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THE CXJHFEW HEROINE.
“tTCBSTSW SHALL MOT BINCJ TO
NIOHY-’ TOLD IK PROSE.
The story tMt-is the basis of (he
wcll-kuovrit poem, “Curfew Shall
It lackey quite half an hour twenr
fewtotfA Thkold bell jiwger earn* in
irottt under the prattled roof of his
, cot (age stMand stoe with *&■
ered hcfiiFmHie clear sweet scented
air. Heed,gwwi Wind and deaf
In the service, brit lis afm Was to
till heavy metallic throbs of the*ca
thedral bell. Old Jasper had lived
through many changes. He had
•srsrtrjns'js
scarcely dry he had rang th* tiding*
’of th? ooronatkm of James. Charles
I. had Been ciewsted, reigned, and
expiated hia weakness
England in Jasper’s time, and note
he who under army held all the
commonweaUblu thc hOttow of his
ffa raagAl* mat
§ .faster Xril'll alone itow. ttWrry
to **-
$ Thmrnnatp^k;ymiw Srwomed so
rs#Sßfttsrffjru
that gene haters, that there teemed
nt. Lima reckoned he that. Cronr
ueor beyond the village—that Cbm*
well himself rode with hi* guards
men a league away ;he only knew that
tee bell in th| teafer had #e£ tng
when William the Conqnsrer made
Curfew * law, had been spared by
Puritan and Soundhead, and that his
MeMr***-* -
He was movte* with#* Mow step
toward the gate, when ja woman
came hurriedly iu the street and
rtiaibeskle him; a lovely wOmau,
but a ilk a Jaei m bla.hd that if
seemed carved In the whitest of mar
ble, Wfcb ait to roundness ami <Bu~
plea Her great, solemn eyes were
raised to th# aged face in pitiful ap
peal, and the lips were terming
words thht lie could net under
stand. - m„jjjg • s#§ fil'w hast
“Speak op, lass, I am deaf and can
not hear your chatter.”
“Per heaven’s sake, Jasper, do not
ring tins Curfew bells 10-nigld.”
“What! na ring curfew? You
must be daf?, las*
“Jasper, for sweet heaven's sake
form y saW—for one night in all.
vour,lopg lift forget to ring the belt!
Pait this once and my lover shall TTve,
whom Cromwell sags shaft <£ ;d
Curfew toll. Do you hear? My lov
er, Richard Temple. Jasper,'
shaft be yeufs fori) fie Surfew.” ' aM ‘
.“Would yon-bribe me, Lily De
Vere? Ye're a changeling. Ye’re til
the bipod of the ITantagenets ip
Ye’re veins as your mother had.
What, corrupt the bellringer under
her majesty, good <peenJse*o? Isol
for all the gold that Lady Maud
ronld bring me! Babes hare been
born and stiong men hare died before
now at the ringing of my bell. Awa 1
Awar
And out on the village green tfilb
solemn shadows of the lengthening
evening, over it a strong man await
ed the curfew toll for UU death. He
stood, handsome, and brave, and tall—
tallar by an inch than the tallest pike
man who guarded him.
What had he done that be ahonld
die? Little it mattered in these days,
when the sword that the great Crom
well wielded was so prone to fall,
wliat he or others had done, lie
had beau scribe to the late lord up at
ttie castle, aud Lady Maud, fsrgettine
that man must woo and woman must
Whit, had giveu lier heart to him
without the asking, while the gentle
LtlyDe Vere, distant kinswoman and
poor companion of her, had, without
seokinf, found the treasures of his
true love and hold them fast. Then
he had joined the army and made one
of the pious soldiers whose evil pass
ions were never stirred but by sigh
or symbol of poetry. But * Scorned
woman’s hatred had reached him
even there. Enemies and deep plots
had compassed him about and con
quered him. Te-uight he wan to
die.
The boautifhl world lay aa a vivid
picture before him. The dark gfeeil
wood above the rocky hijtl where
Robin IlOod and ids merry men had
d#eP; the rocky castle with Its
drawbridge and square towers, the
long stretch of moor with the purple
shadows upon it, the g.-een, straight
walks af the village, the birds over
hsad, and even the daisies at hia fee:
he taw. But ah 1 more vividly than
all, he saw the great red tun with its
liazy veil lingering above the trees.;
at tbough H pitied him with more
than human pity. , „ ,
fle was a God fearing and a God
serving man. He had long made bis
peace with heaven. Nothing stood
between him and death—noth
ing rose pleadingly between
him and those who were to destroy
him but the sweet face of Lily De
Vcre, whom lie loved. She had
knelt at Cromwell*! feet arid pleaded
for hia life. She wearied heaven
with her prayers, but all without
W& US WWW ® " w 'f' es-r
avail.
Slowly now the grtat sun went
down. Slowly the last rim was hid
beneath the greenwood. Thirty sec
onds more and his soul win be with
God. The celer did not forsake hit
cheeks. The dark rings of hair lay
upon a warm brow. It was hia pur
pose to die ais martyrs and bravt men
die. What was life that be sheuld
THE WASMIGTON GAZETTE.
