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gave himself over completely to relie- • , . , ., , ,
.- j ... . - y .. . 6 issue from the tomb, the prayer for the j
Our lives are albums, writtcB through
With good or ill, with false or true.
DON .JUAN MANUEL.
THE FRANKEST BAD MANNERS.
ious devotion, and from this he went
into a melancholy so black and deep ~T*
««« TT > and, bearrng it to the street of Don Juan
tnat no one could console him. His M aTll1A |
cheeks became sunken, a purple circle * «’ , , , . , , .
appeared around his eyes, and his clear, 1 d g a man, „ bQUnd . ha ? d a f d foot l ! people are capable, somehow, of the
wi — There was a gallows m the atrium of , frankest bad manners in the world.
GENERAL NEWS-
They carried an empty coffin, : gfaonn by kVr.j»: • while Visit
ing in America -An Example.
Manuel, they brought it back thence, j Ye ^ j agree , vitil you Ula£ English
8 W limv ^Z leX tfVr ed ^ Ra 1 the^^Td
slimy yellow, that at once revealed that 1
he was consumed by terrible* physical
sufferings, as well as by spiritual iilnesa.
For some time Don Juan Manuel re
mained shut in hi3 house, and none had
speech of him. 'Then, in secret, and
with a thousand reserves, the
i here is in Mexico a street lined by women who were old an l devotees
the tallest and most sumptuous build- declared that Don Juan Manuel had
mgs, where for years litr. e lived wealthy made a compact with the devil, and
and prominent merchant*; Situated in they blessed themselves and showed the 1
the most populous, the mo6t central part cross for the Evil One. The truth per-
of the city, it is what 'we may call an haps was that Don Ju&£ Manuel was
aristocratic street. jealous of his wife, with whom he was
Nevertheless, its aspect ia dreary by madly in love? and as he could not dis-
day, and by night lugubrious. The great cover nor prove with certainty who it
zaguans (street-doors) of ancient carved was who robbed him of his honor, he
wood seem the entrances to castles; on was on the verge of madness from rage
the high wails of the buildings are pro- and despair.
jected, in a most singular manner, the One night the body of a murdered
lights and the alternate shades of the man was found in that 6treet; but as
street-lamps, and from the Churriguer- there was absolutely no police vigilance
esque cornices of the balconies phantoms at that time, and the city was unlighted,
appear to detach themselves, which now and robbers abounded, this misfortune
blend and hide in the zaguans, now was attributed to them. However it
ascend to the roof cornice, • nd there was remarked that a large sura of money
peep and laugh, showing deformed and was left in the pockets of the victim,
fantastic shapes to the people who pass, j Within a week, another corpse lay in
Thus to my imagination appeared one the street now called after Don Juan
dark night, cold and windy, the street j Manuel. The next day another, and
of Don Juan Manuel. A dear friend of
mine was dying that night, and I had to
go in search of a good priest, to bestow
the last benediction which the Christian
craves on the day lie departs this life
forever.
That night, at intervals, gusts of icy
wind blew from off the volcanoes, and
now and then great rain-drops fell,
which the wind beat and dashed against
the dark panes within the balconies; in
the whole street there was no living
creature but a lean black dog. gnawing
a bone thrown out by some servant.
The oil-lamps cast shado ws rather than
light, and thj small reddish flame trem
bled sinisterly in the black tin holder.
The watchmau slept at the comer,
wrapped in his dark-blue mantle, and
the echo of footsteps on the flags of the
walk resounded along the whole extent
of the street, at once dismal and
majestic, and broke the silence, now
and then disturbed also by the croak of
sonil nightbird.
This is the historic legend of the street
of Don Juan Manuel:
In the year 1630 the street was not 2».
the condition that wayfarers now be
hold it. Mexico was already, as it
were, planned and arranged, but the
streets, with few exceptions, were not
finished. There were large, tine houses
close beside others of poor and defective
construction; some lmd high, well-made
fences protecting ♦heir gardens, while in
others, in the Celada (now the street »_f
San Bernardo) and in that of which we
speak, there were scattered among
houses many vacant ground plots, fenced
in only with wood, or adobes, or dry
dry thorn brush.
The owner of the houses and grounds
in that road was a cavalier called Don
Juan Manuel. Ho was a personage sur
rounded in all directions by shadows
and mysteries which never let him be
seen in all the true reality. At night he
would enter the palace of the viceroy,
muttied to the eyes in a long black
cloak, and there he would remain for
hours, conversing. None would see him
come forth, and some who, from curb
osity, watched him go in, declared that
before knocking at the private door of
the |)alace, Don Juan Manuel would un-
muflle himself, cross himself tlirice,
and, drawing a silver-handled rapier, he
would test it, examine its point, and
then return it to the sheath. And they
who saw this feared that the viceroy
some morning would be found murdered
in his bed.
