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AT SEA.
t Mitll the white sails ■
Their wiug«, like bir Is s-it ;
And some o’er distant w ive# will glide,
Home in the wish -1-for hav-*n bide,
And some — bo lost at sen.
And thus, upon Life's chanceful main,
While Hop . s*n f rn-rriU .
Poll many a . fr , n off the strand
W, launch**! with eager heart an 1 hand.
Nor dreamt of i a. v , .
Put were ther*> tr"'t (, V*rou^ ro^ks and shoals
AM, all unknown to the
It matters not -the heart doth kuo 7
That cruM storm hath sunken low M
The venture out at sea.
Marhap it was no costly freight,
Tho’ ri f, ’i to you or me
An I Memory, as the days g> by,
snn eounteth o> r with tearful eya
"
Her trea-ur* lost at sea.
Au. Well, Here is a haven sw*“ 5t
Where shipwreck cannot be,
Nad hearts, w ho sit in patient pain,
There shall ! gather back again
Much that w t: it at s^n.
Lu -y K. Fleming, in Harper's Ii*7.ir.
A CIRCUITOUS SUCCESS.
T!V ISABEL HOLMES.
J] Jy / I was rather dark
< A \ r.ViWA Hf(‘ i 'd > ;'/ UJ Ahe Julian hallway
i >.,p when
yM'ijWLfiBr WXDftV/S'A, *?u' Jones . went up
t*<;
"S? eSlitefe ~.vA y .'J kg stairs to his new
quarters, fourth
^ h'»or hack.
Someone else
^ was on the stairs.
He discerned a woman * form in the
umhe near the sound floor and the
glimmering of a hand holding back
skirts for him to pass. There was a
faint breath of exquisite perfume about
“f;., Excuse me, ,, he sanl. Just then
lhe gas flared out in the lower hall.
lie mule out a soft, oval face and a
Unity figure, as he passed. Julian
was a big fellow, with features of
strength rather than of beauty, but
for all that he was a sensitive,
whose impressions of people were as
sure as a dog's instinct about his
master. The young woman’s “atmos¬
phere” was agreeable. It followed him
to his room.
He lighted the gas and „ , looked , ,
around. It was u goudtsh den for a
literary worker, lhe carpet of pale
greens and olives was almost
he windows had lace curtains, and a
air outlook.
o down and ..... tilted back , his
cluur. A curious plot for a story had
"'T' 1,1 "‘ 1 7 ‘"X 1 "" 11 - encounter 11 seemed to start tiro
on
stairs vet he scarcely realized it then,
eo subt e ,s tlie aotumot the brain
His heart be,ran to beat quickly
He had done a Rood do. of pat.ent
work iu the past, with mdiflerent sue.
eess, but such impromptu mental
activity was new. He took it as a good
omen. He had a strain ot what we
call superstition in Ins nature. A
strange dream had impressed him with
tho ,diet that with h,s change of
q.iarers something waste happen
lor tho better.
Tho bright, unique ideas camo pour¬
ing into his mind like a flood. They
olamqrtitl pour,I for Ins expression. pocket He fonml looked a
in am
around tor paper. He had not a scrap.
11,» tranks would not come till morn
ing. a " H, “ " ,I11 '' tooui to
hunt up ,, stationer he aroma of the
’’ :I11 ' “l«7 e
thought desperately ot h.si cuffs his
shirt bosom, and execrated the motley
'7'"- 1 totMI I’ ,lM| . H
shotUil have done . duty . as a tablet
Ho sprang Iron, Ins chair. The
covering ot the square table in the
corner was of white oilcloth-imita
tion marble. He sat down and
marked it off m space,. Ihe pencil
glided over it smoothly. He wrote
quickly aud without effort. He knew
he had never done anything like this
before. Some one seemed to be dictat¬
ing at his elbow. He had heard and
vend of such cases. Now he was tho
rite! , . , ', 1T r “‘"inmaaftercoli.u.u , , ,
till thee otl, tvaseovezeJ Ho lc.ne.1
back an I surveyed it. Ho knew the
tlmig was unique and exquisite y
"“I"” that dainty 1 ” u creature ' "'' on the dm. stair- ” 1,1
way flitting through ,t Julian s eyes
grew ,,,,Sty He looked at hi. watch,
i lie three hours he had been writing
had seemed but live »
minutes.
T It . wasearly , yet, , not H o clock. He
"j u aiu ou ou 10
street He had a vague idea of getting .
paper from some hote elera. liecould
not b el easy until his story was in
manuscript.
Ho turned into the avenue. The
thunder of the elevated was in his
ears. A team was dnsh.ng along reek
lessiy underneath it. Ho attempted
to cross, hound the corner wa, the
,7 ll ';', suMle ‘»f>-«*«;o» of
ii s en u..s \i upon mu. u tue
uudst ol it he was conscious of a and
«en shock, a pain crossing the sweet
making horrible diseorxl, then all be
came blank.
He was pulled from under the feet
of the horses. The blood flowed from
a wound made by the cruel hoof.
No address could be found on him
and he was carried to a hospital. He
had been severely but not fatally in
jnred.
