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THE TOCCOA NEWS
m
AND PIEDMONT
VOLUME XX.
RICHMOND &DANVILLE R- R.
Atlanta and Cbarlotte Air-Line Division.
Condensed Schedule of Passenger
Trains. In Effect Nov. 13th, 1891.
NORTHBOUND. No. 38. No. 10. No. 12.
EASTERN TinCE. Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Atlanta (E.T.) 1 25 pm 8 50 pm 10 10 am
Chamblee..... 9 27 pm 10 48 am
Norcrosa....... 9 39 pm 11 O'* am
Duluth........ 9 51 pm 1115 am
Hnwanee....... 10 03 pm 11 26 am
Buford........ 10 17pm 11 40 am
Flow ry Branch 10 31 pm 11 53 am
Gainesville..... 2 59 pm 10 51 pm 12 14 pm
Lula.......... .....T. 11 18 pm l2 42 pm
Bellton........ ....... 11 21 pm 12 44 am
Cornelia....... .......11 45 pm 110 pm
Mt. Aliy....... ....... 11 50 pm 115 pm
Toccoa......... ....... 12 20 am 1 47 pm
Westminster ... ....... 12 58 am 2 35 pm
Seneca ........ ....... 1 17 am 2 51 pm
Easley*........ Central........ ....... 1 50 am 3 40 pm
....... 2 18 am 4 11 pm
Greenville..... 6 05 pm 2 44 am 4 40 pm
Greer*......... ....... 314 am 5 09 pm
Wellford....... ....... 3 33 am 5 27 pm
Clifton........ B part anburg... 6 57 pm 3 54 am 5 52 pm
....... 4 13 am 6 10 pm
Cowpens Gaffney....... ...... ....... 4 18 am 6 15 pm
....... 4 40 am 6 ‘iipm
Grover......... Blacksburg..... ....... 6 01 am 7 00 pm
....... 5 11 am ■) 12 pm
King’* Mount’ll ....... 5 28 am 7 SO pm
Gastonia....... ....... 5 54 am 7 59 pm
Ir-well........ ....... 6 07 am 8 12 pm
Bellemont..... ....... 6 14 am 8 23 pm
Ar. Charlotte...... 9 10 pm 6 40i.m 8 50 pm
(SOUTHBOUND. No. 37. No. 11. No. 9.
Daily. Daily. Daily.
Lv. Charlotte...... 9 45 am 1 50 pm 2 20 am
Bellemont..... 2 12 pm 2 42 am
L well......... 2 22 pm 2 52 am
Gastonia....... 2 35 pm 3 01 am
King’s Mount’n 3 00 pm 3 27 am
Grov. r......... 3 16 pm 3 43 am
Blacksburg.... Gaffney....... 3 26 pm 3 53 am
3 45 pm 4 10 am
Cowpens Clifton........ ...... 110 pm 4 42 am
4 13 pm 4.35 am
Wellford........ Spartanburg... 11 43 am 4 27 pm 5 00 am
........ 5 50 pm 5 23 am
Greois......... ........ 5 09 pm 5 42 am
Greenville...... 12 36 pm 5 34 p in 6 10 am
Easloys......... ........ 6 07 pm 6 38 am
Central........ ........ 6 55 pm 7 30 am
Seneca......... ........ 7 22 pm 7 57 am
Westminster.... ........ 7 41pm 8 15 am
Toccoa ........ ........ 8 19 pm 8 52 am
Mt. Airy....... ........ 8 48 pm 9 18 am
Cornelia....... ........ 8 52 pm 9 23 am
Bellton.. ,... ........ 9 16 pm 9 45 am
Lula.......... ........ 9 18 pm 9 47 am
Gainesville..... 3 41 pm 9 42 pm 1C 12 am
Flowery Branch ........ 10 00 pm 10 32 am
Buford........ ........10 17 pm 10 45 am
Huwaneo....... ........ 10 33 pm 10 58 am
Duluth........ ....... 10 45 pm 11 15 am
Norcrosa...... ........ 10 56 pm 11 28 am
Ch«mbloo...... ........ 11 08 pm 11 43 am
Ar. Atlanta (E. T.) 5 05 pm 11 45 pm 12 20 pm
Additional Irains Nos. 17 an 1 18—Lula ac¬
commodation, daily except Sunday, leaves At¬
lanta 5 30 p m, arrives Lula 8 12 p m. Return¬
ing, leaves Lula 6 00 am, arrives Atlanta 8 50
a m.
Between Lula and Athens—No. 11 daily, ex¬
cept Sunday, and No. 9 daily, leave Lula 8 SO p
in, and 11 60 a m, arrive Athens 10 15 p m and
1 30 pm. Returning leave Athens, No. 10
daily, except Sunday, and No. 12daily, 6 15 p m
and 6 45 a in, arrive Lula 8 00 p m aud 8 30
a ni.
