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THK AUGUSTA* CHATTANOOGA
RAII.ROAD.
It now seems to us that the pro-
ectct .lit—lint railroad, leading ftom
Charleston, S. C., via Augusta, to
i hattanooga, Tenn., has a lair pros
pect of being built. A company
stands ready to iron and equip the
road as soon as graded, and hence
it will only be necessary for the
territory interested to subscribe
enough to move the dirt. This will
not be an expensive matter, consid
ering the character and topography
of the country through which the
road will pass—opening up the
fertile cotton fields and alluvial
river swamps of Middle Georgia,
and piercing a mountain region rich
in undeveloped mineral and agri
cultural wealth. The road from
Augusta will traverse the old Cher
okee trail, leading from that city to
Koss’ Landing, on the Tennessee,
now the site of the city of Chatta
nooga. As is a well known fact,
the Indians always avoided water
courses and broken ground, and in
making this trail their judgment
was so well exercised that after the
inroads of civilization the famous
Cherokee trail was turned into
government road. Take a rule and
lay upon the map, and you will see
that the proposed road not only
avoids nearly every river, but heads
the creeks and branches, thus lur
nishing an artery ot commerce be
tween the West and the sea
board that saves greatly in mileage,
and which cannot be blockaded by
floods. This road will he the most
important line in the South, and
there is no doubt about its paying
lrom the day the first through train
is run. lienee we believe that the
roaii will be built, and it behooves
Athens to '‘keep both eyes wide
open.” On an air-line, and as the
route is now projected, this road
will pass near the Glade, in Ogle
thorpe county, through Dowdy, in
Madison, cross the North-Eastern
at Ilarmor.y Grove, and thence on
through JefiVrson and Gainesville
to Chattanooga. This route is not
exactly on the Cherokee trail, but
it is the line designed by the pro
jectors. The old trail passes through
Washington, Lexington and Ath-
-'.s. It is needless to warn the
people ot our city that if this road
is constructed on the route now
proposed—cutting ofTthree-fourths
of our territory from Wilkes, Ogle
thorpe, Madison and Jackson—that
Athens will be ruined past redemp
tion. In fact. Harmony Grove will
not only be our rival,but enjoy supe-
lior advantages to us. This road will
take away at least half of our cotton
receipts and carry them toAugusta;
rob us of a great portion of our re
tail trade, and forever blast our pros
pecte of being a wholesale centre.
On the other hand, if the road pass
es through Athens it will be the
making of the place, and be worth
more to us than every other line that
we can buiid. It puts us on a direct
line between the West and the sea
board, and Athens will possess ad
vantages superior even to Atlanta.
It is natural that Augusta will bit
terly oppose building this road via
Athens, for then, instead of carry
ing the cotton and trade from us it
will act as a powerful feeder, and as
it would be the most important line
in the state, Athens will naturally
become the terminus for which all
the new roads in Middle and North
east Georgia desiring to tap the
great artery would aim at. Our
city could then get all the roads she
wanted without the expenditure of
another dollar. Hence, if the A. &
C. road is built, it wdl be a question
of life or death to Athens. We can
not afford to lose it, and the road
must be brought through here if it
takes half the value of our city prop
erty to get it. This is one time where
there must be no division among
our people. Every citizen must put
his shoulder to the wheel and do his
part. We must offer $100,000, and
if this don't give us the road we can
aff ord to make it a half million rath
er man have this great trunk line
pass a few miles on our east. It is
high rime that our citizens were
considering this question. If the
road is built—and we confidently
believe that it will be—Athens must
have it at all hazards. If it leaves
us to the left our property owners
had as well tack “For Rent” over
four-fifths of theii stores.
Elbertoa Leader: Capt. H.J P.
Mattox, who has been for a long
time one of the most successful
planters in this county; says thit
whenever a man undertakes to
raise cotton to buy bread and meat
with that he will begin tolose mon
ey. The assertion that there is no
money in farming will not do, for
we can give instances which will
prove to the contrary. We will
mply mention one, which is that
of Mr. J. W. McLanahan, of this
county, who ’but a few years ago
was very poor and rented land. He
is not a stout man physically, hut
by his own labor, economy and
good management, has made at
least ten thousand dollars at farm
ing, and raised a large family. He
h»s always raised his own corn and
meat, and always has corn to sell.
About ten years ago he bought an
old worn out tract of land, as al
most everybody considered it, for
which he agreed to pay ten dollars
peracre. Everybody considered it
a very high price, and doubted his
ability to ever pay for it, but before
the last payment was due he came
up with the last dollar ot the mon
ey, which he had himself dug out
of the ground, and paid for his
land. Mr. McLanahan is an uned
ucated man, and haying no one to
assist him pecuniarily or otherwise,
was dependent solely upon his own
exertions. Now if he can do this
under all of his disadvantages, why
is it that others more favorably situ
ated cannot make a living upon the
farm ?
The Augusta Evening News gets
after our senator as follows: Sena
tor Colquitt spoke in Lynchburg
last night to a large crowd on local
option. Senator Colquitt is devot
ing nearly all his time to this busi
ness, pretty much as he did while
governor in speaking all over the
state at negro camp meetings just
before his last election. But we do
insist now, as we did then, that
Governor Colquitt was elected to
the United States senate to repre
sent us in that body, and not be
constantly away in different parts of
the country making speeches to the
neglect ot his legitimate business.
The democratic parly needs the ser
vices of all her representatives in
the senate just at this time. We
have no earthly objections to Sena
tor Colquitt’s advocacy ot the tem
perance cause, hut heartily com
mend him for it, but the people of
Georgia did not elect him ta the
senate for that especial work, and
he has no right to engage in any
other calling to the neglect ol his
senatorial duties. The demagogue-
ism of the senator is a question of
public comment.
The New York World thinks it
certain that if the seed of home rule
is once planted in Ireland it will take
root and grow. It believes that
alter a year’s trial the North of
Ireland will be as much in its favor
as any other part of the country, and
that no Irishman would thereafter
,Thc sufferings and deprivations’
of the,pfosants on the west coast of
Ireland continue to lAive fatal re
sults . One of the 'sadc&t cases yet
reported was discovered Thursday.
A widow named McLouglin was
recently evicted from her little home
at Tarnyslinnan, six miles south'of
Westport, on Clew Bay, for inabili
ty ter pay a rent bill of-feSlTtban $6
She was given a poor shelter in an
outhouse belonging to the holding
of a scarcely less impoverished
neighbor. She has lived almost en
tirely on seaweed since she was
evicted, and had become terribly
emaciated. To-day she was lound
dead on her pallet of straw, having
died during the night of starvation.
In the approaching 'visit of ex-
President Davis nearly the whole
South is taking a great interest.
Augusta cannot afford to lag be
hind. The cause is a noble one,
and every man, woman and child
should go to Atlanta on that day.
The railroads have offered libera!
rates and anybody that desires to
go can go. This is perhaps the last
time that many ot us will be able to'
see the grand old man. The date is
fixed for the last of the month, at
whattimejdue notice will be given
the columns of this paper, and we
will give the passenger rates at the
same time.—Augusta Chronicle.
