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NVEEKLYBANENR-WATCHMAN TUESDAY AUGUST
LET US MAKE NOMINATIONS.
CONITtlTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
There is a great deal of political
cowardice in Athens and Clarke
county, and .the democratic party i»
actually afraid to make nominations,
lest it be defeated. The conse
quence is that a ceriein floating
vote, which holds tl c b tlancc o‘
power when there is a split, has
become criminally corrupt., and the
liberal use of money is just as nec
essary in carrying an election as it
is to sustain life. It matte;* not
how obscure and insignificant the
office a man may aspire for in our
. city and county, the only way he
can get it is to lreely secure votes
by the use of money, whisky or
any other corrupting means in his
power. As a natural result of such
political corruption, there is no more
chance for a poor man to secure
an ollice here, where money oppos
es him, than it is for him to buy a
palace. Irrespective of fitness or
justice, the candidate with the larg
est purse, and who will the most
pander to and bribe this floating
vote, is invariably successfnl. Here
the purchase ol votes at an election
is looked upon as a legitimate and
altogether proper transaction, and a
man docs not consider that lie is
perjuring himself when he takes
tnat iron-clad oath in regard to the
means used by hinr.ielfto ne elect
ed. Custom makes law, and the
candidate sees nothing wron
••buying a voter’s time” with a tew
dollars. This custom is getting
worse - and worse, and it is high
time that a reform was made. The
Uction last Saturday for bonds
convinced us of this tact. Although
Bon. W. A. Llttlo auras an ExrUnatlon of
Vtat la Fropos*d--Th* Practical Work-
Ini a of tbs Constitutional Amendments.
, Editor Enquirer-Sun: In re
sponse to your request I will en
deavor to give you the information
desired with reference to the con
stitutional imendments which are
to be voted on by the people of this
state in the coming election.
While the framers of the consti
tution of 1877 recognized the con
venience of occasionally enacting
for a county a measure of purely
local character, a large [majority of
that body regarded the volume of
local measures presented every year
for the consideration of the general
Assembly as an evil in legislation.
Acting in this view they suggest
ed on that instrument ceitain pr«-
visions in regard toloca' legislation,
which it was believed would accom
plish two objects, viz: 1st, reduce
the number of local measures pro
posed. 2d, consolidate into one act
similar measures when pionosed
separately for different counties. To
accomplish these objects all local
hills since 1S77 are to originate in
the house of representatives, are to
be refericd to the committee on local
and special bills for consideration,
without having been read in the
house (except by a two thirds vote
allowing the reading and reference).
A local bill cannot he considered by
the committee nor reported by them
to the house unless it was introduc
ed within fifteen days after the ot-
CAKF PONDS A FAILURE.
The carp ponds in this communi
ty may be pronounced a complete
failure, il we measure success by
the standard of expeciatiou. it was
saik, truly, perhaps, that they
would be batched out by many
thousands each season. It was al
so believed toat they would weigh
irom one to two or more pounds in
a year. The latter prediction haa
not been realized. It involved the
production of thousands of pounds
ol flesh in a little pond not larger
than a garden. Thia was an impos
sibility the way the ponds and fish
weie cared lor. To have
accomplished the expected
results, would have requir
ed tons of nutritious food furnished
by the human hands. Elve or six
hundred bushels of grain or it*
equivalent, would have been neces
sary to secuse the growth of fish
anticipated. From 20 to 50 pounds
of fish is as much as could be ex
pected in a small pond in one sea
son. This would require seveial
hundred pounds of nutritious lood,
a full crop of bugs, worms, grubs
and flies, that would be likely to find
their way into a small fish pond in
one season. If the owners of fish
pends will sit down and figure a lit
tle, they will find at least one inevi
table cause ol failure.—Registei.
COLLISION AT BRUNSWICK.
Two Meomottvei Boo Into a Fasitngtr
Train.
Brunswick, Ga., Aug. 15-
While the passenger train with the
Savannah excursionists was nearing
the curve in the southern part
ifae city to-day \WO locomotives
were discovered *V pidly appioach-
ing. Tne brakes were at once ap
plied and the speed of the engines
was almost entirely checked, but
the locomotives were running tw
fast to entirely prevents collision.
The engineers jumped, thereby sav
ing their lives but one had hit ankle
sprained. None of the passengers
were hurt. The two locomotives
•nd one passenger coach were bpd-
ly wrecked, and the tender to one
of the locotnotives was damaged.
The blame seems to attach to the
engineer who was taking, the loco
motives to the tank, when he should
have known the pazsengei train
was due.
it was a question vitally involving
REV. ABRAHAM MARSHALL.
Whipped In Augusta, for Preaching a Bap
tist Sermon.
