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TUB WORK OTA MAX AXD of a
UBKO.
W tint »Un1ton County Citizen Did
for If In People After the War-
lieu, t rod roster and the in aeon
Rutlrond—Tto© People Along tlio
Uvoricin* Cnrolina & Southern.
Monrok, Fob. 28.—[Staff Correspon
dence.]—Yesterday evening, whilesUiul-
ins in front of the hotel, I hid poinVd
out a pleasing-faced gentleman, plainly
dressed and about 50 years of age.
“That man,” remarked a friend at my
elbow, “is the most popular person in
Walton county, and indeed "hhTe the peo
ple just cause to love and revere him.”
“What lias he done t;> place him in
such an enviable positioninquired.
‘•llis story is o simpig one and .easily
tn|tl,” was tBTfcswW^ “TluJ is Mr.
IIulna J. Hughes, and in yon can see, he
is a plain, unassuming man—the last man
one would select to go forth among
strangers and the late enemies of his
people, too, and arouse them by appeals
to great deeds of chanty. Yet this is
just what Mr. Hughes did. At the close
of the late war, you will recollect that
there was almost an entire failure of
crops. In fact, there wore not provis
ions enough made in Walton county to
run the people until Christmas. To
make the situation worse, there were
among us a great many widows and or
ph ins of Confederate soldiers, wh
THE RETURN OF SHEDIUCK TAY-
XOjU^SEBjaf YEA£S ABSENCE.
indeed in a destitute condition,
imral pro\*idurs and protectoi
eepuig on the hatfh -fodd> froli
1*»mii.«»vi\ iiii.i. and ti. v l. «d n
Their
I01qpU« Waft ilelinoui AI>out tin*
ISeniglitoil Country, the Hubii**, j -And lt« Prompt € oust ruction to Alii.
I ooiK and (iiMonis of tlie Native*' ••ns-WIml a Well Potted Author
—Sot .Dim-It Hope lor flic Country ily Snyn of Hi© KtitorprUo-Placiug
—A .UiMionur) S Story. of if» Hoiids— D r. Port's Opinion*—
,,,, „ ... - . . An Kneotiraging Outlook.
1 he Rev. Shednck laylor, twenty-
eight years ago, was a slave h-‘longing The I»axnku-M atchmax has received
to t a elate General laylor. Since free- | some information on the railroad situa-
dom he has been a wanderer upon the | t* on f roni a reliable authority, who is
face of # the earth: has frequently been l >r «*tty well posted especially about the
where the stones were his pillow and the Macon A’ Athens llailroad allairs, both in
azure vault of lieaven, spangled tfith : Ne'v ^ ork and at home,
countless stars, his onlr covering. j 1 his information we cheerfully put in
After manv years of unsuccessful ef- print, as it gives an encouraging picture
forts to better his material condition he : of tbe enterprise and expresses the be
fell that his mission was to carry the |»<*f that the road may he brought out of
go>pel into far countries, and with this **■* troubles,^ and possibly completed to
end in view became an evangelist, under ' A then?. \\ e cannot predict with cetain-
th-
nil pi
look to Kilt a gra
as ic.d • conditn-
did wh it We c oi
scanty suppln —
-fill 1 • «»"
pre.
Hass. A *1* p*
the vir.-.-t the.
trihuted portn
Ippl
nit :m»o
ifts op
tion of tl
.** This
ting l.is self sacrifice
availed itself of his services :
Africa to t«* ich the native
that w mi l rede-m them fro
of bondage.
Ahvssii.ii \
w her«*- he labor
g.vos ol ins elf.
are in the main
h > experience-
•‘Women's
•i. ty. ap-
proniptly
sent hun
»e K«spel
lie- land
■ dlo
, tie
lor >
i th.
is the part
ib a d ti e a
t>. trials am
interesting,
vir hors'-
U - ll lb* V. Sh
hon.ii of an
iilnt
field
of \l,VSs
As light!
