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THE TOCCOA NEWS
AND PIEDMONT INDUSTRIAL JOURNAL.
VOLUME XIX.
HOW BEAUTIFUL!
How beautiful is rest!
A fter the long and wearying hours of care,
When motionless the fervid Summer air,
lofeel that toll and striving all are done;
I o watch the hills and streams at set of
■iypQ ot that land sun,—-
by every nation blest*
How beautiful is rest!
How beautiful is sleep 1
After tho fever leaves the throbbing veins
To close tho ey*-s all dim with scorned love’s
pains*
A f ter the chaos of the restless day
into the land of dreams to sink away
Where memo a ies of fond youth their visions
keep,—
- How beautiful Is sleepl
How beautiful is love,—
The heart that bents in harmony with thine,
i be smile that lights tho earth with rays
divine,
I ho song lhat soothes tho soul in pain and
woe, *
Tho hand that clasps thino own when hot
tears ilow.
The tender tone, like music from above,—
How beautiful is love.
How beautiful is hope! *
M hen breaking storm-clouds show the blue
sky rifts
After the snow molts and the vajior lifts,
^ I'ffiring birds sing and the white
do Vo draws noaii.
To dwell with u?, tyj*, of the spirit dear,
U hen lainbow arches crown life’s mountain
slope,
How beautiful is hops.
How beautiful is peace!
When brothers meet in strife that foes abhor
rin crimson fields of internecine war,
U bib* fond hearts bleed tar o’er u shudder¬
ing land.
As bravo souls fly to swell the seraph band,
U hen triumph tones proclaim that war shall
. cease,
How beautiful is peace.
How beautiful is death!
.After nil toil and pain and care are o’er.
To close tho eyes upon this fading shore,
Followed by memories of undying love,
VV doomed by guardian angels from above,
Ho w tranquil to resign this laboring breath,—
How beautiful is death.
—Julia Noyes Stickncy.
A LONG MOMENT.
AN ADIRONDACK ADVENTURE.
It was my day iu camp; for it was not
*nfe, in that quarter of the Adirondack?,
4o leave cue’s possessions very long un¬
guarded.
Toward sunset there was a great whir¬
ring in the air, followed by an immediate
splashing in ti*o lake, near the camp
shanty.
Looking out, I saw a flock of ducks
some live hundred yards away, swim¬
ming and fluttering about as if half inad
at the joy of the new-iouud water.
| For an hour I had been wondering
what new dish I could surprise tho boys
w ith at supper time, and here now was
my very chance, close at hand.
Catching up a shotguu and a few
loaded cartridges I went a little way
down the lakesliore, where my game
■Would be in easy reach.
oo intently were my eyes fixed upon
■the ducks that I not see a low-lyiugsnarl
of w iry vinos just before me. Catching
my feet in them, I was thrown facedown-
ward upon the ground so violently that
one barrel of my gun went off, the charge
tearing an ugly hole in my right thigh.
■ A sickening sense of pain and weak¬
ness swept over me, but by making pow¬
erful resistance I escaped losiug cou-
sciousuess.
T hough no artery was severed a tor¬
rent of blood rushed out of my lacerated
member, which I stanched as well as I
could with shreds and bandages torn
from my flannel hunting shirt.
Then 1 reflected upon the situation.
In an'hour the boys would come to
my rescue, as it was a strict regulation
of ours to get back to camp at sunset.
But to stay where 1 had fallen until theu
was out of the question, for the ground
was covered with myriads of ants which
were already crawling over me despite
my efforts at keeping them off. Soon
they would attack me in-earnest unless
I moved—and no mau could stand their
torturing-apparatus for au hour.
dearly, i must move at once, iu spite
of the danger of fainting.
Bracing for the effort with every nerve
I began crawling back to catr.p, a fresh
tide of blood eluding my bandages with
each movement.
When half the distance was covered,
I was so nearly exuusted that a halt for
rest was necessary.
Then a new idea occurred to me, and
drawing my revolver I fired three rounds
of two shots each—the signal of distress
which the boys aud I had agreed upon
for emergencies, when we first went
into camp.
Soon 1 heard their answering shots,
less than a mile away aud knew that they
would come to me as fast as the dense
undcrgro\vla. reaching in about ou - ^ ten permit minutes. probably
me
Brushing off the murderous ants, which
were causing me the most excruciating
agony by setting their s-trong jaws in the
edges of my wound. 1 again pressed on
toward camp, leaving a trail of blood be-
hind me as I w ent.
The last ten yards of that difficult
journey . 1 made with bright colors dash-
iug before my eyes, and with loud ring-
ing sounds iu my ears, so near I was to
faintiug away.
Hail way through the snanty-door my
strength gave out, and I could go no
further.