Brain fever sot in. but au excellent
constitution was iu his favor. In his
seasons of delirium the marble oil
cloth haunted him. Sometimes it
hung over him like an awning with
the letters like a thousand eves star
ing at him. Then they changed into
Chinese hieroglyphics, aud the young
woman on the stairs was wrinkling
her lovely brow iu vain endeavors to
decipher them. Again the cloth was
waving like a banner from the roof of
the Daily Fizzler.
Through careful nursing he came
out of the tangle at length, and began
to recall just what had happened. His
previous story, which was to inaugu
rate a new era, what had become of it
Four weeks he had been lying
they told him. In that time the
would be let to a new teuaut, aud
story scrubbed off the cloth by some
wooden-headed chambermaid.
fretted ami fumed over it. Hit
of good luck had been demolished
a sledge hammer.
“Don’t you want to look over
papers?” queried the pretty,
nurse, placing a pile before him.
“You need to keep up with the
Julian tossed them over half
THE MONROE ADV ERTISER, FORSYTH, GA-, TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 1894.-EIGHT PAGES.
ly and came presently npon something
that ma le hi* heart thump. Hi*story
Wft « looking him in the face from the
columns of the Exaggerator. It was
entitled “Into His Kingdom.’’ The
letters seemed to wink and blink at
him knowingly. There had
He rea<J ** through.
^eW any alterauon. Some
hod J ha< (?ot ahead of the chamber
copied it, selling it n* hl» or
hf r production. He should never
be able to*provc its authorship. He
groaned iu spirit.
Presently he came npon a copy o:
the Daily Fizzler, three weeks old.
There he found the story, headed by
a sensational paragraph, which was
evulently its first appearance, the
oth “ r l m I )or bein * fl co P>'
JnHaIi was half amUf * Hl » half an
nojed over the conjectures about the
autbor - Thf ‘ paragraph set forth the
production . found on the oilcloth as
the last effort of an unfortunate son of
geniu Driven to extremity, without
a penny even to buy. paper, he bad
fixe 1 his last ideas upon the only white
surface he could command, aud then
he had gone out into the night and
committed suicide. * )ne of those un
despair twenty-four hours longer the
ice would have been broken.
Julian breathed freer. The copyist
then lnv<l not palmed off the produc¬
tion as his or her own. He could yet
claim it without dispute.
As soon as he was on his feet he
calleil on the editor of the Daily Fiz
/der, who knew him by wight, and had
p r(} j,hesied success for him some day.
“it seems 1 have bean figuring in the
Fizzler late i y as an impemuiiou.w sui
ci d <>( ” « ai d Julian, bluntly.
The editor laid down his pen. “Ex
j aiu ’ .. hw Baid
Jn] ian told the sto ry.
“Like another man, you awake tc
fl n j y 0urS elf famous,” said the editor,
offering his i, ftn d. “That story has
|, eea CO pied all over the countrv. It
is . cm ot its kin a
«I’ m not sure I shall ever do so well
in> » H ai.l Julian,
“What is once done can be don»
again. You will now command i
hearing.”
“How did you get hold of it?”
“It was sent in by—by—” consult
ing a memorandum—“by Miss Cora
wheeler, 142 - street.”
“Why, 1 wrote the story at that
h unse U p>
“ ihe Beilt a no to stating the facts,
ftnd BoltoD> you know , touched them
up a tritie. None of us suspected you.
qq ie landlady believed your name was
Jo but otl se cond thought, didn’t
k , 10w but it ,, M Smit b.”
,.j hai , , „ wor a with her when 1
C , the room .”
m av - as well pay you to-day,"
mU th(( e(Utor Ue filled out a check.
A glauce .bowed Julian itwasdrawn
hnnilred dollars. He was in
i tt ck after all, It seemed,
K , h rode „ 1>t o,vn mid rang the
bell at U 2 _ street. How much had
happened “ ainee he first went up those
sto ' , 0BS tb#u sis „ ceks ,
ir , who ope ned the door
looked him blankly when he asked
for Mis „ wheeler, and showed him
into a small reception room while she
took his card.
wns „ M , skeU to step up-
8lair3 , third floor, front,
Till) dool . wa3 haH interior. .hon ing a
t t ily (urnis hed Ho tapped
gently. Link There was a rustling behind
green portiere, and a young
woman stepped out from behind it and
ted with “Good morning.”
s1r . „ „ w onc h , haJ mi , t on tbe
stairs in the gloom, liecould swear.
There was the same iaint perfume
alHmt , bl!r garments, and, besides, he
km „. her atmosphere,
..y oll Corn Wheeler?”
sh e bowed.
“And I am Julian Jones. I wrote
the story on the oilcloth. I am told it
found its way into print through you.
I have come to thank you.”
Miss AVheeler was about as breath¬
less as Julian. She motioned him tc
a chair aud sat down. The facts he
, m , nted idl groaped then,
8e l ve s „t once look-ally in her mind,
.. Tll on V ou did not commit sui
cid e, ' she said, with « mirthful
glance f.j nt his muscular frame, adding,
thought vou did.”
pretty and he near
-shuffling ofl,' ” he said, re
floated . d hi. story.
expected something of the sor
had hap p eneiV8ai d Mte* AVheeler,
“though *. there were all sorts of con
jectur J The landlady called me u F
to rettd what vou Ua q wvitt en. Sh<
thon * ht it mi denote, denote-”
, (T . v .