Something over a hundred years
ago, the Rev. Abraham Marshall, a
Baptist minister, preached in Au
gu .ta, Ga. It was the first sermon
ever preached there by a Baptist
minister. Tne good people ot the
town were greatly enraged that the
Baptist church
heresies ot the
, , , . , should he preached* in their midst
ganization of the gencial assembly, j ^ th#t th £j r ch j|d ren ,„d servant
except by a two-thirds vote. . should be exposed to the damning
This being a constitutional pro- Baptist doctrines. For the heinous
the validity of ail local acts
the prosperity of our city, il was by
the hardest woik that enough vo ers
were gotten out to secure the desir
ed end. This floating vote held
back to be bought, and theoutspok-
on motto was, “No money, no bal
lot.” To put a stop to this outnge,
we shall advocate and urge, with
all the force and power that we
may possess, the importance of the
democracy of our city and county-
meeting and by a primary election
nominating candidates for every ot-
fice, it matters not how insignificant
itmay.be. Do not let us have public
meetings to do this work, that can
be stocked in the inte-est of any
candidate, but ballot-boxes, under
the charge of honest and reliable
men, be placed at each polling pre
cinct, that every aspirant for office,
whether he be rich or poor, can
have an equal showing; and then
let every democrat pledge himself
to abide the result, and vote and
work for the erndidate who leads
~the ballot, it matters not whether
he befriend or foe. The Knights
of Labor and working classes ol
our city say they will vote With us
in this movement of reform, and
hence there will be no division in
the democratic ranks. So i'l the
name of political purity, and with a
desire to put a stop to this infamous
traffic of bartering in votes, we call
upon Capt. C. G. Talmadge, chair
man of our county executive com
mittee, to convene a public meeting
of the democrats of our city and
county, that steps may be ‘aken
looking to the nomination of all
officers—member of the legislature,
county ollicials and municipal offi-
er—obv primary election. The
ticket so chosen will triumph, and
we do not believe there is any can
didate who will dare to face public
opinion, when so expressed, and
remain in the race. Now it costs
as much or more to get a position
as the place is worth, and unless a
man has a bank account at his back
he is literally disfranchised from
holding office in Athens or Clarke
county, when opposed by a candi
date who has money or friends with
money. We are in earnest about
this, and every democrat with whom
we have talked heartily agrees with
us. We must some day draw
line on the pernicious custom ol
buying votes, and the sooner we
begin the better. It is corrupting
unlawful and disgraceful. It is not
right that a candidate be taxed
the extent of the salary connected
with the office to which he aspi
o elected, and this is just what
s being done at every campaign
We want to hear ftom the people
on this issue. Let them discuss it.
and bring to hear a public sentimen
in favor ol nominations that no can
didate can afford to defy. The day
that the democracy of Athens and
Claike county have the courage to
nominate a ticket will be the dawn
of the grandest political triumph
our people have ever gained—and
t minate a ticket means to elect
it.
CONGRESSMAN 1I.VMM0N').
If Judge Stewart defes. s M
Hammond for congress, as is threat
ened, it will indeed be a misfortun
not only to tlie Filth district,- but to
Georgia. Not but what judge Slew
art is a good democtat and will
creditably represent his people, but
Mr. Hammond is a man of unusual
ability and fame, and wields an in
fluence in congress tl.at will be hard
to replace. He can always get the
ear ot the House, and his words
carry with theih conviction. While
apparently a cold man to the world,
Mr. Hammond is devoted to his
people and his state, and not a con
gressman that has ever represented
Georgia has done more to advance
its prosperity and honor. While
we believe in rotation in office,
when a men develops the wisdom
and influence of Mr. Hammond, it
is the height ol lolly to displace him
tor an untried officer. There arc
few such men in the state as Con
gressman Hammond, and we can
not afford to dispense with his ser
vices.
ns to their passage, must strictly
conform thereto.
The practical working of these
constitutional provisions has not
accomplished the intention ol h
framers of the instrument, for the
number of local measures asked
for lias in no w»ae d.min shed,
while the proc ess provided for
their consideration consumes much
more of the time of the house and
requires much more labor than in
the methods of considering and
acting on bills, general in their na—
-arc. "As an example, after the ex
piration ol fifteen days from the or
ganization of the noust, a member
receives from the authorities of the
county he represents, a local bill,
with the request that its provisions
become a law - . First, he asks leave
to introduce the bill. A two-thirds
vote being necessary to give the
leave, the house must of course di
vide and be counted on this mo
tion, and the journal must show the
vote. Then the bill is read by- its
tftle. Then (general!) ) the mem
ber moves the nouse thet tne b''i
be read the first time and refeircd
to a standing committee. This (as
the bill has not gone to local commit
tee) requires under the constitu
tion another division and count of
the house, ami the number voting
aye and no entered on the journal
All this before the oil! is even read
the first time. My remembranc- - is
that during the sitting of the last
general assembly there were over
twelve hundred bills and resolu
tions introduced, and a majority ol
these were of a local nature. Be
lieving that unnecessary time was
consumed and much labor imposec
by these resolutions, without the
accomplishment of any good to the
state, the general assembly at its
last session passed an act by the re
quisite vote to amend the constitu
tion by striking out paragraph
section 7, article 3, which contain:
the provisions I have referred to,
Under a further provision of the
constitution this action ot the gen
eral assembly must be ratified by
the people at a general election be
fore it will go into effect. Hence
according to-day, the governor ha:
issued his proclamation inviting the
people to vole on the adoption of
the amendment. The effect of the
amendment, if adopted, will be to
place total bills, so far as their in
troduction and consideration is con
cerned, on same footing as general
bills, except in so far as the adver
tisement of the intention to apply
lor, which is prescribed by ar.othei
paragraph of same article, and
which is not aflected by the pro
posed amendment. As to the sec
ond amendment to be voted on, ar
ticle 7, section 1, piyt 1 of the con
stitution restricts the general assem
bly from exercising the power
taxation, except for certain specified
purposes. Among these are tc
pply the s fldiers waj Inst a li n
or limbs n the military service
the confederate states with substan
tial artificial limbs during life.
