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VOLUME XVII.—NO. 785. ATLANTA, GA, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17. 1891. PRICE: *2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. The Gn Tea "tnenu rinrr ti Hi? I c in go- MADISON, FLORIDA, Is Said To Ea?e Many Snbstantial Reasons for Being Called A LIVE AND PUSHING LITTLE CITY. A Fine People Who are Full of Pluck and Purpose. ;tu> uj- Wi. It Noth: - Toe following article appeared in our issue of Dec. 13th, bnt the supply of copies running short of the demand we reproduoe it in this issue. E W TOWNS IN FLOKIDA I have as many substantial I reasons to be called boom* ing, as Madison. Situated on the F. C. & ' P. railroad, in the sub stantial farming country, > he is near enough to Jack sonville to go and return , without sacrificing much time. There are two other roads making their way I here, one completed al most and the other will try to overtake the rival— thnB adding ways and means to ship the produce and reduce our freight to a min imum. Madison is in the hill country of the State, and one has a faint idea of the bracing atmosphere just far enough from the coast to temper the salt breeze with the resinous czone o! the pine fareata. Invalids, hunters and cottoo buyerg find just the thing desired in the ever pleasant climate, the virgin f rests full of game and the hundreds of acres of cotton planted In this section. Situated on a plateau much higher than the sur rounding country a: d drain: d by a hand that never e:rs, the town is singularly free from all malarial troubles, and the people have complexions more like mountaineers than “low country folk?.” From a business standpoint this place is particularly Inviting. Tue trt.oing cenur for three counli. s. she offers rare inducements to all looking for a home. From the windows of the hotel, or the cupoia of the court-house, one of the hand: oiliest in the State, one can see al most everything one rais s on the farm. In one direction the ssioie and waving masses ?.- !: ua a sugar bci'ingls going on, and title waving acres in uncut cane. In another we see the cotton fields, and just across i he street we see the wagons and hear the hum and weirr of the gins as they separate the fl“tcy staple and roll out the bales ready for market. Then we are told of the immense yield of the corn, oats, rye and potatoes, while hogs (I wish you could tee then!) they raise themselves. One man sends about four thousand dollars’ worth off every year, and he don t boy them from any one especially—just picks them up from people who make a surplus in such things. Tobacco and rice grow well here, bat people are too much absorbed in cotton to pay it the attention it deserves. Melons do well hen; and some plant largely. Pears and pecans are more reliable than oranges, although they are raised in th!s county sitiicienty to form quite an item for the one fortunate enough to have them for sale. While no occupation is crowded, there i6 no cabinet-maker nor tinner here We heard the milliner say that the reason she did not advertise was, she got more than she could attend to now. An other milliner and dress-making cstab liBhment wonJd do well here. Tne only vessel in this sea of journal ism is th< U corder, and true to it. name we have ah that s worth the record in that eight peg.—zn established venture that has b en cere many \ ear? and whose list of subscribers and advertisers show that a good paper is appreciated in Mad (son and that Messrs. Davis ana Pound know what gees to ' make up ’ one, and do not allow ‘form” or unholy “pi” to drive ihern to verbosity when “tpace” starts them in the face. Sice by side with the newspaper we most put the Central Park, i e most home like hotel in the State. Plenty of room, attentive servants and a chitf that knows nis business and considers c ok- ing a fire art. With a bus to meet every train and a hospitable greeting upon your arrival, one mis: be far gone to trouble about how he wiiigetou. Situ ated on Main street one has a picture worthy an artist,in the magnificent oaks that are on all sides and tbe glimpses of the lake as it sparkles in the sunshine, and the busy li.'e a bit fur.ner down the street. Among the prominent people one meets in bnsin-.ss here are three lawyers that in their several lints are ui ques tioned authoritj: Col. H J. McCall, Hon. Angus Patterson ai d C< 1 C B. Ashley. Col. McCall is good at anything, but especially so at collecting bad debLs. A power in the Knights of Honor, he may be so imbued with their nobility one feels rebuked when he appcu.s to them and forthwith pays; any way he gets there. Col. Patterson's forte Is land titles and righting the defrauded He is a Royal Arch Mason and takes that worty order as a rule in business, and things are “plumb and square,” we can assure you. CM. Ashley Is eloquent and is popular, and for a youog man quite a power in the land. Among the merchants we will first mention tbe pioneers Men who linked their fortunes with Madison when she was a country place getting supplies from St. Marks and Jacksonville by meant of wagon trains. First