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Newspaper Page TextThe Advertiser. Published every.Thursday by D. 33. FRKTilM A ~NT - Terms: Sl.SO per annum, in advance. OLD SERIES—YOL. YIII-NO. 5. CEDARTOWN, GA., MARCH 3, 1881. NEW SERIES—YOL. III-NO. 12. CHARLES E. WEST, SHADOWS. Attorney ixt Law ! Wwre are moonlight ebadowa gathering over ~ ’ all this once bright earth, CEDARTOWN, Georgia. Aai Toice « “A w»*h weeping, munnur round W Special attention to Collection ot Claims. Offlce up stairs in Ledbetter & Goode Building. ■ octsi-ly C. G. JANES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CEDARTOWN, GA. IT office In the court House. tebTS-ly DUS. LIDDELL & SON, PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OFFICE BAST SIDE OF Mill ST. CEDARTOWN, GA. W. G. ENGLAND, Physician and Surgeon- CEDARTOWN, GA DR. C. H. HARRIS, Physician and Surgeon, Cedartown. Ga. B. FISHER, Watchmaker & Jewelers CEDARTOWN, GA* Having Just opened out a shop at the store of a. D. Hogg k Co., respectfu ly requests the public to call on him when needing wort in his W. F. TURNER, Attorney at Law. CEDARTOWN, GA Will practice in the Superior Courts of Polk, Pauiding, Haralon, Floyd and Carroll counties, special attention given to collections and real estate business. inarii-iy DR. L, S. LEDBETTER, DENTIST, CEDARTOWN, - - - GEORGIA. All Dental work performed In the most skill ful manner, office over J. & Stubbs k Co. ’s. febiSMy DR- G. W. STRICKLAND DENTIST, CEDARTOWN, - - - Georgia. Having permanently located in Cedartown, otters his professional services to the public, guaranteeing first-class work and reasonable charges to ail patrons. octal-ly our lonely hearth; A deep, dee paring darkness settles o'er us like a pall, And the trailing of the serpent is around and and over alL Oh! the lives that have been blighted, and the hopes that now are dead. The clinging, haunting memriea, the tears that we have shed; The light of hope from ont oar heart has long since passed away. But still we feel the maddening curse surge o’er us day by day. The friends that we have trusted have for saken and betrayed. Within the grave of buried hopes their ashes now are laid, The jojvwhaBftn r Wtf*might «tve shared the Wrwother years Have fled and left our sou’s with gloom, and dimmedOnr eyes with tears. Of little arms that once have twined caress ingly around. We see no tr»ee, save far away in yonder grassy mound They heard, with smiling on their lips, their summons from on high, And folded close their little hands, and laid them down to die. There are galling chains upon us that are wearing down our life. And a crushing sense of weariness of all this toil and strife; We try in vain to pierce the gloom that shuts us from the light, But the ‘ ’silver lining” of the cloud is lost in darkest night Jeanies’ First Sorrow. JAMES H. PRICE, CEDARTOWN, GA. Keeps on hand and manufactures to order MATTRESSES! work recommends 1 soir wherever used, and Is guaranteed to render the most pe feet satisfaction. No ntmsy material used, no work •lighted. I ask a trt.iL JAMES. H. PRICE. iebi»-ly. D. H. LEDBETTER. Watchmaker & Jeweler, CEDARTOWN, Ga. 2nd Jewelry done promptly and satisfactorily. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry of all kinds fur nished to order on short notice. I am prepared to do PHOTOGRAPHING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. Jeame Moore was the prettiest girl in Grovtland. “None knew her but to love her,” as the poet cays, and old Farmer Moore was prouder of his one daughter than of all his lands, and well he might be- This summer Jeanie had come bom from boarding school for good, and the old farm rang with her clear bird-hke tones as she flew from room to room, leaving tokens of her dainty womanly presence every where. Young Dr. Lowell had been a boarder at the farm for three years. When lie had first seen Jeanie she had been a little win ning girl, quite willing to be taken on the grays young man’s knee, and listen thought fully as he and her father talked. But now things were quite different, and as Howard Lowell watched the grace ful form crowned by the lovely flower-like face, and each day saw the pure unseiSsh nature unfold more and more, he grew to look npon her in another light,anti to think that it would be very sweet to have that blooming face grow more bright at liis ap- Shortly after their arrival her escort had left her, and devoted himself to EUa Ai mer. Not that Jeanie was neglected—that her beauty and popularity never allowed her to be—but she had watched with a keen pain her lover’s manner toward Miss Aimer. From their first meeting the reserve which he generally held toward strangers had been wanting, and he seemed to be come more and more engrossed in her society. The long walk home that evening had been almost in silence, and Jeanie’s heart, all unused to trouble, sank very low, as she thought she had been unmaidenly In giving her love so freely, and now .her punishment had come. Yet a heart once suddenly without path. And this was ©iffy 'the commencement of her sorrow. Day after day Dr. Lowed was a guest at “Waban Hall,” and Jeame often saw him and Ella Aimer nding or walking together. Farmer Moore never noticed how grave the wearisome face was growing, for with the pride of womanhood Jeanie kept her grief to herself. She had made up her mind bitterly, that while site had been loving with all the fervor of her warm, impulsive heart, be, whom she had thought so noble, had only been trifling with her—testing his powers of pleasing. She avoided meeting him as much as possible, and so the time passed, until one morning as she arose from the breakfast table, Dr. Lowell said: “Can you speak with me a little while, Jeanie ? It is almost impossible for me to see you alone lately. ” Never had this voice pronounced her name more tenderly. Was he about to make her a confidence of his new-found love? Jeanie raised her eyes quietly to his face, then answering, “Certainly,” led the way to the library. She seated heraelf, and he standing be fore her, after a slight pause, began : “Jeame, the time has come for this mys tery to be explained, and I can tell you who I am.” The girl’s large dark eyes opened wide ly. “Who you are ?” “Yes,” he said laughingly, “I know! I am Dr. Howard Lowell, practicing phy sician, of Groveland; but that is not all. Listen, and I will tell you the whole story. “My father died when I was 10 years old, leaving my mother a widow with three children. Between the eldest of the two girls and myself there was the most passionate attachment—indeed, we were all an unusually united family.But in three years my mother married again. Then my misery commenced. I cannot jde- Maark Twain c 1 Encores. I am told that in a German concert or opera they hardly ever encore a song, that, though they may be dying to bear it again, their good breeding usually preserves them against requiring the repetition. Kings may encore; that is quite another matter; it delights everybody to see that the Kmg is pleased; and as to the actor encored, his pride and gratification are simply bound less. Still, there are circumstances in which even a royal encore—but it is better to illustrate. The King of Bavaria is a poet, and has a poet’s eccentricities, with the advantage over all poets of being able to gratify them, no matter what form they may take. He is fond of opera, but not fond of sitting in the presence of an audi ence; therefore, it has sometimes occurred in Munich that, when an opera has been ont of one’s keeping^ be -Hea proach than at anv other. —------- w»- So'fee days went by, and although Z gfWfW step-fa.hcr'in- words had as yet ‘broken the sweet silence, the two young hearts were knitting fast together when my story opens. Jeanie had changed from a sliy, blushing school girl into a beautiful self-possessed maideD, conscious in her inmost heart of being loved, and of returning that love. One evening, as they all sat around the cozy tea-table, little Fred, Jeanie’s brother, bounded mto the room, full of news which evidently seemed very important to him. “Oh, father, the big house has been bought.” Now the “big house” as Fred called it, was the house of Groveland. High up on a hill it towered in its gray stone stateliness above all the rest of the village. It had been unoccupied for many years. “Well, I’m glad of that,” heartily ex claimed Farmer Moore. “It’s a shame so much fine property should have gone to wreck and ruin so long, when tt might be made such an ornament to the village. Do |you know who has bought it, Freddy?" My Gallery is fitted up in good style, and I an 1 j s * r > ^ * s a widow lady named Al- 1 - ' *■ mer, am i has two daughters.” prepared to furnish GOOD PICTURES. LIVERY, FEED —AND— SALE STABLE! Wright & Johnson, Prop’rs. CEDARTOWN, .... Georgia. Being supplied with new Horses. New Ve- •Joles. &c., we are prepaid to meet the wants •I tne public in our !«*»• lans-iy STAR BARBER SHOP. WEST SIDE MAIN STREET. CL££AX TOWELS and plenty of BAY RUM al ways auvband. Everything: neat and systematic about my shop, and customers promptly and poiptely waited on. Am prepared to Clean Clothing. Hiring me your worn and faded garments and httve them made to look as good as new. 1 guarantee perfect satisfaction in all branches ot my business. The repairing or Umbrella* a Specialty. novis-ly LEWIS BOND Haw Watches are Hade. It will be apparent to any one who win ex amine a Solid gold Watch, that aside from the necessary thickness tor engraving and polish- tag, a large proportion of the precious metal used la needed only to stlfien and hold the en graved portions In place, and supply the neces sary solidity and strength. The surplus gold Is letually needless so Tar as enutv and beiuiy are concerned. In JAMES BOSS' PATENT 4S0LD WATCH CASES, tbl-i waste ot precious metal is overcome, and the same solidity and ancBNGTH produced at from one-third to one- m alt the usual cost ol solid cases. This process I ■ of the most simple nature, as follows: A plate ef nlckle composition metal, especially adapted to the purpose, has two plates ot solid gold sol dered one on each side. The three are then passed between polished steel rollers, and the result Is a strip of heavy plated cornpo ltlon, from which the cases, bocks, centres, bevels Ac. are cut and shaped by suitable dies and formers. The gold In these cases is sufficiently thick to admit of all kinds of chasing, engrav ing and enamelling; the engraved cases have been carried until worn perfectly smooth by ume and use without removing the gold. THIS IS THE ONLY CASE MADE WITH TWO PLATES OF SOLID GOLD. AND WAB- XANTED BY SPECIAL CERTIFICATE. For sale by all Jewelers. Ask for Illustrated Catalogue, and to see warrant. novis-ly Dr. Lowell here gave a sudden start, which caused Jeanie to glance over at him, and to her surprise she saw he was violenntly agitated. His face was white as death, and with his lips parted he j looked fixedly at Freddy, as if waiting to hear more. Seeing his emotion attracted attention, he hastily arose and without speaking, left the room. Jeanie’s interest in Freddy's news was entirely lost in her wonderment over Dr. Lowell’s strange demeanor. It was quit* late in the evening before he rejoined them; but when he came back he was as self- possessed and quiet as ever, yet theie was something peculiar in his manner, and Jeanie felt the change, although, unlike most women, she refrained from asking any questions.” It was true “Waban Hall” had at last found occupants. Mrs. Aimer and her two daughters were pleasant and unaffected and it was not long before the new comers became well acquainted in the village. After a time Jeanie called to welcome them and extend the hospitality of the farm, and she returned home delighted with her visit. Mrs. Aimer was so kind, and the girls, Ella and Ruth, so charming and friendly. Jeame talked enthusiastic ally for some time about her new friends, and Dr. Lowell listened to all she said eagerly. After a few weeks invitations came to the farm for a party to be held at the “Hall.” “Shallyou go, little one?” questioned her father. Jeanie looked up at Dr. Lowell, and was surprised'again