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I: mm UMMIllMMILiWI^I. Mll'lip -Ob *h«*i*tla «fUlln vulfslq -edUe Jto al .bedh-M* ?m art t>ia$iv -io maxOh hht «» ttle wife, that you were ri tUow, little r,'ife, that you were rig^t— *?I would ten I Imes rdtKer lie should Jfejl’oI upbraided »nd blamed me for what I had done. ^’Tifer'wimertliat followed was ex- ceedlnglygay. We were.invited ev- ,af9-.dw -hD "to mdl-jiquie) i»l -<FMj a .ulstnjui. ni Shiui mu iIjoIw stantiy filled with guests. Balts, sol- rees, kettledrums and the, opera seem* ed to engross every hour. Jack and 1 seldom had a quiet moment together, yet he seemed to enjoy it with bis tent ,ij/'»aoil ,a«ri dbtifio/nl, n. •jt'.J qu uvJaJ &T9V tbill* ■till to iluodoeiu a -Jslo wtSSMUf IpoT •/We hole heiHl' I ’WUih jfirlhi umAiMiB came oui Monday night the old anti-deluvlap coach on the Atliens branch waa praiui- 1 ing and snorting down towards Union Poiut, nntU Wintervillc Wob reached/ when a grizzly old drummer baited the conduvtor and asked: “Say, Mister, is this the lightning ex press, nickel-plated, silver-mounted, stem-winding fast train I have been read! iug so much about of late?" 1 x '*■'* | “It i* one branch of our fast Tine''’ ■gruffly remarked the conductor. I “Well, it ia a moderately fast train,** continued the drummer, taking out hie were |olely d«] monthly salary. Governors bound to re-peat? Do our life#, pur property, our safety hod the *penee and order of the land count nothing when weighed against the whimpering appeal of the friends of some outlaw for mercy? klust our penitentiary be turned ■ into a harbor of refuge for the vile, where they are safely kept until they pu t up a hypocritical whine for mercy, when they are released by E»ll«ie-Utiey*a< os wnd placed «m In j Irly part cf th* teeek Ibr * pea-nutter anc sated at the mUfoac •and less eopteated witii the life we are leading*” ?&• ... . , “You are dlssatlaled with your 1<?«- I see that plainly, Hell,” said Jack, i, tritie sadly. U&'nartXm*™ \ ‘‘Oh, nonsense,”! I put lu. “No mer, hut fife MpMH a thing, :■ , v 'l"he days The sun «hor.*do<WTf*ff splenfipr, qjd th6 paved i of the body at its raeenWsesi Hu i£ ino. aiugfqr indcxiu^jinjfnafSV' Re ^gr^ repeal .&Vp«> h &3m.banks. • sealdlBi with this prosy, humdrum life,and-] Uatfl toUfeyou delving and toiling llk< a slave from one y.ear’aend to another.’ “But,imy dear,”:;aaggested■ Jack “one must lire ar*d have!bread- and butteolfcyw tenuifa «di ,?->ct jl: . sTItoibe sum,Jack; bwt why notaern, “Honest, labor is always genteel.; l9w>iv’ -nO-fringed ai.itiifsdirtth I < tr “Oh.pehaw! yen don’t .understand me, Jack. I mean that you have oa,; pacitlee for something better. You! onlv nllrn? to • ilia oldt'Vfii.rin th hIaahp ve Congress; allow ‘potion; toriza Bksident and Speaker after-'adjourn’ment.' vefubrito invite ari^ receive n Boston expoaltiojL .1, I ingress to establish a mail “We've jqztbeen one hoar add twelve minutes coming that six miles. Hadn’t yon better slaek up »little lest we roof into Union Point ahead of time?” | . “I think I know iky hnslness, sir,” remarked the conductor, moving eri. “Hot hold tip, Mr. Th-KM Pwfcier,*] pleaded the passenger, “for 1 want to get some facts about these Georgia fast: trains.. What wtuybuir speed nnder «j alow schedule, H it takes a lightning' express twelve minutes to make a mile ?” “We are running on onr regular schedule time, sir,” explained the con ductor. - - “Tliat I don’t doubt, my friend, but yon see I’ve been resiling up in the Au- md twelfttle iw-hlqTMuai “Wo might, Noll; I th'.l I’ll try and burrow a J$ somewhere.” . • '/ “OKt ia(ik.,iio.* no ll* 1 bc huiidreif y Incense the law-abiding Georgia to this end* »ve grown- weary elr verdicts set aside by a If Mr. Stephens has not e and the courage to carry k.hoTtjok- when elected commonwealth let him npiace, jacKT wnn ennnue 18 for our children as they grow up?” ■, “Ah, Nell, that is looking so far ahead,” he said; “and, my dear, you seem to forget that I have lived here teutiary to luvestigate It lessees have illegally sublet convicts. 12. To appoint more menffiers to visit Savannah scgqui-centenniai. 13. To provide for examination of new his remorseless lawn-mower, has gath ered In theyoungand innocent. This was the ease where two little twin cockroaches, whose years had been unclouded by wrong and selfishness, were balled upon to meet death to- “Ob'ydh Wbffidn’t be satisfied,'Kelt, If we went back. It is dreadfully stu pid down there these summer days, with the hay making and the reaping, J Lv v P -S ,o '43 ksjj •OOiBT-NOWj^.^. .. t .uS.azoa ■uoiiUm. u»» v S s“,«ssw£r ’TU *prinu. •*»« 1 ’vSESSsm, A let *U WtlXoiU the \o mtle h»nd« will . Or eretter playlhlhB*. there. y.ibrofin toy" or strt' Ha ieft ill 10 " {he ‘'o*'*' .S' Nor little■left thel»Jm P«t» O Arouivi thu uoua^i a°°r. \j « ^ Then* »Wo by I Mitnd little *ux»U cJOrt, . u. r - iimsnmboroil uow by bawkeor toy% l v ' Ul ,»- ...'...hi that once tepfcfAak ' tide. C f Hint eweet bend! < voice l»he*nl O vfl’mv'n. tta l!X pillowllJJ ? r " AU .m"„lh «>' J ’ resit »»,>1 Mtikd; jl,. curly hoed Ihttt ro-wd th*« I, rostlns in the gnmnd. V ^ , I tvithln the! »«d, eeWaomw 'wijorv evening !»h*dnw. lell. II. liother tlu *UI> t-1 Till* «itdde»t tnlng of All. . With lol U-l h»ud* .nil <lr.*.pisfh' ,Q. 11?Might that on« »•* * Thv uionnu* tomes, the etee* *•*’Buss’S ssjp * -* t*ivoei band. q too—In every horn# »wacred thins Iht liltlriM ’irfniMo. ..... • Vital drearily P*"* 8 r yuffrer. hu|h’di A«d ^ 5 hour* . l)r«**rn oil P«»or ?UU irr. « 1 i.M'l withiu-wilhout. 4 l liy revery will not be dlfitorb^ * mv mirth t»r noiny »hout; 's,.- Th-Vl. no need oi w.tchfolnwfc S j neetl of thrill or fttre. J You h*ve no little »ound» to dnu. So liltlv griel* •“ »h»re. ^ v„ mile .to-kluse no" to knit little clothri* tomi'iid No mu.' .airrvr o t-r tvhmorouch Toy Itn-lMif form may bend, V.