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A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
twenty souls perish in a
TELSLOPeED lit AIN.
ffWfeon Whipple’s I'xp'Pience Related.
A terrible accident occurred oa the
Chicago, Milwaukee and bt. Paul rail
way on Wednesday last. Th* following
ia the statement of an eye witness:
Bishop Whipple, who arrived direct
from the scene of the Rio wrecfc, says:
‘ The freight train reached Rio about
twenty minutes before the limi’ed train
which was wrecked, and the switch had
been left open. Our train was going at
the rate of forty-five miles an hour, so
the tiain officials said, and the courate
and bravery of the engineer cannot be
pra sed too highly. lie stayed with the
engine, and I have never k own an air
brake to be set so quickly and strongly
'as that one was. I was in the first sleep
er, and had a berth in the end next to
(the day coach. Mr. McGinnis,of Morris,
was in a berth opposite me. The i slant
of the shock he sprang fr m his berth
und ran to the front end of the car. but
it was impossible to get out at that ind,
lor it had telescoped He rushed back
and cried out: ‘Come and help me save
these people who are being burned to
death.’ 1 had been awakened but a few
minutes before and lad looked at my
watch. It was 12:30 o’clock. I followed
McGinnis in my stocking feet. He rau
faster than I and when I came to the
burning coach he ■ ad taken 1 wo children
from a woman near the rear of the
coach. She said her name was Sherer,
of Winona, and asked him to save her
children for their father was living. We
both tried to lift the woman from the car,
but we could not, for sue was wedged
beneath the broken seats. A moment
after we reached her her dress took fire,
and she faint and and was burned to death
before our eyes. There was compara
tively little screaming coming from the
car, hut there was a rather low moan of
suffering and I believe that most of
those who perished were killed outright.
The car was telescoped at both ends. Mr.
Ames, who was on the train, saw the
passengers In that coach and so did my
■wife, and they think there were seven
teen. There were two sisters of charity
who hoarded the train and were bound
for Winona. There was a mother and
daughter whose names are unknown.
Throe young men, a middle aged man,
Mrs. Sherer, her mother and two chil
dren ; a man that got on at Columbus,
two men who boarded the train at Water
town Junction, and a man who climbed
out at the top. He and the two children
were saved. The others were burned to
death. Everything was done that could
be done for the comfort of the passengers
who were left. The ladies on the rain
were especially kind in caring for the two
motherless children. One was a little
girl about four years old and the other
baby a little bov. The passengers in the
sleeping cars had some slight biuises,but
none were seriously injured ”
B.sliop Whipple said as for himself he
was in pood condition, though the tx
citemcnt had affected him somewhat.
The other passengers say that Bishop
"Whipple was among the m st active and
cool-headed of all the passengers and did
gallant service in trying to save the poor
woman who was being burned to death,
not teasing his efforts until the flames
drove him away
THANKSGIVING DAY.
*TI... President appoints November 25th, &
Hay nl I’rtiter,
The following is President Cleveland’s
proclamation di signaling November 25tli
as a day of thanksgiving and prayer.
A pr< ebullition by the President of the
United States: It has 1 ng been the
custom of the people of ' the United
States, on a day in each year espcc ally
set apart for that purpose by their cnief
executive, to acknowledge the goodness
and mercy of God, and to invoke his
continued care and pnteetio . In the
observance of such custom, I Grover
Cleveland, president oi the United States
do hereby designate and set apart
Thursday, the 25th day of November
inst, to be observed and kept ns a day of
thanksgiving and prayer. On that'day
let all our people forego their accustomed
employments and assemble in their usual
pi nes of worship, to give thanks to the
Killer of the universe for our continued
enjoyment of the blessings of a free
govermn nt, fora renewal of business
prosperity throughout our land, for the
return which has rewarded the labor of
those who till the soil, and tor our pro
gress as a people in all that makes a
n tion great, and while we contemplate
the infinite power of God in earthquakes,
flood and storm, let the grateful hearts
of those who have been shielded from
harm through llis mercy be turned in
sympathy and kindness towards those
"ho have suffered through llis visitation.
Let us also, in the midst of our thanks
giving. remember the poor and needy
with cheerful gifts and alms, so that our
services may, by deeds of charity, be
made acceptable in the sight of die Lord.