“I will Ik* true to
As I <Io you—and f-
Fond Ik ju believe r
You arc the.one that 1 love best
“In heaven’s name, what ha3 Imp- I looked at it an idea struck me. I oov-
pened?” I cried. _ v ered the face with my hand, and then I
tell
“For why* I could r
wt tell yon ir I trie.!, i r , v r " : v.-j> —
content with what I say— I had come out. accompanied by two
From the reports I learned that thfl
coacliman had been stopped in Fifth ave
nue about a Iialf an hour before ami <ii.
rected to drive up to a certain house door.
There tlie gentleman now lying on the
saw clearly that tlie hair was tlie same as
that on the crushed medallion.—John
Nitchie in New York News.
And qhi.-t all jvur fear
THE .MEDALLION.
change to denote the
III.
ind
:tr-- pretty
hotter than the hottest part of
- here. (’lothing is but little
The ' ivili/.ed p irtion of the p • -
r the lightest covering: the w.»
d.cs.ed IT, :i si ,gh* light gown.
nd about the
st • l.y
* hat pre.
t..U, Mr
I • J gaudy colored rihh.
V* ! ally preferred. Th
1 clothing to speak of.”
•d being gel
civilized hav.
no
da *
Mr I'
are very much like tlie •
Inn wigwam, only larger—six fami- i
< always lived in'one house. Their;
• 1 is mostly derived from the hunt j
I chase, though they raise corn, pota- I
s and other grains in limited quanti-!
Th.
iliz.d
ity eat snake
i greatly. Hattie
of th.
id seetn to rtl-
snakes grow to
I saw one that I 1
nearly twenty feet long and was as j ^
s a beer barrel in the thickest place. , c
d twenty-six rattles. Kven the na- "
who have become civilized are fond <*
ul t 111
ly this issue, because of conflicting
counts and changing conditions. \Ye
have given to the ptildic such informa
tion as we receive, whether it is cheering
or not—because we conceive it to be our
duty to keep up with the progress of
this important matter. \Ye are a friend
to the enterprise as we try to be to ev
ery enterprise calculated to help Athens.
All the light that wo can throw upon the
progress of the work, we shall bring to
bear: and whenever we are compelled to
review the dark side, we will do so can
didly. hut always with regret.
“\Vhat is the present intention of the
manager of tl © Macon & Covington en
ter prise’i" asked the Banxkr- Wattasiim:
“While it is true that they have been
peculiarly unfortunate in the matter of
litigation, that could hardly be charged
up against th.-in as an ind ention of th.-ir
unwillingness or inability to build the
road. Heretofore the litigatitv. has been
with outside parti -s. The last legal tight
was between the members of the con
struction company, the only effect of
which was to delay the completion of
the road. This last suit has been com
promised by the parties and the road is
now without a lawsuit of any kind.”
“Will the work now go on to com Mo
tion?**
“Sine* the compromise, arrangements
have been made to push the construc
tion as rapidly as possible. Two thou
sand tons of steel rails are now being
shipped, and in a very few days money
will he sent to pay off ©very dollar of in
debtedness which has accumulated du
ring the late litigation. This iuforma-
ion I 4iav© from Mr. Post. Mr. Post in
arms me further that the
omplete the ro;ul to Atli
not.ths, and that they have no idea of
hanging the route so as to leave Maili-
Sornc thirty years ago I had a room in
a building which used to stand on a nar
row street not far from Washington
square. The building was one of the
lairs of Bohemia. My windows, which
reached almost to the lloor. C|>enod into
n sort of Udcos.v. This balcony stretched
•dong the entire rear of tlie house.
Originally if had been separated into as
many juirts as there were rooms, hut
gradually these partitions had been tom
* the balcony became a general
re by which we went to each
i)Oni9, always through the
ls there were no doors opening
there:
vHilm
.-.xp.H
! strong enough to k»-»-
dul.-ing in such uncle;
1» )■' •> '!”•
he eat while there, hr
1 bread made from barl-
p th.
from
eoff.-
“What
| “In ref.
, what , '« ;i umli
il^V rice, ; '' railroa.l
nil tea. ! *'-r
. lie
statu
of the
bonds
hai
built bonds
as the r.i
Wh.
Fr
th.
dam
mel
d'd
• l-
.* did Mr.
luring that
nigh to re
nd.-, hut
.:*• families
opt a dollar fw hi
ban a
ons ami all kinds of tropical fruit> wet.-
in the greatest abundance. I he native^
sp. nt th.-ir time mostly in hunting and
proticient There was nothing like any
organized attempt to cultivate the soil,
which was rid. and fertile, and could no
doubt he made to produce very highly.
