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BANNER-WATCHMAN.
BIRD S EYE VIEW OF THECITY.
She founts her lover* Hkc those bleat be**]*
That pule t?un* tell upon a «trinu;
The roundoner :iui*hetl there but needs
Simply to reeoniuienee the thing.
(«i*orgia is working 72 gold mines.
Business is letter this summer than
last.
Flour and meat declining; corn ad
vancing.
The telephone men are at work in
('olibham.
t rops on the
never better.
North-Eastern were
The military reunion at Maxeys was
a grand sueees
There an" signs that froet may not
W early this fall.
A tan-yard In Athens, a few years
ago, sold for 112,000.
The making of pine wood oil is a
new Georgia business.
The delegates from Clarke had a
royal time in Atlanta.
Harmony Grove is one of the pret
tiest towns in Georgia.
Experiments show that pigeons
may contract small-pox.
Tlie North-Eastern railroad does a
good passenger business.
It will cost about $1,200 to move
Rucker's cotton compress.
The walls of the First Methodist
church are going up rapidly.
llewymse is a new post office just
established in Elbert county,
The Sency-Stovall chape! will be
completed in about one month.
M r. Stephens now weighs 92 pounds
—alsint as fleshy as he ever gets.
(ten. Toombs, It is said, never ask
a man to take a drink with him.
The North Eastern railroad have just
finished a new turn-table at Lula.
Augusta melons frequently weigh
from sixty to seventy-live pounds.
Alsiut *250,out) worth of improve
ments ure now going up in Athens.
flats are actually being shipped from
middle and north tieorgia to the west.
Fine seasonable rains have been
falling in t 'larke ami Oconeecounties
Madam Uumorsaysa certain Athe
nian lost $5uu tliis week ou draw po
ker.
Major U. S. Hughs has sold liis flock
of Angora goats to Mr. John H. New
ton.
The roaring of the water at the falls,
when heard up town, is a sure sign of
ruin.
Lookout for counterfeit silver, as
there is said to tie lots of ii In circula
tion.
The thin uplands around Athens can
l>e made to produce 1U0 bushels of corn
per acre.
The water-works and street railway
will cause our imputation to increase
rapidly.
Fine Fears.—We return thanks to
Mrs. Henry Heusse for some of the
moot delicious pears we ever Ia4bl
gathered from a tree in her garden.
Factory Rumor —A report wai
prevalent in the city this week that
a wealthy northern company will pro
ceed at once to build a gigantic cot
ton factory at Barnett’s shoals, as the
litigation over this property has boen
at last adjusted.
Fixe Tomatoes.—We return thanks to
Mrs. S. C. Dobbs for a box of the largest
tomatoes we have seen this season. One
of them weighed one pound net, and
several others were miiLOStas large. Let
our gardeners improve the opportunity
afforded by tlie recent raius, and there
will be an abundance of all tlie fall veg
etables. . ~
Jersey Him:.—Maj. H. S. Hughes has
a standing order for twenty gallons o
his Jersey milk to lie delivered at Tal
lulah falls daily. The old atyleof thin; •
was for the mountains to ship produce to
Athens, but a new order of things has
taken place, and we are being called
upon to contribute to the support of the
many travelers to North Georgia.
A Petition.—We learn that the pa
rents to Joe Thurmond are getting up
a petition to the Governor to pardon
theirsou. The entire evidence In bis
case has been copied for this purpose.
There will be no doubt about getting
plenty of signatures to a paper.to .par
don young Jim Thurmond for assist
ing his brother to escape, if he is pun
ished.
^ „„ OVTO ,„, VI „ Pike’s Toothache Drops cure in one
sity, toflll the vacancy oeca- m ‘ ,ml flj ■
by the resignation of Hon. V. I Beats Them Ji
Xe w Election in Board ok Trus
tees.—Hun. Joseph B. Cumming, of i Ct . s ami Semol work
Augusta, Ga, was yesterday elected a I _ Mi*'-
me niber of the board of trustees of the
U niversity
sioned
J. Jenkins. Tlie board is to be con- made
gratulated. Hon. J. J. Gresham, of s ho
Macon, was elected President of tlie
board of trustees to till the vacancy
occasioned also by the almve resigna
tion.
Resigned.—Dr. Speer has resigned
ids place in the University chair of
Oratory and Belle Lqttre. This is
quite a loss to our college, but a gain
TRADE NOTES
Interspersed with 8 an dry Local Items. Leoonl-
•"f cally Noted.
Bntfcia mtid that Lowe A Co. keep only the
best and purenj^liquor* t their bar.
Compoktablk beds and a first-class attention
can be had at K. U. Lampkln’s. Don't forget
Thk only place in the city you can get the fa
mous Maxcy’* sweetmaah whisky is Lampkln’s.
R. H. Lampkin keeps the finest bar-room in
the city and the purest and best liquors.
The only ten-pin alley in the city and the best
billiard and pool tables at Lampkln’s saloon.
Ir you want to be treated like a Lord patron
age the popular saloon of R. H. Lampkin.
Lowe A Co., wholesale and retail liquor deal
ers. Broad street, Athens, Ua. Remember.
lr you want the beat cigars sold in the city,
bay of Lowe & Co. Try “Bunch and Judy.*'
The best keg and bottled beer, porter ale, etc.,
always fresh at the bar of Lowe A Co.
iiun Seeing is the best brand of rye whisky
Said in Athens, although the Family Nectar la
UaJaI to eclipse. Only found at Lowe A Go’s.
Lowe a Co. can and will duplicate, if not un
dersell, any bill of liquors sold in Georgia at
wholesale. A trial is all they ask.
Oua friends from the country can get the best
and cheapest bottled liquors at Lowe A Co’s.
Oca country com whisky has a reputation
throughout the Booth. Try a quart or gallon.
Fom the finest imported wines, brandies and
liquors of ail kinds at Lowe * Co’s.
Lowe a Co’s cigars are the best in the city.
No <li«ord«r characters or loafers are tolerated
around the bar of .Lowe A Co. We keep there
only our best *nd purest liquors—guaranteed.
