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A Heavy suit.
(A vety important and iKterust
ing suit lika .been instituted in
BaVa.bkh • against Maj. James B.
Cummings and Colonel Charles
G. Jones, executors of the will of
the late Governor Charles J. Jen
kins. .
The suit was brought in the
oironit court of the southern dis
trict of Georgia by Mrs. Elizabeth
T.Belt, widow of Dr, Leonard G
Belt,, who died in Burke county
about the corameuoement of the
wan In the suit she is represent
ed by Edwin M. Fox, of New
Turk, and Gen. L. J. Gartrell, of
Atlanta. . The suit ie for eighty
thousand dollars and has growu
out of the following circum
stances :
Before the wot Dr. Belt lived in
Burke county. Ho was quite
wealthy aud owned among other
things ten thousand acres of fiue
land in Bnllock and adjoining
counties. This land was put into
the hand8of Gov. Jenkins for sale,
and soon sifter the war opened it
was sold for oue hundred thou
sand dollars. About that time
Dr. Belt died. Gov. Jeukius it
'appears made no settlement at the
time, but stated that he had in
vested the money in confederate
bonds issued for the benefit of the
widow and orphans. At the close
of the war the bonds became val
ueless. Greatly reduced .in for
tune Mrs. Belt moved to New
York. When the flarry iu Con
federate bonds occurred a year or
two ago Mrs. Belt wrote to Gov.
Jenkins and asked him to scud on
the bobds and she wonld see what
she could realize on tkem. She
alleges that Gov. Jenkins failed to
send the bonds, but wiote that lie,
had not invested the money in
bonds, but bad put the proceeds
of the sale in confederate treasury
notes. She then usked that the
treasury notes be sent on at her
expense, and Gov. Jenkins sent
her $34,000 in the paper of the
iiniif«ihm«K. 'Chat-ioft-s. litlaiua
of a goad natty tUsyymUjbT ln
The Horror of Burial.
If people could see the'buiNl
body after the process of deco
sition s.ts in, which is as soon
the vital spark ceases to eiist.
they would not want to he buried
they would bo In favor of, cremv
lirn. Burying the huuiaw
think, is a horrible thing, ’if more
wa$ known about tho hulrhu, frnmo
while undergoing decjui'osltion,
people would turn with fierier from
the custom of buryina/their dead.
It sometimes takes r human body
50, 60, 80 years—longer than
that—to decay. Tniuk of ill The
remains of a fricUl lying under six
foot of ground/or less, for Mint
length of tiiiuygoing through slow
stagr.B of decky, and other bodies
all this tine being lmried aroond
these remains. Think ol thousands
of such ffodios being crowded into a
few ac/«s of ground, and then reflect
that these graves, or many of them,
in time All with water, and that
wator percolates through the ground
and mixes with the springs, and
wells, and rivers, finm which we
drink. Why, if penplo knew wlint
physicians know, what they huve
learned in the dissecting loom, thoy
woulJ look npon tho burning of the
iumanbody as a beautiful art in
comparison with burying it. There
is something eminently repulsive to
me aliout the idea of lying a few
feet nndei ground fora century, or,
perhaps. two centuries, going
through the process of decomposi-
lion. When l die I want my body
to lie burned.—Or. Famucl D.
Urnim. of Philadelphia, lately Cre
mated.
die meantime Gov. Jeukius has
lied leaving au estate of about a
hundred thousand dollars. Mrs.
Belt began to cast about to sec
what steps she could take to re
cover what she considered wore
her legal right*. After consulta
tion with prolnineut lawyers she
has brought her bill claiming that
the executors of Gov. Jenkins
should account to her tor the
msney received by their testator.
Hits charges that the amount*
were invested by him illegally,
and she claims that she is entitled
to that money nnd interest. She
holds that she is not barred, that
the statute of limitntious does not
H p.\y M Gov; Jenkins held the
furds as trustee for her and her
children.
Mrs. Belt is a grandaughter
of Captain Thomas Talbot, of
•Wilkes county, and is a daughter
of Col William Jones, of Camak,
who represented Georgia in the
legislature a few years ago. T.
C. Belt, of Burke county, is her
Don.