Don Juan Manuel was a very charita
ble man. It was told of him that he
was once visited by a widow who had
two charming daughters, young and
fair. Don Juan Manuel bestowed 55.000
upoA each of the girls, and refused even
to see them.
Don Juan Manuel was of jealous
nature. It was said that his wife was
an illustrious lady of rare beauty, but
none had ever seen her, for she remained
shut within the house, and only left it
to go to mass at 5 o’clock of a morning,
wrapped in a great black woolen cloak.
No one visited the house, and none en
tered there save the confessor, who now
and then went to drink chocolate there
after mass.
Don Juan Manuel was brave. One
night six robbers set upon him, armed
with daggers. He drew his sword of
the fashion Cid Ruy Diaz, and setting
his back against a zaguan door, he let
none of them approach him until a
patrol came to the rescue, who after
ward found the trails of blood made by
the assailants, all wounded by the one
man.
Dou Juan Manuel was not a good
man, but pious; he confessed and took
the sacrament every week; he disciplined
himself every night at the nearest
church; he relieved many of the poor,
assisted at the feasts of the Virgin, and
J>aid for tapers and lamps which burned
day and night in the churches.
All this was told of Dou Juan Manuel,
but in reality he was a most mysterious
man, of whom it might be assumed that
all.knew him. and none knew him truly.
If asked to describe him. one said ho was
tall of stature, very straight and stately,
with a face pale and almost jaundiced, a
thick black beard, and black, sparkling,
deep-set eyes. Others, on the
contrarv, averred that he was
but of ordinary height, with
xnild and charitable countenance,
with eyes expressive and full of sweet
ness, and only a short mustache.
Neither could all agree as to his garb,
the best informed concurring in that he
wore alwavs black, while others had
noted his elegant hoodless cloaks: hut
the greatest number were unanimous in
saying that at night he might be met in
the darkest streets, going in and out of
mean-appearing houses, wrapped in a
long cloak. . . ,
Such was the gossip of the vulgar,
which, starting from a foundation of
truth, poetizes and reverses things and
forms, giving to them the strange, in
definite, or mysterious character which
eo delights the human imagination.
Thus originates the greater part of the
legends and traditions of every people.
Time .went on and on, and every year
added some particular, some new stroke
to the character of Don Juan Manuel
ae portrayed. Suddenly the cavalier
another, and, periodically thereafter,
others. The city was full of terror—
several of the dead men belonging to the
best known and most honored families
in the city.
The question* was, who was the author
of those crimes? The vulgar answered
that, ei tirely led away by the devil, to
whom he had surrendered his soul on
condition of being shown the lover of
his wife, Don Juan Manuel went forth
every night from his house, closely muf
fled, with a short dagger in his hand,
and when he encountered any man near
the house, blinded by jealousy, he would
infer that this was one of the many who
were resolved to injure his honor, and
so asked the other:
“What is the hour?”
“Eleven o’clock,” the wayfarer would
answer in all innocence. Then—
“Happy art thou who knowest the
hour of thy death!” would respond Don
Juan Manuel, and at the same time
strike his dagger into the heart or throat
of his victim, whom he would leave
dead and bathed in blood, while he re
turned home, iwhence was heard the
formidable claj\n of the heavy door
closing, after A%Mich all remained in
silence and in glc >m.
The most dangerous hours were from
11 to 12 at night, and few, even if in
quest of the Holy Oil, would venture to
jkis8 through that street after 8 at night,
unless accompanied by two or three
guards. However, some there were,
who from incredulity, or from dire ne
cessity. did pass through the domains of
Don Juan Manuel, and sure it was that
that night knowing exactly the hour,
they would fall victims to the sanguin
ary fury which the demon had inspired
in that cavalier. The fact was that the
murders were committed with fre
quency, that the bodies were found next
day with all their apparel and valuables,
and that, in whispers and murmurs,
Don Juan Manuel was pointed out asths
author of the crimes: but the visible tes
timony was all to the contrary Don
Juan Manuel, although s&d and gloomy,
attended mass, gave alms, and visited as
of yore his friend the viceroy. Who
would dare accuse a man so wealthy
and respected without even proof to
offer against him? Thus all the world
talked of the matter, but were content
with shutting themselves within doors
as soon as sounded the call for prayer
for lost souls.