Whiskies of the old Kentucky style are stead
ily increasing in favor with those people who
seek absolute parity combined with that fruity
and mellow flavor to be found only in the gen
uine product of “Old Kalmuck. ’’ Harper's Stir
sun County Whisky is and has been for yean be
fore the bublle and has as well merited a repu
tation in its own Slate as it possesses abroad.
Bold only by D. Beusse, Athens, Ga.
Beihq your job printing, binding book work
etc., to ‘WlWtfOUUN office. Maganines and
music bound. Blank books mads, kffijg
hand ho ia.lTd.il.. We d»<j oow^tlMow la pel
from any quarter.
LUCY COBB CHAPEL-
What a Sub.criber Has to S«y. About
the Saney-Stovall chapel.
For the Bannrr-Watckwtan.
1 have lust seen the Lucy Cobb chapel
and talked with the boat workman. He
informed me that the juiditoriuui of the
chapel is 60x50 feet. He says that Cap
tain Thomas says it will seat only cix
hundred persons. Now, I am no archi
tect, and don’t put my opinion up against
Capt. Thomas, but l think a little com
mon sense sad a small calculation will
convince anyone
will uot seat
anything neai
was 60x50 feet
three thousand
the comers
at the new chapel
nil red persons,
umber. If the hall
thwrwslalii give
uare feet of floor. But
hall hake been eut off
iting capacity of
octagon in the building,
y lessened the size of the h*U
Bxteot
The boss workman ii
it woqiil lessen the seating
thefiUl one-thinl. If thatis tro«vtfce
number of square feet left ms seats will
ha two thousand instead of three. But
from that number must bqAaken rooms
forailes. which should be it least two
or four
long;''
-A practical test
Bramblett A Bro. at Forsyth,
that Cherry’s Fruit Evaporator
tvrjee the work of any in the uiar-
Wrfte to McBride A Co., who will
ive proof.
•m Eminent Dr. WUmar Brlnton, If. D.. BwlU-
mora.
| “I liave used Colden’s Liebig’s Ex-
i tract of Beef aud Tonic Invigorator in
I my practice, and have been much grati-
tieil with the result. As a tonic in all
to the ehurcli, as It will give tkiseini- | oase!i c f debility, weakness, anemia,
neut divine more time to devote to tlie , chlorosis, etc., it cauuot be surpassed.”
noble cause of which he is such an j Take no other,
able pillar. In his retirement Dr.
Speer carries with liim the esteem and
reverence of the palrous of the Uni
versity, the faculty and the students.
It will be a difficult matter to fill his
place.
Strawberry Culture.—Mr. Sam
Bailey, the great gardeu farmer of
Oglelhorpe, was in the city yesterday.
IV. ba:;:sli contagion from garments j He tells us that his strawberry crop
'' ” ‘-'“■•o'- t his year was almost an entire fail
ure. He lias made up the loss, how
ever, in other yields, having gathered
135 bushels of wheat from fourteen
acres. The seed of this wheat was
sent him by Congressman Stephens,
and the grains are about twice as
large as the ordinary kind. He kept
increasing his crop until he made
tills yield from a small package first
sown.
ami linen, disinfect with Glenn’s Sul
phur Soap.
< >n tlie first of August, the old set of
hands will be reinstated on the Ath
ens brunch.
Tlie Baptist church will at no dis
tant day be rebuilt into a handsome
structure.
M r. Speer has sent his horses and
carriage home, and they arrived last
Saturday. •
As will lie seen by card, Hon. Pope
Harrow has withdrawn from the sen
atorial race.
A gentleman in Athens sold 1,500
acres of tine land In Greene county
for *2 an acre.
Vince Sanford says he never saw
such corn crops as are now made in
t ireene county.
Mr. John Gillcland brought two
wagon loads of last year’s corn to the
city yesterday.
The Banner-Watchman charges for
everything, unless it be of a general)
news character.
The North-Eastern railroad threat- i
eneil to sue Tisuner if lie did not stop j
tilling up liis lot.
Mr. T. W. Powell, on Saturday last, j
lo-t a separator and about 2,0tJO bush- i
els of oats by tire.
We hear of a good deal of wheat and
oats spruuliiig in the shock before it .
could be thrashed:
Of druggists.
Acents ran now grasp a rortune. Outfit worth
10 scut free. For full particulars address K.G.
Rideout A Co, 10 Barclay St.. N. Y.
J 1 r —
The Hyena from Hall.—Last
.Saturday a countryman invaded the
store of Talniadge, Hodgson A Co.,
and in conversing with the boys re
marked: - “I’m a regular hyena from
Hall county, and can gnaw a hole
through the top of that box, if you’ll
let me!” Pipe Talmtdge told him to
guaw ahead; that he was willing.
The fellow got down to his business
in dead earnest, and was chewing
white pine right and left, when some
one called his attention off for an in
stant. At this moment Biram Craw
ford quietly sprinkled a lot ofceyenne
pepper over the spot he was biting on.
When the Hyena from Hall tackled
tififf box a second time, it didn’t take
Uigi Jiang to realize the fact that the
character of of the wood had changed
to a fiery nature. Wiping the inside
of his mouth with his coat-sleeve the
Ancient Pugilism.—Monday even
ing Uncle Jonnie Wimberly, the pea
nut and cider vendor near the book
store, had a rencontre with a man*. Hyena remarked, “Boys, why didn’t
who reflised to pay for some dainties you tell me that box was tilled with
that be had eaten. As usual, Uncle double-distilled and concentrated hell
Johnnie came out first liest. aud back
ing his antagonist up against a tree
collected his money at tlie point of his
ponderous fist. Afterwards the bellig
erent attacked the old man with a
chair, but Uncle Johnnie pranced to
the front in fine style and again did
inklin County Mmn Says of
Emory Spoor.
Alexander, of Fr nnklin, was in to
see us yesterday. After the usual weath
er salutations, the Banner-Watchman
the crown of laurels rest upon his ^Wedt.im, ‘■llow.re you going to vole?”
jj row “Can’t say about the county, but I am
. »_ against Speer soul and body. He's a
Serious Accident.—Our young
friend, Mr. EdwardL. Rlteh, in light
ing ati alcohol lamp, igniteo his ben
zine cup, which he attempted to ex- !
tinguish and in so doing threw the
market were sold yesterday by Judge
May ne of Oconee.