VOL. XIX.
fwtre r rs 'Vrs ? T —* —i
cling to U? He almost fait the air
pulsate with the first heavy rail of
Uie death knoll. But no sound came.
Still facing the soldiers.jvith his clear
grey eyesa poa them he wafted.
'Tfie criihson bannert" in the west
were paliug to pink. The kine had
ceased their lowing, and had been
tethered into the rick yards.
AU nature bed sounded her c*r
yet bared, htd traversed'half the dis
tance between bit cottage and the
ivy-coveped tower when a form went
snsttsd&ss&'s
Urn lew western HgUU teuched and
tinted as with a halo.
“Ah, Huldah, -IWdrHM 9#
man mtutered ;“hew swiftly she flies ?
almost done." j, _ , sutßar* >,
Huldah vh the good wv whe
had gene teem him In her early
womaghuod and for whom he had
mourned all his long life. Bui the
fleeting term was not Uuldeh’a. It
was Lily I>e Yere, hurried by a sd
deu and desperate purpose toward .the
mSfuteri'ai^hls ‘feet aud
plead.” • •9G-"
She entered the ehureh yard. She
wrenched from.,its, fastening the
carved add werm Oaten door that
to lho tower. She
rifeended With' flying and frenzied
tertthwetepej lifted up to
Cod for Richard's deliverance from
peril.. *Tfi*beuOiw. out aud shook
the dust of ceuUtrlel from the black
oarvipg. As she went up she caught
glimpses f the interior of tlie great
building, with Us grained roof, its
chevroni and chutered 'columns; its
pictured saint and cfcrved image of
the virgin,which In the pillage# of ages
had been spared to be dealt with bv
time, the most relentless vandal
olteil. ; gg
Up—still—up—beyond the rfitti
bow tints thrown by lha staiuodgjeaa
across her death-w bite brow ;up—“till
—up—past open arch, with griffin
and gargoyles taring at her from un
der bracket and cornice with aft the
hideousness of mcdiwval earring 1
tkwsUtte, fight
frailer beneath her young feet; now
but a slender net, work between her
and the outer world; but still up.
tier breath was oomfttf shark' and
grasping. She sew through aa optm
B * B . 7 ‘%afS t,
seconds ware treaaures which Crom
well, with all Ills Mood bought com
monwealth, could not purchase from
hdff Up—*h—there, just above her
with its great brazen mouth ami
yyiekod tongue, the bell hung. A
swMMatM block for a step, end one
• mail white hand clasped Itself above
the clapper—the other prepared, at
the tremble, to rise and clasp its
mate and the feet to swing off—and
thus she waited. Jasper wasold and
slow, but be was sure and itjesme at
last. A fainfcquivcr ami Ibe young
'teet swung from their rest, and the
tender hands clasped (or more than
iho precious lifo tbe writhing thing.
There was groaning aud creaking of
the rude pulleys above, and then tbe
strokes came heavy and streitg. Jas
per’s hand had not forget its cun
uing, nor kis arm its strength. The
lender, soft form was swung aud
dashed to and fro. But she clung to
tud caressed the cold, cruel thing.
Let one stroke come aud a thousand
might follow—for it’a fatal work
would be done. Siio wreathed her
white arms about it, so that with ev
ery pull of tbs great rope it crashed
into the flesh. It lore wounded and
bruised her, bnt there In the solemn
twilight the brave woman swung and
fought with the curlew, and God gave
her victory.
The old bell-ringer said to himself:
“Aye, lluldab, my work p done. The
pulleys are getting toe heavy for my
old arms, my ears too hike failed me.
t dinna hear one stroke of the cur
few. Dear old bell! if Umy ears
that have gone false, awl not thou.
Farewell old friend.”
And just beyond the worn pave
ment a shadowy form again went flit
ting past him- There were drops of
blood upon the white garments, and
the face Was like the face of one who
walked bt tef sleep, aad her hands
bung powerless at ter side. Crom
well paused With Me horsemen andet
the dismantled Maypole before the
village green. He saw the maa who
waa to dia at sunset standing up iu
the dasky air, tall aa a king and beau
tiful aa Absalom. He gazed with
knitted brow *ii3 angry eye, bat bis
lips did net gift utteranee to the
quick commend that trembled on
them, fer a firl came flying toward
him. Pikemam and archer stepped
aside te let her pass, bhe threw her
self upon the turf at the horse’s feet;
■be lifted her Weeding aad tortured
hands to hi# goze, and once more
ponred out her praydr for the life of
her lover; with trembling lips she
told him why Bichard still lived —
why the curfew had net sounded.
Lady Maud, looked ent of her lat
ticed window at the castle, saw the
great protector dismount, lift the
fainting form in his arms and bear
her to her lover. She saw the guard
release tbeir prisoner, and she heard
the shouts of joy at his deliverance;
then she welcomed the night thatsbwt
li I v-n, ■
the scene out Irani her envious eye
Mkd sculptured in its gloom.
At the next matin bell -old Jasper
died, and at curfew toll he was laid
beside the Wire Who hd died in Us
youth, but the niomorv of whom had
been with him always.
