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th.-re are in IliiiiKe—
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DECAPITATED BRIEFLETS.
JACKSON COUNTY.
The boss Sewing Machine and
organ man, J. B.Toomer. Let all fol
low. And he must lead.
At a public sale in Oglethorpe
county cows sold from $2 to $8, and
mules front $1.25 to #50.
Just received, finest lot of organs,
13 stop organs, 6 feet high, fully
warranted, $65. At J B. Toomer’s.
Sewing Machines, all makes, at
prices lower than anv house north
or south, $25 »o $35. At J. B. Tootr.-
er’s.
The friends of Mr. S. A. Atkin
son in Athens will be pained to
learn of his death. Mr. Atkinson
was once owner of the Southern
Banner, ol this city.
J. B. Toonter, Clayton street., has
the finest lot of bibles, albums, ami
poems ever brought to Athens, will
sell for cost or on monthly payments.
Jkkff.rsos, Ga., Dec. 21.—Her
ald : The Methodist Sunday School
will have a Christmas tree on Chi ist-
mas Eve night. We hear that
Prof. A. L. Barge will return to
this settlement next year. We have
j never seen wheat look better for
the time of year. Mr. Tom Arnold
has oats that are large enough to
hide a rabbit. Over fifteen fami
lies a, iii move to Jefferson by the
first of January. Mr. Osscy Lanier
has turned his attention to the man
ufacturing of bycicles.
ELBEKT COUNTY.
Mamed.
Mr. Jim Murray and .Miss Nellie
Langford, of Watkinsville.
0NF. THOUSAND
Cherry trees, (Black ) one to two
years old, at five cents each. Ap
ply to W. A. Jester.
A Bis Tax Payer
Mr. F. Phinizy, of Athens, pays
over $3,000 tax. This is quite a pile
for one man to drop into the public
till every vear.
Tbs Carterton- Free Pt.fi.
The legal advertising ol Bartow
* Otr.r
s-l t
sini-
Onlx
real Simon Pure, whirl,
,1,011 uml eoniprtition,
: , u itl, it In efficacy, as a
i.,| li,-;,lili ami In-anti*, mu
v - „nv r,'|irn-rtlt itinll to the
It rall-r- tlm teeth In gleam
, , i»..rv. 1'i-iiiaitiK tin Imrtfill
t grateful tfa-
county has been transferred from
the Free Press, Dr. Felton's organ,
to the American, an organized
democratic sheet.
11.
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Th» Gainesville Eagle.
This paper has been purchased
by a stock company, and its puhli-
cation continued. Mr. Smith, the
former editor, will start anew pa
per in Gainesville.
Elberton, Ga., Dec. 19.—New
South; Our talented young friend.
Jas. M. Carlton, will teach school
next year, at Spring Vale Acade
my, Franklin county. Miss Willie
Callaway, of Athens, is visiting
Misses Tommie and Alice Oglesby.
Mr. Jas. L. Harper is now with his
friends at home. We are glad to
state that Rev. A. M. Thigpen is
convalescent. The poor house will
be removed nearer Elberton. Mar
ried, Mr. Robert T. Cartledge, of
Madison, to Miss Theodocia E.
He well, of Elbert.
OGLETHORPE COUNTY.
Lexington,Ga., Dec. 21.—Echo.
Mr. E. H. Barret, one of our sub
stantial citizens, will move to Oco
nee county in a short time. Mr. M.
P. Briscoe, formerly of this county,
will open a store injeflerson in a
few weeks. Misses Lamar Ruth
erford, and Flory Carr, of Athens,
are visiting Miss Lena Latimer. The
Crawford Dramatic club are go in
ahead making arrangements for
their first play. Mike Fleeman anti
the negro woman sentenced to the
penitentiary are still in jail. Judge
Gilliam sold three licenses Tuesday
evening. Mr. Belk will move to
Madison next week. Judge W. B
Brightwell has just killed thirty-two
bogs.
Religious P** par.
The Methodists of the Elbciton
district will soon begin tile publica
tion of a church pa pc- at Carncs-
xillc, called the Elberton District
Herald.
Ip imii-intoxli-atiii
k-ll all tli-sin* for w
ami will
k- and
A Uootl Lign.
Oconee lw* fewer mulatoes than
anv county in (ieor^ia. This speaks
well for theinoials of that section
In our founds through that county
we never saw hut two instances of
a mixture of races.
Mlhl.-, •
ivith a
Judge.
1
1 ip
a tie Ogle
tiidgeE. 11.
Arraigning :
lua -iluinn ed t
tbo-; c Echo goes lor j
l’ottie without gloves, and shows
where there is no equ;* ity about bis
tines and piinishmetits. The Echo
also hir ts that the Judge is biased
in bis action by outside parties.
WALTON COUNTY.
Monroe, Dec. iS.—News: Gov
McDaniel’s home is still unoccupied.
Charles Z. Blalock, Esq., and Miss
Mattie Selnian are married. Mr.
W. II. Nunnally, of Good Hope. 011
one acre of land, made ninety-three
and a quarter bushels of corn. There
are only four bar-rooms in town
now. Mr. W. D. McCarty having
retired. Mr. Albert Varner wa
married to Miss Mary Avcock
Cock fighting lias been all the rage
here for a month. Covington i
have three newspapers. Sheriff
Ammons has six inches of the rope
that broke the neck of Andy Taylor
in Tennessee. Messrs. B. S. Walk
er and W. J. Ray have formed
partnership in the law practice.
What lias become of Candler's
Christmas excursion? The young
people speak of a grand masquerade
during the Christmas.
ratine a-d liti-
i.valiialil- fur
e- ii-r.nl .l.-litlin :
■ii-lid'-ii-, *sIn-ill.
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tegro in Savannah
-Ini the Baptist.
Recoidof Slavoa.
A prominent gentleman in Alli
ens has a record of all the slaves his
family owned,one thousand in num
ber. and is confident that some day-
lie or his descendants will receive
pay for them from the government,
when am era of right ami justice
dawns upon the people.
Yesterday Dr. Jones Jones invad
ed our sanctum and laid upon our
table two bottles of very fine toma
to catsup.
"I want you to test that,” he re
plied, “and give me your opinion as
to its merits, as I am going to begin
its manufacture next year on an
extensive scale. We southern farm
ers must begin to look to something
else besides cotton, and I have se
lected tomato atsup for my special
ty. This year I planted about an
acre in this vegetable and made them
up, and my success has been so flat
tering that next season I will in
crease my area to probably five
acres. 1 am satisfied that there is a
handsome profit in this business,
and that I will have no trouble in
making sales of all lean manufac
ture. Of course I cannot compete
in price with the inferior stuff now
on the market, for I make mine ex
actly by Mrs. Hill’s recipe; but its
quality will overbalance that small
difference.”
“What is your estimated profits
per acre, Doctor?” we asked.
“Frobably $300 net, after all ex
penses are paid. You see this be-ts
cotton.”
“And tlie-amount of labor requir
ed and mode of cultivation and man
ufacture?”