by the odd pallor of his face. It was decided they should go, and the eventful evening arrived. The “Hall” was ablaze with light, and Iragrant with the aromatic perfume of flowers, and as Jeanie entered the ball room on the doctor’s arm, her girlish heart gave a great bound. She had been to but few parties, and youth loves life and gaiety. But her pleasure that evening was not what she had expected, and as she lay in her own little bed at home that night and thoug ht over her lover’s bewildering con duct,’the pretty head buried itself in the pillows, and anyone listening might have heard smothered sobs. flicted upon me, whom alone of all the children he seemed to cate. Perhaps it was because of my then headstrong, impul sive nature. I was a passionate boy, and at last, driven desperate, i ran away from home and from my dearly loved mother and sisters. “Then for years I was driven where tate willed, working here and there at any thing, no matter how menial, until at last fortune, in the shape of a kind, old physi cian, interposed. “Dr. Lowell saw me and became inter ested in me, and when he died he left me his adopted son, his wealth, on condition I took bis name and never returned to the influence of my step-father. And now, Jeanie, comes the most wonder ful part of my story. “I have found my mother and sisters at last, free from the one who made my boy hood so wretched. Shortly after I left home my step-father had taken his family abroad, and from then until now we have never met. “How I have longed to speak and declare myself! But, Jeanie, I feared that the prodigal who selfishly lett all he held dear could never he forgiven; until last night my sister Ella spoke so tenderly and re gretfully ol the br. ther she had lost, I could keep silence no longer. I shall keep my dear adopted father’s name, but Mrs. Aimer, whom you already like so much, is my mother, and Ella and Ruth are my sisters.” Then with an abrupt change in his voice, Dr. Lowell stopped, and raising the soft, little hand which lay listlessly in the girl’s lap, clasped it firmly in his own as he said: “Can ray darling wonder that my man ner has been strange and unlike myself ?” The expression in his loving eyes made Jeanie flesh and tremble, and as she was gathered to his manly heart she knew that she had come to the end of her great Bor row. It was a happy evening that followed, when, in the “Hall” parlor, the newly- found brother and son brought the dimpled, blushing girl *o his mother and sisters as another claimant for their love. And right cordially they welcomed her. Old Farmer Moore was satisfied, too, for Jeanie and her husband will live with him, and the old farm will still echo the music of the blithe voioe so dear to his heart. Walk In Winter. Winter-walking is a sure cure for cold feet. It banishes the “creeping-crawls” from the spinal column, and sends the slug gish blood about its business. As a “ner vine” it is a million times better than med icine, and for improving the complexion it is worth a whole harbor-full of lotions and washes. It will put an edge on appetite that you can’t buy at the doctor’s, and in promoting digestion is better than a corner drug-store’s entire stock of bitters and pills. If you have never tried it, take a walk. Keep your mouth closed, your shoulders well thrown back, your head up, and re member that your legs—and especially your hips—were given you to walk with. Some people walk with their knees, bodies and shoulders—and no wonder they don’t line it. We don’t like to see them. There is an art in walking, as in other things. If yon don’t believe it, observe the motion of some splendid woman who knows how to move, or Btudy the gait of a man who has some spring and litheness to him. There ought to be a Professor of Walking in our gymnHsiums and high schools. Bat let those of us who are pest that, learn how to walk by walking; and now is a good time to begin. command hfw tome to get their paint and finery on again. Presently the King would arrive solitary and alone, and the players would begin at the beginning, and do the entire opera over again, with'only the one individual in. that vast solemn theatre for an audience. Once he took an odd freak in his head. High up and out of sight, over the prodigious stage of the Court theatre, in a maze of in terlacing water-pipes, so pierced that in case of fire innumerable thread-like streams of water can be caused to descend, and in case of need this discharge can be augmented to a pouring flood. The King was the sole audience. The opera pro ceeded. It was a piece with a swrni in it, the mimic rain began to patter.The Kmg’s interest rose higher and higher; it devel oped into enthusiasm. He cned: “It is good, very good indeed! But I will have real rain. Turn on the water.” The manager; pleaded for a reversal of the command, said it would ruin the cost ly costumes, but the King cried: “No matter, no matter, I will have real rain 1 Turn on the water! Bo the real rain was turned and liegau to descend in gossamer lances to the mimic flower-beds and gravel-walks of the stage. The richly dressed actresses and actors tripped about singing bravely and pretend ing not to mind it. The King was delight ed; liis enthusiasm grew higher. He cried l: “Bravo, bravo! More thunder! more lightning! Turn on more rain !” The thunder boomed, the lightning glared, the storm-wind raged, the deluge poured down. The mimic royalty of the stage, with their soaked satins cling ing to their bodies, slopped around ankle deep m water, warbling their sweet est and besi; the tiddlers under the caves of the stage sawed away for dear life,’with the cola overflow spouting down the back of their necks; and the dry and happy king sat in his loft box and wore his gloves to ribbons applauding. “More yeti” cried the King; “more yet; let loose all the thunder, turn on all "the water. I wili hang the man that raises an umbrella!’’ ' When the most tremendous and effective storm that had ever bt en produced in any theatre was at last over, the King’s ap probation, was measureless. He cried: . -iiMagnifipenfi--piii<pwii m it again! ” But the management succeeded in per suading him to recall the encore, and said tk: company would feel sufficiently re warded and complimented in the mere fact that the encore was demanded by his Majesty without fatiguing him with a repetition to gratify their own vanity. During the i emainder of the act the lucky performers were those whose parts required changes of dress; the others were soaked, bedraggled, and, uncomfort able lot, but in the last degree picturesque. Tfie stage scenery was ruined, trap-doors were so swollen that they couldn’t work for a week afterwards, the fine costumes were spoiled,and no end of minor damage was done by that remarkable storm. It was a royal idea—that storm—and royally carried ou!. Bat observe the mod- era’.ion of tfie King;'he (ftd not insist upon his encore. If fie had been a gladsome unreflecting American opera audience, he probably would have had his storm re peated until he drowned all those people. •To Oblige Fattier"' Justice alley, Detroit, had hardly open ed to legal business when a sleigh contain ing seven or eight persons from beyond the city limits drove up to the door ol a popu lar Justice and piled ont with an atr of bus mess. His Honor was poking up the fire when an old man beckoned him into a cor ner and whispered: My The Wedding Customs of the Towkans, “Got a job of splicing here for ye! darter Sarah here is going to hitch to that chap there with the blue comforter, and then we’re going out to have some oys ters. ” “All right—all right, was the reply, and in two minutes the official was all ready. The man with the blue comforter peeled his overcoat, laid aside his hat and extend ed his hand to Sarah.’ “1 won’t do it—I’ll die firstl” said she,as she shrank a way. “She’s a ieetle-iinjid—a leetle timid, exploit-red the old map, while the mother rebukiagly observed; “Sarah, don’t vou make a fool of your self here. William will make you a good husband.’’ “And don’t you fergit it!” added Wil liam. “Come, Sarab. ’’ “I won’t, unless we can go to New York on a bridle tower 1 ” she snapped. “You'd look nice bridle towering around New York with no better duds than you’ve got!” said the mother. “Now, Sarah, you stand up and git married!” • “Be keerful, mother—don’t make ’er mad ! ” warned the old man. “Now, Sarah, if ye back out everybody will laugh at us. “Idon’tkeerl I want to travel.” “Yourhall,” answered William. “Where?” “We’ll a.l go up to the House of Cor rection.” “’Tam’t far ’nuff.” - The old man beckoned William aud Sarah aside and began: “Now, Sarah, William jist dotes on you.’ “But I want a bridle tower.” “Yes, but ye can t have one. The rail roads arc all snowed under, and towers have gone out of fashion, anyhow.” ‘Then I want a diamond ring.” “Now don’t say that, Sarah, fur I went to every store last Saturday and they was all out of diamond rings.” “Then I want a set of mink furs.” J‘Mink furs 1 William, I know you'd buy ’em for her in a second, but they’ve gone out of style and can’t be had. Sarah, I’m yer father, hain’t I?” “Yes, dad.” “And I’ve alius liin tender of ye f “Yes.” “Then be tender of aie. I want to see ye married to William. You can't have a tower, nor a diamond ring, nor a set of furs, but I’ll buy ye a pair of new gaiters. William will pay fur tfie oysters, and I’ll see that mother divides up the dishes and bedding wit i ye. Sarah, do yon want to see my gray hairs bowed down !” “No-o-o.” “Then don’t flunk oat.” “Will they be two dollar gaiters ?” she asked. • “Yes.” . “And all the oysters feg can eat ?” “Yes, all you kin stifff.”.. “Ann.* inic.u-—. «upr d wheat- Goes wed?” ^ “Yes.” . “Then I guess I will. Come, Bill, I don't keer two cents tor you, but I want to oblige father.’’ Smoking Among the Alaskans. In Central America is a country called Towka, and without doubt the Towkans, whatever else they may be, are the joliiest people in the world at a wedding. They appear to be such an ignorant race as to be unable to keep a record of the age of their children, except in a manner similar to that adopted by Robinson Crusoe, with his notched post for an almanac. The Towkans, however, do not touch their children. They hang around their necks at birth a string with one b'-ad on, and at at the expiration of the year they add an other bead and so on, the main object be ing seemingly tha t there may be no mis take when the young people arrive at a marriageable age. When a girl numbers fifteen beads she is marriageable, bat the young man must possess a necklace of twenty before he is reckoned capable o taking on himself so serious a responsi bility. But the wedding feast is the thing. The invited guests assemble on what answers to our village green, and set in the midst is a canoe, the property of the bridegroom, brimming with paint wine, sweetened with honey, and thickened with crushed Dian- tains. The drinking cups are calabashes, which are set floating in the fragrant liq uor, and, seated around it, the company fall to—a mark of politeness beiog to :lriok opt of as many calabashes that have been delink out of by somebody else, as pos sible. It should be mentioned, however, to the Towkan’s credit, that his wife is not pres ent at this tremendous drinking bout, or rather boat. She remains in her father’s hut, and when her intended has finished with the calabashes he takes his whistle of bamboo and his “tom-tom,” which is a hollow little log, tied over at each end with bits of leather, and, seating himself at the door, of his parents-in-law prospect ive, he commences to bang and tootle sweet music, until the heart of the tender creature within is softened, and they let him in. The chief of one of the Innuit tribes, writes a correspondent from Alaska, had a nicely made pipe of wood, inlaid with lead, and furnished with a rim of lead at the top, and with several brass chains and a variety of chains. The bottom of the bowl of this pipe led into a cavity which could he opened from without, intended to receive shavings and moss to soak up the nicotine and other waste products which accumulate after