In witness whereof I "have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of the
United Sta es to be affixed. Done at
the city of Washington, this, the first
day of November, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
eighty six, and of the independence of
the United States of America the one
hundred and eleventh.
Grover Cleveland.
By the president:
T. U Bayard. Secretary of State.
A STRANGE DEATH.
One Man ‘lan's on tlie T-nek—Another
Ki!l< <1 by Ilia. Hip-’ ock. t.
L. D. Mcßride, section foreman of the
Nashville and Chattanooga road, met a
shocking death at Chattanooga, Tenn.
He was standing on the track near by
wh> p. an engine stmes hiiu. He was
instantly ki led. It is believed that
Mcßride stood on tl e track for the pur
pose of letting the train kill him, as he
had every opportunity to escape and saw
the eng >e ef< re it struck him.
M ke Mooie. a young m- n residing in
the eastern portion of the city, fell . own
with a revolver in his pants pocket. The
weapon was discharged and the ball
entered his abdomen, killing him instant
ly.
AN OPPOSITION TRAIN,
The Nashville and Chattanooga rail
road in conjunction with the Western
and Atlantic and Georgia Centra!, will
put on a cauuo , bad train to ruu to
Jacksonville. Hu,, to compote with t e
East lenness* e, Virginia and Georgia
system. A lively war is anticipated, and
there is tala of a renewal of former hos
tilities between the East Tennessee und
the Western and Atlantic.
THE MONROE ADVERTISER: FORSYTH. GA.. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1886.—EIGHT PAGES-
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED
UP IN PARAGRAPHS.
SOCTH CAROLINA.
The state lunatic asylum contains 641
patients.
The South Carolina university has 200
students at present.
The water courses in various parts of
the state are very low and the dry spell
continues.
Throughout the state, even in the
southwest counties, a white frost was ob
served Friday mo nir.g.
The ball of the South Carolina club
will take place in Columbia on the night
of November 11th. It promises being a
brilliant affair.
In Newberry and Laurens counties
there are many fields which have not yet
bee > invaded by cotton pickers. It is
estimated that about one-eighth of tke
crop has not yet been gathered.
The work of repairing houses in Char
leston goes on bravely. Business is said
to be improving every day and the people
are hopeful, if not happy. The resident*
of the ci y have enjoyed immunity from
earthquake shocks for nearly ten days,
and confidence Las been wonderfully re
stored.
ALABAMA.
The nail factory at Brierfield is ship
ping 400 kegs of nails daily.
The frost has been general in Alabama
and thick ice has been reported from
many places.
About 100 arms and hands have been
torn to pieces by gin saws in Alabama
this season.
Thirty-five acres of land, laid off in
town lots, recently sold in Russellville
for $8,G26.50
A number of cases of illicit distilling
have been before the United States court
at Huntsville.
The next session of the North Alabama
presbytery is to be held in Gadsden in
April next.
There are eight persons living in Som
erville. Morgan county, whose combined
age is 068 years.
The North Alabama conference meets
at Florence the first of December In
consequence of Bishop Haigrove being
absent in Mexico, Bishop E. R. Hendrix,
of Missouri, is to preside over the confer
ence.
In the circuit court in Eutaw, the case
of the state against Amos Washington,
indicted for murdering a peddler named
Teddy Meel an, in Sumter county, Ala
bama, in Novemb r, 1885. was tried on
a change of venue from Sumter county,
and the jury rendered a verdict of guilty
a id sentenced him to be hung. This was
the same case that was tried in Su ntcr
county ii February, 1886. and which, on
appeal to the supreme court, was re
versed. Counsel for defense say they
will again appeal the case to the supreme
court.
GEORGIA.
Primus Perkins colored, is in jail r.t
Bainbridgc, charged wi h incest with his
daughter, Lizzie. llis wi e swore out
tme warrant.
A wealthy citizen of Americus refused
to accept national bank notes in payment
for a real estatV sale made the other day,
jroVt iIIHU-rul. 'VKon
was immediately produced by the pur
ci user, he decided that he could proba
bly get along with the bank notes, and
no doubt did so.