When this provision was carried
into effect by appropriate legisla
tion it was found that a number
soldiers while in the service of the
confederacy had received wound
from which they had been perma
nently injured, in some cases totally
disabled. Unless sucb an one had
lost a limb, his case was not covered
by the constitutional provision, and
the amendment was proposed and
passed for the purpose, if ratifud
by the people, of allowing the gen
eral assembly in some way to aid
the confederate soldier lining in
Georgia, who had been permanent-
y injured in the service.
These are the objects of the pro
posed amendment, as I understand
them. Respectfully yours, &c.,
Wm. A. Little.
offense, poor Abraham Marshall
was tied up and publicly whipped
in the Episcopal church yard.
There has been a great change in
the religious sentiment of August*
since the day Marshall was scourg
ed. The Baptist church in Augus
ta is now influential, popular and
well sustained. We have seen.it
stated that there are 17 Baptist
churches in the city with a member
ship of 9,000, but we suppose the
statement as to membership is a
mistake, and that it really includes
those more favorably inclined *~
that church than any other.
Tne whipping ot Mr. Marshal
affords material for serious though,
he men who treated him so unjust
and so cruelly, were in all prob
ability sincere and conscientious.
They thought they were discharg
ing their duty to their fellow man
and Creator. We readily see how
narrow, prejudiced and inhumane
they were. We have plenty of men
in our midst who are as narrow and
uncharitable for their day as the met.
#ho whipped Abraham Marshall.
They condemn men and men
hich they know but little, if any
thing. The same bitter, fiendish
prejudice that placed stripes upon
the back of Mr. Marshall still lives.
Let the narrow biggots and self-
onstituted judges of mankind take
need that they are the merest atoms
tpon the gldbe, that they see the
faintest glimmerings of the great
ruths ot nature and revelation, and
et them become liberal and charita
ble.
The Presidential widows alive
are Mrs. James K. Polk, Mrs. John
Tyler, Mrs. U. S. Grant and Mrs.
Garfield.
The thermometer in Kansas City,
Sunday, was 106 in the sha le.
Cornelius Vanderbilt has been
proposed as the republican candi
date for mayor of New York.
Havana, Aug. 16.—Sixty-eight
rdir*
cigar factories, working Perdido to
bacco, have been closed, 6,000
workmen having struck for higher
wages. The manufacturers -have
united to resist the demands of the
workmen.
OH! MY BACK
iBRMyfflifl
sue man oww nis aaoer across 01s torus*
a* a sign tometaaswe were to Demur-
fierea, ana he then covered Ms face with
Ms hands and rocked Ms body to asd fro
aa it ha had surrendered Ms last hope. I
did not believe the situation to very des
perate. That they were brigands who
bad captured me In the hope of a ransom,
T had no doubt; but my mind was mads
up that they should not get n cent except
as the final resort. Altar about a half an
hoar the lender earns to ms and soldi
most pay them (3,000 In gold as the prigs
of my liberty. I had determined on • line
of conduct, and I laughed In hi* fscs. I
was an American Invalid who had sold all
his possesrinss to try assa voyage, and
had barely money enough to redds in, this
lafsrtial country a taw weeks and per my
IN THE WOULD
SeilirnsMSMSBeW
CONSTIPATION
NATURE'S A REUALB BEBEDI
CURE FOR for slek stomach
Torpid Liver.
Billions “
Cost:-
-Tr. murt's Effareicent.
SELTSER APERIENT.
It is certain fails effects
, t is gentle In its actlsaU
lie palatable to the taste. It
CM be relief upon 10 curt.
The Irish delegates met n warm
cception in New York from some
thing besides an August sun and
sundry brass band*.
jilwsys use tuts elcyint
AND .Jisnuiccuticsl preparation
_ which ha* tor more than
VCDCDCII forty years a public favorite
lurCr VamaSoldbji druggltU evtryaher
Mrs. Cleveland is said to write
on an average about twenty letteis
day, most ot them in ieply to
communications from entire stian-
gers.
Pittsburgh Pj., Aug. i6.-Fir
broice out at midnight in the opera
ting department ol the Western
Union telegraph office here, and
communication east and west hat
been entirely cut off.
DICKEY g ANDERSON, Proprietors.
‘Use Seven Springs Mass.] BRISTOL, TENN.
Hall-storm lnofisuuirpe.
Leximgton, Ga., Aug. 16.--A
hail storm visited the lower part ol
the county Thursday last, which
covered the ground four inches
leep. Corn was battered from the
stalk in a fearful manner. One
farmer report* that he could gather
up* three or lour wagoo loads on
the ground in a short time. The
cotton bolls were scattered pell-
mell, doing much damage. The
roots ot some of the houses in the
vicinity were bhettered, and trees
were blown down by the gale.
■ante Anns'* Widow Dead—Tht Cutting
City of Mexico, via Galveston
Aag. 10.—The death ot Dolores’
Fosta, widow of the famous Mexi
can geneial, Santa Anna, is an
nounced. She was a woman «
strong traits of character, and had
lived in retirement since the deal!
of. her husband.
An examination of sixey newspa
per* from the interior of the repub
lic, including journals of all shades
ot opinion, shows tint the Cutting
case excites almost no interest out
side the press ot the capital and the
northern fiontier.
LET THEM ARBITRATE.
of
lMetunt A. Stovall, in Auguua Chronicle.