Tlie sound of the saw, hammer and
dynamite cartridges indicate that our
city is ou u boom.
Reports from the cotton crop in the
different states represent it tube much
below an average.
The Jail rioters will lie tried under
another indictment as soon as the
grand jury convenes.
There are
county where
ly from tlie drought.
Work on tlie Georgia extension is j
po grt suing rapidly and no further j
strikes are threatened.
burning the right sideofhU cheek and
jaw. Fortunately he was handling a
chamois skin, which he stuffed into
his mouth, thereby preventing the
ingress of the flame, and more serious
consequences. He is now compara
tively easy, having used everything
necessary to preveut a scar.
wolf in sheep's clothing.”
“What are his chances?'’
“He’s the slickest lisr on earth and can
fool those mountain boys with a single
slippery tale. But they are beginning
to open their eyes, now, and he will have
to lie like tlie devil thia lime, for sure.”
“Is Judge Erwin strong there! 1 ”
“Among the whites, yes. But the ne
groes are for Speer. I’d hate to see Er
win defeated and don’t think he will be.”
Then Mr. Alexander went out.
each, and sixty .last
ill make four: thousand
and eighty square feet, which msst he
deducted from the seating capacity*#!
the hall. That leaves only one thousand
five hnndreiTand twenty feet, for seats.
Now if the seats are placed Three fi et
apart from back to back (and thati*. not
too mnch) and two feet space allowed
for each person on the benches, if will
take just six square feet to seat each
person. \
Now divide 1,320 square feet, the size
of the hall, by six square feet, the space
for each seat, and it will be seen that the
hall will seat oniv two hundred and fifty
three persons. But suppose I am wrong
in allowing two feet width for each seat,
andallow only twenty inches, then it
will require five square feet for each per
son seated. Sow divide 1,520 square feet
by five square feet, and it will leave 30L,
whieff hrtftffftikiber that the hall will
seat, and nut iiix hundred. It would
only seat uOOif the hall wss 60x50 with
no aisles.
One of the compiaiuts at the old Bowl
ing Alley was, that it was too small to
seat the audieuce, aud women and chil
dren bad to go there one or two hours
before the perfotmance commenced, in
order to get seats, or be crowded out-
We all thought that when the new chap
el was finished that each person coaid
stay at home until the proper time logo,
and then quietly get a seat, without be
ing crowded and smothered to death, as
lias been the case in the hMtllM room of
the Institute, __ _____
The uew hall, I don’t think, will seat
as many as the old alley did.
Some of us subscribed money for the
new chapel, believing tliat we would have
a nice large hall, aofficient to accommo
date all, the rich ami the poor. But it
don’t look much like we will realize our
expectations.
I am informed that Geo. I Seney gave
$10,001) aud the citizens over $4,000 for
the uew chapel.
I hear that the contract price oi the
building will not take all of the $14,000,
but that a part of tlie money will be ap
plied by the trustees, on or about the In
stitute.
The mosey was . sot subscribed for
. that purpose, ob F .understand it, aud
tlie trustees have no right to divert the
fund, until a proper chapel has been
completed.
Near w hat is t
It is to stop wor]
is, and ta£» dow^Ufe frun$ w£Tl and
make the hall longer and larger. Itcan
be remedied now, and to allow the work
to go on and have the hall spoilt will be
a great wrong, totk on fMr. Seney and
the citizens whj> subscribed money to
build the hall. It liutoft small, as it is,
and it should be attended to at once, be
fore the roof is put on.
I make no war ou Uapt^Tiiomas, lie
may think he is correct in saying the
hall will seat 600, bat 1 think I have
shown he is mistaken.
Subscriber.
^ jw^LA^E SUIODI
Ml,. OelSbars Predicting that
Water Works.—Mr. C'has. E.
Robinson, of New York, is in the city
a few spots in Oglethorpe j f or t| le purpose of prospecting for the
re crops have suffered bad- | waUfr works of which We h|kVe ofu . n
made mention. He reports everything
as being very favorable to our having
a slpendid system of waterworks, if
only good piping and machinery are
used which will be indispensable in a
city as hilly as Athens. London and
other large cities are watered in a
mannor similar to his system, and we
see no prospect of our gettinga better.
Then let us avail onrselves of this as
early as possible, so as to save
from fire and insurance.
A great many persons are passing
through the city on their way to the
various summer resorts.
On Monday the Messrs. Rucker will
t>egiii to remove their cotton compress
to the uew Georgia depot.
I)r. \V. M. Willingham, of Crawford,
has a foul that is a cross between a
a guinea aud a game cock. ,
One of our ■ merchants bought five
hundred roasting ears the other day
and sold them out in an hour.
Jim McCool, of the Air-Line, has as
many personal friends in Georgia as
any other one man in tlie state.
Izet’s put our shoulder to the wheel
and give one tremendous push to
ward the completion of the Jug Tav
ern railroad.
The News says: No man can expect
to rank among the elite of Athens un
less he has half a dozen badges float
ing in the breeze.
The communication from “Athens
to Saratoga” was written by a well
known Athenian lady now at thia
famous watering place.
The question of uniting the two rail
roads is again agitated: with some
hope of an early compltaloirof this
much desired project.
Mr. Speer is among the mountain
toys, we learn, with his wool-hat on,
but the people are Vo sensible to bo
duped by blmany longer..
W* have nhnvet definite infol
tion that Mqjor R. L. McWhorter
loan Independent Candida tff/or i
gressman in the Mh district.
LUCY COBB CHAPEL.
DE.
rday
An Accident.—A negro yeste
attempted to redrill a hole which had
been loaded with dynamite,which ex
ploded, tearing the flesh from both
hands and blowing off one little fin
ger. Two or more negrers now work
ing on the extension are considered
by themselves exceeding wise^n-
cerutug dynamite, and they, against
[ /T OUR REPTILES.
srriawWIUlSr. Jnp Brt*h:«r»U. Wfco Tails
i V.J *Ce AU About Snskis.