Mrs. Erwin Hayes, an old lady seventy
years old, living in Jackson countv. on
the Athens and efferson road, fourteen
miles from Athens, me! with an accident
on Sunday iglit last that resul'cd in her
death the following day. It seems that
for some time Mrs. Hayes’ mind has been
affected, but no restraint was kept over
ji r On the Sunday night mentioned
the lady was wandering around the
house with a lamp in her hand, when, it
is supposed, she eit er dropped the lamp
or it exploded, scattering the oil over her
person, that a' o ce became a solid sheet
of flame. Mrs Hayes lingered in great
agony until Monday, when she died.
Colonel A. Iv. Childs and Mr. Walter
Childs have returned to Athens from
Nacoo' hoe valley, bringing with tL *m all
the teams md mining outfit. Theii gold
mine was based for five years to Mr.
Johnson, formerly of Charleston, who
had married a daughter of Mr. \\ illiams
Mr. Johnson bears the entire expense of
working the mine, and pays Messrs,
fluids & Nickerson one-fourth of all the
gold he gets for rent. This mine was
paying handsomely, and the reasons for
leasing are that a great many petty ami
annoying suits bad been brought that me
settled in the trade.
HETTA OBEEN‘3 GOLD.
sbe Amasses Thirty Uiliion Dol an and In-
Vi'sis it in !ia iioad Stock.
A special f om New York, says: Mrs.
Hetty Green has secured the control of
the Georgia Central railroad. She is also
chiselv ide, tilled with the Louisville and
Nashville railroad, own ng a large
mount of its stock. She is a remarka
>le woman She is the wealthiest in the
Unfed States.
Mrs Hetty Green is worth thirty mill
nils of uoliars She is rather handsome,
ot robust build, about fifty years of age,
w ith iron gray hair, strong features and
seen, penetrating eyes. She is the
•daughter of a New Bedford whaler, who
nit her $9,000,000; not long after an aunt
died and bequeathed her $4,Oi)l),000
more. With the $13,000,000 she is
erediied w ith making $20,00 *,OOO more.
Act she feels poor. On one occasion,
several years ago. she came down to her
banker'- in Wali street, in a stage w ith a
v:;:ise containing several hundred thou
sand do lars worth of securities.
"M liy did you not come down in a
f.rri.ig f" expostulated her banker.
"I can't afford it," was her rtmaikabl*
nswer.
BANH.CISITI.AR, N impoutant DE
CISION.
Attorney General Garland has given
an opinion to the secretary of the treas
ury that national banks must deposit n*
t rest bearing bonds to secure their cir
culation anu that the called three p>er
cent bonds cannot bs used as a basis of
circulation.
BUSINESS FOR CHATTANOOGA.
Advices from St. Louis state that the
mammoth pipe works oi Shiukle, Harri
son and II ward w ii: surely be located in
Chattanooga, and that wmk will be coal
men cod in a vary snort time.
MRS, STEWARTS BEQUESTS.
7/OIF SHE DISPOSED OF HER
VAST PROPERTY.
All ITf r Rela'lvn* Remembered—The Alain
teuuucy c.f tiie ( ut .e rals und Schools
at i-arden City— l lie S':, Tanti
oi the Household,
The will of Mrs. Cornelia M Stewart,
wife of tile late millionaire dry goods
merchant, was filed for probate to-day by
ex-Judge Horace Russell, Mr. Henry
Hilton’s son-in-law. Cita’ion9 were im
mediately issued to the heirs and next of
kin. In the instrument, Mrs. Stewart
bequeaths $20,000 per during life to
her brother, Charles P. Clinch, to be paid
to him quarterly. To each of her sisters,
Anna, Emma and Julia Clinch, she leaves
an annuity of SIO,OOO a year to be paid
quarterly during life. To her niece,
Snr h N Smith, she leaves the sum of
$250,000 To Cornelia S. Butler she
leaves $200,000, and to each of her chil
dren, Lawrence and Charles S. Butler,
$50,000; to Kate A. Smith, $200,000; to
each of the remaining children of Sarah
N. Smith, namely, Louisa, Ella, Bessie
and James, $100,000; to each of the chil
dren of her deceased sister. Loui-e, for
merly the wife of Charles E. Butler,
namely: Rosalie, Helen,Virginia, Lillian,
Maxwell and Pre cott, $50,000.