1 in- natives, he said, w.-re not sj cciallv
fond of strangers, though they w.-re fa
vorable to missionaries, and would p- r-
( . A M. is
dollars in I
lici
pe::
‘1 autumn night lucre was a rap
>!w.
newcomer, who was
everylxxly. lie was
fall and r.lim, with
ml small hands. His
complexion, his deep brown eves,
Liard curly h:.ir, proclaimed him
tfliern blood. He had a small ex-
:y tdiajH-d black mustache, which
delicate and rcJined ap-
c::ile-l Mr. Harry
n handsome fell
tin.-!y cut feature
of hiM fa
llis
< th
dazzlingly white, and
sliow.d :u- he talked or laughc<l.
He was rather reserved. 1 think, but
the coincidence of our nc-eds that night
aronsod an a<f.dental symnalhy lietween
us which afterward grew into a steadfast
friendship.
He told me that he was working in the
studio of a sculptor.
• I've only a dilettanti sort of a talent,
though.** he add.-d. “hut then I can
earn my living at it. And, besides, I
rather like to model Yen uses, Phrynes
and Dianas.”
lie told me that his immediate family
were ;dl dca 1; that he had Invn brought
up in luxury, knew all the old- aristo
cratic people of the city, and that, as the
family estate melted away after Ins
father's death, he had to cultivate his
one small talenf to get bread. He told
this in the liveli.-st manner and did not
s<n ni at all affected by the recital of the
downfall of the family fortunes. This
struck me as rather strange. 1 puzzled
over ii from time to time, as our conver
sation lapsed. At hxst it flashed upon
started i
th.
ver paid
unpleted.
section of ten miles of the
ompl.ted twelve thousand
nids arc paid ov.-r to the con
struction company. 1'he construction
company then delivers them to the par-1 i «
ties who h .v«- contracted to take th.m. ' loi •
1 hose parties then put them on the mar- j
ket just as any holders of Georgia Kail- ' as j (< .
road or Central Hail road bonds offer * ..jj
them for sale. None of the bonds you j p ro
see offered for sale in Georgia or else- room
where belong to either the Covington A ' j.;
Mac-ii Hailro.ul or tin* construction [ til'ul «
company. A contract was made with a ■ t„
found you out!"
i love
I exclaimed, “I've
. I am." In
of his happy smiles.
replied with one
which showed his
i. And then he
is almost
He stretc
il out his hand and I
d.xp.
i talk
of Mndi-o
lb- I* lb
>«U:«rip.
cb.-d for to <g.,
During his st
Shedriek Tavlu
about in p.-acc.
in the cmntrv
aid he had two*
,d out of this n
verts. This u
Rev.
thou-
hroke
it is roallv vour name?" I asked
■css.*.! mv hand warmlv.
ry Capo Hi. GckmI night!"
t!:is time lie was often in my
id 1 in his. It was strangely fur-
for a number of costly and beau-
*i.*s presented a striking contrast
ingy fumitupe. which looked as if
from Ma
«een t .«-
thought his w or'
ahlv with that
nld
pire favor-
inist* rs ir. better
rill have no . ff-.
crpri'c, f< r ili
the missionary
“pretty much
id oth* r animals do
the
.* . n sold at • 2 •
the mark, t a •
i..rried by th.
;.i to a great ex
id h** did not
r to take th.* entire issue' it bad passed through the Hinds of „.
m to Athens. ! myself have | era! owners. And there were s.*veral rich
untied. 1 understood that lie : and exquisite little things which Ix-trayed
Mib- - ei|in*iiily resold them to other par- the touch of a lady’s ’land, such as an
ties, hut uf this 1 know nothing, nor embroidered tobacco pouch, a leather
does the C. A M. road know as what dis- ■ portfolio with finely worked initials and a
position, he may make of them in no j few other such things. # On a little table
manner concerns the C. A* M. Railroad \ fctood an exquisite Sevres vase, and in it
If this co .tract has been set aside, or for- i 4ht*e was always ^frcsIeycHow rose.