‘ Tire defendants in the case
were served last Monday, aud
wstate that they will fight the case
to the bitter end. They have
been oidered to. answer on the
Clergyman's Affliction.
Thfe story of ltev. I. B. Aci«-
nard, rector of tho Episcopal
Church at Cedartown, and for
merly of St. Mathew’s Chapel in
Savannah, where he was well
known, is one of peculiar sadness.
He lmd for some time been paying
his addresses to a beautiful young
lady at Cedartown. The Indy did
uof recoive his advances with
favor." Se* rqjeciidniof. hjs, knit
so'preyed upon W* he
became moody, and InUjr devel
oped-such a violent form of insan
ity thpt h« hod to bo taken to
thk asylum. The followinghymn,
which ,hp astynj the olioii to slug
the light of these developments :
tn the kodr of trial,
JnoapWaS for «•;
L«it by bftaa danlal
I depart from thee;
zwmasfa :
. %,lopk rwall,
rtrWiQ
rftKSW^VWftnvv.YJ; -
first Monda
will stand i^ t)ial' in
Beclze
ttMjflfoa
Liara&tio
Gamblers, Bumsellera and
lypocrites, Greeting:
I have opeued apartments,fitted
up with all the enticements of
luxury, for the solo of rum,
wine, gin, brandy, beer aad all it*
compounds. Our objects, though-
different, can be best attained by.
our united action, I therefore pro
pose a copartnership. All I want
of raeu is their money; the rest
is yours. Bring me the iudustri-
ous, the respectable, the so her,and
I will return • them to you drunk
ards, paupers and beggars. Bring
me tho child aud I will dash to
earth the fondest hopes of father
aud mother. Bring the father
and mother, and I Will plant dis-.
oord between them aud make them
a curse and a reproach to their
children. Bring me the young
man, aud I will ruiu his character,
destroy his life, aud blot out the
highest and purest hopes of his
youth.
Bring me the young woman,
and I will destroy her virtue, and
return her to you a blotted and
withered thinp;tvn<l au instrument
to lead others to destruction.
Bring me the mechanic ar.d the
laborer, and his own money—the
hard earned fruit of toil—shall be
made to plaut poverty, vice aud
ignorance in his once happy home.
Bring me the professed follower
of Christ, and I will blight aud
wither every devotional feeling of
his heart, ana Bend him forth to
r* .a- ! - --a amrtnff
mep. Bring me the minister of
"tlie Ut»pa,.- j. ^tSTCnmrTw -
purity of the church and make the j
name of religion a foul by-word
in the land. Bring me the lawyer
and tho judge, and I will prevent
justice, break up the iutegrity of
our civil institutions, and make
the name of the law a liissicg
byword in the streets. Awaiting
your reply, I om yours truly,
A Rumselleb.
ska!
I
V(riend, I could
r »oe^ you a thousand
^ AaVv given orders to
reserve a place ne»r% s t mj person
tils most houorahlo Place in my
kingdom.
Your oellj you my be,sure, will
lie well supplied with fuel, and
The Life of Xml.
Man born of. woman Is of few
days and no teeth. And. Indeed, it
would he money in Ids pocket soaio
tlifrd of
ho has
times If he wasteth one
them, nnd ns for hi- teeth
convulsion when ho cuts them, and
ns tho Inst one comes throuirh, lo,
tho dentist is twhting tho first one
gut, and tho lust ond first, being full
»nu gut, anu tlie lust enu nrst, being lull
tlje I jest will be uniform. Tuu bf porcelain and a roof-plate built
will slab bare this advantage: . t.„i.i i.i....i,i i ,
Your victims will be confluad near
yOu, and if I do not misjudge you,
their shrieks will sometimes make
you forget your owu sufferings in
contemplation of your glorious
success iu bringing them here.
Iu yon are combined all the
qualifications of just such a friend
and partner as l have long wished
for, and in your busiuess are all
the elements of success; uow shall
my throne be established forever.
Only carry out your designs and
you shall have money, though it
be ’ wrung from broken hearts,
helpless women and mouths of
innocent children. Though you
fill the jails,work-houses aud poor-
houses, though you make arson
&nd murder to abound, and erect
scaffolds and gallows in every
village, town and city, you shall
have money. I will also harden
your heart so that your cousoienc*
will net trouble you. You shall
thiuk yourself a gentleman though
men aud women, your victims,
shall call you a demon. You shall
he devoid of the fear of God, the
horrors of the grave and the - so
lemnities of eternity; aud when
you ccmo to see me your works
shall produce you a reward for?