TP t m
THX AUITATION IN CUBA#
The St Louis Globe-Democrat
Agm,
reference to tbe Cuban question, and
goes even further, predict teg, the suc
cess of the present rebeftteu. If there]
is any respectable number of men end
giged in it, it aayS, and they are rea
sonably well provided with arins.amlj
ammunition, ilia conditions are ml in]
MiSOUIMri M ISI-IMS
boring,judged from, the standpoint
of any American nation, are ftiHjr suf
ficient to justify separation from tee
mother country. The Cubans hive
been unmercifully taxed, not only to
sustain a local corrupt' government
b> ignd revenue to Spain. M
fairs have bsen mismanaged until
general bankruptcy impends.
Nor is tbe home government in a
condition to cope with a rebellion,
tbe Globe-Democrat thinks.... The
Spanish Ministry it weak, wavering
and repeatedly changing, and the
general unsatisfactory condition of
alfatrs in Spain prevents it from ta
king strong and determined measure*
against the insurgents. As for these
insurgents, they are claimed te be
more than a mere filibustering expe
dition from the United States, and ap
pear, instead, to be 4 wide-spread or
ganization, existing in Sau Domingo
and Various other quarters.
“If tbe re is a general uprising,”
say* tha Globe-Democrat, after re
viewing the situation aud finding ev
idence that the present uprising is, or
soon will he, general, “the sympa
thies hot only nf ike people of tlie
UnitM) Slat#** but nnlmsu* af b*aHv
—— aa* a man kj §n —o —— —— •wi , -iWw e* wvUs .
2?a *3
pnirt, Urnl oe Warntfij euliiiel m ae
cause of the iiisuigehts. With the
eyeeptien of British North America,
Which i. virtually independent and
dees not ask fop separation, .Cuba is
the only \
thi aside ofthe Atlantic. baa
several time* made vigorous efiwfs to
free herself, and it isenly a questien
Of time ae to when she will succeed.
Possibly that time i* at- hand new.
- “ WIU prooawy not require any
thing more than the establishment of
•ilair cltfitu ua tlte pain “of Ute HWtpi
gents to bo acknowledged a* belliger
ents te induce’ our govern men t te
grant that reoegnilion.”
■ -Si* ■"■
TKIOHIHOT7B FOUL
The appearance of several canes ef
trichinosis In tlie Western States has
called attention to the provalance of
trichina; In hogs. The Amoricsn
hog, it ia claimed, is freer from
malady thau those of Getnuany or
any other ceuntry. The swine in
spection te (lie Castle District el Ger
many feu ml last year sixty-eight *ca
sespf trichiu* in domestic or Ger
man hogs and only three in Ameri
can hog products. r*
Tbe reports on the snhject have
show* that the trichina; arc less fre
quent in the hogs of the South than
those of any other portion' Of the Un
ion, and most frequent in the Wes
tern States. Indiana stands pre
eminent in thierespect and seems to
he the oeatne of infection, 16 per cent,
of its bogs insiiecled being pro
nounced trichinous, while only two
fifths of one per coot, were found so
infected at New Orleans, and one
half per Cent, in Texas and Georgia.
The latest medical reports Wear lei-
tiiuony to the fact (bat there is no
danger whatever from this disease
unless Pork . i, s oalei. raw or
cooked ; and even when eaten iu this*
condition and affected by triebistv
the danger is much less *han is usu
ally imagined. Trichinosis in a mild
form is a very common disease, es
pecially among the Germans, but It
is not in ihe least troublesome. It is
enly when the system of a person is
thoroughly infected by the trichina'
that the disease becomes painful and
fatal. From the Government reports,
therefore, It io evident that no hog
south of the pbtomac can cause this
disease, even if it be eaten raw.
Whatever danger there is, comes
from Western bogs.—Now Orleans
Times-Democrat. — ~nr~-
- . reio. .
A MOUNT issue of the Pall Mall
Gazette contains tho following almost
incredible record made by a school
girl: “A girl fumed Alice Akermau,
sged 14, daughter of a laborer, lias
just completed tor education at Lang
ley School, Bucko. She baa never
utiased being present since tho school
was opened on October AJ.B7S.Mid in
completing her 3,451 attendance is
said te have walked 6,000 mUes. She
has passed every standard successfully
and in tha three subjects in fli st grade
drawing obtained “excellent,” prizes
in free hand and medel, as also in the
three stages of the specific subjects,
literature, domestic economy and an
imal physiology, and in ono stage in
physical geography. She bas also ob
tained- twenty-six other prizes, for
good attendance, sculpture, sewing,
knitting, e. n
- ref#
SMITH’S WORM OIL is the
l%*r. mr
Washington, ga.A Friday, may a, 1884.
CONE’S LECTURE.