comes A. Livingstone, whose early investments in the mercatile line have, by unfailing honesty aid low prices, turned over until the result is colossal. S. S. Smith has watched this same town develop from a yellow pine forest Into a “citified place” and kept pace with it in all his former lines until now to please his patrons you can i et any thing from a “bine back speller” to a carload of salt. . W. J Dial takes even rank with tbe other two and if one peeps into his ware room and sees furniture and hardware “to the beat of ruin” and in the main store sees all he beeps, they see tbe secret of bis old customers staying right there. W. J. Witherspoon has not been long in the race, bnt he is a farscelcg young man and keeps a full line of fresh family groceries. He sells so cheap and delivers so promptly nis goods never get stale. Shaw & Smith in that pretty brick store across the street argue that all of life is not spent at ttte table, and carry a nice line of dry goods in addition to their family groceries. , , Henry W. Smith, a most accommodate ing young man, serves hot meals at all hours and keeps on hand all sorts of cakes and confectionary, so that unex pected oompany is no longer a bn* bare if you ban soma one to sand to Mr. gatfth’s to buy whatever you lack. H. V. Morrow lath# produce merchant of Middle Florida. His business is im mense, and he has cause to be proud of the shipments of eggs, chickens, etc, he mskes. Naturally, he keeps an immense stock and can sell cheap for the cash. He has just paid the sturdy farmer for meat or bis thrifty wile for lard, chickens or eggs. J. H. Southall has only been here a few months, but he proves to be a man of his word, ana his stxsk of general merchan dise is all he claims for it, and he has a good trade. T. W. Dale comes next on the list as dealer in general merchandise, and his customers argue that he can't be beat in anything. From cmr acquaintance we endorse Mr. Dale’s praises. J. B. Brinson’s is headquarters for drugs, eye glasses, perfumery and seeds. A good pharmacist, deservedly popular, his stock never gets old, and his word la his bond. A person mnat be pnrely blind not to find a pair of eye glasses to salt him in his stock. Frslelgh, Coggins & Fralslgh handle a suptrb line of goods, ladies’ dress goods, notions, fine shoes and a foil line of gents’ furnishing goods. This house nas tbe men fbr the work and their taste and discrimination can be relied on. Wno comes to Madison and meet not Capt. Marks? Genial, clever and wide awake, be is .deservedly populor. As a real estate agent he can’t be “turned down,” and yon may be certain that if he s >ys there’s phosphate in this county he honestly thinks so. Just now he has three bargains in real estate that he of fers so cheap it would take your breath away. Captain Marks ssys even his strong lungs can’t stand it more than ninety days longer. Information will be cheerfully given anyone that contemplates moving to Florida. Like Hamlet with the ghost out would be a letter from here without mentioning tbe lakes teeming with fish; the cascade where nature performs a won erful ihlng and has adorned the spot with towering magnolias, trailing vines and oodles of yellow jeBsemlne; the Bine spring deep er than my regard for my veracity al lows me to put in print, and tbe water beautifully blue and so clear one can se lect the fish they especially want and drop a dynamite there, and the fish is yours. Or, if it is game you want, real game like bear, deer, etc., just get Capt. Ltv- iDgston and Editor Found to take you to tneir lower plantation and -jour heart's de3lre will oe granted. Ail these places are near enough to be pleasant drives, and this crunty has nothing “sloucby” in l he way of Hordes. There is a beautliul drive around a lake and tne display of fins stock one sees exercising there will make you almost envious; nut nice folks don’t do that, you kno n. Some oue says, “Where are the schools and c -lurcues?” Right here, and all you want in ei her way. Just come arid see, arid if you come you'll be sure to stay. We guarantee that. Why need any a ore be said? As a final, let me impress upon you this: Madison people will welcome you in the old fashioned hospitable style, assist you in all you undertake, hi, vo you rid ing ochlud those fust k&rteU iuu aa a “cllr oner” give you a drink from the ar- teslau wel', the only one in Florida that goes through eighty six feet of granite When yon nave the final draught yon can’t make up your mind to leave an these things—we are sure from our own experience. L. O T. RIVALS PETER TUE WONDERFUL. Nordeck of Wells River, Vt., Can Perform a Lot of Tricks. 1 saw in your paper recently an account of Peter the Wonderful, the Montpelier trick dog, and was much interested la the article. He is indeed a wonderful dog, but I think A. P. Nelson oj Webs River, Vt., which is only 49 milts from Montpelier, has a dog mat as far as regards the number of his tricks is ahead of Peter. Mr. Nelson's dog Nordeck is a thor ough bred li verand while pointer, weigh ing about 60 pounds, and will perform the toUowlng tricks at a word of com mand from his master: 1. Sit erect and rise on his hindlegs from that position. 