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WEEKLY BANNER-WATCHMAN, TUESDAY ABRIL 15, 1SS4.
Bl-I.WItB LYTTON’8 BRIDGE.
It Tacks* U>» SKOTM M* ts» omt Ool-
° UU1 u Midstream.
W hat » beautiful bridge between old
, n d childhood is religion. How In-
ittively the child begin* with preyer
' j .. ,,-ship In enteringlife, and how In-
iltlvelv. oil quitting life, the old roan
r „s hack to prayer and wo-ship. put-
1,himself again side by side with the
1- 0,!." r.-en-ks Sir E. Bulwer Lytton,
1 i,i« “Strange Story."
V,tj» lf.it l*et wcon its distant abutments
r hr\'\R* of Hfe has many high and aw-
I , vh- through which the waters
/li .,,,,1 roar in wroth and desolation.
1 i wr and w orship alone do not sustain
Nrtn.eJ* solid rock must lie un-
i ken beneath, and human art and skill
rear and solidify the strncturepv-
• , ,,]. God’s wi]! is best exemplified
, . laws He has made under theircon-
,,l. Neither the child’s trustful "Our
er.’’ nor the old man’s "Forget me
, a: mv inllrniitiea," will alter this by
ivei.-iit of a grain. , ... ,
- lenee and art first—then faith and
r 1,er—is the orde- of Heaven Itself,
[unity heals thi ouch its agents, aud
[„„• a'gonta ar«- the dis.-overles of man;
Il„i vague announcements of proph-
L .,r seers. Is life a burden to you?
L - time drag? Is vour power to cope
■;h life’s prob'eins and ilubes weaken-
j > You are not well. Your blood is
|, _._.isti nml tainted, perhaps; or some
U„ is torpid or overworked. This fact
j v i.ave taken the form gf dyspepsia,
, .-isiii, gout, malaria, pains in the
eh, ehronic headache, orany of a
„ther ills. Tatkor’s Tonic will
■ r i t,. you, as ire-1 air invigorates
win, have been shut up in damp,
,11s. It is powerful, pure, deli-
-.-■entitle, safe, the keystone of the
,1 a-, h of the bridge of life.
negro at McComb C'ty, Miss.,
vnehed for rape upon a four-
girl.
What' Never! Ne! Nevert
lever fail- 1 knit ,111 the second Tnes-
1 each month that lire grand draw-
■ l,e le-ui-iaua State Ixitlery occur
regularity ami with miimpi aeh,,.
iy ai oew Orleans. 'I'ite ltiiiih
I'.laee on March lltlr last, and
l.i-anrcgard, of !*a., and Early of
ent to the destined parties large
,t - :■ n,I small sums thus: ticket
t.-.;T drew ili.Girst capital. ♦Tr.,000,
, had heen s-dd in fractions, one,
,f u hia-li w as held by G. Gold-
, a well know n Jewish merchant
minims. Miss., collected through
a ranee ami Hanking Co., of Miss.-
• r tilth co-iing also $1, to lfenry
-. a a well known citixen of Mil-
.Wi-., collected through the Ma
in. • Ins. Co. Hank of Milwaukee
a- drew tin- second capital prize,
“i -i,Id also in fifths at $1 each ;
.••I. Port CarlKin. Schuylkill
■ hew one piece, and C MMcCor-
• imrleston, Arkt, were amongthe
ones. No l,u»2drew the whole
.I.,i ilpri/.e of $10,0.1(1 for *5; went
h a inner, San Francisco, Cal.The
win_-lakes place on Tuesday,
i n l M. A. Dauphin, New Or-
!. ..will give all information if
Saw Mm 'Burned.
v The , s “T r Tn ’** °f T. J. Lester was
burned Thursday night with 50,000
feet of lumber. Dr. Hamilton, of
our city, also had his gin house,
barn and other buildings burned in
Columbia county.
Going to the Asylum.
Mr. Wm. Suttcrfield, the sheriff
of Lumpkin county, passed through
om city yesterday, with a young
lady about 20 years old, whom he
was carrying to the asylum at Mil-
ledgeville.
A Simple Query.
“Don’t your milk taste of tulips?”
asked one Cobb ham citizen of an
other to-day. “No,’’ was the reply,
“why do you ask?” “Well, I
thought perhaps it did, as your old
cow broke into my flower yard the
other night and ate up a very fine
bed of tulips I had growing there,”
was the sarcastic rejoinder.
Home, Sweet Home.
George Rice, who everybody re
members as having been convicted
of breaking open letters at Lula,
several years ago, and sentenced to
Buffalo prison, has been pardoned
and is in Gainesville at home again.
George has many friends, and it is
hoped he will forget the past and
yet grow up to be a model young
man.
The Rountree Rioters.
The case against the jail rioters
will come up next week before the
City Court. The trial would have
taken place long since but for the
absence of Capt. Davis, one of the
most important witnesses. As the
leaders of this disturbance have es
caped. it is not thought that any
thing will be done with the men
now on trial.
A Good Story Told on a Eitm Merchant*
Colonel Whitehead, the genial
life insurance agent now in our
city, tells die following story on* an
old Jewish merchant of Athens, that
is too good to keep. We will not
give real name, but dub die hero of
our sketch Mr. Openheimer.
It seems that the Colonel was, for
awhile, on Gov. Brown’s staff, and
when the conscript act was passed,
calling out all able-bodied men be
ll. Sewell of Franklin
is dead.
Dr
Bosanko.
has iMvoine so familiar
..1 pL*--'ih* throughout the
iliai ii is Imrdly necessary
is ilu- originator of the
.nko’s Cough and I.nng
eople’s f: vorile remedy,
vn, for coughs, colds, con-
ail ailed ions of the throat
ice Ml cents and $1.00 Sold
., and K. S. Lyndon.
uad strikers in Cincin-
isumed work.
IV. I> aright’ Cincnatl’ O., sends
'h-j'-ined profe-sional endorsemen
1- pi.svril.cd 1>H. WM. HAI.L.S
-A M i-1 IK TH E LUNGS in a great
•er of eases and always with succ-
11'' «'.i-e 1:1 particular was given up
ver.il physicians who had been
I in lor cosultion withmyself
v in pi Ion cold night sweats, hectic
. Imrrasslng coughs, etc. he hom
'd .niiiiciiiatety t? get better and
i.on restored to his usual health. I
I lilt «M. liAl.L BALSAM FOR
I . I I Nns the most valuable expecto
>r breaking up distressing coughs
old-.
The stamp act troubles at the
d Mexico are settled.
The Moonites.
We are half way converted to
the moon faith. Its followers have
been predicting for six weeks that
we would have cold weather and
frost on the full moon in April. Lu
nar filled yesterday, and sure enough
Wednesday night there was a light
frost, followed by a real cold day.
Early vegetables were nipped, but
it is not thought that fruit is serious
ly: injured.
Those Poisoned Hogs.
“Bud” Jones was in town yester
day, looking as blue as indigo. He
tells us he lost six fine hogs by feed
ing strychnine to them. Mr. Jones
says Dr. Mark Willingham, of
Crawford, gave him the recipe, but
the Doctor forgot to tell him not to
let the porkers get to water, or it
was certain death, lie has employ
ed a lawyer ard will sue Dr. VV.
for the value of his hogs.
The Glanlon Trouble.
As a healing salve to this whole
affair, we deem it necessary to make
this statement—that the article at
which Mrs. G. takes offense, and
which she attributes to “Bud”
Tuck, (as she is pleased to call him)
was written neither by Bud Tuck,
nor by any one at his instigation
but was written by his brother,
who vvote it upas a g ntlc sensa
tion. ca’culated to tickle the fancy,
at the request of a person interest
ed in getting up locals.