smoking. In times when tobacco is scarce the impregnated shavings are used in its stead. They prefer the in tensely strong, black Circassian tobacco which they get from the Russians. The caliber of tbe pipe is small, not more than one fourth of an inch, and its depth is not great. I watched the chief preparing to smoke. He first palled from his parka a little tuft of hair, which he put iu the bot tom of the pipe to prevent the tobacco front being drawn into the stem; then put in a few grams, of black tobacco, inhaled the smoke a retained it a short time in the lunge, and slowly exhaled it. This was done just once, but that was enough to warrant a deep drawn sigh of relief and an involuntary trace of tears after the ex pulsion of the smoke. The temporary stupefaction produced by this style of smoking was quite perceptible. A few apt Definitions. Tennyson can take a worthless sheet of paper, and by writing a poem on it make it worth $5,(JG0. That’s genius. Mr. Van derbilt can write a fewer words on a simi lar sheet and make it worth $50,000,000. Thai’s capital. And the United States Government can take an ounce and a quar ter of gold and stamp upon it an “eagle bird” and “Twenty Dollars.‘’That’s money The mechanic can take the material worth $50 and make it into a watch worth $100. That’s skill. The merehaut can take an article worth 25 cents and acll it to you for $100. That’s business. A lady can purchase a comfortable Vtnnet for $i0, but prefers to pay $100 tor one because it is more 'sty lish. That’s foolishness. The ditch dig ger works ten hours a day and shovels out three or four tons of earth for $1. That’s labor. The value of Gibraltar as a strategic point was first discovered by the Saracens, who, under their leader, Tarik ben Zeyad, landed there in 711. Tarik buiid the first fortification on the height of Gibraltar in 712. In 725 the castle was erected, which is still standing on the end of tfie rock. From that time the fortifications were re peatedly enlarged and strengthened by tbe Saracens and Moors. In 1309 the place was captured bp the Christians, but in 1333 the Moors retook it. It was not finally taken by the Christians until 1462, when it was captured by the Spaniards. They bo strengthened Gibraltar that it was consid ered impregnable; but it was taken in 1704 by a combined English and Dutch fleet, and held till 1713, when it was confirmed to Great Britain by the treaty of Utrecht. Several attempts have since been made, but in vain, to wrest Gibraltar from the British. Tfie most memorable of these was begun in 1779 by the combined forces of France and Spain, and fixed tfie atten tion of Europe for over three years. All the resources of military science were de veloped in the attack and defense, and the prolonged struggle was one of the most horrible and heroic m history. It was ter minated by a treaty of peace, Great Britain retaining possession of Gibraltar. Peruvian Antiquities. Mabel and Henri. Mr. Evans, of New Rochelle, Pa., spent several years in Peru engaged in the con struction of railways. One of these roads among the Peruvian Andes is said to reach a higher altitude than any other railway in the world. A picture of a sectian of an other, the Lima and Oraya Railway, shows a span supported upon an iron pier as high as Trinity steeple. It was while laying out the route of a railway that Mr. Evans She was alone in the world. Her vari ous relatives had gradually passed away, and by a strange coincidence, just as the last one passed, she found herself alone. Alone, did wo say? Yet, not utterly, for her dear piano was left tier, and seating herself before it, she softly played the onc sweet air, the only one that she played completely. It was true that it was rumored that the discovered the time-worn relics now in his [ mortality among her relatives was attribu possession. In the southern part of Peru i ted too often listening to the strain of this ties the valley of the Santa, near Chimbole. I lovely morceau, but nevertheless it brought Here for miles is a stretch of fine white j back to her tender memories of childhood sand. From a distance its smooth surface ; and she played it to herself dreamilv— is said to resemble the unruffled sea. But “The Maiden’s Prayer.” when the sand was disturbed in the process “.Mabel, play me that strain again. ” of working upon the railway it was found that the remains of a prehistoric race lay buried beneath. Then the utmost care was taken. Soundings were made constantly with long iron rods, to determine the pres- ence of any relics. The result was aston ishing. For twenty-five miles in the sandy valley the workmen dug through an im mense graveyard. Tombs were found eleven and twelve feet below the surface of the giound, the depth indicating somewhat the years that had passed away since they were built. These tombs whose quiet was disturbed by the advent of the locomotive engine were constructed of stone. Tbe average size wa3 about six feet in length, four in width, and three in heighth. The walls were of masonry securely plastered, while It was a young man who spoke, and he leaned over the piano and watched her delicate fingers meandor over the bass notes in the romantic cross-hand move ment. “Ah! Henri,” responded Mabel, “I could play it to you forever. ” A slight shudder crossed the marble brow of the young man as he responded : “It seems to me to be a tone-picture of unequaled beauty. Observe the flights of the right hand mto the highest notes; even so might a pore prayer rise into the bights of the blue empyrean.” ‘But see, Henri,” said the maid, “now the melody is hid beneath the deep notes of the bass.” “And, even so, the highest thoughts . . must fall again to earth and seek the prac- heavy flagstones lay' across the top. When I tical. Mabel, we are poor. I am an in- the flags were removed a strange sight was ' ventorand yet hope to perfect my delicious presented within the graves. In the cor-1 steam calliope, which will bring me uers with grun, blackened, flcshless faces- j fame and fortune. Till then adieu!' Ac- sat mummies wrapped in