Between Toccoa and Elberton—No. 61 dai¬
ly; except Elberton Sunday, leave Toccoa 2 00 pm
arrive daily, Sunday, 4 40 p leave m. Returning, Ell No. CO
except * erton 5 00a m
and arrives Toccoa 8 30 am.
Nos. 11 and 12 carry Pullman Sleepers be¬
tween Washington and Kansas City via Birming¬
ham and Memphis, and Nos, 9 and 10 Pullman
Sleeper No. between Atlanta and New York.
On 11 no change in day coaches from
N’iw York to Atlanta.
Nos. 37 and 38, Washington and Southwest¬
ern Vestibulcd Limited, Between Atlanta and
Washington. On this train an extra fare i*
charged on flrst-cass tickets only.
For detailed information as to local and
through time tables, rates and Tubman Sleep¬
ing car reservations, confer with local agents,
or address,
JAS. Gen*l L. TAYLOR, Pass. W. A. TURK,
Atlanta, On. Ag’t. Div. Charlotte Pass. Ag’t.
N. 0.
C. P. HAMMOND,
W. II. GREEN. Superintendent SOL. Atlanta, HASS, Ga.
Gen’l Manager. Traffic Manager,
Atlanta. Ga. Atlanta. Ga.
LEWIS DAVIS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
TOCCOA CITY, GA.,
Will practioe in the counties of Haber
■ham aud Rabun of the Northwestern
Circuit, and Frank!>u and Banka of tin
Waster 11 Circuit. Prompt attention wil
be given to all btuEeas aafcrustetPco him
Tho collection of debt* will have speo
ia! attautioiL
CHILI’S CONCESSIONS
Accepted by Uncle Saiu and Every,
body Satisfied.
Secretary Blaiue sent a cable message
to Minister Egan Saturday morning in¬
structing him to inform the Chilian gov¬
ernment that its propositions for a settle¬
ment of the dill; rences between the two
governments, made in response to the
ultimatum of the 21st instant, are grati¬
fying to the president of the United
States as indicating a good prospect that
the controversy can now be adjusted upon
terms satisfactory to this government by
the usual diplomatic methods.
The telegram makes no request or sug¬
gestion of any kind wha'ever for a salute
by Chili to the American flag, and there
is no reason to believe that this govern¬
ment will riquiie such a salute fr*m
Chili, which may, of her own accord,
perform this graceful act at tho tirmina-
tion of the diplomatic adjustment of all
difficulties, which is pleased". now iu progress.
cniLi is
A telegram of Saturday from Valpa¬
raiso states that the United States’ ac¬
cepting of Chili reply to the ultimatum
has g von great satisfaction in that city.
E .change has risen l^d.
FOOLISH MINERS
Place Cartridges Upon a Stove to Warm
Them--Terrible Results Follow.
At Honeybroob, near Hazleton, Pa., at
noon Thursday, about twenty-five Slavo¬
nian coal miners were eating lunch
around a atove in which they were heat¬
ing dualine cariridges, when an explosion
occurred. Two miners were killed,
twenty injured and two have disappeared
entirely, supposed to have been blown to
will pieces. probably A number die. of the injured men
These j^atistics are furoishei by tha
Agricultural D?parfcm 3 ut at Washington as
representing for the aggregate 2,060,154,000 production bushels; o£
c?reals 1891: Corn,
value, 5836,439,223. Wheat, 611,7S0,0J0
bushels; value, 5513,472,711. Oats, 731,394,-
000 bushels; value, 5232.312,267.
ARMISC1CE.
Tbe water sings along our keel.
The wind falls to a whispering breath;
I look into jour ejes and feel
No fear of life or death,
So near is love, so far away
The losing strife of yesterday.
We watch the sv fallows skim and dip;
Some magic bi;ds the world be still;
Life stands with finger upon lip;
Love has his gentle will;
Though hearts have blei ani tears have
burned
The river fioweth unconcerned.
We pray the fickle flag of truca
Still float deceitfully an 1 fair;
Our eyes must love its sweet abuse;
This hour we will not care,
Though just beyond to-morrow’s gate.
Arrayed and strong, the battle wait.
—Ellen Bui rouyfut, in Scribner's.
LIFE’S LESSON.
u LICE sat reading at
fA the window when
her mother entered
m n X and said:
m “Alice, my love,
is it not time for
Miss Fielding to
bring home your
mfM dress?”
“Yes, mamma, it
is; she promised to
have it here at four
o’clock,and it is ten
minutes of that
hour,” glancing at her elegant little
watch set with pearls.
“Very well, my dear, only see that it
needs no alteration, for I wish you to
appear to the best advantage at Mrs.
Blair’s this evening.”
“Never fear, mamma, but that I will,”
replied Alice, returning to her book—
the last new novel, while Mrs. Stanley
glided away as softly as she had entered.
Ten minutes passed, and Alice yawned
and looked listlessly out of the window.
As the clock on the mantelpiece, with
musical note, struck four, Alice’s eye
caught a figure passing the window, and
starting up, she exclaimed:
“Ob, there she is!” and went toward
the door. “I'm glad to see you come
so punctually, Miss Fielding; it is a great
virtue in any one, but especially in a
seamstress.”