Milo Maze at Lone's Pme Store.
OUR AUGUSTA LETTER.
A Literary Production rt 1
gusts Was Called the “C
-Why Ir
Ccautltul Tributes to
Barnet. Mayor H-H- MsyaaAOa.CkA.lTan
-A Wort tat Oar ration Bmvea- a n* Loat
Ciure,” etc., etc.
* Augusta, Ga., April 9U1,1884.—
Dear Gantt: At last we arc rejoic
ing over the advent of fair weather,
the slushed streets have dried under
the genial influence of the sun; the
balmy air and the sweet odors from
multitudinous shrubs and flowering
trees bursting into bud or blossom
tween the ages of 18 and 45, qu ; te enchants one with the climate
Col. W. encountered Mr. O., who and a fl* ords welcome evidence that
was then doing business in Jefler-
son. The Colonel called at his
store and after notifying the victim
of the new act, stated that he must
go to the front
“But, mine freen, I isb older don
dort” was the reply.
“All right,” remarked the Colo
nel, and departed.
The next call gathered all up to
5a and Col. W. says he was confi
dent of getting his man this time,
and so went to Jeflerson especially
to see him. He found Mr. O. still
at his place of business, and was
met with the salutation:
“Veil, Colonel, vot can I sells you
ter day? Dose vood pottom shoes
is sheap und soot. Only twenty tol-
lars a pair.”
‘If they are so good,” remarked
the Colonel, “you had better put on
a pair, for another draft from the ar
my is out, calling all under 50 years
of age to the front. I will give you
three days to get ready in.”
“Ish you not mistaken, Colonel?”
was the reply. “Vy, my younger
brudder in der old coontry vash
shoost forty-fife tay before yester
day.”
“I don’t believe it,” remarked the
Colonel.
“Vy, Colonel, you can look at my
family Pible in Sharmany, and see
vere my age done put town.”
As the Confederacy had no way
of reaching Germany at that time
the Colonel again returned disap
pointed.
The next draft was for 55, and
for the third time Colonel White-
head wended his way to Jefferson,
confident of getting his man at this
pull. He found Sir. Openhe'ftru
at his place of duty, and as tranquil
as a spring morning.
Anoder shraft, Colonel?” he ask
ed. “I ish older don dort. Shoost
look at my family Pible in-
the reijn of “drear winter” is over.
The growth of this city in the past
three years is something wonderful;
waste places have been built up
and made “to blossom as the rose, ’
and the rasping sounds of saws with
the rattle of hatrm ers, together with
the hum of machinery and the
smoke and roar from furnaces af
ford convincing • evidence that this
is a live aid progressive city. There
is a quiet dignity observed in trans
acting business here that you will
scarcely find elsewhere; indeed, so
marked is this feature that immense
monied transactions often occur here
and receive only a bare mention,
yet beneath this calm exterior lies a
ceaseless energy and enterprise that
gives earnest of surprising develop
ment in the near future. Erstwhile
Augusta was widely known as the
“Connecticut Reserve,” having
earned the sobriquet by reason of
the influx here of a large number of
young men from that ancient com-
monwealth, who had tired of its
sterile soil or overcrowded marts.
They brought with them an
ingrained thrift and energy, which
being rigorously applied in their
various vocations secured for them
large property, and in many in-
well be fixed in the affection of the
people.
Your old time, friend, Hon. R. H.
May, stuFholds sway here. He is a
_ u*l» handsome, sunny-hearted
man; entirely devoted to the ad
vancement of all the material inter
ests of the city over which he has
presided as chief magistrate
for so many years. His
power over the masses is truly
phenomenal. In fact, he is a born
leader of men, and although the
most determined efforts have from
time to time been made to crush his
political aspirations, he is stronger
to-day than ever. The secret of his
power lies in his possession of a
striking personal magnetism, high
administrative ability and the un
swerving fidelity with which he
clings to his friends.
Ine cause of temperance is gain
ing ground here daily, as elsewhere,
and many God speeds are given the
noble women who are laboring in
the cause, and whose devotion is
destined to achieve a high and last
ing victory for the home circle and
for true manhood. May the watch-
fires which they have lighted gleam
from every hill-top in the land, “as
the beacons of Argyle from the
crags of Scotland,” until the ban
ners of temperance shall float tri
umphantly from the mountains to
the seas. Max.
AT THE WRECK.
A I-bysiciu’e Testimony.
n.i- railed to nee Mr. John Pearson
> wu-ei-nlii ed to liia tied witli what
- in .1 in In- riiiimiiiiplion of the worst
1. V- all ni hi- family hail ilieil with
-in-.nl ih-i a.-i- (except Ills halt brotli
l-i- -iriitli wu-regnrde as certain anil
I. Auer exhausting all the renie-
. 1 finally as a la-l retort sent for
a ni Hi ewer's Lung Restorer, ami it
-A lik> magic lie continued the use
iur sunn- nun- and has been fully re-
• -<1 ii- ht-ailo. So iur iu I eiiuhi
•r h- I ciinsiini|itlnn, and Brew
ut K- -lurersaved Ins life.
1. Uni t.iiw.vv, M. 1). Harnesv.ll. , Ua.
.Ii | unis T. Yankin, of Law*
vc\iUc, Ga., died suddenly.
Tree Distribution
iiat valises the rush at Long & Co’s
-g Slni-et T he free distribution of
-i-le iiottle' of l)r. Bosanso’s Cough
Lung >yrup, the most popularrem-
i -M -uighs. Colds, Cons uni ptionai 11)
11 uni- now on the market. Regular
■ Ml vents and $1.00. Sold also at
L L; uilon's drug store. -
The Shooting in Clarksville.
We learn from the Clarksville
Advertiser that Mr. Charlie Phillips
knocked Felix House down and
cut him once or twice with a knife,
when House drew a pistol and shot
Phillips twice, causing a dangerous
if not fatal wound. Phillips is now
at the house of Dr. T. F. Houston,
where he is receiving medical at
tention. House has not been ar
rested. Both parties were under
the influence of liquor.
Explaining.
Ordinary Groves, of Habersham
county, is out in a long card going
for Capt. J. C. Turner and the grand
jury, without gloves, for presenting
him. He says Capt. Turner is all
right on a snake story, hut won’t do
for a grand juror. The Athens
gang are (waiting anxiously for
Turnei's reply, and the boys say
they must have one of those snake
stories the next time he visits them.
T ime negro children perished in
cabin near Florence, S. C.
• mill gemmed with pearls flashes
in-.- every time It opens. The con-
I --tween the ruby oi lovely lips and
early teeth they enclosed has wing-
- faiieyof many a poet. Soxodont
i.vs I- the thing that mostcontrib-
• I adorn the feminine mouth. It is
it is nrmnaiiv it retains the|naturul
I -l-ir nf teeth inci usled with yellow tar-
r. N, eg rit tv or other objectionable in-
v-liei.t oortaiuinates it its odor la bal-
y, and ii- puriying iqieration thorough*
An Ohio railroad auditor was ar-
tsted in the act ol absconding.
’The A11 w ise Cieator did noa intend
i halt' 1 lie ehihlrn liorn should die un-
i ive y ears of age. But correct statistics
w ibis to he the estimate. Mothers
ii think it And how many of this
-r die fron strong, gribing and
uns niepieines? Echo answers,
>w many? Normnn'a Neutralizing Cor
al ei-ntain tint one harmful ingredient,
i-fsiit just horn can take it with
miy.
Hands at work on the isthmus of
ina arc dying in large num-
s Lung Restorer is tde most
tliroar and lung remedy
fioma rhyslclas.