J. II. Williams, the humorous
writer of the Norristown Herald,
was once asked to write a biograph
ical sketch ot himself. He answered
with the following: “Was born,
learned the printing trade, was mar
ried, still live and am growing old
at the rate of twenty-four hours a
day.”
A FINE CELLAR OF WINE.
The application of the Philadel
phia firemen for admission to the
Knights of Labor will raise in many
minds a question, what would hap
pen if these useful public servants
should ever be ordered out on a
strike. We hope our firemanic
friends will strike nothing worse
than a prize to-day.
There is something remarkable
about the number of railroad booms
in Georgia. They do not seem
he paper booms. The people are
subscribing to these roads and be
coming personally interested in
them. This is a healthy sign.
ARTHUR'S ILLNESS.
The Ex-President's Condition More Serious
than Previously Suspected.
New York, Aptil 12.—Ex-Pres-
ident Arthur’s illness is steadily as
suming a more serious aspect. His
sister, Mrs. McElroy, is constantly
at his bedside, and his physician
pays at least two visits to the house
every day. Dr. Peters did not feel
at liberty to talk about his patient’s
condition to-day, except to sav that
he had not improved during the last
month. Chester Allen Atthur, the
President's son, said to-night:
“My father is pitiably weak. He
has not left his room since Feb. 1,
but I think he has taken a favor
able turn the past few days, and the
prospects of his recovery are uiuch
better. Strength is what is lacking
now,.and our only hope is to build
up hi* system. I left him only a
Not tons ago I went to pay a visit to a very
old friend uf my family, the Rev. Ur. Chant-
toy, who taut a living in one of thooo remote,
old-world villages which are scattered along
the court of Norfolk.
I expected the very simpket of fare in the
bumble house of my friend, and my expecta
tions, so far as fish, fowl, and flesh were con
cerned, weir realized. But when I hod tasted
a glass of lion I web eo struck with the ex
traordinary let— of its flavor, its body,
and its bouquet, that I was obliged to ask
him straight!}' where he managed to pick up
such a treasure in theme d*y* of adulteration
and high prices.
•Til tell you to-morrow," ho replied, “after
you have visited my church.”
The association of splendid port wine with
•u obscure Norfolk church seemed to me a
little remote, but I knew from the old gentle
man's manner that ho had a story to tell, so I
Mid no more.
Accordingly the next morning I accom
panied him to the church. It was one of
those spacious, imposing edifices so frequently
to bo seen in the eastern counties, built al
most upon tho verge of tho sea. My host
showed me a very old tomb with a battered
canopy and seme half-effaced escutcheons and
much delicate tracery.
“Tomb of tho first lord of the manor,” ex
plained iny cicerone. “Name unknown, dato
unknown, but popularly called ‘Sir DickN
slab.’ There are lots of similar tombs about
here as about everywhere. But you don't see
anything extraordinary about the structure
of "the tomb itself! No? Well, I’m not sur
prised at it. But look here!”
So saying he placed his thumb on the top of
the helmet surmounting the defaced coat of
arms, and immediately tho whole of Uie front
of the tomb under the slab began to sink be
low the pavement, at the same time disclosing
a dark vault, up which came that damp,
earthy smell peculiar to crypts and charnel-
houses. 'Then, stooping down and pressing
the little stone helmet again, he caused the
stone to ascend to its normal position.
Of course my curiosity was intensified, ami
I wanted to hear the story at once. But tho
old gentleman said:
“No, although it’s not a long yarn, it can’t
very well be told as we are standing here; so
we’ll have it over another glass of that old
port to-night.”
So, when we had drawn our chair* rour .l
tho fire, and taken our first sips of the famous
port, he began:
“I’ve been here nearly fifty years, and when
I was first appointed there wasn't a hotter
place in all England for smuggling—except,
perhaps, Cornwall or Scotland or Romney
marsh.
“I never saw my predecessor, for tho very
good reiAon that tho living had been vacant
for ten V'tars previously for reasons which
you shall hear presently. My surprise, there
fore, may l>e imagined when, in the course of
my inspection of the premises, I come upon a
cellar fillet! with all sorts of wine and spirit*.
How’ it was that they had remained undiscov
ered and untouched during the ten years* in
terval between the departure of my prede
cessor I could not find out, until I took into
my service as gardener on old fellow who
toldine what follows:
“The last rector, the Rev. Mr. Allport, was
apjminted here in 1K12. Not many days after
his arrival he cam© into the church for some
purpose or other, and, discovering a curious
old register in the vestry, took it into the par
bouage pew, which stands exactly opposite
Bir Dick's slab, to examine. Over the vol
ume he Ml asleep. When ho awakened the
church was quite dark, and, ns it was mid
winter, very cold. Of course he jumped up.
mnozrd and not u littled awed at his position,
for thore w as as much superstition in those
days amongst educated folk as there is
amongst tho lower classes. He was about to
grojte his way out of tho j>ew, when ho was
arrested by an extraordinary noise which
not tho sound of rats nor of the wind, but
which soomod to lie suppressed subterranean
thunder.
“Suddenly he saw a faint ray of light where
he knew was Sir Dick’s slab. Brighter and
broader it grew, and then, much to his relief,
but still more to his astonishment, a human
bead api**ared inside the tomb, followed by
the remainder of a very big and burly human
bo»ly, which was succeeded by more heads
and bodies, until a group of balf-a-dozeu men
stood on the pavement of tho aisle.
“Smugglers of course they were, and now
the poor parson was seized by a dread. Tho
St. Edward’s smugglers were notorious as a
desperate crew. Many of them had been
pressed for the French war, had escaped, and
as there was a priee on their beads, and their
hands against every man's, they regarded
desperate crime* as necessary incidents of
their calling.
“They were evidently in high spirits, and
mopped their brow* as they sat, some on
the tomb itself, some on the wooden seat
passing round a big leathern jack of
to* 01a Henry, ana toe ® n ^ >l ®
were streaming out of the 'chirnch JP«rebi
shaking hands, congratulate*, and fotefag
each other everything 8 Dod ,.“4,
their way bone to celebrate the birth of the
Now Year with fun and feasting. Tim par-
son and Nancy Holliden lingered behind.
“ ‘Of course you can guess, aa ^»
‘why I am keeping you behind tho rest.
“Of course Nancy had no idea, and looked
askance at him over her mufilsr. Tho parson
continued:
“ ‘Well, it’s to ask you to bo my wife.’
* ‘Oh, Mr. Allport!’ said tho girl with *rell-
feigned astonishment. ‘I really—oh, I I
you take me so by surprise !*
“ ‘Tell mo, Nancy,’ he went on, aeizing her
little thiek-glovcxL hand. ‘Let mo have a
happy Now Year, for I <lo love you so truly
and honestly. Tell me if you will take mo
as your husband.’
“The girl was silent for a few seconds, and
tho young men could almost hear his heart
beat during the suspense. At length she
looked in his face and said:
“ ‘Mr. Allport, you are very far above me.
You are an educated gentleman, who might
marry any of the squires’ young ladies here
abouts. I am only a village girl.’
“ ‘But all that’s nothing,’ enthusiastically
began the young clergyman. Nancy went
on:
“ ‘Perhaps not to you. But something else
may be. Do you know that I am loved by
another man—indeed, I was as good as
betrothed to him not a month bock.’