“It enchanted me. I write a little
mvse lf, >on see. I sent it to the Fiz
2 ,', r . ii was copied everywhere. You
ar( , a il is.”
, -With the right sort of inspira
tion," corrected Julian.
It looks now as if the pail- would gc
ioto partnership—Xe* York Mer
Cur , *
*
Thirty Cubic Feet ol Greenbacks.
Almost every day something hap
pens in Wall street of a startling, ii
not of a stunning, character. Or
Tuesday afternoon last the Sub
Treasury, of this city, received a pile
of currency, the dimensions of which
were thirty cubic feet. It represented
$ >,740,000, and was the money pain
iu by Messrs. R. T. AVilson A Co.,
bankers, for the bonds of the Chero
kee Nation, which were awarded tc
them. It was found to be no easy
matter to get so large an amount ol
currency, but the Union Trust Corn
pany, of this city, finally supplied it.
It was taken from that company in i
cab to the Sub-Treasury Building,
The officials of the Sub-Treasury were
employed about a day in counting the
money. This transaction shows wha1
cau be done in New York City in ar
emergency like the one that has
occurred. No other city iu the coun¬
try has ever been called upon, as fat
as we know, to haudle in one payment
such a vast amount of money. A'erj
few concerns in the city could oi
would undertake such a transaction,
We have no doubt that Messrs. R. T.
Wilson A Co. would be glad to take
twenty millions of bonds instead of
six millions at the same price. Thou
sauds of our subscribers, from Maine
to California, would like to look at a
pile of six million dollars. It wxmld
j be such worth sight.—New going a short York journey Independent. to see
’ a
BUDGET OF FUN.
ffl MOKOUS SKETCItKS FRO II
VARIOUS SOURCES.
Not Natural—His Normal Condition
—The Perversity of Girls—In¬
troduced—No Evidence
Against Then i, Etc.
A maiden sweet in giri s robes neat
Looks like a rosebu I. s^dek and span
.
But the tailor’s dummy gay.
Is the girl who dresses tike a man.
—New York Jjjuroal.
INTRODUCER.
Side Whiskers , —“1 ... , the
m Know
Misses Cherrylips?”
Aloustaehe—•'“Yes, Fve met them.”
-Truth.
CLOSE.
A7iggius—“And do you think that
Skinflint is a miser?”
Drump—“Miser! Why, that
would propose to a woman by postal
card!”—Truth.
v, }T"r. , w'? r Ue ?“ (pr ° a i l L t0 hl "
.fe)- Well, what do , you thmk ( of , my
new uniform . J
She—“Whv, you’re ‘dressed to
kill!’’’—Truth.
THE PERVERSITY OF OCRLS.
Jame8by—“Do " you think .he’ll
t von’”
f.w,rl xG I.i !,Tin ' ( ;Ttri i. m ‘ e A .. lle
family are al bitterly A' , opposed to me.”
—C hicago Ptecord.
HIS NORMAL CONMTIO
Messenger Bov—“Is Mr. Winbat
out?”
Hotel Clerk—“I suppose so. He’s
a member of the Chicago Baseball
Club.”—Chicago Record.
A DEEP PROBLEM*.
Mrs. Pndley—“Do you think a man
ever knows anything about a -woman’s
dress, anyway?”
Mr. Pridley—“Never. He cannot
even ascertain the exact cost. ”—Hallo,
NO EVIDENCE AGAINST’ THEM.
Young Inkstand—“YVliat thing in
literature should be the most pleasing
to young authors?”
Old Ditto —“The fact that their
works are invariably out of print.”—
Boston Courier.
A GENTLE HINT.
“Miss Adamant,” murmured the
youth, “why are you so hard-hearted!
Your heart is as hard as a diamond.”
“Yes,” sighed the maiden sug
gestivoly, 4 ‘and diamond cuts dift^
mond. ”_Hallo.
NOT HER DOING.
Younglove—“These are very hard
times, my love, and you will have to
reduce your dressmaker’s bills.”
Mrs. Younglove—“That’s as con¬
sistent as you men are ! You act just
as if I made out the bills.”—Puck.
A WIDE DIFFERENCE.
, 13 . ! - be dl -., lerence between ,
this .. coffee and my grandfather? said
the star boarder as ne stirred the
sugar in his cup.
smiled ./ iri the . su . landiady. 10 , cau nevei S uess >
“Grandfather was one ot the early
settlers. Judge.
HIS expensive TASTES.
Father—“Y'es, I admit that the
young man has a good income, but he
has very expensive tastes, very.”
Daughter—“lou amaze me. What
does he ever w ant that is so very ex
pensive?”
“Well, he wants you for one thing. ”
—New York Weekly.
AN EASY ONE FOR HIM.
Tommy’s Mother—“Did you hear
about poor Mrs. .Tones? She ran a
needle into her hand. The doctors
had to open every finger trying to
"
find it.”
Tommy—“AVhat, made ’em do that,
mamma? Whv didn’t they get the
lady another needle?”—Life."
A BRAVE RETORT.
,, Mine. -. M., r clever . pianist, . ,
a very
when sitting next to Colonel Eamollot
at the thnner-table, asked him, in a
winning tone ot voice : Are yon fond
ot music, Co o:nel?
