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A WONDERFUL pj^OOVERY
‘•Such a wedding! No bridesmaid^
no music, no breakfast or reception!.
I declare I should not feel as if I had
been married!” exclaimed Marlon
Wiltotighhy, tlirowing kcimU down
u|kiii a low faufcuil in her own ele
gantly appointed drawing room,
drawing oft the delicately tinted gloves
which nerved an a finish to the ex
quisite Parisian toilet.'
There was only one other occupant
of the room, i! limn tall and handsome,
standing with one hand 1 nestling ba (
the book of her hair. . She did not
look up aa! she spoke, dy^libte that, {
‘You are . speaking, .flit ‘ JrtH-.MwV,
vine's wedding?” he said, “TheT* Is
one essential to most marriages yon
have not enumerated la your list, of
things lacking. Was love waiting,
too?” ,o
“Oh, no. I believed she loved him.
She certainly mast do so to an almost to "I
absurd extent. They are to go to house
keeping In a small flat In an unflasb-
ionable locality uptown where he
must be away from early morning un
til quite » o’clock. Me occupies some
salaried position—clerk In a bank, I
believe—and she a girl who might
have married anybody." >
“Honest labor degrades no man,
Marion.” came the firm, quick an
swer. “Even a clerkship is not al
ways to lie found, and I would rather
break stones in the streets than live
noney acquired dishonestly, or
doled out of charity, though in such a
ease 1 would ask no woman to share
my lot.”
“Tills looks like breaking stones,
does it not?” site laughingly answerd,
letting her own jeweled fingers close
over the man's hands where it rested
—a Imnd whose shape betokened Us
aristocracy, and which was soft and
white as a woman's.
At Iter light touch his strong frame
quivered. Ho bent and let his lips
rest an instant caressingly on her
hair, for the girl liesule him was his
afllunced wife.
"It could break stones, though,dear,
and I don’t know but that it’d niuke
me a better man. Suppose 1 lost my
money, Marion? Suppose it were all
swept away from me In an hour, and
I bad a position ottered me—a posi
tion which enabled me to live very
humbly, very much us your friend is
going to live—toll me what you would
do?”
“You are only talking to try me,
Chester, and I hate such questions.
In tlie first place it is entirely out of
reason ; for even were it so, papa, you
know,is very rich,and ourhomecou.U
always he with him.”
“I have said to you, Marion, that
would rather starve than to eat the
bread of charity. Therefore, putting
tins possibility aside, tell me what
you would do.”
Her lingers relaxed their graspupon
ids hand. Was there significance in
the action? He smiled bitterly as he
saw it. Except that he still stood be
hind the chair she must have noticed
it.
“You arc utterly absurd this after
noon, Chester." she said bitterly.
“Have 1 not just told you that Edith
Marvine’s wedding was more like a
funeral than a wedding, and though I
1 iresu me I shall one day have to attend
to tuy own funeral, it will not, I assure
you, be us a voluntary agent. Have
you nothing mure agreeable you can
say to me?
The man shook otl" •& certain some
thing which seemed to envelope him
in nn almost visible fcloufl.and He an
swered with the old, courteous grace
which suited hint so well, and made
his power with women almost a prov
erb.
Money always seemed to belong to
him by an inliereut right. It was so
natural for him to be rich. No one
could have imagined Chester Thorley
poor. He knew so well how to txpend
his weal'h. He gnveit so generously,
yet without ostentation, that no man
envied him.
Yet he knew half nn hour later,
when lie left his farewell kiss on Mari-
on Wlloughby’s beautiful lips,that it
was farewell to all his hopes and hap
piness.
The blow had already fallen. He
was a ruined man with scarcely a dol
lar that lie could call his own—he who
had no wish uugratitied money might
procure in all his thirty years of life.
It hud fallen through no fault of his
own, though there was feeblo comfort
in that. There was comfort, however,
in the knowledge that he owed no.
man, and,that he might start afresh
witli no burden on his broad shoul
ders or his conscience. |
True there was a deep wound in bis
heart. He had loved Marlon bo well
that to give her up was to voluntarily
renounce God’s sunlight. But all her
life had been spent amid luxury. It
was to her a necessity. Deprived of it
she would fade and droop; and better
any lot than to watch her struggle, and
know that he had brought It upon her.
Besides, she had made her choice.
To her a wedding meant flowers, mu
sic, friends, and the toilet of the bride.
Tlie future, the communion of two
hearts, the solemn responsibilities in
curred, were but secondary considera.
tions.
"Good-bye, my darling!” he said, as
they parted, but when she added,
“Until to-morrow,” he answered nel
ther yea nor uuy.
"To-morrow” the world knew that
Chester Tliorley’s ship had gone upon
the rocks. Mtuiyofhls buslm
elates would have held out to him a
helping Imnd, but firmly and klndl;
he refused every ofTer.
lie wrote Marlon a few lines, recall
ing to her mind tlie conversation of
the day before, and released her from,
her vows to him. “If any good for
tune comes to me,” he concluded, “you
nfobe-eti trained a crowded:
woS&feltfU hasty glande
Eraei
Bhe
M though expecting to flnd soi
theiiL^"^ T
She. was as yet but. twenty-t
hell ‘ ‘
iwlnl
8 and a beauty still,
lier of his absence she went'we
The
% —w#nt
, eraJLweeks'wlth an au
“ I cannot spkee you, her father had
said'HfM4^heInvitagon.C|unf■ ’ ’ S A
But she, going close to him, and
layUpg her head a moment on hlwj
•east, and said: '»«.»*>' j (]
“IMak, papa, it f.ojjld be^bes^.”
