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THE LON = FAST. DEATH OF MISS HEl.MAN, THE STARV¬ ING WOMAN OF INDIANA. Jeffersonville, 7nd., March 16— Miss Anna Maria Hermann, who was sent from this place to the county poor asylum, sixty days ago, died in that institution yesterday of starva¬ tion. Mias Hermann was a lady of superior intelligence, a native of German}', and for a long time taught the language in this city to a few young ladies. One day in January last she suddenly became violently insane and was arrested. She re- quested the arresting officer to kill her, as she desired to go to heaven without delay. a resort to starving. When this was refused her, she determined to die by starving herself. She was sent to the insane depart¬ ment of the Clark county poor asy¬ lum, near Charlestown. The visLing physician and superintendent used every effort in their power to induce her to partake of food, but to no pur¬ pose. One day shortly after her arrival at the asylum, she ,e a por¬ tion of an apple but since that time, the superintendent avers, she has partook of no food whatever. She would drinA a little water once a day for a while, but lately had been unable to retain water on her stomach. SIXTY .WO DAYS WITHOUT FOOD. Many persons have doubted the statement of Superintendent Baldock to the effect that she had fasted during the time stated, but as he is a responsible and truthful gentleman, bis statement canqot be successfully contradicted He said to a reporter, 7 am certain she has not taken a drop of water or a morsel of food without piy knowledge. Frequently we would place food beside her at night, and it vvould remain nnd stqrbcd; some¬ times we would put some nourish¬ ment in the water but she won hi spit it out as soon as it touched her lips. She would drink nothing but pure water, and I am positive that during the sixty two days she remained in the asylum, nothing was given herbu what I have stated.’ rkDuced from 2)0 to 80 pounds. For two weeks past Miss Hermann has been greatly reduced in strength, but retained her senses up to the Iasi. She conversed intelligently on 7’ues day, and when a doctor called to se«. her she remarked, ‘I did not send for you, and as you are intruding 7 wis you would retire.’ From a very stoui person weighing mure than 200 pounds she was reduced to hO, ann the little flesh which clung to her bones was almost mortified, having turned blue in the last few days. Hundreds of persons have called at the asylum to see her, many of them living far away It is probably the longest fast oyer accomplished by any person in this country. She was 54 years of age A SEA WAIF. A very curious anecdote is told concerning Admiral Bythesea, V. C.. C. B., who retired from the service, after having for many years filled the post of onsulting Naval Officer to the Government of India. 7t is stated that the Admiral was picked up, when an infant, far out at sea, lashed to a bale of goods. A lady—presumably bis mother— was with him, but she was dead, and there was no evidence of any kind by which the name of the waif could be traced. 2’he officers of the man-of-war which picked up the poor little infant aid all they could by advertisement and inquiry to discover his relatives, and, finding all their attempts futile, they deter¬ mined to adopt the child, to which they gave the name of *Ry the Sea.’ He was sent to a naval school, and. when old enough, joined the navy By a happy coincidence the first ship in which he served was the one which had saved his life as an infant. He tooA to his profession, and during the Crimean war distinguished himself at the Island of Wardo, where he earned the Victoria Cross and the decoration of C. B. Later on his services in India gave him the Companionship of the Order oi the Indian Empire, and he retired from the service with the ran/c of Admiral-a consummation little dreamed of by the kind-hearted officers who rescued and educated Rim. z' FOCCOA NEWS By Edw SCHEAFER* [ VOL. IX. A FORSYTH INDIAN FIGHTER. recollections of a veteran of the PIONRFR DAYS IN GEORGIA. Atlanta Poet-Appeal. Mr. S. A. Wasson, of Forsyth oounty, an old Indian fighter, has been stopping at the Air Line House for two or three days. His reminis¬ cences of the early struggles of the settlers of this country arc intensely