Flo wing thocomposition of B. B.B.,
haw prescribed it with signal success
Hie cure of Scrofula, Rheumatism,
ii Di-eases, Kidney Troubles, Blood
n-uns, Catarrh, etc. As a quick and
maiieiit relief Blood Purifier it is su
mr to anything I ever used, and 1
'■rii.liy iccotnmend lfeas a safe and
able remedy. I have known one bot-
tu' fleet a cure of Scrofula. It does
it contain a mineral or vegetable pois
J. P. Dromgoole. M. D.
-<*rge bottles $1.00, 6 for $5.00.
a PAIR OFPBR.
r«K Voinc Bilt Co., of Marshal.
Hi., ofl'er to send Dr. Dye’s Celebrat-
* Oltlc Belt and Electric Applianoea
trial, |„r thirty days, to men,old and
Hung aillictcd with nervous debility
ist vitality and many otherdlaeasea
ee advertisement in this paper.
S» Ton Will rind
I vu-on Capcine porous plasters are in
ie highest decree reliable, says Dr,
'I of New York 25 c.
Planting Watermelons.
Prof. Woodfin, who, by the way,
is a practical farmer, tells us that
different varieties of watermelons
should never be planted together,
or nearer than a quarter of a mile,
unless you want them hybridized.
Also, that squashes, gourds and
similar vegetation should not be
planted where they can cross with
melons. The purer you keep your
seed the better the fruit. The
Professor says the best flavored
melon he ever tasted is raised by a
farmer in Hancock county*.
Reading His Obituary.
J*he unknown man that lately
commited suicide in Atlanta has
caused a great deal of trouble.
Some man in Gainesville telegraph
ed to the Constitution that the
stranger was from South Carolina
and named Norris. Mr. Childs, of
our city, says that he saw Mr. Nor
ris 'while he was reading the ac
count of his suicide, and seemed
surprised that liis death should
have been reported, as he had giv
en the Gainesville correspondent no
cause to think him dead. Atlanta
will have to find another man, as
Norris is living and doing wclL
Clover and Gnat Seed at Lyndon's drug store
It seems impossible for a crowd
to congregate without the conversa
tion turning upon cyclones. Pit
diggers are no longer held in ridi
tie, but are looked upon as wise
men. Mr. Jesse Jarrell, of Craw
ford, was the first person in this
section to make such a provision
against danger, and when building
a new house soon after the first cy
clone, several years ago, had one
room especially excavated as a re
treat when he saw a cyclone com
ing-
A gentleman who was in the cy
clone that passed through Coweta
county tells us that he saw it for
several minutes before it struck his
home, and it prevented a view of
gable-ends of houses, furniture,
bedding, clothing, fowls, farm pro
duce and other articles gathered in
its path. Thejr were carried for
ward on the wings of the wind, and
tossed up and down as o boy would
a ball. One of his neighbors lost
crib filled with 300 bushels of un
shucked corn, and could never find
an ear.
“But hold on!” remarked the
Colonel. “You’ve got to be over
fifty-five to escape this time, and I
know ybu ain’t that.” * .
“Vy, mine freen, I shoost got
von letter through the plockade
from mine leetle sister Rachael,
telling me she will be feefty-fife ter
day.”
“But what has your little sister
Rachael got to do with your age?”
“Didn’t I nurse her ven she vash
von leedle paby? No; I sthay at
home, Colonel; you can go to the
vhront if yer vant ter. I ish over
feefty-fife.”
The Colonel said he had nothing
to do but go back home without his
man, and when the draft for state
troops came in, calling out all be
tween 16 and 60, he felt good all
over, confident that he could this
time gather in his prey. Upon
reaching Jefferson he didn’t take
time to get dinner, before tackling
Mr. Openheimer.
“Vat ish it thces time,Colonel, seex-
ty?” was the query.
“Yes; and by George I don’t
reckon you can dodge that!”
“I ish sorry to disappoint you,
Colonel, and geef you so much
trooble coming here, but I
vash shoost seexty last night at 12
’clock.” ,
I don’t believe it!” was the re-
ply.
“Shoost look at my family Pible in
Shar ”
“How in the thunder can. I get
access to your family Bible?” asked
Col. W. indignantly. “You must
go before an officer and make an
oath that you are over sixty, or I
will carry you to Atlanta any how.”
“Very veil, Colonel, I vill do any-
thing ter oblige you. I will make
vou tousand oaths if you vant
em.”
Openheimer was duly sworn,
and left unmolested for the remain
der of the war.
Colonel Whitehead forgot all
about his man until the other day
when he was approached by the
veritable Openheimer of old. His
raven locks had been whitened by
the frost of twenty winters, and his
form was bent.
Meester Vitehead, ish it not?”
was Openheimer’s query.
Yes, sir, that’s my name. What
can I do for you?”
“You ish von life insurance agent
_ dinks. I vants ter join your coon.-
pany. I ish insured in dei Knights
of Honor and Royal Arcanum, and
vill run my policy tip to ten tou
sand.”
Isn’t your name Openheimer and
didn’t you live in Jefferson during
the war?” asked the Colonel.
Yah! I ish not ashamed of ov
mine name? Ish you?”
“Certainly not,” replied the Co
lonel, “but when I was a conscript
officer you asserted to me that you
was over sixty years old. That was
twenty-odd years ago, which would
make you over eighty at this time.
You are too old to take out a life
insurance policy.”
“But shoost leesten, mine freen
Dot vash in vah dimes! Vat a man
say then don’t count. I ish not
quite seexty yet.”
The Colonel took his case under
advisement.
Alt-un. Hail* A Mower, Atlanta, Oa —Grata: 1
™ umI yawp Elixir Mandrake A Banka, and
•d rclitJOt* a nick hcadacha which I bare
Mobsman's Peptonized Beef Ittaln
»-• only preparation ol beef conningi-
* entire nutritious properties. UreTo
load-making, force generating andcon
untuning properties; Invaluable for
Ktlgeanoo. dyspepsia, aerooeeprostre-
-OO, ank all Johns of genssal debility;
lao, In alisflffpobladoaadltions, wheth-
r the fault of oxhanatioa, nervous pros-
ration, overwork, or sente disease, par-
-cularly If resulting from points
ompjiintfi. Caswell, liuzud
proprietors, New Yi 3k. M« tar dpi
A gentleman of Athens approach-
ed a pious old darkey the other day
with the question, “Well, Uncle
Take, are not going to. dig a cyclone
pit like the white folks?” “Ise dug
mine forty, years ago, boss,” was
the reply. “I dog long before
such things as slycoons was thought
ob. Old Jake is all right, for he
dug his pit when converted in de
body ob his blessed Sabior. Isb
ready to meet de Lord, it matters
not how he oils me. - "
Nothing equals Allen’s Bilious Physic
fc quickly relieving Costivraess, heod-
^^l^geMTdCE
W?/ ■' V V **W133 J *1
A brother to Di. E. S. Lyndon,
residing at Newnan, has just fin
ished a cyclone pit that cost him
<300. -He has also a Jersey bull,
christened “Cyclone.” In building
these pits it is essential that a tun
nel leading out be left, through
which an escape can be made if the
house falls in and a fire breaks out.
Cyclones are often occompanied by
heavy rains, and pits should alwhys
be furnished with an outlet for the
water.
AvxmtorotOcitmko u.loii iocd at Lyndon*,.
Hon.R. B. Russell, of Athens,
says while on a visit last summer to
Boston, he was shown by.Gov. But
ler several pieces of the tanned hu
man hide taken from the bodies of
the Magischusetta paupers. One
piece came from a woman’s breast
and was a beautiful piece of leather.