2 Lie flat on h;s back, when asked how liitie girls go to bed. 3 Say Lis prayers and keep the position until his master says “amen.” 4 Give a representation of the “Statue of Liberty Enlightening tbe World.” v. hicn consists of standing in a caair, with his front :eet on the back of the Chair, with one paw held up iu the air. I 5. Walk a 2',-luch tight rope. j 6 Kali a barrel up an incline and down ; tbe other side. 7. Climb a ladder, up one side at.d | down the other, and sit erect wnen he j reaches tbe top. 8. Stand on the backs of two chairs. 9 Shot the door. 10 Wheel a baby carriage with his front feet, pushing it up grads and bo d ing it down grade. 11 Jump thiough a 12 Inch hoop. 12. Sit oown on the edge of an Inch board, four or ilrefett from the Boor. 13. Carry bandits home from any reas onable distance. 14. Walk acicssthe room with his front paw in bis moutn. 15 Lrap from an eminence of six or eight feet, tae distance of :rjml2tol6 feet into the arms of his master. 16. Hold up his front paw and go lame when asked now be hurt his foot. 17. Roll a barrel by walking on the top. 18 When told to steal something, in a strange place, he will look around until he finds something, which he brings to his master 19 Speak or cry just as commanded. 20. Sit up and slug. 21. Dance like a bear. 22. Pick up a pin from the floor. 23 Ride bare-back upon a horse. 24 Piay “ieap-lrog." 25. Pickpockets. 26. When given meat will not touch it if told that it Is poison. 27. Stand on his front feet in a corner. 23! Walk aerors the room on his hind l6 jfordeck is only about 20 months old, and has been trained wholly by his mas ter who bought him when he was three months old. He is a very handsome dog and shows a degree of intelligence out side of tricks that is truly remarkable. Besides the tricks enumerated he does, quite a number of minor tricks which I have not thought worth while to men tion. I could relate some incidents about Nordeck sho wing his intelligence whi h ■re remarkable, bad I the space, I think, taking into consideration the respective ages of the two degs and the addl ional training that Peter the Won derful must have had dnrlng the two years additional, Nordick will compare very favorably with Peter the Wonder ful. F. A. Palmer, in Boston Globe. The Other Man’s Wife. A MOST CHARMING STORY OF EARLY LOVE. BY JOHN STRANGE WINTER. THE NEW MADISON HOTEL, MADISON, FLA. A HOLIDAY WEEK. Southern Girls at Schools Enter tained in New York. Young ladles who are at the schools for girls along the Hudson River had tbe permission of their parents to spend the holiday week in N-jw York at the St. James Hotel. Capt, Wm. M. Conner, rf that hou e, is acquainted with almost ail the families of these misses, and besides that, his daughter numbers every oie of them among her most inti mate friends. So they were ramparted from homesick cess. Nobody had any “call” to pity them, and ia fact most of the girls who went home will envy them when thay hear of their New York experience. They bad a dance of their own, a Curis’mas treeoTtbfir own, b-->x parties of Capt Conner’s to most of tbe theatres, arid every day tiny had the big dining-room for their studio of human nature. They are as safe—safer, perhaps, than a house party in Esglanu—and they were not iu the lesst, bit bored. On Saturday night the three large i arlors on tfce ground floor were converted Into a miniature theatre and the young ladies gave Jeronre's pretty one-act play, ‘ Sunset,” to as audience of the friends of Captain and Mrs, Conner, Miss Mlgnon Conner ud /lies Jeaiby, aCabajoa, a000tiling tbe two principal p irts. Even tbe elements assisted the perfac tion of this good time, for one young lady from Louisiana exclaiming that what she wanted most was a “straw ride.” Nature kindly consented. There was a fall or snow, and tbr, e days before the New Year she had her wish. All of these young daughters of the South were at the reception given by Mrs. Hill on Monday night at the Now York Hotel. The parlors—big and old- faentoned, but with their charming air of comfort—looked very lovely and Southern trimmed with smilax, orange blossoms and oleanders. And there was as there should have been—a predomi nance of the Southern element among tbe guests. Mr. and Mrs. Calhoun, Mej and Mrs. J. R. Robertson, Mr. and Mrs. R. G ErwiD, or Savannah; Mr and Mrs Tom L Johnson, Miss Belie Greene and Miss Burkholder, of Virginia, and many delightful home people—some who go everywhere ano others who live a little retired—met at this famous hotel, so fall of memories as it Is, too. Ooe of the bits of news picked up at this reception was of the marriage, now near at hand, of Mr. Willie Wilton, of Savannah. When this scion of an srUtocrelic house of the Palmetto City was last here, and very lately, too, hs had nothing to s»y on the BUbj?cf, and fought shy, i; is said, of aDy ailusiou to it —Nashville Danner. A REMARKABLE POEM. SPEAKER REED'S HAT. The Most Frequently Used Letter How Will it be Treated when He is Omitted Altogether. Gets Back on the