“ ‘Yes, I know it,’ replied Mr. Allport ‘It
was to Ned Blackman, the—the—*
The smuggler, yes,’ finished Nancy. ‘You
know it, I see. Well, I’m only a simple
village girl—I know it, you know it,
every one knows it But I have a heart, and
Mr. Allport, I have what I’ve read most
women have, a love of revenge. Ned Black-
deceived mo. I will marry you on one
oondition.’
“ ‘Name it, Nancy,’ said the young parson,
gfcruck by the intent earnestness of tl*e girl.
“ ‘That you will find out for me, or tell me
if you know, their secret,’ said Nancy—‘1
mean tho smugglers’ secret’
“It was the parson’s turn to be silenlS now.
“ ‘Why do you not answer me, Mr.Allport?
“ ‘How do you know that I am in posaessioi*
of the smugglers secret?’ he answered evas
ively.
“ ‘I know that you are; Ned told mo,’ she
replied. ‘But he told me nothing more.’
“Tho young «n»n still hesitated, and lio
trayod by tho nervous movements of hi*
hands and feet tho conflict which was raging
within him between resjiect for a solemn
promise, by the giving of which ho had saved
liis life, and the intense love ho felt for the girl
standing before him.
“Suddenly ho seemed to make up his mind,
and, taking tho girl’s hand in his, led her
Into the church. What followed imme
diately my old gardener did not tell mo, for 1
believe he had a hand in the business; but at
any rate neither Nancy Holliden nor Mr.
Allport were ever seen at St. Edward’*
again.
“When I came here, ten years later, I found
that the jiarsonage had never been inhabited
since tho disap|>earance of the loveiV. As no
body claimed the wine I took possession of it.
and I very soon discovered that neither
my neighbors nor tho sick poor were
the lets willing to drink it for its having conic
from a haunbri house.
“That’s the story of my wine cellar, so sup
pose you ring the bell for another bottle.”—
Adapted from Frank Abell in Belgravia
Met with m Kenmrkable Accident.
A fireman on n railroad train near Dittao
met with a remarkable accident. When the
train was in motion a j sir t ridge flew through
the small window aperture in the cal
of tho locomotive directly into his face.
His eyes were pierced and seriously injured
by the bill of the fowl, which itself fell dead
to tho floor.—Chicago Herald.
consent to part with it. It also _ _
thinks that “an insufficient measure j few moments ago, and he was 'sit-
would be followed by ' * l '“ " '
Speaking of education in the
schools and colleges of the south,
the Richmond Dispatch very con
siderately says: “We admit that in
the matter of equipment lor educa
ting specialists some of* our higher
institutions of learning are very de
ficient—deficient owing to lack of
endowment—but in the domain ol
‘liberal education’ they have been
kept abreast with the times in re
spect both of standard and thor
oughness of work.”
France enthusiastically supports
Mr. Gladstone’s Irish declaration.
The radicals hail it as the stepping
stone to an independent Irish repub
lic while Catholics and reactionaries
proclaim it to be emancipation from
London and the outrages inflicted
by the English constitution upon
Catholic Ireland.
The Boston Herald ts authority
for the statement that not one ear
nest word in defense of the princi
ple* of civil service reform has been
spoken by any democrat in con
gress aincc Cleveland’s inaugura-
, lion. The trouble is in the brand,
not the article, Mr. Herald.—Sun.
North Carolina, formerly called
South Virginia, vaa once sold to
the King’s agent for a house and
£300.
a universal
demand from Ireland for its exten
sion, and the reasonableness of the
demand would then be conceded by
fair-minded Englishmen. Such
revolutions do not go backward, and
a just measure once in actual opera
tion is certain to overcome prejudice.
The most insignificant concession
of home rule will, therefore, be of
great value to Ireland. It seems to
be clearly a wise policy on the part
of Mr. Parnell and his followers to
accept now the best measures they
can secure, and to back up Mr.
Gladstone in passing, not such a bill
as*Ireland would desire, but scch a
bill as a friendly English minister
can wring from the British parlia
ment.”
Experiments are being made in
Washington with what are known
as aerial, torpedoes the invention of
Lieut. Payne, an ex-officer of the
navy, who expects to sell the right
to manufacture them to the gov
ernment. Only a meagre descrip
tion can be given of the new inven
tion, as the details are thus far a
secret. These torpedoes are fired
from a cannon and are expected to
lodge in the rigging or across the
deck of the enemy’s vessel. Before
they are discharged they are closed
up into a space of a few feet in
length, but the act of firing draws
them out like a telescope, so that
they are from ten to twenty feet
long. They will explode as well
under water as in the air, and it is
expected that they will be found
very effective. The experiments
are for the purpose of testing the
amount of power that is necessary
to discharge them a certain distance.
The bill relating to the new Capi
tol, which has passed the Legisla
ture, creates an official commission,
of which the Governor is a mem
her. We cannot believe that this
measure received due attention, for
the unwisdom of making the Gov
ernor a member of such a board ap
pears after a moment’s considera
tion. It is clearly improper that
the Governor should be subjected to
the legislative authority in any way
other than the one prescribed by
the Constitntion. It is of great im
portance to preserve the constitu
tional limitation to the powers of all
the great officers of the State, and
the Governor cannot be. made t
member ot a subordinate commis
sion without some confusion of the
constitutional boundaries to the ex
ecutive power.
The latest proposition about' •
new White House in Washington
is to keep the present building as
the Presidents official residence,
but let the new one be his private
home. This idea is suggested by
the British custom of giving the
Prime Minister a house of his own
in London, and an official residence
in Downing street besides. Of late
years the White Hpuse has proven
unhealthy for our Presidents on ac
count of the malaria it has develop
ed. They have all used antidotes,
however, except Hsyei, and there
te no telling what he was even in
the habit ot doing behind the door.
. , - . . < : oic uionxv, t»i»u guuiK ou tiu OB tO light
ting upon the lounge apparently theirpipM . The Rev. Mr. Allport no
very cheerful, lie was actually | coward when dealing with ordinary htinmn-
wondering whether he would be ! ity, and, rt-s 1..- crouched in the pew, peering
well enough thissummer to go sal
mon fishing on the Restigouche, in
Canada. We don’t expect that he
will be able to go out of the house
even for an airing for a fortnight at
Itast, but if he should gain sufficient
strength we shall undoubtedly take
him on a trip to Europe or some
where else. Any place almost
would do, so that he has a change
of air and scenes.”
Robert C. McCord, one of the
leaders of the Arthur faction in lo-
ex-l’resident this afternoon, but did
not get to sec him. A member of
the family told hint, that
they thought the crisis was almost
passed. The great dread of the
physicians is kidney disease, which,
ifit develops, will probably prove
fatal. There were no manifesta
tions of it as yet, fortunately. The
ex-Prcsident will undoubtedly be
taken from this city before the
month is out if he has strength to
g°-
A WOMAN’S DOUBLE LIKE.
made either by public officers or
friends of the - woman- to settly -up
the estate. She lelt-mo- deed, and
the exact value or description of her
property is yet shrouded in- myste
ry*
A Smaller Tunnel for Ventilation.