TheySvere simple words but He in
terpreted them aright. The old wound,
woufff ‘riot cease its bleeding. Bite
wanted to go amid new scenes, so he
only kissed her,"and bade liet remera*-
ber that tlie old fkther awaited her rfe--
turn. ' '*■' J■■""if '■* I Jj,
“You have not been through tlie
steelworks,” someoie said to he • one
day'"?£tt'teallyjs a rnyfCmtert iting.
sight*- 1*MI fflff JojdfapijHv I ’ wa
make up one to visit them, Miss AVil-
100™!^'* 1
“ With pleasure,” she answered
lightly.
And her aunt charmed with tli* sue-,'
cess of her lienutiful 11 ieoe,-smiled at,
Clayton’s numerous devices to en
snare Marion’s society.
lie was the great party of the place.
Blie had heard something of some
early disappointment in Marlon’s life.
It would be a splendid triumph- thus
to obliterate it, and already she felt
quitosure that the fiat lay in the girl’s
own hands. '
The morning appointed for the ex
pedition dawned beautiful and bright.
Tiiey seemed, indeed, like drones, in
truding upon some busy hive of work
ers, as tiiey entered the great building
and looked about them. Department
after department they visited, watch
ing with interest, the delicate subtle
machinery and its wonderful working.
Marlon’s cheek flushed with inter
est, and Clay Clayton, noting It,
thought he had never seen her look so
beautiful.
To-day he determined he must
Bpeak, when suddenly he heard' a lit-'
tie cry and glanced op, saw her stand
ing quite apart from the crowd, her
eyes ablaze, her lips quivering.
A little distauce from her, adjusting
some pieces of machinery, was a man
In workman’s blouse.
Her cry also attracted him, aud 4 lie
looked up.
- Their eyes met. His face grew
deadly pale, but be gave no other
High' of recognition. She went straight
towaid him, oblivious of all, with hand
outstretched.
“Chester!” said she, in a voice
scarce louder than a whisper, “At
last!” ... I r.
He bowed low in response, and took
no notice of her hand; but the obi,
dauntless pride was in tlie uplifted
head and fearless glance. J i
“Did yon know that I wasjiere?”
'She questioned. -j jj *
“ No, BtfteplteS; it aril ho’TffcgerTn
your world.”
“ You will come to see me?”
“ I cannot.”
Here his voice.broke a little.
“ Mr. Clayton,” she said, “fqt me
present my friend, Mr. Thorley.”
salary* Svhlfflr Htlii laying- aside, dear,
livings poorly as I cfch, A 'hOp!ng one
day tA-ouy
OyW)wo\g|p^wotoglM|i miA
are.rapidly attaining me this goal; bid
it U.still far-off**-1 cannot ask you to
t<}fei&tthe years of labor
invc helped me to reach it.” c
ave waited already too long,
she whispered. “I am
dypowto become your wife.”
is free grew deadly pale,
ftohot teiupfcme,” be said hoarse
ly. *** ■*‘*-^*,
^C£ciia«toU!’’ .she said. ‘‘When I
liaye so much money, why are you so
cruel and so proud?”* ■ **
“I cannot go bock to a life of ease
and dependence, ” he answered—“even
with you iteaFYove to brighten tt.
Bfolfeypu for coming^to me, Marion!
Biggs you for showing hie all that a
nqbbL){omuu caubo! The monory of
thhrtmur will lighten oIMbture years.”
“SJWster,,, do jmu hot understand
mafiUfehe persisted. “I ask you to
retain^ to jnojjfo of dependence. I
wnlitarget £fTat Iliavg a Stogie dollar
in'the world except what you give
niC.' I will share whatever home you
eller me—even tills. For better, for
worse, durllqg, we pledge ourselves os
sacredly as though already we had
stood before .God’s altar. In God’s
sight Jam your wife. I claim my
right to share ymir dark days as well
as those on which the sun of prosper-
U YWJ *hUwt",; <
He strove to answer, ter, but his
voice broke. She bad conquered; but
womanlike, she gave him the glory of
lihraiietory as she sobbed out her hap
piness upon his heart.
" A month Taler there was a quiet
wedding at which were neither flow
ers, nor bridesmaids, nor music; but
Marion Willoughby missed nothing,
^jtt was only after the ceremony had
been performed that Chester showed
her tlie document which had been lit*
wedding gift from the firm he - had
served so faithfully, and wliiohad-
mlttcd him as a junior partner* from
that date. But she smiled sadly as
she looked at it through a mist of
tears.
, 4 VYou said once dear,” she whispered,
“that flowers to live need sunlight.
My darling, I had not then inside this
wonderful discovery that love makes
sunlight everywhere! With your
heart my .home, be its outward adorn
ment what they will, I envy 119 • Mag
his palace, no queen her throne.” .
A VISIT TOPAPER.
An x»«nln* Hpmt at this Thriving Suburban to
Atkina, .*04 tha Induatrlas of tka Orowlng
Manufacturing Vlllaga.
^ MAXING PAPER.
We .were next carried thi
odorous with decayed Hi
rags were being eaten ini
next stage is to boil^he pul
vat*, unfit it becomes white and dean.
Charlie Baldwin at this interval made
us sick by suggesting tii* near resem
blance of this liquid to boarding-house
soup. ' r \
lie next process is to
to a liquid state, when it is*
over a succession of stean
of which dribs and irons -
the product comes forth
grafle of. snow-white paper.,
tnrpuip
trikuted
irsJeach
until
.utiful
A knife,
presided over by aaj expert, frims and
cuts the paper to any ilesii
it is earried into an adjoint
size, when
room, each
1
man, some of the iqstiuctive surprise
at hearing a steel worker addressed by
Miss Willoughby^s a friend", made it
self apparent iu-the manner Jie yd
strove to conceal
Then the party passed on. He won-
' "Wend ever at Paper ?”
r “SO.” ...
I “Want to go thither?”
1 “Yejf.” t
,..AUump in.”