The authorities of Tewksbury had
the sluns of dead paupers tanned on
share^ and told .the taihe as French
calf-skin, to be used in the manufac
ture of fine shoes. This Yankee
industry, we think, ranks ahead of
the home-made stifls of Ohio, Mr,
Russell said Butler took great pleas-
ure in displaying these campaign
documents to visit “ "
office. ' . .
Scats or tho Pitiful Scans* Attainting the Fotm-
flirim nf ilia RtnaTnar ftatfaj Stalnmann
Halifax, April 6.—The surviv
ing three passengers of the Daniel
Steinmann now in this city state
the vessel struck but slightly at first
Hie captain then summoned all on
deck and directed them to prepare
to enter the boats, if such should be
necessary. One boat was launched.
stances much' 7 local renown. Very I and all made a rush for it, though
many of them married into native good discipline was maintained
families, and thus grafted the thrift among the ship s crew. It was fill-
and energy of the Puritan upon the ed and attached to the steamer by
nobler form and richer mind of the I rope. When some of those on
Cavalier, and from these unions board were about cutting the line
sprung many of the most success- the steamer sunk, dragging the boat
fulntento be found here. Not- down with it. The boat turned
withstanding her sober-sided ways, over and over, and every person tn
Augusta does have an occasional I it was thrown out and drowned,
ripple to piay over the surface of When the stem of the vessel sank
her affairs. The bank robbery (so- the cries and screams of the women
called ) reigned supreme for a few and children were heart-rending for
davs, but quickly gave place to the a few minutes,
street railroad war, in which Mr. Captain Shoonhoven made his
Estes and the Hon. Patrick Walsh way up the fore-rigging. Two men
have locked shields. Several tilts caught the rigging of the main mast,
have already been run, resulting in I and endeavored to climb along the
a very general expression of opin-1 stay betweenJhe heads of the two
ion that up to the present time Mr. j masts. In this perilous passage one
Walsh has his antagonist “upon the lot* his grasp, and was washed
hip.” The mention of his name away. The other, John Neider-
prompts me to observe that Mr. man, succeeded in reaching th
Walsh’s career has been a wonder- fore-rigging by a desperate effort,
fully successful one. Coming to in the course of which his legs were
Augusta in young manhood, an en-1 seized by some one drowning,
tire stranger, his genial nature and I Above on the mast was one of the
surprisin'* capacity for business wire uplifts of the foretopgallant
soon won tor him the respect and yard, which worked back and forth,
admiration of the community, and I and threatened to tear out the mast,
fioma modest beginning he has The mast quivered and crashed
amassed a fortune and grown daily I alarmingly. The captain, fearing
in the love of the people, by the ex- he would be obliged to abandon his
hibition of all the qualities that Ulus- dangerous position and betake htm-
trate a lofty manhood. His career self to swim, pulled off his boots,
is a notable example for the enconr- The two unfortunates, from time
agementof struggling young men I “to time cried out together for help,
who have within themselves the ele- J>ut the roar of the wind and waves
ments oftrue manhood.As I stood on I drowned their feeble voices, so that
Broad street to-day in close view of I even if assistance had been at hand
the Confederate monument, which I it is doubtful if they could have
lifts itself far aloft as if ’twould been heard. They were doomed to
fierce the clouds, and which was I painfully watch the passing minutes
brought from far over the seas and and hours throughout the night till
placed here a lasting memorial of daybreak. In this dismal watch
the gratitude and love of the wo- they could feel the vessel drifting
men o» Richmond county for the nearer and nearer to Sambo island,
heroic men who sealed their devo- To add to the horror of their situa
tion to the “Lost Cause” with their tion they saw blue lights burning
blood, I must needs wander back to on the shore, and signals to guide
the glorious days of ’61, “the days the boats to safety, while conscious
that tried men’s souls.” This street, they were beyond assistance of re
now so peaceful, seemed again to lief. Soonafterfdaylight a^boat put #
resound to the measured tread of out from the shore, manned by live
armed legions as they poured im-1 men, who approached them. The
petuously to the front “where life captain was by this fame so benumb-
was lost or honor won.” Then came ed that his companion, Neidcrmann,
the exciting and joyful tidings of I had to use force to disengage him
the earlier part of the war: from the spar and assist him into
-Wh.„ t.rea,hlc» lath, marl th. court.™ met, *® b<>llt [ f t
Early and late, at evening and at prime; I both Were landed, exhausted, and
When the loud cannon and the merry chime - I taken into the light-house, where
. , ,, - „ , . , ., their needs were promptly attended
And then followed the days of I to
black disaster which could not be I
averted although our bravest and I ne c t ^d with the escape of the seven
best bedewed- the land with their ons landed th % boat Jurin
b °°d and b.nowed .t with their f he ni ^ one of the most thriUi
graves The Confederacy fell with was t 6 hat of an Itali he havi
a crash that resounded throughout d the boat just a f ter he left
the nations and exp.red in glory, f he learner. The occupants refused
winning the plaudits of all lands I to take him because ^ a number of
for her punty and deathless valor. 1 Growing persons had seized his
I sometimes fear that the sense of I j e g S and h^jy an d it was certain the
gratitude and practical justice of our I b< f at cou , d n ' t take them in . with _
people is in no wise to be com- out swamp ing, as she was ahead
pared to their peerless valor, and half fuU ” ater . The i ta i ian at
m illustration ot the point we once dove, and thus shook off those
have only to look to the fact of a holdl hinl He soon reappeared
total neglect of many of our helpless I at r jj C sur f ace a nd again caught the
maimed heroes, and to a still larger boat _ He wa9 then takeu but
number, who, though maimed, can wag ^ exhausted thaj for a time he
nevertheless fill positions involving was helpless. The boat was in
light duties. It was the mis.ortune j an g Cro f foundering, owing to the
of these men to find themselves at wa ( er , bat was constantly coming
the conclusion of the war abosolute-1 j n _ and t}, ose ber took off their
ly without money and without I cl £ thes to bail her ouL The Italian
friends possessing it, and to longer #t 3rst refused to asslst ; n tbis
neglect those of them who are still work but on bei threatened with
battling with adversity, is a blot, 11 being thrown overboa rd again un-
had well-nigh said a crime, I less he assisted to keep the boat
would ngnteously rest upon the free> made an effort to do
community where it is done. Their Anot her singular escape was that
past and present treatment is not of Nickolas, a lad of nineteen
redeemtng the promises voluntarily s> j ust as the boat , eft th * e
made when they stood as a wall of s i nking J steamer he jumped from
fire between our homes and a ruth- the br f dge faU ; ng int o the boat on
less invader. I am rejoiced to see his head . H e sustained no injury
that a movement has been set on Lxcept having one leg bruised.
foot in V irgima looking to the erec- Thc * braised. The youngest
tion of a "Soldier s Home, where Q J n on 6 board so far as J kn0 wn,
disable soldiers who are in indigent £ as an infant three mont hs old.
circumstances may find shelter and I Among those drowned was a young
support. Northern soldiers are couple married just before the
lending willing assistance to this Steinmann sailed, and who had ex
noble work, and it now remains experienced only eighteen days of
to be seen whether or not our own wedded life. Several large families
jeople will allow the scheme to | perished altogether. One was a
anguish and perish for the lack of Swiss family, father, mother and
assistance which it should be their eight children, and another was a
pride to furnish. As the matter family from Holland of about the
now stands stands these gallant I same size.