Alongside the main Mersey tunnel a smollei
one, seven feet in diameter, is carried. Thu
exists solely for the sake of ventilating th«
larger one, and out of it the air is sucked by
exhaust fans with such force that it is said
the whole body of the atmosphere is changed
every seven minutes.—Foreign Letter.
Two Hundred Pictures for a lottery.
Rosa Bonheur, MeLssonier, (Jerome, and
many more prominent French artists, hav«
contributed 200 pictures for a lottery, thi
proceeds of which will devoted to the erec
tion of a monument at Nancy to Claude Lor
raine.—Inter Ocean.
A NOVEL ENCOUNTER.
Five sounds Between a Baboon And a Bull-
Terrior.
Superintendant Brown’s white
bull-terrier Bubby, and Lizzie, the
Austria baboon at the zoo, had a 5-
round scrap in the cellar of the
monkey house, yesterday afternoon.
There were only two spectators,but
the sight would have made the blood
ot a>|iiize fighter freeze.
Lizzie, the h.boon, had been tied
up in a cage in the gloomy base
ment all winter, owing to a compil
er tion of diseases which rendet her
unfit to associate with the more
cheerful and better behaved mon
keys up stairs. Her moroseness of
temper is attributed to dyspepsia,
the result of indulging a fondness of
appetite for tinware, brass spiggots
and cld iron. Lizzie has also had
the measles and muscular weakness
of the heart, produced by physical
exertions to make life pleasant for
the other monkeys in the exercise
of smart called slugging.
In her lonliness she had no other
to awaken her interest except Bob
by, and her plan of accomplishing
this has made some very thrilling
experiences for Bobby in the dark
cellar. Every time he whisked by
her cage she reached out for him
like a stroke of lightning from the
c'outls. The discomforts of life at-
tertU.ng this made Bobby miserable
and yesterday he paid the price of
peace by fighting it to the bitter
enc'.
The contest was fought according
to the scientific rules of the ring,and
the'baboo.i got more point in spar
ing in ten minutes than she could
have learned in the Schuylkill Navy
Asthetic club in ten years. It was
excit-ng and hair raising.
Five rounds were fought. Like
a good many other people that get
hammered, the baboon started- the
fight. Bobby was dancing around
playfully off his guard, when Lizzie
suddenly let out with her left and
caught Bobby back of the ear. She
followed with her right and follow
ed with acoMar and elbow grip on
the terrior’s tail. It is anoying to a
dog to take unhallowed possession
of his tail.
The next time Lizzie aimed a left
hander at him he dodged and got a
grip on her elbow. Then there was
mjsic, things looked dizzy, ths hair
flew, howls of borrow went up and
the cellar shook. Lizzie let go Bob
by’s tail but he just hung on and
chewed. Lizzie wanted to chew
something too, but the bars of her
c. ge were bars of her wishes, and if
there had been no bars there would
hr ve been a whizzing cyclone in
that cellar, with either a dead dog
or a dead monkey to moralize the
cenflict.
The first round lasted two minu
tes, when Bobby let go his wind.
He stood up gamely for the sec
ond round. Lizzie sparred more
cautiously for an opening.rnade sev-
eial feints and caught Bobby foul
once or twice.
But the last round was a beauty.
Tlte combatants closed again in the
wind-up. Lizzie showed more con
fidence, and when she let out with
too long a reach to recover in good
shape Bobby caught on again. He
got a see-saw grip on Lizzie’s wrist
and kepi out of distance of her ter
rible right-hander. There was more
mjsic. Bobby dodged pulled,
growled, chewed and wagged his
tail. After three minutes he was
ordered to break away, and it was
decided that he had won the medal.
The fight will go down as one of
the most gamely fought amaetur
con:ests without gloves on record.—
ilor Vsmilsl
WNaktlalM. - -
W« an la reeslptof a number ot
■unkatlona on a topic which Just AMT
■satin to b« receiving ths attention of m.
gnat many persona It Is ths question of
the treatment ot consumption, and all
kindred of dlmsse, without drugs- Many
yean ago. In Franca. It was decided by the
leaning physicians that nething was equal
to beef as an article of diet In consumption
and all allmenu which tend to tu develop
ment. This te now a generally-admitted
foot. Much difficulty.nowever, has been
experienced In the promulgation of this
tenth, from the fact that many stomachs
cannot digest it. The Indigestible quality
Of all cod-uear oil having led to Its being
abandoned In medical treatment, it was
found that blood taken from an animal
just killed, If swallowed, produced mar
velous beneficial effects. This found favor
with few. however, bat the Idea has been
{ >ut into practical operation, sad there are
n all parts ot ths world to-day hospitals
devoted to tho care at consumption, end
kindred diseases, where beef oomblned
with alcohol, in some form, te the chief
article of food. Efforts have been made by
those Interested to keep this simple rem
edy from the masses, partly from self
ish motives, bnt quite as much from
the fact that the wonderful benefits te
be received wonld be doubted by many
If they knew la advance what oonatltutod
the care. Another reason was, that Its
efficacy depends on the presence of spirits
free from adulterations and fusel oil. In
the paet eucb au article hae been dtfftcnlt to
procure. Now. however, tt can be obtain
ed, and the commnleatlone we have
referred to are from parties who are using
a formula of this kind received from the
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co, of Baltimore,
Md. Tbe formula, which was prepared
•peolally for them by an eminent German
scientist, consists principally of raw beef
steak and ingredients, which any house
keeper can get and mix, combtnod with
their pure malt whisker. which will, if rag-
gularly used, add ou au average from t to S
pounds In a month to the weight. On tbe
receipt of a two-cent stamp, the formula
will be lent, to all parties using their
whiskey, under the teal of the company.
From the. abundance of testimony
there can be uo question as to its
value. This method of treatment U in
accordance with the views of the two
recognized leading medical authoritlee of
this couutrv, Professor Austin Flint and
Professor H. C. Wood. The company has
received so many Inquires concerning this
formula, that they have found tt neces
sary to add a medical department to their
other bualuess facilities.
>.. A RINGING ADDRESS
By the Morgan Committee to ths Friends of
■ t Prohibition.
With pleasure we give space in our
oolninns to the following address issued
by the prohibitionists of Morgan county, ceived in Athens brin
8U,T “
"’“‘■"■TSSj.e,
Yesterday morning »
Wed in Athens
at the vreinl pruup through an opening in the
curtains, he revolved in his mind what his
next move should lie.
“A notion struck him suddenly. The ves-
try was within a few yards of him, and be
could get to it by a door at the other end of
Jio pew. Silently and cautiously he groped
his way along, and in a few minutes reap
peared with a white surplice. Arranging it
bo that his face was completely Mhrouded, he
seized the opjfortunity of a lull in the smug
glers' talk, and, standing on a hassock,
stretched out one sheeted arm and uttered *
sepulchral groan.
“Tbe effect was magical. These big,
l»eanled fellows, who cared for no man, who
cal republiDan politics, called on the | faced danger with laughs of defiance, were
seized with the moc>t ludicrous panic, and
tumbled heal over heels through the opening
in tho tomb, leaving tho chufch in utter dark
ness, and the parson mabter of the situation.