This confabulation occurred -between
Onporal C. W^BaldVTiu ahJtWtttfi
Watchman editor on Monday evening
last. Soon we were traversing a fine
road, that vas well worked, and passed
lovely fields of waving grain and cosy
{ arm houses. A four miles’ drive landed
is'al our destination, where We were
the raphHty of lightning^^yxhen baleil
Thu paper nxnutfactureibhr t5S^Pion-
cer mills has -a reputation throughout
tlie union. They use no woo<l-ptilp or
inferior material, but manufacture
grades that will stand wear and tear.
Tiiey make 1,000,000 pounds annually,
and to do this requires 4,000,000 pounds
of material, counting rngs,eliem4cals and
wood. Tiiey sell to the largest newspa
pers and job offices in Georgia and adja
cent states, besides supplying the whole
sale trade of several cities.
This mill was established in 1852 by
Chase & Linton, and during the war it
paid a divident ol 40 per cent., but
of late years, until Mr. Griffeth
took charge of the works, they
were not profitable; but now under
his' able management the Pioneer has
again come to the iront and is fast be
coming a valuable jfcce of property.
Besides the mill, tWcompany runs a
farm and a prosperous store. The stock
of the mill amounts to $110,000, but it
will soon be largely increased and new
machinery added for llie manufacture of
other articles. The dam is built of stone,
laid in cemeut, and cost $8,000. It is
fifteen feet thick and tlie best structure
of the kind we have ever seen.
Paper has grown luto a thriving little
village and now boasts a church, under
the Rev. T. O. Boric, a Sunday-school
of sixty scholars, with Mr. W. J. Hale
as superintendent, and a doe day school,
taught by Miss Samanthia Ward. The
in habitants are hospitable, industrioua
people, noted tor their mantis add worth.
Tiiey feel quite* pride to their town,
anil want the Jug Tavern railroad to be
located so asto pas their place.
We spent a delightful dVaaiog, thanks
to-Mr. Griffeth. This manufactory is
certainly worth a visit, and Is advise
those of our people who have never seen
the art of making paper td pay paper city
a visit.
Heated to * sensation of no
magnitude. 'Hie case of Joe Thur-
mdnd, found guilty of horse stealipg,
was being argued in Judge Jackson’s
office, on a writofftoiew Corptu. Be-
aidea the sheriff and hie deputy there
yen perhaps * dozen persons to the
room, while Thurmond’s father was
in the clerk's office. The prisoner was
Unbound, and occupied a seat near ths 1
western window, that was lfaised
about two and a half feet. From what
can learn there was evidently a
^lan concerted fbr Thurmond to make
a break for liberty on that day,' for as
^e entered the court-house he asked
his counsel, “What is tBt penitentia
ry, anyway?” The reply was, “Sim
ply a livtog death.” After this the
livlsoner seemed restless, and/hepl
glancing his eye through the window,
until his brother rode up to the fence,
bringing with him the famous racer
“Stampa.” About this time eft*rifi
sheet counted by a la d y who worlu with | w«ir was being sworn, his-baek to ihe
prisoner^ while deputy Browntog was
A Tramp T<Lcj£)b fcoL Jim'. J. Baldwin With a
Hew an4 ktartllnit Discovery,
-Tok Jk» Bahlskuoraa. yesterjjy. ear.
gaged-in-the highly intellectual task of
whittiiug&JH^->j3k. from., a batrel-
stave, when his meditations .were Inter-
nipedr^Xitiip adyent of a very aeedyciuj-
tpmer with a bundle of dilapidated um
brella* under h hr atm.» - j fir t n
^I-eottfsir, that ycu are engaged to a
high'amf hoble-Callfng of elevating the
drjboptng spirits of your fellowman,” re
marked Mr. Tramp.
Bailing, liquor.- Can I-do
any thi ng for you to-day ?”
ij^‘Y^8, sir. I believe in encouraging
young men like yourself, but before we
trade it-ia first necessary that we nego-
tiafe•a-littla,’’ ahd the visitor took a scat
negotiating to buy u quart of whisky, but
as I avn.qt leisyrojj^t ppit ©ut your prop-
sitionV’ and cfei.'B. creased his legs, ev-
LATE ( ENERAL HEWS.
1 Baptists will
n build
sittinff with a table between himself
and tl>4 prisoner. At this most oppor
tune njoment Thurmond sprang to
his feet, and made a bolt for tLe win
dow, falling to the ’ ground
without taking time to raise the sash
higher. But Browning was too quick
for him, and succeeded iu
Thurmond’s coat as he was a bo (it
caping. Tho weight of Thi
however, broke his hold, when toe
prisoner darted for the horses,
Browning close at his heels. When
about twenty feet distant . the
■first shot was fired, which narrowly
missed toe fleeing man, as the ball
was afterwards found imbeded iu a
post. As Thurmond was
Tehee the second shot was fii
without effect. In an instant he had
r ached his horse, when Browning
<seizedthe reins of the bridle.'aim
Thurmond, brother of the prisoner,
caught Browning’s arm and pushed
him away. The latter then drew his
pistol'and pointing it directly at Joe
told him that if he did not surrender
he would kill him. “Shoot and be
d—d,” was the retort, as Thurmond
leaped into his saddle, followed bytiis
brother on another horse. Browning
fired, and there is little doubt but this
ball took efiect. A parting shot, as
the pair galloped off, is thought to
have struck the horse. In toe. mean
time sheriff Weir had come up aud
also turned hit pistol loose upon the
escaping prisoner. Mr. Browning in
stantly caught his steed and pursued
the pair for several miles iuto tlie
country, but as the Thurmonds were
mounted on swift race horses he failed
to overtake them, although he came in
sight of toe pair at one time. No
blame can be attached to the court of
ficers, as it was one of these daring es
capes that was entirely unforeseen
and could not be avoided. There is
little doubt about it being a concocted
'scheme, but its brave success wins for
the nnfortuhatt man the silent admi-
Qhitygo Tribune.