Agaiu dislodging the ants and tight¬
ening my baudages I settled myself to
await the coming of the boys.
What kept them so long?
It seemed an hour since I hf.d signaled
them, the pain made time drag so.
Would they never get there?
Surely it was time I heard them, any
way; aud yet there was no sound of
them. *
My throat was dry, and pains—first
dull, then sharp aud agonizing—shot
through my wound. Altogether, I had
never before so longed for the presence of
my fellow-beings.
Ah l they were surely coming for yon¬
der & twig snapped under a heavy foot.
Raising myself upon one elbow, I
looked eagerly in the direction of the
sound to see who the first comer was, and
saw—not a man, but a panther!
The sleek, tawny brute was coming
slowly toward me, his bead so low that
h* nose seemed to touch the ground as
he came.
then Wonderingly I looked closer, and
I understood his strange movements.
He was following my trail, from the
pluco where I fell when shot, and was
lapping the blood which marked my
course, as he came.
What ray fate would be when ho
reached mo unless the boys got their first,
it was hot at all difficult to guess.
The gnawing of the vicious ants was
now forgotten. *
I had no thought nor eyes for anything
but the panther.
Weak as I was I managed to keep my
head elevated, first on*one atm and then
on the other, so I could watch every
movement of my approaching foe.
Once or twice he paused fora moment
to snill the air, and then came on, lap¬
ping up the blood I had lost, as deliber¬
ately as ever.
When he was within tea feet of me I
began counting the seconds which Were
likely to elapse before he reached my
wounded side. *
I no longer felt the pains in the wound
—I was only conscious of oue thing in
the universe—the panther.
Nearer and nearer he came with ap¬
parent regardlessness as to how far away
the source of his enjoymeut might be.
At last, either a glimpse at me, or a
sudden realization that he was uncom¬
fortably near the abiding place of meu,
caused him to pause and settle backward
on his hauuchcs, with a slight growl.
A swift undulant quiver ran over him,
as if he contemplated springing at me;
but if this was his idea, be at once
changed hjs mind, got up and resumed
lapping my blood.
Such light breeze as theie was blew
toWard me from him,foul with the nause¬
ous odors of fetid breath.
Again a twig snapped.
Was it the boys?
Oh, if it was only they—if help were
only at hand 1
I dared not attempt raising myself to
see, the panther was now so near; and so
I pressed every energy into the business
of listening.
But aside from the slight noise made
by the breathing of the blood-lapping
brute, I could hear nothing.
Nearer and nearer yet came the pan¬
ther—now less than two feet away.
Oh, why didn’t they shoot, if the boys
were there, as they must be—why did
they suffer the prolonging of agonies
which must have been so palpable to
them?
Once again the panther lifted his head
and sniffed.
Satisfied that no danger was menac¬
ing him, lie took to lapping once more.
The sun was nearly down. Looking
across the lake I saw its last rays paling
on the western hills.
My hope of rescue waned with it.
Long before sunset time came again I
should be dead. Of that I now felt cer¬
tain.
T'ne panther,though, gave me no time
for moralizing.
He had reached my wounded side.
The bandages interfered with his
pleasure, and with a low growl of impa¬
tience he lifted a paw aud struck them
away.
Then I felt his rough tongue lick the
blood from my torn flesh.
A groan of auguish escaped me, he
hurt me so.
Auswering it with another growl, he
lifted his head, poking his foul-smelling
nose into my very face.
It is said that the human eye has pow¬
er to intimidate dumb beats, even iu des¬
perate quarters; but my eyes, full
though they must have beeu of the
strength of hopeless despair, had no ap¬
parent effect on him.
He seemed to regard me contemptu¬
ously, for, drawing in his breath aud
giving a little snort in my face, he ac¬
tually spattered a spray of my own blood;
in my mouth and eyes.
“Quick!” whispered a low voice just
outside the shanty.
My heart gave a mighty and joyous
leap. Help was at hand after all.
With a more menacing growl, the
panther crouched back on his haunches,
his head up aud his nostrils quivering,
listening intently.
But only for a moment.
Either disdain or thirst soon overcame
his curiosity.
Again he gave a little snort, leaned
forward and resumed lapping away at
my now vigorously bleeding wound.
Despair reasserted its reign.
What were the boys waiting for?
No doubt they were there, for I had
heard not only the snapping ol the twigs
but that one whispered word as well.
Couldn’t they see that the monster be-.
s pj c mc was laooing my life away?
Were they afraid—were they mocking
m e—why didn’t they fire?
That rough| awful, tearing tongue
SC cmed to lick straight through.any quiv-
er j n g body,, into my very heart. The
p a j a f rom it made me sick and faint,
Again there were sounds in my ears—
ringing sounds, as of many bells; and
roaring sounds, as of mighty and adja-
cenC waterfalls—and with these swift
bewildering alternations of vivid
light and total darkness in my eyes. And
through it all the cutting, drawing pain
from that tireless tongue, each second
growing more intense. O God, would it
never end—
Crack—bang!