The reverend gentleman, delighted beyond
measure at the success of his move, lost no
time ia getting out of the church and home.
“He knew very well that it was as much as
his life was worth not to keep silence about
the discovery be had made. Curiosity, how
ever, promised him to see for himself what
earthly object the smugglers could have in
making a parish church their try sting-place.
So, early the next morning, he let himself
into the sacred edifice with his private key,
with the intention of examining the tomb
minutely. To all outward apj>earance it had
not lieen disturbed since the day w hen the
remain* of “Sir Dick” were lowered into it.
There was not a cranny in it wide enough to
admit a man’s finger, and tho most vigorous
blows with fist and foot failed to shake the
slab in the smallest degree. Suddenly, a* he
was meditatively leaning on the stone helmet
above the escutcheon, the slab riowlj
descended, and the secret was discovered.
Tbe parson squeezed himself into the small
dark sjmc©, and scarcely had he done so,
when the slab rose again to its normal posi
tion, and he felt himself dragged by a power
ful hand down a flight of steps into uttei
darkness.
“He would have given a good deal to have
been back at his rectory just then.
“Resistance was useless, so he passively fol
lowed, aware by the smell that he was
amongst the chambers of tbe dead, stumbling
against sutvtances which rang out weirdly
hollow, ar.d more than once disturbing with
his foot round objects which rolled away
with a rattle suggestive of skulls.
“Suddenly a turn in the passage revealed a
light, and a group of dark figures who greeted
him with a derisive howl.
“ ‘Parson,’ said the leader, ‘you made fools
of us last night, and it was darned clever of
you. But look bore; we mean buxines*
•You’ve found out by accident what has been
a secret for nearly a hundred year* This
’ere passage is cut dean through your buryin’
ground, and as t’other end opens on the beach,
it come* very nauay to us, ror tne cleverest
Preventive man on the rgast, and that’s
Bcorby West, of Sherringtuun, would no
more think of lookin’ for a runnere’ cellar in
a graveyard than in a market-place. If
you're mum about it, all right, and you shall
have tho finest collar ’o wine in the kingdom;
but if yon split, as sure as you’re a Holy Joe
we'll do for you.’
“What could tbe poor man say? So he
promised that no syllable should escape his
lips as to the existence of the smugglers’ pas
sage. He was allowed to return, and that
very evening he found a couple of hogsheads
of port wine in his garden.
“Now there was in the village a pretty,
lively girl named Nancy Holliden. Upon her
tbe Rev. Mr. Allport, who was getting tired
of single blessedness in such a monotonous
place as St Edward’s, began to cast affection
ate eyes; for although socially she might have
been considered, from a metropolitan point of
view, his inferior, she was a most respectable
and well-behaved lass, who lived alone with
her mother in a little white cottage built al
most on the sea edge.
“It happened one night that the reverend
gentleman surprised Miss Nancy in company
with a smuggler, and judged from somo
bits of conversation he overboard that there
was a lover’s quarrel going on between them.
From that moment he noticed a change in
Nancy Holliden. Bhe replied to his salut*-
tions with blushing cheeks and downcast eyes;
he noticed coquettish touches about bu
dress as she sat under him in church; efas
was always at boms when he ca|Je4 pb her
mother; be met her at times and places wheq
and where least expected her. And, ashe
whs by no means a hed-looking man, besides
bolding tbe Hgh position of parson, be puvdo
Bp Us mind that Nancy had really thrown
pverheroldswoHhosrt, Apd was actually Jn
lore with bim M much as ho war with her.
\ *•« — In Public Schools.
Since vocal music was introduced into ths
public school* fifteen years ago its influenos
has been great. YVo begin with children 6 or
7 years of age, teach thorn three or four tunes,
and by the time they are a few months at it
they can go along w>th the entire school. In
four or five years thtjr are perfect masters of „
the art, and I don’t suppose there is a boy in I Philadelphia Telegraph,
the seventh or eighth grade who can not read
at sight any music you place before him or
her, no matter what its key. Instrumental
teachers tell me that it helps them greatly,
and they find boys of 14 or 15 who t>egin to
take violin lessons able to read the notes as
well as themselves. Children who have gons
through the vttcal course in the publi • schools
get through an instrumental course in two
quarters less than others require.—Cor. St.
Louis G lobe-1 Vmocrat.
MANNING S RECOVERY.
A Probability that He Will be at His Office
Before 8ummer.
Washington, April 13.—Secre
tary Manning is reported to be pro
gressing favorably towards com
plete recovery, and it is believed
by those nearest to him that if he
has no set back, he will be able to
resume the general di
lection ot the treasuiy department
before the hot weather begins, and
to take up his daily office work
again immediately after the sum
mer vacation. To do so earlier
would be, in the judgment of his
frieads, both imprudent and un
necessary, in view of the condition
of completeness to which he had
brought the reorganization and
principal aunual work of the treas
ury. These favorable anticipations
were confirmed on Sunday by Dr.
T. A. McBride, of New York,
whom Dr. Lincoln had invited to
pass the day in Washington to con
sider and review with him the
treatment of the case and to advise
as a physician and nauralgical ex
pert in respect to the future. Sec
retary Manning has lost a great deal
of superfluous flesh since his con
finement, hut Dr McBride cousid
ers this very favorable to his gener
al health as well as to the plan of
treatment accpted, in which horse
back exercise is to follow the Swed
ish movement cure, together with
careful regulation of diet for about
for about two or three months. Dr.
McBride passed considerable time
in conversation with Secretary
Manning himself during Sunday.
He returned to New York yester
day.
and forwarded to us by the committee of
ladies. They are laboring in. s great
cause, and the columns of the Bsnner-
Wxtchmxn are free to them to use as
may best promote their success. The ad
dress is written in the right spirit, and
we say to the Prohibitionists of Morgan
county that they cannot be too earnest
and zealous in their cause. A great mor
al issue is at stake, and every friend of
temperance must gird on his armor and
not relax a muscle until the last ballot is
deposited. There can be no division or
half-way ground on this question. It was
only by a firm and united stand, without
compromise or quarter, that victory was
won in Clarke county, and our friends
over in Morgan must adopt the sarni-
tactics if they succeed. The fol
lowingaddress to the friends of Prohibi
tion has been issued
The undersigned hare beet, designated
by the W. C. T. U., as an executive com
mittee, to promote the cause of prohibi
tion in Morgan county. \Ve have hoped
for a law of registratiotion of voters, but
in this we have been disappointed. Let
us do the best we ean without it . Friends
of temperance in Morgan rally! for the
issue you have desired so long to meet is
near at hand. Let us meet it couragely,
wisely, well. Let us be good tempered
and prudent, yet firm and resolute. Only
be as determined for prohibition as its
opponents are against it, and we ask no
more. We want organizations and work;
let every friend of the eause go to work.
Appoint meetings in your neighborhood,
and secure speakers. On election day.
May, 5th, lay aside business and give the
day to humanity and right. Have as many
workers in the field as our opponents
will surely have. If they work for a bad
causa, should we not for a good one?