“Yes, Miss Stanley, I hurried very
much to have your dress completed at
the appointed hour.”
“Why did you hurry so much? I am
afraid you have not sewed it as nicely as
I desire. I gave you plenty of time.”
“You did ; but last night I had such a
severe pain ia my side that I was obliged
to keep still; and this morning I worked
very hard, so you need not be disap¬
pointed at four o’clock.”
“It is all right, then,” said Alice;
“come up to my room, and I will try it
on and see if it needs any alteration.”
.Alice ran lightly up stairs to her hand-
some room, followed by poor Nora, who
was very weak and faint for having
scarcely tasted food that day, and having
been at work so steadily. She sank into
an easy chair, almost too weary to
speak.
Handsome lace curtains draped the
windows. In one was suspended a bas¬
ket of trailing ivy, in the other hung a
bird-cage, its occupant nearly breaking
its litttle throat with a crush of melody
on the entrance of its mistress.
“Oh, hush, you little pet; your wel¬
come is too noisy,” said Alice, going up
to the cage and placing a piece of sugar
between the wires. “Now for the
dress!” she exclaimed, arraying herself
in it before the dressing-table, which
was covered with jewelry and all the
appurtenances of a lady’s toilet.
As Nora laced the dress she regarded
Alice with great admiration. She was
tall and slight, graceful as a sylph, with
golden hair, banded back from a lovely
face. But her beauty was marred by a
look of discontent, an expression of
weariness.
The dress, of rich crimson, very low in
the neck, and trimmed with point lace;
the short sleeves were adorned with tbe
same. It set off her figure to the great¬
est advantage, as its folds trailed on the
lioor.
“It fits beautifully,” said Alice, “and
I think I shall appear to better advan¬
tage than any one else this evening. I
desire to be the belle of the night,”
gazing proudly on herself in the glass.
“Miss Stanley,” said Nora, in a hesi¬
tating tone of voice.
“What is it?” answered Alice, “do
not be afraid of speaking.”
‘Will you be so very kind as to pay
me for this dress, and for the others I
have made you?”
“How much is it?” asked Alice,taking
out her purse.
“Filteea dollars.”
“I bare not that in my purse, and I
do not wish to take the trouble of asking
mamma. Come to-morrow at this hour
and you shall have it.”
Nora glided from the room with an
aching heart, for she needed the money
sorely. Let us follow her as she walks
rapidly through the different streets till
she comes to the more obscure part of the
city, passes down a wide alley, eaters a
tenement house, and, ascending a broken
stairway, §(£>ps at the door of a third
story front room.
“Is that you, gjy daughter?” asked a
feeble voice as she entered the room.
“Yes, dear mother,” Nora answered,
in a cheerful manner.
“It is very cold, Nora, is it not?”
“Yes, and so slippery; I could hardly
keep my looting.”
“Was Miss Stanley pleased with her
dress?”
“Perfectly. She did not pay me, but
requested me to call to-morrow; but I
hardly expect to receive it then,” said
Nora despondingly.
“Never mind, dear Nora; trust in God,
and all will be right.”
“Yes, mother, I do; but then some¬
times it is very hard.”
“God has not forgotten us, dear
Nora. He has put it in the heart of *.
kind friend to remember us. Mrs. Ham-
lin seat me a nice glass of jelly and some
delicious chicken broth. I have wanned
TOCCOA, GEORGIA, FEBRUARY 1892.
some for you; you must need it after your
walk.”
fi; Mr. \V\ M. Kiltfo. '
{John Rumsey of cancer at
inear Turuerville Jan. 27th,
»ut 65 years of agb; Hu was
neighbor, a good citizen, a
lier, an earnest Christian,an
to husband and father. Thu
suds to the bereaved widow
ren, the earnest sympathies
circle of friends.
ngure anu lace tne poor seamstress far
outshone the wealthy belle.
The next day, at four, Nora passed up
the steps of the handsome mansion / of
Mrs. Stanley, and rang the bell. Afoot-
man, in livery, opened the door.
‘‘Can I see Miss Stanley?” asked Nora,
eagerly.
“She is not at home, Miss, but I will
ask my young ladj’s maid whether she
left any message for you.”
“Thank you, if you will be so kind.”
The footman returned in a few sec¬
onds.
“No, Miss, no message.”
“Oh,” thought Nora, as she turned
away, “if Miss Stanley only knew how
sorely I need the money, she could not
be so thoSghtless.”
On Saturday of the same week Nora
called again at Mrs. Stanley’s, carrying
home the finished black silk dress. It
was about eight in the evening. The
same footman opened the door. On
Nora’s inquiring for his young mistress,
he replied that she was engaged with
company.
“Please ask Miss Stanley,” said Nora,
in a trembling voice, “if she cannot see
her seamstress for a moment.”
The footman disappeared,returning in
a short time.
“No, Miss; she is much engaged with
company, and wishes you to excuse her,
and call again on Monday.”