The noise of a rifle and a 9hotgun,
fired so nearly at the same instant tlrat
they gave au almost simultaneous report.
Then the pain in my side stopped, .and
panther screamed out and clawed the
earth as if in mortal agrfny.
There was a confused murmur of ex¬
cited voiegs, the noise of rushing about,
a great jumble of sounds altogether.
Presently some one’s hand was fchrus!
through my shirt and placed over mj
heart, and some one’s voice said:
were iu good time—he is all right, * And
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, AUGUST 29, 18.91
then so weak was I that with tho c on¬
sciousness of safety came the utter un¬
consciousness of all things.— New Torit
Recorder.
Wonderful Skill of Russian Cossacks
General Costanda, Governor of Mos¬
cow, recently permitted the representa¬
tives of some Paris journals to visit the
barracks of Chadynskoi, which are occu¬
pied by a regiment of Cossacks of the
the Don, and here is the description
which oue of the writers gives of the
wonderful performances of the cavalry ol
the Czar:
“The drill of the Cossacks is some¬
thing marvelous. We came to witness
it just at the moment when Colonel
Ilovaiski rode up at full gallop in front
of the squadrons in line. In this coun¬
try the commander of a regiment never
appears before his troops without salut¬
ing them and pronouncing -the following
Words: ‘Idorvo molodtay!’ (‘Good morn¬
ing, my fine fellows’). To this saluta¬
tion the entire regiment responds, ‘W'e
wish your lordship good health.’
The troops then scattered, and the
manoeuvring began. It was simply as¬
tounding, and the Frenchmen who wit¬
nessed it, ten in number, on the invita¬
tion of Colonel Ilovaiski, will never
forget it as long as they live.
“Imagine the most extravagant eques-
trian programme of a circus, the complete
repertoire of Buffalo Bill’s Indians, en¬
riched by the most extraordinary varia¬
tions—everything that i3 delicate, comi¬
cal, magnificent and wild in the esques-
trian art. All this was displayed before
us for two long hours by a thousand meu
in a tempest of dust and movement
sufficient to make the coolest head dizzy
We saw horses pounding like panthers
and men jumping like monkeys. We
saw cavalrymen booted, with their cara¬
bines across their backs and their sabres
in their hands, charging while standing
upright upon their saddles. Others
would pass at full speed beside Cossacks
stretched upon the ground, pick them up
like pocket handkerchfefs, and carry
them off across the croups of their
saddles. Others again would pivot upon
their saddles and play all the antics of
circus clowns. One horse, tripping upon
some obstacle, apparently rolled com¬
pletely over the rider. We thought he
was killed Upon the spot; but he jumped
up7 laughing heartily, while ho re¬
arranged his damaged trousers.
“When the manoeuvre was finished
the defile began. Thrice the squadrons
defiled before their colonel, first at a
walk, then at a trot and lastly at a charge.
The eharga was something terrific. The
Cossacks at‘0 armed and equipped in such
a manner that at a distance it is impossi¬
ble either to see or to hear them. The
uniforms are sombre; the scabbards are
of leather and their weapons are darkened.
There is no flashing or clashing of steel,
and little or no sound. And yet the
whole troop of men and horses pass noise¬
lessly by at full speed, like a living squall.
The colonel scrutinized the appearance
of each squadron and, satisfied with the
performance, shouted, ‘Karachol’ (‘Very
good!’) to which the double row of
Cossacks replied, ‘Rady staratza, vasche
ryesokoblagorodiel’ (‘Wo will do still
better yet, your lordship l’) And the
squall passes off.”
How Sleep Comes.
Scientific investigators assert that, in
beginning to sleep, the seuses do not
unitedly fall into a state of slumber, but
drop off one after another. Tho sight
ceases, in consequeuce .of the protection
of the eyehd3, to receivo impressions
first, while all the other senses preserve
their sensibility entiro. The sense of
taste next loses its susceptibility to im¬
pression, and then the sense of smelling.
The hearing is next in order, and last ol
all comes the sense of touch. The sens*
of touch sleeps most lightly and is the
most easily awakened; the next easiest is
the hearing; the next is the sight, aud
the taste aud smelliug awake last. An¬
other remarkable circumstance deserves
notice; certain muscles and parts of the
body begin to sleep before others. Sleep
commences at the extremities, beginning
with the feet and legs and creeping to¬
ward the centre of nervous action. The
necessity for keeping tho feet warm and
perfectly still as a preliminary of sleep is
well known. From these explanations,
it will not appear surprising that, with
one or more of tho seustt> and perhaps,
also, one or more par ts of tho body, im¬
perfectly asleep, there should bt -at the
same time au imperfect kind of mental
’action, which produces the phenomena
of dreaming.— Argonaut.
