much as possible secured. Join with those who with song and heart and main unite to help ana cheer their Brethren, and keep back trouble’s roll, and of evety one of whom it can be written or said the world over: T‘t * "Ml HINTS 6fF FALL tiTFUk .linnf J. -■li.ff.TWtto ■ Some early hints of the styles to bo worn in tbe foilnre {gathered, froiftt&ei letters written j home from Enrep# Jjjf buyers for the large wholesale hpiM# These report that double-brqo»te4.gay- men ts have by nbvmfca'wfi «#p|tta height oft their popularity, bpVi W continue in! favor for the foil and,win ter. The English walking jacket? *ito* ilar to the garment of, that name word last year, but more closely fitted, will dispute fovor with mantillas as fall wraps. A pretty garment,, showings compromise between these two wraps, ia already illustrated in Fteiich maga zines of fashion. The .front has long square mantilla ends, tho back is,a snugly fitted jacket, and the sleeves are coat-shape. Th?s composite garment is stylish aqd new, and will be quiffoief black cashmere or camera hair, ip be worn with varioiW*Weri! Tqq4o>lVf- breasted f'epot .wiW alaO’be ; retaiqe(i.fri polonalsea: spd rediugotes* fresh varieties arc promised- The deeveless bRsqwe.and'thcioekmr boaqutf arc still in vogue abroa'd; aot sfU) W found’' among iroportritfoMf' Ktf fort season. For illustrations aritf JSttifttt of stylish basques the reader if referied to Nos. I. and VI., in the rtrepletnent of Barer No. 33, vol. VI. "f hfl ftftfof number, with light back and open front, closed only at the. toroat, a^d finished around the neck bji a ruff; is especially handsome. We Commend it to those who are preparing their foil wardrobes as au aveudooureut of nexd season’s fashions. v* to The puffed skirt is another Parisian suggestion for fall dresses. This is merely an amply-long basque rind tt single skirt; but the skirt is sq elabo rate that an over-skirt would be super fluous. A long walking-skirt cf qajn- bric is made, and plainly covered with silk from tbe knee down., On this is sewed the silk skirt, held in Ifen^tlfWlso puffs from thc waist down, gradually widening toward the bMt6m*, fmdfbijn- itig below'a hollow box-pleating th!a£ gives the effort of* 1 donned around the skirt. The puffs are separated by ruches, iind a bow conceals tho erid of each ruche. The basque/ is deeply pointed in front behind, and Cf quite short onthe hjpi. It is triiqmed, by a ruffle of hollow pleats, graduated narrower on the sides, and quite d^ep in back and front. This skirt is new, but it is the ofit growth of the’foshioiV now prevalent Of long puffs in the front breadths. Over-skirts on many im ported dresses are open in front and lapped from side to side just beV>w the belt. There is a deep,point on each’ side, and the back is caught u£ h BJa sash almost to tho belt.—’.HarperVqw-' ear. - : i «n *•»•••! it*?:- “ To UK* ao widow told her woe* And found them unredreaped: To thee no iblearing orphan, eamo, But found s home ud teat." nuMber of Jewish citizens of Chicago hato petitioned that during; their Sffbbrith trade in the vicinity ol' their places of worship may be dis continued. . p- From the Kicbianfd n Voodooism in Virginia. An old negro Woman/ of thib city, who has a daughter afflicted with • fits, has long been under tbe convictiob that this affliction was due to sohife cyil spell wrought by her enemies'.- Re cently she discovered in frohtf 6f hter door and under her door-step’a 1 lot of old rags, nails, hair, leather atod’ either odds and ends, aU well under'stbod to be effective agencies in “trickery,” anti Aunty was confirmed in het* previous belief’, She laid UiewJiolA; rilhtter be fore a solemn cbDVocatiofi'dflfor color ed friends and nejghbflra;- and they unanimously agreed fbriV sho should carefully collect all tbc stqff hjf Which* she had been “goophertd',” flriwy .it .tty a running streatif' and throw it fri. Full of the Asaurimco tlvdiby this pro cess she would relieve her household of the evils afflicting it and break the ma licious spell overshadowing it, she gatb-- ered the bits of rags, hair, * nails, &£/ placed them in her old meal-tub, Wen ded her way to the bridge nibbing from the Tredegar Works .to Brown’s* Island, and there, inspired by a strong if uct holy faith, she threw her sacre* ficiril burden, tub and.all, wUrlhlf rushing flood. Her act .was. observed 5 by a colored boy, who informed*8e^- geant Perrin, of the second phfiflb sta tion, and she Was arrested wMlkpicioir that she had thrown the body of d child! into the river, but investigation dis closed the above state of fobta Wrid sho was discharged—going on’ lfof Wrijr re joicing. 0/ "' ’■ •’* ’ • n I •• • ri -*»i,wr A dispath from mtfnSffold;- Ohio, •ays that some time W. H. Dobbs a former; attempted to outrage a. little* girl named Barnard, hWf mired m .hirf attempt, a,nd was aiVestld. A suit BT now pending in the cotirfo rigriiiist I i « In order to prevent thfe attendance of the girl and her father da witness,Dubfas eniploved two ruffians named Lighffoot and \tiudfield. to bib#,up barnard’s house. VVindneltl betrayed the others in time to prevent the execution 1 Of thef scheme, which was to have takeri! place on Wednesday night. Dobbs * and Lightfoot were arrested,- andf 2p,uq lat ter’s possesion was found & quantity of powder and a fuse. Thtesfiatf created much excitement, •■g/i ■. m Culpable Cruelty. Ik* new and cruel invention at Long Branch is the introduction of living bottqfiiee into the center-pieces of ffowere whfeh usually adorn the middle of the (abb of the fashionable-dinner., and «upper E artics. The poof insects are fastened y a fine wire, which is passed through their bodies aqd concealed! M flowers. The . Convulsive qtriver of Cm xcparfded wings, as the tortnred but terfly Struggles in its dying riaouiuv ia supposed to represent charmingly (be graceful waves of the same above some freshly-opened flowers. A Western farmer, it is reported, refused to look at a simple'sewing ma chine recently, as he a]w*ytrf%rWeo wheat by fcand.P He is snid to be rela ted to the mriit Who did nqf fffDt • thnediing maehineQn.^iis forin}.!*ft$) , saidlm^give' p.ea hartM'M «*« barrel stave, andI<au»jH«J my foftiflf toe the mark according to lew end Bcripter/ ‘

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Northeast Georgian. (Athens, Ga.) 1872-1875, September 05, 1873, Image 1