It requires but little work to raise
the plants. I bed up the land as if
for cotton, sprinkling manure in the
rows. One plowing and but little
work with hoes makes the crop. In
fact, you can cultivate an acre in to
matoes as cheaper cheaper than the
ame land in corn. As to gathering
the crop, it is not near so hard to
pick the fruit as cotton. I am now
prepared to make up a hundred
aliens of catsup a day, but will in
crease :.iy capacity as fast as busi
ness requires. I shall have bottles
made to order and handsome chro
me labels printed. In fact, I intend
to make Long's Tomato Catsup one
of the standard dishes on all tables,
and keep up its merits. I shall put
a drummer on the road as soon as
my catsup is ready for market, and
sell all the leading dealers a small
order. I want to have it generally-
introduced. so as to plant my whole
farm in tomatoes, and go exclusively
into the business.”
AYe think this a move in the right
direction. Southern farmers have
always looked with contempt upon
these small industries, and placed
their reliance solely in King Cotton.
The shrewd Yankees saw the mon
ey in this business, and have usurp
ed the market. We feel no fear in
predicting that Dr. Long's catsup
experiment will prove a grand sue
cess.
CAREY’S SI,AY KIt TO BE AY KN< i ED
I-os'Iio N, Dec. tS—It is reported
that the Lord Mayor has received
anonymous letters containing
threats to blow up London Bridge
and .xewgate I’rison. The detec
tives who were withdrawn from the
11 yesterday after the liangin
pr.
- ui tilt- skill. -Ja
niath of Ur. S. J May*.
This noble old Christian gentle
man breathed his last 011 \\ ednes-
dae night last. He was one of Ath-
i ciis’ oldest citizens anti was cstceni-
- 1‘lnlrr ; ed anil honored by all. llis bereav
ed relatives have our deepest sym
pathy.
•liri-iiL-li
■ -11. December jo—About
to day Giiilfordson, color-
i-xeeuleil at Kingston for
'.1 assaulting Mrs. Eliza
1,low.
t l‘i r»<J
iiinrnt Jia-tnr* It. the
M-r-il of-.III- mnl lea I
ik eitv.” writes Rev.
< lii-aei-. '*failiil to
’s i-|iili-|iH>-, wliieli be-
of -airit-ii-z i-to in-an-
ur.-vi.li-:,,-e ,,f Co.)
Nervine. :-lul it ellri-,1
gist keeps it. tl.,10
telescoped near Bur-
1, and a number of pas-
i*i I.
No Exchange of Siam pi.
It seems that the dispatch circu
lated all over the country last week
that the Postmaster General had di
rected the exchange liy postmaster*
of stamps of different denomina
tions for 3-cent stamps was a hoax.
How the report originated is not
stated.
of O'Donnell have therefote been
replaced and an extra force of po
lice has been stationed on and
about tile bridge to watch the
arches, examine all crafts under
neath the structure and to scrutinize
all persons crossing it.
THE MORGAN MYSTERY.
A AVISE H i MAX.
lira,n 1- I lH.iiini.-sl .-xtraet
ns it.,- hi-sin sn,| 11.1-llivvly
wni- 1 I.iIitv. N-tvoiisiii-ss,
-. nimatiiral ’ losses, a-i-l all
l—u.-rafivi- Kvst.-ni; it n*»vi-r
1 kaire: H fur $.Y At ilritit-
Ml'-n's riiarmarv, Hl.i First
V- I
j Hymeno&l-
\f -,rri.,,1 :.i ihi- residence
P. II. Bariett, near Wintcrvillfc. at
the resilience of the bride's father.
Miss Clara Barnett, the prettiest
I,ride we have seen lor a long while,
and Mr. J. L. Ashury, a rising
young attorney residing at Clayton,
Ga., Rev. J. G. Gihson. officiating.
A Walton, (Ga.)ladv. meditatirg
on the ravages of the liquor traffic,
said: “1 know something of the
evils of rum. I have buried three
husbands, and all were hard drink
ers. But I ain glad to say,” she
continued, “that I didn't tight with
them. As soon as I found that they
would drink I got them to insute
their lives heavily and let them go
ahead. All, me! each one of them
died from the effects of liquor; but,
thanks to a kind Providence, each
death netted me a clear $10,000.”
A white
tinisjbt a
’-■mid th
woman in Baltimore has
suit for divorce on the
it lu-r husband is a mu-
I Tin- V.-llait- l'.i'li On., of Marshall.
BM • I, . "IV.t iii m-iul l'r l>y*-’» r*li-hra-
Is I Y.ilmii- lh-lt an-1 i-'.i-rti 1- R|>|ilianri-a,
0 trial f..r tb’rty ilavr t«» men. old anil
alllii-tnl with irervnns liability.
I' li'aiiiv. anil litany .,th»rilisi-aa««.
■ S.-.- :,,lv*'i-tis(-nient in tliia pa|M*r.
An Oconee Nimrod-
Bob Moon borrowed a line setter
from Mr. Reese and has liecn shell
ing the woods down in Oconee
.'or a week. A telegram received
by us yesterday front Farmington
stated that Bob had killed his first
bird—on the ground. The neigh
bors threaten to Boy cott any nicr
chant who sells Boh any more am
munition.
SHOOTING A WOMAN.
V.M.nosTA, Ga., Dec. 19—This
morning about 4 o’clock F. R.
Smith shot Kate Thompson in the
left breast with a pistol. Dr. Lang
was called to see the woman, and is
doing all lie can for her, but says
that she cannot live longer than to
night. Mr. Smith was for several
years Marshal here and has held
other offices of honor in his com
munity, but his relationship to this
woman lias brought him to shame.
. ’ Smith left soon after the shooting
ml has not been heart! of -i 11 cc.
I )c
-ami cotton operatives in north
east Lancashire are idle ill con-
H-nco of the strike.
Not til Gaorgla Oonftranca.
The statistical report of the North
Georgia Conference for the year
will show the following figures:
Number ol members in the North
Georgia Conference, 67,982; local
preachers, 423; accessions during
ourteen ^3, 6.230; deaths. 659; infants
baptised,' 1.792; Sunday Schools.
665; pupils, 40.137; churches, 6S3.
I l i It Cat hurl it: in thr bui*t
rliaMf liwr pill known, iw
li the most olistiiitttecjuMB,
vinMo—1"»»•*!»!«.
Suicide in Madison. j . r ,,, • -
On Tuesdav last Mr. W. J. May, j t u ' of T . ower eVer . S ' n ^ J‘ S
. . z. . ' .. . . : tliErDVprv nnfi no one else knew
The anti-Masonic agitation which
reached its climax in 1S31, and was
lost sight ol in the struggle which
grew out of President Jackson's ve
to of the United States Bank char
ter itl 1832, and the removal of the
deposits in 1833.it seems has only-
been dormant.’ Every few years
some new crank conies to the front
with Quixotic chivalry to bring
himself into notoriety by attsekin
the ancient and honorable Masonic
order. The derlh of Thurlow
Weed, who devoted his life to the
anti Mason and anti-slavery agita
tions. seems to have suggested to a
few visionary and obscure men the
idea of a renewal of the various
stories, with variations to give them
the spice of freshness, about the al
laged kidnapping of William Mor
gan in 1839.
The latest candidate for fame in
this field is one Rev. M. Stoddard,
who lectured last week in thesmall
village of Newfane, near Lockport,
N. V. The lecturer exhibited a
solid block of stone nine inches
square at the base and twelve inch
es high, with an iron ring fixed by
means of a staple to the top. which
he declared to be the \ eritable sink
er with which Morgan was drown*
near the mouth of the Niagara river.