Don’t be afraid of being over-zealous; the
camplaint everywhere is that we are not
taking any interest in the election. Let
good temperance men be among the man
agers at ajl the precincts. Remember
thall if all the three managers are not
either frec-holders or justices of the peace
the election will not he legal. Follow the
law; be sharp and acquaint yourself with
it The law requires lists of tax defaulters
to he furnished at all the precints. These
the tax-collectors will and must provide.
Go to the polls early—open and close by
law. Let no man be caught by the talk
of “taking away our rights;" prohibition
don’t take away a man’s right to drink
taki
MERRY MOMENTS.
Strength of Material in Walls.
It is computed that a twelve-inch wall of
hard-bur mxl bricks and good lime and sand , „ ....
mortar could l*> built 1,000 feet high before ! barbershop. One had rod hair and the
“The battle is not always to the strong,”
said the J udge as ho awardod the butter
premium at a country fair.
Two heads are better than one—On a
freak in a dime museum
“Heaven Revealed” is the tittle of work
recently issued. Anothe cook book most
likely.
A ^few days ago two men were in the
tho liottom layers would l>e crushed. If
Portland cement were added to the mortar
the height might reach 2,700 feet.—Arkansaw
Traveler.
Fainting the Portrait of the Pope.
To the young Italian artist who is pointing
his portrait Pope Ixxi recently said: “Taka
another look at me! Am I not much younger
than that! Mon Dieu! you must not make aa
old man of me.”—Exchange.
The Romantic Story of an Ohio Belle Who
Lived Many Years as a Man.
San Francisco, Cal., April 9.—
The application of Peter Elehe
barne, of San Jose, for letters of ad
ministration on the estate of Char
lotte Parkhurst, in Santa Cruz
county has made public a remark
able story of a woman’s dual life.
Early in the spring of 1S4S the peo
pie ol Sandusky- were startled by
tbe discovery that Miss Charlotte
Parkhurst, only daughter of Frank
Parkhurst, a prominent citizen, had
eloped with the town postmaster
during the night. The distracted
father searched for his Lottie lor
months without success, and finally
concluded she had come to an un
timely death. A few years after
this the California gold fever was at
its height. Railroads were un
known. Stages were the only-
means at hand for transporting mi
ners to different points in the gold
fields, and experienced drivers were
in demand. Their perilous exploits
with mustang teams were told in
cabin and by camp fire. None of
these bold pioneer stage drivers
were ottener mentioned than Was
vonng Charley Parkhurst. To know
One-Eyed Charley, as he was call
ed from the fact of having lost art
eye in a fight with highwaymeii,
was to respect and admire him for
quiet, courageous character.
Tiring of stage driving Parkhurst
sought more congenial pursuits and
was made time station agent for
the stage cotnpany, ’ when coaches
plied between this city and Wat
sonville. At one time he was put
in possession of and held a disput
ed tract of land now valued at $20,-
000, when the struggle over the
property was so bitter that only a
brave, determined man was bejiev-
ed equal to the task of holding it,
After an eventful career in C>li
fornia Parkhurst was found dead
in bed oh Dec; 29, 1879. Then
the startling fact was revealed that
■Chirley Parkhurst was a woman
Subsequent investigation establish
ed beyond doubt the identity oi the
famous-jehu ' with Charlotte Park
hurst, the eloping belle' of Sandus
ky. A singular circumstance is
that until now after Hie lapse of... . ^ Anport ^otved tia b. would mak.
over six'years no effort has been: -fctarofrnal SpUt ** tee jirh hand on
Year’s Evo—zn znqflrtoaa data, be nxv
Etdorsd.-wbenfiosae and goodwill would be
QMnMtfe/tia hearts of women a* of moa
feared. Tberlngers hod done teeir dutvin
“I WANT YOUR MONEY.”
But He Didn't Oet It-Daring AtU&pt to
Rob a Merchant.
Alexandria. Minn., April, 6 —
About 10 o'clock Sunday night,
while numerous people were on the
street a vicious character stepped
into tlie general merchandise store
of J. C. R'ckmann, and asked for
chewing tobacco. While being
waited upon by the proprietor who
was alone, tbe stranger covered Mr.
Rickmann with a revolver and said:
“I want your money.”
Richman quickly reached tor a
weight, when the villian fired, 'he
ball striking him below the left
snoulder, ami is supposed to have
entered the lung, the wound is pos
sible fatal. Ih a moment citizens
rushed in, sttracted by the report
and cry ot Mr. Rickmann blit the
man had ei capcd. Price Peterson
is suspected A special police drove
to his home Monday morning and
made the arrest, hut the prisoner
escaped ftom the house
befoie being shackled, carrying a
bullet with l.im. Abont 125 well
armed citizen have come out.
A report has been received that-
they have him corailed in the Home
City woods. At present Rickmann
is quite easy. The viRjage president
has offered $300 for the arrest of the
guilty person. A message was re
ceived last night saying that he was
wanted in Detroit, Mich. Word
has also been received from the
woods calling for more help.
It is proposed in congress to in
crease the appropriation for carry
ing the foreign mails from $375,000
to one million dollars.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
' • ■ -7, ";j- i * *ti‘;
>r ▼ atIm. ▲ TisrYel ot purity
rreuifth sai wrtiolesoaenes*. More economic*
haattke oniintrjr Ktn<U, an-i cannot bo sold i* 1
cua petition urith toe « Altitude of (oir left, sho
jr»:<ht *!u u >r p'i xpti ite pow lers. Sola on
JtJYAL BAKtNi POffCERCO. I
W*U«k N V, sasKUwl
other was baMheaded. Hed hair to bald-
head —“ You were not around when they
were siting hair?” Baldhead—,‘Yes, I
was there; but they only had a little red
hair left and I would not take it,”
An honest but rather illiterate old far
mer, while addressing a school house,
audience on temperance confessed, that
he had been a driking man. “But my friend
he said, “I never drunk to success.
A boil in the kettle is worth two on the
neck.
The most forward women look the mos*
backward on the street.
The Texas and Pacific bridge over the
Trinity river at Dallas, Texas is ninety
feet above the water level. A negro walk
ing across the bridge recently was over
taken by a train and was so scared that he
leaped from the bridg went plumb down
into the water, and after half a minute
arose and swam ashore unhurt
The parent who never tells a child tha*
he loves it except when about to give it a
good licking makes a terrible mistake
Some one wants to know where the
idea oY rowing originated. Why, from
the fishes of course. Havn’t you ever
seen a shad roe?
A Tennessee man had invented a new
lemon squeezer. If it will squeeze lem
on pies out of dried apples it will fill a
long felt want.
Kulalie’s wedding dress cost £2,000.
The Queen of the Belgians selected the
lace tlouces in Bussels, and oh how hap
py she must have been.
“What was the matter with my poem?
You sent it back.” asked the young poet,
“was it too long?” Old editor, “No, too
thin/
It is a strange thing that the man who
knows exactly how to run a newspaper
is always engaged in some kind of busi-
uess.
A Brooklyn girl is developing a healthy
bread around her rosy mouth. She will
not tell who she caught it from.
An old deacon from the countryy who
attended a fashionable evening party re
turned home and said that Boston women
were like Western cattle they were never
properly dressed until they were dead.