She gives $25,000 to be distributed by
the executors among her household serv
ants living with her at the time of her
death.
All the rest of the estate, real and per
sonal, she -bequeaths to Charles J.
Clinch, now in Paris, and Henry Hilton.
None of the legacies are to be payable
until three years from the final probate of
the will, nor any of the annuities until
six months after such probate. The ex
ecutors to the will are Charles J. Clinch
and Henry Hilton, and the witnesses to
the i struinent are 11. E. Davies, James
Henry Wort and Edward B. Hilton.
The w ill is dated July Bth, 1887. In
a codicil to the will she revokes the be
quest to Henry Hilton of one-half of her
residuary estate and instead bequests to
him one-half of the residue of her prop
erty and estate in trust; to collect, le
ccive, hold, manage, control, sell and ap
ply the same to the following purposes:
To complete the Stewart Memorial
church, now in course o erection by lnr
in Garden City, Long Island, and to sup
ply it w ith all that is necessary to make
it a free church and cathedral for the
Protestant Episcopal church of the dio
cese of Long Island, N. Y. : to endow it
with such money as will maintain it for
ever, with a provision for the b shop of
the diocese and liis assistants; to con
struct two buildings to be used as schools
and seminaries of learning,to be attached
to such cathedral, and to endow them
with such money as will sustain them
forever, and to erect such other build
ings as the cathedral and seminaries and
schools may require. All these buildings
are to be erected on Mrs. Stewart’s lands
there known as Hempsted Plains, L. I.
i hese buildings, when completed, are to
be conveyed to the use forever of the
Protestant Episcopal church of the dio
cese of Long Island, o to the corpora
tions known as the Cathedral of the In
carnation in he diocese of Long Islaud.
All the one half of her residuary estate
so devised is to be applied for above pur
poses. For any violation of the terms
and conditions of either of them, said
lands, buildings and endowment fund
shall revert to Cnarles J. Clinch, her
nephew and his heirs. Charles J. Clinch
and Henry Hilton :ue authorized to make
such partition of. their in
tutvsta In ilm esmSlas they may see fit.
If any heir becomes a party lo any pro
ceeding to interfere with the will, the
pr vision in the will in his or her favor
is to be cancelled.
A MERCHANT KILLED.
Thomas L. Miller, a prominent tobacco
dealer at Stephensport, Ky., was found
dead in bed at Basley’s Hotel, Louisville,
Ky., with a horrible wound just over his
right eye. He had been out seeing the
town till a late hour, and having money
he fell into the ands of a bad character
who got him into a game of cards and
then knocked him on ihe head. lie got
to his hotel and wen - to bed and died
during the night. Charles Mull, a saloon
keepe., has been arrested, charged with
the crime.
HE MARES a START.
Assistant General Passenger Agent K.
C. Pangbora, of tue Baltimore and Ohio
railroad company, has resigned to accept
a position with one of the largest pa ent
medicine houses in this country. He will
have charge of the advertising depart
meut. thief Clerk C. W. Woolford also
resigns to follow Mr. Pangborn.
TUB ROME AND DECATUR RAILROAD,
The committee appointed to secure the
right of way thiough Floyd county for
the Rome and Decatur railway has re
turned to Rome, and report that they
have been very successful in procuring
the right of way. The p ospects for the
early construction of the road are good.
It will be a great advantage to Rome.
A LEU AMPUTATED.
A well known young man named Bob
Ferguson, of Columbia, S. C., met with
a painful and dangerous accident on Sun
day last. He was trying to jump off a
stre t car that wras moving rapidly round
a curve. He fell, and his leg wascaugiit
under the wheels and terribly mangled.
HIGHWAYMEN AT WORK.
A special from Des Arc, Ark., says:
W hile County Treasurer Ward was goi” g
home from iiis office a couple of men
seized him, threw a coffee sack over his
head, beat him badly and took hi- keys
and robbed the office of over SII,OOO.
He was knocked senseless, and when
found his legs were tied together. No
cine to the robbers.
A MIRACULOUS RECOVERY.