There was in the street of Don Juan
Manuel—probably about where Senor
Dozal’s superb building stands—a house
of poor aspect, which was the property
of a beata—a devotee—of some fifty
years old. One of the errors to which
youth is victim, when confiding too
much in the other sex, had caused
Mother Mariana, as she was called, to
the habit of devotee, promising, further,
to recite daily credos of the Precious
Blood, equal in number to that of the
current day of the month; on the 25th,
for instance, she spent a long time in re
peating the twenty-five credos which fell
to her lot. Thus, she never slept earlier
than midnight. In that unpaved street,
dark, silent, and entirely deserted after
8 o’clock at night, there was seen #at
one light, like a lonely, distant star in a
cloudy sky: it was the light that came
from the narrow shutters of the beata
Mariana, who lighted a little lamp be
fore an image of Jesus Christ, that was
tied to a post, and she did not close her
shutter until after ehe had said her
credos. Nearly every night she heard a
door close noisily, and that sound oc
curring always at the same hour caused
her to w itch until she was satisfied that
it was the door of the house of Don
Juan Manuel.
One night, toward the end of the
month, when her prayers were long,
while on her knees before the image,
she heard a moan; she put out the light,
and, approaching the shutter on tiptoe,
cautiously put forth her head. A man
was running, and another, following,
overtook him almost at Mariana’s very
door, and gave him four or five stabs.
The man groaned piteously, and fell a
short distance away. The murderer
left him, and shortly the beata saw and
heard that a door softly opened, and a
cloaked man went in at it.
This door was in the house of Don
Juan ManueL
Mariana went to her bed full of ter-
tor. and the following day, when the
body had been found, she went to relate
to her confessor what had happened, and
told him her strong suspicious. The
Driest obtained an audience with the
bin it the
nftek of the man, extingub.« i the
tapers, and chanted the “Miserere."
Every week this was repeated, and they
* ho chanced to see that awful proces
sion returned home sickening of fever,
and within a few days died.—Manuel
Payno.
It was many years before the partial
truth was known of what appeared to
only a tale. Then Don Jose
Gomez de la Cortina published a
work entitled w La Calle de Don Juan
Manuel,” from which the following brief
statement is condensed:
“Don Juan Manuel de Solorzano was
a renowned Spanish gentleman, a native
Have you heard any of the funny stories
flying about that English couple touring
amongst us a while ago? Mr. and Mrs.
? They are both, you know, publio
characters, both literary, learned in their
grooves, Madame aesthetic. Monsieur,
Reverend, philanthropic, and a musical
enthusiast.
A musical friend of mine met them
and was sufficiently fascinated by their
converse to meditate inviting them to
spend some days at her house. She
mentioned this project to the lady who
was entertaining them. “I have no
doubt you would make a visit charming
to them,” the lady replied, “but before
yon ask them, I think I ought, inhos
pitable as it seems, to give you some
of Burgos, who came to America in the g, ight accost of our expersenoe as
suite of the "Viceroy Don Diego Fernan- I hosts.”
dez de Cordoba, marquis of Giiadalcazar. { 3^ visit to us was to begin at lunch
Don Juan Manuel was on me it friendly I time It wa8 aImost the hour for that
terms with tlft viceroy of his day, mea [ when Mr. , from whom they
and he was sent on d vers mis- j we re coming to us, drove hastily to our
sions to Spam. About 1638 he door “Have Mr. and Mrs. ‘reached
married Dona Mariana Laguna, ; here yet?” were almost his first words,
only chUd and heiress of a rich miner of ! „ No> tllough j’ m looking for them any
Zacatecas. After receipt in Mexico erf moment.”
the uprising in Catalona, the viceroy be- j - Well> we - re at an utter ^ what to
came the victim of the Audiencia, which . d() Thev left us this morning with no
body long hail sought to depose him, and word <as - to their i ug g age , their trunks
Don Juan Manuel was involved in the ari . standing open in their rooms, noth-
dLsaster and recced to prison by order ing p^ked up . eve „ their toilet appa .
of the alcade, Don Francisco \ elez de mtus scattered about. Are we to have
Pereira. Don Juan Manuel took his re- j them packed, do you suppose?"
verse calmly and was patiently awaiting j Jllst tUen our gue3ts cum Saluta-
m prison a change of fortune, when he tiong 0 „ er » Are our boxes come?" de-
was advised that the alcalde visited his m anded Madame. Mr. — interposed. *1
wife oftener than was required by mere have j ust driven liere to as k about them,
politeness. Through the influence of a As ,hey were open, and nothing packed,
rich amt powerful friend, a fellow-pris- j we d ; d not understand your intentions
The election of a Prince for Bui-
sr.uia hi s been postponed until X, -
vernber1st
Geronimo is confined with four
teen other warriors at Fort Pickens-
on Santa Rosa Island opposite Pen
sacola.