“I have been waiting for you, Blit
mine of wealth that never fails , to fur-
nish a coupon. My first proposition is
tots': If you have aunmbrella suffering
'from any ,of the ills that such commodi
ties are heir to, I will gladly resurrect
tho jor.yqu in exchange lor a quart
of yonrsonl-stfrriug fluid, the fame of
which I find emblazoned on the noses of
an’enraptured populace from the heated
sands of Sahsra to the fro7.en summit of
thepvgh.ty.Aip8.?’ , 4
“My umbrella is enjoying excellent
health, I thank you. Have you onv
SMWff Q ^'rf fo ™j ien ? eCt '
“I have hero a little volume of infor
mation,” drawing forth an old advertis
ing blank book, that has cost me a life
time of research aud toil, during my
pflgrigiltge oyer this inundane sphere. It
has not os yet beeu put in print, as I
only completed it last night; but as I
see from tlie nnxious glance of your
elear-ent eye that you are a man of pro
found wisdom and research, I am wil
ling to transfer it to you in exchange for
one quart of your most fiery liquid and
twenty-five cents to get me a square
meal, as a sorter surprise party to my
digestive organs. . This little volume
doubtlesR looks insignificant to your
practiced eye, but if you will only deign
tp permit me to read you a few extracts
from its unexplored interior you will
bounce upon the trade iike an aged
spring,,chicken ..$t a passing bug of
‘-June.” ” ' ” ' .
“I am all ears, so go on with your
menagerie,’! quoth the Colonel.
q-‘‘I will first begin in theA’s. You
have doubtless read much of Aaron and
4>i»rodf4mt history gives you no infor-
Ing strawberry blonde, - „ ^
eyes, and a large, volumptiiouS'L __
that attracted attention wherever she
went. Careless and trifling in meet
things, and little reckoning whether
she had pie or radishes for breakfast,
her love fbr Rupert Hetherington was
the one absorbing passion of her life.
When he was by her aide life was like
a beautiful day in Juhe!.wlth the flow
ers blooming, the’ bright sunshine
gladdening every nook/and the balmy
breath of early summer making sweet
perfume of the zephyrs -that came
softly from the azure bine-skies and
kissed toe warm bosom ofithe verdue-
qlad earth. . , 7 , ^ ,
“I am never unhappy w'Kerf 'you
are with me, darling,” she bald, toest-.
}J, n K her head nn- Rupert's shoulder,
’but when you aBe-nway,everything
is dreary, and dismal, aiHrTSrfJsrn.
Did it never occur to yon ofwhafi’dti- 1
Rttfert. W
have been too busv totB spring frying
to figure ‘out whether Iroquois, would
in the di*
“THERE1S NO ISSUE BETWEEN ME
AND MR. SPEER,“
Dess than one week ago Mr, Stk-^*
phens had.not a more earnest- sup^
porter than tKo Bonn or-Watchman j®-
\Vo looked u[i<>u Ills ciirtdidacy sis
timely, and felt Shat the uso of his '
name foi^the gubernatorial mantle ”
would ceniont any bleach in thedem-
oerntic ranks and.restore that unity,
so necessary at the present time,when
tho republican party is making such
earnest struggles to regain a foothold *
fri pur state by using that mask la
belled independent democracy. Lm
knew Mr. Stephens’, conservative
spirit, and. looked upon him as the po
litical savior of the Georgia democra-
HifoiJ
we (pit a jubilant pride In toe
He m$de use of the following words:
To-night I asked Mr. Stephens If hp
had ever autho:
such a telegram.
ly and with emphasis:
“T nnwr R1R >>
Speer to send
'e replied prompt-
”1 never did.’
I “Did he submit it to you, as the
dispatch toDr. Felton declares, before
he sent it?”
1 “If he did I have completely forgot-
tenlt. Mr. Speer came here and
talked to me as I lay to bed from my
nnratoed ankle. He said something
about sending a telegram to the inde
pendents in Atlanta. I said to him
distinctly: “Send what you please;
you speak for yourself; you send notb-
hi« hy pay nuthority." This was all
I knew of it'antll I.saw his telegram
to the baperk. WMM there was noth
ing in it, 1 must say it -was sent en
tirely without authority from me, and
if j over s^Wj 1^ a^Mr, Speer says, I
11, Those words planted Mr. Stephens
firmly within the democratic ranks,
And soonded toe death-knell to inde-
_ too twittering of pendoncew to feet, hwLthe guberna-
the swallows'as they circled arqvm torial election been. held, upon'the
the eaves of the house preparatory for heels of the above interview Mr. Stk-
Hpite of the innate breeding of too metamf-weifcompil by our genial friend
Mr^Y. D, GrUfeto. Bill is a* proud ol
Paper City ask boy with bis first pair of
is >cliitjf-cfl$>k-aml-
v^ber of tfcis budding metropo-
lie has certainly done a great
deal to bring an almost worthless piece
dered, however, why Marion tlngofe<Ht f P K ^ ert l r »P to a fine investment. The
a moment in the office to address the. isiportant feature liere is of course
and we asked to
Our friend readi-
led us into
TlIBBAO ROOM. | 1
This is a long brick building, <li\ ided
comparpnents like a
public cotton (an. J . l i / \
“These gunny scraps,” he explained,
“came from Germany,” and pointing to
of rags, stored, iu a mrnw.
“They are very necessary iu threqmann-
ture of paper, and cost us about* 2J*
question which all the day and for
many days had been trembling on his
lips, but there was a new expression . . ,
in her eyes and about her ipouth which
instinctively told him that this was
not the time to plead the cause.
Had that fellow inside, who bowed
like a gentleman, been other tEan a
workman, he might have suspec
him os in some wap-responsible.