veterans might well say to us in the Report* f rom the wreck of the
l^Ruage of Alcibiades to tbe Athe- steamer Daniel Steinnmann up to
man senators, my wounds ache this evening state the wreck re-
at - vou * _ mains in the same positition. The
From the present outlook_ Maj. water is comparatively smooth to-
Barnes will have a walk over in this I day, and a large number of boats
district. There is nothing of the I are grappling. Three'bodies only
Arcadian about Barnes. He wants were secured to-day, makingeleven
the office; does not hesitate to say altogether so far recovered None
so and goes to work like a beaver of the cargo had drifted ashore,
to secure it He is the peer of any Capt Schoonhoven arrived in town
man in the district in solid acquire-1 this evening,
ments, and is brimful of tact More- The first body recovered this
over his long Service on N«- naming is that of a little girl six
tonal committee has brought him yean ohl, and from herclothing ev-
acquainted with the foremost men fdentlv the child of people incom-
who congregate as ^officials ot offi-l fbrtaue circumstances. One eye
tact, 1 bad been almosttorn out Another
bald-headed, dressed in mole-skin
pantaloons and vest and heavy cloth
overcoat, apparently between forty
and forty-years old. On him were
found the only valuables on anybody
brought to the island. In his pock-
ec was a silver watch, twenty-seven
francs in fiold and packages of pa
pers. Among the latter was a tick
et for the steamer to New York,
bearing the name of August Rich
ter, Dusseldorf. The body of a man
of about fifty years is laid out next
The eleventh and last corpse recov
ered is the Steinman’s lamp-lighter,
whose name is rot known. All the
bodies are so terribly mutilated they
could not be recognized. The faces
are smashed in and the eyes torn
out and otherwise disfigured. Three
schooners with a diving crew go to
work to-morrow if the weather is
fdvorable. An official investigation
into the loss of the steamer is ex*
pectod to begin soon.
GEORGIA NEWS. •
Franklin county will vote on pro
hibition on July 31.
Ten persons were killed in Daw
son county by the recent cyclone.
Uncle Chesley Tims, a good old
citizen ol Jackson county, died near
Emory.
Many houses and a great deal of
fencing have been destroyed by for
est fires in Columbia county.
A man in Mouroe, Walton coun
ty, has a mare that gave birth to
.twin colts, a few days ago.
It is said that Longstreet’s ene
mies will never cease their persecu
tions until he is ousted from bis of
fice.
ntors at Executive
Rev. J. C. Davis, of Athens, tells
the
H. N. Berong has recently dis
covered a rich silver mine at the
bottom of Bell Mountain, in Towns
county.
Our agricultural editor has dis
covered that watermelon seed
should be planted with the small
end down.
A Mr. Armer, in the upper por
tion of Hall county, unearthed a
human skeleton while plowing in
his field the other day.
A prominent Lumpkin county
man who has always voted for
Speer says he will use his influence
for the re-election of Candler.
The Talbotton New Era says:
“We have never known anything
to move so quietly, nicely and satis
factory as our stock law.”
A writer in the Carroll County
Times opposes the digging of storm
pits on the ground that it “savors of
thc spirit that prompted the build
ing of tne tower of Babel.”
Quitman New South: A man
left a bony horse on Seri ven street
while he went to take a drink, and
coming back a short time after
wards discovered that a funny
youth had platted a card against the
fleshless ribs bearing the notice:
“Oats wanted—inquire within.”
Washington Gazette: Mr. Ste
gall, acting for the Savannah, Flori
da and Western railway, was here
for the second time a few days ago
to see after the matter of indemnify
ing Mr. Charley Shelverton for the
injuries he received a few months
ago in an accident on that road.
Mr. Stegall, Mr. W. E. Shelverton,
Mr. Charley Shelverton and Dr. H.
F. Andrews, the attending physi
cian, left for Augusta on Wednesday
to meet several of the officials of the
Savannah, Florida and Western
railway, wheie the matter was set
tled privately without a suit. The
railway agreed to pay $5,000 dam*
ages and all expenses up to date.
The expenses amounted to between
$200 and $300 so far, but Mr. Char
lie Shelverton will be under the
treatment of a physician for some
time yet—till his face heals up.
GENERAL NEWS.
FARMER HENSON'S HELP,
Lizzie Stone was not more than four
fret eight inches high. She was pale
and thin. Her dresses never fit her.
She did not consider herself a servant,
nor did the Hensons so consider her.
She was the “Help.” 8he worked with
them, ate with them, sat with them, and
made their friends her friends. She had
none of her own. At the age of twenty-
three she was never in love.
. She had no thought of the man who
was to be ber partner. It never occur
red to her that Jason Williams, their
next neighbor’s eldest son, came to see
her when he came over to tbe Henson
farm on frequent, trivial errands. But
it occurred to Jason that that was what
he came for. Lizzie Stone, thin, pale,
ehort, with scanty light locks pulled
back from a prematurely old face and
twisted into a knot behind, in her poor
ly-fitting stuff dresses, was to him a
dream of beauty.
He was six feel two Inbbes tall, red-
haired, freckled, with immense month,
He always walked home with-I Jzzielfrom
the village singing school on Saturday
night, and it was considered very kind
and neighborly of him. Ho asked her
once if he might “keep company with
her," and she, because the Williamses
were good neighbors and it was pleas
ant to have an escort at all times, con
sented.
Lizzie was twenty-three the sumer Mr.
Henson decided to take boarders from
the city. Lizzie looked forward with
joy to the change It would make in the
household.
Farmer Henson went to the city and
advertised. Mrs. Henson and Lizzie
scrubbed and polished the spare room
till it shone. They put up new and stiff
starched muslin curtains, and covered
the wasbstand and high bureau with
clean towels.
“Well, a boarder, not boarders, came;
a fashionable young man named Osborn
Hicks. He was tired of watering place
gayeties, and was not well, so he came
to this far-away farm house to rest. He
paid a large price for his board, upon
condition that Henson would take no
one else. As no oue else applied they
were very ready to make this bargain.
He was the handsomest man Lizzie had
eversecD. When she sat at the table
with him she could neither cat nor talk.
He never stooped from his great height
to notice her. He saw, to be sure, a
queerly dressed, but tidy, pale-fared lit
tle thing, and supposed she rejoiced, as
well as the others, iu the name oi llen-
*son. If he thought at all of her, he was
glad that she did not intrude herself up
on him.
He had not been there a week when
the worthy Hensons agreed that they
did not like him. He was stiff anil
“stuck up,” ho sat in his room every
evening, and burned an extra light, in
stead 01 sitting down sociably with them
and their tow-headed offerings. He
wanted a clean towel every day. These
were a few of hiB major sins; he had
uantities of minor ones, which Mr. and
Irs. Henson discussed in season and
out. Lizzie, who as a member of the
family, was present at all ot thc coun
cils, was grieved to hear him spoken ill
of.
for destroying farming utensils.
Mr. Hicks had been at the Henson
house more than a month when Jason
finally got his courage up to the sticking
point. He came one evening privately
to offer these afore-mentionea valuable
articles, ostensibly to borrow the com-
sheller.
Mr. Henson had gone to town meet
ing. Mrs. Henson, Lizzie and a large
majority of the young tow-headed Hen
sons were In the sitting room.
Mrs. Henson, without a suspicion of
what was in his heart and on his mind*
sat still and entertained him by a graph
ic discourse on Mr. Hick’s latest sins.