I’loor ? The following poem of three stanzas of fonr lines eacn has often been alluded to as one of the most nnique of literary curiosities. Eijhetanzi contains every letter in the alphabet, except the letter ‘ e,” which ali printers will tell you is one of tbe most indispensable of the letters, its relative proportion of rise being 120 times to j 4, k 8, g 17, and 1 40. i’he one coming next to “e ’ la number of times of use is “a,” which is used SO times while the letter in question is ben g used 120 times. The poem which has caused the a jovo digression is e; - tiled: THE KATE OF NASSAU. Bold Nassau quits his caravan, A hazy mountain grot to scan; 1 ’limbs jaggy rocks 10 spy bis way Doth tax his sight but far doth stray. Not work of man nor sport of child. Finds Nassau id that n.az. wild; Lix grows bis joints, limbs toll iu vain— Poor wight! Vny didst thou quit that plain.’ Vainly for -OfCor Nassau calls Kuowu Zillmi 'bat thy Nassau falls; But prowlh (Jwol( and fox may joy To quarry VArab boy. {Jj v 4 Chicago Tribune a jfATCfl. k ■ lus iV®r, n and ar<e />, " t Heavcn'ld. 0< f A TeJ 4a^£. oratjon .•oiaatie oucbc'.ial Joys. in Pursuit of ••Csp- -ettVT In t Nashville. Tenn., has done a flourish ing business daring the current year. The annual report of the Merchant’s Exchange shows the Nashville flour mills output dally 3 000 barrels, and $1,- 000,000 capital invested in them paid up. Three cotton mills have 44 f 84 spindles, 1 318 looms, employ 1 034 hands, consume 13 3;0 hales of cotton and turn out cotton cloth, cotton yarn, twine, thread and acamiess bags. Ten circnlar and seven teen band saw mills have a dally capacity ot 624,COO feet. During tbe year ending September 15,1890. 259 000,000 feet ot lum ber ware bandied in this market, and the capital invested la tbe lumber buaineee and woodworking la f4.500.000. Curious Customs. Althongh among the Bedouins a wife is considered as a slave, singleness is looked, upon as a disgrace. Persian women have little education, and are reared in 1 eciusiou and ignor ance, knowing nothing beyond ihe walls of their house. Hindu women sre forbidden to read or write. Indeed, those wbo dare to in dulge in such luxuries are often “ac i- dealaliy” missing. Jewish women of the higher classes were ssciudod from public life, aad pass ed their time with tne distaff and spin dle. At marriage the ceremonies lasted seven days. In Uhina a wife is naver seen by her future master. Some relative bargains for the girl, tbe stipulated price is paid, and she is a submissive slave The women of ancient Rome ware treated with greatest respect. Sbill, they Were not allowed to inherit property, and could be divorced by their husbands for counterfeiting their keys and for wine drinking in Turkey woman is held in the most rigid seclusion. Sue must always appear veiled With pigs and dogs sue is for bidden to enter a mosque, and the Koran declares a woman whu is unmarried to be in a state of reprobation. Siberian women are raised as subject slaves, untidy in drees, and are bought with money or cattle. The moat capri cious whim of her husband is law, and should the latter desire a divorce he has only to tear tne cap from her head. Among tbe Congo negro e j when a man wishes a wife he sec ores one and keeps her on probation a year. If her temper and deportment are satisfactory, he at the end of the year formally marries her. But should she prove an incumbrance he sends her back to tbe parental roof. Bald-Headed Congressmen. Looking over the heads of the membe rs below yon notice that many of them have lost more or less of their natural covering from the place where the wool ought to grow. The particularly bald pate of Greenhalge, the man from Lowell attracts jour attention first, perhaps. He is one of the baldest men in the House, but ho is run close by Wade of Missouri, Walker of Massachusetts, Chip man of Michigan, Silver-Daiiar Bland, and Cowles 01 North Carolina. Other very bald men are Fitch of New York, Bing ham, the Philadelphia sweii; Hitt, the little man from Illinois; ana Buchanan of Virginia. O we n of Indiana, McCreary of Kentucky, Bartine of Nevada, Bunn of North Carolina, Wilson of Kentucky, Dunphy of New York, Culbertson of Pennsylvania, and Thompson and Wil liams of Ohio all brush tbeir hair with a. towel. Yon can see for yourself from the examples they affoid that baldness is not oeantlfylng. That Ip tbe reason why Vlee-Preeident Morton wean n wig — Washington Letter. - Brazoria LettVJ in the St. Louis Globe- Democrai: “Mist’ John, I done come ter see et yer cayn t give tbe old nigger a ole white stut ytr done got fru wearin’,’’ said Uncle ’Ibuselah, a well-known old negro of this vicinity, a day or two ago to the writer, wbo told him that he thought he might find him a shirt. “Thankee, sab! I knowe<J you was tbe one ter come ler. I tells yer, I wants that shut for mighty ’tlcklar pappus.” Here the old darky fell to chuckling till it seemed that his life was in jsopardy. “What occasion?’’ was ssked him, when he fell nis head all over after t ie fashion of negroes when embarrassed, but ail the while grinning broadly and looking about with a sheepish delight. “Weil, sah,” he said at last, “I declar hit do mos’killdis ole nigger ter think ’bout hit, but sho’ you live, honey, Unc’ ’Thuselah gwiue get married ter mor row.” “Get married Why, you old idiot, you must be 80 at less !” “Humphl” returned the old tnan, not iu the least offended. •‘Uuc' ’Thuselab oJdei’n dat.” “Well, how old are you?” he was asked. “I don’ know, z.ctly, Mist’ Jjun. but 1 was born da night dat JVlsister George Washington was Tccted to 1>3 boss. My mammy teld me dat many er time, and she ’membered hit, ’cause she wanted tor name me arter nim, but rny daddy put he toot down dat lie d larrup her ter death tf she didr.’ give mo his name, ’Thuselah.” “Tnen, according to that, you are 101 yeais old, and a good d. a! too old 10 think about merry log. Were you never married before?” “G iong, chile. I’se bin married too of’eu ter talk ’bout. Less see, now. There was a ysiiergal in VirgluDy nam ed Bets'; then taere was Mandy and Ptoeby and Becky, and ’nother named Betsy, a black’oman wif er game eye X dean’ ’zsctly reckomember ofl'-hand who were nex’, but seem lak ’twas Sukey, but hit moughter been Jane, and after her come Lizzie, and then Aun’ Patsy.” “What became of them ali?” “Law, I don’ know, sab,” with a lapse back into his respecttul manner, “ise badterwnk too hard ttr run 'round lookiu’ at tor a pack o’ good for nothin’ wimmea.” -‘Weil, whole to be the fortunate and tenth Mrs. Thuselah?” was propounded to him, but had to be altered to “Wao is it this time?” .a j “Ann’ Ca’iine ef ahe git done her 4’nnin’ in time, and Auu’ Rachel ef she don*.” ‘•What on earth do yon want to get married again fox? You are much better off as yon are.” ... , “I don’ know ’bout dat sab! Ann’ Ca’iine make a heap o’ money washin’ and I’ae tired hustlin’ ’round for some- pin to eat, and Auu’, Rachel she got $20 put away in the bank, an’ Mist Jim Blakely give her a mighty nice sibber watch fore he died for nussin’ him, an’ In the British House of Commons the members sit with their hats on, but it is a long time since a hat has been worn in our House of Representatives. During tbe a.t years of Alexander H. Stephens’ service there ho always wore his hat, a tail silk one, not over new and not al ways smooth. He was a most remark able figure in nis wheel-chair, his snow- white hair, his keen, intelieciuai face, aDd his fieshlesa frame, making a picture not easily forgotten. I Hats ate uted in the Hou<e, however, for when a new c ingress comes togolh. r and seats are drawn by lot the leaders, or those wbo are supposed to hs.ve a speci ally privileged r giit to select their own seats, leave ictir hats upoa their desks. If a member draws the paper which a3- j signs him to a Uesk that has a hat upon i it, he may, if he choose, waive his right io take it and coutaut himself with an ! other 3eat. It happens sometimes that a member i leaves nis hat up ju a desk, a na t iat his privi ege to alt. ai that parti ular dask is disputed. in that event the man who draws t: e number giving bim a right to the disk in question quietly takes pos- s ss’on of it and tossos the other man’s nat onto the next desk, from whence it is tossed to another, until it has made the circuit of all th6 desirable desks on the floor without finding a lodgment rn any one of them, unless, perchance, its owner has had the good fortune to get possession of one of them in the usual way. The chagrin of the would-be leader when he finds nis hat treated thus con temptuously can be better Imagined than described. What will be the fate of Mr. Reed’s hat next year, when he takes his place on the floor of the house? asks the New York Times. Will it be treated as the hat of a leader, or as the hat of an ordin ary membet? It is a harmless hat, a derby, black in color and conservative In shape. Anybody seeiug it without its own: r would suppose it to be the proper ty of some harmless, middle aged man. There isn’t the faintest suspicion of ag gressiveness in it when it hangs alone. Modified a little, with frills ahout it might even do for a baby’s cap. But when it becomes a part of Speaker Reed, it is aggresive enough to suit anybody. Ann’ Rachel an’ dat watch, fer hit make me feel mighty good ter think ’bout hit.” “Nature may be outdone mere easily than she can ho equalled,” is one of the sententious utterances which Cooper puts into the mouth of a man who had gained all of his knowledge from the book of Nature. We find exemplifica tions of Hs truth in every art that aims at the imitation of nature. In painting, hundreds err by putting on too mnch color for every one who produces just the right tint. In statuary tbe effect of an ImiMfing attitude ia often lessened by trying to make it too imposing. On the stags” too much of the thing spoils, bath —.