- Yours to the last,
- Wdwilt
Or I'i iordtd tiwiare*
BpMdlaJ.ft toKltfinV
Bjtog i>«S>br^J«
Cro«-crown«d C»lv.ry.
or Ootober.*—Constitution
the case
iptember
Judge Story told of Chief-Justice
Marshall that one morning whils
doing the marketing he came
across* yonng Virginia blood who
was swearing loudly because he
could hire no one to take home his
turkey. Marshall stepped up, and
ascertaining of him where he lived,
roplied: “That is in my way, and I
will take it for you." When he
arrived at his dwelling tho young
man inquired, “What shall I pay
yon?” “Oh, nothing,” was tho re
joinder; “you are welcome; it was on
my way, and no trouble.” “Who is
that polite old gentleman who
i brought home my turkey for me?”
inquired tbe other of a bystander,
as Marshall stepped away. -That,?’
replied he, “is John Marshall, chief
justice of the United States.”
Tho two railroad millionaires of
New York—William If Vander
bilt and Jay Gould—are just now
I'uilding their family mausoleums,
Mr. Vanderbilt’s tomb is at New
Dorp, and, with tho grounds, will
occupy some nine aorrs in all,
against one aero lor Mr. Gould.
The latter will spend close upon
$100,000 in the construction of his
tomb Mr. Vanderbilt’s mausoleum
will cost abo^if $75,o00 N. Y.
Tribune.
Women now sotve on juries in
Wahinglon Territory. In speak
ing ot this fact a deputy district at
torney ot Seattle said recently:
“This new law is the grandest
thing that has happened to Seattle.
I tell you it looks nice to see these
clcaks and bonnets hanging up
there, and there is only one spittoon
in the court room aud that is seldom
usod.”
REPLY.
My Dear BuorHKit:—I address
you by this endearing appellation
because ot the congeniality of our
spirits, and the great work we are
both engaged in. I mostcovdially
accept your proposals. For five
thousand years I have sought for
a man so fully after my own heart
to do my work among meu. I
ransacked the lowest depths of
hell for spirits who could do for
me the whole work of destruction.
But little success attended their
efforts. I sent out the demon
murder, and he slew a lew thou
sand, most generally the helpless
aud tbe innocent. But his mis
sion was a failure. I bade my
servant Lust go forth. He led
innocent youth and beautiful
maidens in chains, destroying vir
tue, wrecking happinesb,'blasting
character in untimely deaths and
dishonored graves. But even then
many victims escaped through the
power of God—my enemy. I sent
out Aval ice, and in his golden
chains some were bound, but men
soon learned to hale him for his
meanness, and comparatively few
fell by him. The twin sons, Pes
tilence and war, went forth and
Famine strode behind them, but
these slew indiscriminately the
old and the young, the good as
well the bud, and heaven gained
us many accessions as hell.
In sadness my satanic heart
mourned over the probable loss
of my crown and kingdom as I
contemplated tho tremendous
strides which tbe gospel of Christ
was making in saving men from
my clutches. But when I re
ceived your welcome letter,
.The projeoVoT using mo
for cotton picking has long been
discussed, and last year Mr. Hu
ger, who is a wealthy planter liv
ing near Georgetown, 8. C., tried
the experiment. He imported ta n
Chimpanzees, which were young
but well tamed. Each was fur
nished with a sack,and sent to the
field with the negroes. A monkey
will always imitate a man; and
after a little practice each one
would take a cottou row and pick
the cotton foster than darkies. As
soon as one would gather his
sack full ho would throw up his
tail and scamper book to the cart
to empty it ond rnn back to york
at full speed. But the trouble
was they would pick bolls and all
and when they raced with each
other would actually fill the sack
with eartli. When left to them
selves they would g i to playing,
but ou anybody appearing would
so to work instantly. They prov
ed impracticable, but it is evident
that with proper training they
could bo utilized.
t> hold black berry seeds.