The belief that the mill presidents
nd factory hands can arbitrate thcii
differences in the present emergen-
:v is followed by the conviction that
hey should do so as early as possi
ble. This idea has been growing
n the minds ol the people, and the
Digestion of a board ot arbitration
as'urged by the Chrodicle meets
with general favor.
The present troubles appeal di
tectly and indirectly to every man
in the community. The business
mcr. are vitally concerned. Tne
cotton', rade is interested in a speedy
-oltuirn of the differences, and all
.he citizensof Augusta are concern
ed in some way in effecting a solu
tion of the matter. It has ceased
tobc alone the bu'iness of the mill
owner and the mill operative, lor it
is a matter of vital public moment
It appeals to the commercial and
manufacturing interests of the town
and, further, to the peace and good
order of the city. It involves a high
er law than self-interest, for it ma
mean public protection. The me
who, in the face of arbitration any
possible adjustment, persist in per
petuating this trouble, must take Jhe
whole responsibility of their action,
and forfeit public sympathy and
public supp rt in any further emer
gency. This applies to capital and
labor alike.
Let the mill men then'select a cit
izen, and let the operatives select a
citizen, each beyond the influence
or interest of both, and these two to
choose a third party, and to this tri
bunal let the trouble oe referred.
We shall insist upon the plan be
cause we believe it meets
the best sentiment here, and will
serve the best interests of the com
munity. Let those to whom we ap
p*a' consider this mattei and set
promptly.
e«ftl» LIVER,
■ IMs Uudeoeh a* TMpidas ol
Uoodj rtu. Chills sod Ferae.!
■SSsTHDIGEB’S AUMIDJ
a Invaluable. It Woe
bat OHRCr n't diseases «t«D» LIVER,
riiGUHB STOMACH**dROWELS*
V «hsaera tbs
way home. Be charged that I had put a
large turn in the hands ot Bestow, end
that if the sum of 0,000 wee not forth
coming Inside ot threaders ha would cut
my throat. I tsid Mm that It would be a
waste of time to wait three days, end that
he had tetter do the business then. He
was pnisled how to take me, tat a torch
was lighted, pencil end paper laid before
me, and I was ordered to writ* to Barlow
for the money. As the chance* were that
non* of thorn could read writing, I wrote
Barlow the particulars of my capture, the
sum named for ransom, and Instructed
Mm not to pay more than 1200 oq any con
sideration. nils sum was not only to In
clude my liberty, but that of Tn end the
return of my weapons.
This note was to be tent by my man.
As near as 1 could make oat by their gee-
tores they promleed Mm good treatment
and Ms liberty In cate he carried oat their
Instructions. If he played them false,
they would have Ms life, no matter whore
he tried to hide away. He was greatly
cheered up by the Information, and when
the note was finished he took it and de
parted. It was only after this that I war
1 had “ ‘
TO PARENTS.
1 while arwr^rSSS^S
SEA FOAM
contains non* ot the tied qualities of baking
powders sods or atlarstun It contains
full I rill huieilliul 1111 slum nr sninmnln
SCIENTIFIC.
AO Chemists who have analysed Sea Foam
• s who have used it
whose facet efforts
will have no other.
have failed with other powders,
over Sea Foam. Savea {One, save
It is positively nneqnaled. Absolutely pore.
1 Jeed by the leading hotels and restaurant*
I u New York city and throughout the country,
ill firet-clscs grocers.
and It cum by sseieUig,, _ .
not by outraging, nature. I searched. I had a silver watch and (00 tn
Do npttakeriolrnt purge-1 gold, and made no resistance about hand-
your children to take them, | lngover. We had tapper after that, and
DICKEY’S
UNLESS EYE WATER i
MT. WELCOME HIGH SCHOOL
when the meal was over I lay down and
wegit to sleep. It was 10 o’clock at night
before Yu returned. The fellows proba
bly looked to see him bring the money,
bnt they were sadly disappointed. He
brought a note from Barlow which 1
alone could read. He wrote that I had
been captured by a professional bandit
known as Campeche Terfor, and that
there was no doubt of my being put to
death In cate a ransom was not paid. He
was by no means a rich man, bnt ha
.would add (300 to the (450 In Ms hands,
and he hoped the bandit might be Induced
to let me off for that. I interpreted the
the note In my own way to the band. I
made Mr. Barlow aay that he had (200 of
my money In trust, and would tend It to
MITCHELLS STATION,
CULPEPPER CO., VA.
Dr. F. S. HALL, (Umvertiuyof Va.) Principal.
8 taste! near the mountains Ins healthy conn-
try. Thorough preparation for collie or butl-
vom. Terms fir nine months. 1206.00 Begin*
8EP1. it, 18*6. Write for Calalo 1
6CO. P. BOWCLL & CO, 10 Spruoe 8L. N. Y.
I LAD TIDIN08 FOB MOTHERS Who would
, aieave the pains and dangers ot child-birth.
I Sent fr<*#. AU«o “Diaeaaea of Men* 1 for men
1 only. Dr. 8TAIKB&CK WiUBON,Atlanta,Qa.
WORTH $200 IN GOLD.
fcfS.iwie. Smithy Mint, It rettralrereraoe
low. sl°e*w spirits. It Is an. sff tbs BEET AL-
TERATIVES and PURIFIERS OF TNE
BLOOD, end Is A VALUABLE TONIC.
STADICER’S AURAMTI1
FmsdsVcallSraCTtsta. FriMtl.OOserboKlx
C.F.STADICER, Proprietor.