interesting. He served under the celebrated Indian fighter, iWajor Dick Simpson, of South Carolina, in the Florida war, and, receiving a wound in the right shoulder, was sent home. As soon as his wound healed, he heard that the Indians had risen against the whites in the Georgia settlements^ and his love for adventure induced him to try the fortunes of war again in this section. Shortly after his arrival he was placed on Gen. B. Rush .Montgom¬ ery's staff, who then commanded the port at Ross' Landing, so called because the old Indian chief, John Ross, lived near there. After the railroad was surveyed to that point ihe name was changed to Chattanoo- g a * In his own words lie s?id ; After the Indians had been quieted, 7 en¬ gaged as a wagoner in a train of wagons that used to run between Augusta ami Ross’ Landing, and was accustomed to stop at Humphrey’s spring, oyer w.Jeh the Markham House now stands, to feed my team and stay all night. There was not a house within several miles except a I.ttie ten by twelve doggery, about two miles from the spring, where the wagoners were accustomed to stop and get their liquor- I stopped at the spring the night that the party who were surveying the route lor the Georgia railroad reached the spot As tiic engineer was driving a staki near the spring he remarked to the teamsters who had gathertd around, Boys I would not be surprised u there was a right snJart village here some day.’ A Little before this a man offered iiim five hundred acres of land, lying along what is now Peachtree street, upon which are now some of the most valuable residences in the city, for sixty-five cents an acre, and his rec ollection is that Mr. Richard Peters bought it for that sum. ‘i’ve wished a hunured times since that 7 had bought it,’ he added. •While I was in Tennessee,’ hi resumed, ‘I was a member of the part} who attempted to capture the cele¬ brated brigand, John A. iliurrell. When we surrounded the cave where Murrel's party had their headquarters and where they did their counterfeit¬ ing, we had a desperate fight in whic? five of the robbers were killed afid the rest wounded and captured. 3/urrel. was not there. To my astonishment a ro an whom I Allied in tie melee proved to be the very man with whom 1 had been boarding for some time, and whom I had alwa}s regarded as an u] r ght, hontst, clever gentleman Mis wifes was nearly broken b} the terrible news, and she declared that he was innocent and had been found among the robbers by accident. Some time since she visited me and reiterated her belief in his innocence, but i am fully convinced that fie was one of them. Help Yourself. People who have been bolstered up and leavered all their lives are seldom good for anything in a crisis When misfor- tune comes they look around for something to cling to or lean upon, 7fthepropis aot there, down they go. Once down, they are as helpless as capsized turtles, or unhorsed men in armor, and cannot find their feet again without assistance. Devoted to News. Politics. Ag.'iculture and General progress- TOCCOA, GA„ MARCH 25. 1882, valuable hints. When ice is required at night for a sick person, break it into small pieces, and if it be scarce and care must be taken^to prevent its melting, put it into a soup plate, cover with another plate, and put between two feather pillows. Never wear a good woollen dress into the kitchen without the protec- t-ion of a large apron. No flannel that has not been care- fully washed, and is not perfectly soft and fleecy, should ever touch the skin of an infant. We never had any patience with a mother or a nurse who would stick pins carelessly into her dress, cellar, or ribbon, thereby inflicting painful wounds upon her innocent victim. Not a pin, excepting a safety pin, should be used about a child, and when buttons will perform the office of pins they should be made to do so. To mothers, aunties, or sisters who do up the school luncheon for the youngsters; pray make it as attrac¬ tive as possible. There is truly nothing very attractive about a thick piece of dry bread and butter and a cookie, all rolled in a piece of coarse brown paper, washed down by a drinA from the cup that ‘goes the rounds.’ Such a luncheon will often impair the appetite of a fastidious or delicate child, and he will go without rather than eat it. A little care in the cutting of the bread ; the doing up of the cookies on crullers in tissue or whitepaper; the sauce or custard put into a pretty cup, and all wrapped ina clean white napkin within a bright tin pail, or, better still, a pretty lurjch basket, will, by the pleasure it gives the child, well repay the extra care and thought.—Rural New YorAer. A WASTED OPPORTUNITY. A few weeAs ago a young servant girl in Salt Lake received an offer of marriage from a iWormon who already had four wives. The offer was made through a mutual friend, and thegiil did not even have an opportunity of seeing her future husband. Suffice to know that he owned considerable property in Salt Lake and was other¬ wise well fixed in the world. She thought the matter over, concluded to call it a go, and sent word that he might name the day. He did so, and on a foggy Thursday morning he came round to the house with two wives, and announced that he was ready to take his young bride away. 7 he servant girl was upstairs getting ready to be married, and the lady of the house met the polygamous party at the door. She noticed, somewhat to her astonishment, that the man was being led by his wives for the very simple reason that he was as blind as a bat and also over sixty years of age. Rushing to the stairs she called to the girl, ‘Sally, your sweetheart has come to marry you.’ ‘2’ell him 111 be right down,’ said the girl adjusting a fresh hair pin and throwing on a few extra dashes of carmine powder, ‘He's sixty five years old and as blind as a bat.’ ‘What’s that!’ inquired the girl, anxiously leaning over the banister The starting information was peated. ‘Tell him tq clear out,’ was the response, The lady of the house communicated the command to move onto the old polygamist and his wives, and the party stole sorrowful- ly away. The inexperienced girl thought she had m^de alucky escape, but wflen some married woman heard Qf it and told her what a good thing she had missed, she began to regret the hasty decision, and now pines for the blind man to return. There are hundreds ofjwomcn in Salt Lake who would give almost anything for a genuine blind husband. The girl may never get another such an offer in a lifetime. horrible ENDING OF A JOKE. A terrible warning to practical jokers is offered in the result of one played on a young Ohio man, already demoralised by reading light litera- * ure °f a ‘blood and thunder kind, 1 and ready to believe in manifes¬ any I a ti° ns °1 a supernatural and ghostly character. He believed in ghosts and nightly visitors, and always slept with a revolver under his pillow for the purpose of giving them a suita¬ ble reception. Knowing his weakness, some of his young companions, after drawing the c harges from the pistol, prepared to frighten him. One of them, clad in ghostly wakened attire, entered his room and him, slowly muttering. The boy sat upright, trembling with fear. *4s the mutterings continued, he drew his weapon, and said : ‘If you arc a man, 7 shall kill you. If you are a ghost, this won’t hurt you.’ lie then fired the weapon. There was a quick motion ot the shrouded arm, and the bullet was thrown back, striking the head-board. He fired the remaining barrels-^iq every case the arm pretending to catch the bullet and throw it against the head- board—the ‘ghost’ having previously supplied himself with bullets for this purpose. Then, for a moment he sat gazing at the ’ghost,’ and with a wild shriek of terror, fired the last blank cart, ridge and hurled the pistol at the object, With a laugh the visitor threw off his garments anil in came his comrades, when, to their horror, they saw on the young man’s face an expression which told the story.’ His mind could not stand the strain. He was a raving maniac, and has not yet recovered. SECRETARY LINCOLN. Philadelphia Press. The present Secretary of JFar. Lincoln is a very small man. He is pre-eminently a snob, whose only distinction is a beard upon which he devotes a great portion of his time. He has, however, got a boy who has a good deal of the stuff in him which made his grandfather the man that he was. The boy, by the way, is also named Ahraham. He is about twelve years old, plump and muscular for iiis age. He is a boy all over. He is full of fun and play. In my daily ^alks to business I pass by his house, flie youngster does not know my name but alwat/s greets me with a ueartt/ ‘Hello, newspaper man !’ Ho is always out. 7 don’t think he spends an hour indoors during the day. He will walk with me half a square busi¬ ly talking about wrestling, ball play and all sports dear to the mind of the youngster, When I turn the corner he says a hearty good-by and runs back to his pl^y. He shows a remarkably bright mind. / call him my ‘adhesivel composition,’ from which there in time will grow a ‘perfect bripk,' His face is as bright as a dollar, and the healthy laugh of the boy is good to the ear. Young Abe is not at all ohqice in his eom- pan ions, lie is always very prettily dressed by his estimable mother, and generally makes a very prominent figure among his playmates who gather in the vacant lot near Lis home, His playmates I notice are dirtv and ragged white boys, or more dirty and more ragged young ne- groes. To this there is no objection whatever on the part of my young friend. He plays and romps with them fully, and the thought of his superiority over them never enters his mind. Like his simple but no less great presidential ancestor, he goes it without regard to race, color \ TERMS— $1 50 A YEAR. NO. 37 r | || | | B | | or previous condition of servitude. To illustrate the grit of the youngster, 7 will subscribe an example, Yester¬ day when walking home my attention was called to an unusual commotion on the vacant lot where young Abe and his heterogeneous associates play. I croseed the street and found a fight in progress. It was a fight between Abe and a negro boy much larger than he. I started forward to inter¬ fere but was stopped by the young¬ ster saying : ‘Don’t you do nothing ; I’ll lick him*’ True to his promise, young Abe soon had the negro boy down and yelling for quarter. In my opinion, young Abe Lincoln is to day a much greater man than his father, aHd every boy who reads this and knows the two will say the same. HOW THE FRENCH LIVES. The French laborer probably gets more for his wages than any other. His food is cheaper and more nour¬ ishing. Ilis bouillon is the liquid essence of beef, at a penny per bowl. His bread, at the restauraut, is thrown in without any charge, and is the best in the world. His hot coffee and milk is peddled about the streets in the morning at a sou per cup. It is coff ee, not slops. His half bottle of claret is thrown in at a meal coating 12 cents. For a few cents he may enjoy an evening atone of the minor thea¬ ters, with his coffee free. Sixpence pays for a nicely-cushioned seat at the theatre. No gallery gods, no pea¬ nuts, pipe-smoking, drunkenness, yelling or howling. The Jaydin des Plantes, the vast galleries and muse¬ ums of the Louvre, Hotel Cluny, palace of the Luxembourg and Versail¬ les are free to him to enter. Art and science hold out to him their choicest treasures at a small cost, or no cost at all. French economy and frugal¬ ity do not mean the constant re trenchment and self-denial which would deprive life of everything worth living for. Economy in France, more than any other country, means a utilization of what America throws away ; but it docs not mean a pinch-, in i process of reducing life to a barren existence of worA and bread and water.—Brooklyn Eagle. A TOUCHING INCIDENT. A touching incident occurred at the Midlothian mines, Virginia. Super¬ intendent Djdds mounted a coal car and addressing the wailing throng of women and childcn said t ‘My poor friends, it grieves me to have to state to you that for the present our search for the bodies of those you knew and loved will have to be abandoned. Yon know what fire in a cual mine means, and it rnay take months of watching to subdue it. We will close the pit now.’ The speaker’s voice quivered with emotion. When he finished, a beautiful little girl of four¬ teen years, Annie Crowder, the only daughter of one of the victims, uttered a piercing scream and rushed to the mouth of the pit. crying: Oh, do not leave my dear papa to burn down there. Let me get into the cage logo down after him. Let me save him. Tue strong arms of the miners held her back as the fragile thing tried to make her way to the cage, and more than one blacAened face was made blacker as the hand went up to wipe away the tears. Men sobbed aloud and turned away to conceal their emotion. The little girl, finding her p ro ^ res3 Darred, swooned, at th© mouth of the pit, ‘Mr. Brown, do you eat mush?’ asked a four year old fiend of bis sisters beau- ‘Why, Johnnie?’ re- sponded Mr, Brown. ‘Cos sister says she wishes you wouldn’t talk like you had a mouthful of mush.’ Sister faints and Brown remembers that he has an engagement iu Australia.— Keokuk Gate City. A STOOP ED-SHOULDERER* countryman WHO DIDN’T BELIEVE JN ^HRKMOXRTLT* PANTS. Aew Orleans Times. Hoffenstcin was busily engaged scolding Hermann lor not polishing a lot of brass jewelry there was in a show-case, when a thin, stooped- shouldered countryman entered the store and inquired: ‘77ave you got any good jean pants here?’ •Certainly, rny Trent,’ replied Hoff- enstein, ‘ve maAes a specialty uf goods in dot line, und ve defy comps* tition. If ve sells anyding und you don’t like it, you get9 your money back or someding else m exchange, you know. Vas you a farmer?’ •Fes, sir, I live up on Red River.* ‘Vel, den, you need a pair uf bants like dose,’ said Hoffcnstein, pulling out a sky blue pair from a pile of clothing on the counter. ‘Dey vas de genervine doeskin, and will last de whole year oud, you know.’ The countryman took the pants to the light, examining the texture of the cloth, and then shaking hi9 head knowingly said i ‘There is too muoh cotton in them } they will shrink.* ‘Of course my Trent dey villshrink, but vait und I tells you soineding. 7f a man vat owne3 a panfc or keeps a store comes here, I don’t sell him dem kind uf pants. Vy? Recause dey vas made ’exbrcssly for de farming pisiness. Dey vas de dermometer pants, and aplessing to every farmer vat rears a bair uf dem. Do you know, my frcnt, dcsc pants vill dell you exactly vat de vedder vill be. Van it vas going to be vet und cold dose pants vill 6egin to shrink up, und ven it vas going to be dry und varm dcu dey comes right down, you know. Dree years ago I sells a bair uf dem to a man vat vas name Vilkins, und ever since den he makes good crops ven de Oder beople don’t make nod- ing, because he alrays knows py hia dermometer bants vat de vedder vill be. After ayile de beople in de neighborhood finds out dc segret uf Vilkin s success, und at de beginning uf de blanting season, you know, dey comes for dirty miles around, nnd if dey see Vilkin’s bants crawling up his leg dey holds off and vaits f >r a change, but if h ; pants vas down dey goes right ba k home, und puts in de crop. DinA* of it, my Trent, Mit de dermometer bants, you can dell exactly ven to put in cabbage seed, und plant corn dwiee as better as mit any almanac, besides yen de vedder gets so cold und yet dot de bants goes up under your arms, yuu can sew buttons on dc frunt und vear dem as a vest.’ When Hotfenstein finished his yarn concerning the pants, the countryman smiled, and turning abruptly on hit heel leftNfche store. ‘Did you see de vaj' dot roan acted, Herman?’ said Hoffenstcin, angry. ‘Yes, sir,’ replied his clerfc, ‘Veil, it sliust shows dot de more you dry to help some beople along, de more, py dam, you don’t get any tanks for it. —N. O, Times, INGERSOLL’S EOSITION SOUND, In his recent lecture ia New York city Rqh Burdette, the Burlington [Iowa] journalist, made a sensation by his allusions to Bob Jngersoll. The latter’s success, Burdette thought, was owing to his overwhelming hu¬ mor, which made bis audience laugh at their own dearest creeds. “And I believe,’ continued Mr. Burdette, seriously, while his audience was hushed—“7 believe Colonel Inger- soll’s position is sound.” There was a moment s hesitation, and all the tittering stopped, “I know,” continued the speaAer, “it isn’t the thing to say in this hall and to this audience; but 7 have said it, and won’t go back on anything I have said.” It appeared for a moment that Mr. Burdette’s can-, dor had got the hetter of his discre¬ tion. He continued; ‘‘Rut that is the trouble with Ingersoll, it is ali sound, li£e a bass drum, and no sense.” Then a good orthodox roar went up, and everybody felt relieved. Fatal Modesty.—A very mo lest young Iadv. who was a passenger on board a packet-ship, it is said, sprang out of her berth and jumped over- board, on hearing the captain, during a storm, order the mate to haul down the sheets.