-n lake atfiiiikthnf llltlc cloa NO. XXIX. Thai brlmlcwi hal and Utt.onnoe • 1 f.trn and ktrinrflfMS now, Miv it «i*i«*ri h»tvt* inlleti a ntern rlfproo * v frown uj"»u tby brow: M m n.w thi’V an* Iwdewed with team. * U hnlj thing*—are prUed- Y„uf ,.yt>s art* Heath tnat little hat. Tin* wear«*r in the akiea. v V p,rt not—lrill nu* why we«|»eaC thou? 'n.fv neetl no more thy care— c Mr want and aufferluK cannot come \Viu*re thevawri'il babloa are. Xli* *-*♦* IP He »e« l nfc ’ er Wl '“ , 7 b‘»w. Tliere eomea noery of pain: Say woubiM thou o»b them of tnelr real, ‘ And t all Ihcui back a*ala? Oh woman of the Weedlnpc heart, t omo lift tby drooping eye; The rre.* of Healing atandelh near Tbt* Si roam of l.lfe flown by. 1„ thy help—thy balm in Utirtaw- Wliy murmur or repine? Tb* U’-avouly shepherd keeps tby lambs. And they unall yet las t‘.»lilt*! THE LATER GEOGRAPHY. q. Where are the polls located? A. At the school house, town hall or aoine empty store. Q. Wlmt is a circle? A. A gathering where the gossips sew for the heathen and tell all they know. <}. What places have noon at the same time? A. Factories and hoarding houses, (j. Where tie we And tile hottest part of the earth? A. In the same house with our mother-in-law. (}. When are the nights the long est ? A. When you eanhol sleep. ^ J i j. is there a plain iu yotir neigh- tairliood ? A. We should think not by the way ottrs is I sir i'ii wed. «). Wlmt disadvantage in having a Far at the entrance of a harbor? A It would take away trade from the saloons in port. ;j. What is astrait? A. Five cards following in order of denomination. (Hoyle.) Q. Where do we line! the largestand fiercest animals? A. At the menagerie. Q. Where do we find the greatest nimtlier of insects? . . A. Out of town on-a hotnight.% <}. Into what races are we divided? A. The Horse race, the Boat race and tlio Human me*. (}. How are the inhabitants of a civ ilized country generally employed? A. The men in working and the wo man in shopping, tj. What is mining? A. Finding out how much you hsvo been chested. Q. Name some substances now manufactured for food? A. Oleomargarine and boarding house hash. What is oommejee? A. Selling your neighbor goods at three limes their value. (). What do merchants do with the products of the surrounding country? A. Gather iliem together and form * •corner ’ In the market. -- (). How are the commercial towns connected with the towns of the inte rior? , A. Ity “drummers." H. What is fishing? A. Bitting In a boat all day for nothing and having to He all theeven- ing about wiiat you caught, and what got away. TAR AND FEATHERS. Bom* of the Discomfort* that Att*nd th*'W**»s tog orthl* Sort or Dree*. We ars certainly now living In an age of sensation. It pervades every walk and avocation of life, and has even forced Itself Into the pulpit. Take for Instance the stage. In ye olden time the great actors labored to attract an audience and build up a r?r upon their real merit. Now I first strive to Inttueuce the cariosity c. the public by some outside sensation, and their road to faruo and fortuue i then made plain. They hesitate r- to tear the veil of secrecy from t! most private affairs, and expose to the gaze of the carious the grinning skele ton within their closet. Even within the past year we can instance several of the most brilliant actresses of the day who have wilfully and premedi- tatingly blasted their good -name to cater to the depraved taste of the pub lic for sensationalism. Yen way take, too, the blackest criminal in the land, give him the proper advertising, clothe his deeds of villainy with the veil of sensationalism, and you make uf him a hero, at the polluted shrine eh wblolfieTcn seme ofetw fair women delight to worship. A merchant, to do business, must now-a-day rely more on sensationalism and idle display than the real merit of his goods or his character for honesty. Let two houses, on the same capital, start business side by side, and the ohe that creates the biggest sensation wins the day. You even 'see this enemy of society entering the privacy of the family circle, the po litical arena and every other walk’d? life. This la iudeed bad enough, but the monster has not stopped even 1 here, 'rite epidemic bos seised upon the ministers of Christ and by them dragged into the pulpit. Thus far it has been confined to only the metro politan cities of the North, b4t its spread is sure to come, if not chocked, and the most obscure hamlet in our laud will be contaminated by its idol touch. Take for iustancu Beecher, Talmadge, and many other emlnlfut divines and read their discourses as delivered’and published each week. I)o you see In those learned and la bored effusions the teaching of nu humble follower of the Savior? Do they seek to convert souls by holding for’h the lovo of a pitying God and at tract them by rea-on to the fold? No, the mission of these false prophets is to see which catt attract the largest congregation or e rect the mostpalaoial structure. They preach not to bring sinners to repentance, but fbr their individual glory and renown. They have fallen lu with the spirit of the age, and seek by sensational discourses to add to their fame and secure the worship of their hearers to themselves instead of to the living God. They cater to the depraved tastes of the day, and advance theories that they not onlydouot believe themselves, but what are in direct antagonism to the teachings of Holy Writ. This spirit of sensationalism threatens not only to undermifie oar social And moral structure, but to usurp re ligion itself. Kvery thinking man must eonfe.is that it is one of the great est dangers that now threaten tne American people, who have conceiv ed and developed it to almost perfec tion. Bot let us ask, what is the foun tain-bead of this new evil? It is with shame that we reply, the Press of this Country! It is the newspapers that first breathed life into this curse, and haafostered and nourished it. Of