In St. Louis, the other day, Henry Am
mel killed his mother-in-law in a dispute
over the possession of a two dollar “God
Bless our Home” motto.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood says that the
trained skirt is in its origin a badge of ser
vility. It will be difficult, however to train
society to this belief.
Many a man doesn't realize that ho
has had a swell time at an evening party
until he attempts to put hi& hat on the
next morning.
A little boy asked father, a few days
ago if it was wicket to say Rotterdam.
inga that Hon. John^H!^* u .
tlie only surviving priv^^S
wsr, was enrout* to fUl * £ !
North-Eastern. A confer 0,1 Hj
many friend* of this di.t,w*, * 11
tleman vu zt once held, to^ 11 *^ fit
and means to receive hin.: *>it
befitting his rank ^<\
J. E. Cox was appointed
assembly, and C. WashingJ^ 01 M
requested to act a, secreu,. , *» l
moved and seconded that a -L ' ** I
be taken up, and the sum of fij, 1 I
whs at once subscribed. The C * su I
and secretary were authorized
the entire amount of the coll,
aecuring for Athens' dutingZ^M
tor a reception that would lay ’ i * , l
Roman triumphs in the «h»d < ***'
some delay a team consisting „f
cared mule and a hickory. with ‘, * ! *c
wag.n was hired of a countryIT**'
two cents oer hour, » a d .
sharp the cavalcade left Bzld"' 1 ^
Fleming’s corner for the depot'‘'
was promptly reached at 12:35 7“ 11
the double-screech of the “
nounced the news that there wi,'’!* 1 ''
usually distinguished cargo on^ I
Private Hughes was at once t»; f . I
session of by the committee of t w „
together with his trunk consigned ,
rear seat in the wagon. There
perfect ovation tendered the pro c .' |
as it dashed up College avenue
rate of ten hours a mile, tnd n-
fiery, untamed, long-eared U,,/
was bedecked with flowers by an , n /|
siastic multitude. As we gr, lo !'L
the cavalcade has not a, yet rei.hH^I
top of the water tower hill. J> r ~
Hughes will register at tlie Hot.;.
Baldwin. A public reception will J
tendered him to-morrow at 11 o cloth ‘
Gunne's. Power& Co.,are etenm>.|
to make the milliuery deparimeo; |
i heir largesL'.re one of tlie train | w#t |
of Harmony Grove. This ilqurtn^l
is presided overby Mrs. Gum.n,
Mrs. Garricht, two of the beat oiii||„,
in North East Ga.
IN THE GOOD OLD TIME.
How Beaux and Belles Faired After Church
. for the Walk Homer
Borllrgtoa Reporter.
We always sat on the rear bench
at church, anil when the doxology
had been sung and the benediction
had beeii pronounced, we “slid out.”
This is the Latin for going outside
and ranging ourselves in rows just
beyond the door and on either side
of the walk leading from it. When
the girls came out, one st a time, we
watched our chances and asked the
momentous question: “Can 1 see
you home to-night?” so low nobody
but the girl could hear it, and then
walked off with her as proudly as
if we had conquered a nation—un
less we got “the mitten,” sometimes
called “the sack,” for short.
“A good looking girl often
‘sacked’ as many as a dozen of us
here before she got through with
the exercise of the evening. The
less desirable girls came out first,
and as all of us were bent on car-
,y ing off the prize beauty, were per
mitted to depart for home unmo
lested. Some of them occasionally
looked out of the corners of their
eyes at us, as much as to say, ‘Mo
lest me if you want to,’ but we suf
fered them to depart in peace.
When the belle of the evening
came to the door there was a gen
eral sigh outside, and those nearest
her all tendered their arms. She
would cast her eagle eye over the
calf-pasture and pick out the one
who held highest favor in her eyes,
take his arm and lean lovingly up
on it, while the other boys found
themselves alone in the silent dark
ness with no more girls to ask and
no more girls to go home with and
make them afraid. Slowly and
sadly we took up our weary bur
dens and wandered toward home,
trying to think of some charm that
would enable us to overthrow our
successful rival.
whisky, but takes away his right to sell
Don’t be caught by the specious argu
ment of “high licence.” Why prohibit
by law all other evils, and put high licence
only on this evil? How would it look to
put high licence on stealing, or any oth
er evil prohibited by law. Don’t be led
to think prohibitition will ruin trade.
Eatonton’s large cotton receipts, while
prohibitoa prevails disapprove it. Let us
save our boys from being the customers
of saloons. The soloons must have cus
tomers or they will close doors. Who
shall furnish them ? Will they be your
boys? Fathers, consider well how you
vote—your vote may licence liquor, and
cause your boy to dy a drunkard. Moth
ers constitute yourselves into committees
of one and work at home on those who
mustdothe votings. Y'oung men, put
yourselves right on the record—start life
with no such record as licencing liquor
to be made or sold. If saloons are good
for the peace and happiness of families
and the prosperity ef communities, let
them be multiplied. If not let them be
done away with. Friends, go to work—
victory is in our power. With God and
conscience on our side, with our wives
and mothers and sisters to aid us and
smile upon us, with ourboys to save from
drunkards graTes, why should we not
succeed? In tbe language of another, in
time of great crisis, let us say, “with mal
ice towards none, but charity for all, at
God gives us to sec the right, let us do the
right.” .Tauks P. Wade.
S. A. Bt-uxir.
1’. M. Atklsson.
SPECTACLES.
Parties wanting spectacles or
glasses can have their eyes exaoa,
and glasses fitted Wv calling on l)r. Km
enherg, a skilled optician, »t his offi« cl
Michael Bros.’ store.
AN EXCELLENT SPEKE.
Yesterday morning, Col. J. V. Uerrcl
addressed the students in the Iirmw
nian hall. His speech wu filled vj I
good advice to the young men. and [
ed that he bad never lost his lore for i [
University and the old Demoitheniit
John Scroggins, of Jackson count 1
will open a barroom just acrbutal
Madison county line. <
A NARROW ESCAPE. '
The other day Judge Mitchell hong: I
a paper of strychnine to kill soar n
grant cats that had been serenading his I
at night, and put it away un » shelf oil. I
ready' to use it. The poison was fourt I
by an inquisitive little negro, whowul
just in the act of ewzUowing it whe:
discovered and saved.
LEATHER MOTHS.
A Destructive Little Insect Peculiar Only
to Athens.
While in the store of Baldwin & Flem
ing, yesterday, we were attracted by the
senior proprietor picking little worms
and bugs from beneath the inside sole ef
a new pair of shoes. They had bur
rowed in the leather and were consum
ing it liko saw-worms would pine bark.
In reply to an inquiry Mr. Baldwin ex
plained that these little insects are firat
a tiny white worm, but afterwards
turn to a brown bug. The first time he
neticed them in his stock was two years
ago, when on taking out a box of slippers
they were found to be ruined by the
leather moths. They make their ap
pearance beneath the inside sole, next to
the heel, and would gradually bore their
way through the shoe and render it
worthless. They are never found in
new stock, but only in shoes that hare
been packed away through the wiuter.
Camphor and like preventives have been
tried, but no effect is had on the moths.