When Monday came it found Nora
stretched on a 3ick bed, unable to raise
her head from the pillow. All that week
passed, and the next, and no Nora ap¬
peared at Mrs.Stanley’s.
“I wonder where Nora Fielding can
be, mamma,” said Alice. “Here is my
basque to be made, and I do so wish to
wear it ou Sunday with my new silk. =
“I hope she is not ill, Alice; o* ut
she has always looked to me very deli¬
cate.”
“I will go and inquire for her, mam¬
ma.
“Do you know where she lives?”
“No; but Mrs. Hamlin does, and I
will diive there first.”
Alice sought and found the alley and
tenement where Nora lived. Knocking
at the third-story door, a voice said?
“Come in.”
“Thi3 is Mrs. Fielding?” asked Alice,
entering.
“It is.”
“How is your daughter? I have not
seen her for two weeks.”
“Nora, poor cl ild, has been very ill,
and is still confined to her bed, with the
same cold she caught in carrying your
last dress home to you through the
storm.”
“I am tiuly sorry to hear it. I remem¬
ber it rained very hard that evening.
May I go and see your daughter?”
“Certainly, Miss Stanley,” and Mrs.
Fiddling led the young girl to the ad¬
joining room.
“I am very glad to see you, Miss
Stanley,” said Nora. “You find me still
ill, but I am much better, thanks to my
dear mother’s tender nursing.”
“Oh, I am so sorry to find you con¬
fined to your bed, and I fear it h owing
to niyuJthoughtlessness.”
Nora smiled and shook her head, and
said:
“You know I had to carry home your
dress.”
“And neither that nor the other
.
dresses are paid for,” said Alice, rising.
“I will send the money immediately on
my return home.”
As Alice passed down stain, a woman
stood on the threshold.
“May I speak to you, Miss?”
“Certainly.”
‘ ‘I am so glad you have called upon
those people up-stairs, for they deserve
all the notice you will give them. You
will never hear their good deeds from
themselves, but there is not one in this
house who has not cause to bless them.
For six weeks Miss Nora nursed me
through a severe illness. Every Sunday
her room is filled by poor children, whom
she teaches. Before she came Sunday
was a day of noise and great disturb¬
ance.”
“I am much pleased to hear this of
Nora,” said Alice, with tears in her
eyes.
“And one never hears a murmur from
mother or daughter. Their beautiful ex¬
ample is teaching us to trust in God, and
to love Him above every other one.”
“Thank you, my good woman, for
what you have told me of Nora,” said
Alice, passing a piece of money into the
woman's hand, who looked after her ad¬
miringly and gratefully.
A short time afterward Alice’s maid
appeared at Mrs. Fielding’s, with the
money and a basket laden with good
things ;-and before Mrs. Fielding could
thank her she had gone. The basket
was found to contain tea, coffee, sugar
and a large roasted turkey.
“Nora, here is twenty-five dollars.
Did Miss Stanley owe you so much?”
“No, mamma, only twenty dollars;
but I presume she saw how poor we
weie, and chose this method to relieve
as. How very, very kind!"
Mrs. Fielding laid on Nora’s lap a box
she had found in the basket, directed t«
her. Eagerly Nora opened it, to find it
full of delicious white grapes.
“O, mamma! this is ju3t what I wished
for!”
We will return to Alice, who was sit¬
ting alone in her room.
“What a useless and thoughtless life
I have led,” she was thinking. “Nora,
with all her poverty, has accomplished a
thousand times more than I have done.
In the future my life shall be different,
I shall attend fewer parties, and spend
nay time for the good of others. How
00 ^
Pets
him at
.
1 1
ed
which
«i.:-
lovely and refined Nora’s mother appears,
I have a plan for Nora. Will she accept
aB The next afternoon Alice went to see
fora, whom she found much better,
it have a little plan to propose to
ou, Miss Fielding.”
Nora smiled, and said she was willing
f> gratify Miss Stanley.
“I know you are not strong enough to
if- dsh w steai you ^hy, would dear live Nora, with and I be do so
aDd me, my
companion, The little sew-
I require would not weary you, and
/ou could spend a good deal of time in
reading to yourself, or to me, wheu I am
lazy.”
“How I would enjoy it,” answered
Nora, eagerly; “but what would be¬
come of my dear mother?”
“Oh, I have arranged that. A Mrs.
Maxwell, a lady I know, takes a few
boarders, and has agreed to take your
mother."
Mrs. Fielding and Nora gladly as¬
sented to Alice’s plan and Nora prom¬
ised to be ready to leave her home in the
course of two hours. Soon Nora and
Alice had the pleasure of seeing Mrs.
Fielding pleasantly settled at Mrs. Max¬
well’s.
As the year passed, Alice became more
and more attached to Nora, whom she
found a refined and hightly educated
companion.— New York News.
The Dnhabeeyeh, Yacht of the Nile.