In the stone near thi staple, was
cit the number 35. :t is alleged
that this stone was found in the
channel where the average dept
is 60 feet by Peter T nver, of Ni-
agjra county, who w. s engaged in
dragging the river for V jrgans body
a short time after his <!i-.ap: earance.
The body of Morgan w; • never
i found, indeed it has beer asserted
that he died Australia a few years
ago, but Mr. Stoddard is --ure that
stone must have been attached to
I it, but how it became separated
from the body in the short time that
I had elapsed before its discovery is
] not yet explained. The speaker
aid that the stone lias been kept in
Mr. Er Lmha, of Atlanta, Want* Goorgla to
Fnrcban 1JW0 Aona of Land and Balld a SUta
HoiuolnltiUaatra.
Our sanctum was visited, last
Wednesday by Mr. Er Lawshe, a
genial and intelligent gentleman of
Atlanta. In the course of conver
sation we asked his views about
Georgia s new Capitol.
“Although I am a citizen of At
lanta, I had sooner see the seat of
government moved back to Mil-
ledgeville than have the Capitol
built where it is proposed,” was the
reply.
“Please state your objections?”
was our request.
Well, the idea of the great state
of Georgia building her Capitol on
less than three acres of land is re-
diculous! I know the exact size of
the lot, for in 1S4S it was offered me
for $375, and I refused to pay any
such exhorbitant price for so small
and undesirable a piece of land. It
is entirely unsuited for the purpose
proposed. It is bounded on one
side by a railroad and on the others
by a grave-yard, churches and pri
vate residences. While it may an
swer temporarily, the day is not far
distant when it will be cooped in
and rendered a perfect sweat-box.
It is too public and there will be
such confusi- * in the neighborhood
that it v.. -*e impossible tor state
officers and members of the legisla
ture to transact business in that qui
et manner demanded.”
“What do you propose?”
“It is this: For Georgia to sell
this property and with the proceeds
purchase say 1,000 acres of ground
on the outskirts of the city, and in
its centre build a state house that
will be a credit to her. She should
not think of completing a Capitol
inside of twenty years, and the tax
payers would not then feel the out
lay. Let her lake the convicts and
go to Stone Mountain, or some oth
er granite or marble quarry, and get
out the material for its construction.
The only expense would be sustain
them. The hands not needed
for quarrying could be set at work
laying otl the grounds, that should
he devoted to an experimental farm,
where the people of Georgia could
come and see a practical test ol all
manner of crops. There should he
one hundred miles of drive. In
fact, make it a state park. Hotels
and cottages would soon spring up,
and members of the legislature
could bring their families with them
and have a home life, if they saw
lit.' This hotly would be in a little-
world to themselves, and their de
liberations could be conducted with
conilort and in quiet. The cost to
the state woulu not be much more
than the proposed building, for she
could sell her city property for
nearly enough to buy this land. It
she did not need tie thousand acres,
when the Capitol s built on it she
could sell oil'a part it an enormous
profit. This idea wis seriously con
sidered by several ofriie legislators,
and I hope that at thtnext session
of this hotly they wil reconsider
their action and not buid our State
House on any such lotis donated
by Atlanta. In twenty ears thev
will have to demolish it -nd move
again.”
A BURIED WESTERN YIE.AGE.
A buried village has been found
by the Hc.i. Amado Chaves . niile
from his home near Sc-ccoro, 7. M.
Mr. Chave writes to the Sant Ft-
Review: “It is built of Sine.
The outer walls are three feet *d e
and the city is large enough ,* 0
have accommodated 3.O0
souls. I have already cleared foti
rooms in the upper story and twt
on the first floor of our house. The 1
dimensions of the first floor rooms
just furnished are eleven by twelve
feet, while from the floor to ceiling
is about fifteen feet. The village is
almost square, and this building is
situated on the nornwest corner. The
large room has a large door leading
to the outside of the wall, but no
windows whatever. In this room
I fountl the skeleton of a girl. The
hair is in a perfect state of preserva
tion. It is fino and of a chestnut
color. I also found there a string of
white coral beads, another of long
ivory beads and a ring set with a
black stone, on top of which is a
piece of ‘turquoise. All
the timbers of the roof
are burned to a char I have ar
rived at the door which appears to
lead to inner rooms^and I air. full of
curiosity to open it, but the second
floor is only supported by the stones
and debris about the door, and
should I attempt to remove these
the upper story will tumble in and
fill up the lower rooms, just clean
ed out, with a mass of stone, char
red timbers and debris
who resided itl Goshen district, - , -• ... ....
t tilt secret until recently, when low-
Madison county, during a drunken
spree, cut his throat from ear to ear
with a pocket-knife anti died almost
instantly. There was no cause for
the rash act. except that it was pro
duced by low spirits caused from
excessive drink.
lllUt
is jii.-balily no use
sliiunaMe life ill a
itv 1- a t, .1 iirli ,>ne mi your ta-aniy.
>••111 *, lass ,,1 *let-|> anil mentalex-
■nt Milt leave you by anil by whorit
•se heaiuihil tresses which . rew
- iiri.na-l von in oilier years. Arti-
■ lift it ales can never pass for those
mi l elos-y l-s ks. Barker's Hair
in Hill snip your hair from falling
'e-tote a* natural color and *»ft-
aml prove cleansing anti liencllcial
-ealp.
Pol'ODWl by Water-
Friday J- H. F. McIntyre am :
tamilv, from Banks county, arrived Larithcr*.
in Rome. Nothing after an be
came dangerously ill, the symptom
in each case pointing to poisoning.
Remnants of the f-md which the
family had eaten wire found harm
less, and it is believed that their ill
ness was caused by water which had
been drunk on the train. Death
was feared at first, but all were*on
the road to recovery at last ac
count.
Marrying In lfadlion.
Mr. James Connell and ML
lie Hampton.
Mr. \Y. \V. Kev and Mis
Nei
ll!::
lames T. Meadows and Miss Jo-
sie Glower.
Lee Wilson and Miss Christian.
The above marriages took place on
Thursday last.
A stranger named Franz Riden
i.initUil suicide in Weinmeister's
- til. Atlanta. This makes twosui-
"ies in one week for the Gate
An InUrrt*w with Wyoming Bill, who la Nowon
a Visit to Our city.
Reader, did you ever encounter a
cow boy—one of the regular hyena
fighting kind, who whip people as
they come to them? YVe had one
to give us a call yesterday, and he is
not near the bad man we have been
led to believe he is. Mr John Bird
came into our office yesterday and
introduced us to Wyoming Bill, a
genuine cow boy from the wilds of
the west We immediately grasp
ed our six-shooter and prepared for
war, until we glanced at Wyoming
\\ r illiam, who is a man about six
feet high, with a good looking face,
a mild blue eye and a smile circling
his nicely curled lips.
“Are you a cow boy?” we asked,
our hand still on the trigger.
“Yes, sir,” he remarked, “I am
one of those blood-thirstv ctew
whom the newspapers have made
out the worst men in the west.”
Do you really kill folks for
breakfast?” we tremblingly asked,
shifting our bowie-knife into our
right hand.
