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TEttMS UH SUBSCRimTON:
'Ane copt- one year, f-- 8
0:ie c >pj six mouths, - ?
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O ie ec-y. tlir'ii 1 months, g
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flub* of ten, each subseviber, l. *
k'tiib* ot ttve.esfh ndwiter, l. l\
Owici.vr. Ok i-vx or l)o:> ;r. < oixty
'i '.' i at. (Jkoax ok Telfair CoVxty.
U. riijAi. OanAX Town of Eastman.
Oimei.u. Oa ns Tow < of Cuafscev
t <S2m\fr BEK
It^<j fir 1 1 I.sei!»sr will be fur
• I on apijlie.iHo’i. A Ivenisenients in.-erleil
" frill ri 4j>on.-ib!e p. nties will )ic
.»ut• i or.lercil out, when the time is not
on tlie copy, amt yayment. ox
.. . . | tlinglr.
..ills i.»e a lvenising hue upon presen
>.. i< o, -iPer the i' st hisertion, tint ;i
s ii 4 r of com me tv i P !it.cr;ility \>, ill be
|>:v "ced towards regular pairon*.
HOUSES IN t :0i!bl A PISE TOTi'i-ri S,
j ae log houses are generally built
oc the sappb’ng jiinte. They are
long end straight, and when peeled
carefully are of snowy whiteness.
I noticed one old building that has
stood the test of half a century, nnd
d seems to be all right yet. This
house is a fair sample of ell the
I ouiiers of that day a: d d.ne. It was
budt of logs, notched on to each
o ner rt the corners, the whole rest
ing on two liglitwood sills that lay
' the ground. The roof made
o,i was
of rough clapboards, riven out of
bent pine, an.l t he cracks and ga
bins are ceiled with long strips
drawn smoothly and nailed neatly
on. The floor wne of hard red clay,
beaten into mortar, and then put
rilown and pecked until hard and j
«:nooth. Ape. tares wsre cut for the j
:wo doois, nnd the shutters were
He H/ney -i rnadeof menlxir-rds. layer The of chins solid
was a
pine sticks, penned • 11 round, then
a layer of red mortar, another of
stick:, and so on t#) the top. House
end chimney are still standing, al¬
though a whole family, of children
lave been born, grew up and mar
r , d and none but the old pa" who
J ci at there in the flush nndlieydey
/ of youth, are left to b a - witness,
Tnere is something about these
j.o.o i roes that is wonder.ally fes
Hc mil g to me. 1 ’ook up nt flrflr
J- 1 ra, soldierly bodies-r.ud try
iiiL !(mv mvi'y nlu
1 .oy nre. 1 he Mart of many gen¬
erations of men must mingle
i-.ourd tucir :• tiong loots. ( omd
b-\v but tell of the scenes they
Lave v unesM'd! Ah! ti.ey dory ark,
it you will but bend your ear •'o
,watch their low, soil whispers, as I
I have d • : ‘ ?o mony, i-.mny times!
j hoy have taught medoeper ildngs
t!i;'u the lore of the w ds, and in
i my tho igl i d moods 1 ha re found
the .s wee lest enjoy meets in the lone
I ly companionsjipof tlieir t imuce,
- Atlanta Constitution.
1,;. » :i s.tSitioj ( OLD A* JA 111 Lit
c
I Keep your temper. If you would
j do this always don’t step on a piece
of oil-cloth fill you have you ? shoos
) on.
_1 Avoid doirn otic c< Alness. 1: you
Bjwifo speaks coldly take to you put walk. on
* your overcoat and a brisk
Do not carry a poem on winter to
fi:i edi or while he is shovedi ug snow
off his sidewalk.
T Do not go io sleep with your feet
k in the oven of the kitchen range,
racst si suffer from . excitement,
®aud you
V dream unpleasantly of the bere
; d'-'\
► Bowers of hot drinks. I h.,ve
b lown two or three hot drinks to
j cruse an illness that lasie 1 through
the station-house, the police court,
and a domestic scene that makes a
^ |>ait;>ar
of dt'seription.
. Do not sit oil mi icy pavement.-
I fi) t is sa'er, however, to sit on an icy
|,ri pavement i b ian to stand on your
L bead on it. 1E you must do one or
||hue IkC Tbe other, 001(1 choose the S P former lua ^ e course* 1>athis
mormn -
goodtiling in winter. Than-, it
i-, a gotxl ihing to recommend to
recommend to the man who meets
A y ° U with liis head half open and
A says, ’Is this cold enough for you?’