Naturally there was exhilaration in
the first sight of our dahabeeyeh as it
lay under the bank at Koobry, opposite
Cairo, one among forty others—a whole
fiat bottomed yacht squadron, suited to
the treacherous shallows which shift
from day to day in the Nile bed. It
was one hundred feet long, and looked
larger than we had dared to hope; in¬
deed, quite imposing, against the mud
houses, with its tall main yard towering
one hundred and thirty-five feet from
heavy butt to taper point, and though
its internal economy of space was learned
only by degrees, the eye at once took in
the general lines, and realized that under
sail it would be a not unhandsome craft.
There it lay, the counterpart of the
dahabeeyehs of the pictures, recalling
the galleys of old prints and coins, a de¬
generate descendant of Cleopatra’s barge,
and even a reminiscence of Ra and Horus.
Oriental hyperbole has aided this remi¬
niscence with the name of dahabeeyeh—
boat of gold—and Egyptian conserva¬
tism has Kept the general lines of the
ships that bore Pharaoh southward
against the “vile Eushite,” or brought
back the gold and spices of the land of
Pount to Queen Hatasu. There was the
low foredeck, rising only two feet above
the water at the after part, but sloping
upward to a gayly painted and gilded
prow; there the sixty feet of high deck
house, which comprised the travelers’
portion of the boat; and there were many
other things, new then, familiar now,
and remembered with warm affection.
The blue gowned figures squatting on
the shore rose as we approached, and
handed us down the steep bank to the
freshly painted deck, “This is our
crew,” said the “Dig Howaga,” as he
was called by the sailors. We essayed
our two words or so of Arabic salutation;
hundreds of white teeth flashed a smil¬
ing reply, and the presence of these
good natured, picturesquely robed ath¬
letes added another charm to our pros¬
pective jowney.— Scribner.
The Greatest Building in the World.
An astonishing feature of the Colum¬
bian Exposition will be one of the palaces
grouped iu the heart of the fair grounds.
It is the Manufactures Building designed
by Mr. George Post, of New York. It
will bear tbe same relation to this expo¬
sition as the Eiffel Tower did to that of
Paris in 1889; and, indeed, its possible
use as a vautage-point from which to see
the fair grounds has terminated m the
negative the discussion for and against
the construction in Chicago of a rival to
the great tower of Paris. This greatest
of all the exposition buildings, and of the
buildings of the world, will present to
Lake Michigan a facade of such a length
as to suggest the wall of a city, yet it i 3
so admirably designed, so light and
graceful in its effect upon the vision,
that its true extent can only be compre.
hended when it3 dimensions are expressed
in figures and by comparisons. It is one-
third of a mile long, and to compass it
round about is to walk a mile. The
roof of it is 1688 by 788 feet, and the
span of the dome, the largest ever at¬
tempted, is 388 feet. The roof is 230
feet from the ground, and the building
has forty acres of ground-floor. Two of
the vast machinery halls of the Paris
Exposition could be wheeled through it,
and the Auditorium, the building of
which Chicago is most proud, could be
pushed under this great roof, tower and
all.— Harper's Magazine.
A Millionaire Chicken Raiser.
William K. Vanderbilt, of New York,
has a peculiar fad, and with true Vander-
derbilt foresight he has turned it to prof¬
itable account. He devotes as much of
his time as he can possibly spare to U
chicken farm on Long Island. Twice a
week he visits his chicken farm, and it
is said he is as fussy over the little chicks
as a mother hen could possibly be. Per¬
haps he sympathizes with the little
birds, as nearly all of them come into
tbe world orphans; that is to say, they
are turned out of newly constructed in¬
cubators at the rate of several thousand
a week. This farm is sometimes said to
be an expe isivc fad, but as a matter of
fact it pays the owner a revenue of some¬
thing like $20,000 a year in addition to
supplying the entire Vanderbilt connec¬
tion with chickens and eggs.
Members of this family never talk
about their money. They have, literally,
bushels of it, but modestly refrain from
boasting. They spend lavishly and are
said to be tne most liberal contributors
to charity of any rich family in America.
All the Vanderbilt boys married well,
and their wives have without exception
proved helpmeets to them in every sense
of the word.— St, Louis Republic.
THROUGH DIXIE.
NEWS OF THE SOUTH BRIEFLY
PARAGRAPHED
Forming an Epitome of Daily
Happenings Here and There.
A David Hill club was organized at
Montgomery, Dr. B. Ala., Tuesday night, with
J. Baldwin president.
The first term of the United States cir¬
cuit court of app als, fourth district, be¬
gan at Richmond, Va., Tuesday.
The steamer Charles Le >, on theNeches
river, Tex., sank twelve mill9 below
Wright’s landing Tuesday, loaded with
cotton.
A dispatch of Saturday from Louisville
says: The Kentucky republican state
central committee has decided that the
state convention shall meet ia Louisville
on March 30 th.
One hundred and forty one divorcer
suits were heard in the Chattanooga cir¬
cuit court Saturday. Of these sixty were
grauted and thirty-two disallowed, with
the balance postponed.