late years the journal that can paint with the most hideous glare some fearful crime or outrage; that can the loudest proclaim the violated sanctity o'some home or the scandalous reign of some eminent man or woman; or soonest publish to the world the unuatiiral dogma of some ranting sensationalist In the pulpit, is the paper that will reap the greatest success. Thus each journal tries to outstrip some rival in its quest lor the strange and unnatural, so that the darkest and foulest side of the world ia kept before the eyes Of the publlo Instead of the bright and entto- bllng. Charlatans of all kinds have seized upon this mighty power to i kindly admonition, “Go and sin no more?” Must we see our people shot down In cold blood, our honses burn ed from over our heads, our females violated^ our property stolen, and then Iks perpetrators of the hellish crimtatooeed after a few month’s con finement? If so let os abolish r— courts pf justice And the the law In tbetr own I course f * will certainly inc< people of Geot They 1 of I single man. 1 tile backbone l resign and the people choose some man who has. He has uo right to pave his road to another world at the expense of the peace and safety of the people who elected him. There has been en tirely too much misplaced philanthro py wasted on onr convicts. While we believe in having them humanely dealt by, at the same time they de serve punishment for their crimes. Make the peuitentiary a place of hor ror and disgrace; not turn it into a flowery bed of ease, where our hard ened felons have only to profess re pentance and receive a lull and free pardon. When a man violates the law let him know that sure and speedy punishment is bis portion and there will be no release until he has paid his debt in fill! to an outraged people. Oilate years our penitentiary has been made but a atepplng-stone to oflloc for ambitious politicians. When a man seeks promotion you will soon see him lugging around a petttiou Tor the pardon of some negro convict. Hethushopcs to Ingratiate himself into the good-will of the ebo ny suffrnge-slinger, which often en ables him to defy his party. The thiug has got monotonous and fa tiguing to the Indignation of our law- abiding, peaceable citizens. They In tend to have a stop put on the prac tice, and If we can’t elect a governor with sufficient nerve to exeeuie the law let this trust be taken out of his hands and a pardoning board be sub stituted, who will not release a crimi nal unless new evidence is brought forward that either exbonorates him front the crime for which he was con victed or authorizes a mitigation of the penalty. We must not let the in terest or tender heart of one man overbalance the verdict of a court ot justice that has carefully weighed all the surroundings of the crime und thou rendered a punishment in ac cordance with the law of the land. It is snre and prompt punishment that prevents the commission of crime. At the present rate of granting par dons Governor Btephena will soon transform Georgia In a harbor for out laws, where a premium Instead of a punishment ia placed upon crime. watch. “How far do you call it haol Athens?” “Six i ' r-’ APOUTICALSLftKDEH ON ATHENS Some anonymous writer, without regard to truth, is seeking to injure our city by writing letters, under the Signature of “Adair,” to one of Mr. Speer’s organs, in|which be makes i; a most malicious and false statements, touching the late congressional con test in tbla district and its bearing Upon the business Interests and social intercourse of Athens. The writer argues that the defeat of Mr. Emory Speer has engendered bitterness Among our people, arrayed the mer chants against the masses and has Virginia City Chnmiclt, “Must iieoiile," said a prominent Re unite to a Chronicle reporter, to-day, don’t know what a terrible punishment tarring auil feathering really Is. They eii|>|K>sc that it i.s nothing worse than' a badge *.f infamy, rather uncomfortable, Iwrtmps, but not painful unless the tar gels lu'o the eyes. This is a great mis take. I helped to daub Jones. He was n disgr.ue to humanity and he deserv ed what he gut. But 1 had no idea un til I Huw that fallow plastered wlmt a tough deal the process'*. We painted him all over pretty thick with a broom and sum • civ husiastic vigilante poured a lew gallons of tar on his head. Then the feather*, taken from a big pi Mow were ilu-ti-.l on him, and he stood out white and tluffy, in the starlight, like some huge grotesque-looking bird. He had to put his clothes on over the wltolo mesa, and then he was ridden on a mil for fifty yards or so, and we pnt hinf'bn lavard ; he went bound train at midnight, with instructions not to come back on psiupf I einghanged. “1 saw him on the train, He was sit ting with his head on his arms on the buck of t he seat in front of him. Tito tar wits so thick on his head that it cov ered the hair out of sight, and his poll shone m the light uf the car lamps like a black luldver ball just dipped in the water. The |ioor fellow waa groaning and I couldn’t help feeling mean at pav ing taken a hand in the job. You the bo ly.is covered with short hair,and when the tiir hardens a little the slighl* est movement causes acute pain, aa If one’s heard were being pnlled out with pinchers. Inir hy hair. Then there Is thcsioppngeof all perspiration, which would *iun kill a man ii he didn’t mako lively ihne in getting scrubbed. “Besides, the smell of the tar tnrns the stomach, anil about half an hour attar a bring themselves before the pd£llc, | paralysed tmto akfAscrioualy injured and the evil effects are now irons ' eut to every one. It only lie* within the press of this country to abate tile evil, and so long as a depraved public* taste demands and so greedily seizes upon the morsels of sensationalism thrown them with each paper they : open, we fear that its reign will not soon end gasta and Atlanta papers about the fast train