Before in these columns we have spo
ken of Dr. J. A. Brightwell, of Ogle
thorpe, who is literally the king over
snakes. We have conversed with a
number of parties who have seen him
Capture what is thought to be the most
venomous oi snakes and let them 1 awe-
rate his hand and arm without any bad
effects whatever. At the reunion Friday
we met the Doctor, and giving him a seat
on a root asked him to tell us the secret
of his power over the serpent tribe.
“Well,” remarked the Doctor, “I
have *• secret, except that I have dis
sected the mouths of all the reptiles in
this section, and can tell which are
poisonous and which are not. The truth
but three kiuds of poisonous
he spreading adder, the high-
and the rattle snake.
They liave fangs, and are dangerous; the
numberless other varieties are as harm
less as liixards, and I defy any one to
refer to a single instance in whieh the
bite of any snake; except the three ape-
Dt'l9U»UUl) Bliss
jp bu
*nake£th*. f
land- moertisin
We learn that Mrs. Goldberg, the
Jewirik lady wW ia£$lyiooi
suicide in ihisjra, had been j
weeks before the horriMe net i
ed with a loathing for the house in
which she resided. It is saidshecom-
plained to her husband that there waa
a ghost in the boose, and at night
while he was absent at his work the
spirit visitor would come to the bed
and ordsr her ty» . move or die. This
poor lady was evidef tlF deranged,and
the ghost became such a fixture in her
mind that the husband finally con-
For the Banner- Watchman.
Mr. Editor:—if your contributor
who writes on the subject of .the Lucy
Cobb chapel, over the signature of
Subscriber,” had come to me before
rushing into print, he would have
been saved from makingan exhibition
of himself.
I cannot believe there is any “ boss
workman” on the building as igno
rant as the one he quotes. If he got
his calculation from the boss work
man, “ Subscriber” is being used for a
purpose, although he seems not to see
Mb the dimensions of the bnilding
In question, it is doobtless a sufficient
answer to say, that it is being built as
large as the amount in hand will pay
for; the garment is being cut “accord
ing to the cloth,” and if “ Subscriber’!
wishes it larger, he should have been
a larger subscriber.
In the New York Academy of Music,
the space allowed for each seat is 18
inches wide and twenty-nine (29) Inch
es long. In the Madison Square Thea
tre, the space allowed is still less. Alj
the authorities on tlie subject give the
proper allowance at 18 Inches by 28
inches. In the Lucy Cobb Chapel we
propose to allow 18 by 30 inches, which
is more than usual, and more than is
allowed in Denpree’s Opera House. If
Subscriber” requires 2 feet by 3 feet
to sit down in, he mast be either Dan
iel Lambert or Captain Bates.
The dimensions of the chapel audi
torium are 51 by 63 feet, which would
give 3,213 square feet of area, if the
room was rectangular. The corners
actually deduct 420 square feet, in
stead of one thousand, as stated by
Subscriber, aud the veracious boss
workman, leaving the actual area of
tlie room 2,783 square feet. A seat at
IS by 30 inches, requires three and
three quarter square feet, and this di
vided into 2,993 gives 744 seats. De
duct 540 feet for aisles, (more than
riubscrilier and the boss workman cal
culate) and we still have 600 seats.
I will state in this connection that
we had not intended putting in but
500 seats at present, as the largest
number ever used in the old building
did not exceed 350.
Furthermore, if Subscriber had
sought the proper place for informa
tion, and had not been cajoled by that
wonderful boss workman, he would
have been told that a balcony, capable
of seating 250 people, is to be put in
the chapel, of which he and the boss
workman were unfortunately left in
utter ignorance.
Subscriber makes an improperinsin-
ualien as to the cost of the chapel,
which does grave injustice to the gen
tlemen who are trustees of the L. C. I.
The sum subscribed for the chapel was
not $14,000, as stated by .Subscriber.
Nor did Mr. Seney give $10,000 for that
purpose. The sum raised was $10,000,
as $4,000 of Mr. Seney’s gift was by his
own direction intended for other pur
poses. The sum subscribed by citi
zens of Athens and other places was
$4,000, some of which, will, I suppose,
not be collected, as there are always
some who seek an excuse to evade
payment.
Now, I will make this offer to sub
scriber: 1 will ;j>ay for all the chairs
put in the present building short of
my estimate, if he will pay for all that
I put in over and above his estimate.
If he is so sure of his correctness let
him show the fuitli that is iu him, and
for all I care lie can get the intelligent
boss workman to help him.
If Subscriber expects to sit down at
home until the hour for the exercises
to begin at the Lucy Cobb, and then
quietly go in and get a seat, he has uot
had the opportunities which some of
us enjoy, of witnessing the average
Athens audience at a free and very at
tractive show; U he expects to do that,
he will be disappointed no matter how
large the building may be.
In conclusion, if subscriber reads
Latin, I would suggest for his careful
cousideration, with or without aid
from the boss workman, the old mot
to: “Sufor ad crepidam terrarr.”
With thanks for the use of so much
of your space, 1 am,
Yours respectfully,
W. W. Thomas.
VERY STRANGE.
▲ Father Meets Hie 60-Year-Old Child for the
FirstTlmeata Funeral.
A strange thing happened at Frede
rick Station, in Montgomery Co., Pa.,
a few days ago. Aaron Bout, a- well-
to-do trucker of the neighborhood, a
hale old man of 50, was introduced to
his, father, Aaron Beut, a rich old
merchant of 70, who lives on Heas
street, in this city, Neither knew
that the other was aUve. Although
they have been residing within two
hours’ ride of each other for a quarter
of a century this was the first time
they had ever seen each other, and
thereby hangs a tale. Fifty years ago
the father was a well-known horse
jockey in .Montgomery county and
lived near Frederick. He was a crack
rider across country and the moet pop
ular horseman to be found in a radius
of fifty miles. At all the county fairs
young Bout was authority on all mat
ters pertaining tohorseflesh, and none
dared dispute his opinion. He was a
perfect dare-devil in the saddle, and
no one could manage the ribbons of a
four-in-hand as gracefully as he. At
20 he went off with a circus, and in a
few months his first son was born. He
did not return to Frederick until the
day, fifty years after, when father and
son first met face to face. The mother
had died and the father supposed that
the son had also died. But while the
as roaming the earth, leading an
adventurer’s life, the boy grew to
manhood and to middle age.