cloths. Near j eept this as a last memento of one who them were the skeletons of dogs. There j loves you fondly.” were earthen vessels of quaint shapes and j He lias guue. She tearfully opened the specimens of gold and silver work. The i package. It contained a small musical remains of what had been once corn, beans i box which played two tunes, “l'ten You’ll and peas were also found. The mummies j Remember Me,” and “Sweet By-and-By” were prepared in a strange manner. The I —sad reminders of his affection aud bodies had been doubled up and the hands j hopes. clasped around the knees. Then the whole i Five years had passed. Mabel Jauleure 1 had been wound with a kind of coarse , was no longer young, but she was interest- cloth until only the face was left visible, i ingand full of witching grace. The misshaped bundles were placed inva- j She had boldly faced fortune and had riably with the faces to the west. The j turned music teacher. Many, many pupils cereals in the graves are supposed to have j had come to her, and she had taught them been intended for the sustenance of the I all La Friere d’une Vierge. She was no dead in the spirit world. The utensils may j longer poor, but her heart was povertv- also have been deeigued for their use Tt is ! stricken indeed. At night she would sit in supposed that these graves and relics ante- i her solitary abode and play the well-rc- date the reign of the Incas, though their j membered morceau (she knew it by heart exact age cannot be known. It is suid i now), and would grind out the two aits that the pottery is tbe oldest known in the j from her beloved musical box. She sat _ u world. | one cveaiug slowly grinding. Her thoughts I the men who were arrested the night bc- Tuere is a large number of pieces in Mr.. .wen: far away as she turned the crank: for « should he shot without a hearing. Na- Evans’ collection, all showing different de- I “Then you'll remetn—” I poicoD was to be present at the execution : signs. They are called huacas, and are re- “Mabel Jangloure! ” j and as he appeared in the distance with his eeptacles for liquids. They are composed ’ “Ucmi de Ilomboge!’’ I numerous retinue, the prisoners were of baked clay, usually reddish, but in some And they weierimtofth other’s arms. l brought out hand-cuffed, their coats and cases covered red'or black. They are “Ihave come to claim you, mv own,’ vests thrown off, and their bosoms bared moulded to represent rude busts, masks, said he, “1 aui able to marry now.” statuettes, fruit and animals. One re. ! ‘l!i F1....-t " \r-i.,.i comes. Mina, now, don’t move till I speak. Quiet, boys! Quiet, I say ’” Napoleon, little aware of the danger tliat threatens him, walks with bis arms still folded toward the pices of cannon we have pointed out, and under cover of which lay concealed some four or five ruffians (whose conversation we have in part transcribed), ready to pounce down upon their prey. As' he drew near to them, and his person be coming more distinct in a sudden flood of moonlight, their hearts appeared for the moment to melt, either out of fear for their own safety, or a dread against the spilling of such royal blood. “Do you think we had better?” said one. “I—I don’t fancy it,” said another. “I—I—I—wish ” said a third. “O! O ! none of your fooleries, boys ! Now’s the time! Do it, or not do it ?” “Du it!” exclaimed ail. “Then it is done!” and the foreman of the gang sprang out,_ and presented his pis tol to the head of Napoleon, followed im mediately by his companions. “Silence, or I’ll ” “Or you’ll blow my brains out!” added the Emperor, in a jocund manner, at the same moment laughing outright. The cut-throats were confounded. One looked at the other, and the other looked at his neighbor, in perfect amazement. The merry laughter of Napoleon continued, when suddenly, in an opposite direction, u flash—a whiz—a bang succeeded, and the foremost assassin fell to the ground. In a moment he was surrounded by a dozen or twenty soldiers, all eager to show then- at tachment, even at the cost of tlieir lit e. As if nothing out of the ordinary course of things had transpired, Napoleon simply waved his hano, saying to one of the sub ordinate officers by liis side, “Let those mea be put in chains till daylight,” and then walked away to his tent, apparently unmoved and unconcerned. Daylight arrived. The Emperor came forth, mounted on a pure white charger, the trappings of his harness set with gold. It was a noble sight. Long was the line of burnished steel which passed in review be fore him. As far as the eye could reach there was a continual glitter of polished metal that reflected back, with the bril liancy of the diamond, the rays of the morning sun. Numerous officers, clad in the richest garments, ornamented with golu lace, and their high, flowing plumes wav ing in the breeze, accompanied their com mander. The order had already been given that statuettes, fruit and animals. One re- ! “Oh, Henri,” sobbed Mabel, as her markable circumstance is that tlffi. potters' j arms timidly encircled his neck ami her wheel has not been used upon these srti-; fingers played “The Maiden’s Fray er” on cles, and the manner in wiuch they were ; his hack, “has the calliope succeeded ?” moulded is unknown. The workmanship ' “No, my darling was the response. “I is rude and the faces and figures are ex-1 have invented a method which wifi teach ceedingly grotesque. One shows, appar- j anybody to play the piano thoroughly in c-utly, a musician clutching a drum. An- ' halt an hour, and 1 aui rich !” Oufe *,.