K when the mercury is twenty-nine
! l>elow zer-o, and still falling. Soma
L f people a-lvirt this person t o move
to a hot climate, without delay, but
If 1 inkUisi
I S*elenbi" is the most dangerous
to health of all winter recreations.
Tff msaiulsot . our i br • ight ii ami i ,i. ... -**
ferng young men amklovely young
1 women fall victims to it every year,
4 flflfis is all bosh; but young men
v-fin are receiving onlv ten dollars
a week msv find it userol to
aloud at times when a
/s mentioned aid uve.-ymen are
rt ing wo doll.'18 an hour for a
\ Lo-'je fi-'u ouiio .
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VOL XIV
THE FHtST M VNASEA .
O.-jplde ■'’> tare of he St liay '
A ..nine
o*'the Federals at Balt Iftm. ;
Uli'it.t f'ci.jitinainn !
One morn’ug, in July, lSbl.
lit!le wagon i. . tied along one of . tie
streets of Washington city. Its sole
occupant was a plaii -’coking coun¬
try woman going home from uie
market.
The modest vehicle attracted no
unusual attention as it passed riom
the centre of the city through the
subu bs and along the highway
leading from the national capital.
The market woman passed house
at ter house, gauleii n.rergY ..er,
stopping at none. No big g..ie
opened for her little wagon, and no
having w8 ten-dogs welcomed ler
coining.
Ep and down the gentle slopes
and along the pikes traveled the
plain creature, all stooped over iu
the little wagon.
Mile after mile was pa • <1, nod
nt ho t Washington city \v; s left in
the dim distance.
As the sun went down, the mav
ket woman drew rein before a love¬
ly mansion a beaut fill V'gLda
home,
As she alighted and smarted along
(he were^tteuded gr:ive iad walk, her movements
by a grace that was
in stron „ co „tra jt to her homely at- |
tire and pretended avocation. ___ in
tke bonse »he received a warmwel
come Nothing seemed too good that! |
for her . Rather strange it was
an huiub i 0 ma rket voui-u should
ba at . c such a welcome in
k )ine where on every hand there i
WeLuchevidences of wcaUh rnd
refinement.
Bright ami eaily next moiniug a
beautiful horse with a hand omo ;
side-saddle strajiped on sir odot fite
door.
The figure of a graceful women i
approached. She sprang into the
saddle, the horse broke into a gen
y e gallop, and U e mniket won..
somewhat changed in at'.ire, wr.son
k( r w ,,.y a g ;i j
The h t July S :b n 1 r mg fit a fie y
color to the cheeks of the i idei t :d
the horse became flecked with n,
b.it the speed was not slackened,
and o£ midduv the coufedorn'e b ler
were passed, and a moment la'er a
yrnmg wonmn :-tt>c.J i 3
1)rosence of a (’onfeue'ate t cue . 1 .
fcjhe removed hor ha dmol-.c.-i
ft comI) Hl)(l a £ ew hair pin. nod
mer her grace nil sflouluers -ell a
mass of beautiful golden hn ' in¬
most lovely thfianm-cdsohLe,.n i
ev ^ r ], e ] u ,] ( i.
From the coil of gohlen 4, m:?s
f -j R pj oce c t pnorr a d : j;i: !i
j.‘ rom confederate sympathizers in
Washington to General Beauregard
and intended to aid t he confedo'acv
j a preparations tor the battle of
Mauassas.
And now let’s see about the bat
tie.
In Virginia they call a V tie
! stream a “run.”
I si So „ n ...Hlest loo* uni. hill. nn ».f
• mous in bistoiy, was call a i>u.<
| / Run.” Broad Bun,” “Cub Bun,
ileck Ban,” “Bo- e’s Bun,” ‘ \A
Pnn” L “He ode linn 'inns’ ” nnd various
other less inpoi taut i t mnt, u.c., v ■ v ■■
‘ ,|IJ '
It was round about inese i ins
that vhe first great infant: v b; i ! .
oE fire civil war was fought.
On me 21st of July, McDowell,
with 23,000men,fell upon Beccr -
gaol, who had 27,000.
Over sixteen thousand of the
erals attemi.tod to flunk the con.ed
crate left, and thereon a pi teau
the fought all day with great fury.
h he earih trembled as the br fie
,
' *No\v^the"pieceau n was lost! Eow
Backward, then fo ward
^ contendin „ armies moV ed!
Hiouew 11 -acLson was there!
“ llia /. auernoon well-nigh ex
hausted both sides, but s id ney
fought on v.'liii dcojjerato energy.