It is learned from an un
doubted source that Bismark is
equally averse to the Russian occu
pation of Bulgaria and to the Eng-
ii--h exit from Eaypt.
The London Time.*' correspondent
at Berlin says: “The Emperor Wil
liam looks astonishingly w ell, ano
at the opera he apparently led the
cheering ot the scenes in the mili
tary ballet.
Turkey has entered into a con*
tract with a German firm for the
construction of twelve torpedo
boats. They will cost $136,000, and
are to be finished within sixteen
months.
Farm and Garden Sotos.
Tar ought not to be used in mark
ng sheep. It dries inlo a hard
urap, which must be cut off by
•land.
oner, Don Juan Manuel was afforded fa
cilities for leaving the prison secretly at
night, to investigate the truth of these
rrjiorts and the behavior of his wife.
Several nights Don Juan Manuel availed
himself of this privilege, and on one of
them he killed the alcalde. The Audi
encia dared not declare the murder of
their chief, owing to the cause which
led to it, aB it appears that the alcalde
made the wife's frailty the price of lib
erty for Don Juan Manuel. Thus the
viceroy redoubled his efforts to save Don
Juan Manuel, and they were confident
of success, when suddenly, one morning
in October, 1641, his body was discovered
hanging in the public gallows—testi
mony to the dark and mysterious policy
of the times. The street where Don
Juan Manuel lived, where he had built
nearlv all the houses, and where he slew
about them.
“Why,” returned his late lady guest,
“I expected your valet would pack my
husband's things, and your wife’s maid
attend to mine.”
“Very good,” returned Mr. —. “The
luggage shall come at once.” He has no
vallet, and his wife has no maid, but
somebody packed the boxes and speeded
them here.
At breakfast next morning we had
unbolted wheat gems. Both our guests
declined them, but Mr. — looked very
curiously to see what we should do with
them. When one was broken open,
“Why, they’re not meatl” he exclaimed.
“Oh, no. they’re hot biead made of
unbolted flour,” we said.
“Aw! then I’ll try one, he remarked.
“I think its very stupid to travel in a
: foreign country and shun all the oddities
one encounters! Take one, my dear!” he
the alcalde, was then known as Calle < ^ ^
N. eva, or New Street. Now it bears his ^ added presently to h.s wife, “they’re not
name. 8[1 bad as they look!”
The first part of this paper is by Man- j. For dinner we had turkey—a very
ue! Payno. a noted Mexican historian. ■ i arge one. Some of it was grilled for
it is from EI Lihro Rojo, compiled by | supper, and next day we had some in a
General Riva Palacio, now Minister to salad for lunch. Mr. — did not under-
Spain, a book full of the historical, j Bta nd what the dish was, and I said it
bloody deeds of the Inquision in Mexico. , was turkey salad. “Aw!” he answered
—Y. H. Addis in The Argonaut
A Study uf French Life.
A good placo to study French life is in
the market on the regular days—'Tues
days and Fridays. Along the sides of
the building are stalls kept by women
from the city. These are open every
day. The center of the market ia occu
pied by country people, who come in
but twice a week.
me, “turkey for dinner, turkey for sup
per, turkey for lunch; no wonder they
call the turkey the American bird.”—
Philadelphia Cor. Providence Journal.
women take great pride in their st&lls,
and decorate them with flowers of all
colors, while the fruits are laid in artis
tic and tempting display. The whole
effect is most picturesque as one enters
at the far end of the market, the gay
and varied colors contrasting prettily
with the gray stone walls.