.was qoite singular enough os it
at Mias ‘WUlougbby'.shouldhavi
I,- . * . . , , r. ... uiuic cuiiiuuiiuai «iiu m»vi
L ■ ■ . . . J ’ came from our own section. In fret, we
have to chiefly depend on the country
Murrain is destroying the cattle in
Coweta county;
Rumor says the President will com
mute Mason’s sentence to one year.
The alligators are threatening to
invade Savannah from the river side.
Railroad property in Georgia in
creased two and a quartosmUiiou dol
lars last year. f j.
The Edgefield girls .wbo had their
feet frozen last week wjdleon a May
pie-niearereoovaring. w '
It seems almost like
remove toe bones of
from MontlceUo to W
Albert Young, who _
ened the life of .Queen-
been sentenced to ten years penal ser
vitude. / ' V
Near 'Wilmington, N. C., Saturday
Dave Sykes cut the throat of Mrs.
Ella Jones, a handsome young wid
ow, killing ber at once.
A little child of M$s. Floyd, of Sa
vannah, fell in an ice cream chum,
which contained about two quarts of
water, and was drowned.
iNewt Page, who it is saU burned a
gin house, murdered bis wife and two
men, in Coweta county, has been ar
rested and is im jall at Home, j
I&teb.—Mr. Hugh TayloiJ who
lives near the Institute, reports that
Joe Thurmond passed his house in a
gallop, and was reeling like a drunk
en man, evidently showing that he
was badly wounded. About two
miles out from town Deputy Sheriff
Browning saw Jim meet Joe Thur
mond, and as there were then tw<
against one he very properly decided
not to attack them, and returned to
town for assistance. At Mitchell's
bridge a party met Jim Thurmond,
going as fast as the horse could carry
him, in the direction of Jug Tavern.
It is surmised that Joe Thurmond' is
badly wounded somewhere near Ath
ens, and that his brother was going in
quest of assistance.
■nation as to his sire uame or tlie use of
that rod. During my researcli in Pales
tine 1 stumbled upon the faet that his
proper nam& is Aaron J. Michael, and
hf was u fisherman by trade. Ue was a
jolly old .cuSs, and the boys always c*U-
ed him by liis first name. Then here is
Demostiiqnes.. It will doubtless be a
matter oi both surprise and gratification
foa^DUto know, from the undisputed
‘T bMdSnmy hand, that he
cliristtned’in honor of the father of
country, and his full name was
-e Washington Demosthenes. Cice-
othiug, but yeu will die-
turning In for thenight,«d-erethe only
sounds to be heard* : Presently Des-
demona spoke.again,. '
“But.it is so, Rupert,” shd said.
“Flame and 1ce, poison-and - pe-fume,
smiles and tears; roses and upas, pas
sion and abnegation—these aro what
the gods cast into the caldron from
which came woman.”' ' - '■ ,
“But your sex is fickle 1 , 1 Is it not??’
said Rupert. “You know the old
saying, ‘Woman, thy name is fla-
heTty.”' ■ h itmt-ro , p.
Desdemona looked at, him steadily
a moment., “I presume you refer.”
she said in cold, betfer-come-tn-hefore
your-ears-are-frozeii-off tones, “to the
line which reads; ‘Frailty,! thy name
is woman.”’: tidq .
“I guess likely,” was the reply,
“but I really can’t see why women
should buck-jump around so much.”
“It is because you do not under
stand their nature. A woman loves
some man with a mad, unreasoning
love. She is only a girl—a frail, pas
sionate, moody girl, whose heart is a
lute for every wind to play upon; who
iR swayed by love and honor like any
reed; who is torn to pieces with the
fury of her own strivings; who fol
lows love forever and forever through
the world, only too 'see it flicker, and
allure, and fade away like the will-o’-
the-wisp; who sees hope grow paler
with every lovely daj> that dies on the
horizon’s purple rim; who in the
Sleepless midnight looks renuncia
tion in the face with dry eyes; who
walks hand-in-hand with sorrow that
might so easily wear the stars of r
—and with a convulsive sob breaking
from her lips the girl turned to enter
the house. .- iu n
Rupert stopped her. “You are off
your feed, my darling," he said, Iu
the low, musical tones he knew so
well how to use when a woman’s love
was to be won or the unexpected ad
vent of three aces in a jack-pot an
nounced. “You will be better in the
fall, sweetheart—the golden-tinted
fall, when agricultural association
gets out those beautiful, mezzo-tinted
posters announcing its annnal soiree
of livestock.” 1; n -.i •• -i
“Do you really think so, Rupert?”
the girl asks, putting her arras around
his neck, and looking at him with a
wistful, 1-ow-do-you-tJiink, you’d-feel-
if-papa-was-to-heave-ln-signt. look.
“Why, of course I do, my angel,”
he replies, bending over, to kiss-hep
once for the cigars.
• “And would you do anything in
your power to make me happy ?” and
again the. yearning, anxious, some-
body-hold-the-dog expression comes
more economical and saving than we
and for whom she left a womanly
sympathy.
“Can I see Mr. Thorley?’
The mistress of the humble little
cottage in one of Chicago’s suburbs
looked up, amazed, at the beautiful
young lady who asked the question.
“Indeed, I suppose you may. He’s
gone to his room, where he spends all
his evenings, and not a bit of of sup
per to-night has he touched.
“Shall I call him down?”
“No; let me go to him.”
“It’s ttieflrat room on the right of
the stairs, miss. He’s the only lodger
I have, and you are his first visitor.”
But the girl heeded not the words.
A strange vision she surely was as she
an instant outside his door, clad
,ly Welvet’and ricli furs, tl
iftiy turned the handle and
tered.
’"'Hfe 'did not hear her. He had
hint self upon bis sofa and : burled hie
head in its cushions. He was so still,
so motionless, she thought he musi
sleeping.
up and down our railroads for rags,' as
tlie people are being trained to save them-
These bales of scrap paper came from
printingpffices in Macon aud Augusta,
and when perfectly white is very valua
ble, as it takes but little trouble or ex
pense to work them tip into new pa-
per.” , ■ ... ,, .