MO BO. FRONT ST., PhiiadeleMa. Pa.
OUNGMAN’S
•CO
Willie Sells, the boy who killed
h s le'a'ives near Ossage Mission,
Kan., demands another trihl on a
giound almost as remarkable as his
crime. He claims that tne district
attorney mesmerized him during
the trial, thus making him give any
kind of testimony the prosecuting
attorney wished.
When the lex.-u people get ready
to build a town they do itfn a hur'-1°“ r J ohl ?
ry. Ballinger, r new town in
Runnels county, is left than on
month old, hut has a,ooo inhabi
tants, and is still growing y
Macon, Ga., Aug. 16. -A photo
graph ot Mamie Little, forwarded
by a piominent gentleman in Mil-
len, is identical with Mamie Little
who has figured so li.rgel) in the
late sensation in Macon.
Peihaps il Mexico will put up a
fsinst our John L. Sullivan
air can be lettied according
the Maiquis of Queenqsbury rules
The b.uiize siaiuc ol liaron Dc
Ka b was unveiled at Anapolis yes
terday with due ceremonies.
The Sinners convention.
The ginners of Franklin county
met in convention on Saturday
Most of them were represented in
person, or by proxy. The proceed
ings were harmonious, and the con
vention adjourned to meet on the
first Tuesday in September. Gin-
ner« have sustainec heavy losses by
reason of non payments by custom
ers, for bagging and ties. The ob
ject of the convention is; to devise
some method for the certain am*
uniform collection ol these small
. mounts, which, if lost, aggregate
i sum sufficiently large to take
most of Ihe profits of the ginners.
We think the plan most likely to
1 e adopted will be to requite cash
< r bagging and ties when furnish
ed. or to take pay out of the cotton.
We apprehend no objection to this
rule from customers. The man
who expects to pay at all, can't ob
ject to paying in cotton at the mar
ket price.—Carnesville Register. .
Dynamite at Kaean.
Macon, Ge., Aug. 15—At 5:30
o’clock this afternoon a ball of
waste, carefully wrapped and satu
rated with kerosene, and supposed
to contain a charge of dynamite,
was found concealed in a growth of
weeds immediately in the rear of
the Brown House. Its discovery
caused some excitement, as it is
supposed that it was placed there
for a sinister purpose. The fact
wet immediately reported- to. the
Chief ol Police, and will be thor
oughly investigation.
President Cleveland-family, ac
:'HE CLIIGHAN TOSACCO OUTHEKT
THE CLINQIUN TOMCCO CAKE
I .aBMgfejElS
1 had been left at Campeche, Yucatan,
by order of the physician, while the brig
went np the Mexican coast, to return in
about three week*. The accommodations
were miserable (or a man with hie health
knocked to pieces, bnt, through the cour
tesy ol as American named Barlow, who
wae in business in the God-tonaken place,
I finally secured pretty fair quarters with
a native widow. I had a good room, a
good bed, and the dusky woman pat her
self oat to tempt my poor appetite with
her oookery. I had (500 In gold with me,
and ol this sum I placed (450 in Barlow's
hands for safekeeping. I had been told
that the natives had no acraplts against
thieving and robbery, and I soon had j
proofs of the fact. I had not been In the
place (our days when my room was raided
and a lot of clothing carried oil. I had a J
trunk with a patent lock, and as the thief
coaid not get Into it be would have carried
it OH on his back had he not been inter
rupted.
After about a week my health began to
mend, and Barlow recommehded to me a
uatise whom 1 could trust. 1 wanted to
ramble around, and felt that it would not
tc safe without some one with me, not
only on account of being seized at Inter
vals with palpitation and fainting spells,
but It was stated that the neighborhood
was infested by a very rough class. I had
an American shotgun and revolver with
me, and, after getting a little strength In
my legs, 1 began rambling around. The
name of my man wae Yu. and he could
•peak only a few words of English. We
went up nud down the shore at first, and
I had pretty good luck shooting small
birds. On the third or fourth day we went
toward Ihe hills. Yu carrying my gnu
and a basket containing luncheon. Bar-
low had told me that there were some old
ruins worth teeing about four xdUse from
the suburbs, and I meant to take things
easy, and be gone all day. We punned a
rough highway toward the hills, and
stopped about every half mile to
rest. It must have been fully noon
when we arrived at a place in the hills
where a temple had once stood. A good
deal of the material had been carried off,
but there weie many r broken col
umns and bloeka of stone'lying around,
and a considerable amount of masonry
woe yet standing.
1 was seated do a great block of stone
eating luncheon, while Yu was 100 feet
away trying to uncover n small animal
wMch had dogged Into a file of rubbish,
when I was suddenly confronted by five
as hard-looking cutthroats as any traveler
ever saw. They were armed with tnuae
keta, single-barrelled pistols, and murder
ous-looking knives. Owing to my posi
tion they had to approach me in front,
end I bad no sooner caught eight at them
then I sprang up, revolver In hand, and
in one breath called to' Yu and tn the
next demanded their business. The
leader, as 1 was soon made aware, could
epeak English. At a sign from him flee
muskets covered me at short range, end
he called upon me to surrender, Yu was
standing on a block with my gunlnhla
bands. They, had given him no attention,
and If he had had the nerve to open fire
at their back* I believe I eould have
driven them off. However, whan he saw
my fix be laid down the gun and took a
run for It, and was out of eight In a mo
ment. When I saw this I laid down my
revolver, and the men approached and
took possession of 1L I knew them to be
robbers or worsq, but I was not a bit rat
tled. Indeed, everything had happened
so swiftly that I had not had time to get
off my nerve. The leader spoke In a mon
grel dialect, half Spanish and half Eng
lish, which -1 will render all English for
the benefit of the reader.