-., go, . They are wedded now. and their life strong drink and sinking down sleepily ; since llien has been one rouua ui -m-3, l-,.w over his cups. From the heads of the fig- j made more perfect by the sweet sounds of ures rise long narrow necks, often forming j the tune which had hallowed the days of an arch below, which unite into one neck ] their younger love. above. The busts of the figures swell out, . ‘ forming flasks. One represents a culprit with his hands tied behind him, and! another a clumsy cut formidable person, ft W as the night before the battle of armed with a whip. On the sides of some ; Waterloo. Napoleon, wrapped up in a of the huacus are depicted hideous drag- ; military cloak, was passing to and fro be- uns, and animals which much resemble a ' fore his tent. A number of officers glitter- school Iwy’s first effort at drawing. A' mg iu gilded finery were seated around nird, apparently a paroquet, forms the i some burning logs near by, engaged in con- body of several huacas. In some cases j vernation. They had laid out before them they are double, a bird ot figure being at-. several maps, and on a small tuble close at tached to a comparatively plain flask, i hand was placed a writing apparatus, to There are several representations of fruit, i w-hich, now and then, one or other of the one giving the form of a kind of melon officers would resort, lake up a pen, and ' '* J “ * ' ' throw it down again, unable, apparently, Emperor's Lniigh. which is said to taste exactly iike vanilla ice cream. Another consists of four clay globes, each about the size of an orange, which are joined together. From the middle the arched and hollow handle risss a long neck. A black huaca consists of a cat curled up a ball, from whose back peers out a snake’s head. They wear usually some sort of remarkable head-dress. Tusks pro trude from the corners of their mouths. Still, grotesque as they are there is a certain expression of humor visible in the very ug liness. The most curious of these pieces of pottery are what are called the “whisiling huacas.” They are usually small and of varied shapes. By blowing into the neck a clear, distinct whistle is produced. These utensils are supposed to have had a sacred well as practical use. They were proba to put on piper that which was so readily conceived in the mind. Tne Emperor's movements were quick and his step firm. There was something in the lofty bearing of His Majesty, in the broad, expansive forehead, and the keen, penetrating eye, which could not escape the notice of any one. You might strip him of every outward pomp, but still the body and soul of greatness would re main. Reader, imagine yourself for a moment in the situation we have endeavored to place you on that eventful eve. Night has thrown its mantle over the earth, and in sleep rests many a tired mortal. The con quertng army of Napoleon, having cast aside the engines of tator and sheathed the sword in the scabbatd, are deep in sleep. for the balls. A few hours of horrid sus pense had worked inconceivably upon their looks and actions. They were ghastly pale, and the traces of deep aDguish were visible upon their foreheads; yer they stood firm aud undaunted before the well-aimed guns of the soldiery. Not a limb shook, not a lip quivered, and thus they were iannebed into eternity, as Napoleon turned from Hie iMVtte ^trli a ——: — ; - — - A Halloa's Yarn. Whipped and Brideless. They don’t permit a drunkeu man to marry in Odessa. On the contrary they whip him and give his bride to another. An illustration of this occurred not long since, when a couple appeared in church ana requested the priest to marry them. The priest delecting an unsteadiness of gait in tbe bridegroom, refused, and called tbe young man a “boozing swine.’’ Indig nant at the untimely inebriety, the lather of the drunkard seized him by the collar, dragged him out of the church and be laboured him with a stoat cudgel, in the hope of making him sober enough to mar ry. The bride’s father, however, took a more practical view of the situation, and declaring the engagement off, said that any eligible candidate lor his daughter’s hand might wed her on the spot without incur ring any expense. Two aspirants came forward, and after inspection by the bnde, and interrogation as to their wordly con dition; one was politely dismissed, and the other took tbe “boozing swine’s plaoe and made a happy husband. bly intended for representations of home- ! The distant tramp of the sentinel; the hold deities, and liie whistle is thought to ; broken, uneven conversation of the officers have been intended for the voice of a god. j around the fire, and the intermediate yel- In addition to the collection of grotesque ; lings of a dog hard by, alone disturb the pottery, Mr. Evans has some interestiag ! quiet of the place. The pate moon shad- specimens ot gild and silver filagree worn j ows forth at intervals through the dark done by the Indians of Perm He has also i masses of clouds a trembling and uncertain some of the cocoa leaves and lime, on which I flgnt, which gives “to the periods of its alone the natives are said, in tiie tales of j obscunt-y a somber character more than travelers, to live for a week at a time and i real. travel 100 miles a day. ' Stand, now, till the mom breaks through _ ••• | those ponderous piles of vapor, and then Bow a Mean Man cot Beaten. . we will consider more closely the move- On a late December morning a poor man, i ments of the Emperor, who had just arrived iu Little Rock, and ; There ! lie has thrown off his cloak. Oh- who didn’t have enough money' to buy a j serve the knitted brow, the restless, half- cheese sandwich at half price, borrowed a i dissatisfied glances be casts toward the shovel, and stopping in front of a wealthy ! group around the fire. But stop .’ who man’s house, shoveled the snow from the : comes there *' Ah! it is one of his attend- sidewalk. Then he rang the door bell.! ants. He speaks—he returns, and Napo- Colonel SliDpery, the owner of the mac- loon is again alone, siou came to the door. With his face turned toward the field of “If you please,” said the poor man, “I j Waterloo, and his arms folded over his have shoveled the snow from your side ^ breast, the mighty conquerc becomes *’>- walk. ” j sorbed in thought. “If I please?”