•Madame, rephna the warrior,
rolling a savage pair of eyes “I am
not atratd of it. -Le Kappel.
A NOBLE AIM.
Parker “Poor old Brownley : He s
become insane, I hear, working at that
‘elephone invention.
Barker “What was he trying to
invent ?
Parker—“A device lor preventing
people from calling you up when you
don t want to tfclk with them.
WHAT WORRIED HIM.
“What do you think of the fruit
crop this year?” said the man in the
cars.
“The fruit crop!” repeated the
baseball player whom he addressed,
“That don’t worry me. It's the ter
nble goose-egg crop just beginning to
loom up that’s on my mind.”—Wash
ington Star.
THE OTHER Man’s LOOK-OFT.
“But, my dear sir,” said the man
who procrastinates, “if I pay you this
money, I will have to borrow it of
some one else. ”
• “Very well,” replied the cold¬
blooded citizen, “so long as you pay
what you owe me, I don’t object to
you owing what you pay me. ’’—Ameri¬
can Industries.
coxvEMtn.-r AND itkzpetsive.
Jobson—“I save myself a great deal
of annovance and trouble bv having a
my 1 tronsem ””^ erS ^
Dobson — “That’s quite an idea,
But isn’t it a little expensive? How
many suspenders do you have to keep
on hand, old man?”
Jobson—“One pair.”-—Truth.
THE HEIGHT OF INGRATITUDE.
“Well, I hope you will not speak
ankindly of Timmins any more. I
understand he has paid you the $10
ke borrowed. ”
,r Yea, but didn't hear of the
reffiark he you
made at the time? ’
“No. What was it?-’
“He sighed and said, ‘a fool an 1
his money are soon parted.'”—Wash¬
ington Star,
A SIMILAR FEELING.
Husband—“No, Alary; yon can
never accuse me of meanness. I paid
twenty-five dollars for that hat, and
seventy-five dollars for that dress, :
always like to see xr.y wife well
dressed. ”
AN ife (kindly) — “And I like tu see
yon look well, too, Henry. Give me
that hat, and I’ll touch up those rusty
j spots with this shoe-blacking.” —
Puck.
REVENGE.
“Ton say you u-aut to make a will :’
said the lawyer, in surprise.
‘‘Yes, sir.”
; “But you told just that
mo notv toy
hadn’t a dollar to leave, and that your
relatives had all neglected you so that
you wouldn’t do anything for them il
you could.”
“That’s just it. I’m going to make
I ; a will for revenge. I’ll git’em all tied
op in * law .nit th.ru keep ’em pool
M the re „, their ilves .’
' ton Ster
SMALL.
Che young man from the city had
I w” luck, but S? it was more He hadn’t than he hvl was mucj used
to, and he looked very jubilant as he
»trode into the farm house kitchen
1 j with his c . atch
What’je git?” asked his host.
“Oh, nothing much. Just a fev
catfish. ”
“Mean them-?” the farmer inquired
pointing with his pipe stem.
“Certainly. They’re not very large,
But there’s no doubt about their be
i ing catfish.”
“VATU, mebbe they passes fur cat
fish out whur you come from. But
here we calls them kitten-fish.”—
Washington Star,
THE EYES GET IT.
Farmer Hodge (reading novelette)
—“I’m out of all patience with that
Gladys Fitzallwyn in the story—the
Ava T she’s abusing her beautiful eyes,
doesn’t deserve to have none.”
Mrs. Hodge—“AAT’hat’s she been do
now?”
Farmer Hodge—“This book is full
of it. First she threw her eyes up to
ihe ceiling, and tli .-n let them drop on
the floor; then she darted them down
° a a lon S corriJor and rested them on
*, u ue cocd waters of the lagoon. 'I hen
Slie have called them back,
^> me how, for it says she bathed them
sa! ^> tears, wiped them, and
swept them with long lashes. Once
she was fool enough to rivet them on
the dome, and, when I left off, she was
fixing them on a mantel.”—Vogue.
BOUND TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE.
“Waiter,” said the cautious guest.
“I see you have canvas-back duck on
the bill of fare. Can you warrant it
to be canvas-back duck?”
“I can, sir,” replied the waiter.
“I don’t believe it, I see you also
claim to serve tenderloin steaks. Are
they really tenderloin steaks?”
“They are ”
“It is simply impossible. There u
one real, genuine tenderloin
steak in a beef, and you can’t kill a
cow for everv man who ca u 3 for a
steak of that kind. Hum—let me see :
Broiled red snapper. Sure it’s red
snapper?”
“Yes, sir.”
“I doubt it. You can easily make
Mississippi River buffalo look like red
snapper. Um—spring lamb, mint
sauce. Old mutton, without a doubt,
Waiter?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Bring mo some fried liver. ”—Chi
cago Tribune.
AVest Point anti Annapolis Cadets.
The general discipline and regula
“Ons of the Naval Academy at An
napolis and of the Military Academy
at West Point are muck the sa ^ e -
-^ ie P a J °f cadets at Annapolis is . $500
a J ear > and at w est Point $540 a year.