Next leading us into a long, dismal
room where several white girls were at
-work assorting the German bales, we
watched them at their task. It is in
deed a filthy job,- for the scraps are
charged with dust and filled .with all
kinds of trash. IVe saw taken from one an
old haversack and rnbber coat, that
doubtless did service in the Franco-Ger
man war.
A twelve year old colored boy in
Valdosta has turued out as a preach
er. He invariably whitens his face
with flour before commencing hi*
sermons.
The Misses Hubert, two girls aged
respectively 14 and' 18, had a fight
with a monster rattlesnake near Quit-
man, the other day. They came out
victorious.
The yellow fever has appeared in
Havana and is increasing in IU
ravages. Twenty-eight deaths occur
red there last week, ten of which oc
curred in one (fey.
Mrs. Kate Chase Prague has ob
talned a divorce giving her the custo
dy of. hree daughters, toe right to re
sume her maiden name, ’fito leaveto
apply hereafter for alimony.
The Georgia negroes thgt have been
ilanning an excursion topee Guiteau
ill have to content themselves
raft."’Tlie autliori-
thr* execution to
shall hear of it. If I am silent, you r~ ribe swiftly crossed ti ,e .foom^and
may know it ia because my life is
wrapped in silence and Shadow. Bless
you, darling, for the light you have
cast upon it! It will lie like looking
back tit I leave n. I dare not see you
again—I tested my strength to its toll
yesterday. God grant that soitae one
iietter tiian I may win you. To love
y»u Iietter Is not within his power.
laying her : h*nd gently upon his
shoulder she collefi bis name.
“My Godtt* .he cried, and would
have started to his feet but that she
held frim back; falling opi her knees
bestdiJ l „hiinL J ,
“Chester,” she pleaded, “yoo wouW
not come to me. My pride is less than
yours—my love is grea^JttAVe Qibina’
N»r must you think1^hfem^ySu
woolen rags, tl
urehoSBZf'We
will get lu. W
to soak them ip lime to eat uptne wool,
Whin 'the cotton filling can be used.
ouly paper you can make ol wool is
that qeorse stuff for roofing.”
%' TJIK STOKE HOUSE.
We store
room, where great piles of lime, kaolin
y«u shrank from sharirig-tliew-wlife
upon which I enter. Flowers cannot
live without sunlight. Even ns I spoke
I knew your anaWer. '1 only wanted
. wan leu a
to lie sure that I made no mistake in. „ And site, bowed fftt -beautiful Head; 1
interpreting tlie best Course for your
happiness,” 1
And then, with a' few more warm,
imssionate, loving worda of farewell
tlie letter closed.
Two years passed, and toe little
world which had known ChesttmUh^heidupthehaudotT
Thorley so well knew him no more.
He had entirely disappeared. It were
as though the sun bad. opened .And
swallowed him np.
' Marlon Willoughby was Mai ion
Willoughby atlll. If she suffered she
mode no sign; but those who had seen
toe one sparkling stone which had
tered the unkind -W
all taeseyears
riimKi-hti-So
long an<\ so hp^elfjisly U,’ f - —
and sobbed outright. .«. *> «h **i» i*f
“Hush, dear—hush! You, fefrodtfi
not have come Here, Marian; ferafgkv
compromise you.”
“Compromise me with with my -fii-
ture husband? Bee, Che.
ed the
my
“Hytownirave
yplcejoffenhy
himself to toe s
stood in such need. “But the heaven
yon open to me cannot be. Iam tore-
man In toe works where you saw me
ung
by remainlni
ties have c
take place 1
Recent reports from- cotton and
wheat areas are aaaurtng. The plant,
Curious Superstitions.
ibookol “Wonderful tear9are Beilin
Fast.and Present," ^‘My
illiam Henry Cicero. 1 ly 'and
snerlSiSS&i!
To rock toe cradle tfheq empty is
injurious to the child; ' ' (
To eat while a bell is tolling for a
fUneral causes^toothache.
He who has teeth wide .asunder
must seek bis fortune In some distauf
land.
If a child less than twelve montbi
old be brought into a cellar he be*
comes fearful.
A child grows proud If suffered to
look into a mirror while less than
twelve months old.
He who proposes moving into a hew
house must send in beforehand bread
and a new broom.
Whoever sneezes at an early hour
either hears some news or receives a. dissenting voice !
gun^bSri'^who ran a three-card monte,
game in tho streets of Memphis, and his
name was Alexander Hamilton Stephens
Pharoah. There is Solomon, who kept
a cheap clothing store in Jerusalem, and
his Itdl name reads Emanuel Solomon.
David was simply a Mr. Peter David
Johnson, and was not a Jew, as many
suppose. He got his start shearing
sheep. Cleopatra sounds very romantic,
but Wheivjou jearn that her proper name
! was Mary An A Cleopatra Scroggins, and
tht t her mother skinned eels for allying,
great deal of the gilded hallucination
clinging around the ent-hantress of the
Nile will vanish like a torch light pro
cession in a shower of rain. Now let us
,ter period. Do you
ia’s iuaiden name? I
She Was simply a Miss
ones, and married a
Mr. Smith. They have sorter plasted
this matter up with royalty, but there is
no disputing the fact that England is
now ruled by the Smith family. I only
give you a smattering of some of the val
uable ieformstionto be had in this sinf-
ple-looking little treasure. Of course
you will accept my proposition without
So trot out your
brave ai
thatt
your happiness is
smile from your aw.
furnish RS torture '
you know'that
even—Afr- > > yrai
“Enough!” qaidDesdenpH
smile fluttering^onher. Qai|j
nue lips. “I will test youth
“Do so,” wai'Ruport’s'rep
me prove. utyJfHteJ’-as toe ’em _
old did, by some noble, manly action.