8tbae-bruisos lino his pathway
to'"w«>uhood; his fatlior boxes hit
ears at' tiomo, the big hoys cuff him
iu tl(e playgrmtud, and the teacher
whips him in tho «ch<>ol-rocni. lie
buyoth Northwestern ni 110, when
lie hath so'ld snot tot 93, ar.d his
neighbor uiiloadclh upon him Iron
Mountain at 63jj, and it straightway
brakoth down to 521- Ho risctli
early and sittoth up into that lie
iimy fill his birns and storehouses
and iu t his children’s lawyers di
vide tho spoil among themselves
and soy "Ho, ha!” Ho growoth
and is tore distressed because it
rainetb, and ho besteth upqn his
breast and sayerli “My crop is lost!”
because it ruineth not The late
rains blight his whoat and the frost
bltoth bis ponchos. If jt bo sq that
the suu shinoth, oven among the
nineties, he sayotli: “Wo is me,
lor 1 perish,” nnd if tho northwest
wind sighoth down in forty-two be
low ho criolli: “Would I wore
dead I” If ho woar sackcloth and
blue jeans man say: “He is a tramp”
und if be gooth forth shaven and
clad In pa rple and fine linen all thn
people cry: “Shoot tho dado!”
He oarryoth insurance fer twenty
fivo years, until lie Until paid thrice
over for hia,goods, aad (lion he let-
TIfoHp iw'te*) I*ins ouwdav. **4
store. Ho liuildutli him a hoaso iu
It
Bn
Om^ntUI. Papar. _ ,,
Pursuing my way
nos8ee road, the next
of any importance, 1
that of Mnjt Cha*.
Arp.) After atTActh
ymrs, in which l*W)a
have claimed-His attenl..
Smith has retired to tbe
and liarrassmeuts of the farm
appears, to ns» a {avorito ax
Dion of his, to be “calm aw
ire no.” Ho has A pretty Wall im
proved farm and a snug, oomfortr
able cottage. The house ia titn-
ated ou a hill, ..fronting the west
From . this , pqiutt: th* .prospect
which spread* itielf oat Mono
tho eye is a pleaaip; on*—a rich
and fertile valley tfclinugh whis't
winds a little creek Jleldt of wheat
aud clover, dotted here and theta
with a clump of water oaks, and
sheep, goats, cows and colts ’ all
mixed up nnd leisurely grazing of
cantering over tlie pastures, fori^
a picture for an artist. As I p»«t*
ed tho Major was in th* front
yard, repairing one Of thttHni
so great an interest. He Troa rtff
his coat and was shpveli^ 1 “ d '*
with an on orgy that war:
ing. He looked hj comfort—...
and happy and contented that I
almost envied him.
Dr. Tanner denounces our peo<
pie as a nation of gluttoua. Ife
still contends that hia long fast
sms of great practical benefit 1
Formerly he was trorhled
heart disease, but ai*M hit-Inti
he has had no trana of- Sir wkatU
ever. 1 He believes that hit expat- 1
iment conclusively disproved‘the
idea of the' medical mea tUML*
to be notyva, hraaf
brain, i* or
be fed ‘|
phafof*.
the and a#ail,
fast DP Tatina# to leafy; ao*
viueed that when a man ie elabha
should atop eating for * white.
Under each conditions nafuW
takes away the appetite, mid tWa
in itself is a hint that tha digee*
tire organa should be allowed W
vest. There is * sufficient fUVo*
of common sense in the views of
this amiable crank to make tlraffli
interesting.
Jer-uy and his first horn is devour
ed by monqiMta'; ho pilchstli his
lnstfin
age with the ora of the First
poleon. 81io was an imperialMI
tho lnxt, but pretended to hold
; ,.c pi iciuiii uiB t hola , l bllt pretende
tonts in Now York, and traarpir | ll0 in iiiw esteem.
devour his sustunonco. Ho nuveth Napoleon she thought *"ge»4
to Kansas nnd into Missouri, while
pruiriu lire and ton million of
grasshoppers fight for bis crop. He
sottleth himself in Kentucky, and
is shot tho next day by a goiitlomnn
a Colonel ar.d a statesman, because,
sah, he resembles, snh, n man, sah,
he did not like,sail.” Verily, there
is no rest for the solo of his foot,
and if ho had it to do over again
he would not he horn at oil, for the
dny of death is bettor than tho 'day
ol one’s birth.—R J. Burdcito,
1’hiladclphia Times.
an ■JV good friend to those who 1
stuck by him, flattered him, and
took care to fellow his footsteps.