After many years of wander
ing, and when he had been lost to fam
ily and friends in Montgomery, Bout,
the eldest, married and settled in Phil
adelphia and became a domestic man
of business, accumulated property and
became the head of a numerous fami
ly. His last' child is now but two
years old and eras born when the fath
er had reached the ripe old age of 68.
There are twenty-four other children,
not including the supposed-to-be-dead
first born, all of them alive. In the
mean time, Aaron Bout, Jr., had lived
an uneventful life,had married, bought
a little farm aud also reared a family
of children. One day Mrs. George Bil-
ger, of this city, who was a relative of
Mr. Bout, died and was taken to Fred
erick to be buried. Among the mourn
ers was the father, and in the compa
ny at the church was the son. Nei
ther was aware of the other’s name or
identity. An old patriarch of the
neighborhood met Bout, Sr. He had
known him when both were boys, and
was amazed to find him alive. Fall
ing back In the funeral procession he
took the son aside.
“Come,” said he, “I will introduce
you to your father.”
“My father,” cried out the astonish
ed man. “Impossible! I have no
father. He is dead.”
“No, no.” replied his friend, “he is
here. Come with me.”
In a few moments the father of 70
and the son of 50 years, each some*
what bewildered, were in a long and
warm embrace. For hours the two
sat doe/together under the friendly
shade of a neighbor’s vine-clad porch,
all unconscious of the curious gaze of
the country folks who had attended
the funera 1 .
The son, who has been in Philadel
phia but once in bis life, was pressed
to pay a visit to his father’s house on
Heas street, above Twelfth, and when
the crops have been harvested on the
Frederick hills there will be another
meeting.—Philadelphia Reeonl.
FLIES BY THE BUSHEL.
How to Say It.
Say “I would rather walk,” and not
“I had rather walk.”
Say “I doubt not but I shall,” and
“I don’t doubt but I shall.”
Say “ior you and me,” and not “for
you and I.”
Say “whether I be present or not,”
and not “ present or no.”
&y’ M not that I know,” and not
“that I know of.”
Say “ return it te me,” and not “ re
sented to change his abode and had ; 11 b ? ck i to me '’
• BTii.ii r*.m m-b T o. ‘‘I seldom so
Say “I seldom see him,” and not
“that I seldom or ever see him.”
Say “ fewer friends,” and not “ less
‘ JBenjIs.'” " • -*
Bay “ if I mistake not,” and not “ if
rented a small cottage from Mrs. Le-
Seur, when the fears of his wife ter
minated in the terrible tragedy. The
husband is said to be heart-broken at
the calamity, and has to be closely .
watched by his friend tb prevent hinij ^ atu not mistaken,
in turn following the example set by! .Ray “ game is plentiful, and not
his wife. U seams ,that this family
was well-to-do in Europe, but wjhen
all admonition, sometimes tamper it
with crow-bars and drill out the loads 1 ’““"I ... .'.T",*!’!
which fail to tire: hence we are not I * have named, ha. Clued the.l.gbt-
which fail to tire; hence we are uot
surprised to hear of accidents, but ex
pect to bear of more if these things
continue.
A Philadelphia young
ier iKiein, “A Scared
University Trustees.—We think
it would be a good Idea for lfffiural of j skill and the petient gets
these “honorary” members* oh tlie i the party bitten paid no a
board of .
more active
m«e of the:
in two col
rsann
the trustees ** Shi
University, they -
est harm. It Is tree that sometimes peo
ple are bitten by a big stamp-tail water
moccasin and in their fright went to a
doctor, who applies antidotes for poison
and thus gets np a big repotation for his
well; but - bad
attention what-
let j ever to the wound be would never have
known he was poisoned. Any serpent
that <Sklffiaieeth to catch its food is
hapnjesj «p‘uT 1 *' **»"— Oat are sup
plied with separate fangs are poison.”
“ And then you “don t consider say
water moccasin poisonous?"
1 ‘‘They are as harmless as the black
game is plenty.” ,
Say “ I am weak in comparison with
Russian cruelty forced flicrt to <6an-1 * pd pot “ y° u ” „ *
don their home and property and see* ~ Say“«t rains very fast,” and not
refuge*in “the land of the free,” that u '’ er y hard.’
the poverty in which they were forced
to live preyeffvwy mnch on the minff
of the poor woman and culminated in
that fitof madness that ended an ter-
rib, y- . .. ....j,.
skS£;3
lier j»oein, “A Scared Girt.” She
doesn’t know that a poem sdares an
editor more than it frightens s “irl.
Tallulah Falls has been overrun
with visitors all the week, and for the
coming week, she will get a good send
off from tliis city to-morrow morning.
Mr. C. W. Davis, the champlou pho
to-artist of Georgia, will visit the
small towns In the near fritrue with a
large sample of his excaUqpt^fiCtMBR
W. H. Heard, coloi
on the Nortli^Saatei
been transferred -to
road. A white m
county takes hie
There are six ttta<
legislature in Oglethorpe
Messrs. Joseph McWhorte
Raines, Charlie Witcher, B
nett, Arthur Haire and K
ews.
A gentleman from Ml
our office yesterday, who waA former
ly au independent, but now a demo
crat, and says the people are against
Mr. Speer with such a ate that his
name is rarely ever spoken.
The North-Eastern railroad have
publitbed a neat schedule of summer
excursions, showing the rates of fare,
and all desired information for the
tourist. It Is something that has long
been needed, and is certainly a good
advertisement for the road.
Intrude upon' Us“B&nSft. 1 "'$T! Bfipe ! snake, only the latter species is never
that these weak parasitesjW|fl resign | known to strike, statements to the con-
and make place for actiKe^rorking fraTy ^notwithstanding. In seining I
men, who are willing to make are- j fete tfltea hod moccasins to strike me
turn in patronage and laborimf tnel finnl we blood oared from my hand, but
honor reflected upon them by this I thought so little about it that I did
high and honorable office: Vert,mm
tap. ‘ J
The Wrono Man.—We w
day stated that our young friend
Blanketty Blank was happy—refer-
to the fact of a popular young
keeper’s sweetheart beuiff tdtbe
city. But there happened to he an
other Blanketty Blank in AfMos, a
married man. Whet
No. 2 came down town next
_ _ m
his friends on every'haulf
Blank! Fine boy,~fs_ It?” ;
boy, BlankT*?’ “I waabei
old fellow—shake!” “Ain
to set ’em np on - the new.