The Deposit bank of Glasgow, Ky.,
closed its doors Friday afternoon after a
big run. A rumor start d in some way
that the bank had failed, and soon after
his eveiy depositor in the county called foi
money.
A Knoxville, Tenn., dispatch says:
Messrs. Pound & Hart, of the Chatta¬
nooga News, on Tuesday closed a trade
for the material of the old Sentinel office
and will take charge of the new Sentinel
and continue its publication as an after¬
noon paper.
A telegram from Rome, Ga., says:
The postponed exercises celebrating the
held birthday of General Robert E. Lee, were
Tuesday afternoon. It was a gen¬
eral holiday. In the procession were
many hundred veterans, citizens, military
and school children. The exercises were
Martin, very impressive. Colonel John Locke
and Captain A. B. S. Moseley
were the orators of the occasion,and their
speeches were able ones, and are receiv¬
ing much comment.
The directors of the Eagle and Phenix
mills of Columbus, Ga., met Tuesday.
The annual meeting of the stockholders
was held Wednesday. Ex-President
Young recently issued a circular to the
stockholders, in which he severely criti¬
cized the present management, and inti¬
mated that the interests of the stock¬
holders were not as fully protected 83
they should be, and that there was ex¬
travagance duct and bad judgment iu the con¬
of the affairs. It is expected that
this circular will figure in the proceed¬
ings and a very lively time is expected.
A Chattanooga dispatch of Tuesday
says: The sensation now agitaging East
Tennessee is the action of Judge Sneed,
at who Knoxville, in the case of Sizemore,
was on trial for the murder of young
Johnson. Sizemore, was acquitted, and
the judge could not control his surprise.
He proceeded t > tell the jurors what he
thought of their action, and closed by
striking their names from fhe jury list
and refusing to allow them to try any
other cases. His scathing rebuke created
intense excitement and the occurrence is
creating a deal talk.
A dispatch of Tuesday says: The ex¬
citement at Creede, Col., the new mining
camp on the Denver and Rio Grande
in railroad, is intense. People are flocking
from all parts of the couutry, and a
large city of rough board houses has
sprung up iu a short time. The mines
are something wonderful, and almost
equal to those of Leadviile in its best
days. David H. Moff dt has been offered
$1,000,000 by an English company to
bond Holy Moses mines at Creede, but
he refused to do so. Since the first hole
was started at the Creede mine a month
ago there has been $5,000,000 worth of
ore t»ken from the mines there.
A Memphis dispatch says: Miss Alice
and Mitchell, the murderess of Freda Ward,
her frien 1, Miss Lillie Johnston,
were criminal arraigned before Judge Dubois in
the court Monday morning. The
accused were called upon to plead to the
indictment. Miss Johnson said, “I am
not guilty,” but Miss Mitchell
was immovable; not a sound es-
caped her. Counsel for the defense, in¬
terposed on her behalf, saying: “Your
honor, we plead not guilty as to Lizzie
Johnston,and present insanity as to Alice
Mitchell.” The prisoners were then re
turned to jail. Tbe defense will present
their plea in Miss Mitchell’s case in duo
form in a few days.
THIRD PARTY IN GEORGIA •
Hold Their First Meeting and Elect a
County Committee.
The first third party meeting in Georgia
was held at Douglasville Tuesday aud
the organization of the independent poli¬
tical movement inaugurated. Railroad
legislation, financial leforms and other
momentous questions Wire thoroughly
dissected. Col. C. C. Post was the ora¬
tor of the occasion. He advocated the
sub-ttasury bill and the other Ocala de¬
mands. He s id that as the farm
ers of the wi stern and north¬
western states had thrown a-ide their
party of republican oligarchy to join the
new party, so the farmers of Ge rgi t
would throw aside the democratic party
to join the new Piop'e’s Party. In con¬
clusion he said the new movement wa
not strictly an alliance movement. Tha’
profe stomal men, lab r men, anybody
'•ould join. The organ zition w-.s thet-
b gun in the shape of the election o. i
oountv commit t o._
WILL IMPORT A JURY
To Render Justice in the Notorious
Baker Case.
A Bristol, Tenn., dispatch of Wednes¬
day eays: Washington county, Virginia,
is densely populated with intelligent
voters, but still a dozen men cannot be
found who are competent enough to
judge whether or not Dr. John A. Baker
is guilty of murdering his wife by poi¬
son, so the eourt has decided to send to
Botetcourt county, Virginia, decision for a jury
that can render a fair in this
sensational trial. The entire day was con¬
sumed in discussing the question of con¬
tinuing until the term of February court.
It is more than likely that the case will
be continued till the next February term
of court on this account.
SPURGEON IS DEAD.
The Great Preacher Joins the Silent
Majority.
News of the death of Rev. Charles
H iddon Spurgeon, which took plack at
Montone, Italy, at 11 o’clock Saturday
night was received at Londou Sunday
morning. A sorrowing group of Mr.