‘Does the gentleman surrender?” ha
asked as they came forward.
‘Yea You Intend to rob ms, I pre
sume!"
“The gentleman will not be treated
harsMy unless he resists us. Yon are an
American?”
•Yea”
•Yon were put ashore a weak ago?”
“Ye*.”
•Mr. Barlow if your friend?"
. "Yea*
■That la all. You will coma with us.”
the scoundrels whenever 1 directed.. They
were terrible Indignant to find they had
picked up a flat, and the fellow with thi
wooden leg flourished hit big knife syounc
and demanded my death. While they
were arguing pro and con I lighted my
pipe and settled back on ’the bed fora
comfortable smoke. Such a rattled
headed, excitable set of men I never saw,
bnt they Anally got though wrangling,
and the Terror gave me hi* ultimatum.
The ransom had been reduoed to (1,000,
and I most have It there before sundown
next day or die.
•You do not teem to understand the
case,” I replied. *In the lint place, I am
nobody at homo tn the nfxt, the doctors
sent me off here expecting me to die; In
the third, I couldn’t raise (1,000 no more
than I could fly; fourtUy, I have no ob
jections to being killed, as 1 am likely to
die within two weeks at the furthest.*
Iam honest In what I write. I really
didn’t care what they did with me, and
went to eleep with Yu shedding tears and
the gang jawing, and slept until daylight
without a brut When the chief again
approached me 1 noticed a change in his
demeanor. Ha wanted to know fast how
much money I could raise. I told Mm ~
had landed with (200 in money, and of
that sum he had already robbed me ol
(GO. If he wanted that for my liberty, and
would restore my arms and allow Yu to
accompany me, he could have It It
all he could get, anyway, and I left the
matter entirely tn his hands. I expected
he would rant and rave, and he did, but
I turned my back and gave Mm no farther
attention. After a stormy consultation
with hi* fellows he came back to me and
announced that my proposition was ac
cepted. My man should be lent for the
money, and as toon as he returned with
It we were to be set at liberty. Of coarse,
I eould not be sure that they would not
kill me after getting the cash; but It was
a risk I had to run. I wrote a note to
Barlow telling Mm what the arrangements
were, and what sum to send, and toon
after noon Yu returned with the gold,
was counted and found correct, and the
chief told me to get ready to leave He
was good-natured, as .wen all the others
except the one with the wooden leg, and
something like an apology was made me
for the capture and detention. The chief
himself escorted us down the road almost
to the ruins, and when we parted he (hook
hands and said:
“I hope the gentleman may soon And
better health. Aa for me I am going to
the south at once. We should starve
we remained here.”
I gave Mm my good-bye and the ad
venture was ended.—New York Sun.
For mis by all
GAHTTZ, JONES <6 CO.,
176 Duane St.. N. Hi
E. VAN WINKLE&C0.
ATHENS, GA.
MANUFACTURERS,
HODGSON BROS
Desire to call attention to their large assortment ol
TOBACOS.
COTTON GINS and PRESSES,
CELEBRAT
Cotton R*p« 0(1 Mills, Cotton Need
Unttra, Cane Hills, Saw Mills,
Shafting, Pwlleya, Hsefm,
■.VAN WINKLC*CO.Atlanta,ON.
Is justly popular.
We clain there is no bitter f
money. Try it.
J
CEDAR GROVE
Also some of our Favorite Brands for whichw
t re Sole agents. Give us a call Bud be Convinced.
THEO. MARKWALTER’S
, STEAM
E. VAN WINKLE & CO.I ma.rble&granite works
ATLANTA, CA.
-A.2SJ—
DALLAS,
THE CLUBMAN TOBACCO PIASTER
companied by Co", and Mrs. La-
inont, left With ngton yesterday
for the Adirondack mountain*.
where the party will spend a few
weeks rerve«t<"F
London, Aug. tu.~«^..uid Rus
sia, especially in the Mosccw dis
trict, nas been devastated by torna
does and water spouts. Many
buildings and bridges, and whole
cro/s have been destroyed.
Dally Shopping at Long Branch.
The Now York woman, by reason of the
great number of splsndld shopping stores
with which the city Is equipped, has come
to regard shopping as essential to her ex
istence. She may not know of anything
she wants, or have any money to get'
with If the does think ot something, hnt
she goes shopping all tha same, on the
same principle, apparently, that a good
little Parisian maiden goes to confession
—‘because;* that Is to ear, because it Is
thing that there la no nee arguing about.
Consequently, when the New York girl
settles down at Long Branch she goes
the village dally to shop. Hairpins, pins,
nsedlts, thread, son hate, note paper, and.
Indeed a thousand little things, when the
sets her mind at It, are needed. Stela-
bach's in the lower village is the place for
this diversion, and thither the ladle* flock
in each numbers that on line mnrning«
' front of this
an wanted
BROAD STREET, Near Lower Market, A JGUSTA, GA.
MARBLE WORK. DOMESTIC AND IMPORTED, AT LOW PRICK
Georgia & South Carolina Granite Monuments made a Sperialtr.