The confederates were expecting
mi, v; tiie federals were expecting
Eaflerson.
the thunders of artillery
^ ihoughts of tuia b<oh ta . i^. UlC
°' er aiK anoQ M '
expected re-uiforeemenls.
Jonnston * s anny get there!
' »mv iret there 9
j °
A oodock McDowe. thought.he he
j Lai1 w “ 1 PI ,wl the fight,and pr^par-d
J or a 3 rand oilf " eou ‘
federate centre.
Everything war gloomy for
j ccafederates.
But Ki by SirV-> o’ Jonesian’s
EASTMAN. OKOlUilA, TIU ltSDAY, DEO. l(n 1SS,
t -
a my. lir.d art ivedwiih his brigade,
and preparation was made.for h;s
a ttack against the federrl right nud
rear.
Wouldoilier'- einforcementsoome?
Kirby Hnv n was not enough.
'Hiuld, n'y clouds of dust [rise t.”-
7.\1 y in the d'tvetion of the fede 1 1
i >'■ nt,
Wjo is it.’
None of . he confederate tixmpr
are expected f om that quarter.
There is no breeze and the dus¬
ty flags baud heavily around their
staff’s. Not even through the field
glasses can the confederates tell
whether the approaching troops are
friends or foes.
Beauregard must not take any
chances.
He must prepare to meet the new
arrivals.
He trl.es a final glance.
As he does so the breeze lifts the
approaching tings, and they nre
spread out before the gaze of the
confederates—the flags of Early's
gallant command coming to the
rescue.
The federals are ready for then
ppv ad charge. The woods and fields
r 8 tilled with masses of their in
f Fry and cavalry, and a magnifi¬
cent spectacle they present.
They consider the field’s theifr.
and a crowd of sight-seevs from
Washington has come in carriages
on horseback to witness <ho
gbwions . victo’^^y.
b* ut s{o P
A new s-p.it mec.s^ necyw o.
1,0l ( '7 n !"‘ ' 13 a b ‘ri‘ ! n " -
» W : ' s -i.‘ir in ins
' 1 " 00I ' S ° lu ‘
1 ,derater< ;
s m's army are marching upon 'ha
he’d.
1 a vain do Uie federals hope or
P.' heron’s arr'vn 1 . In vain do thev
!o 1; '’(• ■ ihe head of hi . column.
i v ff'o.n v ov the confederates
form and o-e .me io charge, The
massive body comes from among
fhe hills regiment after regiment,
until 'hon roids of men appear in n
new line of baffle.
• Three sides of a hoi low square,
i mass of , cr.\:diy , in . fee , -on re,
and Beauregard- ° not McDowell—
eh nr ml!
T , i , ,
* -Is and the bJ no-masses niQy n
o.io’.ward, first flowlv, then more
i a pi ‘ -i,’ Hy, 1 haa the federals broke :n
cuiuuM,,). r aiiu.b, i j. \ i
• „
took J O" a contused jam which
beggio-p descri Aion. “Everyman
for himself and lhe devil take the
Ir’idmos 1 - ’’ v •••' the mo'to «■ toe
.hells . of the con federates , , tell . „ ia’o ■ ,
the ,, rani. , Hof pic ihe fr.m.ic • ,1 lii-ongand ,
exploded. Caissonsr.ndambahmees
over umecl, . teams became unman
e-eable and dr'veis, cutting loose
. , , , .
,N1. li,0H J,..,oor»,,.n.« 1 ,.,,ovor
in bia mad ru. h, andfor three miles
the o;;d was filled with a s'-og
g*’ ■f )g mass made up 1 of ariillerv, i a
.
f , -‘ 1 ‘Mess < ”-ynlvy, hoi baggage sea plunged xv.-'gons, , ,
u ’
1 <7 • though the mass, trampling v/ on
. u ,„ ° „
, , , ( >•
‘ il ' ‘ 1 '' < ; Xl) ' 11 ” ° 1
l^eoasly lor hob.
c? !es were unheeded, i
be.,ve cfPTh.ges of the artflle /
evervKiin^ in the w. v j ,
t0 8 V lw USh f0F ^ --jj , h6
roe'e was c implefe, and did not
cease until Centrevillew .s reached.
h lie victory was ours!