that was to be put on last Sunday, and how it was to annihilate space and the passengers wete to b-> transported in regularCleopatra barges of oriental splen dor. I laid over two days lu Athens to take advantage of tins panorama of grandeur, so as I could biag abent it to iuy folks when l got borne. Now if you will reason with yonrsel.' an instant you will see that when 1 was hustled into this hoary relic of a coach and transport ed to my destination at the lightning speed of six miles iu an hour and twelve minutes, with stoppages at every station long enough to lay the track to the next, it naturally brings to mind my halcyum boyhood days when 1 used tu drive a team of oxeu. And then again you see I want to roach home by New Year’s day, and at our present rate of speed 1’ um afraid 1 will be on old gray-haired, toothless man e’er 1 again look upon the capital of your owu state. Life ia short, my young friend, and we who have passed the meridian of life cannot afford to take passage on these Georgia fast trains. Besides, you tee, I am not used to these palaee coaches, that so bedazzle the eye. if you have no objection 1 will get out and walk on ahead and wheu I get to Atlanta will tell the peo ple that 1 left the llglituiug-express tuired up at WInterville, but hope to sec it alongsome time next August.” “You can walk if you wish, sir,' slated the conductor, “bot vre will get to V nion Point in plenty of time for the main train. Besides, we have three lines n day now on the Athens branch.” “My friend,’’ continued tho passen ger, “I don’t want you to cousider me impertineut, but in making out your next report suppose you recommend tbe bosses to sell these three trains at public out-cry and with the proceeds buy a bran new wheelbarrow with a blue body and red wheel, and titeu they will bare something to brag about. This tiling of dividiug rapid transit and grandeur by three naturally tends to detract from both tbe speed and looks. I have no fault to find with your Georgia palace coaches and lightning-express trains, but I think it would be best to omit the name of Athens from their printed schedules until they make the wheel-bar row change that I have suggested. Up in Illinois wo use these kinds of palace cars and fast tratus to haul anthracite coal and hogs on, only wo don't cull them by the same name that yon do down in Georgia. If I die witit old age before you get'to Union Point, bnry me where the early flowers of spring bloom and the winged songsters of the sweet sunny south will carrol their sweet est notes o’er roy grave.” A VALUABLE RBXJO. The dre>8 of Powhatan, in the rep resentation in Cohen’s store, is a gen uine Indian suit that once belonged to a Cherokee chief, and waa prescut- Uie oonttnercial prosperity of the city, ed to the University museum more as'evidenced by our deserted streets than fifty years ago. It is made of the and stores. “Adair" says, “Our trade Is comparatively nothing; our social Ihteicourse is marred by contention and personal unreliability lu each oth er,” etc., etc. Now, iu the first place, We do not believe that this letter was ever written'from Athens; and In tho abusing the pardoning powBff evom that ' t ’ r “’ we wi1 * wager a round sum that the writer has no in- Tlte Iiautier-Wntcliman predicted' terest whatever at stake here, and la man has ikh-ii coated he must feel mighty sorry h- wasn't bunged. Then the scrubbing with oil. It took CliimtnnA and 0. darkey thniti day! TrurSicotb reduce Jones to a mild bre Tim rubbing makes the skin tender, the body must lie sore for weeks.” KfLLED ST HIS BROTHER. ! - 8andersvilla, Ga., December 18. —Dave Wilcher was shot and inst^hl ly killed by his brother, "William, oi Saturday night. Both parties were colored. William went out of the house with his gun to Investigate the cause of some unusual noise on the _ ... premises. , pave went around. ithe vrlthout consulting tbe peopj house In an opposite direction with "mode the verdict is knockl when the name of Alexander H.Steph- ens was proposed lor Governor that if elected he would open the doors of the penitentiary when an appeal was mode to blsayinpathy and thus render ptaotsbment for crime a fu'ce iu Geor gia. It seems that our prophecy was ob!y too true. Every week ido we read of criminals turned loose to prey npon a people who have convicted and sentenced them for punishment, ahd in some Instances this exercise of executive clemency is so misplaced as to cause a community to rise in its might and protest against the outrage. But this seems to have no effect on our Governor, who will perhaps tbe next day repeat the offcnse. There 'Is no doubt about Uovornor Colquitt abusing the pardoning power, but he fie* never gone to the wholesale lengths of ourpresent Executive. This is one of the most Important person placed at the dlacretinb of our Chief Magistrate, and it was hcver intended that be should put his judgment against that of twelve sworn jurors, b«t only meant a* a protection for the biilprlt In ease that new evidence is discovered to exhonomte the power from the crime or mitigate the penal ly. Then the Governor can ekeroise his leniency and stay the hand of nils- placed justice ftttU She further pun ishment of an Innocent man. Bat when an Executive sees fit to alipoiut himself both judge and jury, anM over throw a verdict rendered in-accord ance with the law and the testimony it is time for our outraged public to il a halt. This both Governors Col- qtlltt and Stephens have undoubtedly done. They hove usurped a power that was not intended to be delegated to them , and is fast rendering the pun ishment for crimes farce in this state. The tender heart of tlio latter seems open to every appeal fcj thercy, and who knocking the les from the limbs of the most hardened murderers, thieves and out- 'ohe of the disappointed few who look ed to the election of Mr. Speer as a stepping stone to some little