The View* of fleUSSfon Entertained by and
Kan of th* World—“lngersol- |
I
Th'sQo|owfug ds te synopsis oL m
lecture o"n rf fngerson!ste” delivered!
by Thuodssp at the Young
Mori’s CTimtiirnAs#oeratloi\ building]
in New Tforl^-ciftr, a “few evening*
ago. Mr. Cqne is a Georgian, son of
Hon. Prank,Cone, a lafityer pf .great
ability, who prgoOced in Middle Ge<u
gir a bout 90 wgo. An able
wVite f aad"<:ritio W*ft> heard the 100-'
tiire wrolo a criticism on it. He placed
jtfr. Cone in the front rank of led n-
I rera. The crjilclsru appeajvd ill tin;
Nati naV Itepnl>lsoa£ Mr. Cone's cf-
U*rt was a logical and effort# — —qp
theut ln silpport of the established be--
ltefk of the Christian world, without
I appealing to t'QTetatipn v The lecturer
took on thttiharaoter of a man of ti,o
world, ani mgjjqd fyom the stand
point of a seareher after truth, who
sought to satisff’hie luind with the
deductions offeiuon, rather than by#
the exercisfl Of jllf tecußy of faith.
Mr. Cone begunMaiecturc with the
remark thaLthe man vrho bespeaks
tlie attention of the “public ought to
make haato to-gHrefa rofsoti why lie
has the aulllclfy th seJif a hearing.
Tiris wpultflfc ten* efetrif flic sub
ject were trifling, but it must gather
weight with the importance of the
matter disenssedrawd is overwhelm
ing wli.n lie dares to Itako up tliat
subject which is ever recurring, al
ways enduring; that subject which
has most profoundly engaged the
world’s master minds—which ha‘
given birth to every theology; that
subject of subjects—God, soul and,
immortality. Everyone recognizes
the ‘“ e l ,ast few
years there has* peeii a
agitation on spiritual subjects, a dis
cussion which Isas heated the public
until it boils and sputters. It is the
privilege and daty of every well-wish
er of humamff, the man of the world
as well as the scientist aud the philoso
pher, to do his best te discover the
(rue form of belief for human happi
ness. By a man ofthe world Is mean' I
on# who has gone on his way wishtep
Eel! to the world, an aar&st man
depiendeut will and mid,"yho hn
thought his own thoughts and live’
his lift in his own way, without at
feelatieua, shams, or make-beiiev<
one w*o 114s been an Uouest douhite;
af revetetien and earnest searehc
after th* truth for his own
IHi H ft: iil .ht .-'J~ _■ Lj, f
which heAsetfld aet uiwn th ffc most'
solenanaffalfsoriife.
Thole<*turer -wanted It understood
at .be obt*et that lie did not intend to
invade the pulpit. He had not the
ability, the inclination nor the spirit
to preach, nor was there any preten
sion to piety in his discourse; it was
not a sermon, but simply an argument
addressed by a man ol the world to
men of tlie world and to all doubters,
to what*oover school they may belong.
.The religious need no argument;
-their safe assuruncc is from within
and about. He proposed to deal with
the facts of nature, without any aid
ftom the faculty of faith.
In dealing with the question of
scleuce and the Bible the lecture gave
some account of the five geological
epochs into which scientists have divi
ded the earth, and their several sub
divisions, arriving finally at the period
when, according to the ovolntions, a
structureless speck of protoplasm lay
in the misty seas. From
this.gwrm, as they insiutaiii, the high
cst form of organised life has eonie, a
thinking ami. Prof. Haeckel ascribes
(he origin of life ton chemical pro
cOso, iu Which inorganic carbon com
binations produce the material sub
stance called primeval slime, ill which
all vital aclivities are imbedded.
'Bach individual living particle of
tbit structureless mass ho calls a
inoiieron, the oldest inoueren origina
ting iu the sea from ‘lapoiilaiieoas
generation.” Here is a break ip ihu
universally observed law of cassation.
The appearance of life on earth is the
Miracles. Hpontaneous generation is
tile uncaused effect of all the woudbrs
of creation. Wliat is this but a demand
on the part of science that 'we~&3#
believe 111 a miracle, which far snr-,
passes all ihe recorded miracles. Ma
terialism denouuceaall other miracles
a* unworthy of belief, but when we
come with tho ultimate inquiry and
demand to know the orign of life we
are told that a miracle has been per
formed by matter. At this point scien
tific materialism is obliged to give up
her dictum of “I know,” and to rest
hor whote fabric on tho shadowy
foundation, “1 believe.” When we
come to demand the exact knowledge
which science ever claims to have in
the presence ot the miracle of life, she
raises her nerveless hands and cries,
have ZoUb, not in God, not in omnip
otence, not in a great first cause, but
in a process purely chemical—in pri
mary organic com bins lions.”
“A destroyer of old systems and a
brilliant pro pounder of new ones,”
was the topic next treated. Me has
solved all mysteries in the light of his
great intellect. By the beacon of his
wise declarations mankind is tobe gui
ded ia- tiie one true way, 4’roni this
diZcriptioiibut one form can emerge,
the author of “liigersolMsßi.” Said
the lecturer: ‘While I have not (he
pleasure of a persona! acquaintance
whh this gentleman, I folly accept,
believe,and re-echo all that his dearest
friends say for him personally, and
this is to declare that he hits' hotftstv
of purposc,a,great,good lueatt; a high
ordlr of intelligence, and unequaled
eloquence ; all that goes to make up
jjh attractive, brilliant, aud loveable
roan. But in regard to his theorios 1
cannot speak with the fame respeot.