“Well, no. not exactly. I have
seen a few men bite the dust. But
you fellows out here have a tine
idea of the cow boy. There are
some nice, polished gentlemen
among them, and you rarely ever
hear of a cow boy fight, unless it is
a crowd that goes to some town and
one of the party get into a fight,
when his comrades generally stick
to him, and they then make things
lively. There are gentlemen among
the cow boys, and as well as any
where else, there are also had men.”
W e now commenced to feel a lit
tle easy, and asked Wyoming some
thing about the cattle and show
business.
“Well, I have about quit the
rounding up of cattle. I have been
at it a long time, and have had some
pretty hard times, and some good
times. I have been in several little
scrimmages with the Indians, and
have never been hurt. The life of
a cow boy is tolerably easy until
the general round-up commences
when we have to keep on the move
right lively. After the round-up
is finished, we then lay around camp
and cat and sleep and run horse owners -
races. 1 have seen a great deal of
money change hands on a little-
horse race, which is very exciting
sport with the cow hoys. I expect
to go back from here to North
Platte, Nebraska, where I expect to
join Buffalo Bill in the show busi
ness. Buffalo Bill will have a big
show, which will he something on
the order of Dr. Carver’s. My
principal business in the show is to
ride the wild horses. I can ride any
horse on the continent, but it is more
dangerous to ride them here than
out on the prairies, where there are
no trees for them to run against.
Dr. Carvel had just got out a cat-
load of horses, which I had been
breaking for him before I left At
lanta. He speaks of stopping his
show somewhere i.-t Georgia, and
taking all of his horses and Indians
to a farm until next season. He has
made a great deal of money since he
has been out, as his show is some
thing new, and takes in this country.
Everything is strange to me here. I
never was in a cotton mill or fac
tory until yesterday, and it is quite
a curiosity. I am very good with a
lassoe, and can catch a co.v at full
speed on either leg or horn.”
We tried to induce W yoming to
give the Athens people a test of hi-
skill, but he declined on the ground
that became here to rest ior a sea ;
son, and did not care to ride after a
lazy Georgia cow. Wyoming Bill
lias a pleasant face and seems to he-
man of good education,
The Elberton fertilizer company
expects to organize with a capital
of $20,000
Gilmer county people drive
eighty miles to get their truck and
produce to market.
YVpycross Reporter: Jennie Mur
ray, colored, shot and killed her step
father at Nahunna last week.
A gentleman in Monroe county
has given his children $40,000 since
the war. He is a farmer.
A man was tried and convicted of
stealing ati umbrella, the other day,
in the county court of Morgan.
By a vote ofS9 to 13 Hartwell
has decided to issue bonds for the
building of a new school building.
Water is said to have been sold in
Southwest Georgia for five cents
per glass in several instances re
cently.
Mr. Munroe Cason, before Hart
well was settled, killed two deer at
one shot where the public square is
now located.
Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, and
Congressman Millikcn, of Maine,
are said to resemble each other as
closelv as two Dromios.
A criminal was fined $175 and
costs, or twelve months in the chain-
gang, in Morgan county court, for
buying seed cotton between sunset
and sunrise.
It is said that emigrants coming
from Europe to Georgia are told
upon their arrival at Castle Garden
that they would be sold into slavery
in the south.
Mr. Wirt. Everett has a plan for
taking the taint out of meat. He
says by slicing the meat and soak-
t. fiveorsiq hours in strong soda
water it*is as good us ever.
Two farmers in Laurens county
sold to one firm $5,000 worth of
wool. The sheep from which the
wool was shorn ran in the woods
still were not a dollar expense to the
Once upon a time, two ehUdron
By the name* of Tom amt Belts,
With their kind. Indulgent parent*
In this thriving town did dwell.
Bello wasa gentle creature,
Tom a noisy, romping lad.
Belie was always good and patient-*
Tom, per contra, very bad.
And his rude, unseemly conduct
Madelhia parents only sad.
Or.
lomaa would reply deriding,
“Cheese it par-l—-null down you- vest:-'
'. if mamma mildly pleaded
»V pleaded
With her naughty, forward boy,
H® would, scorning her entreaty,
Seek new methods to annoy.
And, with intonation vulgar.
Onerv ralmlr "IVhiit il'v*- •
Query calmly "What d’ye soy?”
But not so his pretty sinter.
Gentle and onedient B,*ilc,
Whom, for her discreet u j>onii o it,
K.vervbody IotciI so weh.
Daily Lied she to her lessens,
Nsverabaen* never iate.
Never poundtug the piano,
Never swinging on the gate:
Let them grease her nostri'.s nightly.
And her castor oil took htraigbt.
Found the gentle little Belle.
Followed her unseen aoout.
Saw her goodness o her parents,
Ever dutiful aud mild:
And old Santa Claus ooserving.
Stroked his hoary head and smiled.
Saying, “On the Christmas morning
Hair ’etn-BCare ’em: Bang*.
The llmbg of the law are suited with
breeches of promise.
The riches which always take to them*
selves wings: Osb-riches. M
What relation does a woman want to
bear to cold weather? Sealskin.
“He’s a man of nostandlng,” remark
ed a passer-by ol another who slipped
down.
Every cloud has its silver lining. The
boy who lias the mumps can stay away
from school.
Who was the straightest man in
Bible?” “Joseph.” “Why?” -‘Recalls
1’haroah made a ruler of hint.”
A man in England purchased a wife
for a quart <>f beer. What that quart ol
beer wanted a wife for is not stated.
t neglect this child.”
Out into the noisome alley
Good old SAntaClrtus tho
Lo! the naughty little Thot
With a gang or hoodlums played
ayed.
And, engaged at low amuse i
Dealt iti exclamations bad
Even swore while Santa listened
With a countenance most end,
“Ah.” he sighed, “there will be nothing
Christmas morn for you, my lad.”
Christmas came, and Belle’s stocking
Boomed with presents, rich and rare
Peanuts, dolls, confections, sashes.
Costly articles and fair.
Language fails us in describing
Belle’s gratitude and joy;
But in little Tommie's stocking
neither cake nor toy*,
irretted
There
Aud poor Tom
He hi
»late 1
He had been a naughty l>oy.
No-i
id p'.
No kind word is heard wii . scorn;
Good ami had are justly trenud
Ou the merry Christum* morn.
Good folks’ stockings burst with ftillnes
Bail folks’ stockings h.-.ug forlorn.
HOYV BUFFALO |G DIED.
Dahlouega is wild over the re
cent discovery of a gold mine 1 i
miles from that town. The find is
pronounced rich and inexhaustible.
It is said that a double handful of
ore panned out about a dessert
spoonful of gold.
Senator Colquitt, of .Georgia, was
asked the other day if it was true
that ex-Gov. Tilden whispered in
the ear habitually ot anybody with
whom he had an audience,; and he
answered: “Yes, but he whispers
mighty good sense.”