— u — —*— - # the 1 the m’onkey-iika grimaces of ... ajid the heavy otoq—ot of (Riskspsore’s hints. Samsons. Firmlus, a native of Seieucia, who was executed by the Emperor Aurellan for espeusing the cause of Zsnobia, was cel ebrated for his feats of strength. In his recount of the life of Firmius, who lived in the third century, Vopiscus informs us that he could suffer iron to be forged upon an anvil plsced upon hiB breast In doing this he lay upon his back, and resting Lis feet and shoulders against some support, bis whole body "ormed s,n arch. Until the fourteenth century the exhibition of such feats does not seem to have been common. In the churchyard of St. Peter's, Isles of Ttianet- Kent, the tombstone of a man, famed by land as well as sea, who w as drownid in a smuggling transac tion. has a memorial quot: d in county hand books and guides. This man was Mr. Richaid Joy, called “Tho Kentish Samson,” who died May IS 1742, aged 67. In Lis youth he was invited to Lon don to exnlbit before King William III, and the court some of his feats of strength, and was named “Tie Second Samson.” Among bis feats were to pull against a drayman's horse, to break a rops capable of suspending 35 cwt. and lift 2.200 pounds. The epitaph is. Herculean hero! famed for strength, At last lies here, his breadth auil length. See how the mighty man isfa len! To death the strong aud weak are ali one; And the same judgment doth befall Holiath great and David small. His own personal s'rength was very great, bnt be had also discovered various positions of tbe bedy in which men even of common strength could perform very surprising feats. In the course of eight or ten years, however, bis methods were discovered. Some time afterward John Charles Van Eckc berg, a native of Harze - gerode, in Ain bait, traveled through Eu rope under the appellation of “Samson,” exhibiting very remarkable examples of bis strength. Dr. Desagullers, by pa- tient observation, found out that his per formances were exhibitions of skill rather than of strength, and performed many of the feats himself, with more or less success. The famous Thomas Top bam, of London, relied on his powers alone for the success of his feats of strength. Dr. Desagullers Igives the fol lowing relative view of the strength of individuals: Pounds. 125 400 800 20J CHAPTER XI. Hell is full of good meanings and good wishes; but Heaven is full of good works. The days passed over and wore into weeks, and still Major Dennis never went into ChertBey town a foot. He rode and drove a good deal and was more variable than usual in his temper, ia fact his ser vant Judge coDfided to a friend his opin ion that his master was either in the devil’s own mess about something or else that he was getting ready for an attack of D. T. But for a time nobody else hit the nail so ralrly on the heafi as did the Ignorant and stolid batman! To all the other persons with whom he was connect ed at that time the Major was a complete enigma I He told more stories and what was worBe older ones than ever, he laughed at them with a loud and boister ous assumption of mirth which was as unreal as it was unmusical—he was more uncertain than ever in temper and as a matter of course, his wife became more nervous and wan and Jack Trevor made greater efforts to make her life somewhat endurable to her. It must be confessed that Jack Trevor was a good deal puzzled at this time. He had felt from the beginning that Ethel’s husband was somewhat of a (.brute, that he was not the husband she ought to have had, that tbe girl was unhappy and that her life hai been ruined in every way. But now thsre was something go on which he could not and did not under stand And after about a week of hard thinking over the situation, he tried au experiment by way of making observa tions on tbe result. It happened one day that Mrs. DenDis had be. n in Lnr little garden tending her flowers. The summer was fast wearing Into autumn, but her Dorders were btiii bright ana gay aL d by dint of daily at tsxition ohuwed nosignsof decay. Whi e she was there, Jack Trevor happened to come past (and it was reaiiy wonderful to cee how, at this time, his daily duties and pleasures did happen to take him past tue Dennises’ nut ) and seeing tier he stopped and stayed lounging on tne rail ing to tala to her. “ You look awfully pale, Ethel,” he re- I m in-d presently. J “Got I nave been moving about in the sun,” she answered flushing up into ! quite a brave show of roses. “Tne fact is you don’t get half exercise enough,” he said, “you ought to get a goon Bharp walk every day—you're posi tively pining for want of fresh air.” • Eh—what?” said a voice behind him. Jack turned round and Etnel looked up to fi id the MsJ-ir standing beside him. Jaca explained. “I’ve been telling Mrs. Dennis, Sir,” he said—“that she doesn’t get half enough exercite. Hue ought to have a good long walk every day.” “And you re quite right,” answered the Major promptly. “Then,” cried Ethel—“do let ns all go for a good long walk right over the Com mon ard through the wood. Od! I should enjoy it so—do, Cosmo.” “it On! I’d rather not. I—I—’m not up to a long tramp today. But Trevor will be gibu enough to taae you I dare say—eh, Trevor?” “Why, of course, I shall,” returned Jack cueerfully. “No, you come too, Cosmo,” Ethel urged. “Nonsense—nonsense—” he replied with his coarse laugh, “you’llenjoy your self much better without me—you know what the proverb says