Spurgeou’s followers were at the time
holding night service* at the tabernacele,
praying for the recoveiy o' their
beloved paste. These meetings began
a month rgo, and when Mr. Spurgeon
was apprised of them, he sent answer:
“Iu the lone watches of the ni_;kt your
prayers have buoyed up my spirits, but
not to things of earth. I feel that my
soul would fain llv to its Creator—the
Lord of all.” It was 1 o’clock when the
me-sage telling of his demise was re¬
ceived. No announcement was made—
the fact seemed to make itself apparent
to all tbe watchers.
Mr. Spurgeon’s end was painless. He
remained a conscious to the last Ills
wife, Dr. FitzHenry and Miss Thorne
were present when he died. Mr. Spur¬
geon’s body will be transported to Eng¬
land for burial.
HIS LIFE WORK.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was born
at Kelvedon, Essex, June 19, 1834.
His father intended that he should be
an independent minister, but his inato
religious belief was in accord with the
cried of the Baptists, and he associated
himself with that church in 1850.
His sermons have been published in the
weekly newspapers of England and
America, and many of them have been
translated into various languages.
Besides his great work in the ministry,
he has found time to write some splen¬
did books, which will live after him.
He is the author of “John Ploughman’s
Talk,” “Morning by Morning,” “Eve¬
ning by Evening,” “The Treasury of Da-
vid y < ‘Lectures to My Students,” “The
Saint and ibe Saviour.”
He has bee 1 the editor of a magazine
called the “The Sword and Trowel"
since 1865.
Dr. Spurgeon was a puwer wherever
the Baptist faith was known and preach¬
ed. He was by long odds the greatest
living exponcut of that faith, and his
death removes the greatest expositor it
ever had.
The power of his name was felt in
America, and all over this country anx¬
ious hearts have been waiting for the ter¬
mination of his illness, f aring lest the
angel of death might summon him to his
everlasting home.
And when they read of hi’, death now
they will think 'God that the ex¬
ample of so great and good a man has
been left as a be .con light in the reli¬
gious world.
ALLIANCE CONVENTION
In Session at Chicago--Resolutions
Adopted.
A Chicago dispatch says: The Farm¬
ers’ Alliance convention Friday devoted
the time mostly to minor matters, which
had been passed over before. Among
them were sundry resolutions of an eco¬
nomic nature, which were passed. The
constitution was amended so as to make
twenty-five local organizations enough to
form a stute body. This will let in
several little states, and will materially
conduce to tbe growth of tbe national
body. Whether or not it will change
the complexion of the n itional body with
regard to be participation in politics, re¬
mains to seen. After the installation
of the officers elected Thursday, the body
adjourned sine die.
PUBLIC DEBT FIGURES.
A Big Decrease Shown in the Cash Bal¬
ance.
The public debt statement issued at
Washington Monday shows a net decrease
in the Cash balance in the treasury during
Jammy of $3,205,668; decrease of the
bonded debt, $1,995,652; aggregate of
public debt, included gold aDd silver cer¬
tificates and treasury uotes, $1,579,409,-
706, gold certificates outstanding, $180,-
665,769; silver certificat s, $326,354,043;
currency certificates, $16,850,000; treas¬
ury uotes of 1890 (bullion purchase
notes,) $sl,5 >3,000; total cash in the
treasury, $778,790,871; ne* cash balance,
$3 b 368,459_
CATTLE QUARANTINE
Regulations to be Imposed Upon Sev¬
eral Southern States.
Georgia, South Caiolina, Florida, Ala¬
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Texas, North Carolina and Virginia will
be under cattle quarantine regulations
after February 1st by order of the United
States department of agriculture. The
temitory is a large one, and the regula¬
tions contain strict orders as to the man¬
ner of feeding and watering all cattle
shipped north disinfecting of the quarantine line, also
as to the of pens and cars.
The state authorities are instructed to see
that the regulations are enforced and
special inspectors are to be appointed.
THEIR PETITION REFUSED
Telegraph Rates Fixed by the Com¬
mission W.ll Stand.
Thursday morning at Atlanta, the rail¬
road commission renderel their de¬
cision in the petition of the telegraph
companies of Georgia, asking a reopen¬
ing of the rates fixed by the commission.
The companies complained that the rates
established by the commission were too
low, ahd that they would lose money if
required heard to conform the to them. The their com¬
mission companies, read
figures, etc., but adhered to their former
decision. The reduced rates will go into
iffect February 1st.
CHILI AT CHICAGO.
It is Probable that She Will Not
Send an Exhibit.
A cablegram of Tuesday from Valpa¬
raiso to the New York Herald says:
There does not appear to be any likeli¬
hood of the Chilian government voting
money for the Chicago fair, partly on
account of the present financial status of
the country and partly because Commis¬
sioner Harlow is accused of being the
author of sensational telegrams which
have been sent to certain American pa¬
pers. This has set the people against
him.
NUMBER 5.
UNANOINTED
We know that through the viewless air.