The course at AA T est Point is four years
and at Annapolis six years. Can di
dates for West Point must be between
8eTCnteen , nd twentyte-o / &<*** years old
aud for Annap()U9 OabeU b< ween and
twent at West Point are
ona leav0 of a , oscnoe which
is at the end of the first two years. J
0adet3 q resi ni M(l if at tiln0
th are oa deficient in their
studies or in discipline they are dis
missed. There is no set rule for the
competitive examinations by which
Congressmen frequently decide whom
they will appoint. But after the ap
pointmeut is obtained there is a pre
liminary examination held at AVest
Point, which the candidate must pass
before lie is admitted. It is a careful
examination in reading, writing, spell
ing, arithmetic, grammer, geography
and history of the United States. Al
ternates are appointed at each vacancy,
so that if the regular appointee fails
to pass tne preliminary . examinations .
at the academy, the alternate has a
chance for admission. In addition to
the examination above mentioned, the
applicant must pass a physical exam
ination an l be found sounl in wind
and limb, free from any defect that
would be an impediment to military
service.—St. Louis Republic.
Scarcity ot Lake Erie Fish.
The scarcity of fish in Late Erie
ami the some'what inferior Tari.tr is
causing something of an esofius' of
dealers front Lake Erie to the North
ern United States. The Sandusky Fisli
firms at and in the vicinitv of San
dusky, has decided to remove its en
tire;l"Mte*ste the Lake of the Woods
States ~ and ill-* Manfto’ba’” 611 ' ni e
n- wRifA
^ and'. ? nrge„n exist'in great quad
sufficient wkenthl ri^or-n
trade trade, and au 1 when tne rigorous A'onheru Northern
winter set.-> in wul corns back to Lake
Erie and go to work. Numerous com
panies along the nortn coast ot Lake
Erie will soon follow L-aae Erie sup
plies nearly ail of the northern L nited
States with fresh water fish, but ex
cessive netting for several years back
has almost ruined the business,
Philadelphia Press
NI-WSOF THE SOI TIT
BRIEFLY EPITOMIZED IN PUNG¬
ENT PARAGRAPHS
Chronicling Events of Special Inter¬
est to Our Readers.
The wheat crop of Dallas county,
Texas, is now being harvested. It
Mill sum up 600,000 bushels more
than last year, lhe commercial value
is 400,000. I his is the finest crop
produced in forty years.
The Mississippi railroad commission
completed its schedule of assessments
of the railroad, sleeping car, telegraph
and express companies, but it lias not
given its conclusion to the public. It
is believed, however, that there has
been no material change from the
schedule of last year anywhere along
the long.
The commencement exercises at the
Greensboro, N. C., Female college
were formally opened Wednesday
morning bv the baccalaureate sermon
by Bishop Fitzgerald, of Atlanta. The
speaker took for his text, “Her price
is far above rubies.” The bishop de¬
voted a great deal of his time to a pro¬
test against woman’s suffrage.
A Memphis dispatch says: The rail¬
road war rages with increased vio¬
lence. It has broken out in another
spot and now Memphis consigners get
the benefit of an extensive cut. The
Louisville and Nashville in Memphis
notified shippers that there will in a
few days be put into effect a sweeping
reduction in freight rates from all
Ohio points and Alemphisto the south¬
west territory.
Governor Tillman, of South Caroli¬
na, was interviewed Wednesday on his
return from New York. He said that
dispensaries and high license will be
the issue in the fall campaign in South
Carolina. The question will be settled
by democratic primaries in August.
“I will not be a candidate for governor
but will be in the race for Senator
Butler’s seat,” said the governor, “and
I expect to win.”
A chapter of the Bailway Employes’
Protective Association has been or
ganized at Montgomery, Ala., with a
membership of several hundred. This
is the second chapter organized in Al¬
abama. The first is at Birmingham.
The national constitution and the by¬
laws of the state organization of Geor¬
gia were adopted, with some local ad¬
ditions. The organizers will next
direct their attention to the South
Georgia and Florida cities.
A dispatch from Purvis, Miss., says:
There are at present hiding in the
bushes around the little interior vil¬
lage of Columbia, about eighty white
caps, all armed to the teeth. They
are said to be holding consultations
among themselves, endeavoring to de¬
cide the best method to pursue in or¬
der to rid themselves of prosecution
at the special term of court. The
sheriff lias been furnished with the
namei of about 250 of this lawles
band.
James Plunkett and J. F. Glover,
two white men, charged with counter¬
feiting and passing counterfeit dollars,
were given a preliminary hearing at
Savannah, Ga., Tuesday and sent to
jail. George Johnson, a negro, was
the only witness against them. Accor¬
ding to his story they had at the time
he met them more than 300 counter¬
feit dollars, some of which he brought
into Savannah. The negro’s character
has been proven bad, however, and his
story is believed to be a concoction to
shield himself and some comrades.
The Houston, Tex., Post, whose crop
report last season proved to be accu¬
rate as to acreage aud yield, will pub¬
lish the first report of the crop of
1894. The reports are from every
cotton growing county in Texas and
are full and complete. AVith scarcely
an exception there is general increase
in acreage, aggregating, on a conserv¬
ative estimate, at least 10 per cent,
some of the largest cotton producing
counties in the state showing an in¬
crease of 25 per cent. In one county
where no cotton was raised last year
10,000 acres are under cultivation this
year.