Mrs. Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Mrs. Browning’s conversation was
most interesting. She never made an
insignificant remark. All that she said
was always worth hearing; a greater
Some of the old compliment could not be paid her. She
a most conscientious listener, giving
you her mind and heart as well as her
magnetic eyes. Persons were never her
theme unless public characters were un
der discussion or friends were to he
praised. One never dreamed of frivoli
ties in Mrs. Browning’s piosence, and
gossip felt itself out of place. Yourself,
"Women in their different costumes not herself, was always a pleasant sub
walk about from place to place inspect- : ject to her, calling out all her best
ing all before they buy. Ladies with svmpathies in joy, and yet more in
their maids to carry baskets harangue sorrow. Books and humanity, great
with the venders about prices and qual- ! deeds, and above all, politics, which in- i niiles of the Georgia Central rail-
ity. About the latter they are more j elude all the grand questions of the day, i . .
easily satisfied than they would be in the 1 * * — '— ** ’ ** ' s e ' eDS,on
United States, for there is very little
adulteration here. When one buys
sugar they are pretty sure of having Itie
Gen. A. P- Hiii, one of Lee’s
ablest lieutenants, and the man
spoken of by Lee in his dying mo
ments, lies in a neglected grave. He
was killed, with a sick furlough in
his pocket, at the close of the war.
The Secretary of War has direct-
id that Chief MagDus and the two
i ticks captured with Geronimo and
hu- band and that the squaws and
children in Mangus’ band be sent
to Fort Marlon, Fla.
General Kaulbats has informed
the Bulgarian government by note
that Ru“sia will regard the pro
ceedings of the sunrar.je as null
and void. A dispatch Irom Athens
says a rumor is current there that
the czar has consented to occupy
Bulgaria.
The royal commission, which has
been erquiring into the causes oj
the recent riots in Belfast concluded
its labors October 25. The Irish
l in.es says: The reports in circula
tion that the government’s pro
gramme includes a visit of the
Queen to Ireland in 1887 are true.
The ministry has already submitted
the project to the Queen vflio enter
tains the suggestion favorably.
An application of lye will restore
■o rough trunks aud b anches of
>rei ard trees their original smooth
ness.
If you receive trees or plants
-hipped from a distance, it is well
•o place the roots iD water for from
12 to 24 hours before planting nut.
The over-feeding of any kind of
breeding stock is calculated to
impair fertiii y and that species ol
hriftiness which prompts to activi
ty and the full working powers of
all the vital organs.
Fruit that cannot be so’d may
be dried, evapu-atel, made irro
cider for vinegar or jelly. Tn th s
manufactured form it can he kept
as long as necessary and sold when
a fait price can be secured.
The Rural New Yorker notes that
where the ground is covered to a
depth sufficient to keep out frost,
with some rich maoure, asparagus
can be cut earlier than when it has
to wait for the frost to thaw out ■ f
the ground.
In buying pigs for breeding stock
the best is the cheapest, though t
costa little more money. The rea-oa
why breeders justify themselves in
saving runts is because some men
a re thoughtless enough to buy tnem
at a low price.
Use the scales on the farm in ol
der to m ire accurately keep an ac
count of all sales a nurchases, as
well as the amount of food allowed
Every meal should bo weighed, ami
: lit- gain or loss of flesh carefulh
i- served.
A contemporary says: “D : p soft
wood posts, such as willow and
poplar, into coal tar, and the wood
is made to last in the ground eqtml
to the best seasoned oak.” Any
person can satisfy himself ef the
fallacy of this by trying the experi
ment.
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ATLANTA, GA.
THE FALL CAMPAIGN IS OPEN!
Phe Races Have Begun. Tim in Your Fastesu Nags and
Watch us!]Look Back into Their Faces!
Feel of Oar Paisa ail Yoa willGJlMwJffita of tia
Dry Goods Market For Atlanta!
Urom o ir competitors, tiurin jj the next ni i«:ty days you tniy look oat for a hush
i.iroraeter, with prices rooting upwarti, nn‘1 a slight tendency to nervousness, fol
lowed by more or less fever, when our prices are mentioned.
D. H. Dougherty & Co.
Xowwe have passed
•* h'leal most over v B »1
iown a lea : and tell vo
i irst quarter pole and are full five lengths ahead, and
v’l uvs i1 >w we ai l it, we will hire take occasion to turn
• i it it was
BSSC ATTSES
Wesell a beautif it four mittou kid iriove atSOcents a pair!
Because our five button -callop top kid glove is aporfdet beauty, and is made I
i fine, soft sk n, and is undertlie market in price. .....
Because we don't advertise to sell an article worth _10e.for 15c, tor we canM doit,
•on know; lint we do sav that our Knit Underwear tor Ladies, Misses, Children
ind Gents, are bin values. 45c each for Ladies’ Pants and Vests, good quality.
:>c each for Misses’ Pants and Vests, good quality. The Misses’ are sizes 16 to34.