Though not a mote seems floating there,
There may be crossing everywhere—
Beings of an ethereal guis,-,
Betwixt our earthly-holdeu eyes
And the far reaches of the skies—
A realm within a realm; yet wj
With unanointei vision sea
No token of its mystery.
God’s messengers—they come ani go
Unfelt, unheeded by u\ though
They touch us passing to and fro.
In mystic circles they eawreatha
Us all around, above, beneath,
Ani fau the very air we breathe.
What respite iu our wild despair
The thou/bt would bring us did we dir®
Believe our darling dead were there 1
What cinsolation, heavenly bright,
Would hush our an juis’u if we might
Still hold their deathless care in sight!
So near they may be—ah, so near!
And yet we ben i no conscious ear
The folding of their win 5 s to hear.
-Margaret J. Preston, in Harper’s Bazar.
PITH AND POINT.
A bill of credit—William Shakspere.
La grippe is not a thing to be sneezed
at.
All the world loves a lover—except
his rival.— Life.
It isn’t safe to bandy words with a
chemist. He is prttty sure to have a re¬
tort readyT— Low U courier.
Every man in trouble feels that his
friends are not as indignant as they
should be .—Des Moines Register.
“Come, darling, you Have eaten
enough of that cake.” “O, mamma ; I
haven’t dot the tumruick ache yet!”
The pretty pianist always has a strik¬
ing manner aad more frequently a dis-
tractiug air .—Binghamton li public m.
She always use ! to shake ray hand
With touch light as a feather;
Last nignt I said I lovei her, ani
She shoos me altogether.
— Harper's Bazar.
The short tale may be a success in lit-
jrature, but the dockel horse thinks it’s
1 mighty poor thing in fly time .—Boston
Post.
People who have seen two lovers say
good-by never have any trouble after¬
wards in believing in eternity, — Terns
Siftings.
There is nothing in the world moro
aggravating to a man with a secret than
to meet people who have no curiosity.—
Atchison Globe.
I do not care how well she speaks,
Or in how many languages,
If, with a blush upon her cheeks, “Yes.”
She answers my —Detroit one question Free
Press.
Nature makes no mistakes, they say,
but when you have been bitten by a rat¬
tlesnake or a mad dog it is hard lor you
to assent to the statement. —Kansas City
Star.
Mr. Slowboy—“The world is very
wide and has something in every part of
,t.” Maud (yawning)—“Well, why do
jrou remain so long in one place? ’—
Washington Hatchet.
•‘There’s plenty of room at the top,” he said,
As he stood ay the mirror thare,
With a brush and a towel in either han I,
And parted his seldom hair. •
—Detroit Free Press.
“Are you the minister.” The person
addressed turned up his nose and, cast¬
ing a contemptuous glance upon his in¬
terlocutor, replied: “No,I’m the leader
of the choir .”—New Orleans 1 imet-Derh 0 ‘
rrat.
Jacky—“We had a thirteen pound
turkey at our house yesterday.” Jim—
“Oh, that’s nawthin’. We had one that
weigh fifteen pounds.” Jacky—“I
don’t care it your old turkey was bigger.
L’ll bet you didn’t have no doctor como
to see you twice in the night the way I
did .”—Boston Post.
The ether day a journal,hitherto with¬
out a spot on its character,inquired with
well-feigned innocence: “How can five
persons divide five eggs so that each man
will receive one, and sti'.l one remain in
the dish?” After several hundred peo¬
ple went two-thirds distracted in the
mazes of this proposition, the journal
meanly says: “One takes the dish with
the egg.”— Northwest.
A Prehistoric Kentucky Giant.
Willis Price, one of the best known
farmers in Fayette County, Kentucky,
has in his possession some of tbe skull,
jaw and other bones of what mast have
been a veritable giant, which he plowed
up on his farm. The skeleton was un¬
der a stone vault,which was arched with,
considerable ingenuity. The arch was
constructed of small stones, which must
have been carried a considerable dis¬
tance, as there is nothing of the kind in
the immediate vicinity. The top of the
arch was probably a foot below the sur¬
face of the ground, and was discovered
by the plow striking one of the stones.
Mr. Price dug into the vault and uncov¬
ered the skeleton. As it lay at full length
it would measure about eight feet. The
bones are the same color of the clay in
which they have so long lain. Mr. Price
has found many Indian relics on his
farm—Indian battle axes, arrow heads,
pipes, etc. He will investigate further
as to the presence of other tombs.—
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
A Singular Fox Trap.
Two of three nights ago a for, while
prowling about the western part of South
Glastonbury, near the river, caught his
tail in a barbed wire fence. In some
way, evidently in an attempt to escape,
he twisted it about the wire several
times and finally firmly anchored himself
in this novel way. Of course it did not
take very long for some one to discover
bS plight in the morning, and the Mil¬
ler boys put an end to his chicken steal¬
ing with their guns. The statements
rest on perfectly unassailable testimony,
and the incident makes, it is believed, a
thoroughly unique record in the history
of fox “hunting” in Connecticut.—
Hartford {Conn.) Courant.