A FATAL WRECK
In Which Eight are Killed and Fifteen
or Twenty Injured.
An accident resulting in the loss of
eight lives and the injury of fifteen to
twenty persons, more or less seriously,
occurred at Marshfield, Wis. Train No.
26, on the Wisconsin Central railway
went through an open switch and was
completely wrecked. The cars after¬
ward took fire and were consumed.
Four persons were taken from the
wreck dead and four others are miss
ing, supposed to have been caught in
the mass of broken timbers and crushed,
Among the dead are the engineer, fire
man and one of the Tweedy brothers,
Drowned by a Cloudburst.
A cloudburst has occurred in the
Sierra Madre mountains, about seven¬
ty miles south of Mexico, and a camp
of charcoal burners were washed away
by the flood, which came raging down
the mountain gulch. Ten charcoal
burners in the camp were all drowned,
A Jealous Deo
“Judge Catron, formerly of tin
Supreme Court of Illinois, bad a fim
deer park at his home,” said S. C
Beckwith, of Ottawa, at the South
cm. “Inlhe park was a small drovt
of elk, one named Frank bein' hi]
especially friendly. He followed
keeper every_-%>! as a dog would do, and rnanb
tozlefl of «fft.-t!on, rabbin*
h ,s »“*•*»•»*' thc mnn
obeying , Ins every command. Franz
f*“ favor, ‘ e c but to
M lie show so much love as for hi.
"Another deer was brought ,nti
“ 3 '“ rd " h g s
Frank’Vmv^uTlem ,
and in a few days could stand it no
^ on 8 er - Charging upon the keeper,
urrived in time t0 SaVe llim ’ Thc ' n
the elk turned Up ° n the U fet deer - oi
xv]licil he was jealous, and before he
be overpowered had inflicted
mortal in j uries upon it . It was the
clearest case of jealousy I ever knew
iri an an i m al.”—[St. Louis Globe
Democrat
Most .. T look , . out ,. for number .
men one; .
most women claim to look out for
iiamber two—at the shoe store.
MA 1!Y uE NEWS.
CONDENSATION OF INTEREST¬
ING OCCURRENCES
A\ hleh Happen From Day to Day
Throughout the Busy World.
The Kansas republican state conven
tion, in session at Topeka, Wednes
day, nominated Congressman E. N.
Morrill for governor and W. A. John
son, tice of Minneapolis, for associate jus
of the supreme court.
r J ho Ohio Central railroad discontin
ued its entire freight service Tuesday
from lack of fuel, and within three
days will have to stop passenger traffic,
if no coal can be had. The Lake Shore
road has laid oft* niuo frieghts on three
divisions, and is burning cord wood
and old ties in freight locomotives,
One hundred and seventy-five ne¬
groes were landed at Scottdale, Pa.,
Standard Tuesday evening ami sent to tho
and Central works of the
Frick Coke Company. Most of them
were accompanied by their families.
Some of the labor leaders boarded the
train and tried to induce them to join
the strike. This they refused to do.
The National tube works at McKees¬
port, Pa., were surrounded by a crowd
of at least 5,000 strikers and sympa¬
thizers AVednesday night. The men
were nervous and anxious, but in no
way desperate. No trouble is looked
for unless an attempt is made to start
the works, All trains are closely
watched by the strikers for deputies,
but as yet no deputies have arrived on
the scene.
Owing to the scarcity of coal from
the groat, coal strike, the Mobile and
Ohio railroad shops at Jackson, Teun.,
have laid off thirty-five men. Two or
three trains have also been taken off.
The Jackson waterworks are mixing
wood and coal. The Illinois Central
railroad is hauling its coal stowed
along the southern divisions to the
Chicago division. Factories are find¬
ing it difficult to get coal.
A great drought in tho far western
part of Nebraska is reported. The
farmers have been unable to raise a
crop or obtain water for stock. As a
consequence hundreds of fat ms in
Lincoln and adjoining counties are
being deserted by their tenants, who
are moving eastward in wagons. No
rain has fallen iu weeks, and all vege¬
tation is parched. Other portions of
tho state fare very much better, but
in many places the small grain is a
failure.
William Barr, of Terre Haute, lud.,
one of the jddest and best known of
ATuidalia engineers, was instantly kill¬
ed by striking coal miners. Barr was
bringing west a special train of sixteen
coal cars. Since the strike trainmen
have been compelled to dodge rocks
thrown at them by miners on almost
every run. AVhen the train was be¬
tween Harmony aud Kinghtsville the
engineer and fireman were made the
target for a number of rocks thrown
by a group of strikers. Barr had just
dodged one rock and was in the act of
rising when he was struck and instant¬
ly killed.
CLEVELAND is already putting ror^n
her best efforts to make the Christian
Endeavor Convention, to be held
there in July, the most successful
religious gathering ever held. Every¬
thing is being done on a large and
liberal scale. Delegates are to be
given a fine two-color map of the city,
showing convention meeting places
and all points of interest. Cleveland
is pre-eminently a city of homes. The
hotels would not begin to accommo¬
date the hosts that will attend, but
the hospitable residents will throw
open their doors. The latest statis¬
tics regarding this wonderful move¬
ment show that there are now more
than 30,000 local societies, with a to¬
tal membership of 1,836,600. The'
growth in foreign lands has been
equally remarkable, England now
having over 1,200 societies and Aus¬
tralia about the same number.