Mr. Dottery. of Ath-ns, Ga., who had
a ho e knoc ed in his forehead by a
a bursting emery wheel several weeks
ego. at the Athens foundry, and whose
liie was des aired of, is now all r’ght,
and will go to work next week. Mr.
Dottery’s recovery is considered as almost
miraculous.
NINE MEN DROWNED.
Particulars ha e been received of the
lot*, off Singu|>ore. recently, of a boat
ccd sining nine men belonging to the
ba : k Earl of Jersey, of Cardiff. The
men were attempting to rescue a boy
who had fallen overboard, when theii
boat swamped, and all were drowned.
BUDGET OF FUN.
HfMOTtOXJS SKETCHES FROM
Various sources.
"With a Moral—ln Court—Didn’t
Need It—His Old Solf Again—
Trying to Get Her,
Etc., Etc.
Two cats stiod on a ba?.i-yard fence
Just as me day La 1 i ed.
And with a crSwin ; turges ence—
With acas’aowo dread—
Gazed on ea h miss la as it i.ew
Through th ala - en air.
“Zip!"’ “slao!” •‘ziug.” ,l bang.” The man
still threw.
The cats still tarried there.
At last the mm picked up a brick,
He pi e i for fur and gore,
“Me—vow—yow—vows’’ ca.ne fast and
th k,
He cast tha brick and swore.
A yell was h ard from a st aoge throat,
Taa missile, t irown to j ha: and,
M.ssed both the cats and kil ed a goat
In an aijoining yard.
There is a moral to this tale —
Heat s > /ils iho straightest aim,
And he win al.vays 1 iss e.it ul
Who shoots at w .rth ess game,
— J. .4. Waldron, in Judge.
In Court.
“You saw the prisoner when he fired
the shots?”
“Y es, I saw him.”
“How far were you from him/
“When he fired the first snot I was
about five*paftes 0.f.”
‘ And when he tired the second?”
“Aooat tm: hundred yards.”— Judge.
Didn’t Need It.
“Ton knojp the new catcher of the
baseball n.ne-;”
“Yes.”
“Saw him down at the doctor’s office
the other day.”
“What was he there for?”
“Getting vacc nated.”
“vaccinated—why great heavens!
What does he want to get vaccinated
for? He’d never catch anything in a
hundred years.”— Merchant- Tracehr.
His Old Self Again.
Dumley—“Why, Robinson, I’m glad
to see y>u out again. Y’ou don't lo ;k the
same man y m did two months ago.”
t.ob i son —“uh, I m all right again.
By t..e way, Dumley, have you got a
couple o dol’ars about y. u.”
Dumley handing him the money) —
“As I said, Robinson, you don t look
the same man, but, by peanut, you are
the same man.” — Life.
Trying to Get Her.
A telegaph operator iu Milwaukee
was one daydrying to call up an o rice in
a small town in tlie interior of the State,
where the instrument was presided over
by a woman.
a e was about giving up in despair
when the operator in an ther smil. town
a few m lesMistaut from the first ticked
out the querry:
“What in heaven’s name do you want? ”
“I want -.i s i rown at Burgville.” re
plie i tiie M Iwau <ee man “1 have been
trying t > get h r for the last half hour.”
“Tuat is nothing.” <a ne the replv.
“There is a young fellow clekmgiu'a
and y go. a- store there who has been try
ing to get h r for the 1 tst three years,
and lie has not succeeded yet. Do not
get discouraged.”— Lambhr.
A Good Case.
A well-dressed stranger walked in‘o
the office lawyer and lenl
®- Vr. i
G-sJuppYse a man made misrepresenta
t ous to me about a piece of land he sold
me, what co Id I no about it?”
“II ive hi:n arrested for obtaining
money under fal-e pretenses.”
•hf he said it was go ,and land and it
won t rai e white beans?”
“He c m!d ' e heavily fined.”
“And that there wasn’t a stone on it,
and I find you co Id build a stone church
off of every ac c:”
“I iprisonment, sir; he would be lucky
to get off with five years.
“That’s wha I tnought. Now. if he
said there were good b nlu ngsand there
proves to be only the lutt.ee work of a
bale of hay.”
“Why, my dear sir. nothing short of
fine and imprison nent and plenty of it.
too. It would be a clear ca-ei”
“Much <;bl gid; I had about the same
ideas m;> self.”