Profits of Fruit Culture.
Few people ate aware of tho enorraom
profits realized by the successful fruit*
growers of California, and yet fortune!
are being made iu this industry. A no
table example of this fact is A.T. Hatch
whose success has been little short of th«
marvelous. On his fruit farm in Solaud
County he has 400 acres of full-bearing
trees and 400 acres of trees that are still
too young to produce even a small yield
Last year from the 400 acres, after pay¬
ing the expenses of the entire orchard
he realized a net profit of $109,000. Th
co3t of caring for the young orchard wa
nearly or quite $10,000, so that his actuf
profits were a little more than $290 p*’
acre. Prices were unusually high, b
the yield of this year is so much greater
that he expects even larger returns.—
San Francisco Cali.
Luminous Plants.
It is said that more than sixty varieties
of East Indian plants, mostly ferns* but
with a goodly number of grasses and
vines, are luminous, with pale phospho¬
rescence. The root stock of a plant from
the Ooraghum jungle, near Lavki (sup-
posed to be an orchid), possesses the
peculiar properties of becoming luminous
when wet, while when drv it is ouite
Justreless. One jointed plant, p supposed
to be a member of the rush or cane fam-
ily, emits a fiery red hgut from its leaves,
a pale white oue from its stalk, wmie its
flowers give out capricious flashes, like
that of our “lightning bugs.”— Pica-
j /tine,
-- —
A Parisian uses potatoes for soap.
tlLijliliivlj A T T T A NfT T* 1 A I Q
—-
Sews of the order from
ALL SECTIONS*
ItGIDS T . 01 _ T Interest . ....... to Alli&nC6~
men Everywhere.
THE VIRGINIA ALLIANCE.
The Virginia State alliance convention
met la Richmond a few days i go and
endorsed in its entirtey the plank of the
Ocala „ , platform , which ... -
fays: “Taut _ the ,
government shall establish sub treasuries,
or The depositories, in the several states,etc.”
convention also adopted this amend-
ment: “And we further demand that our
representatives in the United Slates
congre.-fi be given to understand that
unless they can agree to these demauds
they must give us something better or as
good.” The commitee on legislative de¬
mands recommend the reaffirmation of the
Lynchburg demands; also recommend
the appointment of a legislative commit¬
tee of flve to consider and present to the
legislature matters of legislative impor¬
tance. The committee recommend the
passage of a law to insure a full listing
of bonds, noes, etc., by requiring
them to bear the commissioner’s statnp or
be uncollectable by process of law ; the
tenure of office act, limiting the terms of
certain accounting and collecting offi¬
cers, both state and county to consecu
live terms; a law giving lo pool trustees
fair compensation; a law retaining for
the use of the agricultural department
money derived from Rie feriilizer tax.
Also recommend for favorable considera¬
tion a resolution condemning the fraud
of 1873, by which silver was surrepti¬
tiously demonetized. The report was re¬
ceived and recommendations agreed to.
A resolution was adopted looking to the
passage of a law to prohibit frusta
throughout the country.
*
* *
The .News Reporter (Three Rivers,
Mich.) says; “The land currency and
the sub-tri asury system of finance has
-hocked the uatl■ -Hal bankers of New
York and New England out of their
wits. Large contributions of money
have been made by the national bankers
and sent down South to be used ih cities
wjrere national banks- aud newspapers
have a controlling influence. The
Southern states have, as compared to the
North, but. a few cities and national
banks through which an overwhelming
influence cau be arrayed against the
farmers. Tiie Alliance farmers of the
South comprise three -foUfth of the
voting population, 'i hey are well
organized, vigilant •and disperafe-
ly in earnest. ’ To all appear¬
ances the money contributed iu the East
and sent to the cotton States will not pan
out as it was expected. When the daily
press of the South opened fir$ on the Al¬
liance all at one time there was no sur¬
prise or shocking i fleet. The farmers
were posted when parties from the South
went East for boodle, with which an as¬
surance was given that the Alliance cruze
should be checked, if iibt squelched.
There need be no fear for the Alliance at
the South except it ho- through over-con¬
fidence in trusted leaders who are suscep¬
tible of briber influence. Betrayal of
confidence may not be as safe in the
South as it is here, but th«?re are those
who will take ,the chances the Alliance
may rest assured.”
***
A RIGHTEOUS MOVEMENT.
