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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!”