It is said that the confederates
could have gone on after the bottle
L “ ve caniured NV ashmg
!on ff- ° Gene; ' 1 Johns on
s,a ^ “ 8 j apparent h. of . , ue
mnera
G »’.r-d h.ate- troops at Centerv die
v.> had not been engaged, checked
o ;.ymrsu' ; the st-ong forcesoccu
P ng the work, near Georgetown,
Arlington ; ad Alexand-ia; the ce
bun'.y. too that General Ih.tfer on.
l, wo dd reach Wi
«Kh his army of thi- y thousan l
inadequate mean, of the r u >
ammmu-ton, provisions and trail,
a-'- rr - »
tuou^Hn of advancing aga t tar
coital. It m certain thr. the.
troo r>s v ’ Fil • i ;l , 8 TO ,. ks
.
saxiicient for
That, it seems, woald oeit'e Je
nwtin.
A veer la er the second battle
Bill- an was fought, victo and/gain but
confeae les wee tons, badly
the- teder. h were Dot qufie ho lx
d h/pd ben the gave way -
fore the confederate trocar.
Yesteidav is yours no longer ; to¬
morrow may fie nevyr years; bnt to*
day is voors, and in tfie livintr pres¬
ent you may buehfi forward to
1 ihinxs that aie before.
r.n.L n;i*’s i,i;i i r.
The Cherokee Philosopher Pis; asses
the Convict (pies'io...
,, . . ... , ,
,o .!! 0lliri1 ' " ' 1,Ut ° h 1 ,l
l)r. A\ estmoreuind s horse. 1 was
Wki.gto l ,™ t l..ot l ,erd.,»„ai,.
sanl theie was at least a l.midret
convicts who ought to be pardoned.
Maybe there are; 1 hope so. 1 wish
sometalj would Ik.I uni. no doubt
tuei3 are a number upder long sen
Alices who have not a friend in the
world tc speak a kind word for
them. I do not allude to those eon
tilled for outrages Hint slioik a
charity, but those confined for lar
ceny and assault. The kind-heart*
ed doctor said there was one man
in for ‘_U years tor stealing a bush
el and a half of corn, and that he
had already served 13 years of his
Hmc time. Well \\ til, urnv now, then there is S a case cast, for
clemency. Co). lowers explained
by saying that the law soon after
in the night time, and that 'r^ tins man 1 "
broke into a house in the night and
stole the corn. Well, they most
alwavs break, into t, liau.se whsu
'
they , steal , and , al • the .,
L corn ways in
night. 1 here are white men ull
about who l ave done mean things.
Tl;,.y " ill M .ml »w,.»ll.I
they know how to keep clear of the
Itiw. W hen the D0gro j^ets finv^
thing wrongfully man'will he steals it, but
the while ' lav iiisnlniA ‘
and c.ieats for . it . \\ hen the . white
man does si a), he goes the whole
hog nud takes all he cay get, hut
the ne f, ro always Steals l :, tle t’lines ’
I hat is the d.Aorenoo. Dr. |, ,,, W est
moieland said that if Governor
(Stephens had lived mild now, he
would have pardoned about half of
‘bo die ennvieij convicts. But llntCol Col. Tmveis i oaeis nni<l said
lie thought the doctor was misfu
ke<i, and he told us alivvut ‘ Sunset"
Cox writing a long letter to Mr.
Stephens ubout a New Yorker who
was in the chain gang for pocket
picking in Atlanta on some public
occasion, and Mr. Cox insisted that
it must be a mistake; that this man
was of a good family and there
was ' ' ‘ no necessity ' for him to do such '
-
.
H u,n ' 3, r -“ u> i ,lK,u?i lt,r ' ° •
lowers and then tout for the evi
donee that was on file. He seemed
..........
*" H / !1! ‘ ’* An ' 1 '* tt ’* '
e<1 ‘ *'' m P 0l,1 ’ iPf *1'® evidence, ,
before lie had finished lie be
came excited and suddenly throw
° 1 nnners 1 noon 1 the table | 1( .
! hy. this follow is a
I^f; an artful, professional thief.
| He deserves his sentence. I will
wi ite to Mr. Cox that his sympathy ’
I8 *“ ’
Ot course the Legislature is . re
! ,lct “ nt , ° 11,1 ' " y r,,<Ju , , , ^
the law 1 find , they ought to be.
fcJ nine inftn „„t of ten wills,,
^ , tlli
° ^ nrst m l etter than the chain, “
S* 10 ^ .... 1 here . is not , a planter , . who ,
■
! works colored laborers t ut will say
^ Jt . g nyt on j,, bellel . f oi tbo 0 f.
^ bnt u is moco oierc ir a l r.iul
j OM „ , , to . rofonn r .. loo,, lift. ,, ,
| I sometimes, the jdniih r acts as judge
nnd j or y and sheriff, and ndminis
’ wi h t |,e c< n.
sei) o! . 111 1 i i 1 ’’ er
j j and thus settles it. The law has no
terrors for lads from 12 to J<>, but
the lash has. J wonder what II e
Legislature is going to do with the
convicts. Most everybody i s against
1 tie present system, but nobody lias
offered a substitute that 1 have
heard of. I was informed upon
good authority that Governor-Me-.