A large selection of Haible su<l Grant to Work always baud, realy f*r lattsrii; iu'Mki
Parties desiring monuments or work apply ta Aeo
At the At hens cemetery.
PRINTING,PRINTING
— Do you wa it any printing, now or later?——
Pstentsdlta. Improved 1181. Patented XSSI
Prices reduced to one-hall former prices.
Wa. 1 Mach. (H.N | No. 3 Mach. (40.00 I
Beet Cleaner for Boat Oattaae In the maiktb |
X* Vlaaav can afford to be without one.
kVSl WUKUC 4t CM.sWennfaetmtrq
Don't GeiAgenls' Prices
Come to me and you will get best work and lowest prices in the Sum
W BURKE, Clayton Stre
HELP FOR WOMAN
u
Is not easy to conceive ol anytMng more
inspiring to a poetical nature than to***
a flock of city girls tumbling the dream
around, and pulling them and feeling
them and pricing (hem, and askln
have all the different tort* untied and
up and measured, and than galng away
with the remark that the ‘guesses tha
suits at the hotel ere good enough.*—Loog
Branch Cor. New Yorl. Sun.
THE GERMAN AND AMERICAN
DISPENSARY AND
FEMALE INFIRMARY, |
MISS ROSA FBEODENTHAL, M. D.,
Proprietor.
ALL DISEASES PECULIAR TO THE SEX |
TREATED.
This I
nil the i
in such institutions Its Europe. Every I
department is perfect within itself.
Uterine diseases; a diseases of the
bladder and bowels; of the akin; piles,
wens, tumor, nervous diseases, etc., |
Stationery.
Wicked (Extravagance at Puaeralt.
The “Gates Ajar,” tha ‘Broken Pillar,’
tha “Crocs and Crown,” the “Sheaf of
Wheat,” and another hideous invention of
tha funeral florist, the “Vacant Chair,”
were all there. Enough money had been
spent In then ejuI oittntttlooi
things to keep the dead man’s family for
several maothe. Hie coflln was piled high
with “floral emblems,” and twanty-flve
carriages waited around the corner to Join
the regulation six which war* permitted
to stand before the church door. This was
may i
c t • for tr eatment. Aremedies and
appliances superior; correspondence!
strictly confidential. Write fall history
of year esse, and direct to myself at
a pleasing way of “getting; ahead ot the
priest,” who had wisely forbidden that
*1 refuse to go. Yon have my weapons, I
mil sum of I
more carriages than the half dbsau should
attend any of Ms partshloosn - funerals
The next week tha friends of tha deceased
were engaged in arranging a collection tot
the procuring of •hewing machine tor
so the printed cud of appeal tald—“a
starving family.”—Freeman's Journal.
'is
A new
iUNGMAN TOBACCO CURE CO,
DURHAM. M.'O.. >1. » /
FIRE I FIRE I (IRE!
r%0 TAYLOP&cnx mtemm 9Hf Ittia.
QPIMHHiiliaa 1
gtfoktrfor cMMilM.UUa
•cmlftit tea* by fir*. Keata^H
trssxs:
, . Zfenaal aaf MallaMa.
Sead ler elrcnlsn saf fell psrtlsalan. *01*11
Wasted. Good
. Good ear alee*.
J. H. SUTHERLAND, Belton, >. 0.
QIN SAW FILING MACHINE.
The TAYLOB OIK SAW FILER Is one *f tbs
battsad*. Aayhsdy am (IsUlu Hava with It'
Requires no prattles. Dees In work «a It Sboula
be done ead tea tlpea faster than by hand. <Ev-
erj Machine vsrrasted. Price(19. Ilpbr
Itself every eeetoa. Order ftom
J. N. SUTHERLAND, Bello*, B. C.
FW4
working do oot Call to com.H (be us 1*
Loth Sc*and Steondhaud, at pr*ce« ittat
d«fj camMtUtea. Letui know your vdHMV
Millillram ' 1
J B. (UTHIBLAND, Belton, >. C. |
Mil I I I I I lillll
Gentlemen:
Athens,
Inreplv to your inquiry, I may state
r.nididly that I think Horsford’s Bread
Preparation the best and safest on'the
market.
Yours truly,
SERDINE,
JOHN GE
l »
I have a watch and a email sum
money which yon may take, If robbery Is
your object*
“Unices the gentleman goes wtth U1 w*
(hall leave Mm dead behind na*
Three ol the men presented their oocked
muskets at my breast, with tha muzzles
only two feet away, and watted (or tha
signal to shoot, I stepped down bseida tha
leader, and ha took my arm and w*
started off Into the hill* without a Word.
When I turned around, after going about
halt a mil*, I saw that two of tha fivd
were missing. W* had gone
tea,” given out of doom
Than an 7,370 worn
English civil service.
employed In tha
Men Owyeeidreee My.