He Was a despot, and as he .grew
old lie became very jealous of poe^
sible riva’s. Louis was * prig,and
his talents fitted him perhaps foP
the position of major domo in
some well-regulated house, but
for nothing higher. Joseph Was
self-willed and soft brained^ b«t a
' ■ Hit
Geoo-
Buffulo
When
in her
woman
The Chicago Interior says:
“There are people in every con
gregation who will go to church
aud enjoy a fine sermon and all
the physical comforts provided
for them and toss a dime into the
contribution box as a gratuity to
the church. They do not realize
that they are themselves the men
dicants, taking for next to nothing
what other people have to pay for
them. It costs money for the
minister to live, and costs money
to build and maintain a pleasant
place of worship. There is noth
ing that more needs emphasizing
than the fact that there are busi
ness equities and lights in the
work of maintaining public wor*
ship.”
wild boasts make
What She Leabnkd im
haphy.—Elizabeth is a
girl about eight years oil.
asked how fnr sho lmd got
geography lessons the little
said: “Wo are in tho Alps now,
and what do you think ? The girls
there wear short rod skirts and a
sort of green jacket laced in lront
and behind, with, puffed si coves. I
don’t just remsmber wlmt kind of
stockings thoy we ir, but I tliinK
they are blue.” “Well.” exclaimed
tho parulyz9d parent when she
could recover her breath, “hut
whore are the Alps, child i” “1
don’t know,” was tho artless re
sponse. “It dosen’t say anything
about that.. ’—Buffilo Commercial
good husband amd imtlief.
best qualities were those of a com*
mon-plaoo bourgeois. Luoieta was
conceited, dry,- disagreeable and
vory loud ol money. Of tho wo-
men of .the family the dnehaa#
speaks in still inoro unoomphmM-
tai-y terms. J'oeephino, sue s^id,
did not have a slirod of character.-
A young clcrgical gentleman rt-
lates tho following anecdote ot «*e
of his Dutch brethren:
The old follow was abouf com
mencing one o( his spiritual exorcis
es, when, to Ms being ^ little ■Mf-
sighted, was rfdded the dim light #f
a country church,- After clearing
out liis throat, he gave out the
liynui, prefiioing it with the apofo-
ogy:
^ioutel UU tho welkin of hell
Winter and
sad work among the domestic nni
mills in Russia. Last year it is do
dared that from cold, snow-storms
and diseases, 5‘550 camels, 32,000
horses, 14,000 cattle and 130,000
sheep perished, and that 70,000 cat
tle were killed by tho wolves.
There is a largo share of common
sense in the world’s average judg
ment, after all. II it s-es a man
with tho Ten Commandments on
his lips, and something quite differ
ent written all over his life, it
would bo apt to point to the dis
crepancy and utter some harsh’ ct it*
icisrns, but who can blamo it?
James W. Jones, a wealthy North
Carolina planter, and one of t
largest men in tho State, died re
cently. Ho was generally know n
as “Big Jim Joaos,” and his weight
I was over five hundred pounds.
Th. light ii bad, mink m. W dim,
1 s'jirca cm M. tor«d dUh hymn.
The clerk supposing it vfas
first stanza of the byiuo,- struck
to the tune ot common metfo.-
Tho old tollow, taken somewhat
aback by this- torn of MTain,- Cor
rected tho inistako by saying,
I didn’t m-an toting dlkh hymn,
1 only m«*ut, min. •)•» l»n aim.
Tlie clerk, still thinking it a com
bination ot the couplet, finished in
tlie proceeding strain-.
Tho old man, nt this, Waxed 1 wroth,
and oxclaiuicd at the top' ol his
voice,
I dink d. debit's in yohkll—
Uat v.ib no hymn to nils at U1 r
“Gentlemen,” said a Western
judge, "this court, as the bat 1 well
knows, is naturally quick tempered,
and il this Court had not taken
warning in time and ahsteifiefi from
the us3 of ardent spirit*, this court
would no v bo in tho penitentiary or
i.s g avo.”