Daniel had sufficient cause to can
. cel one of the lease contracts and
: the convicts . the
; take away irora
lessee, and lie wanted to do so, but
ti) e question came up before him:
•What >> inti shall hudii i I do u with them?’ As
he could not answer it, he had
let the lease stand anti bulldose the
lessees into better treatment. I
rt 1,0 u, r‘ i ib3 "‘
bettPr ’ em n g 0 i„. If a mg
££ den
; E’Xld - in tlis neigh.
wl ia t ou-ht ter belong to
«#-»
to.” John knows right smart of
Scrioture, and has got some origi
nal , i ideas. lcag u Ge e save savs be tie bePa neen unx tink a
heap Kjontde nigger and de
and what make ’em so greeuble to
one anoder, and he hab struck
shote. * axil Old Noatu v na h ’ says savs he, he ‘neber neber
torxk narv ona of era intode ark,
but jest left dern oat in de rain and
dey had to snift round and round
together and make a ratt outen
something, and dey got intimate
like and dey hab been like one an-
eber since/ and J&’&inatigiis wq
big at his discovery.
I believe the negro ia improving,
tT His . . labor . is mote eeitfun . and , it li
able Col. Towers says they have
slackened up iii crime and do not
mtrouizQ t|)Q obain „ anl , q uile as
a.ov ,IU> . ye»r or two
(lso> The country darkies are be
;no v«*rv well The chain-mne 'ilieie
bn8 to rely'on thociTes now.
„ e l!U froM S »v«,ra.l,. 105 , l0 m
Atlanta, 50 from Columbus, 5 »i om
. MttCOn> auJ g 7 f rom Augusta. An
gU£ta mak68 a goo q 8howicg £ or
1|ef co l ore d population. Atlruta
makes the worst according to pop
u t a tion. Dou«»hertv Hntclnns savs
'
u looks like every trifling, no nc
C ount darkey runs to Atlruta, and
f, om there to the cliaipgnng.—
Dou-dieVty la the old reliible bar
u ,M ’the Atlanta pioncei. Ho it i bus
| )eou t he re about *10 years and was
always faithful. I used to play with
| mil wben | wos a p () y W'hen lie
b « “■fa«»i«~»»«.»«■.
,, u t over his grave for lr.s good ex.*
ample. He says lie thought lie
would get ahead n little and lay up
aomethimi soineiuing, so so that uint he ne touiu could unit quit
work and reel; but these trilling, la
,.y negroes won’t let him. They
, lrtnvter on him, and live off of him
twb- .round. Well, tb.l is ,u
other trait about the niggor-he
will divide ho neyor tuins u lol^
^ , " r darkoy irom his tlooi. 11°
llot him, Strung but to hunt t refu-o “ un l1 him. P.I° * e ® In ; ‘
he won
f ac t | ie will hide out his supplies if
ho can, and resort to strategy. I
have known one to ask one for a
c ' 1( ’ w °f tobacco when he himself
had a whole plug in his pocket.—
John ki!llHl hi8 pig neighhorsfrom Inst night iff
(nr dark to keep his polk,
iiuding out that he ha 1 fresh
hut they will get some of it, John
R Jn,,, kys they Y cun smell like a buay.ftid,
is b „ mK , to havfc lt Hinill t
company next Sunday, for dey will
come drappin in, shore.
1 love t'-eso old-mshioned dar
keys who were raise I l.v white folks
1 here are some of lhe now a op .
who mo clover, but not many but
take ti.em all in all, wo are getting
along pretty well togather n.ffw.H.
standing the continued efforts of
brother blame and company to
n,ise n ,,ni! » l,ptw oen UH
1'lmy liavo been trying to solve 1 the
nog.o problem up north for about
yearn, and th,y haven’t done it
yet They iloti t understand the
„m» I L.y romimi ot m, boy.
who peg awfty at a sain in the nr
lthmetic fora longtime, and then
leclare t he answer in lho book is
wrong. We have b?eu telling Blaine
and Logan and company tor 20
years that the answer in (lie negro
) problem is: ‘You lid,eve jn»t let him alone/
1Ul , t|l wolJ t it, but are
| ul ,uing b.r some other answer. 1
am to see that Dims. Dudley
V\ getting ... , clogo ,. , to . i¥ it, ns . tin
arner is
children say when they hide a stink,
‘he is burping/ lie is won ^ by
aualyms . • now, , , „ and ...i wil ,n got the an
» wor ' hp 1,,u ° <' ’ m0 Moutl. to
doit. Llie trouble with our north-,
or. Iwetl.roo i», U,.y wont loo much
jur«liolio.. I’l.oy w„„t cilices to
in their luxurious and
regulate th3 world afar otf. I sup
p WB fMP their dependencies.