“Walker county lumber,” says
the Savannah News, “is bringing
forty dollars a hundred in Chatta
nooga.” Pretty stiff figures. Wal
ker county had better move up at
once and bring all her forests with
her.—The Tradesman.
om his general appearance, we
t think there is much danger in
, unless you make him mad, and
G-n we think he would be hard to
hvdle. H e will stay here for sev-
er *days, the guest of Mr. John
B'A before lie starts for the great
west
OaklA],' Cal., Dec. 19.—A few
ghts agc, ls M rs . S. J. Merchant
as in B| S li street, she heard a
swishing til, t |, e a ; rj a „j was
artled by : L -iiig a large mass of
owing matt. f al) directly through
the air and in*. he roa dw:iv ahead
of her. Her
aroused, she titi ei ] ant i rau down
Thirteeth street She rushed lull
tilt against an ri gentleman, and
the collision th^ v i, L . r to die
ground, with hn
widow, now in her 84th year,
was persuaded to allow it to he ex-
exb.ted by the lecturer and his coad
jutors as a corn icing proof of Mor-
;an’s fate, and they propose to
deposit it soon in the “sacred ar
chives” of the Anti-Masonic temple
111 Chicago.
SY.MMKS- SEARCH FOR THE IN
SIDE WORLD.
BERNHARDT IN A PASSION.
KENTUCKY
' »i *a l •®nirv” ol what may We called the
jht A’lutkvv Interval.” making whUklt-e
^ bring the hi(hv«t price*, appeal to the
cultivated taste* and develop the only true
r and l*unjust that identiflea and diatln-
the l-mu I it ml “Oil of Corn.” /. W\ Mar
Stlmtn County Whinkry j( a rUiutiard AY*
Whisky. Hold by J. H. D.BKU8HE, Athena
Arraigned by Bla Flock.
A colored preacher in Athens is
at war with his church because it is
teported that he said in a sermon
that there is not a negro in the Geor
gia penitentiary but deserves to be
there, and that one-half the colored
women of Georgia should poison
their husbands, and if they had not
the poison he woud furnish it to
them; also that ilhis race would
work more and hold fewer conven
tions that they could educate their
own children independent of the
whites.
The week in Atlanta has lxen
ptolitic of crime and casualty. Two
'•ncidrs indicate that two men felt
that this world was not worth ding-
: to.
Opt;
f En.lD.mt Dr. R. 8. Bt«u*rt. Prvildan
Maryland lloapital. BalUmorv.
“ * • • I have ttseil Colilen's l.ie-
Liquid Extract ol Beef and Tunic
hivisturator tor more than a year. It
iii-liii.es tin: virtues of food and tonic in
a rt-utarkalilo way, and 1 am aatlslied
has saved life when no other medicine
'---uld do so.” (Remember the name
Yuldeu’a— take no other.”
Judge Tompkins is in Washing
tun, whither he has gone to have
the case of the Banks county ku
hlux reviewed by the supreme
fourt. It will be brought up by
writ of habeas corpus. -
air. T. C. A., of Atlanta, dealres to
> • V that “1 have been a constant anffer-
" villi G. and G. for over two yeara;
have (ailed to aeeura relief from any
source until I obtained Bonkocine. two
L-ttles of which effected an entire cure
without any lou of time, dlMMi of diet
nr tli« use of auy Internal medicine.”
One bottle of B. B. B. Ill purify your
blood, • '
Carp Culture.
About two years ago Mr. Ruff
Lester, of Oglethorpe, received ten
golden carp from the goxernirfcnt.
and he placed the fish in a small
pond about the size of an ordinary
room. Tite water got very low
and he had the pond seinetl, but
saw no signs of the fish, and dccid
ed that they were all dead. But
this summer he drew off all the wa
ter, when !o and behold! he dis
covered floating on the mud eight
beauties, some 12 or 15 inches long.
Mr. Lester says these fish can root
in the mud like a hog..ml it is im
possible to sein them out.
CARD FROM OCONEZ.
She Attacks the Author ol a Biography ul
Causes a free right.
Paris, Dec. 19.—The satirical bi
ography- of Sarah Bernhardt, writ
ten by her former friend. Marie Co-
lutnbier, has been the cause of a
duel between the friends of the wo
men, and of a scandalous quarrel
between the actress and the author.
Sarah, incensed because she was
described as a she Barnum, asked
the police to seize the book. The
police replied that she must seek
redress at the civil tribunal. Sarah,
with her son, proceeded on Tues
day to Marie Columbicr’s residence
and struck the author of the book in
the face with her riding whip with
full force. Marie fled, pursued by
Sarah, who smashed everything in
her way. In the meanwhile friends
of the women indulged in a free
fight in another part of the house.
It is stated that the affair will lead
to a number of duels.
Th* Stack LawOompromiM.
If we were in Og'ethorpc county
we would vote against the proposed
compromise of the fence and no
fence issue. If the fence men car
ried the day the question should be
decided in their favor, and visa versa
When a compromise is made one
side or the other acknowledges it is
wtong, and it is illegal to compro
mise a wrong. If the compromise,
that postpones the operation ol the
new law until January, 1SS5, is ac
cepted, it will result in a good deal
of bad blood, trouble and litigation,
for there are contrary men in every
neighborhood who will refuse to ac
cept the agretment, and they can
legally turn oit their fields and hold
owners of trespassing stock liable.
The new law should either be put
in force at tit time ordered by the
ordinary’s pnclamation or another
Oconkf. County, Ga.. Dec. 17,
1SS3.—Editor Banner-Watchman:
I see in your paper of December
ltlh, under heading of “Oconee
Monitor,” the following: “Hon.
F. P. Griffcth, of Oconee, was in
the city yesterday. He says the
reason he did not recognize the
was that if Kentucky can afford' to raise
election held
The n-sthetc movement In England
has entirely 4od out, because—well be
cause people think there is more good
common sent > in taking a bottle of Dr,
Ball’s Couglj3yr u ban in carryIrg a
Illy.
temperance petition sent him,
that it would abolish bar-rooms
the country, and still keep them in
Watkinsville. That had the peti
tion been for total prohibition, he
would have acted otherwise. Now.
sir, the writer of the above para
graph must have misunderstood Mr.
Gnffeth. I think, for I am slow to
believe that he would make such
statement. The facts in the case
are wholly at variance with such
statement, as a thousand persons
(six hundred of them voters) in the
county know. The writer of this
has seen the petition sent to Mr.
Griffcth, and also the bill which was
drawn up by a distinguished law
yer in the legislature, and he knows
that both petition and bill were for
total prohibition, and he knows that
Mr. Griffcth knows it, too.
Oconee.
Lady, render your skin white wth
Glenn’s Sulphur Soap.
Pike's toothache Drops cure in one
minate,
Sational Ilf publican.
Mr. Symmes, of I^ouisville, the
son of John Cleves Symmes, of
Symmes Hole, or north pole fame,
lias written to Capt George E. Ty
son, the well known Aretice ex
plorer, stating that lie intends fit
ting out an expedition to sail next
May or June for the Arctic via
Bobeson channel, and asks Capt.
Tyson to take command of the ex
pedition. It will be remembered
that Symmes, Sr., had a theory that
beyond the nineteenth degree
of dorth latitude
hole existed, extending south
ward toward the equator, where
race of giants exists, amid a foliage
of cocoa and other palms and an
equberance of tropical fruits. Mr.