. j The last straggling officer had betaken “Yes, sir, if you please.” j himself to the coverings of his tent, and all “Well, what are you going to do about now is wrapped up in a death-iike silence, it?” | With this favorable opportunity wc will “Being very hungry, I thougt that you J take the reader by the hand and lead him would give me twenty'-live cents! ” ] to a short distance behind two or three field The colonel is the stingiest man in Ar- pieces, which have been put in order for kansas,and the idea of surrendering twetv-1 to-morrow’s deadly work 1 five cents was a desperate one. ‘’The dog won t venture out; he’s too “Seehere,” said the Colonel. “I want-: cunning, let me tell you.” ed that snow to stay where it was. If I - “Hush, you fool—hush—there’s time ‘ enough!” hadn’t wanted it on the sidewalk I would have put up ashed. I wish, sir, that all the snow in town had fallen there, for I was raised in the North,and this snow is the •nly Northern idea I have seen introduced here. I am half inclined to have you ar rested for trespass. Put that snow back where you found it. Put every flake ot it back!” The poor man .turned around, and scoop ed up a shovel of snow, when the Col onel exclaimed: “Go ahead 1 I’ll let yon off!” The poor man went away, and tbe Col onel chuckled over his breakfast. ‘1 saved twenty-five cents,” he mused, as he passed through the gate and started up-town. “1 was just thinking about hir ing some one to clean it off.” The poor man went away, and after a time returned with a lot of tramps and shovels. When tbe Colonel came home to dinner he found a bank of snow ten feet high In front of his door. He paid three dollars and a half to have it removed. '—-Mr. Sothern died recently. “Hush, did you say; and pray who 8re you, Mr. Spattc-rgowl, that ” “Who am I? I’ll let you know, if you don’t hold your tongue. Hush I I say, hush 1 be still, I say, every one of you! Bob, you keep watch at that rascally sen tinel, or I’ll Whist 1 whist! keep quiet, my lads; we’ll get him yet! Keep quiet, 1 say 1” “They used to say the fellow likes to walk out in the moonlight, when all •” “I tell you, keep quiet! Jim Bazely, if you don’t keep your head down behind that wheel, you may perchance get a run of lead through it!” “Never the worse for that, your honor. Mother always said my head was tough as lead; though, as how, it’s never had what you may call a fair trial. ” ' Whist 1 I say again, whist 1 He's turn ed around. I wonder what the fellow ru minates about so much? Perhaps he’s thinking of the many little presents Wel- iington will send him to marrow. Bat keep still now. I see he’s itching to get out into the moonlight. Thera—then ha In a book written by Hear Admiral Wemer, of the German navy, a strange story is told of the way in which many years ago, in 1836, a French man-of-war went down with all hands ou board in West Indian waters. The ship ha I been in commission for two years on the Antilles station, and during the whole ot the time her captain, who is described as an incar nation of cruelty, had exercised his ingen uity in tormenting in every possible way both the officers and men ot his crew. So well had he succeeded that the lives of ait on board had been rendered a burden to them, while the captain himself was hated with an intensity of which proof was soon to be given. Orders at length came for the ship to re turn Dome. Not long after tfie anchor had been weighed, it became evident that a heavy squall was coming down on the ship, and the captain directed the officer of the watch to shorten sail. The orders were given, but not a man moved. Again the the orders were repeated, this time by the captain himself; but still not a man mov ed. “Thisis mutiny,” cried the captain, and then a hundred voices answered: “We will not shorten sail.” In vain the terrified captatn appealed to the officera to suppilrt him. They stood silent, and neither threats nor promises availed to make man or officer move, save only a few who were noted as spies and favorites of the captain. A few minutes more and the squall struck the ship. In a moment the vessel was thrown upon her beam-ends. “Cut away the masts! ' shouted the cap tain; but stilt not a man moved. iu another minute, however, the rigging was earned away, the masts went by the board, and, thus relieved, ihe ship righted herself. Thru the long snppr jssed rage of the crew broke forth, and. rushing aft. they seized the captain. A few minules more and be would have followed the rig ging, but the first lieutenant, goiug below, opened the door of the magizine and fired his pistol into it. There wasaloud report, and the ship was no more. An hour after ward an American vessel passing over the spot picked up one of the crew, who tola the story of what had happened, and died shortly afterwaid. Horsehair Lunob. From the snow-bound region four miles from Graniteville, in Nevada, comes one of the most remarkable instances or animal sagacity, on record. The incident is prop erly verified by the testimony of the mo^t reliable citizens in that neighborhood. Four horses were discovered there ten or twelve days ago, blockaded from the outer world by seven or more feet ot snow. It is pretty certain that they were caught out during tho great storm that began ~cn the first of last month, and have since been compelled to shift for themselves, being without food when the storm set in. When discovered all were without .tails or manes,having eaten these appendages from each other to satisfy their hunger. In bit mg off the hair they had evidently used great care not to injure one another perma nently by lacerating the flesh with their teeth. They were animated skeleton i draped with horsehide. They, were ex tremely weak, but greeted tbe appearance of their discoverers with-extreragant dis plays of delight, that seemed to indica a more than brute instinct. Two men work ed eight days in shoveling a trail from the r prison to Graniteville, and finally sncceea- ed m getting them to town. They are now in charge of the finders. Fretting, fidgeting, ennui and anxi ety are the most common causes ot di sease. On the other hand, high aspi ration and enthusiasm Help digestion and respiration, and send an Increased supply of vital energy to all parts at the body.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Cedartown advertiser. (Cedartown, Ga.) 1878-1889, March 03, 1881, Image 1