For, after a careful study of all that
ho has enunciated, I must' say, vvfth
all thoforce that languta&ca'h convey,
that there Is neither reason nor learn
ing, science nor philosophy,’ common
f sense nor sound conclusion in a word
! that he utters.” The same Idea un
| derlles all liis leotnres, as not only
I the same idea, but the identical form,
| figures of speech, aud c|en‘ words as
! peer in all alike. Th me pWllc6 ter
of,lectures .by
comtKteins that Li lift diaeussron of
the press reports they have been
maimed and mutilated by “orredox
malice,”'and-W ftirUfer' sayg TftsS
nothing can oxooed the mendacity of
the religions press. Mr. Copo said
that Mr. Ingereotl coiila havo no sucli
causa ofcompteteft tec
he wSnlftqnote cHfly fto|l
and authorized eiul!ori”onrls lectures.
Tt does no good to call hint “bab
] Wing Bob," as one groat clergyman
j did in a public lecture; epithets ans
wer nothing. His premises aud con
utive, illogical, and teHH
ho babbies beautitiiily, and tliis lias
given him a large following and wide
influence among cerluin classes of
minds. It is cletir to any man that
roads him that he has never pulled the
Jahoi'lnfJ^pabfUariSitßdy aud honest
investigation. Asa denouncer of
everything he lpis real genimt, On
religion lie charges tnoshof'Ute mise
ries and many of the crimes of man
kind. 1 Did lie ever hear of any crimes
being commit ed in the name of liber
ty ? Does that make liberty any less
sweet and dear?
Prayer he pronounces a species of
flattery offered to God with a.view to
wheedle a favor of ignorUnce and in
sanity. “God,” he says, “man has
always had, and he has made Ihgm
put of everything, but all these havo
dis* piie a red with the first daw* of
science, except Hie big God, who. Is
fast doming otif.” ! *‘Nq god,’’’Me fin-,
liter fi ys, “was ever in advance ofthe
Milieu that created hint.” In all this
Hierc is not the least attempt at "are
gumeut. It is simply bold, audaci
ous assertion or flat denial. Ilis p<V
iol ‘ '* unique, and apart from all
m
iheea noii;W%o WflcHftkimlftb a kirir#!-
edge of all the mystcrios that surround
u®. There havo been oilier men. who
worshipped nature but there have been
none who did not reeogatee a keglon
of the unknowable. The Whole his
tory of philosophy, from Aristotle to
Kant and Spencer, has been to deter
mine the limits of tbe fiilito human
111ilid. Slid to shoiy ila nlfer |n£npyj
ty to.deal with the inliiiito a|d |ii
tlnilted. He stand* aloni, the Incar
nation of destruction, the genius of
more assertion, and So in philosophy
he postures as tho colossus of Die
grotesque.
Mr. ConeUifcn took up the Ingcrsell
philosophy, amt showed its- alsmrdi
tlcs. Garriud to its logical ctfliMMftdfe*
it would destroy society, govern nrefri?
law, science, justice, etestltv, uIL the
hopes of mankind liiiA/cisfywa'tioo.
Abolishing a hell heiWWiy fieWsifl(t
give all these to tjps lurid
hell right here aiul right now. C)ut
of the meridian outajldoiwpf Iris, phi*
losopHy threre'%taWl hg gaunt l*r;n
•I this sickening conclnsfoif— a*
sham and thought a tllpisy fraud.,
Mr. Cdnc suggested' a nc>v title for,
tho In gersoit'philosophy,;.|| should
bq called, “Man consider*! M) t ton*
pin.” Nature sets tis up on the alley
of life without auy purpose. Death
bowls us down without regret, and*
w* return tatorheeh-urrW o#tbo
earth. The very worst that can hap-,
pen to us—hell—is that we may come
Up a bmipl'le InjsJvT the Tory jbest—
heaven—is that we may bloom in the
roses. ~ , , <mg*MW %
“Give me the stakin' amf fempesf of
thought, and action, rather thb the
dead calm of ignoranco aud /ai-tb;
Ttti, me from Kdeu whoa you wili
bat first lot me oat of flic fruit of Hus
tree of knowiedjfdr w rhfj‘
across die tide page of Mr. Ipgersoll’s
book. It invites all to search tvlflitii,'
if thoy would .fil'd that knowledge,
which lias baeir gamed by one who
lias prepared “lfie tempest pf thought
to the dead eaim of ignonludr,” abd
who was ever ready to stfffer banish-
ment for the apple of knbwedgc. We
who have looked within know what
it nmoqnts 10. We know, to briefly
sum it up, that it is no vast and gene
ral dental of that which rife mass of
■nankins have alwaysiiSld'tbhe truth*
while on the other hand it is the arro
gant abortion of a khc knowl
edge (ifValrUiaf is.” U 'ft
The gifted founder/i>CJUo
phy of Assertion lias don# and will
continue to do great harm. By the
vicious, who have been Mdo jn-oHH"
restraint hr the whole,.,me dread of
hell fire, lie is hailed as the apostle of
liberty; the liberty to do as you-please,
that liberty which follows Oic denial
of God and immortality, ofhell and
heaven, and whjdh ds a deflgncb of
conscience; that liberty, which is nono
other than a license to appelWe as an
immunity froth the fearof punishment
for wrongdoing; that liberty, v^fliicU
Ben Franklin meant when no said,
•‘Don’t umhahi the tigcii”
PATRICIDE IN WALTON.