1. it. d in nnv way, l have not heard of it. I One evening Harry rushed into my
If it should be cancelled there would ho ! room.
no difficulty in making another.” I “Do you want-to go to the theatre to-
“W hat are the prospects of the road?” night to hear the new play?"
“As to the early completion of the That was precisely what I did want to
load there is not the slightest >haf ow of but had thought it imjKjssihle because
doubt. It would be very fortunate for of tlie low statu of my finances,
x i hens if the Georgia,* Carolina and “Why do you ask such a question?” I
»f the North- replied.
orthern ;
u>tcrn H;
th.
i h. n all the hands
tensi
road to Knoxville were half
n assured fact. As to the
the G. ( . A N . I of course
ig more than ' learn from
papers, and n reference to
a of the Northea>t‘*rn mil-
men. One m wislied to get into the
carriage witfci him, but had been refused.
The gentlemen had given the street and
number himself, but in a very weak
voice, and ordered him to drive as care
fully ai possible. When he stopped and
opened the can iage door the gentleman
was in a dead faint Ho had aroused the
janitor and together they carried him up
stairs to his room. laid him in tlie bed and
removed some of his clothes.
“Goat once for a doctor and I will
wait here.” I said to them as soon as 1
learned these facts.
I looked at Harry after they had gone,
and tears came to my eyes at sight of his
white, motionless face. I took his hand
in mine and began to stroke it gently.
After awliftj he opened his eyes, and
looked at mo in bcwildermcftt^Jhen ho
smiled and weakly pressed my hand. I
could not utter a word. Harry tried
several times to speak, hut only succeeded
after several iueffectual efforts; and then
I could scarcely distinguish the words:
“Everything is all right—I have fixed
it.” lie closed his eyes; bat after a mo
ment gasped:
. “My coat!"
I han(k-d it to liim. He tried to put
liis hands into the pockets, but his strength
gave out and he shook his head and smiled
again faintly. I searched the pockets and
took out several articles, among them a
small folding leather card case. He took
this up as 1 laid it on the bed near liis
hand and reached it toward me.
“For you!” he murmured.
As I took it he smiled the same old,
hearty, tcn.L-r smile.
As I spread his coat out on a chair a
yellow rose f.-ll from a buttonhole. I
picked it up. a little startled, as 1 knew
Harry had not worn any flower the pre
vious evening. When Hurry noticed the
rose, he motioned me to give it to him.
He press.il it to his lips, and two great
tear <lnns rolled down his cheeks, llis
arm fell down and liS again sank into a
half unconscious state. His face twitched
as if with pain. Ills left hand lay across
his heart, and the fingers ojK-iied and
eloeeil convulsively. Pretty soon lieopened
liis eyes again and stared with a look of
feverish longing at one comer of the room.
I followed his g!ance.
“Bring that," l:e said, with an effort.
I went to the spot indicated. There,
upon a little table, lay a board of mod
erate size, in the middle of which was a
slight elevation, covered with a dauip
cloth—ap|>arciitly an incomplete piece of
modeling. Betide it lay a few simple
modeling 4oo!s.
I carried tlu* Hoard to tlie bedside.
“Do you mean this?" I asked.
Harry nodded. He tried, to raise him
self and I lift cl him up to a sitting |>osi*
tion. After 1 had done this lie rested his
right hand, in which he still held the
rose, upon the cloth, and exerting all liis
j strength, pressed his fist down into the
yielding clay. I watched the soft earth
slowly creep out from beneath the cloth
edges under the pressuie. As Hairy no
ticed this he gave one strong push and
then fell back on the pillow. He did not
ojK-ii his eyes again, nor did he speak,
lie drew a few deep struggling gasps
and then all was still.
1 sat some minutes staring at liis pallid
face and hardly dared to breathe.
I gavo a great sigh of relief when the
sound of footsteps on tlie stairs broke the
sjM-11 by which 1 seemed bound. I opened
the door in answer to a light rap.
“I am Dr. Van Horn,” said an elderly
man, as he entered tlie room and walked
briskly up to the bed. With quick, <lex-
t-vow movement* hoj^iit'fcway Harry'*
shirt and laid his hand upon his breast.