about 'Two’s com pany,” don't you? Go and get your hat on at once.” 8he gave him one reproachful look as sho Went In-doors, but ne only treated it as a j ikeand invited the subaltern to go in aao. ‘ Come in, Trevor, come in—I’ll tell you what it is, iuy boy, you take my ad vice, nevir get married—women are queer cattle io deal with, you never j dtr bruised wrist with passionate kisi know When you have 'em. Hal' the wo j es. men 1 know would be only too glad io be I She tried to pu ih his head a vay, the given a free hand but—--"and tden he ! little daisies tell to the ground between broke off short and picked up a card | them and the make sni't fishing rod whicn Jack Trevor hau put quietly down ! went ffoaHng away down the little on the table nearest the coor—“Good j stream. * J tex,” she said in a pained Goc!” ha muttered under his breath. voice, “it’s rot so bad as you thick. ‘ Teen you do know ‘Mademoiselle j Cosmo has never struck me or anything Valeri-,” was Jack’s comment to him- I of that sort, sever. But last nigut he— seif—“By Jove, 1 never thought I should ; eaughr at my arm to steady himself ?/>h \2/111 II hr(4 l.hir. ** . . r . ' j .. .. __ .. ... ■ 1 .. . . 1 < . . Strength of the weakest man .. Strength of very strong men... Strength of Tojpham ' ' ' of Topbam The weight The Emperor Maximin was 9 feet in height and he could draw with ease a laden chariot which two horses could not move. The feats of the famous Ro man athlete Milo are two well known to need description. The present Czar of Russia can roil np a florin into a bouquet holdi r, flatten a metal cap, etc., by the simple pressure ot his hands. He often surprises his friends by the exhibition of such feats. It will be seen that the name of‘Samson” has bsen plagiarfzsd Ircm an early date. Like their great proto type, most of the world’s famonamen have come to a violent end: MUo was devoured by wild beasts, while Maximin was assassinated These days it appears snooted* ae often ee ajQnr that nothing thought or that woman should makeTme so infernally Dervous, bnt I always] did hate her, always. I hope to Heaven she won’t get hold of E :bel and harm her In any way; she s capable of anything— any thing— and I don't want that kind of scandal to get afloat! Confound it, she has spoilt this billet completely for me. I expect I will have to throw np my com - mission and get rid of her by moving about from place to place. I shcu d hate it though; I always did hate being un ■ settled. And yet if she persists in dog ging my footBteps here—why, life won’t be worth having, not at that price at all events.” He picked up his newf piper and begat to read and presently he forgot the mye terlous visiting card, and after a time he dropped asie> p Meantime, Mrs. Dsnnta and Jack Tre vor had tramped away over the common in the direction of the woods which lie between Chertsey and that country house which rejoices in the name of Hlghflight. They had got rather more than half way over the common, and were ap proaching a pretty grove of trees which grew about a nillock or a bit of rising ground. A little streamlet ran close by and made tbe soft and mellow autumn air alive with its music. A rough seat had bten placed under one of the largest trees, a poplar, and a* Jack Trevor s eyes fell upon it he suddenly bethought him self tnat they had come a good way and that Mrs. Dennis migat like a rest. “Are you tired, Etuoi? Would you like to rest a little?” he asked. “Yes, I shou’d rather, although I’m not really tired,” she answered. What a nice seat for an out of the way place like this.” “And so nem this little brook,” said Jack, smi ing; “now if wo only had a rod here we could do a little fishing aud fancy ourselves back in the neutral ground between the Paiecsand the Onffo again. 1 wonder If 1 have a bit 6f string iu my pocke:?” He managed to find three little coils of siring, wn.ch as he told E ;hel, he Lad shoved into his pocket mat afternoon after opening a pa;cel Lorn town, and with tins tied on to the cud ot his walfc- ingotlck ana a beui piu seemed to tho end of the string, he contrived a very respectable fisuing rod and with a werca dug np with his pocsetknifc, ha b‘ gan to fish in tse little nrook with as much con - teutmect as ir he had got 1 is nest rod with him and had tne privilrgo of whip ping the b-st preserved waters in Eng land. ‘ Not the first ti ne we hays made shift with a bit of suing and a bent pin, Is it?” he said to har, ai.U Ethel Dennis laught d at. the remembrance as she had been ustd to laugh in h.r childnc.od bet as she never laughed now excepting when she was alone with Jack Trevor. For a long time they sat there, he on the bank and she on the clumsy seat, watching the float—yes, he had contriv ed a fl-at out of a piece of dried wood— idly bob np and down in the limpid water. “Our chance of a fi-h ia rattier remote,” laughed Jack when about half an hour had gone by, then looked up at her—‘Ethel what are you doing? ’ “I’m going to make a daisy chain,” she answered gaily. •‘A daisy chain,” he repeated, “and how many years is it, pray, since yoc made a daisy-chain?’' “More than I like to think about, 1 ’ she saic quickly. “It makes me feel quite aged io try to realize it, Jack. Reacu ms those big dairies beside yon. there's a good boy.” Ho reached out his hand and gathered the daiaies to which she had pointed and held them out to her. And as she took them from mm the sieevu sipped back from her slender wrist and snowed the white flesh marked by a long livid bruise. Trevor caught her bine, ana pushed the white sieeve still further back— “What is that?” he asked bluntly. “Where did you get that bruise, Ethel?” She started and tried to draw h-.