“Well, hold on; don’t you want me to
take your ease.”
“On, no. I guess not. You s' eit was
a p : e eof land you wrote me about and
finally -oi l ine. ive been out look.ng
it over and have retained rii s other man
across the street to handle my case. I
just ‘.hougiit I’d ste > over and get your
v ews on the sub eet. too. vv ell, good
naoruing—l’ll see you at the trial.”— Bed.
His First “Sharking.”
In early ti nes ther ■ lived in Indiana a
man by the ua ne of George Boone, a de
scendant of the celeb ate TO;.n el : oone.
He wo and I have stood well in those days
when there were giants in the land, if
there ever were such He was near
seven feet hg i, with large bones and
muscles; his hand-; were large and his
feet were of er.treme si :e m length,
breadth and depth. The foliowi g
anecdote was one i oone used to relate
himseif, withe ident re ish, after he be
came one of the ;ta e Senators:
1 was ab ait eighte nye irs’of a re,
when, for the first t me, I took it into my
he.sd to go a-sparkiug. One of my
reighb r-, a few m.le. off, La i a pretty
daughter that I thoug.it woaid
suit me.
It was late in the fall, and the weather
] retty cold; stili it was too early to put
on suoes, for tho e primitive times.
When Sunday afteyrnoon came. I dres-ed
in my Dest butter ut-eohred suit, made
some six mouths before, but soon found
thitthe pantaloons reached only just be
low my knees, and my coat stretched
over me as tig t as an eel- k.n dried on
a hop-pole.
1 started barefoot, wad’ng the
and muddy bottom till 1 reached the
h >use. Tue f.m ly were about sitting
down to sipper, and invited me to eat.
Jsa ly sat by my sid ■. They h.d mush
and mnk, a.dp eaty of it Theo and ady,
wuo was and shin_j out the puddi g. tofu
me to pa smy b wi. 1 reached u: my
lia .and s\ith tii - L.wi; but t fla.l m de no
calculation of t le size of the table, the
space between the big milk pitcher ad
tne bowl, nor tue width o. my hand.
With all ;ny embarrass ent. I struck tiie
m ik-j it her ,u some way and ups t it,
and out went the mi k over the table,
S liy and myseL. z-he umped up ani
went, si ak ng with laughter, into the
other r om. I saw that ull was lost. I
saw noth ng more or her.
Wi.eu the clock struck the old lady
said:
“ dr. Boone, won't you wash your feet
and go to bed <'
*• i'c-s, m dam,” said I.
“He e s an old iron pot-—all I've got
that's fit.” said the old lady.
I t- ok the pot and found it so small
th t 1 co l and only g t my feet into it by
slid.ng them in sideways. Bat I got
hem in. The water was hot and I soon
found them swel.ing tiguter and tighter;
I couldn’t get them out.
I sail noth ng. t ough the pain and
anxiety was so great taat the sweat roiled
do nmy face.
The clo k st uck eleven.
“Mr. Boone, are you done washing
your feet? ’ sleepily inquired the old
lady.
“What d’d th’s pot cost? I’ve got to
break it,” I groaned.
“A do'lar.”
“Bring me the axe.”
She brought it. I took the axe, broke
the pot in pieces, handed the old lady a
dollar, opened the door and started for
home.
I never went there again.
Tiie Hume of Jouersou Davis.
Beauvoir, says a letter to the Ea timore
Sun, ,s a dag station on the Louis, ilie
and Nashvil.e Rai.road, and is situated
in Ia ri>on county, Aiississippi, about
half way between Mobile and New Or
leans. The station takes its name from
the estate of Hon. Je erson Davis,which
was bequeathed to him on January -',
1878, by the lute Mrs. Sarah A. Dorsey,
of Tensas | arish, Louisiana, in gratitude
and appreciation of his great services
and sacrifices on Lehalf of t:e S uth.