Then he tieckoned to me to help him and
we laid the body of my dead friend down
from the sitting )>orition.
‘1 have nothing to do but to certify to
tlu* death of this |*erson,” said tlie doctor
after he had arranged everytliing.
“Did he say anything?**
“Only a few words.”
“Is suicide probable?”
Why (lie Eyes Grow Tired.
People speak about their eyps being
tired, meaning that tlie retina or seeing
portion of the eye is fatigued, hut such
is not the case, as the retina hardly ever
gets tired. Tlie fatigue is in tlie inner
and other muscles attached to the eyeball
and the muscle of accommodation, which
surrounds the lens of the eye. When a
near object is to be looked at this muscle
relaxes and allows tlie lens to thicken, in
creasing its refractive power. Tlie inner
and outer muscles are used in covering
the eyo on the object to l»e looked at. the
inner one lieing especially used when a
near object Ls looked at. It is in the
three muscles mentioned that the fatigue
is felt, and relief Is secured temporarily
by closing the eyes or gazing at far dis
tant objects. The usual indication of
strain is mlness of the rim of the eyelid,
betokening a congested state of the inner
surface, accompanied with some pain.
Sometimes tins weariness indicates the
need of glasses rightly adapted to the
jiersou, and in other cases tlie true rem
edy is to massage the eye and its sur
roundings as far as may be with the hand
wet in cold water.—Herald of Health.
You Hank**, (lie Ilintorlan.
When Andrew D. White was a student
in Germany he attended the lectures of
Yen Ranke, the historian. In a recent
article Mr. White says of Ranke: “He
had a habit of In-coming ro atisorbed in
hu subject as to slip down in his chair,
holding his finger up toward the ceiling,
and then, with his eyes fastened on the
tip of it. go mumbling through a kind of
rhapsody, which most of my German
fellow students confessed they could not
understand. It was a comical sight—
half a dozen students crowding around
his desk listening to the professor as
priests might listen to the sibyl on her
tri{Hxl. the other students lieing scattered
through the room in various stages of
discouragement.”—New York Sun.
YESTERDAY’S NEWS FROM THE TOWNS
AROUND US.
JEFFEliSO* MEWS.
Jeffersox, Feb. 28.—[Occasional Cor
respondence.]—Master Johnnie Silraan,
the youngest son of Col. J. B. Siltnan,
who lias been very s *k, hr convalescent
Miss Mattie J. Wats in is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Woodie 111 ms, in Athens.
l'rof. Gonzalez will give a musical en
tertainment at the chapel of the Martin
Institute to-morrow night, for the benefit
of the Methodist church at this place.
This will bo a rare treat for the lovers of
music, and will no doubt be well patron
ized.
duel! Wliat do you
vet to
ii !.*■ do
TH:. EATON IOiN CYCLONE.
id that i
if >h«
:»> .hie
lzhl- d-
hnv
•i*i*-
•d. uid find* no trouble jn getting a
t «*f way Thus far, not a single
ha** refused to sign the papers. The
of Walton county ari v-ry much,
used ov.-r th»* prospect ef getting
this road, ns they are very anxi >ii* to do
business in Athens. Logansvillc is par
ticularly elated, and her people say it
will he the principal point between Ath
ens and Atlanta. 1 to-day met Col. Bry
ant, the railroad orator, ami b- is here at
the head of a strong delegation. I have
promised them t.» pa) their town a visit
before their r. turn home. 1 Have to
night for Atlanta, and will return to
morrow. There are fewpeopl© at court
but next we.-k will be a big time. Mr.
K. T. Brown has arrived, and will go
with me to Atlanta to-night. He is
looking very well. T. h. G.
sj» *k* '< lo ill. til—tb it :heir a
of .1, if ‘hey did appr -ci .to l\
outward s iiimls and s) mbols. i lie mon-
graphic the preaching the more chance
of claiming converts. The church that
went into the work with the best agen
cies of appealing to their Senses of color,
sound, and their loye of music, sight
seeing and pa g van try had the best
chances of snece-s.