I am ready for the test, no matter how
terrible It majr s be;”-awl his ’pure
‘•Let
young foee liu -
ous, Schuyler Colfax
Desdemona kissed him tenderly. “X
knew you would jfr^lfifljiufeXBy.pwn
true loveshe • murmured. • “You
may bring* them -toto* fenrae this
evening.”
“Bring what?’!
do not undents
“You will catch on before the sum
mer is over,” came Sfr»t«p)v> in dear,
incisive tones. "Tin’ean'two tickets
to the matinee*’—ana' the beautiful
girt 8-
Wii
went away,
ry,” he said soft!
too luxuriantly
matinee tlcket.
“Fell at First the
Halstead.
Rfiftiert
wpiir
some present the sama-day-r ellxfr .hi conviviality, and the book is
The first tooth cast by a child should
anewpowtooftiretK? 6 ^^ 10 1D8 “7 - “I don’t think we can trade,” reiuark-
Buttonlng the coat awry,-or draw- edCoi. Baldwin; “but if you can can tell
iDg on stockings inside out, cause* me who built the pyramids, carved tlie
matters to during; the day. #hy*c,made the horn with which Joshua
, e follow WewAlown tiie^walU of Jericho, giro me
itial letter of the Wjol of the, bfess hand that legfiFlia-
is repre-
of toe am, the
e of one’s future
raoh into the Red sea, or even tlie name
notwithstanding ooofgeatber.ls grow
ing off vigorously In .the southwest,
and the yield pwmUfefr equal 1880.
Wheat is strong, though not rank or
luxuriant, and the yield in the north
west Fill equal last season.
The khedlve la almost as free a man
os toe czar df. Russia. Arabl Bey
•threatens to depose him whenever he
[ventures (s. 4w an independent act.
The Ismaila palace Is guarded night
and day hgr to* soldleiy. tbs foreign
’fleets are assembling off the coast, the
foreign resident^ as well as the natives
sXi ■ffiatfsasa sn
problem UratWvery,difflcult ofsolu-
. oi the chap that struck Billy I’attcrson,
beds the W-youris’J’ i- • !
. . . _ . —< . The visitor left, promising to return in
men shonld nut rem,ny*he fenise witjCAH tee dretred i^rma-
the feather*'-ad 11 .come wh OT Went to press Col.
^ r x 1
When women are staffing
otherwise
Only fora^S!r«s he^thetwl^ Ju,,t To °
*kea sway .the dhp^gfiJujeep with An Qil'cAty young man was reading
jin the Derrick aboht recent doings in
i « i ?»<*** * j* ,■ * * > * .-hit
— ugwgl »—feaapgE4mU and
232 ajnbdora,
iffefo’VjtfMf «!*.gaged,
fwllnr aonarilino tliat cuts u»and beats
It la ___
ationafftbe dungs induced by
for^lm«Moo*.n".taa<. ti.1* pofco3fcofu.efoyfreirbytotocco.8td-
1 been tuck «nce lost January.
sent’lty Dr. Willard
,Jr..Jo4e H^ljh Aard.gfma
of death as chronic hfo arm around
den bf-dust came near overpowering, us.
M^ t w. ingt,wk ’ a r d k z
three, years, when they
1r In -health or die of
aakrdMr. Griffeth II
packer-feeder didn’ t get about $60,-
i President
_ ... _ place.
Ver^'nearly that,” was the the reply,
‘‘w* pay him II a day, and theni b, no
4md’of applicants for the place.” 1
.'Nun.
A mto in Wayne county is sueing a
school teacher for the value of a jack
knife which he took from his son, a put
pil in the school, tiro years ago, and
I to return it.
Moon and Hanvey, two white men
convicted of murder,'will be hung in
Carrollton, Ga., next Friday.
him. v " t ,4 aa
J* dog soratchtng on the
howling in |a particular manner, and
owls hooting in the neighborhood of
toe house, indicate
death.
- _tr
cate an approaching
A Horror df Southweatorn Cyclones.
Tlie mast distresfeug death of tlie
ticelloi'Miiis., cyrione was that of
oftoejuwna '
it was brought about. „
storm approuelifiig, ' Carroll, With
her baby in her arms, rushed to her
moment the wind blew thetiml
floor or tb'e Arctic regions, and ids best girl
was Sitting near by, watching the wag
ging of his moustache as the words
rolled, out. She was evidently more
deeply Absorbed in the ’moustache
than.tta story. H« continued:
“She ti^e mouth of the
river Delta about three month* ago.
The Jeanette was crushed—" I
“What!’’"quickly asked the gtri
whig 1 toe Hltabxi I
usk her,
there he choked her .„
Ing timbers did not
but locked the doctors arm so closely
about ber neck that he could not
It. He was conscious that he WSs ,
ing her. hut all bis efforts to throw off
the timbers were futile. A
came In two hours—too late! The spirit
embrace, and the husband felt , that in
measure he Was the cause of her death.
For days he was almost a tevtog mfc
mac. The babe was also killed—wheth
er by the falling timbers or crushed to
death dy its mother we did not learn.
by Murat
A SAD SITUATION.
Dlstruslnsr Condition of Health of Gen. and Mrs.
Reports come to u* that General Rob
erts Toombs is confined to his homo in
Washington, Ga., by reason -of hU own
personal affliction and tips condition of
Mrs. Toombs, i For sometime the eye
sight of Genoral Toombs lias been Buffer
ing and taking on a state of semi-MInd-
ness. We learn that this trouble has-so
far increased as to require him to keep
closely at home. t q t, » ij..