Lizzie, wbo had no idea of t he wonder
ful offer be was dying to make her, said
nothing. It made her angry to bear
them talk against Mr. Hicks. She was
wishing that there was an excuse to go
out of the room, when there came sounds
of a disturbance in the ban house. She
threw down her work and ran out. Ja
son made a move to follow her. There
were no doubt .chicken thieves about,
and he knew just how So settle them,
bul Mrs. Henson detained him toteli
him how Mr. Hicks sent hack his cup of
tea at supper because there was a fly in
•* * e C * p,U V1 h » d been almosttorn out Another
added to hu general fitness tor the body recovered was that of a girl a
position, must needs give him * few year* older. Besides the youn-
cotmnandmg influence >n congress t |n ^ dead hou8e - 8 t £ at of
over any new man less fortunate w , boy of about sixteen, supposed to
fo-i* respect, Mr. Barnes, hkejoe ^ her brother. A man picked up
Brown, may always be counted oq had the letter “M” in India ink
as being in for the old flag and «n h ia left wrist with two crosses
appropriation. each ride; on the right wrist the
When Gen. Clement Evans se- letters “A. V.” and below them im-
turned to Augusta to make it his mediately over the thumb an anchor
permanent home be was welcomed I and heart and two crosses. Near
with open arms bv the people, and I him is the body oi a heavily built
well be might be tor we would ] man of about forty years, with black
search in vain for a loftier type of I mustache; next a little boy of about
Christian manhood than is exem- j eleven years, whose black hair is
pltfled in the life of this iloble gen-1 thickly matted with blood. The
tleman. A soldier absolutely “with-1 body ts dad in a brown suit of good
out fear and without reproach,” a" material The next body in line is
vs that Be witnessed the wonderful
tpectade of two cyclones while
standing on the summit of the Alle
ghany mountains, and the sight was
subfimb and terrible beyond de
scription. While in perfect safety,
be saw tbe funnel-shaped cloud
the valley beneath mowing down minister of
trees like a8cvthe,and carrying, all all good
before it Mr. Davis says that ty as wide as humanity, a citizen
of the forest were tort up scrupulous in the performance of all
*- en with the ease that a the duties of citizenship, andoT"
iy,he
*as *»■>*!< ml .aa-Apo»*»t«»*i —
WswoMani ..Ot* • ewav m,
that of a man with brown curly hair,
' ce dean-shaved, and about thirty
re years old.
The remains of William Lamper,
‘’■'mate of the Stdnman, lie next
1 the corpse of a small man,
In 1S30 Chicago had 70 inhabi
tants. It now claims 600,000.
President Arthur pays his White
House cook $1,800 a year and
found.
Mr. Tilden weighs 127 pounds.
He never weighed but 140 in his
file.
A candidate for congress com
mitted suicide in Tennessee last
week.
Patent medicines sold for $1 per
bottle could be sold at a profit for
ten cents a bottle.
The national debt has been de
creased eighty million dollars dur
ing the past nine months.
About a hundred murders were
committed in Chicago last year.
Nobody was hanged and no mob
was aroused.
There is said to be a lady living
in Canton, Miss., who is so modest
that she turns ber head when pass
ing a pile of undressed lumber.
The ordinary Japanese bed con
sists of a quilt spread on the floor, a
blanket with sleeves for a coverlet
and a block of wood for a pillow.
A fashionable lady in New York
based one of the grounds for a suc
cessful divorce suit on the fact that
her husband snored so loud as to
disturb her balmy slumbers.
A newspaper printed by presses
ran by an electric motor, and filled
with telegraphic dispatches, ought
to contain all the latest news, to
say the least oi it.
The postoffice department uses
every year $80,000 worth of wrap
ping twine and $11,000 worth of
ink for stamping and canceling let
ters.
One of the Cincinnati rioters how
in jail is an ex-member of the last
legislature. His present trouble is
certainly the result of evtlassocia-
t ions.
Mrs. B. Stump, oi Columbus, G.
could not bear the idea of her pe
dog outliving her, and after much
ceremony poisoned the animal with
strychnine. Then she was seized,
with remorse and poisoned herself.-
A committee of social and scien
tific wiseacres propose -to offer _
prize of $3,000 for the discovery of
a cheap, palatable, non-intoxicating
beverage. It is suggested that .they
tty water and save their mdhey.
The Alaska seal hnntera get 40
cents each for the skins, the fur com
pany gets $84 each for them in Lon
don, and when made into sacqnes
they are-worth from $200 to $500
each.
Mri. Langtry is said to have in
her palace car, besides other curios
ities which she has gathered during
her travels, two real scalps, which
were purchased for her in the west
a year ago.
In the course of his oration before
the “white man’s convention,” CoL
Marcellus E. Thornton set forth
most graphically the base ingrati
tude of Emory Speer towards him,
and the tender affection and confi
dence existing between himself and
Colquitt.
During tbe past ten years the
ernment has expended nearlj
000,000 in caring for Indians,
total number of Indians attached t&
agencies is only 246,003, and of
these 66,000 in Indian Territo
7,700 ih Wisconsin, and 5,000
New York, are supposed to beat
least self-suppprting.
He sank still lower in the Henson es
timation, when Sunday came, by refus
ing a polite invitation to drive to church
in the Henson carriage with the united
Henson family.
Lizzie was as usual lett at home to
cook dinner. The mere knowledge that
she was alone with this Apollo sent her
to a seventh heaven of delight. She
didn’t anticipate the {happiness of even
seeing anything of him. But there was
a greater pleasure in store for her than
she imagined.
She was sitting on the kitchen steps
paring the potatoes, singing to herself,
when he came around the house. He
stopped idly before her, smiling at the
deep blush which overspread her faee.
She certainly was thc queerest little
thing he ever saw.
your parents|were wicked enough
to have you stay at home from the ‘mcet-
he said.
e wanted to hear her talk.
“They—they ain’t my parents,” she
faltered, like a child, getting hint right
before she answered his remark.
He was not at all interested in the re
lationship, and did not ask what it was.
“I’m the help,’’ Lizzie advanced tim
idly.
“The what?" he demanded sharply.
“The help—the hired help.”
“Well, 1 like that,” he cried.
“Sir?”
“I thought you ate with the family?’
“Ido. Don't all helps?"
“Well, I do like this,” more of him
self than to her. “This comes of seek
ing health in a fourth-rate place. “I’ll
change to-morrow.”
He walked away impatiently. She
knew that she had angered him in some
way, and in consequence, he was going
to leave. She put down the pan of po
tatoes and ran after him.
Please tell me, Mr. Hicks,” why you
are so angry? Have I done anything to
make you go? I won’t again if you’ll
tell me.”
"I suppose,” he answered, loftily,
that yov are all so ignorant here that
you don’t know how I have been insult
ed by being forced to eat with the ser
vant.”
His petty soul was stirred to its very
depth.
“Do you mean me? Am I a servant?’
“What else are you?” lie cried.
“I—I am the help,” she returned,
hnmbly. She scarcely knew what ‘ser
vant’ meant. “If you are angry with
me, I will go away.”
“Not at you. Have you no sense?
But because I must eat at the table with
it.
The chickens were composedly slee]
ing, not ono missing, when Lizzie reaci
ed the hen house. She w tnt around to
the front yard, bnt turtle* i immediately
> go back, for Mr. Hick - sat on tbe steps
id she did not want to: ntrude.
He called to her in his condescending
way to stay.
“Soyou have company,” he said.
“Oh, no, sir,” she replied, quickly.
“Jason came over to borrow a com
shelter, and is waiting for Mr. Henson.’ 1
“Doesn’t he pome ove*. p -etty often to
borrow corn-shellers?” he asked, teas-
■'“stiy-
“Not always for a fom-shcllcr, but
he comes pretty often to borrow some
thing. I never saw (such people for
breaking and losing tools,”
Osborn laughed; he understood Ja
son better than did eithur Mrs. Henson
or Lizzie.
“Can you spare a few minutes away
from him to talk with me? I shall not
be here long, you know.”
“Oh 1” she cried, in great consterna
tion, ‘what has happened now?’
“Nothing, only the summer is almost
over. My health is restored, and I must
go back to business.”
He was vain enough to know how
much pain he inflicted on that little
heart.
“When are you going?” she gasped,
trying to speak quietly,
“O11 Thursday.”
This was Monday.