The Rev. Shedrick Taylor will preach
in the African Methodist church on
Thursday evening, and will lecture in all
the colored churches in the city within
the next month. The white people are
iucttve V.*cr fc of a Great Windstorm
on Fatuidar.
atontos, Ga., Feh. 2fi.—One of the
t d* stniclive cvclones that has visited
fa I
the
clock. It <
trom i
to tlu
struck lin
ing about
ioiith west-
northeast
“Well, get ready. Some one has sent
me a couple of |uir<jiu-t seats.” I “*>o.
We were soon off. In one of the lxixes i “I'roHttbly
I recognized Miss Ilurpleigh, who had j think?”
Is-en pointed cut to me the year before. | "That is possible.”
She resided in Washington,*but usually The doctor seated himself at a table,
njM-nt part of the season in New Y’ork. j took out paj»er and pencil and wrote
She was wonderfully beautiful, and | name, age, etc., of my dead friend,
seemed to Ik- very gracious and charm- j Then lie wrote further: “Cause of
ing. * j death—paralysis of heart iu consequence
I watched h»-r opera glasses follow the j of a stab or thrust. Buicide not prolxiblo.
rows of par.juet seats Uu k and forth, j More likely dui 1. Opponent unknown.**
»Slie was eridently searching for some | Then ho left the loom. I held tin*
one. Suddenly as the ghiss ]K)intcd j lamp to light liim downstairs*, he thanked
j me courteously and Undo me good night.”
| I went back into the room. Theinv
! pulse to speak to Harry, to awaken him
I was almost irresistible. I could not 1*‘-
i lieve tliat the btxiutiful, attractive smile
Wherv tlio Kilehrciu Grows.
Tlie Emperor William lias always re
gretted that he has never been able with
his own hands to pluck an edelweiss. A
loyal Styrian nojv tells him that there is
a spot, proliably the only sjxit in the
world accessible by carriage, where the
edelweiss grows. In a charming country
at t!io Toot of tlie llochechwab mountain
lies the little town of Afienz, whence bv
a comfortable carriage road the traveler
can easily reach the spot where the finest
edelweiss in found in surprisingly large
quantities.—New York Tribune.
Serj»ent skin is coming into fashion as
i covering for books.
TRIBES OF LITTLE FOLKS.
and pi
citv it is
an. i..l.
Taylor will probably lot
and engage in m-IioM teach
direct from Bhiladelphia h
lie in Atlu
CENTRAL STOCK
RELICS OF SU EKST1TI0N-
wdcr-i ami l.omlMom
A;nonU Nome ok (lie
Tlx* Smiril) Ailvuiichm untl tlie
i Friend'* Are (toe Taker**.
! Kven the friends of Gen. Alexander
* were surprised when they rca 1 in the
1 Evening News of Saturday that the in
creased earnings of the Central road : n
January am* unto 1 to more than
II ”” ; the earnings for the same month last
In conversation with one of our drug- ; year. The old fogies and those who had
gists we learned that there was a great j opposed General. Alexander were paral-
deinand for love powders. * specially i ) zed. This begins to show that Gen.
among the colored population. \\ e i Alexander knew what he was about
ke -p them ready prepared, and there is ; when he said he would run tli
hardly a day that we do not have a call [ the interest of the stockholders.
(J directly over the e
As far as*can he leai
damage done in and around t!
about as fo lows: Col. B. F. Adams’ res
Hence was very ' adly bainnged and the
family barely escaped with their lives,
llis loss is very heavy. Willis Marshal,
an old and respected colored blacksmith,
\va- k lied in his shop by timbers falling
».n him. crushing his sku'l and killing
him instantly. ’I he male academy wa-
lifted from its foundations and ruined
F*-riunat©lv then* was no one in it.
,M..Johnson's dwelling is badly damn;
and all tbo out-liou-es were blown
pi.-c-s A O. Moselv’s residence was
aUo badlv damaged and the out houses
blown down.
TIIE GREATEST sITEEHEU YET.