“What have yon named it, Blagfi?"
etc., etc., etc. We met Blank-about
one o’clock, and jerking out bis bus!
ness card he banded it to ua with She'
demand to get that other fello#V^nl-
dals the next time w» wanted toJu-
dite such double-back-acting news
tie ms.
WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
The University crowded with stu? J
dents next season. it
mated.
The appointment of Prof. Chas.
Morris
maidei
The retui n of Ed Potter to the bos
om of bis friends.
The man that enjoys life better than.
not ritks^sish my bold on the fish. I
had to remove the snake from the net.
three species I have named,
near water courses, tad per
sons are struck by them tad poisoned,
and so lay it on the innocent moccasin
without stopping to investigate. 1 mind
no-mere the bite of one of the
than a briar scratch.”
WriFhat do yon think of the groan*
pupyM 1.0 VV VJ -1
“ They are nothing but young hazards
before tlie scales come on or they get
gu-^yjfrom ago. The Hazard lays its eggs
in the sand, and as soon as the young
are hatched they seek refuge under some
log or stone and are known as ground
puppies. No doubt their bite would be
dangerous; but the fact is they have
to bite with and have never
to attempt it.”
In Laurens county the other day Mr.
Hanly-J ackson struck Mr. Laurens Bal-
lardrwith a cudgel, breaking his right
tainments than Athens.
the North-Eastern. 1 .
equestriennes than onr own.
issSdMipia wmsBrtnmr
■ Say “ iu its primitive sense,” and
not “ primary sense.”
Say “ he waa noted for bis violence,”
and not that “ he was a man notorious
for violence."
Say “ thus much is true.” and not
“ this much is true."
Bay “ I lifted it,” and not “ I lifted
np."
And last, but not least, say “ I take
my paper aud pay for it in advance.”
A Talented Family.
XhaMeSpilkins family is one of the
*• Squeeze a little lime juice into
mine, Jim,” remarked the landloid to
The gentlemanly artist on the other
side of the counter. Then turning to
a reporter, he said:
“ I’ve just bounced a fly-trap man.
He was the third I fired this afternoon.
Well, you would Bee there was a good
many of ’em if you had a restaurant
in fly time. I tried half a dozen kinds
of traps pad got left every crack.”
“ That's what they call the “ Anni-
hilator patent,” he said, pointing to a
fine wire cage that stood on one of the
counters. “The mao who sold me that
declared that it would catch a quart of
flies an hour. The flies crawl in from
the bottom and are supposed to stay
there, but they don’t. No, sir-ee! They
crawl in, look around and crawl out
again. At any rate I was stuck for half
a’dozen Aunihilators. Then I tried
the funnel traps, with a hole in the top
ofeachtolet the flies in. The flies
just picnicked in and around those
cages, sleeping in ’em at night and
coming out iu the morning to prey on
the customers. Last year I bought a
lot of fans that worked by clock work,
and the shadows cast by the arms
were expected to frighten the flies from
the table the fan stood upon. They
worked admirably until the flies dis
covered that the shadows never hurt
them, and when that discovery wss
made the usefulness of the tan was at
4 an end. The flies roosted on the faus
after that, and the arms, as they went
whirling around, belted so many peo
ple in the face that I threw them away.
The fan experiment just cost me sixty
dollars.
We've got the flies down fine this
summer though. Come in on Sunday
night and see us catch a bushel.”
Between eleven and twelve o’clock
last night all the forniture in the big
diningroom was taken out and the
myriads of file? upon the walls and
ceilings were dusted with inseet pow
der blown from large bellows. At the
end of an hoar not a fly could be seen
on the walls or ceiling, but the floor
was literally covered with them. They
were to.^1 appearances dead, but it
THE POISONED BOUQUET-
Enough Arsenic to Kill S«T«r*l Mon--Why Mrs.
Scovilla wss Confident Guitosu would not
be Bx-eeuted.
.The bouquet which Mrs. Scoville
took Guiteau the day before he was
hanged was subjected to a chemical
analysis Wednesday, and traces of
enoagh arsenic were found to have
killed several men. The, history of
this bouquet has never been fully told.
On tbe day before the execution a cor
respondent went to the jail with
Mrs. Scoville, anu her little daughter,
Bertha, John W. Guiteau aud Miss
Che vail ier, of the Society for the Pro
tection of the fnsane. Almost the
first words which Mrs. Scoville utter
ed after the drive began showed a
strange confidence that there would
be no execution. She repeated the
idea a number of times in various
ways. It was ascribed at the time to a
Guiteau confidence that tbe President
would interfere. On tbe way some
thing was said about getting flowers
for Guiteau, aud Mrs. Scoville spoke
of his fondness for them. The car
riage was stopped at Christian Schick-
ler’s green house, No. 1355 E. street,
S. E., and John W. Guiteau went in
side to order some flowers. The bou
quet was a long time in making, and
Scoville became very impatient. Fi
nally John W. 'Guiteau went in and
brought it out, covered with a florist’s
ordinary thin paper. The bouquet
was sent into the cell shortly after the
arrival at the jail, and sometime be
fore Mrs. Scoville waa allowed to go to
the cell. It was afterward intimated
that Mrs. Scoville’s appearance of sup
pressed excitement -and lack of emo
tion led the officials to, fear that she
meditated some attempt to convey
poison or other means of suicide to
Guiteau, and this was' the real cause
of their separation^ She showed a pe
culiar anxiety to be admitted
to the ceil to talk with him, If
only for a moment, but was not per
mitted. She finally gave up the at
tempt.
One of her last remarks to Guiteau
was something about smelling the
sweet rose in the centre of the bouquet.
The remark seems to have attracted
no attention at the time, but was re
called later in the evening, when Gui
teau was seen burrowing with his nose
in the bouquet in a singular manner.