-rhand away—“It is nothihg—Uosmo—” 1 Good God,” he curst out, “do you mean to say he knocks you ubout, that ha ill uses you—oh! my darling—my dar ling,” and then be bent Ms handsome yourg head and covered ihe little slen- fntcb you like that/ At that rnomeut Judge entered the room bringing brandy aad soda which seemed to be a necessary accompani ment to the Major wncrever he happened to be. “Woo has bsen here today, Judge?” he asked. “No one, sir.” Are you sure? ' and—a;:d he does not rnow himself that he bruised It.” 8be was ashamed to have to make such a confession and yet she was obliged to say that much becaus-■ the conclusion to which he had jumped on seeing the wrist was far worss than tee reail y. How ever, it was too late to keep him from spaak'ng now; tho ll sod-gates were opened, the pent up fee.ings of disgust “Go! yes, sir I ve been cleaning tbe 1 aiic | irritation against Minor Dennis windows and tidying the garden, and - about the place since morning.” “Where did you g=t yonr dinner?” “I had a bit cf dinner with the ser vants, sir,” in an apologetic tone—“I was very busy at dinner time, aad— ’ “Oh! it's all right—I don’t mind—that will do,” said the major in a tone of dis missal. Then he looked at the card again —“Now, I wonder how the devii [hat card got here,” he muttered—“On! here’s my wif9. Have yon had a visitor this morning, Ethel? ’ •‘Nc— why?” “Because I fonud this card on the ta ble,” showing it to her, not a little to Jack's admiration. “Mademoiselle Valerie,” Ethel read, looking at the card still in his hand. “No, it was not for me. Oh! I dare say it was some dressmaker in the town, or perhapB a woman canvassiDg for an il- lnstratpd Bible or book of travels. They were always coming at Edenbnrgh, you know.” “Ah! I shouldn’t wonder,” said the Major, with a breath of relief. “And they are such a nuisance,” Ethel went on. “I had better tell Jadge not to let Mademoiselle Valerie in if she honors ms again,” “Yes—mnoh the best plan,” with great satisfaction. “Well, now, are yon going to start? Bring her back safe, Trevor, ana don’t let her get overtired.” “All right, sir—I’ll take care of her,” Jack replied. Major Dennis followed them to the gate and watched them well away. “I wonder how the devil that woman’s card came there?” he mnttered under hl3 breath. “Dress-maker—a canvasser for Bibles and bcoks! Nc—nc! Besides it’s her writing, I should know lc among a thou sand. Yes—” looking at it again—“it’s her writing, sore enough—sore enough.” Looking at the card, however, woald not solve the mystery, and at laat Major Dennis went within doors and changed tala uniform for plain clothes, when ha settled down In ■ comfortable chair with a newepaper and a pt. “ ’Pen my wood, rdon’t know why tho wh ch had been smouldering for many weeks had, all in a inomint, boen fanned into a 11 im”, and a flame, ycu. know, more particularly a flame of iove, is not to be put out in a moment by a slL'g'e word—at least Ethel Daunis was not in a mind to say the few words which would have quenched It tbere and the"; foi ever. He pulled himself up on the seat ba- side her still keeping her hand a prisoner within his own. “1 never meant to tell you,” he said, “I s wear I did not. Don’t be angry with me, Ethel. I was sur prised into It—yes, I was indeed. I have been struggling against it almost ever since you came to Chertsey, but the sight of your dear little bruised wrist was too much for me; dear little patient wrist;” he ended, then bent and kissed it tenderly again. “Don’*, Jack,” she whispered. “We ought to have been married, you and I, Eohel,” he went on, still holding her hand. “We were always such friends, right from the beginning. What could your mother have been thinking of to sell you for the chance of a title and a few thousand a year—it can make no dif ference to her whether you can have one horse or a pair—but it makes a difference of life aud death to you, aud the differ ence between hell and heaven to me.’ “1 most go,” she cried in a stricken voice. “I ought not to listen to this—it can do no good, no good. Lat us go let me go—home.” Bat T/epor held her closer prisoner than before. “It can do good,” he cried. “Let me say everything that must sooner or later be said between us. Lst us have it out once for all. It will show us where we stand. Why should you go home’ You are much happier here.” “I am not happy anyhere,” she Durst out- . . . “No, but you could be,’ he rejoined. “We could be so happy, so happy away from all this. It is useless trying to es cape our fate. If I had