Beauvoir b gins at the railroad station,
where a v n..yard of ten acres of Scupper
nong grap.s forms a pleasing contrast to
the tall pines which abound in this re
gion. Alighting from the train, and
tak.ng the r aid to your right, you pass
around t .e vineyard, and entering a gate
you cross a lawa dotted witu live oak
and other trees, festooned with the pic
turesque Spanish moss. Before you is a
large, roomy man-ion, built in the old
fasuion and Southern styie. About a hun
dred \ards in Rout of the house, which
is a dou le-fra ned, square building,
painted white, is the Mississippi Sound,
n the Gu.f of Mexico, with Ship
Island in the distance. A ver
anda sixteen feet wiJe runs around
the mansion, and a hall wider
than an ordinary room, tin ough the cen
tre of the house, makes a very pleasant
sitting room in the summer. The in
terior shows ihe hand of taste and cul
ture, with evidences of comfort and re
finement. In the entre of the hall is a
large circular damask sofa, the centre
piece rising above t;.e scats and holding
a large tray of flowers. The parlor, din
ing-room. be irooms etc., are unusually
large, and furnished with handsome old
furniture and tastefully decorate ! with
rare war relics, curiosities, family por
traits, anl pretty ornaments, many of
with are the products of the deft lingers
and go..d taste of Mrs. Davis and i.er
two accomplished daughters. The most
not .ble furniture, arranged from the
pin za to near the ce tre of the hall, is
the number and variety of comfortable
rock ng chairs. I < ounte.l ten of the e,
of-. ery possible pattern,in sight. Books,
carefu ly sele ted from the standard
authors, adorn the tables or grace the
shelves in a number of bookcases. The
well-scrubbed floors tell as plainly the
and it es of the ebony maid as she could
have told herself.
Facing the beach to the left of Mr.
Dais’s mansion is a low, four room
house, built for his use. r i he rooms are
’•mill, and the piazza, pr b iblyten feet
wide, ru is nearly around the paviion.
The main room is occupied by .Mr. Davis
as his library. This is nearly filled to
:he ceiling with bo ks, a step ladder be
ing necessary tor ach the high r shelves.
The b oks are histories, records, public
documents, wor.is of reference, etc.,
costly bearing on the late war. In the
middle oft c library is a large table, on
w hich are variou - b >oks, sheets of paper,
aml new pa or ellilp * large
engravings uf a sucie 1 character surmount
ike mantel. Several oid trunks, chest3,
and case filiel with docum uts, letters,
!< t nre arr nged on the floor. In this
| apartment Mr. Davis wrote his gr at
! work on “The Rise and Fall of the Con
j federate Government.” The next room is
intended for nsting, in case Mr. Davis
should de ire to lie down, and is occa
sionally occupied by strangers, who often
visit Beauvoir to pay their respects and
do honer “to the fir-t g mtleman in the
| South.” Opposite this house, and to the
right of the man-i >n, i a similar build
ing, most tasti y furnished, and now oc
cupied by Mrs. Ma garet Howell Davis
Lays and her three charming children.
Mrs. Hays is the wife of j. Addison
Hays, a banker at Colorado Springs, and
the daughter of Mr. Davis.
Growth of the Human Heart.
Dr. Beneck, of Marburg, has made
known his curious obser .ations on the
growth of the human heart, the fact ap
pearing that the increa-e is greatest and
most rapid during the first and second
years of life, its bulk, at the end of the
second year being exactly doub.e what it
o jgiiially was; between the second and
seventh years it is again almost doubled.
A slower rate of growth now sets in. un
til about the fifteenth year the augment
ation of vo.umo during the inteivcning
seven or eigh years being only about
two-:birds. In the period of maturity,
which now approach s, the gicwth of
the heart again makes • rogress. the in
crea-e keeping pace with the advance
towa and maturity of the other portions of
the system; after the fifteenth yea-, up
to the ftieth, the annual growth is about
.Uhl of a cubic inch, the inc-ea c ceasing
w th the fif ieth year, a slight and minution
then ensuing. Again, in ehil hood the
male and female heart are alike; after
maturity, the male heart develops more
than the femal -, and the difference be
tween the two that is thus established—
one end a half to two cubic inches—is
said to be ma ntained throughout the re
mainder of life.
Treatment of Stammering: Cf ildren.
An excellent and humane arrangement
has been iutrod :ced into the elementary
schools of Brunswick. All the cnildren
who are found to stammer or stutter are
examin and by ft specialist physician, Lr.