office. A tiiore Infamous, daring set ofbare- fttced lies were never put together, and tbe author knows it. Bo (hr from the defeat of Mr. Speer resulting in tho eillaof which “Adair " oomplains,eve ry man who has visited our city since the election, and every citizen there of knows that tbe victory of democra cy over coalition has had a most sani tary effect upon not only the peace abd order of the place but upon the business thereof. During Mr. Speer’s reign many of the negroes were inso lent and overbearing, and strife and contention waa of common occurrence But when be was so overwhelmingly defeated, and the best people of the oountry came out victorious you saw a sudden and marked change. Our streets are morcqulet, those howliug bands of drunken Zulus that blockaded odr sidewalks have disappeared, aud iu their stead hasahealthy reaction set in. Had Mr. Speer’s coalition party been successful Athens wonld have been rendered almost uninhabitable. Our trade ihU toll has been better thaa In Riany years, which the sales of ewr merchants will Substantiate. All Utternare engendered by the late campaign has ptosed away, as Indicat ed by the Candler and Speer men sup porting the same ticket In our late municipal contest. If there Is a man in Athens who harbors any ill will toward another for exerolalng his right aa a freeman ire are not aware the fact. There never was penned more malicious, unfounded aud false ly vindictive libel on a city than “Idalr’a” letter, and our people would like very much to disoover the real author. It la susploloned that tbe let ter waa written by a certain Interested party In Washington, D. C., who weald doubtless be highly gratified If auoh a state of affairs did truly exist In Aliens, to the young democracy of which city ho owes a deep grudge. 14. Concerning continuance of suit against State road lessees. 15. To direct State Librarian how to ship copies of the code. 16. To appoint committee to inspect Lunatic Asylum during recess. 17. Authorizing H. IV. Cabanis* and IV. H. Harrison to publish the public acts of this session. 18. To appoint a committee to procure s life size painting of Hon. B. H. Hill. 19. To have Congress aid the States in education. 20. In favor of national aid to educa tion. A WOMAN HANGED IN HUNGARY. > London Stamford. Vienna, Dec. 1.—There was banged to-day at Steiuamauger, Hungary, a peasant woman from Szerdahely, named Liukaa Ksthi, for a series of Crimes which excited u ni vernal horror The criminal was 52 years oi age, short | Poeo* In stature, and of s placid aspect. She procured a large qnantity of arsenic tigon the pretence that her house was overrun with rats, and mixed the poi son in little cakes which he she dis- josed ofatahlgh price to persons who desired to get rid of their relatives. Her customers were chietiy wives who had got tired of their husbands lovers who thought the removal of a rival would facilitate their own pur- when others slept, these little affec tionate twins crept Into glucose syrup and died. We hope no one w'll misrepresent this matter. We did weep and are not ashamed to own It. We sat there ami sobbed until the table cloth waa wet for four feet and the venerable ham was floating sround ln tears. It was not for ourselves, however,' That we wept. No unkindness on the part of an eating house proprietor ever mvoked such a tornado of woe. We ust ween when we see death and are irought in close contact With it. And we were not the only one that shed tears. Dickinson and Warren wept, strong men as they were. Even the butter wept. Strong as it was, It could not control its emotions. We don’t very often answer a news paper attack, hut when we are accused of weeping till' people have to take off their boots and wring their socks, we want tbe public to know what it is for. . . i ,i,i SCHEDULEOFTHE FASTTRAIN. j tho Georgia Road Whero the Izlghtntag Express Will Stop to Rost. Aupusta yew*. Tim official schedule of the fast train correctly published to day on the South Carolina road. The Georgia road officials sent lu the cor rection after the schedule waa In press. The schedule on the Georgia road, however. Is as follows: No. 27—WeBt, daily, leaves Augus ta, 7:25; leaves Athens, 7:05 a. m.; poses, and eveu some childreu bought 1 arrives Atlanta, 12:55 p. m. No. 23— the cakes that by offering them to el- j East, daily, leaves Atlanta, 2:50 p. m.; derly relatives they might the more I arrives Athens, 8:00 p. m.; arrive Au- rapldiy come into the possession of gusta, 8:20 p. ill. their property. Lyukas killed two The fast uiuil schedule will begin husbands of herown, and she was ae-1 to-morrow, and the lightning train will stop on the Georgia road at Be- lalr, Berzelia, Harlem,Dearing, Thom son, Camak, Crawfordville, Union Point, Greensboro,Madison, Rutledge, Social Circle, Covington, Conyers, Stone Mountain aud Decatur. The through sleepers Moscotte and Oli vette will run between Atlanta and A STORY FROM THE MOUNTAINS. cused of twenty-six murders, six of which she confessed she had commit ted. At her trial this arch prisoner as sumed an air of great piety, and stood the whole day with a rosary iu her band, she being a member of a Rosa' ry Club founded by the Domicans. The result of the trial was that she | Charleston^ was sentenced to a long term in pe nal servitude; but the Crown appealed , orunHUe Mountaineer. against this, and the Court of Appeal T . G> lister, of GowensvtU®, In sentenced her to death. I f orni8 UB tliat on the night of Wednes During her Imprisonment, Lyukas day tUe 29tu 0 f November, an animal spent all her time praying, or receiv- got in among the chickens of Mr. Levi ing spiritual consolation from the I BowerS) llv i n g near Glassy Rock. Mr. priests, to whom she confessed. Upon Bower8 proceeded at once to the scene the scaffold to-day she blessed the by- ofCoufuB ion. When nearing the chick- itauders with an air of great fervency. eu | loU8e) and