The greatest suffcier yet heard of is
B. I. Paschal. His dwelling and every
cabin on tlu* plantation is totally dost ey
ed, but no lives were lost. The oeauti
f-il grove around Mrs. J. Wingfield's is
completely mined. Nearly every tree is
felled to the ground, hut the dwelling is
not damaged at all.
toward the spot where we sat it stopped
—she appear*-d to have found the ]>erson
she was searching for. I looked about
at Harry. His eyes were fixed on the
stage. It was inqiossible that she was
gazing at tlie burly broker on the other
side of me. I blushed, as an instant
y, but in flush of vanity suggested the idea that I
icd of the was the object of her attention. Soon I
saw her take a yellow roso from the
bouquet slit
her lijw.
Harr
had faded from his lips forever.
I took up the modeling l>oard which
lay beside him on the bed and removed
the cloth. I tried to make out what
. . . , , .... shape the crushed mass had once lmd.
earned and slowly raise it to jj arr y had been entirely too weak
In voluntarily I thought of , en tirely obliterate it. I finally made
out
tliat it had lieen a medallion, with n
woman’s head upon it in relief. The
face was indistinguishable, but the hair
was almost uninjured. I also examined
the card case which Harry had given me,
but it contained only a few cards and a
Tli© Three Most Notable Communities of
I>wurf* in Africa.
A while ago Mr. Grenfell of tlie Congo
missions encountered on the Bosari nver,
south of the Congo, tlie Batwa dwarCr
whom Stanley mentions in “The Dark
Continent,” though Stanley did not so*
them. Grenfell sa)^ these little pcopl*
exist over a large extent of country, tlieir
village's Jieing scattered here and there
among other tribes. Wissman and Poggt
also met them a few years ago in tlieif
journey to Nyangwe.
It was.long supposed that the story of
Herodotus about the pigmies of Africa
was mythical, but within the past twenty
years abundant evidence lias accumulated
of tlie existence of a number of tribes of
curious little folks in equatorial Africa.
The cliief among these tribes are the
Akka, whom Sohweinfurth found north-
’ west of Albert Nyassa; tho Obongo, dis
covered by Du Cliaillu in West Africa,
southeast of Gaboon, and the Batwa
south of Congo.
These little people range in height from
4 feet 2 inches to about 4 feet 8 inches.
They are intellectually as well as physic
ally inferior to the other tribes of Africa.
They are perliaps nearer the brute king
dom than any other human beings. The
Obongo, for instance, wear no semblance
of clothing; make no huts except to bend
over and fasten to the ground the tops of
three or four young trees, which they
cover with leaves; possess no arts except
the making of bows and arrows, and do
not till the soil. They live on the smaller
game of the forest, and on nuts a^d ber
ries. They regard the leopard, which
now and then makes a meal of one of
them, as their deadliest enemy. They
live only a few days or weeks in one
place, burying themselves in sorno other
part of the interminable woods as soon as
the nuts and other food supplies near
their camp begin to grow scarce.
When Schwcinfurth first met the Akka
dwarfs he found himself surrounded by
what he supi>osed was a crowd of impu
dent boys. There were several humlred
We are glad to learn that the young
men Martin Institute have reor
ganizes the Martin Literary Society, with*
a large membership and bright prospects
for future success.
Mr. John C. Turner, one of our most
talented young men and best parliamen
tarians, has been elected President of
the Martin Literary Society.
Mr. W. It. A. Boyd, one of Jackson
county’s most substantial citizens, has
gone to Atlanta to consult Dr. Calhoun
with reference to having an operation
performed on one of his eyes, whicV he
had the misfortuue to accidentally injure
some time ago.
Among the new citizens who have
moved into our county, we. are pleased
to welcome Mr. and Mrs. Will J. Daven
port, of Oglethorpe county. Mrs. Daven
port was raised in Jefferson, and Is the
only daughter of the distinguished Prof.
John W. Glenn, under whose manage
ment our Martin Institute gained a repu
tation which extended throughout Geor
gia and neighboring states. Prof. Glenn
and his excellent family are greatly es
teemed and loved by all our people, and
we would rejoice if Mr. Davenport’s res
idence among us should prove an attrac
tion.sutlicient to draw Prof. Gleen back
to his old home.
We were recently shown a large and
very fine crayon portrait of our hand
some fellow-townsman Mr. Will Brock.
It was drawn by his gifted wife, who is,
by the way, not only a talented artist,
but also a most charming and accom
plished lady.