The whale fishing industries of the
United States was at its height in 1854,
when 668 vessels were engaged in it.
ATLANTA MARKETS.
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
Groceries.
Coffee—Boasted—Arbnckle’s 23.10 $ 100 1b.
cases,Lion 23-10e,Levering’*23 10c. Green-Ex
ira choice 21e; choice good 2 >c; fair 19c; com
nion 1 TalSc. Hugar---Granulated 4>£c;
powdered 554C; cut loaf •5%
white extra C 4c; New Orleans yellow clari
fled 4c; ye low extra C 3%e. Syrup—
New Orleans choice 45c; prime 35@40c; common
20@30c. Molasses— Genuine Cuba 35(338c- im¬
itation 22@25. Teas—Black 35@55c; green
40@60c. Nutmegs 65@85c. Cloves 25(330c;
innamon 10@12>£c. Al spice -10@llc.
Ginger 18c. Singapore pepper 11c, 5lace
81.00. Itice, Head be; goo 1 51^; common
4%c; imported Japan 5@5^e. Salt— H wley’s
dairy White #1.40; Virginia 70c. Cheese-flats J3@!2%;
Mackerel, fish, hair bbls. $4-00; pails flic;
half barrels, $6-00@3.50. Soap.
Taliow, 100 bars, 75 lbs $3.00(33 75
turpentine, Candles—Parafine 60 bars, (K) lbs, $2.25 a z.5J
400s $4 11c; star 11c. Matches—
00; 300s 83 00a3 75; 200 h $2 00a2 75; 00s
5gross 83 75.Soda-Kegs,bulk 4%e ; do 1 lb pkg-
5%c; cases, 1 lb 5%c, dol and ^lbs8c, do^lb
6%c. Crackers—XXX so<la 5>£c; XXX buttei
6%c; XXX pearl oysters OJ^cisliell and excelsioi
7e;lemon cream 9c; XXX ginger snaps 9c; corn
hills 9c. Candy—Assorted stick 6c; French
mixed 12al2%. Canned goods-Condensed Milk,
$6 00a8 (X); imitation mackerel95a4 00. Sal¬
mon $5 25a5 50: F. \V. oysters $175; L W
$135; corn $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes $2.00
Ball potash $3 10. Starch—Pearl 4e; Lump.
4 A- ; nickel packages $3 10; celluloid $5.00,
Pieties, $1 plum or mixed, pints $1 OOal 40; quarts,
50a 1 80. Powder— Rifle, kegs $3.25; ^kegs,
$1 90, % kegs*l 10, Shot $1 40 per sack.
Flour, drain mid Heal.
Flour—First patent $42 5; second patent
13.75; extra fancy «3.15; fancy $3 00; familv
$2.75. Corn—No. 1 whito 6lc. No. 2
white, 60c. Mixed, 58c. Oats, Mixed
48 j: white 50c; Seed rye, Georgia,
75a80c- Hay—Choice timothy, large bales,
95c. No. 1 timothy, large baies, 95c: choice
timothy, small hales, 95c; No. 1 timothy, small
bales, 90c; No. 2 timothy, small bales, 823^c.
’'Lai—Plain 58 -; bolted 53c. Wheat bran—
Large sacks 90c, small sacks 95c. Cotton¬
seed meal—$1 3 > per cwt. Steam feed—$1.10
per cwt Stock peas Al.25al.30. Grits—
Pearl $3.20
( ountrv Produce.
F^prs 12a!2>£c. BuUer—Western creamery
Turkeys 7®8e per lb; hens 22^a25c.
Spring chickens, large 25 to 30c;
Duck-, 20a22%c. Dressed poultry—Turkeys
bushel S1.15a$l.l'C Sweet, potatoes 9(Jca$l.
&.C
per bbL Spanish onions, am bushel crates,
$1 40aL50. Cabbage. 2ai^e. Grapes, Malaga,
50 to 55 lb. kegs, $5.50a$6 00.
9c SaB^n'S' .. ., h™h 7 £l , . |T'"SoriiS it If .
to brand and average: California, 9^c. break
fast bacon 12c. Lard( let 8j^c. Compound
< i ott ® n -,,
Market t closed J steady. , Middling 0%c.
n
SONG OF A HEART,
Dear heart— I love you ! All the day I wov
der
If skies are rieh with biuo
Or bending black with tempest and witif
thunder.
Dear heart, dear hear, o er you !
Dear heart—I love you ! When pale star*
are gloaming—
(Sad tears to me, and few U
; wonder if God’s lovelier lights are stream
ing,
Dear heart, dear heart, o'er you !
Dear heart—if life ha t only one bright bio >
som,
One rose to meet tho dew—
Ed kiss it, climbing to your restful bosom.
And wear its thorns for you !
-Frank D. Stanton, iu Atlanta Constitution
PITH AND POINT.
Every one lias to be a little crazy i >
he happy.—Atchison Globe.
The Woman Question: “Now isu *
this a pretty time of night for you t »
get home?”—Texas Siftings.