The New Orleans Picayune says;
“However much reason and argument
may be opposed to the sub-treasury
scheme, the fact remains that it is the
backbone of the alliance movement. It is
nil that seriously separates them from the
democratic party. If the sub-treasurv
plan should be abandoned, there would
be nothing distinctive for the farmers to
rally around. But it is useless to
tell the farmers that there are
no * constitutional firovisions per¬
mitting the government to go into
the business of lending money. Every¬
body knows well enough that Constitution, the gov-"
ernmgpt, constitution or no
has loaned money _and guaranteed bottds
for the beueht of private corporations.
The farmers are at the fore, and they are
determined to do something for their
own salvation. Their measures are
crude and will have to be glvatly modi¬
fied to make some of them practicable,
but in the end they will accomplish
much. They will find in the democratic
party much of the relief they demand,
and this they will soon di-cover, But
they are engaged in a righteous move¬
ment, and we wish them all the success
they deserve.”
The Iowa Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)
says; Under our wonderful system of
finance—“the most perfect ever devised”
— the administration declares it to be
necessary, to avoid contraction of the
curreucy at a time whoo more money
will be needed to move the crops,
extend its in erest bearing obligations as
a basis for the issuance of a circulating
medium. me simple farmers, also rec¬
ognize the need of plenty of money at
harvest time, and h tve proposed a plan
for tive supplying it. Under the administra
plan, bonds based upon the credit
of the nation are the basis of the
additional circulation upon these
bonds the government pays 2 per cent,
interest, and upon the 90 per cent, of
back notes based thereon, the people pay
all the way from 6 to 60 per cent., all of
which goes to supply a class who produc e
nothing and who render no essential
service to the country. Under the farm¬
ers’ plan the government would issue
notes on the same security on which the
national bank notes ultimately rest, to
the men on whose labor depends all real
prosperity at a rate of interest to th*
government which the government now
pays on its bonds. '
***
Cottonwood , (Tex.) Prodigal says:
ere “ a tende ? c v RmQD S s ome people
**** ,- -
* at aQy and eVe 5 yth ‘J tbe ^! U
afi i '
f tbe,r
^ r * is the Al banco who favor or dc
mand it, irrespective as to whether or not
the demands may be good or bad. In the
past the Alliance has taken all of the
kicks and abuse that has beeu heaped
upon them, not caring to enter into a
dispute that as to the questions a" issue, but
time lies pa sed and the Alliance is
only prepared to hold its ov jj against
comers, hut is in a position to assume
the aggressive; and as far as Callahan
county is cdaci find. When tl ev are
do now strong enough kicking nnd in a position their to
some vigorous on own
acc unt. In the future, if the chronic
ki< hersat the Alliance do not wish to
get theif feathers ruffled they had better
stand from under. Under these clrcum-
stances the Alliance will prove them¬
selves to be a full team and a granger
dog tinder the wagon. Sabo.”
The North Carolina State Alliance
made changes ° in its officers, continuing
u office only the State . business agent and
6e< T etar y- Under the <on-
tutl0n ,. president . ineligible
is for a
, bird . term. Marion Butler, of Sampson
ounty was elected president; T. B.
Long, of Buncombe, vice-president; J.
S. Bill, of Clay, lectiirer, and the execu¬
tive committee unchanged. Delegates
o the next Grand Council: S. B. Alex¬
ander, Elias Cow, W. R. Lindsey and W.
L. Williams. A number of resolutions
of much importance were passed and sev¬
eral amendments will he made to the
Constitution. A resolution went through
recommending a change iu the ballot sys¬
tem. This demands that North Caroli¬
na’s next legislature pass a secret ballot
law with a provision so arranged as not
to disfranchise illiterate voters.
*
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GEORGIA ALLIANCES MEET.
The Georgia .Slate Alliances held their
annual convention in Atlanta last week.
The meeting lasted three days, and dur¬
ing that time a vast amount of routiue
business was transacted.
President Livingston was unanimous¬
ly re-elected as were all of the old board
of officirs. The convention declaicd
solidly adopted for the Ocala demands, and
unanimously a large number of
resolutions and measures looking to the
cm lit of the order.
A more successful or harmonious meet¬
ing was never held within the state.
Delegatis to the national convention to
be held in Indianapolis next November
were elected. They are: L. F. Living¬
ston, M. I. Branch, K. P. Bell, A. P.
Smith and M. A. Baldwin.
***
Dakota Rtiralist , (Huron, 8. D.) says:
“No better evidence is desired that the
Alliance is doing splendid work than is
shown in the fact that the entire parti¬
san pnss of the country is unitedly en¬
gaged thoroughly in a war to break it down. It is
understood by the power
behind the throne of party, that the
success of the principles advocated by
the Farmefs’ Alliance and industrial or¬
ganizations means the destruction of
present political parties, as well as to
take from money the power it now pos
sesses to rob production. Brethren,
resist the effort by putting more zeal in
your labor.”