In addition it is said that the mfental
poweis of Mrs. Toombs ate greatly, jm-
paired and that her condition
the most careful attention,
devotion of (be p*$neral keeps j|i*& con
stantly at her side. The affection exist
ing between theta Is ofjfedabifihtg and
goldemkihll that has ntofie them rtfodcls
of mutual devotion throughout thei#
pin Who know them; that ttjplr life may
speedilv be mended and tboir lives spar-
edfermwiy yfeifelueontbV'i’i”''
Toccoa Herald;..Wo learn ! thkt th
dead bodyJc^foltaA girl was fonud‘lj
-Frankfrn com
CHBNB would have been elected by
acclamation. His language was plain
and undisguised.
But, alas! A few days after these
gallant words, Mr. Stephens throws
the following damper upon his former
declaration. Mr. Speer says:
“I called on Mr. Stephens at his
room Sunday morning, the 14th Inst.
I had learned that morning that a
committee of independent democrats
was to meet in Atlanta next day. I
at once told Mr. Stephens that I would
telegraph them to recommend him as
the people’s candidate for governor.
His secretary furnished me some tele
graph blanks and I wrote the telegram
in his room, read it to him, and at his
suggestion altered iu two particulars.
I have the original draft. The tele
gram recited: ‘I know positively he
will not reject such recommendation,
and that, if elected, he will be the gov
ernor of all the people without regard
to party.” The telegram was true—
every word of it.”
[Mr. Stephens adds the following:]
“Tho’ above is substantially true.
What Mr. Speer telegraphed Dr. Fel
ton was strictly true, though not by
authority from me. There it no issue
between me and Mr. Speer.
“Alexander H. Stephens.”
i How , can we reconcile these two
statements ? They are as much at is
sue with one another as it is possible
for words to be formed. Mr. Ste
phens either openly acknowledges
his first language to tliecorrespondent
of the Constitution was untrue, or that
he is suffering from a loss of memory
most pitiable. One day he denounces
in unqualified terms any sympathy
with the coalition party or knowledge
of Mr. Speer’s telegram to Dr. Fel
ton, while a very short time thereaf
ter he signs an affidavit retracting In
toto his first statement, acknowledges
that he not only knew of but actually
revised the obnoxious telegram, and
winds up with the words, il there it no
issue between me and Afr. Speer."
In the interval on the 18th, Mf. Ste
phens had written a letter referrihg
to the subject matter contained In that
dispatch to Dr. Felton, in which he
uses the following language:
, “Allow me to thank you for it (Fel-
ton’s letter) and to say that I think
S ou managed matters at Atlanta last
londay admirably, looking, as I con
ceived, -to the .best interests, of the
state.”
Until Mr. Stephens' can reconcile
the above moss of incongruities to the
satisfaction of the organized democ
racy,we must decline to longer cham
pion his course. He stands convicted
either of a most treacherous memory,
verging on to second childhood, or he
is attempting to play a double game
and Is in fuU sympathy with inde-
pendentism and coalitionism. If there '
is no issue between Mr. Stephens
and Mr. Speer he is not the man for
the organized democracy of the ninth
district to support. Mr. Stephens
will doubtless explain that he intend
ed only so far as applied to a question
of veracity; but when we take these
words in connection with his dispatch
to Dr. Felton, and the telegram that
Mr. Speer has “flattened in-this
teeth,” we must confess that a victory
for Mr. Stephens would be as disas
trous to the organized democracy os
the election of Dr. Felton or any oth
er independent os governor of Georgia.
This great old man is to-day certainly
an object of pity. He has not only
been made to eat his own words, but
has the mask torn from his face just
at a time when the property, intelli
gence and respectability of his state
were about to place upon his brow
their highest mark of honor. He
could then have fulfilled his desire and
retired to the shades of private life,
with the consciousness of bearing
with him the love and esteem of his
people. But instead we find
him tottering upon a rot
ten fence, discarded and distrusted
by both parties, and the grand works
and rpcord of a life time obliterated.
We indeed grieve to see the downfall
of such a mighty intellect; but will
draw the veil of charity over the scene
aud lay the entire blamb upon his too
ardent friends, who sought to draw an
old man, wrecked in both body and
memory, from the brink of the grave
and tli rust him forward at a time
when it most required a clear head to
carry victory.
Only thintti4atbC‘r?ompletely cnii
oh'tilkfpg about, dear-
estVf aak&E tite jauting man in sur-
sjtet^e^feiiiydft'UL to
be crushed.. JJld you say it was Lena
or Jeannette that was crushed ?”
.!SIeonnetto,of course."
e “Olv.bow 1 wish I had been iu the 1 .j
Jeannette’s place.” fi 4
Major Charles Burdette, the dWarf
who has be*n on exhibition with'jFw
paugh’a show, has died of congestion
the lungs, at Routine, aged 33 years; He
wajjp?
THE tSHMAHUTE AGAIN.
’ In his article to whioh we replied yes
terday, the editor of the Ishmselite said,
“If Franklin’s faculty comprises such
eminent educators, aud it is not true
that they as educators are largely un
known, why stich a dearth of students
in those, classic halls,1 when compared
"fith.Mercer aud Emory ? This is the
ist of tlie rash ' statements made by the
ifitd# to th<* disparagement of the Unt-
Vcrsitv -oQGoorgfa, and it can be disposed
rent colleges for the cipaent year, so
5 "WcknowJ hnvfe' not yet been print*
Wt ;.H compelled then to use the
frMfcttourfJaatiyfwe. Iflitown
of
un-
lege students,
Emory College repotted one > hundred
and thirty two (193), and Mercer no
many?:more- -than- one hundred (108)
liege students wer*
there were one hundred and sixty (16*)
more of college grade In the Branch col
leges ol, the, Uni vet sity. .Ryen on his
tmsasp" “ "*
of the' Xshmaellte is morally.
tenement houses oufeitiCfiho .p^ini
quarter; ,v>a<asa.« frs'l
■ mi ,>:<
”rishO"tlils wrong” (too.
igaijist the Faculty of the C
.-is. We confidently