their provinces, their
er8 ini d hove to help pension their their
noldieis nod widows and r»ay
war debts and so forth, but then it
tyrant, . K ,,„ or visit . (Joyol-nor, bift humble or
even a to
subiecta once in a while just to see
how they are getting along. Ho we
are glad that Mr. Warner and Mr.
Han er came. Maybe Wliitelaw
Ilel j w ji| ft ,ine soon and he might
bring Brother Blame along. We
don't care. Brother Hayes came
down not Iona ago and nobody
In m. J n fact we treated him more
like lie was a lord than a White
House snooper, if that poor fellow
who stole the bushel and a half of
liud <mly i-tole . a ., tesiueiicy, . . it .
coni .
Would all be right. But .n Hayes
was down here m a g<wnl cause, the
cause of prison reiorrn; aud 1 hope
lie has tenented and is trying to
- in lm old i Mv
make amends age.
good 11lend, Dan ( llahan, of n-:i
fame ’ traveled vGt: ' ODe rA
who belonged .
these northern men
to the prison eonptropg, bat Dan uu(
|{jjqw his official Imsmoss; and
Lq, ai ter they lmd retired to
site berths n the sleeper, they
sssl
1 t of these prison follows?’
DO one
1 Well, Mr. Callahan had never
0 "«g. rofi3 * ““f .J 1S in8b Wood feMt
h °\v v^nmnne
atdo rns sir" Do z von
about to go for him
‘ <db ’ no * l>()t at all > , sa “, 1 n,,uow ;
t l0U " '. t 111 ! y . ><3 y °'} ,7‘‘ S ona ° r
tlj0He natlonttl pns „ n fellows going
lo Atlanta, and
No, sir, -aid Dan. 'fin none
vour prison fellows, neither Male not
Nvional. Do I look life a
. e(tfel ., Wbi , t , uade you take me for
a prito „ feller? Tell me that if .you
p i ea seV’ An l tie kept on getting
• m addei and more un ions until ' iD
; 0 tfier gentleman put in and explain
(e d things and umde rmiiters all calm
and serene Biu. A;.-.
NO. 50
. ,.4,KASll hatch.
Fr ™ Ddroit F f lVs *‘
In tui 3 case, the dale v between the
s( , n i enc< » a nd the day lie was to hang
was so far apart—a matter of three
months, tl at what is culled the dea'.li
watch in a prison was not immedi
SrjS.
-alt-.v.-s, he is placed changed to a different
ell t is under a surveit#
1 ■>'«' night ami day for fear that he
7. ibo ’lrtuSTuii con,l’m° A
man gives up all hope and tries to
fi.co the inevitable,
In this case .here was an appeal,
yC^UekinuUmpcs that the Govern- and
or would commute the sentence,
the death watch was not necessary
i^pc, " mil Vliilc .J^'^Kurvcd^mwilh
au«l in that state of mind
there was no fear of bis attempting
<>is life. When the lawyer finally
came and told him that the last hope
wa8 g | IHWoro d, and that ho must pre>
0 l( , ,u e> t lm condemneu man sat
iVu* a monunt like one potrllied, and
I w *d take my oath that 1 heard liis
inkS’Jsrs!
,, V(<S stared vacantly, and it was very
dsubtlTil whether ho would develop
into a lunatic or preserve his sanity.
l * ls ,n0,,ta / atrenjjtli llnally
trlumplied, and with a sob an<U gasp
he shook off hi* terror ami tbo dealt
watch-was begun,
1 * us vviUl Ulm on lh ^ ! ' l8t
S/luK
ftnd lhe thought that lie had onl>
jq ]4 nours longer to live moody was it
terrible thing to face. He was
and silent for an hour before he weut
( 0 h c d t nud I sat with my back In the
door of his cell and profeired not to
break the silence. Two or three times
be turned on me as if be meant to
sei m and strangle me, but the thought would
came that thick walls and door
siill inclose him, and be controlled
himself. Hy and by ho Hung him.