Symmes writes that he promised
sufficient subscription in the West
to defray all the expense of the
proposed expedition, and Capt. Ty
son has said that he is willing to
command such an expedition, but
that he frankly expresses his lack
of faith in the theory.
she stated the reasq for llcr head
long pace. The V; n i t y at the
me was deserted hV t u save t h c
wo. The burning <V ct threw a
strong but wavering li^. The old
gentleman advanced CViouslv to
ward the source of the follow-
' at a respectable V tnce liv
ed
stock Boltins.
Toon Powell, of Greene county,
ntends to turn his plantation into a
large stock farm, and compete with
thc Kentucky breeders on horses
and mules. A great deal of his
place is covered with Bermuda
grass, that affords good grazing the
year round. Toon wisely argues
stock on land that costs $50 an acre,
he can do soon just as good grazing
fields worth only $10. Jin five years
he can have a clear income of $10,-
000 per »-ir.urn from the increase of
his stock. He is also raising an im
proved breed of beef cattle, but
don’t take stock in mild-eyed Jer
seys,
Mr. D. C. Bobbins, Savannah, Ga.,
SKVS: “I was cured ol annoying syuirv
toms of dyspepsia by using Brown's
Iron Bitters-^'
a Druggist"* Story.
uggist
I navi
Newburg, N. Y., write; u»: “I nave
for the I last ten years gold sereral Rros*
of DR. WIIXIAM HALL’S BALSAM
FOR THE LUNGS. I have I never
beard a customer speak of It but to
F raise its virtues in the highest manner.
have recommended It In a meat many
cam ol YVbooplng Cough, with the hap
piest effects. I have need it in my own
family for mauy years; In Cart, always
have a bottle in tbemdldne cloget ready
foruaev
A DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.
Georgetown, Dec. 19.—While
Mr. Harvy L. Carter was absent
from home, attending a celebration
party of men went to the house,
about twenty-five miles from Jtow
and deliberately shota load of buck
shot into the bed wherein they sup
losed him to be, no one being
lome except the ladies of the fain
ily, consisting ot an aged lady and
the two Misses Carter. The fences
around the dwelling were also burnt
about fifteen panels was consumed
when the females mustered uf
courage to venture out and subdued
the flames. On Saturday night they
wenf back and shot down the only
work animal Mr. Carter owned a
fine mare, for which he had been
offered, only a few days previous,
$i5a No cause is given for the
outrage, except tha*. Mr. Carter, as
a good citizen, and as the constable
for Trial Justice Spivey,had been ac
tive in presecuting parties for selling
liquor without a license.
"’A; it A LOST COMET.
Lady AV n i s h.ul by tbo Fall of a Mass Body of
Fire from tha Heavens. •
superstitious tears
prostrate over
her. They regatn\ their aiu]
Mrs. Merchant. He the
corner and his e\
, vitpon a
strange phenomenon. 1 1 iL c roat ]
ay A ball of fire about tw\. et - n
diameter. It was blazingh. e a
fully ignited cltu-ik of ci% n a
grate. The heat from the l>V vas
o intense it effected the ohsA,,.^
eves and he was forced tO-.,n
back. Mrs. Merchant \ ((
summoned courage V
advanced to bis side. Together t^
contemplated the mysterious sp
tacle. They noticed that the seetl
ing flames were gradually reducin'
A party of Jasper county emi
grants came to Madison, last week,
to take the cars for Texas. There
were about 20 in the party, and it
required 8 two-horse wagons and
several buggies to tiring them and
their baggage to the depot.
A few days ago the train on the
Hartwell railroad ran into a pile of
cross-ties which bad been put
across the track a few miles front
Hartwell. No other damage than
the breaking of the glass in the
headlight of the engine was done.
It would go hard with the perpe
trator if caught.
The man who iuvedted the horrible
screaming and crying steam whistles
should hereafter lie tied to one that will
be eternally turned on.
“Guilty or not guilty?” asked a Dutch
Justice oY a prisoner. “Not guilty.”
Den what do you want here?” Go
about your pizness.
A Toronto bridegroom is SJ and his
bride is !I0. Poor young tilings! How
little they know what is before them in
the troubled sea of matrimony.
In Mexico, women dro not allowed to
attend (uaerals. They are, however,
magnanimously accorded thc privilege
of being present at all weddings.
“Why is a young lady’s age after site
has reached twenty-five like a fiorai
lding-bell?" asked an outsider.
And he says it is “because it is never
tol’d;” but that is a libel.
A young man out in Waupttn, YVis.
organized an accordion corps. At hist
accounts lie was still half a mile ahead
f tlie inhabitants, but things looked
aite encouraging, as he was very much
ut of breath.
In the Atlanta cotton mills was
started Saturday the first loom ever
made in the south. It was made
by the “Georgia Mill Supply Com
pany,” at Atlanta, and Governor
Bullock says it is thc best loom in
the mill. The Georgia Supply
Company can undersell the eastern
loom makers, because iron, coal,
labor and wood is cheaper here.
They have just finished an order for
fifty looms, and have several hun
dred others ordered. They also
make spools, bobbins and spindles,
and other mill supplies.
GENERxYL NEWS.
Judah .1'. Benjamin looks very
much as be did thirty years ago.
Isaac Sprague, the living skele
ton, has been married seven times.
A prize light between two wo
men for $10 a side was a recent nov
elty in Austin, Texas.
Mrs. Senator Bed:, of Kentucky,
was a Miss Thornton, a grand niece
of Geo. Washington.
There is a negro jailed at Alex
andria, Va., who is said to have
eaten nothing for sixty days.
There is a woman in Clinton,
Iowa, who takes regularly each
week 180 grains of morphine.
A man in a Philadelphia hospital,
with liis throat cut from car to ear,
is fed through a tube run up a nos
tril.
Fifty-one matrimonially mis-
mated people made application to
be divorced on one particular day
in Chicago last week.
The South Carolina legislature
has passed a bill declaring unlaw
ful all contracts for the sale of arti
cles for future delivery.
A German chemist announces
the bulk of the ball, and that thA „ t he has discovered that diph-
heat was growing less and lesi
strong. They continued to pro
gress nearer and nearer to the ob
ject. Finally, sheltering bis face
with his cloak, the old gentleman
approached the mass and thrust his
cane into it. The part of the cane
probed in was instantly consumed,
and the investigator’s hand was
singed and slightly burned. He re
sullied liis position on the corner,
and before twenty minutes the
flames had spent their force, and
darkness once more reigned su
preme. In company with Mrs.
Merchant he went up to the spot
ain. To his surprise there was
not a vestige left of thc burning
body. The ground was hot and
blackened, but not a trace of the
meteor, if meteor it was, remained
O'DONNELL’S CAREER.
Patrick O’Donnell was born
ia attacks fowls and the disease
communicated to persons;
has been picked up .at
f the coast of Portugal, which
ns a watch, an a.tilude indi-
4.700 reis and some clothing.
, “Yini; married couple were
foun“ • -
wh
call
leep in their chairs
. janitor went around to
turn „ as aftcr
New li
conceit
A del
>n. Ohio.
nan who, five years ago,
was l >a -aoooa vear by a Brook
lyn church , oa( ; nK arouru l the
:s of the Connecticut
drunk.
A room U V ground, 12x19 leet,
was discovel<j nthe jail d
the city Itksburg, Miss. It
an’s bones, but
has yet been
Th® Merry, Merry Christmas Tims.