The flowers were then taken away from
him, and to the dismay of the officials
a white powder was found in the cen
tral flower—a hollyhock—which chaf
ed the finger when applied to it. It is-
inferred that Mrs. Scoville wanted to
tell her brother to eat this flower, in
which case the gallows would have
been cheated. Guiteau, who with ail
his superficial smartness, was never
anything but a fool, had not the wit
to act upon the hint he got and fully
investigate the flower for himself. He
seemed to have a notion that there was
something for him in the bouquet, as
he kept smelling at it in the way de
scribed until it was taken away from
him. He afterward demanded that it
be brought back the first thing in the
morning, saying that “ these miscre
ants” had taken it away just because
it gave him pleasure. He also seemed,
it is said, to become suddenly hopeful
that he would not be hauged.
Schicklers, the florist, seems to be
an honest German. His description
of the way in which his wife made the
bouquet tallied exactly with the de
scription of those who took it to pieces
at the jail, an’d he positively asserted
that the bcuquet left his place without
being tampered with. He explained
some circumstances that had excited
suspicions of hie complicity. The bou
quet could not have been touched on
the way to the jail, of coarse. Mrs.
Scoville carried a small black hand
bag, quite tightly packed, and if she
emptied powder of arsenic into tbe
flower, it was probably done when she
was sitting in the warden’s private of
fice, before the flowers were- token in.
There was nothing to indicate that
John W. Guiteau had any knowledge
of any such device. i
THE ROBBEB ROBERSON.
His Political Career Correctly Bosune
I Up.
most taMiipualfie in Galveston. The old
mane War over, Is not as nice as he ought
to be, bnt tbe rest of the family are higfcr
ly accomplished. Somebody was speak-
j^pfljissn the other day, ao^,,^. re
marked how they aii played on some in-
stumeuL
“What does the old Kdy play?" ask
ed a bystander. , i
“She plays on tlie piano.”
“And the youngest daughter?”
“She plays on the harp.” ,
“And the next daughter?” ,
“She is very proficient on the guitar.
'And the boy
rhiefa Is a nahle cause. We ad
vise all our readers who contemplate
To thk Public.—We have one of
a first-class affair In every respect.
"ter fifteen days nee is giving satisfac-
., .. .. . . tion. We recommend it to all wag
and ladies can go protected and cared Dnen , Respectfully,
Braves, Nicholson A Co.
for by the most gallant boys in the
South. This will be no mixed up af
air, but an excursion that will reflect The Dalton district Methodist con fer-
credit upon our city. Rates will be ence will be held at Ringgold, commen-
very low. . * cingnext Thursday.
SrilSTpowder only stnpi
fics them and a little snnlight will
brfog them back to life and activity
Thqy were swept op and scalded and
their fiodtee filled an ordinary water
b&c£et to the brfm. TTiIs plan ot de
stroying flies is practiced in all the
large hotels and restaurants. “ When
I first tried' the powder,” said the
landlord who invited (he reporter to
the fly killing, last night,
thought it killed the flies at once and
they were swept np and thrown into
Jayne Street. Next morning, when
the dining room was crowded with
people, every blamed one of those flies
revived and they came sailing in like
_ j a swarm of bees. That was a tough
mb&inj for the bald headed men who
were feeding there, hot it taught then
I haven’t had mnch trouble
Ihfli. Tiun
FRENCH PHILOSOPHY.
Vanity is the quicksand of- reason.—
George Sand. ■•-» l«-t d.iU - :
The envious will die, but envy—never.
—Moliere. * ■**a. - • ■
A delicate thought is the flower of tlie
mind.—Rollin.
Fortune does not diange iuenv.it un
masks them.—Maie. Necker.
Celebrity sells dearly w hat we think
she gives.—E. Louvestre.
An idle man is like stagnant water: he
corrupts himself.—Latena.
A truth that one does not understand
becomes an error.—Desbaolies.
Should we condemn ourselves to igno
rance to preserve hope.—Be ranger.
New Yort Courier da Stale-Veit.
Tbe appointment of Mr. George M.
Robeson, of New Jersey, to a place in
the Cabinet of Gen. Grant waa due prin
cipally to the services of Mr. Alexan
der G. Cattell, the United States senator
for that state. Cattell was at the head
of a commission house of small impor
tance, having its headquarters in Phila
delphia. Soon after the nomination of
Robeson Mr. Cattell retired from the
firm, leaving his interest in the hands of
his brother, E. G. Cattell, who immedi
ately became the confidential intermedi
ary of the secretary of tbe Navy for the
granting of numerous navy contracts. In
this business he rapidly acquired a for
tune.
Before Robeson came into power he
had practiced as a lawyer in New Jer
sey. He was anythiug but rich then.
In fact, his pecuniary position was be
low the average. But in the investiga
tion which took place afterward the com
mittee engaged in the inquiry proved
that only a few mouths after his nomi
nation as secretary of the navy he bad a
personal account in five different banks,
with a total credit of $467,546.61. Where
this fortpne came from has never been
shown, but it can be surmised from a
series of facts showing the relations of
E. G. Cattell with the Navy Department
Daring the period .corresponding with
the proved changes in tbe financial con
dition of Robeson, E. G. Cattell made a
contract with one Matthews in New York
who dealt in marine articles. By the
terms of this contract Mr. Cattell was to
receive a commission of fire percent, up
on the gross amount of all the merchan
dise ordered of Matthews by the gov
ernment through Cattell’s influence.
Now, in less than five yean Matthews
tarnished three million dollars worth, of
material to tbe department. In this sin
gle transaction, therefore, there was a
commission of $150,000. Cattell admit
ted before the committee that these
commissions amounted in all to 221,500.
If there is no absolute proof that Robe
son had an immediate share in thero
profits there is a general impression to
that effect in the public mind, tad it has
never been removed. It was also ad
mitted without contradiction that Mr.
Robeson’s cottage at Long Branch, as
well as certain lots of land in Washing
ton, were paid for out of Cattell’s per
centage, and the same thing is true of
other investments, unnecessary to speci
fy. And this is only one incident in the
obscure history of the Navy Department
contracts.
If we pass from the item of supplies to
that of repairs aud construction, we find
shady transactions still queerer and more
equivocal. A few examples will suffice.