self down on his couch and slept. i>
seemed to me that I sli mbl have re'i
mained awake and clutched at em h
Heeling moment, but in his despair
»»d d»»lwr»iion he was hurry mg Hr
uiome.us and hours away. I be light
ol the gas jet dr ,ve through between
» 1 ‘« Uui l,, ! or “'!' 1 U ' 11
ace, v, and I moved solily near to give
, U . u Vuu , couU , !lu , lUv
" j >;(! hilI1 . over his iWoel
| lho lCl ,dcrness an.' -v .Irnos
nn( in|1() ,„ r vouth TTI.j
him , H>0 „ lips and
whisper the child’s prayer of‘Now I
lay me down to sleeep.’ harder,
|* >v : ,u«l hy ti e face gre.v
8Dl uiiu gantienoss faded differently.-- (piito away
while tlm man breathed
'The bov was innocent no longer. It
, s „l„ imwm, ftn.l I
saw villainy where I liud neesi itmo
cer.ee. The mouth grew hard nud
stern, the jaw Imd a dogged set, and I
had recoguized the luce hrtoro me ns
belonging U, one who bad committed
a double murder.
lie must have been dreaming. ..... I lie
face of the vilhnn faded quite away,
and its wickedness was replaced hv u
shaded su.peiise and anxiety.
he o-oing " over bin last- dnv1 hen
' w. vis ot , , hope and nmidcmi-iir— bsp.i
' l.en sue 1, a eompres, on c Gil»
us would have been the ease in a
; ki waking , U) |,j 8 mind to
| die "" iiia. 1 Ie|ic Inul neen abandoned,
i j bill, h unu!11 allow the crowd at, the
foot I ’ 4 I blows that ho would <1 io
ih.tih. f„
; ■ u , lmU suddenly »v,.| V cd. disappeared, ills (h'UT
| 0 <,k
(ir ,d was replaced fer an insmnt by a
H | lu ,io 0 fleur. The slierill had t ome
L | u; cell to read the death warrant
nn «l prepare him lor ilia morel,. The
| old dogged, determined expression
.............. ..................
j Ilia arms were being pinioned. 1 hen
for a moment, he held ids breath «« if
, of lhe
, listening. Was it to the voice
i Imly man in prayer in l»ts cell, or to
. the siirxlued murmurs <>l therabble
j gathered outside, lie was not melu
! ed not dismayed, lie shut Ins lips
V tov the march, and .U l mow
[j*.'^Jj /‘^adf.'illolved" eleven
, l!ie c o0l of u, 0 scaffold nr.d up
the steps, and 1 knew just whereto
)ilaee i tie d*earner, As he useendeil
the platform his look changed again,
jj 0 8ceIDC j r prised as he looked
, ( | own U pou the croud; to despair as
| | )(; i ookod U p at the rooming sun and
rea ]j /c< i i,|,at li : was lookirg liis Iasi
upon earth. Then he scowled tierce
! y lie hud s ;cn #»me enemy in tbe
cr(>W( j ; some one coining to exult over
his dying agonies. who
N„«v the two or three ho y men
j|*ni accotnpameU livtii to tbe «cuffuM
were praying, and the prisoner seem>*
ed le listen with inspect. Then tin.
sheriff gently pulled him back on the
awful term- struggling to master hue
,
ihe holy men were s.ogrog, but 1
„ullci» over his face. No human eves
'but mine cm, hi see through it. Hi.
■
| , or J )lL . e ,.„ s expnwscd dread
u-, „ r —tUe muscles of the throat
wit?fieri and jerked— tfie teelfi click
t>( , I(r , rtLe| . t an(1 great drops of |*t
snirulion > stood out on fits foreliead
ne( . fe- , ie wr8 waiting lo he
dropped into eternity.
T J | )pre earae a crash as the trap
k )it) „ ;'„ antl a ;ook of Uie mo8l
j OIU . dwdt on tfie face for a
“ glanced mine
momcn His eyes at
j 3M hi s body swung to and frd, ana the
t , XI , reg8 , on made chills creep over me.
S( , ri i v B j 0 wiy, amidst deep silence,
, ace b t .g un to pale, t he chin to re*
lUVi
^9 ''ijijmnl
|>i i- •nil's l:t,t Ii'hus^nH
possible. I sat in my '
burned brightly; the prisoner was be'"
fore me >n the couch. There had been
no change. The man was not breath¬
ing as easy as before. That was what
had startled me from my reverie. I
rose up earciully and looked into big
face, the scream 1 uttered brought a
corridor guard to the door in an in¬
stant. The condemned pian was now
dead!
‘Stone dead?’ said the prison docs
tor, after he had examined the hotly
‘It’s a very curious case.’
HIIAK SPOT* 1 .