The beauty of the straight and unr
row path is that it is not too over¬
crowded for bicycles.— Puck.
Mrs. Mulligan — “I’d rather hcv
tho hull family sick than you. Mr
Mulligan—“So would £.”— Hall '•
Dangerous City: “A ir.ee sort of i
town this is! At every enrn >r a
creditor awaits a fellow. F'ieg -u Ie
Blaetter.
“This is the kind of weal her that
tries men’s soles,' said Slopkins, as
he stepped into a muddy pool. -Buf¬
falo Express.
He—“Have you ever noticed whit
simple tastes Airs. Allcash has?” She
— “Goodness, yes! I met her husban 1
to-day.”— Inter ’ >cean.
Sufferer—“You advertise to pull
teeth without pain. Is that true or
false?’ Dentist—“It’s true—if the
teeth are talse !”—Hallo.
Parker —“Swell boardiug-lionsc,
isn’t it?” Barker — “dwell? Hash is
never mentioned except as ‘renais¬
sance corned beef.’ ” Puck.
Mathilde--“Air. Hungerford is a
man who thoroughly believes in liim
self. ” Elaine—“How gullible
very
he must be.”—Brooklyn Life.
Teacher — “Name some of the grant
inventions of the age.” Little Girl-
“’Leetric lights, telephones, tallciu -
dolls and—an’ safety pins.” —Good
News.
Ethel—“Do you allow Charles to
kiss you when you are not yet engaged
to him?” Maud—'“It isn’t an allow¬
ance. He calls it a perquisite.”—Ray¬
mond’s Monthly.
Jupiter —“I don’t see why a wo¬
man’s husband is never her ideal.”
Juno—“No? AVell, it’s because the
ideal is always the unattainable.”—•
Detroit Free Press.
Blobbs — “Is Wigwag lucky?’
Slobbs (a blowing enthusiast)—“I
should say he was. Why, if he rolled
his eyes he’d make a ten strike.”—•
Philadelphia Record.
Beware of the man who smiles when
he’s angry; he is likely to be dan ger¬
ous. And beware of the man who
looks glum when lie’s glad; lick
probably a humorist.—Puck.
Indignant Constituent—“Bir, yon
have proven utterly false to your prin¬
ciples.” Great Statesman—“Nothing
of the sort. I merely wore them out
and got a new set.”—Indianapolis
Journal.
Littlo Gladys —“Granny, go down,
on your hands and knees for a initiate,
please. ’ Fond Grandmother —“ vVnat
am I to do that for, my pet?” Little
Gladys—“ ’Cause I want to draw au
elephant. ”—Tit-Bits.
A book agent attempted to sell a
Frankford politician an encyclopedia.
“Cyclopedia?” exclaimed the Frank¬
fort man. “No! don’t want it.
AVouldn’t have time to ride it.”—•
Philadelphia Record.
Professor of Astronomy — “Can any
one tell what the ‘milky way’ is?’
Tommy—“Please, sir, f don’t know
what it is, but I think it was caused
by the cow jumping over the moon.”
—Philadelphia Record.
Excited Man—“I must have a lmti
dred dollars. Can’t you lend it to
me?” Cool Friend—“Oh, certainly,
but not all at once. I can let you
have ten cents every two or three
weeks.”—Texas Siftings.
Hoax—“Do you think the English
tongue will ever becom a dead
language?” Joax— (.; vVell, judging
from the way some people persist iu
murdering it, it ought to be dead
now. : —Philadelphia Record.
Mi*. Blunt—“My dear Count, you
femind me of a watermelon.” Count
— “In vat way?” .Mr, Blunt—“Al¬
though you arc very seedy, you are
admitted into our best families with
out question.”—Texas Siftings.
She—“You profess to think a great
deal of me. That is all right so long
as everything is going pleasantly.
But would you make any great sacri¬
fice for my sake?” He —“You know I
would. Haven’t I offered to marry
you ?”—Boston Transcript.
During a call that little four-year
Mary was making with her inothei
a slice of cake was given her. “Now,
what arc you going to say to the
lady? ’ asked the mother. “Is you dot
any more?” asked little Mary, deinure
!} r .—Philadelphia Times.
“Don’t yo i like Professor Tinkins?”
asked one girl. “Oil, dear, uo,” re
plied the other girl. “He’sso fatigu¬
ing. “He has the reputation of
being very brainy.” “That’s just the
trouble. AVhen he talks you have to
listen to what he is saying, or you
can’t reply to his remarks.”—Wash¬
ington Star.
Gertrude I hear.t that Mr. Brush
pai l me a very nice compliment to
^ erxruae W Uj h > sai l that among
mos t beautiful young ladies at the
dance was Miss Gertrude Cran ls.ll”
Carrie 1 e 11 ‘J) 1 'Yes; X notish
You among them. —Brooklyn Life.
. 0 ^ 7 amt ;-:'"’“ the oue you ~y«.i are to choose special
must depend on the trade or profes
sion you desire to follo w ’ Asciirino
Youth “My father wants me to be a
I “iioaM like te hs
a dramatist, i rofessor—“Very well;
i-ake the course oi: mechauical enoj
neering. That will fit ‘ vou for bot‘f DOta ' '•» A J
—Good News