She could not speak. She stood before
him with her hard-working, brown
hand clinchrel together, feeling as if her
life was going. Yet hW must not let
him know.
“Will you miss me S” he asked, cru
elly.
‘You have been very kind to me, sir,'
she faltered.
‘And you have been kind to me,’ he
said, softly. ‘Very kind, Indeed. I
shall think of you when I am gone, but
I don’t suppose you will give me a
thought. That corn-sbelling young
man—”
“Oh, sir, please don’t.” she cried
stretching out her hands in agony.
“You are too .good for him,” he
said.
you
“You needn’t again," she sobbed
“Indeed you needn’t. And I will go
away if you don’t like a ser-ser- vant.’*
“You have no sense.•• lie answered
angrily. “You either will not or can
not understand. Of course there should
be a servant here. I would not stay if
there were not, but I will not eat with
ono. Now, do you understand ?”
“Yes, sir; indeed, indeed Ido!
won’t do so any more,” she sobbed. ‘In
deed , I won’t 1 I’ll wait till you are done-
Indeed, Iwill! Only please don’t go
away from here.”
She ran back to the kitchen weeping
bitterly. He hated her, she knew, an*
she worshipped the ground his aristo
cratic feet deigned to tread on.
When the Hensons cainc home dinner
was ready. They sac down with their
boarder, and Lizzie remained in the kit
chen—they ate in the sitting room since
Mr. Hicks came. Mrs. Henson called
her, but she answered that she must
make the pudding-sauce and could not
oome. And when they were ready for
padding Mrs. Henson found it much
more convenient to have Lizzie bring it
in than to hare to jump up for it. <
Mr. Hicks was less talkative than usu
al. He was usually exceedingly quiet.
He was angry at the Hensons for exist
ing, and for insisting upon existing.
Unacknowledged, even to himself, he
was ashamed of the way he Bpoke to the
pale-faced little girl, who did her duty
and kept her way so bravely and well.
He did not come down to supper. Liz-
zie, at Mrs. Henson’s bidding, went to
his room and knocking at his door, call
ed to him. He had a headache, he an
swered, and did not want any sapper,
and bade her come tn. Tremblingly she
obeyed.
He was lying on the bed.
“Come here? he said, holding out his
and. He took one of hers. “I’m sorry
was cross with you." ho went on.
“You’re a good little thing.”
“O, I'm not.” sho returned, radiantly
happy. She let her hand lie in his. She
did not know that she ought not to.'
“Yea you are. Upon my honor, I
would rather sit at the table Vi th you,
ii it were the proper thing, than with
the Hensons.”
Shan’t I bring yon any supper 7”
she asked timidly, still trembling, but
very happy.
‘‘NotamouthluL” *
He dropped ber hand. That sqemed
a signal for her to go oat, and ahe went.
He watched the queer, little retreating
figure with much amusement. She
wore her Sunday-go-to-meeting, long-
whisted, full-skirted, best delaine, and
her hair was fairly screwed up, so tight
was the knot behind.
After that Sunday Mr.' Hicks often
stodped from bis great height to talk to
Ltsxie. And ahe, loving him blindly,
notwithstanding his ambition did not
point toward taking a farm on shares,
was his slave. Jason 'Williams still lost
his farming utensils and came over to
borrow Mr. Henson’s. Lizzie never re
mained in the room no w, if ahe could
Hod an excuse to leave it, when he w» s
there- Jason’s eyes were sharpened by
love, and he law what no one else did,
that she had given her heart unasked
to this city ‘swell.’ He never omiiied
an opportunity in consequence, to gen
tly i—t—--I- his own superiority and to
arse freely on the ’zwellV failings,
a, who had little idea what a swell
waa. only that it was not nice or Jason
would not have called him by that name
would not stay to hear it.
Meantime Jason was slowly gaining
courage to offer to her his own superior
hand and overflowing heart, thereby
keeping her ftorn dying of a broken
heart, and saving hts awn reputation
“He don’t come to see me; no one ev
er does. 1 shall never marry.”
“I have heard girls say that before.’
There was a moment’s silence. She
stood still with her hands in his for a
little while, then site said.
“I must go, sir.”
“To him?”
“Oh no, sir,” I shall go to bed. Good
night!’’
“Good night!"
He loosed her hands, and sat musing
by himself after she was gone, laughing
at her folly.
She did not anticipate seeing him alone
again before he went, but Osborn Hicks
was too much interested in this little
comedy, as lie called it, to lose odq act.
so he sought for her after supper, ne
found her, after some search, in the
milk-house, which was near a deep,
swift-flowing creek. She had finished
her work and was just coming away.
“I am bidding good-bye to the farm
for this summer,” he said, ‘aidjcame
down here before. How nice aud neat
you keep it.’
She could not answer him. She turned
her back to him that he might not see
the tears that welled up into her eyes.
Osborn leaned against the door post
looking in. He knew well enough why
she turned so quickly away. He smiled
at the funny little figure in the tucked-
up calico dress, holding a milk-pail in
either hand. She would not set the
palls down and wipe her eyes for fear
lie would know that she was crying. She
stood with her head erect.
Osborn looked at her misery for some
time, enjoying It, then he said: “What
is tlie matter, Lizzie? Have I offended
you ? Why do-you turn from me?"
“ I—I—” slu began, but she could not
say any more. He stepped down iuto the
milk house. The buckets fell, and the
little arms went up to shield her face.
He laid his hand on her shoulder and
gently turned her around.
“Why!” he said, in pretended sur
prise. ‘What’s the matter? Has one of
the cows gone dry?’
‘Oli, Mr. Hicks 1’ she sobbed, deeply
mortified that he knew she was crying.
“Don’t cry,” he said, kindly chang
ing his tone. “I’ll be back next sum
mer."
‘Areyou, really?’ she gasped.
“Yes, really; but I don’t suppose you
will be here. You’ll be over there with
that corn-shelling man.”
“Oh, never!” she sobbed.
“Now, don’t cry. Look un!" He
took her hands from her face. Tho
son Boon got another ‘help’ without do-
tay. Jason had long ago taken to bor
rowing tools of Smith's, w ho hada
daughter, and a daughter who looked
fauorablv on him ana hia borrowing
Osborn Hieks, la a foreign land with
his bride, had forgotten that Lizzio
Stone ever lived. ^
greshmhnille items. " .
by occasional;
De bull frog and do faivkle tn
Iran.
Colonel, the next time yon come $
to Powell’s gallop down to Greah-
amville and look at us. Probably
we can skirmish up an old Indian
mound. For a fact, we have got
large one on CoL Saflord’s place.
-It is a noticeable fact that the girl
with the largest bangs has the big
gest hole in her stockings. Look
out girls. '
We have one tresspass case on
docket at Greshamville. There is
much stir over it as that big
Long case up the country. Act
right, gents, and wet your whistle,
(we included) and oil will be set
tled.
Mr. John A. Saye has thirty odd
scholars. Besides the gold medal
he has several VP- 'able books as
prizes.
Mr. Jack Jackson, of Athens,
made Greshamville a pleasant visit
last week, the guest oi Mr. D. B.
Jacksou. Come again when you
can stay longer.
Several mad dogs have been kill
ed in our community lately. We
have not heard the condition of Mr.
Wilson, of Morgan county. Since
writing the above we learn that he
has died from the effects of the
bite.
The general meeting at New
Hope chu“ch passed off so quietly
that many thought it only a private.
Our. farmers are hastening up
with their farm work and are suc
ceeding, notwithstanding all the
wet and disagreeable weather.,
A SHOCKING AFFAIR.