V
The Texas state allinnco in recent ses-
siofi at Dallas ratified every plafik iff the
Ocala platform by unanimous vote. The
election of officers resulted in the re~
felection of Evan Jones president and the
endorsement of his administration. All
anti-sub-treasury alliancemcn were re
fused the privilege of, the floor, and
called a meeting of their own. Nearly
all the delegates to the state alliance
Convention are for the third party.
The Pike County (Ala.) Alliance has
petitioned the State Alliance to put in
motion s >me plan for a general reduction
ell over the Sou'll of cotton acreage. It
thinks that 8$000,600 bales of cotton for
the South means “empty 'corn cribs,
poor stock, half paid preachers, illiterate
children and ill, icowllng wives.”
The following ***
states which have held
their solidly anhual for the meetings, demands have declared
Ocala and the
sub-treasury South Carolina, plan: North Dakota, Ore¬
gon, West Virginia, North Maryland, Alabama,
and Tennessee. Carolina, Louisiana
In the ***
Tennessee State Alliance, in ac¬
cordance with a general demand through¬
out. the order of the state, the constitu¬
tion was so amended as to permit the
re election of President McDowell, as an
evidence that the Alliance held him vin¬
dicated from the foul aspersions of the
plutocratic press.
ifc* 1
Up to the first of August the Alliance
tobacco warehouse at Lynchburg, Va.,
has proved a valuable help to the farmers
of that section, saving them about $7,-
000 in the storage and sa'e of over
5,000,000 pofihds ot tobacco.
ANOTHER MONTGOMERY BANK
Is Forced to Close Its Doors—
A Panicky Feeling 1 .
A Montgomery, Ala., dispatch of
Saturday says: Since the f dlure of Moses
Bros.’s bank for $1,500,0^0 -ix weeks ago,
there has been a gradud withdrawal of
deposits from the local banks, a general
hoardiug of money, causing a phenome¬
nal scarcity of money, and almost a finan¬
cial panic. The failure of the Farley
National bank Friday was followed by
the Chandler Br -s.’ Savings b ink Satur¬
day with |90,000 assets and $50,000 lia¬
bilities. The unprecedentedly rapid fail¬
ures caused agener d fee ing of al .nn aud
uueasiDe 4 s among small depositors par¬
ticularly, who made a run mt one or two
local banks, but the ferverish < xeitement
was partially allayed by the promptness
tvith which the banks responded to ev r>
demand made on them.
ATTRIBUTED TO EXPERIMENTS.
TexailS _ Blessed ~I With 7^., ..SurplUL „ *
a
Of Rain,
A dispatch from Van Horn, Tex., says:
x heavy rain f<dl in this vicinity Friday
evening, extending from Broncho station
to Sierra Blanca. The ram was one of
the heaviest, to cover such a large terri¬
tory, that has being known to have fallen
in these parts for years, and, the people
a r inclined to attribute its copiousness to
the scientific experiments of Dyrenforth’s
pa?ty near Midland. A great deal of
water is now on the ground, and ranch-
men sav it will insure a good range for
cattle for many months.
The Congo River is fifteen miles wide
in some
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Cardwell Hydraulic Cotton Presses, Corn and Saw Mills, Syrup
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McCormick Reapers, Mowers and Self-Binders
Which need only a trial their Superiority. Call and see me be-
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THE NATIONAL SAME.
The New York aud Pennsylvania Base¬
ball Leagne has disbanded.
The Chicago Club has signed Vickery and
Bhriver, the battery of the Milwaukee Club.
Hanlon, of the Pittsburgs, has made on
au average more than one hit a game this
season.
The New York Club has signed Arthur
Clarkson to pitch. He is a brother of John
Clarkson, the Boston pitcher.
Nichol, of the Bostons, has won seven this
consecutive victories from Pittsburg
season and none from the Chicagos.
Captain Anson, of Chicago, is showing
his colts that he knows how to play baseball
as well as tell how it ought to be played.
Captain Ewing has only played in ten
games, but he leads the Now York team in
batting averages in spite of his “glass”
arm.
NicoLt, the boy pitcher of the incurve, Chicago
nine, has a remarkably effective
which not only deceives the batsman but the
umpire as wetl.
Richardson, of tho New Yorks, now has
the record for a He single nine inning game plays on
second base. accepted thirteen
without an error.
Dell Darling, who signed with St. Louis
a few days last ago, was under Comiskey’s for
management season and was several
years with Anson’s team.
Me Alee r and Davis, who guard left and
centre field, respectively, for the Cleveland
team, work together better than any other
outfielders in the League.
Veteran George Wright, the “king of
shortstops” in his day, thinks that the Bos¬
ton Association team can outplay any other
team in the League or the Association.
from Pitcher the Duluth Inks, who Club, the Pittsburgs is left-handed secured
a
twirler. He was with the Chicagos a part of
last season, but has since improved remark¬
ably.