Messrs. Baldwin & Fleming wrote to dif
ferent large shoe houses to find out what
would stop the ravages of these pests,
and were surprised to learn that it was
only in Athens that the leather moths
has ever appeared. In fact, a Boston shoe
manufactory seemed to doubt the exis
tence of such an insect. Every season
they entail quite a loss on our shoe deal
ers, as the goods attacked by the moths
are either ruined or so injured that they
are sold at a bargain. The moths seem
to prefer, too, the finer quality of goods,
and we noticed where they left brogank
unmolested to attack a box of $7 shoes.
LING SING.
The above named gentleman was born
of rich, but honest parents near the vil-
liage of Yan-tum-kiva, and spent his
early childhood in catching rats for his
Imperial Highness, Chin-ah-lin-foo, but
from his lowly position as chief rat catch
er and assistant sweep out, he stands to
day as an example of what man can do.
And now he has risen to the exalted
office of Lord High washee washec ex
traordinary to the citizens of Athens.
A RELIABLE ARTICLE.
For enterprise, push, and a desire to
get such goods ns will give the trade
satisfaction E. S. Lyndon & G. W. Rush
the druggists leads all competition for
Dr. Bosanko’a Cough and Lung Syrup,
because it is the best Medicine on the
market, for Coughs, Colds, Croup and
Primary Consumption. Price 50 ceeta
and $1.00. Samples free.
AFTER THE BOBBERS.
The General Superintendent, Mr. Sad-
ellei - , of the Southern Express Company,
and Mr. Crosby, the Traveling Messen
ger, she in tbe city looking after the sto
len diambntts. Mr. Nusely, the Messen
ger on the North-Eastern Railroad, re
ceipted Capt. Wm. Williams, the ex
press agent at Athenk, for the diamonds,’
and was receipted by the express agent
on the R. & D. R. R. at Lhls for them.
Ithi8 not yet 'Keen ascertained at what
point the diamonds were stolen, but the
j supposition is that they were taken at
Lula.
MOST PERFECT MADE
ifo Annoritm, Lima or At AH.
PRICE Elmo POWDER CO..
CHICAGO. I
The North-Eastern railroadii
down new cross-ties.
Fsttiqfl
HARMONY OROVE WILL JOIN.
In conversation with some of the I!l-. I
mony Grove base ball players they u;
they are anxious to join the North<x I
Georgia league and have a club alvinl
in practice.
Gunnels, Power a Co., "f IUrmoi
Grove, keep constantly on hand s l»rJ
and well assorted ninth of
merchandise. The-' 'hiogdeps'
1.filled wihnoi hing but the latest l (Hi
tlie stock is large un i tiiessM.itm-iti:l|
best that can be loun! in the uorth-ia 1
market. Call a - Gunnel , I‘o*erA'o[
before purchasing.
A DUEL IN THE M0USTAWI
There is getting to be quite s waM'joi I
in the mountains around Tallulah,
duel will probably he the result St
Merritt, a young lawyer of MsyinDt I
feels that a Dr. Smith, of Clayton. Ribs:
county, has done him some dtmige r.: I
unless friends interfere a duel will bets* I
resnlL Mr. Mersitt is a brillianttousi I
lawyer and aa brave as a lion, uidwhn I
he considers his honor assailed will fi;b: I
ts the death. We hope it will be 1
bly adjusted.
THE WORKING WORLD.
The Working World is out of troub
le, out of litigation and out of tho hands
of a receiver. The differences between
Mr. Woodward and Mr. Florence, the
two gentlemen who are couducting the
paper, have been amicably eetted, and
the receiver has been dischargod. The
paper will be conducted hereafter by
Messrs. Woodward and Florence.—Con
stitution.
JD8T LIKE HIM.
If there is one man more than another
that appreciates the newspaper, it ia our
energetic friend Mullane, and if there ih
one man more than another that appre
ciates more titan another it’s such a man
as Mullane, with the characteristic lib
erality for which he is proverbiaL Ho
ornamented some of our straw hats on
yesterday, which ye reporters appreciate
and acknowledge.
A CHINESE PAPER.
Mr. Sol. Solomon, formerly of Athens,
sent a Chinese paper to the Banner-
Watchman printed in the hieroglyphics
of the Chinese. Ling Sing is the only
person in Athens that can tell anything
about it.
TRULY HAPPY.
None are truly happy but those who
are busy at some kind of useful work
either of the hands or head. Skiff, the
jeweler, is always busy at some useful
work with both the hands and bead, and
about as happy aa the average of human
ity,. „ i - -■
OCONEE'S ELECTION.
Ordinary Thruher has issued the or.
der for the prohibition election in Oconee
to come off on the SOCh of May. The
order will appear in the next isatie of our.
weekly. ‘
I mi , - 1 --
FLATAU SOLD OUT. "i- f,)
S. Platan has fold out his store on
Clayton streettb Hodgioa^ Brec,sbd piU
go into another business.
an qutlifled te rets for meaWn of I
General jUsexablr, Mint beo fit* la ■’ I
office, as required by General Loral Opiloa Oct ■
approved September I8tk 15*5. An elect)*? I
hereby ordered to be held ot u*pl»«5oi ^|
log election* *nr member* of the Ge**nl£ I
■embly, on tho 10th doy of May next (U hfl I
within torty day* after th* reception •* |
poll tion) to determine whether or I
8pirituou* Liqsor* as ore raeati*c*d in«: w *
section of sold oet. shall be sold wjt*‘» ‘' |
limit* of sold eoosty of Oconee. j*-
aprilMwU. B. E. TR&AiKER. Or
HE HIDE MORE ill
nil IH OTHER B\
“My business necessi.aies ap»<j l!,,:
of exposure upon me, and Ud mnW,
owing to this fact, I was attacked vP
n very severe case of inll*mm*:ory rht»
matism.”
“The physicians called It
as It seemed to make a specify °j
joluta. What t Buffered from this dreac
disease can better be imagined t aa
described. A person who hu never
an attack of Inflammatory rhenmatun
can never appreciate the excruc 8
pains and the agony which a him
being can stand and still live.
“I did everything I could to ca -
myself. I tried every means inmyp®
and every remedy left me *» b *
worse than X was before. I could not re"
my hand to my head, and it !ook»d
even if.I was rid of the disease, test
effects would cripple me lor life-
“About fonr weeks ago I w** P*!*
ded to try HunnicuU’aRhesoatictu^
and my relief was almost in«t* nt8 “ f °
I am now on my fourth bottle, »n
tbe time itia finished, X will be *» wn ’
a man as there is in Georgia.
“‘Have I any objection to tbe pu
ation of these facts ?’ Not tbe least
world, and I only hope tbit they
meet the eye of every person '
an t was, and that they will b * lieT *j f ‘ M
and be cured, and I want to «*y .
here that I wonld not, for one th
dollars, be to-day in the condltloo
when I began using the remedy *
made me whole again—Hu
Rhemnatio Cure. ge „,
“ I also have been • *rea« ^
from Indigestion and
-dyspepsia, in fact, sod 8,nC#I J
thetuTof tea cure,
W. W .drh.v.«ptodandtonPdd^
tion and appetite as I ever hfo *
Theabove’reaiarWsw*re*Md 7 ,