Because our stock of vVorsted and Bilk Dress Goods arc the kandsoinost in the
• mu'ry, and high prices are out of fashion. ... , ...
Because our Pl.tui an 1 Striped Plush a:i 1 Velvet Novelties and Boauod and Jet
rrimmings match tlio Worsted a:; l silk Dress Goods, and everybody says they
tro cheap.
Becauseyou can't afford to buy your Dry Goods before you examine our many
targains. *
Washington special to the World
says: The expert from New York
School of Massage, who has helped
Secretary Manning so much, had
an interview with the President
yesterday. Mr. Cleveland intends
to take a course ot treatment to see
if he can not reduce his flesh. He
has gained so inutn in tne last six
months that he has had to have the
buttons on his coat moved three
inches. Gen. Sheridan placed him
self in the hands of this massage
prolessor yesterday to have liis
waist reduced to normal size. Mas
sage aud Swedish movement prom
ise ’o be very fashionable with
Washington notables afflicted with
large waistbands.
The contract has b«en let for the
buiidding of the first tw’enty-sevcn
“cal. pure article, and not something
half glucose. Everything is inspected
before passing the customs, and if not
good is thrown away. Eggs are very
fresh, and butter, although unsalted, is
usually good.—Havre Cor. Cleveland
Leader.
Could Jump aa Far as Ever.
In a town just outside of Boston, where
tlse people generally live to a good old
age, there is a man of S3 summers who
peddles out his own crop of apples around
the country every falL On one of the
peddling trips last week the old gentle
man was invited to take dinner, and had
just seated himself at the table when he
suddenly jumped up. “Forgot to hitch
my hoss, by hokey,” said he. He
skipped out of the room like an 8-year-
old boy playing hop scotch, and in an
other minute or two skipped back again
in the same lively manner and resumed
liis seat at the table. “Why Uncle
said his host, “you act as though you
were 30 years old instead of 83.” “Oil!
yes,” said the old man, leaning back in
were foremost in her thoughts and there- j ° VJ 1 IV 0111 ood watei,
fore oftenest on her lips. I speak not of j Hirininghan). The coinple-
religion, for with her everything was re- J tion of this gap with the Memphis
ligion- j and Birmingham road, now build-
Thoughtful in the smallest things for i( , g> and known a8 the Kansas City
others, she seemed to give little thought i „ . . . . , . .
to herself. The first to see merit, she T ,! " t< '’. Whuh the engineers say will
was the last to censure faults, and gave . ^ finished by the first of July next,
the praise that she felt with a generous I v ill give the northwest a direv
hand. No one so heartily rejoiced at the j short line railway connection with
success of others; no one was so modest : lhe southeastern gulf coast. The
m her own triumphs, bhe loved all who \ ^ . ., . ,
offered her affection, and would solace j tor K ia Central company has
and advise with any. Mrs. Browning i bought $60,000 worth ot unimproved
belonged to no particular country; the ! property in Birmingham adjoining
world was inscribed upon the banner un- j the recent purchase by the Kansas
der which she fought. Wrong was her City roaU) to be uset , for ,j epot ^
machine shop sites.
enemy; agaiust this she wrestled in what
ever part of the globe it was to be found.
—Exchange.
Lozenges for Church Consumption.
On Saturday night an interesting
scene is to be witnessed in every town
and village in Scotland. It is a stream
of the natives in their Sabbath clothes
making for the small grocers. The
puzzled visitor little thinks that an in
quiry into the meaning of this would
give him the secret of Scotland’s reputa
tion of being a kirk going people. What
his chair, “I’m just as young as I aver , eveI T one is buy is a bag of pepper-
was. Why, I ken jump jest as fur as uuut lozenges, and he always tells th#
ever I could, only I can’t light so easy.”
—Boston Record.
Why Don’t They?
Can any one explain why it is that the
prophets can only foretell something in
the nature of a disaster? Why do *t
they tell us to look out for two weeks of
delightful weather, a fine rain for the
turnips. 10 cents for cotton, or a boom
in real estate? It begins to look as though
these prophets have inherited the ears of
Balaam’s ass and none of his discretion
iiiid foresight.—Macon Telegraph.
shopman to give him the change in half
pennies. The halfpennies are for the
plate, the lozenges for church consump
tion. Many pounds of the kind known
as “extra strong” are eaten throughout
the country at every service. There is
a great art in slipping them solemly
into your mouth, and long practice has
made some devout people so good at it
that they can do it though the minister’s
eye be on them.—Pall Mall Gazette.
Chinese Pigtails Not of Chinese Origin.