A FATHER AND SON LOVE THE SAME
WOMAN.
The Son Marries Her arid the Father TriflS
to Fill Him and Is Himself Killed.
(Walton County Correspondence Macon Telegraph.)
The details of tho homicide of Wil
lis R, Gunn by his son, Jesse Guan,
is one of the most revolting tragedies
ever chronicled in Georgia. The cir
cumstances are about as follows:
It is said that the old man and the
young man both liksd the same wom
an, aud she was a niece of thp Old
man and a cousin of the yoang one.
The son only recently came to tliis i
county and married the girl, and was
livlngwlth his mother-in-law, who is
a -widow. The father lived with
thi# lady (his sister) last year, but
’fc&iie time ago got into a little difficul
ty aud loft tho county, and was not
here hia squ aml the girl were
married, if seems that he notiflod
htsteu.however, not to marry .her.
anti oh learning that they wore mar
ried, became very much enraged. He
wrilf W Ms son from iferrilrethor
county, telling him that lie was com-
ing to kill him and that he might
look, oqt for him at any time. In
the letter he told him that, “ps it was
generally understood that hd was a
sa*irsK*wm
ting, cool sober, ana ho vieant what
pp said.” This caused the young
man great alarm, and he came to
Jownand sworfut a peace warrant
far his father, but as lie was not in
this county the warrant was not
"SSImwAJ creafter, the son
received another letter from his fa-
ther, saying fliat at tlie tkfle he wrote
tlie other letter Ids brath'was mad
dened with whisky, and that he did
not mean what he said—told him ho
did nut want to hurt him, and would
not come, as stated in his former let
ter. " tatel ahgfcMwi WI
The mofher-in-law of tho young
man wem.to her father, Mr. Gunn,of
Morgan county, who is a good oili
zen, and at one timo owner of tsomiid
eraU(e property, who is also the.father
of thekmiH’dei'ed man, for the purpose
of getting the diifionlty settled. AVUilo
she was there the deceased caiiio . to
the place. She at once wrote to the
awi.in this county that Jds father was
lht>i,s ‘put timt sfie ltad not lta4 a
ehanee to talk with Li™, closing with
this retna#k>: “You know wkat I
moan,” ltsoomi that utter staying
around there for a day or two he de
asanpsnrvc
fwtneiGlifeati. lft ! wriifHo liilr!fl
ther’s field, took a horse from one of
the hands, borrowed a gun—double
barrelled —from a neighbor, and on
leavingliikfatherit told them hfe want
ed to be httried there by his dear sis
ter. lie went first to Madison, had
the gun loaded with 12 buckshot, oach
barrel, and put one load in his pock
ets. His sister, the mother-in-law of
the young man, at onoq left lier far,
tlior's, nccotapaplod by or twp
men, for the purpose of either slop-
ping Uic father ftenfcfaio rash deed or
putting the young’man on notice.
On tho way she aird her companions
were overtaken by the deceased, who
was making direct from Madison te
where ilo lived in this county.
He passed before them and told tfrem
if tUpy fyUoflttdJdm lie would kill
the nf. iyKpjgyched hie eon's
lidifsein avTOmtJniis pursuers, and
demounting, hitched his horse two
huimrfed yards from the house ana be-
Kkv sHfiiping up*he back way.
- The young mart and his family
Wefe lit fttfufft-, twit a little girl who
was put feeding chickens run in and
told the young man a mau w ' l **
a gun was slipping up to the house.
The young man at enco knew wlio
it was and went for hie jfiliol. (fn
rdtpraing tn’tbe eßting MrfK’tyj
a gun was poked Into the window
(the window having only a wooden
shutter mid il being open), that he
could not see the faoe of the party
holding it and only about hatf the
body, but he was sure it was Ills fa-
Oio££ho him in the
shoulder; ho says he knows he hit
him for he saw him flinch and almost
droplfi&gffß > be says he tired again
* ronnd ,h ®
window facing, find put a ball in the
centre of hlsforehiad, from which he
at once died. He savs his father was
telling him all the time to dome oet
and give hiin a fair show lag. 'fbe
intrscr* of the old m*fi Irriyod ofiorf-.
ly after the tragady. The young
man came at once and gave himself
up to the sheriff. The coroner is hold
ing an inquest to-day. It is thought
they will Juetjtfy the young man. He
is about 87'or ears old.
The father has been in this county
for eue or. two yoays.past and was a
most notorious dnirttard and worth
less character. The young man lias
only been here a short time and seems
to have conducted himself very well,
ft is bnfjnst to Mr that neither of
the parties properly belonged to this
county, and while wc mav get credit
of another wp do not claim
it.’ This UOmwierriblWStery as told
by the young man himself and other
eyo Witnesses. ------
Mcßjude A Ctr. Atlanta Ga„ can
give to dealers hot tom‘prices oh show'
leases, looking gUaser, orookery, glass
! wgre. bar fixtures lamps of all kinds
fly fans, Beth
Thomas clocks and Mellvllie atmos
pharieftultjar. "
NO. 18.