when within about ten The convict’s only daughter attempt- f ee ^ i the animal sprang upon him. ed tobepresent at the execution, hut I Ti Jere wa s a tussel, and Mr. Bowers ilhe was prevented entering the yard, threw lt on the ground, but the ani- and os she turned away she barely ea-1 nial arose every time, but on the fourth coped being lynched by the mob as-1 throw Mr. Bowers got his knee on the semi,led outside animal’s breast, and kept it dowu, semblea outsiac. | and ln the mean time Mr. Bowers’ father came to the rescue and cut tbe throat of the chicken-robber. After A Chicago cletk a month or two its throat was cut, the father had to aluce bought au uncanny-looking desk at auction. It had numerous legs and sloped half a dozen different ways. It £ finest dressed buckskin, beautifully trimmed and ornamented, and was pronounced to be one of the finest Indian costumes ever seen. In fact, we are told that the museum once re fused $500 for it. But time has not dealt lightly with this superb relic of the aboriginals of this country, for It has been badly misused and eaten by moths, so that one can now have only faint idea of what it once was. But even in the present shape It will prove valuable curiosity and should lie carefully treasured, for In a few more years the last vestige of the Indian will disappear from our section and we need something to Illustrate their hahlu and dress. The costume to which we refer is complete, and has several times been used by tbe Athens boystu fantastic rides. It can oven now be repaired so as to preserve the original shape and design of the suit. There is said to be a bloody and ro mantic history connected with this old costume, but we have not us yet heard enough to publish get the axe-handle and prize open the mouth of the animal so as to get Levi's arm out. Mr. Lelzter states that the antmal was so lurge it had to be takeu to was like a large bull-dog, having a pieces to bo gotten into the building. I ^ eat ^ resembling that of a calf. o first day, according to the Chicago I THE freedmaN’S bureau bank. erald, its occupant ran a four-inch 1 A Pln*l DlvldaDdorT 1-3 Per Oent. to b* PWd the Swindled Negroes. sliver into bis finger and that same night the porter, groping about in the dark, fell over the desk aud broke his knee-cap. He swore that lie heard someone laugh in the room as be picked himself up. Pens, pencils, erasers, Washington, December 14.—The Comptroller of the Currency has com pleted his annual report, as Commis sioner of the Freedman’s Savings and etc., placed anywhere upou the desk I Trust Company, which is required by thysteriously disappeared and were nev- I law to be transmitted to congress, elr found again. They nailed a rubber The cash receipts duriug the past year eraser to the desk wfth a shingle nail, have been $455,334-82, including the that penetrated entirely through the sale of the bank building and adjacent v 1 real estate, to the United States for hoard into the drawer beneath. After the clerk sat down lie would presently feel the edge push upon his breast, and shortly after he had moved a short dis tance away from it lie would again feel it pres*ing against him quite closely. Ho was worried over the matter, lost His flesh, became nervous and otherwise showed the influence of his piece of fur niture. An employer uxuiniucd the lumbering affair one afternoon and pro- uounued it an “old-fashioned institution’ btat oiherwbe all right. Just as he $250,000. The Commissioner has now on hand in United States bonds and other available securities, .the sunrof $184,804.56, aud hopes fo realise a suf ficient amount from the remaining assets of the compauy to enable him to pay a further and final dividend of from 7 to 7,4 per cent, early In the spring, making a total of lrom -6J to 62)4 per cent, in all, paid aud to he paid to tlie creditors of the company. Tub Juq Tavkbn Railuoao.—It I* tall time that our people were giving some attention to a railroad from Ath ens to Jug Tavern, as the cars will soon be running to that point. The enter prise was in a fair way to success when It was suddenly dropped. If we do not connect with this line it will take a large slice of trade from Athens, which we cannot afford to lose. Suppose our Major call a meeting of the ottizans at an early day, when some definite action will be token In the You per* u eaa toll all the republican' In Georgia’tor their publishlsff advertisements of mail contracts from the government. This ia a sure Index of how they are appreciated by the party in power. “Our Emory” is just beginning to realize the l** 1 that he is beaten, arid the way he is weeping and wailing and gnashing bts teeth is truly amus ing. They any Ben Butler has gone back to the radical party. This l» the best piece of political news we have heaid since Candler’s election. Tbe house la committee of the whole, agreed to the clause to the postal bill reducing letter postage to two cento per half ounce, to go Infer#? feet on and after January 1, 1884. Sailing* hi* WIT* for .$300. Winston, N. C., Dccelnber 15.