Tbs Haw York Commercial Advertiser
Jarotss an editorial to the relative merits
of the Mu* eye, tha grey eye and the
green eye, citing wall-known literary
works as suthbrtttsa. While It tries toba
non-committal and wavers hitwna gray
and bins as the desirable color. It dew not
hesitate to declare that. “as a rule tha
green .ay* is not admired. Anthony
Trollop* does not appear among tha au
thors cited, flw'tf h* did tha green eye
would ha** found • deeds* liempfna
In Me novel, “The Eustace Diamonds.”
tale*, tricky,. and unprincipled Limit
Eustace 1 has "eyaa bins and elsar, bright
M cerulean waters,” vMmmM
“How few ther
| as cs
adds:
| women, few perhaps
[who know',ibat,tha
g stra»?
jtbfybad
with them; It seemed he had hid'
self to see bow affaire would turn;
had diroovanid him, The man wi
fully frightened, crying and wringing
hands, bat Instead of offering Mm any ’
lsuce they rather sought to cheer Mm
At the end of two miles, which now m
u* about six from the town, wa tnr
aside Into a rocky path which twisted
turned up a rough hill, and altera
which badly need me up wt rea
cava 1 had my eyes open to hots
thing, and I made up my mind that
cave could only be reached' from
path, and three or four men
the path against a hundred,
to the cave ‘ wae high enough nod
enough to admit two men at
interior was on* large, dry
forty feet square, with plenty of
that it had Jwm occupied toe 1
year*. Ther* was n guard, at the
when w* arrived, making ~
of the band. This f«Uow
eet man et the la^ hut hi
and wae forced to remain At home
tha others mad* their forays. Haw
greatly excited over my capture,
SStortt*mSSariJ?S oUlSliS!”“ Iv ° ne °**5*«», moving
•kins, and YuwaTpennitted tolltnsar I ** ^llrimj.
ma- As soon aa tha robban had with
drawn to the •niqnn fog
Kite flying has bacon* such a mania ef
I Raritan. BL, that prominent altlssns *n-
I gage In It. One kite is tavsn (set long and
I hasbaen sent over S.000 feat bite tbs air.
Three men and n windlaa* ara required to
draw it back to earth,—New Orleans
I Tlmee-Democrat
Before leaving Londan, Saras*te, the
Spanish violinist, refused *800 which wa*.
offend him to accompany Patti in a sin
gle song ot her laateoneert before her
itfififludfid l^flOtLeteGhkigD
Mr. B. P. SMUahtr (Mrs. Pai
I still goes about on crutches, but
1 SwU health 1 ' ' “ "
1 la exoeBanL .
tlieDispensary.
ROSA FREUDENTHAL. M. D-
The prettiest and cheapest line of
wedding and note paper in the city.
Stock fresh and new. Schools fur
nished with stationery at lowest
rates. All orders from the surround
ing country will receive prompt at
tention. A large line of blank
books, inks, pens, and pencils, can
be found at all times at our store,
Red Front, Broad Street. ’
nr ARY V1NSOO T.. K. C. VIN00N.—1
M in Clarke Superior Court, April Urra UHS. I
111 appearing to tb* court by ntlsbctoryevMsncs I
tbsttbs defendant E. O. Vlnsen resides vitboet I
tbs limits of th# 8Ute.lt Is thereupon ordered by I
the court that the Defendant appear at th* next I
torn ol this Court oe the 2d Heartay In October I
next. »n4 that eenrlce of tbli order be perfected '!
upon the Defendant by publlcxUon tbareei once
a month far fear moo the In the Bsnner-Watea- j
CRANFORD & DAVIS,
Book and Job Printers.
paper, prior lathe next termor the I
open Court. Anril ted 1*4
N7l HUTCHINS, Judge, &Q.W.C.
HAMPTON & WEBB
INANUFACTCEEE8 OFJALLqklNDB OP
CA ND Y
court. Inc
L.AH. COBB, FUlnUffkAttorne'y.'
A tree ex treat (roes the mteeles of OUrfce I
^SftKSblBE. Clark
Tk AN K8 SHIMUFFS Sale!—'will beeoldonuii I
Jy FIRST TUKSDAY In SEPTEtfBEk, next, at I
UheUourt House fa Banks County, Georgia, with'
, the kliteet bidder for
■nd lot In Neyirltlt la said eeuaty, eoutslntnz I
fiv«AQdaluilf icibi, Mteir lew; bounded tm I
§B§lf^||§|§ tick Candf a Specialty, Cocoaait Peaaut, R ars ft Ta ff
K ADF20UT(GF|PURX18 UGAR
H. J. H*mDt6A «4>uU
rathe itv.
kt
G EORCIA.CLJ
hleouifield,
>1 at low si any after markets. Band orders ter eaep!e<.
BN, Sheriff ac.
LiRKE COUNTY,—Whsreoe' _
J. N. SMITH & CO.
MILLERS AND DEALERS IN
SPBSSMmmi: and later Ground Meal,
ffeleoar^driihlst^
terms ol lb- lav lor e
Ismllea. Thee* an 1
Mh all concerned to sho* cause'at the regular
sxasrMaasswssssfLS
asaassaK*®**!
lamAae A.P. HEKLY, C.O.O.
buYa ficbST£E~ cuiIhtY.—
VTToall whom It may concern. Georg* Wj
dlsmlMtoaftomj
***’“' B. E. THRASHER, Ordinary,
v the Court Home door In Athens,
rISST TUESDAY .
wsmsgt
SrSea&maul
. II* a moruege on the same In
K)U A Vlnceat. the growing crop on
■ reserved. Properly pointed oat
In S. la. This Auxnet fib. TSHfi.
JOHN VrVWlKB, Short*;
Grain, Hav and Feed.
A* R. RO BETS ON
Marble and Granite 'Works
A large Stock of fiulshed Granite and Marble mouaumenU ready far laWerfaf
Also a large stock to select fr-m.—Call and get my ,rices
4 A. R. ROBERTSON, Athens, Ga.
v£r.
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