Pitcher Gleason, of Philadelphia, al¬
ways feels sore after every defeat, and in¬
variably in order wants to go square” in the with box his the next
day to ‘‘get oppo¬
nents.
Zimmer, who played has been back stop in about
ninety games by the Cleveland team
this year, is trying to equal his record of last
year, when he caught in 115 consecutive
games, a feat unequalled in the history of
baeeball.
The latest “ leal” in baseball is the aban¬
donment of Cincinnati by the American As¬
sociation and the substitution of Milwaukee.
Borne of the Cincinnati Club’s players went
to Boston Milwaukee. Association Captain Club. Kelly goes to the
“Harry” Wright has some unique ideas
alxmt handling his pitchers. He makes all
of them.put against the ball over balls. the plate He and in¬
veighs bases on insists
upon speed and makes a particular point
about watching base runners.
Statistics of the field work done by the
League players in the various positions up
to recent, date show that Buckley, of New
lork, leads the catchers; Reilly, of Cincin¬
nati, the first basemen; McPbee, of Cincin¬
nati, the second basemen; Bassett, of New
York, third basemen; Glasscock, of New
York, shortstops; McAleer, of Cleveland,
leftfielders; Griffin, of Philadelphia, Brooklyn, centre-
fielders; Thompson, of right-
fielders, and Rusie, of New York, the pitch-
ers,
A Female Pigmy.
The wonderful accounts given bj
Henry M. Stanley, the African explorer, in
of the dwarf tribes he has met with
Equatorial Africa have, aroused- a great
deal of public curiosity. Mr. Cross, the
Liverpool naturalist, in order to meet
this demand, gave orders to his agents
to obtain at any price the best spec imen
they could of this peculiar race, which
seems to supply the loug-sought-for miss¬
ing link between the authropoid ape and
man. After a long aud tedious search
in the depths of the Dark Continent, a
remarkable female pigmy was procured
from a native tribe by which she had
been captured and was brought safely to.
Liverpool. She is thirty-six inches in
height, of well developed body and jet
black complexion, with a peculiarly
monkeyish expression and a nose so flat
that the lower p .rt of her face resembles
closely the muzzle of an animal.
She" has learned a little English and
converses freely, so far as her vocabulary
goes, with those around her. Another
decidedly human accomplishment she
has also acquired, and smokes the best
.cigars with a relish.—[St. Louis Repub¬
lic.
Patrick Wood, a patient in Bellevue
Hospital, New York City, is regarded
by the doctors as a phenomenon. His
skin has gradually hardened until it U
now like a covering of sheet iron, not sc
hard, but as unyielding. He is as help¬
less as though lie were a statue. He can¬
not move hand or foot. The disease
a rare one and has been diagnosed
schleroderma, or hidebound. There
no known cure for it. Woods is
two years of age and a painter by trade.
Efo has been in the hospital seven years.
NUMBER 34
RICHMOND & DANVILLE R R.
Atlanti and Charlotte Air-Lin^ Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains, in Effect Aug. 2nd, 1391.
NOR IHBOUND. No. 88. No, 10. No. 12.
FASTERS TIME. Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 25 pm 7 20 pm 4) 10 am
Chamblee . ... 7 59 pm 9 43 am
Noreross....... 8 11 pm 9 55 am
Duluth........ 8 24 pm 10 013 am
Kuwance....... 8 37 prn 10 1? am
Buford........ 8 52 pin 10 83 am
Plow ry branch 9 07 pm 10 48 am
Gainesville..... 2 52 pm 9 24 pm 11 11 am
Lula.......... 8 14 pm 9 50 pm II 36 am
Bell ton........ 9 56 pm 11 40 am
Cornelia....... 10 25 pm 12 04 pm
Mt. Ai y....... 10 28 pnt 12 09 pm
Toccoa......... 4 02 pm 10 58 pm 12 39 pm
Westminster... 11 39 pm 1 20 pm
B-neea........ 12 01 am 1 42 pm
Central....... 12 40 am 2 35 pm
Easleys........ 1 08 am 3 05 pm
Greenville..... 6 05 pm 1 33 am 3 30 pm