—Alfred , Jenkins, tho ow ner of a larm in Stokes htol completed his examination all pres- ul>uutT) „ }ew day8 ago gu l<| his wire to eut were startled by a aeries of very M> oiidewell, a neighboring loud and sharp cracking sounds, which farmcr> for gr>00- He then sold Ids farm stemed to issue fmoi the very he4rt oi I and m o V ed away. The transfer was the haunted desk. The next day two raade aH thongh the man had simply tenants on the upper floor complained g^pp^i horses. Jenkins in conrersa- tibat they could not sleep, foi\the reason j Ha | d that tie wanted to move away of some one in the office slapping sticks I um , waH not a y e to take hi* wife moved away. °AW .his X time y thto£ UlWeweil »id he was himself tired of seamed to b« going wrong In th« oflii«. I living without A wife; and wfcs willing York firm Utte 1 totally nml the I to buy her If Jenkins wm willing to ffojHwXlfrcted the firm seriously. Ohe Mll j enk | Ilg mium.! $500. and after further conversation the transfer was agreed upon, Mrs* Jenkins was con sulted and cheerftilly agreed to the sale She at brice toblfTier eflWto aiid wb^ to Glidewall’s Viou^, wliere rite U now liv- ifsatflre «Wce was thrown lute em-k : ar *!4 eii'IM $1 itietaly fenleslsl With ornhilon by a peal of unearthly tough- h r new husband and h<*»e;>'’ " r from the desk. Not half an hour has *iu*ai$ ; i»'. pal • toil partner fell awl broke his right arm The clerk whs sick with brain fever. Shortages were found In another part ner’s private cash account, and collec tions became dull. Credit seemed to depreciate, and two notes went to pro test. At U*tobemdrningatl0:3<>o’elock, had passed when a messenger arrived from the clerk’s house with the .sad news that he bail died at 10:30 precise ly. . They hired three meu with sledge hammers to break up the desk. It took nearly ap hour, and the thing squirmed bei: and groaned ’ike a human Cl dng. One would judge from the numerous complaints that the route agent* have entered into a conspiracy to annoy the public. The postal set vice on theNorth- Eastern road seems to be a perfect"terse. ; Our merchants are continually receiving a complaints from customers up the road, and have reported the same to the poat- { master at Athens, but it does no good. 'Where la the remedy? . « : ■ * iu r.K, nor-n. lash o’M .Ul-.'l A Western editor received • letter from an Indignant subscriber, who Bald: “I don’t want your (riper any ldfigeri” To. which the editor,jtpildly.r^igdi “Tiuttis all right. I wouldn't make it any longer if-, you did, because. |p that case I should have to buy a »ew, press. The present length just suite me, and I am glad it suite you.’A .It is to bs hoMd this "soft answer turned away, wrath.” Paralysed—Mr. J. M. Chandler; _ prominent merchant of Harmony Grove, was‘stricken with par*lyk)s v>n Monday last. come fearfully common of tote yean, while it waa very rare beftne the war. all my life.” T.il > “Oh, no, I don’t forgot.. And. pray what have you done, Jack ?” “I have led an upright life, and mar ried you.” . ... “But you didn't pick me up amid tbe clover blossoms, Jack; don’t for get that. You found me iu town, and Jack, dear, I’m anxious to get back again to my native element. I’m tired of all this. You can get on ever so nicely, iu town, Jock; and there we can get Intqsociety.” “Our means are not inexhaustible, Nell." . .......i ...... “I’m aware of that, Jack; but we’ve enough fur a start, and Vanborough offers you a good place in the bapk." “Ata limited salary, Nell*" j. “Oh, yes, but you can work your way up, Jack—right up to the topmost round of the ladder. Do let’s go, Jack.! I’ve lived Imre. to please you, ever since our marriage; ' I think you can afford to please me a little now.” ... “That’s true,” he Bold, “you can’t be expected to care for tbe farm as I do, Nell. 1 promised to make you happy when you consented to become my wife, and I’ll try and keep my word. You shall have it all your own way, Nell.” ., , The eontlnuoUB dropping of water wears away the solid stone. I had conquered my husband at last, and the desire of my heart was about to be accomplished. i :■ u ■ When Jack once made np his mind to do a thing he did it with all bis might. The matter was soon settled. Cherry Hill, as we called the form, was sold at a great sacrifice, and one suuny morning we turned our backs upon the breezy downs and golden grain fields and journeyed cityward fil'n afraid you’ve made a great mistake,” said Jack’s father, as he bade us good bye; tVyou-M better have stuck to the farm. You remember the old saying about rolling stones?” “I don’t believe In old sayings, sir,” I answered loftily, “and I think I can appreciate my husband’s abilities bet tor than any one else can.” ■> Our new home In tow n was a styl ish residence in a fashionable street. We established ourselves in the prin cipal hotel, and then set about the task of furnishing the house. My dear child,” said Mrs. Vanbor ough, the banker’s wife, dropping in for an early call, “don’t dream of such a thing as ingrain carpet. Get Brus sels, by all means, good English Brus sels. You’ll find It muoh cheaper in the end, and besides it Is bo much more stylish." We hearkened to our friend’s ad vice, and laid our rooms with Brus sels, aud the cost ran up into hun dreds. II .’ . * :<> •>> The furniture was got to match Mrs. Vauborough and several other friends aiding us in our selections, and all sorts of pretty costly bric-a-brac, and real lace curtains, 'and a new pi ano. My old instrument was too plain and clumsy for the new establishment. ‘We’ve got snog quarters here, Nell, by George!”.he said, looking through the extravagantly furnished room with admiring pride.: -“No one in the town can outshine us, not even Van- borough himself. It haa lightened our purse a good deal, I’ll admit; but what does that signify-?. What good cornea of having .money unless one enjoys it?” • >u: «H«d" • “We must try and save up a little now, Jack, since are are fixed so nloe- ly,” I said, feeling somewhat terrified at bis growing recklessness “Pshaw, child t Who ever heard of a banker’s clerk saving anything? If we make both ernla meet it will-be more than I look.for.” u-Uoui “My dear," . said Mrs. Vanborough. when wo were pleasantly , settled lit our handsome house- and hod hired a coupio of servants; t “I suppose you want to give some sort of party now? It is customary, you know. ■ Suppose you let it be an informal reception, with cards and coffee for the old peo ple, and ices and fruits and dancing for tbe young ones?