In 1868, Congress, after appraisement,
ordered the payment to Secor* Co., and
to Perrine, Secor * Co., of $115,539 in
full discharge on the part of tbe United
States of indebtedness for all repairs upon
thre^vessels. The money was paid and
the receipt signed in pro pet form. Never
theless, when Mr. Robeson entered up
on the duties ot his office it was found
that on his own account, without con
sulting congress and in accordance with
a private agreement with Secor A Co.,
he paid over to this company an addi
tional sum of $93,000, for which lie has
never been instified. Other allowances
of the same 'character amounting to
$789,590 have likewise never been ex
plained. But here is something worse
yet. Mr. Robeson, when he took charge
of the Navy Department, found upon tbe
list of active service 203 vessels of all
kinds, tlie best remaining of the 600 ves
sels that the nation possessed at the end
of the war. During the eight years of
his administration, with appropriations
amounting to $182,596,033, he cause 1
eight new vessels to be bailt, and con
demned seventy, from the material of
which, joined to the enormous quantity
of material in the arsenals tad work
shops, he realized an additional sum of
$50,000,000. What became of all this
money the accounts ef the department
have never satisfactorily shown. All
that is known is that considerable ma
terial was disposed of under his admin
istration-boilers, engines, etc., which
might still be used—at nominal prices,
and for the benefit of favorite jobbers;
and that in some cases these materials
were repurchased at a profit of 1,000 per
cent. For example, one lot of 4,538,781
pounds of iron, sold as “ old iron,” for
which three cents a pound could be easily
got, was exchanged at the rate of eight
pounds of old for one pound of new.
This was a clear gift of 3,000,000 pounds
of iron.
AU these facts have been thoroughly
proved in the past, and it la these facta
that made admiral Porter declare that at
the lowest estimate from sixty to seventy
million dollars expended by Mr. Robe-
! son would have been saved by a wise
A *»> fi t ud8 ®° me °“ e “ oret and honest administration. ItwUlalso
foolish than he to admire hint.—Boileau.
Recollection is the only paradise out
of which we cannot be driveu.—Caron.
Envy lurks at the bottom oi the hu
man heart, Uke a viper iu its hole.—Bal
zac.
The surest way to please is to forget
one’s self and think only oi others.—
Moncif.
The energies of tlie soul slumber in
the vague reveries oi hope.—Mine. Gui-
zot.
Justice is the bread of nations; they
aiealways famishing for it.—Chateau
briand.
Shun idleness; it is tlie rust that at
taches itself to the most brilliant metals.
—Voltaire.
Fear of hypocrites ami fools is the
great plague of thinking and writing.—
F. Farin.
All truths are not to be uttered; still,
it is always gdod to lit ar them.—Mme.
duCeffand. ,t g
We salute more willingly .in acquain
tance in a carriage than w friend ou tooL
—F. Petit Letfn: '• -*
' Content iililS? thriljot irqhthat hnpida
crimlt^s—iMk 4W*
indelible.—Ailbert.:... v. . i
We attract; hearts by the qualities we
play; we retain tlietn by the quantities
we poetess.—Sqard. _
Can one expiate i his >sins b.v, en
listing his experience in toe service of
morals.—Do Bernytl. • *
It is difficult (fdr 'a ffoman to ke.p a
secret, and know more than on# man
who is a w'onwtewl* Fontaine. I ■’
There are whew the most
trifling annoyance jusiims the propor-
tionaofartmf»im>Oi idfawnfan
Thought is the first Acuity of man;
to express i$js desires;
to epread ithlajrtea—3 privilege.—Bay-
’■ * {jaUauc.-* *:.]
be remembered that at the time when
he was about to retire, daring the first
week of the Hayes administration, Mr.
Robeson hurriedly distributed among
his favorites contracts for boilers, re
pairs, etc., amounting to millions of dol
lars, and in these, his latest transactions,
the malversation was so obvious that on*
of the first acts of secretary Thompson
was to aunul the contracts.
No Ground® for Divorce*
A woman who seemed to be foil of
confidence in her cause halted a pe
destrian with whom sba had a slight
acquaintance, and asked him if he
knew anythiug about the law of di
vorce, and added that her husband
had threatened to file a bill to procure
one from her.
“Are yon mild-tempered?" asked
tbe gentleman.
“Mild as grass,” she replied.
“Have you ever dabbed him—
thrown tea-pots—waved the batcher-
knife—lugged the ax around or made
threats?”
“Never.”
“Have you cold feet?"
•“No.”
“Do you drink or swear?”
>• “Neither one.”
“Do you try to make home happy ?"
Ido.”
‘Do you seek to boss him?" t
■Not at all.”
‘Are: you choice of your company
and economical with his money ?”
* “I am.”
■, “Did you ever maliciously annoy
him?”
, “I never did.”
“Did yon ever talk against him to
the neighbors 7" ,< . i.,...,
“Naver.” • , lt
the Georgia Central railroad. It Is
proponed to bring on each trip not less
300 immigrants, who are to be
conveyed to Texas and other Sooth-
western States, at a fare not to exceed
one cent a mile. The advantages of
climate and sail and resoorees of the
great State oT Texas have been intel
ligently and practically described in
pamphlets, whieh have been dlssefoi-
natea throughout Europe, attracting
general attention from those seeking
homes in the country.
ot which tlie ■ detaiwase fritanUhip, glory
and love: the.fehecretofrnar existence
Rejected lover* lagi newidespair.
Pipe nii m , 0a
MMta^gynot
change
day, and uot a .nuunei
four in which p. woman,
hermind.—Df|S*o<C
There arefewihupbwads wJ>o cannot win,
in the long ruhl by patience and love,
unless they ar$ htakr than the rocks,
-»S^ t d^^ netratea * Ume -
“Well, while I am not a lawyer,
viondrtheroforet not posted, I don’t v-o
how he Is to Mgaia fi divorce flam
y**« o1 .. ,*1. r,
“That’s just what I say! He can’t
do it! He may scold and threaten nod
are lined with tfaemm-Mme. de Stsei. tell what beta going to do, bat be can’t
do nothing! I’m glad I met yoa* for
you’ve Ilftadagreat load off my mind,
and lfWilUam comes storming around
again to-night os he did loot night, MU
give him another choking! If I
hadn’t been able to handle him he’d
hove made my Ufe miserable for*,
whole ten years post!”