Kvevy one has Ids p'-t superstitiou.
Vei v queer superstitions have always
prevailed among barbarous nations.
Their fantasies, however, are no more
ni’dcnlons than many prevailing now
among the wisest and gravest of the
present civilization.
1 lie most judicious person you
know, will, with n an Inuir of conli
dential conversation, surprise you bv
disclosing something of this sort.—
One of Chicago’s most brilliant mem¬
bers of the bar—legal bar—carries a
horse-chestnut in ins pants pocket.—
He is sure of its remedial properties
for rheumatism.
A proinent Board ol Trade nun
never makes a sale on the lfflh day of
nnv month for he is certain it would
be disastrous for him to do so.
There are men and women among
us who have a great deal of faith in
charms and amulets, lucky stones,
an I magic spells, as the At‘n.;ar. had
in ids fetich.
Science has its fantasies, thoology
an l metaphysics their inherited fol¬
lies, A lawyer is nlr tlijown m horror good nt
the sight of a phi writlrn, in
English, will. The absence of where#
uses, and inasmuch) s, gives him a
lit of indigestion. A physician who
would lie compelled to write a press
enplion in plnin handwriting wouh,
expect his patient to never recover.
Socntes firmly believed that, ini
was, nt one lime, governed by a devil;
Marlin Luther tine v his inkstand
Ihs. k atainc .Majesty, who lie thought
a.is paving him a too I'ainiliar call.—
Iff.iekstone, the great law t ommnitu#
lor, believed (Irmly in witchcraft.
Superstition is a part of Initn in
nil ii' c. It comes to us with our ims
agination. When we feel a thing wo
do not siup to reason about it. Kor
tlie moment we are not logicians, we
are ere iiurcs of imagination only.
The super titions of n’d nations
have been tin cause of the mo- L Ijoi
i dile snUeviiigs, and have add<“il much
misery to our race. But oouipaia
l ivel v lew now exist, nnd nnmnI item
iitiiv the least hartnl'td. Yet a nnx
less us they are, the sooner we aban¬
don ihem tile better.
A TTHPENVIhE t A
A (urpoTitino farm must bo seo.i
to bo Rjjpreciatod. Whonthei in
is piiclied, the boxes nre cut one to
three in a pine, according to size.
The. trees are counted into crops of
so many thousand, nnd thi is call¬
ed a virgin crop. The queer li t e
gunge called a “ buck" is then
brought to beer, and a streak is cut
above the box, which is simply a
deeji oval notch, pointing down¬
ward, so as to leant the gum wb eh
exudes into the Ixjx below. ' lie <•
boqi's are made to hold ubout a
quart. ’J'his first run is as cle, • ns
oil, and is the finest of all. A Ter
being di|)ped out with a p.aidle it
is distilled, and the hard ros ,i UhT
is Homelime.-i as white end clear *.s
• lass, it is very b-uut' ill, nrd
briny, a good price in the great nn
vnl-storos markets, uiecond years
yum is not as good in <jualiiy, T’hbu bat
fully so in quantity. mondily iiuckiugs year
boxes, when the
have made the sear higti up, are
still poorer, and from then on (he
crops hardly pay for working.
IT M AS COM I Nth
If all the incidents of lhe Ch.oE,
ton earthquake jirinted they should would be make collected ioter
and
esting reading. One of tlio latest
published relates to ft young couple shock
who were courting when the
J came, ft extinguished dust, and the jammed lights,
i ff|tfd Hie air with
' L (, e ( j ()orM 8U that they could not )>e
opened. 'The young man rushed to
| a w i u ,l„ w Jeatung to the piazza, but
j j n jj 10 ,| nrk plunged both hands in¬
to a large flower urn tilled with
wat ,. n Turning to the young lady, and
lie threw his arms aronnd her,
SH .' j < ( [- Darling, a ti<lal wave ;
t ) , a ' ri „j |t is already up to the
” Let die together I" in
wil)(lo s ; us
" y
-
A young ^ man was lo sneak o the
r ^ »
lines of Pope on vice mixer! w A
those of Scott on woman, and de
t« ^ ^ l hovenodouot ~ M r : t /v;n but J)A
l voice the sentiment ot e-ery ge.
tleman here wneu I say, in the G
“H'lar line . .
B,a to.* u», tuiuiliur with tby e-ubrace.” face,
We first e,uJi, then pity, theu
Il is foolish to try to live on past
experience. Il ia very dangerous, if
not a fatal hafiit, to judge ourselves
to he site because of sonie.fiing that
we icltcrdkl twenty years ago.