- That would do nieely.i Yon can throw your parlors Into one and the new carpets will not get much Injured.. j’il help you to or der your refreshments, and oCrollits will write out your invitations for you. ; She’s an excellent judge as to whom It ia expedient to Invite." I- mentioned i the matter i to Jack When became heme, and he: Entered into tbe spirit of the affair with great excitement, i to tutfyw J*e*-nf "To beszre little wife; have a!party by all mesas. When one's: in-Rome one rnual d® Ss the Romans do, -you ^ know.- Don't spare expense either, my dear; w# must .make as good-.* show as other people. And'.I shall take It npon myself to-ordec yout ooe? tume. IwOct you to look as grand as a little empress-” -1 bun bioti "fl - ,j j “But, Jack,” I suggested'-timidly, “we are apentfing a great deal of mon ey.”*- o-.la onl ulitaii; -oil rnias-- But, despite my tear*, oht: reception went on; and if turned 'out to bb grand success. The best pedpW'lfa toteb honored at With their pfesence; rind everything,thanks to- Mrel borotigh’s foresight,‘"has Carried out 1 •inthe most lavish afld e «il *' eidt?*—*"T We*tot\to uert odt ,v *ila v-d l» “By George,” teld Jaekv'-thir sort I and all that sort of thing. We should never be able to endure lt now.” I said no more. The long, bright, burning days wore on, and onr bills ran up higher and higher, and baby’s little breath seemed t j grow weaker aud weaker, and poor Jack himself began to look dreadfully id and worn, Aud one afternoon he was sent home In a carriage, quite unconscious, stricken down by a sudden fever. I put my pride aside then, and wrote a letter to Jack’s father.. ,,, , “Jack and the baby are both ill,” I said, “and we are sick and tired of this life. Pray forgive us, and let us come home." The very next day the dear old gen tleman arrived, but the sher iff was before him, Jack having opp ressed judgment iu a lawsuit. ’The rumor that we intended to leave town got out, aud our creditors rushed in, anxious to secure the lion’s share of our effects. The Brussels carpets, the handsome furniture and costly bric-a- brac, all went under the hammer at a disastrously low figure. “Nevermind,” said my father-in- law, not a shadow of reproach In his kind old face; “let them squabble over lt if they will. We must get our sick ones home,” Bo we got Jaok into the carriage, and with his poor head upon my knee and baby in my arms I turned my back upon the scene of my short-lived triumph. “Wearegoing back to Cherry Hill,” said the old gentleman, as in the dusk of the golden day we drove through the dewy stillness of the sheltered land. “The old home has been wait ing for you all these months. I was pretty sure you’d ivaut to come back.” I could not utter a word lu answer. A great full moon was rising above the distant hills as we reached the house. Not the smallest thing was changed. m _£8flfiftc ' and the cattle bells tin; yard. The doors were carried Jack in and laid him down li the broad breezy room that had bee' onr bridal chamber. He opened his eyes and drew a deep quivering breath os tbe freshening breeze touched bis throbbing head. “Nell, where are you?” he said. Surely this must be home?” “I am here, Jack.” I answered through ray tears, “and this is home, dear- old Cherry HUl.” “Thank God! 1 ’ he murmured, and fell baejt upon the pillows, and I saw great tears trickling slowly from his beneath his closed eyelids. Beyond the open window, in the silver glory of the rising moon, the baby at bis feet, half hidden ill the rank coal grass, and even at that late hour the pigeons came fluttering around her as of old, and she scream ed with rapture as sheclutehed at them with her thin little hands. I rose softly and fell on my kness beside Jack’s low pillow. “Oh, Jaok,” I sobbed. “I have been so wicked. Forgive me, Jack, forgive me! Iam so glad to be home again.” His worn face grew radiant and his dear arms held me close. And then and there, clasped to my husband’s heart, In the safe sweet shelter of the home he loved, I under stood all the past. You don’t mean it, Jack,” I whis pered. “You only pretend to enjoy It all to please me.” “No matter, little woman; the les son we have learned has been cheap ly- bought. We shall not care to leave tue safe old nest in search of fashion and society again.” A MODEL FARM. We wore yesterday shown a private letter from a gentleman in Washington, Ga., from which we call the following re port of the farming operations of Mr. Gahe Toombs, of that town: “He this year had 175 acres in cultivation,and used $150 worth of e. mure, mostly cotton seed, worked four mules and had np out side help. He gathered 83 bales of cot ton, weighing 450 pounds each ; 2,500 bushels of opts and 400 bushels of corn. f 'he cotton seed from his crop is worth 3(X). He says his profits arc 50 per cent, on the cost of the place and 25 per cen^ upon its present value.” Tiffs shows what can be done on the old land of Georgia hy careful cultivation. The /atilt with onr farmers is they plant too much fortheir labor and have to neglect their crops. Hon. James M. Smith, who has cleared over $100,000 since the war by 'farming, says there is no land in Middle Georgia *° P°° r but what it is worth $10 an acre. When otir planters pboi^sh tiieif old mode of cultivation - apd a^bpt modern anil progressive Ideas, our section will blossom as the rose. We have the finest country on tho globe, and In less than fifty years every acre 1 j A Dkuiob BuMOMOwi-'We would ad- lee ell our lady renders not to have any othe$ h$i^Uig out o» the line on t)ie kjilOth jsmLUtizo/Maicfa pest., There 14 a learned scientific fellow out in Can- ail3,«bohas'pr«Ucted the most thun- w qioijtj} fa those days next year. / He say* the water will sweep the gull coast from the Florida Keys north* •< -7 A 1 Nf-w Crnsro.—Mr. Georgs C Thomas,, of jWatklhsvllle, will locate i Athenonext year aad practice law. J has purchased the Flournoy lot of( illlfoad for $l,800and is having gs,e overhauled and remodeled. I (Mr.!Thomas, a hearty welcome rmidst.-<» ” '■flfliif* 1 f i £$%? sr> editorial conclusion of the Loi J ‘ dod ’limes that “England Can no wrist without America,’’