The joyous holiday season brings to
mind tli 3 olennt gifts presented in the
city ot New Orleans on November IJtli,
by the I»t3d Grand Monthly Distribution
of The liouisiana State Lottery, under
the sole cure and managemen tot Geti’ls
G. T. Beauregard, of La., and Jubal A.
Early,of Va., when over $205,000 was
scattered broadcast. The same thing
will take place again Tuesday, Jan’y IS,
the lull particulars of which can be had
from M. A. Dauphin, New Orleans, La,
S35, in the town of Mannaclady,
county Donegal, in the north oflre-
land, where several of his family
now reside. When four years of
age he came with his parents to
America, but returned shortly after
to his native land. He seems to
have formed a strong attachment
for this country, and visited it fre
quently since his boyhood. Accor
ding to the London Times, he serv
ed in the war of the rebellion. He
took out naturalization papers in
the United States, and he has lived
for brief periods in Toronto, Can
ada; Philadelphia, Pa.; Cleveland,
Ohio, and Denver, Col. He is
powerfully built man, six feet in
height, with gray eyes and dark
hair. It was on the 29th of July
last that he killed James Carey, the
informer, while the latter was being
conveyed from Cape Town to Port
Elizabeth on the steamer Melrose.
P;". r , of , R \d socks 2,000
years old has bceV covercd an
Egyptian tomb. . are , oose ,
kmt of fine shecpY, and t ,/ e
foot is finished m allow
the sandal strap toY betwecn
them.
A number of provi
it is stated in a Hers
sembled recently a
England, to witness
honors the cremation
Hanham. The ceremony
orate and sensational.
Masons,
cial, as-
ctshire,
asonic
arden
Romantic Episode In lSo History of Fort Concho—
Sto-c of a Desperate Woman's Downfall and
L:f on the Texas Plains.
Unlike most of the army posts in tlie
West, old Fort Concho, Texas, has Lead-
fast ly refused to budge an inch in the
way of “progressive civilization," and
as a result is rapidly goiim- to decay.
Little or nothing remains of what was
once one of the mo>- nourishing trading
posts ill the We.-, but ruins. While
talking over the good old times of Fort
Concho, with one of tlie first settlers, I
learned a romance that is inseparable
connected with the history of the place.
“What became of old Bulialo Jo?” I
asked.
“She is dead algo,” he answered, and
then added: “It was sadly pathetic.”
I pricked up my cars and heat closer.
“I knew Uullah he said, “away
back in the fifties when site lirst Canu
te Fort Concho. You remember her
only as a hardciud woman, steeped in
vice. I saw her when she was a fresh-
faced, modest girl. You know that she
was a woman of great intelligence. She
was as relined and gentle as well as she
was learned. Her father was old Col
onel Debo, and in the happy days when
she presided at the head of her father’s
house, was as Miss Josephine Debo, the
belle of the (tost, I think was about 17
when site first met Major Doyle. He
was nearly 40, a man disliked by liis
brother tdlieers and hated by the com
mon soldiers. He wasa good oliicer, so
far as bravery wa- concerned, but lie was
cruel and tvraun cal, mean, selfish and
revengeful. 1 don’t knew at the time
what subtle influence he exerted over
that gentle girl, but any way the whole
post was very surprised when it became
known that they were to he married.
“In those days the oincers placed for
heavy stakes, ami it cattle out after old
Colonel Deho’s death—he died about a
month alter the wedding and while Un
couple were spending their houcvinoon
in the States—that lie. hud lost'thous
ands of dollars to Major Doyle, and to
save himself from disgrace lmd sold liis
pure and innocent daughter, body and
soul, to a man who had no mercy.-"
“Out day, the Major returning sud
denly from a scout alter Indians, found
a handsome lieutenant in company with
his wife. Hut words passed lietivcen
the two men, and the lieutenant struck
his superior ollloer. The latter, mad
with passion, drew liis pistol anil laid
the young man at liis feet dead. It was
then that liis wife’s hingsliimbcring pas
sion was aroused. She threw herself on
the body of her murdered lover with
piercing screams, and when the Major
attempted to raise her she shrunk from
him with loathing.
"I hate you!” she cried, and her eves
blazed. “I hate you—-1 have always
hated you! You bought me, and lor
love of ray poor father, and to save him
from ruin and disgrace 1 consented to
the sacrifice. You have murderod the
only man 1 ever loved—tor I did love
him. Henceforth 1 go my way and you
yours.”
Colonel Doyle was court-martialed
for the shooting, hut the commission
exonerated him. Mrs. Doyle took up
with a gambler named Davis, and they
lived together. She never recognized
her old acquaintances, and of course,
they never noticed Iter. A few months
after the separation Colonel Doyle was
transferred to a post in one of the North
ern territories, and husband and wife
never met again. Mrs. Doyle remain
ed at’.he post and she led a very gay
life. To drown sorrow she began to
drink. The gambler shook Iter and she
became the mistress of a buffalo killer
named Fletcher. She accompanied him
on his hunting trips to tlie staked plain.
•Site lost all her modesty, and in tlie rough
life site led on ritie range all traces of
tender womanhood disappeared. It
was while on the range, where, as you
know, she did her share of tlie killing,
skinning and rendering with the rest ol
the men, that she acquired the name of
Buffalo Jo, by which she was known
down to the day of her death. Site
would hunt all day and gamble all night.
After Fletcher died—he was killed at
Fort Doyle by Arizona Alt in ls?t;—Jo
drifted from bad to worse.
“Dovle died in tliespring of 1SS0, and
Jo disappeared shortly after the news
reached us. She did nut turn up again
at the post until after tlie Victoria raid
in 1880. One day she came on the over
land and two hours after her arrival was
roaring drunk. She was swaggering
along, when three girls passed her. Two
of them were officer’s daughters, and
tlie third a friend who was paving them
a visit. Jo leered at them horribly and
tlie three girls turned and ran screaming
with fright. Jo followed them, yelling
wildly.
“During the chase she tripped and
fell, cutting a deep gash in her bead on
a sharp stone. She lay there speechless
and without motion. Tha two oflieers’
daughters continued their (light lint
their companion retraced her steps anil
knelt beside the prostrate woman.. She
wiped away tlie Muud with her dainty
liaudkerchicf, and laid her soft white
hands on the depraved woman’s face.
Thankee,” site said, and would have
passed on, but the girl detained her.
“I am very sorry it. occurred, and I
would like to do something for you—
that is. if vim will fit me.”
“ ‘What’s your name?’ was Jo’s ques
tion.
“ ‘Minnie Doyle,’ was thc answer.
“She did not notice the sudden loot
of pain which shot acro-s Jo’s face, and
she failed to hear the convulsive sol
which rose to the fallen •» ••■n an’s lips.
Minnie Doyle!’ feiH-ated Jo, me
chanically, and then paused. ‘Will
yon kiss me?’
Yes,’ was tlie brave answer, and
tlie young I’ps, as yet unstained and un-
ixilliitcd, were upraised, and just touch
ed Jo's swollen and repulsive mouth.
The girl repressed a shudder, and Jo
turned abruptly away ami walked
straight to the jacal where she made
her home. She drank no more whisky
that day, and about midnight the post
surgeon was called in to attend her.