Greers......... 1 59 am 4 01 pm
Wellford....... 2 16 am 4 19pm
Spartanburg... 6 57 pm 2 36 am 4 43 pm
Clifton........ 2 55 am 4 57 pm
Cow pens...... 3 O') am 5 0! pm
Gaffney..... 3 28 am 5 24 pm
Blacksburg..... 3 46 am 5 42 pm
Grover......... Mount’n 3 56 am 5 51 pm'
King’s 4 17 am 6 08 pm
Gastonia....... 4 50 am 6 32 pm
L well...-..... 590 am 6 43 pm
Belleipotit..... 5 11 am 6 54 pm
Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 5 40 mm 7 20 pm
SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. :j. No. 9,
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte....,. 9 35 am 1 55 ym 2 50 am
Beliemont..... ........ 2 18 pm 3 15 am
L Well......... ........ 2 28 pm 3 26 am
Gastonia....... ........ 2 41 pm 3 43 am *
King’s Mount’ll ........ 3 96 pm 4 J7 am
Grov r....... ........ 8 20 pm 4 33 am
Blacksburg .... ........ 8 30 pm 4 43 am
Gaffney....... ........ 3 49 pm 5 02 am
Cowpcns Clifton........ ...... ........ 1 Ill pm 5 5 31 27 am
........ 15 pm am
Spartanburg... 1139 am 4 32 pm 5 48 am
W Ilford........ ........ 5 11 pm 6 10 am
Greers......... ........ 5 31 pm 6 28 am
Greenville...... 12 80 pm 6 05 pm 7 09 am
Easleys......... ....... 6 33 pm 7 25 10 am
Central........ ........ 7 25 pm 8 am
Seneca......... ........ 7 53 pm 8 38 am
Westminster.... ........ 8 12 pm 8 58 am
Toccoa........ 2 25 pm 8 5(rpm 9 35 am
Mt. Airy....... ........ 9 25 pm 10 10 am
Cornelia....... ........ 9 30 pm 10 15 arn
Bellton........ ........ 9 56 pm 10 33 am
Lula.......... 3 14 pm 10 02 pm 10 41 am
Ga'newille..... 3 36 pm110 28; 11 11 am
Flowery Buford........ Brauch ........j ........Ill 10 03 49 pm 11 11 31 46 am
pui am
Suwanee ...... ........ill 17 pm 11 59 am
Duluth........ .......11 29 pm 12 12 pm
Noreross...... ........ill 42pm 12 24 pm
Ch oublec...... ........ill 54pm 12 35 pm
Ar. Atlanta (K. T.) 5 00 pml 12 39 am 1 10 pin
Afidit onal tra'iis Nos. 17 anl 18—Lula ac-
comm dation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬
lanta 5 80 p in, arrives Lula 8 12 p m, lietm n-
ing, leaves Lula 0 00 a m, arrives A’lan^a 8 LO
a in. dailv,
Between Lula airfl A 1 hf*us—No. It ex¬
cept Sunday, airl No. 9 tlaby, leave Lu a 10 05p
:m, and 11 40 h in, arrive Atlitns J2 05 a ni and
1 40 pm. Returning leave A then-, No. 10
dailv. except Sunday, and No. !2daily, ' 20 V* m
and 8 30 am, ai rive Lula 9 20 pm and 10 80
a ni. 61 dai¬ .
Between Toccoa awl EHx-rton—No.
ly; except Banda' - , leave Toccoa 12 55 pm
arrive Elberton 4 45 p m. Returning. N«. 60
daily, except F-undav, letiv a El 1 erton 5 __ 45 a ni
*nd arrives Toccoa 9 15 am.
Nos. 11 anl 12 cairv Pullman Se p rs i»e-
tween Washington a id Knoxvi le vi i. Salisbury,
and Nps. 9 an 1 10 Pullman Sleep< r between At¬
lanta and New York. coaches from
Ou No. 11 i o change in day
N*. w York to A lauta. *
No*. 37 and 38, Washington and Southwest¬
ern Vestibuled Limbed, between Atlanta and
Washington. On this tram au extra fare is
charged in connection w.tli first-ela-ss ticket h,
not duig $2.00 over and above usual Pull¬
man charges to any point. local and
For detailed information as to
through time table*, rates and Pnllmau Slo p¬
ing car itservations, confer with local sgents,
< •r address, McCLE 'KEY,
JAB. L. TAYLOR. L. L.
Gen’I Pass. Ag’f. Div. Pass. Ag’t.
Washington, D. C. Atlanta, Go.
W. IT. GREEN. f OL. H ASS,
Gen’l Manag- r. Traffio Richmond. Manager, Ya.
Wa-hington, I). ('.
c. P. II t MM ON D,
Superintendent, Atlanta, G
CEWiS DAVIS,
vT rOPNKY AT T.AW.
TOCCOA CITY, GA. t
Will practice in the counties of H-ibcr-
sliam and Rabun of the Northwes era
Circuit, nnd Fraukl n and Banks of the
Western Circuit. Prompt at*enti m will
ye g nn to all bush, css on trusted*>o him.
The collection of debt3 Will have sp* e-
•a! atfejtion.
T1>w are tweii y-iiv - I'r tes ant church**
in Rome.