AN INNOCIENT MAN AT, NO ST CON
VICTKD.
Dori*T Viera* Lout Hunt for the
Man He wan Accused of Mu rderi i> K .
An Akron ,Ohio, correspondent of
the Detroit Free Press tells a remark
able story of the experience of Dorsey
viers; one of the poineers of Summit
county, Ohio, who died recently at
the age of 94.
Early in 1826 Viers and his wife re
ceived to their cabin in Nerthficld
Township •an Englishman named
Rupert Charlesworth. lie was a jelly
fellow, with plenty of money, and he
became vcry pcpnlar in. the neighbor
hood. Suddenly he dropped out of
sight, lie was knewn to havo gone
to Viers’cabin the night of July 23,-
but tho constable who went there
early the next morning to arrest him
ihrjpassing counterfeit money eeuld
not find him.?* v ~ ’ '-tert'
One day, a good while after, a hun
ter found a human skeleton under a
logiii the woods near Viers’ farm.
The discovery helped te jog tho mem
ory of a man who had heard a rifle
report at Viers’ cabin the night of
Ohales-worth’s disappearance. An
other suddenly remembered that he
hhd seen blood on the bars in Viers’
lane, near the woods. Viers was
questioned. At One time he said that
the Englishman had jumped from a
window and ran away; at another
time he said he knew nothing about
tho lrian'e departure, as he was asleep
at the time. The constable who had
geno early in the morning to Viers’
cabin te arrest Charlesworth, remem
bered that at that unusual hour Mrs.
Viers was mopping the floor. For
five years the gossips talked, but
nothing was done. Finally, January
8,1881, Viers was arrested on charge
murdering ltupcrt Charlesworth.
The hearing was before George Y.
If all ace, Justice of Peace, and for
seventeen days tho rude court room
was ctowed with witnesses and listen
ers from miles around.
Circumstances were as plentiful as
blackberries pointing to Viers as tho
murderer of his boarder. Statements
that had not been heard before wore
adduced in testimony. A hired girl
who was working at Viers’ cabin
when Charlesworth disappeared said
that a bod blanket used by tho Eng
lishman was missjinjg the morning he
left, anil that it was afterward found
coucealed under a haystack with
largo spots eu it resembling clotted
blood. A dosen neighbors testified
to Cliarlesworth’s reputed wealth,
and others told S( The auddon ovi
dce Vt prosperity that had been
apen about Viers’ premises iF'tfe,
shape of ancwßoffSe audio ffie’puN
<4>ase of some blooded stock. Viers
and his pionem' wife grew sick at the
prospect. But an'iiitoXpccfed deliver
ance came iri Hie.last two days.
T?wo men from Northwest Ohio took
t|ie stand andgavo positive evidence
that they had seen Oharloaworth sub
sequent to ibis disappearance froin
jNoythUeld. This turned the scale in
Viers’ favor, and ho was discliargsd.
Three-fourths of the community
still believed, hswever, that Viera
Was a murder; 8b great was the
excitement following his discharge
that lynch law was proposed, but tho
material to carry tart snch a? Seheino
couldn’t be founHifcniongttto Church
going Northfleklors. Viers detSr
tpinea the "fldfy %y the
ground from which it had sprung.
>'Sf ll fed toftndstho man whoso
blopiLbad been laid at Ms door -he
had, to devote bis life to tho search.
In He next few years Mrs; Viers
wrste hundred! of letters to public
o®cai;s and others in all parts of tho
fidu *‘fo r - Viors flnalty started but on
Ins apj earently hopeless qnoot. Fol
lowing the cine given him by the two
witnesses who had saved him. at the
trial,.ho traced his man from town to.
totyn Jn the Westland finally learned
Charlesworth had returned to
England. To England went tho rcs
lohite searcher, only to find that
©|at;los worth had re-embarked for
thclTpited Slates, with New Orieans
as ( his destination. Back came Viers
and went straight to Now Orleans,
bijt Charlesworth was not there.
Viers follo wed up the river .visiting
every town im to Cincinnati.
Thus the search was kept up by let-
te and travel for uine years, till in
Viers entered a tavern in Dclrist
and asked if gjiy tiune had knowledge
ofpnc Rupert Charlssworth, an Eng
lishman. A man, bearded and rough,
dipw him aside as ho left the place
a,l j d Mvegici ldjusclf as- the long
sotighj-fcu; rnaj,. His story was quick
ly told. Having passed a counter
feft bill on a citizen and fearing arrest,
lie. had secretly left tho house, of his
friend mid gone West under an as
sumed name.
He agreed to goto Ohio and show
himself to htt old cronies on condi
tion that his present place of residence
should he kept secret. So fourteen
years after the alleged tragedy, Rupert
Charluaworth and his reputed mur
derer visited Northflchl, Heston, Ak
ron aid ether points in Summit coun
ty. The Englishman conversed with a
large number of persens, and was
recognized by them. In a few days
he Returned to Michigan.