Pigtails, it, may not be generally
known, are not in their origin Chinese.
When the present rulers of China, who
are Manchus, seized upon the empire
A Danger©oj Claes of Men.
2*0 uno who has not gone through the over two centuries ago, they issued an
Viceroy and told him the occurrence, but experience has any idea of the danger- ! edict commanding all Chinese to shave
the viceroy only laughed and told the ous class of men mates have to handle, their heads and grow a tail like them-
father that all this was vulgar gossips The police court records give some idea selves. There was a great deal of trouble
rhich "hould not be repeated or noticed, of the character of the men, and out of at first in enforcing such an order, but
Mariana, however, had told the other the batch of vagrants and dangerous the Chinese have long ago forgotten that
beatas, and thenceforth the terror in- men turned loose daily and given a few the appendage of which they are now so
creased, and the apparitions were more hours to leave the town, a large ma- proud is a badge of ocmqueet.—Nine-
dreadful. It was said that from the j°rity on some outgoing boat a* teenth Century.
_ ,, , ,, ,, deckers. These ruffians have no particu- „ . —
scaffolds and rubbish where the catha- pi^ ot abode> ^ little how they * orth shon -
dral was buildm?. came forth every Fn- u apparendv leas for their lives. The " orth sh <« of Lake Superior ha.
day night a processionrtrf moub-hke fig- ^ mate who has manv of these under BeTer ^ surveyed; consequently there
ure.-; wearing sackcloth robes and Nack fcj.j jif, in his hands. n ° cha «*< to aid navigators, no
Capuchin hood* a cove eir ^ a it must" be aided rocks and
The sixth auditor’s office,;
Washington, was the scene of a sen
sational suicide October 23. Rob
ert W. Alston,a clerk in that branch
of the government service, after
coolly announcing to tne chief of
the division that he was “going to
put an end to this thing,” walked
to his desk, took a thirty-eight cali
bre revolver from his pocket and in
the presence of his fellow-clerks
sent a bad crashing through his
brain. The unfortunate man lived
but forty-five minutes after the fa
tal shc>t was fired. Xervous de
pression is said to have led to the
act. Alston, who was a native of
Georgia, was about 28 years of [age
unmarried and woll known in that
city, especially among Georgia! s
and southern men. He was a si n
of the late Ooi. Bob. Alston, of At
lanta.
These faces were decaying and part — “ “ ^Tth e iightit Uesiuti^ .««“« *>ur Sghthousq. al^g
ticshless, for th«e were n. less than the J^dp^bablT cost yo^ynur Kfe, wWte 500 miles in
Victims of Don Juan Manuel, arisen from ^ q£ ? mu 4> rer ’s captui.
their graves. Those ciothed in the habits wouid ^ remote.—Steamboat m.*t
of friare marched to tl» cathedral grave- . Globe . I wl~.
yard with thick tapiers in their hands, “ mooe-issmocrat.
length.—Chicago Herald.
Truth may be defined as the shortest
possible distance from one point to a»
otter.—Dc. Rankin.
The funeral of young Robert V\.
Alston, son of the late Col. Robert
A. Alston, who committed suicide
in Washington city, took place Oc-
i0ber26at Decatur, Ga. Bob Al
ston was the last male member of
the family hat one, and he followed
the family tradition and “died with
boots on.” Twenty-eight years of
age, he was yet at the dawn of what
might have been a useful and dis
tinguished career. He possessed a
mind of more than ordinary bright
ness and a heart full of generom
impulses. That he should hsv*
ei ded life’s possibilities in a mo
ment of depression is a source of re
gret to numerous friends.
Straw may be rendered more
vitulable by being cut in short
lengths and mixed with chopped
hay and grain. It will greatly assist
in increasing the amount of coarse
material, it so fed, and the practice
is much more economical than that
of using it for bedding entirely.
In order to guard against flies the
stable should he thoroughly cleaned
often. A sprinkling of the floors
with a mixture of a teaspooniul of
carbolic acid and two gallons of
water will disinfect the stall, while
the manure heap may also receive
an application with advantage.
Onr Dally Bread.
Heavy and sour bread or biscuit
havea vast influence through the
destive organs upon the measure of
health we enjoy. How important to
our present happiness and future
usefulness the blessing of good
health and a sound constitution are,
we can only realize when we have
lost them, and when it is too late to
repair the damage. And yet, not
withstanding these facts, thousands
of persons dally jeopardize not their
health, but their lives, and the
healths and livos of others, by using
articles in the preparation of their
food the purity and healthfulness of
which they knew nothing. Herhaps
a few cents may have been saved, or
it may have been more convenient
(o obtain the articles used, and the
housekeeper, takes the responsibil
ityand possibly will never know
the mischief that has been wrought.