She was violently ill and sinking rapid
ly. After examining her ease very crib
ically the surgeon declared that all hope
of recovery was past.
“She will die before morning," he
said.
“What’s that,” cried Jo, starting up.
“Leave the room, all of you,” she cried,
“I have something to say to the doctor.
“The crowd filed slowly out, and the
dying woman held a few minutes’ iriiis-
pi-red conversation with the doctor. lAt
its cIohc he hurried back to tlie tiost anil
Jo sank back oil the bed exhausted^
When the doctor returned he was ac
companied by Minnie Doyle, and when
they entered the room Jo started up
with a glad cry.
‘“Minnie! My daughter!’ site cried,
and hild out her arms.
“‘Mother!’ answered the girl, through
A young butcher was presented with
a pair of twins. Wishing to inform liis
parents of the occurrence, lie sent them
this short, if not very lucid note: “I
have just become thc happy father of
twins. More next time. From your
son. A—.”
It rather annoys tlie woman holding a
pug dog in her lap in the street car to
hear a learned looking gentleman remark
to a friend: “Do you kuou-|thc female
ourang-outang at the museum has form
ed an attachment for a small dog, and
fondles it constantly?”
A conceited young country parson,
walking home from church with one of
tlie ladies of liis congregation, said, in
allusion to his rustic audience, “I preach
ed tliis morning to a congregation of as
ses.” “I thought that,” observed the
lady, “when you called them ‘beloved
•brethren.’ ”
Plantation philosophy: Fear ain’t
based on judgment. A hog will run
quicker from a brickbat den I10 will from
a gun. I’s spi -ious ob de mail what is
always claitnin urbeworkin’ in de in
trust ob udder folks, ’cause he forces me
terone ob two conclusions, dat he is
eder a fool or a liar.
WHAT A BLIND BOY HAS DONE.
Thin- was in Forsyth, the other day,
a young man whose history, while not
extraordinary, shows such a 'triumph ov
er diiliculties, and is so different from
what would generally be expected, that
we have thought it would he interesting
to our readers. Mr. George W.
Stone, Jr., of Oxford, Ga., Is tlie person
referred to, and he is well known to the
merchants of Forsyth as a manufacturer
■ >f brooms.
M r. Stone, is a son of I’rof. W. IV. Stone
of Emory college. When a little boy,
less than ten years old, George lost his
eyesight this” way. He was one day
playin 'with a pet goat. The goat hud
liis head down, and while George was
lien-ling down over him, the goat sud
denly threw up his head aud struck
liis horn against one of George’s eves.
The blow was so severe that the sight of
that eve was destroyed, and the other
went blind from sympathy.
Totally deprived of signt, wl
hat could
hi- future promise? Under some cir
cumstances, a child of liis age would
have felt it to he the death knell of all
hope. But not so in this case. Under
the blessing of kind Providence, an in
stitution for teaching the blind had been
established in Macon years licfore. In
this school kind and competent teachers
take charge ol tlie unfortunate children,
who are entrusted to their care, and
here George was placed.
Possessing naturally a quick, reten
tive mind, he made good progress in his
studies, and in course of time mastered
the course laid down for the students at
tiie Academy for tlie Blind. The acade
my lias, in addition to tlie literary and
musical schools, a department of handi
crafts, in which George learned to make
brooms.
After completing his course at tlie
academy, George returned to his homo
in Oxford. Not satisfied with his at
tainments, liis mind longed for still
deeper draughts at tlie Pierian spring.
Aided by liis parents and sister, he took
a course, of in Emory college, and gradu
ated with a degreeof Bachelor of Science.
He had mastered all tlie studies of the
ular curriculum excejit Latin and
Greek.
Tints, Oil the literary foundation,
which had been laid in Macon, he built
the superstructure of a thorough colleg
iate education, and had all tlie acquire
ments—with tlie exceptions named
>ove—of thc regular graduates of the
illege who were able to see. But ho
was not content with that. He was no
merely satisfied to learn; lie felt that it
was his duty to do as well as to know.
Utterly rejecting tlie idea so common
among the blind that their misfortune
disqualifies them for work and gives
them a dependent claim among others,
he determined to put to service tlie
knowledge of broom-making that he had
learned in Macon. On a very small
scale he began to make brooms and sell
them. He met with success, and soon
his trade grew so large that he hud to
,-mploy another to help hint; and then
mother: now lie has three hands stead
ily employed ir. his broom factory.
He finds a good demand for all the
products of his,little factory. At intcr-
als ho takes trips tjirough Georgia to
ell liis brooms to merchants. Wherev-
r he travels he is well known ami very
popular. lie never asks that the deal
ers buy his brooms because he is blind;
hut lie pubs them—as he has done from
the first—squarely upon their merits.
It liis brooms are not good, and are not
as cheap as other makes of tlie same
quality, he does not expect to sell. But
lie does sell right along, and-Iocs it be
cause there are no better brooms titan
lie makes. Merit always wins, and ho
stands upon merit.
Ills customers and other friends are
always glad to see him. He possesses
intelligence of a rare order, and liis so
cial qualities are very fine. He is fa
miliar with all the standard authors,
keeps abreast with current literature,
and is as well posted iu tlie news of tile
day as any man w ho reads the daily pa
pers. He is affable without being In-
quneiotia, anil is one of tlie most com
panionable of men.
fit addition to liis broom factory, lie
runs a two-horse farm, near Oxford, quite
successfully. Titus lie shows that ho
possesses, in addition to his education
and industry, good business talent.
George Stone has shown that blind
people need not be beggars or depend
ents. Tlie general idea is that a blind
man can do nothing hotter for himself
than go around and gather upclinritable
dimes by playing thc wheezy accord eon,
or giving dismal, ouc-nian concerts lit
deserted villages. The gentleman in
question lias done much by liis manly
course, to dispel these delusions, and to
show that misfortune need not make one
a mendicant. He is occasionally morti
fied by well-meaning persous offering
him pecuniary aid gratuitously—when
all he wants is such a share of patron
age as the merits of his business will
warrant.
We have written tlio above to show
what can bo done by energy and deter
mination, in the face of tlie adverse cir
cumstances; and also to indicate tooth
ers, who are not deprived of nny of their
senses, that there is no need for discour
agement iu the battle oflife; hut that
tlie right sort of pluck and perseveranco
will bo sure tobringtr eirreward. There
is much in the career of George Stone to
excite emulation as well as admiration.
John Singleton,
olJ boy of Waterford, N
probably dying from the rc
queer accident. A few dai
he stood in front of his p:
house blowing on a little tin
tie, another boy came up and
him in the back. The whistle
into the boy’s throat, and the doclher tears, and springing forward, clasp- |
came and tried to force it into tkl the wretched creature In her arms. ’
hut it is thought it lodg«“ ‘Thank God!’ whispered Jo faintly,
1 the windpipe 8 B \d with a new and almost beatific flight
The “madstone” ■ humbug has
been finally exploded. The famous
Taylor madstone, of Indiana, pos
sessing, it has been alleged, the
faculty of overcoming hydrophobic
poison, was applied to the bite of a
mad dog on the 16th inst. at Terre
Haute, without effect It failed ut
terly. *i .1
Mrs. H. Q. BntlegnwiVj