Matt Strickland, a negro woman
of low repute, who resides on Sum
mit street, in this city, was fear
fully cut by some unknown party,
on Tuesday n*ghl last It seems
that she had been up town, and in
vited a negro woman of like char
acter as herself home with her to
pend the night, and while they and
their paramours who had accompa
nied them were together, the dark
and bloody deed was committed.
The gash is in the forehead, above
the eyes, nearly severing the top of
the head from the base. After the
attempt was made to decapitate her,
the would-be murderer recanted
from carrying out the dark deed,
and tried to stop the flow of blood
by daubing the gash with soot.
This restored partial consciousness
to the unfortunate victim, and she
tells the substance of what we have
written with her own lips, save
who it was that did the cutting. She
is still alive as we go to press, but
grave doubts are entertained as to
her recovery. The case is in the
hands of the police, and will be fer
reted out—Gainesville Eagle.
winter won’t 1*0 long, and I’ll be back
in June.”
‘Will you sir?’ she asked, looking
down as he held her hands, and catching
her breath in quick sobs.
“1 will, indeed. 1 am going to say
good-bye to you now, as I Shall not see
you alone again.”
He bent down suddenly and kissed her
and then went quickly away. His con
science troubled him a little. He did
have a littleconsience, surprising asthat
may seem. ,
. “It won’t hurt Her," he said to»him
self. ‘She’ll forget all about me iD two
weeks; and llelon will never know any
thing about it.’
“But it did hurt Lizzie. It hurt her
then as she.lay on the milk-house floor,
sobbing hopelessly.
He went away the next day, and then
began the weary waiting for June to
.come and bring him back. Autumn went
slowly by—-winter came and passed.
Everjr Tuesday evening during that time
Sasun came over to borrow something,
and on Thursday evening came over tt
bring it back. On Saturday evening he
walked home from singing school with
Lizzie.
On Saturday evening in the bdginning
of March he screwed up his courage
again, and asked ber to marry him. She
was not surprised now, tor she had be
gun to understand bis attentions, but i
pained tier, for answer was a a firm ‘no.
Site had too much sense to expect t
marry Osborn Hicks, butshe would nev
er marry any one else. March and April
dragged by; there was only May left
live through. Bnt now that the time of
iiis coming was really so near Lizzie did
not know now she could wait patiently
till he came.
Mrs. Grimes had taken boarders early
in Slay. Th$ day after their arrival she
came over to see Mrs. Henson. Her
house was full, she said, and one of the
ladies, a Mrs. Cooper-, had some friends
who would like tocome, but as she Mrs,
Grimes could not accommodate them
they would be willing to board at Sirs!
Henson’s.
.They were talking in tho sitting room
and Lizzie was ironing in the kitchen
with the codnecting door open.
“I would bo glad tp take them,” re
plied Mrs. Henson, ‘but we have but
on spare room, and that is promised to
Mr. Ilioks. He will be faere.in a little
while npw.’ - ,
Lizzie stopped ironing to listen. Had
they heard from him?
•Yon needn’t expect him-,” respond
ed Mr*.. Grimes. ‘Mrs. Cooper knows
him well, and she says he sailed for Eu
rope two weeks ago with his wife.”
“His wife!”
“Why, seal Didn’t yon know he was
married? Mrs. Cooper told me all
abour it. He was married last Christ-
A RUM-SELLERS EXPERIENCE.
- A man named Stacy, the owner
of a splendid drinking salopn in
New York, signed the pledge late
ly and closed his house. Hearing
that a party of lads had formed
themselves into a Temperance soci
ety, he gave his experience as a
urn-seller. “I have sold liquor,”
said Mr. Stacy, “lor elven years—
long enough for me to see the begin
ning and end ot its effects. I have
seen a man take his first glass of li
quor in my place and afterwards fill
the grave of a suicide. I have seen
man after man, 4 w cal thy and educa
ted, come into my saloon, who can
not now buy their dinner. I can
recall twenty customers worth from
$ico,oo to $500,000 who are now
without money, place or friends.”
He warned boys against entering sa
loons on any pretext. He stated
that he had seen many a young fel
low, a member of some temper
ance society, come in with a friend
and wait while he drank. “No, no,”
he would say, “I never touch it.
Thanks all the same.” Presently
rather than to seem churlish he
would take a glass of cider or harm
less lemonade. “The lemonade
was nothing,” said the rumseller,
' but I knew how it would end. The
only safety, boys, for any man, no
matter how strong his resolution, is
outside the door of a saloon.”
A STRANGE STORY.
About a month ago a cow belong
ing to Mr. Henry Matthews, who
lives on the Chattahoochee, near
Strickland’s Ferry, was bit by a rab
id dog, and subsequently went mad
and had to be killed. Within a
short time three of Matthews’ chil
dren were' taken sick, and one of
them, the youngest, has been totally
uncons :ious> for three weeks and
died last Sunday. The other two
are very low and it is hardly proba
ble that they will live. .
• It is generally believed in the
neighborhood that the sickness ol
these children was caused by drink
ing the milk from the cow while she
was affected with hydrophobia. At
the time she was bit and before the
family suspected that anything was
the matter, the cow was milked and
the children allowed to drink it, and
it was probably used by other mem
bers of the family.
It is a little remarkable that only
the children were affected, but from
the fact that they were all taken
about the same time and are similar
ly affected and the peculiarity of the
disease, the conclusion is pretty well
settled in public opinion that the
disease was produced from the con
dition of the cow.—Sumter Herald.
On the mornipg of the x6th of
April, 1840, there was a heavy, kill
ing frost throughout Middle Geor
gia, which destroyed all vegetation,
including the corn and wheat, as
well as the green leaves in the for
est. Even large trees, in many in
stances, were killed bv the severe
cold. The cold weather lasted * for
a whole week, and was one of the
gloomiest periods ever witnessed
in Georgia. It was followed, how
ever, by fine crops ot all kinds; and
the wheat, which was heading oat
when it was bit down by the treat,
sprouted out again, and made a
pretty good crop. •
Quick, complete cos*, all snnovtu JCMne*
Bladder and urinary Diseases.* L DruHfUty
Mineral Park, Arizona* April
9.—;Jas. Stein and his 'wife and
daughter lived in n double house
here. The house affected by the
continued hard rains, crumbled du-
“.Goo d grecious,Ltazie!”Mr..Hensont& laStnight “ d
cned, as a flat-iron fell to the floor. tnree *
‘Have yon broken anything?’ nmarni - raaxm ' -
Lizzie made no answer, and the next T * . . t Kj* eVlr.
moment the oater kitchen door was poH- ■: numberless bulDS neneaui soe saus
ed‘huti She ran down tho gardenpaih,
holding her hinds to. her head* Sho ran
to get away from herself. «She was sud
denly bereft of her reason, and she did
not know where she went. The creek
was at tbe foot of tbe garden; ahe stop
ped an, Instant to looklnto it, then cast
herself fprward.
Down, at the village that night a body 1
was found Boating In the water. It was
poorly dressed, with scanty sklrtscllng-
ipg about it, and with yellow hair about
its neck. It didn’t matter so much. Far-. .. r*i,„.i—11. „ ^rret .mratlnt
mer Henson’s ‘help’- had not lost her JA^harlesReade, the great novaustj.
reason and drowned herself. Mrs, Hen- dad in London,
is secreted the Uqnor
gives the hair its- texture and gloss, '
When this secretion stops, tho hair bo* ?*
gins ot once to become dry. lustreless,
brittle and gray. Is thrt the condition -*■.!
of your hair? If so apply Parker’s Hafe*l
Balsam at once. It will reoton the ool- ,
or, gloss aud life byrenewlng the action
Of nature. The Dalsam is not oil, not
a dye, but an elegant toilet articto,ingft* 111 “
ly appaeciated because of its rlsaallneas.