Paterfamilias may have spells of
headache, Johnny may have lost
his appetite, Susie may look palf ;
If so, the true cause is rarely sus
pected. The weather, the lack ol
ut door air, or some other cause, is
given, and the unwholesome, pois
onous system of adulterated food
goes on. Next to the flour, which
should be made of good, sound
wheat and not ground too fine, tha
yeast or baking powder, which
furnishes the rising properties, is of
the greatest importance, and of the
iwo we prefer b»king powder, ami
always use the Royal, as we thereby
retain the original properties of the
wheat, no fermentation taking
place, i’he action of the Royal
Baking Powder upon ine dough is
simply to swell it aud form little
cei.is through every part. These
cells are filied witn carbonic acid
g is, which passes off during the
process of bakiug.
The Royal is made from pure
g-ape acid, and it is the action of
this acid upon highly carbonized
bicarbonate of soda that generates
the gas alluded to; and these ingre
dients are so pure and so perfectly
fitted, tested and adapted to each
other, that the action is mild and
jierraanent, and is continued during
the whole time of baking, and nr.
residue of poisonous ingredient-
remains to undermine the health,
no heavy biscuits, no sour bread, bin
if directions are followed, every ar
tide prepared with the R v
Baking Powder will he found s .v.,
•nd wholesome
Because our Jersey Waists for Ladies and Childreu are going at such rock-bottom
rices, and our sales arc double any we ever made.
Ueuanse it i* nonsense for us to say "'e sell ffooils worth /r»c foroO, and 50c gqoas
tr25c. This is bosh, and it can’t be done. Don’t you listen to such deception.
»Ve simply say that we are selling many lines of tfoods cheaper than any house in
t iinutn m.v :i ; - r /\i \ts n i.’ O I? V7YIT KfTV and Miis i* *11 w« ask.
Atlanta,‘and it is your duty to LOOK BEFORE YOU BUY, and this is all we ask.
OTJETBR. RBASOKTS
Why we beat the race could be aud shill bo mentioned. Again wo say that
»ur co nbitiation Dress Goods, Choice anci Grand Novelties, both in VVorsted and
Silk Goods, Velvets anl Plushesare unsurpassed in quality and price.
Once more. A word about our Table Linens, Napkins, rowels, Etc. We have
i Superb Stock, Great Variety and Great Big Bargains—Bigger Stock and Bigger
Bargains than anybody ever offered in this town, and we will stake our reputation
on the assertion. And as for HOSIERY, why, we bull the market on low pricos,
‘xrellence of goods and handsome designs. Our low prices here are a winning
feature.
AND DON’T
YOU FORGrET
They are in handsome ^designs and at
prices largely in favor of the buyer.
“Comforting” Thoughts
Dardon this chestnut, but the truth is. our Co mforts, Blankets and “suchliko
ire in by whole carloads, and you cm keep warm this winter on the very smallest
“outlay.” This is no joke, but a solid truth.
FOR MEN AND B0Y8.
♦Veaave brought out a superior line of Jeans and Cassimars for Pants, Vesta,
Goats and Overcoats, whice are lower than anybody will sell.
Inoth ir wordi, we are ‘Forciug the Fight,” and have acot the goods and prices
to back us up in a ay s-ite nont contained in this or any other advertisement in
print. VVe uoi’t care a snap wh it others say, you como to us; we’ll satist.y you
unless you want the earth—and we’ll give you a large slice of that.
D.H. DOUGHERTY & CO. Atlanta, Ga’
THOMPSON BROS.
Bedim, Parlor and Dining Room FnrnitnrM
Big: Stock and Low Priced
PAROK AND CHURCH ORGANS,>
WOOD AND METALLIC BURIAL CASES
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“Orders attended to at any hoar day or night.^£?
THOMPSON BR03 Navnan. tfa.
E. VAN WINKLE & CO.,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
Wind Mills, Pumps,
Tanks, Etc.,
ALSO
Cotton Gins, Cotton Presses,
Oil Mills, Etc.
CONSTRUCT
Public and Private Water Works, Railroad Water
Supplies, Steam Pumps Pipe and Brass Woods.
Mend for Catalogue and Prices.
E. VAN WINKLE 6r. CO-,
52-13 Box 83, ATLANTA, GA.
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