No soonef had ho gone, however,
than the story wont around that the
mart wae not Rupert Cliarlcswortli,
but a cousin resembling him clesely,
Iwhom Viera had hired to serve his
end. Thia itory was Industriously
circulatedlby Viers’enemies, and was
believed by many. Viers was almost
sick of life. He found that his vin
dication was not yet accepted, so, two
years later, in 1842, he went to
Michigan again and brought Charles
worth back with him to Ohio. He
put up handbills in Northfield, Bos
ton and adjoining townships, slating
that a certain day Rupert -Charles
worth would exhibit himself at one
of the eltnrches and all persons who
bad known him were invited be to
present. Tho meeting attracted a great
crowd. Charlesworth took the plat
form. from which through the day he
responded to interrogatories. The
examination was chiefly conducted
by one of the shrewdest attorneys at
tho baref Akrpa, Not only did
Charlesworth readily recognize and
name persons he had not seen for
sixteen years, hut he related incidents
known only te individual questioners
and himself. He refreshed the mem
ory of an old farmer with regard to a
spree iu which they had been partners,
recalling the curious circumstance of
their having boiled their, whiskey.
Late in the afternoon a vote was taken
as to whether tho man before them
was Rupert Charlesworth. The
audience affirmed with one voice
that that mail stood before them.
Tho reputation of C*M-sey Viers was
fullv vindicated.
His nino years’ search had imporer T
tshed him, but he afterward amassed
a competence, and his last years were
passed iit comfort and peace.
WITHOUT A SKULL.
A UtU| Wonder iwnta Birmingham
While the Age reporter was,in Dr.
Eubank’s office yesterday, for the pur
pose of seeing the dentist's clinic,
Dr. Chisholm touched him en the
arm and said, “Would you like te
see a living wender ?” Of course the
reporter assonted. Ho was led into
the hack room of Dr. Eubank s of
fice, where he was introduced to Dr.
W. B. Woodall, a young dentist of
Hartsell, Alabama. Dr. Woodall led
the reporter to a corner of the room,
where sat an old gentleman about
fifty years of age, with his head, oare
iully covered with a shawl. “This is
my uncle," said Dr. W., “Mr. T. P.
Woodall, of Hartsell, and (uncovering
a box he held in his hand) and here is
the skull that once rested upon hie
head.”
The incredulous look of the repor
ter caused tho doctor to ooutinue,
“Come with us to Oxford’s • photo
graph gallery, where wo intend to
have my undo’s photograph taken,
ami you can see for yourself.”
While on the way to te the gallery
(lie following story was told by Dr.
Woodall.
“On the26thday of January, 1882,
my unclo, who had boona(flictod for
many years with epilepsy, was sit
ting in a room alone, when he was at
tacked with an epileptic fit and tell,
his head lying on the glowing coals
in the fireplace. At tho lowest calcu
lation frrjgQ’ in tjpa.
position fifteen !<• ** WZa
first discovered I*, (ft waa
in the last stage of consumption, and,,
though vory weak, succeeded in drag
ging liis head front (lie fire.
“A physician was summoned, who,
upon examination, found the skull'so
badly burned mat ho pronounced tho
trijtides fatal. The left eye was de
stroyed and a portion of the left ear
burned to a crisp. My uncle contin
uid (o live, arql in a short while his
reason was restored, In four months
at which time his wife died, he was
able to walk arodnd the house. The
skull had lost all vitality, and severe
months after the accident, it began to
separate from the head. The physi
cians refused to remove the skull.
Knowing that death would bo cer
tain if it remained in the cenditionjt-
Wftson the head, I promyietPaflle
and saw, and remoWii* the skull In
pieces, as'tfleydiecaiue joosened. The
woil ivas commenced In December,
IBp2, and was eitopfeted, in March,
1883. As the skull became loosened
a membranous substance formed, and
now serves, in a measure, to protect
the head.-'; *’ jfj*" '
“Sfy tir.cle is now fifty-five ytitrs of
agm And appears to enjoy good health.
Hi can see very well with his reraatu
in j eye, and suffers no palu from the
re nova! of tho skull.”/;
At the photographer’s gallery the
old gentleman was placed in position,
and the bandages removed- He
wore a cloth next to the head, and
over this two caps and a shawl.
the membranous substance which
had formed underneath the skull
cojtld be plainly seen. It resembled
an unhealed burii, and where the
skull had been removed from over
thb left eye the fleah looked as if it
was still bleeding. In the centre of
th head just above the forehead,were
two holes probably half an iuch
deep.
When tho photograph was taken
the skull, which had been put togeth
er with wax, was held in the right
hajtd.
The Rknll was removed from the
head by Dr. Woedall alone, and it
was an oporatiou for which many aw
eminent physician, had it been per
formed by him, might well claim re
nown.
It U truly wonderful that the old
gentleman lived—that he is new
alive mid has had his photograph ta
ken. while holding his own skull in
hishand. It is more wonderful still
that his mental faculties are perfect;
that the brain retained its life and
reasoning power, after the skull had
been literally burned from hie head.
—Birmingham Ala., Age.
We have the largest and moat varle
assortment of lamp goods ever brought
South, Parlor and hall Lamps
Glass and Brass Lamps, Reflector
Lamps and Lantern Shades, Burners,
and Chimneys. You save a good profit
in freight and our prices are as low a
ny market. lj-lv
jMcßiude A Cos., Atlanta G*