Berkhan, who reports upon the cause
and degree of their infirmity. They are
then artang and in distinct classes, apart
from tiie other scholars, where t ;e le -
son- are given by teachers from the and af
and duml) school. Four su h classes
were formed last yea-, with an aveiage
of ten eh lars in each c ass. Af.er a
year’s p Lent and useful t aining, most
of the eh ldrtn were de* la ed to be co:n
pl te ycu elof th • m il-uiy, hile a ; im
pro ement was repo ted in the spe -chof
all of tuem. Dr. B rkiian st ites th it the
mala ly occurs far in re frequently among
por famibc- tun a noug the well to-do?
and that uni s.s it is debt with in ti e
public sc-hoos there is seal likelhoud
f the suffeiers being fcea.ed in later
yeais. — Lo..d>jn Standard.
Pie.
1 like th 9 pies that N; Hie bakes.
The !i ht, criso crust, the heart delicious
Of ■ p ed fruit between the flakes—
All tins seems healthy and nutritious.
While tasting one the other day.
My te -th stru k so netbing not e'astic;
An i s< on within my ralm there lav
A golden ring raved :ro n the gastric.
•‘From Nellie's finger, - ’ murmured L
Th m Lo ing oer the me.al melLw,
I nearly inted. to descry J
Th 1 * - -another fellow;
— Rambler.
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It purifies the blood and prevents almost
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Western Laboratory, Cincinnati Ohio.,
Exchange, Buy, or Have Your
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Repaired in MAO ON, GA, at
JAMES T. GARTTTS.
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I have a few GINS of different makes, which have been remoddled with
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WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD.
Matthews k Collier,
7
As the season comes on, we have laid in at unusual low prices a large lot of
BAGGING AND TIES.
Also anew and well selected stock of
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS,
FLOUR, MEAL, MEAT, LARD, SUGAR, COFFEE, TOBACCO, CIGARS, &C.
Jg@“ We intend to supply the trade, and our LOW PRICES will do it AVe cal’.
Special Attention to our stock of SUGARS and COFFEE, Which were Bought Before
the Advance, and will be Sold Cheap.
OUR STOCK OF FLOUR IS COMPLETE.
15,000 yards Dixie Banging. 1,000 hunches Arrow Ties. Wc will pav liberal lor
COTTON!
On accounts. Call and see us, we mean business.
Mr. J P. WILLIAMSON is with us for the season, and will bo pleased
to see his friends.
185*7.. ESTABLISHED 1880
CLOTHING AND HATS.
Winship & Callaway
“LEADING- CLOTHIERS’!^,
tn/t o * n k dependej,
126 feecond fetreet - - - support. uA.
Are now daily receiving the largest stock of XY '' rTIZI
CLOTHING AND HATS IN THE S™E.
After thanking their Monroe county friends for past favors they pro.!*.!* .V". cd
efforts to please in the future. The greater portions of their finest goods are made to their
order and will compare in make and fit to the best
“TAYLOR SUITS?
And save you at least 331 per cent A full stock for the bovs. Rubber Clothing, Um
brellas, Satchels, &c. WINSHIP & CALLAWAYS, y
n,| (or *
New Furniture Store
IN ATLANTA, GA. '
H. W. THOM AS
Has a New Stock of
FURNITURE OF ALL GRADES.
That he will sell as cheap as can be bought east or west. Please call or
send for prices.
K, W. THOMAS, 85 Whitehall Street.
Enterprise Boiler Works!
GEO. T GIFFORD, Proprietor,
MANUFACTURER OF
Boilers, Smoke Stacks,
Oil and Water Tanks, Iron Door and Window Shutters.
Wrought Iron Grating for Cellar Ventillating.
In fact, all kinds of Wrought Iron Work.
Special attention given to repairs of aP kinds- Competent workmen to send out
on repairs in the country. Prices guaranteed lo be as low as good work can be done
at. Ad work guaranteed to be first-class. Orders solicited.
Dealers in all kinds of Steam Fittings, such as
Steam Guages, Safety Valves, Wliistles,
Wlobe and Cheek Valves, Guage Cocks, Etc.
Address —
GEORGE T. GIFFORD,
june22 Enterprise BoLjer Works. MACON, GA