The majority of our citizens are very
much enthused over the election on pro
hibition, which will beheld in this coun
ty on the 14th of Msrch. The prohibi
tionists will hold a meeting at the court
house to night, and steps will be taken
to organize clubs, in every district in the
county. The anti-prohibitionists have
but little hope of carrying tho county, but
will make a desperate fight for the suc
cess of their “jolly god.”
Jefferson, Feh. 28th.—[Special.]
W hat is it? An animal of some kind
passed through our villiage a few nights
ago, and it seem to have a special spite
against the dogs, and it killed twelve in
our village in one night. No one se
to know what it was.
The ofiicers of the Methodist church
here are repairing their church, and if
they carry out the plans, it will be a
beautiful church when they finish it
Very little is said about the prohibition
eleotion, which occurs on the 14th of
march, but I think there is a determined
and quiet effort to make it prohibition
in toto.
A visit to your city prevented me from
giving you notes for several days last
week.
.1 effersox, March 1. — [Special.]—
There was a large an enthusiastic meet
ing to-night at the court house, for the
purpose of organizing a prohibition club.
Klhort Askew was elected Chairman of
tlie club and editor John N. Roan Secre
tary. A committee consisting of J. L.
Williamson, Col. J. A. B. Mahaffey and
A. A. Bell was appointed to request the
various malitia districts to organize simi
lar clubs. The election comes off March
the 14th.
Quite a party accompany Dr. Pender
grass a portion of the way to North Car
olina to-day.
Jefferson, March 2.—[Special.]—
Prof. Gonzales gave a musical at the
Martin Institute cnapel last night to a
fine audience, and the music by him was
fine, and his two little boys did their
parts to perfection.
Our prohibition club will meet again
on the 3rd, and we expect the Banker-
Watchman to help us.
Capt. J. E. Bitch and his son John
spent Tuesday with us. We appreciate
the Captain. He is always on the side of
right.
Hodgson, ti e worthy
_ ..?C?&thons,.was.in our town yes-
_ ienutjR©r*i
■ ■ l /HW lp Yft»firo ■ T*owe, an accomplis
of O'idnee, & visiting a sir
nfuf.o" Winter. Hope her
ill bo-Jong amDpleasant.
Mr. Ben DiTtara passfiJ through town
csterday. Ho has just purchased a
no horse from MrWa HdImw,^*<NPy*
Farmers artf putting in good umesow-
is about 110 miles from Augusta by the
contemplated route. There is very lit
tle heavy grading to be done on this road,
the heaviest grading, being in Wilkes
county. Almost the entire route is a
natural road-bed, and the grading will be
unusually light Harmony Grove is
about 1,235 feet above the sea level and
nearly 800 feet higher than Augusta, as
is indicated by CapL Ethridge’s Aneroid
barometer.
Our people now feel highly elated over
our bright railroad prospects for the fu
ture and say they are confident the road
will be built in the near future. Three
cheers and a tiger, say we, for Harmony
Grove and the Augusta & Chattanooga
Railroad.
WATKIXSV1LLE NEWS.
[•]-
Watkinsville, Feb. 28’—[Special.]
Miss Katie Ashford gave her mends
entertainment last night before she left
for Atlanta.
Mr. J. M. Mayne, a worthy young man
of this county, who was elected county
surveyor in .fanuary last over W. K. El
der, the old surveyor, soon after the
election, got employment with the sur
veying corps of the G. C. & X. railroad,
which pays him well, and he having fail
ed to get his commission as surveyr be
fore leaving the county, Mr. Elder re
mains in the office, as his successor has
never been qualified.
The Barnett Shoals have been sold to
private parties, but to make the titles
good will be sold at public outcry next
Saturday.
The fkrmers hove sowed a great many
spring oats and they are coming up
nicely.
Watkinsville, March 2.—[Special.]—
Messrs It L Bloomfield, Latuar Cobb
and G C Thomas, of Athens, were over
yesterday attending the sale of the Bar
nett shoals, which were bpught by Mr
Bloom field for $10,000. under an execu
tion in favor of J It Lyle and H It J
Long, transferee.
Mr Joe Hodges started .up his cotton
seed crusher yesterday, and is now sell
ing cotton seed meal at $20 per ton.
James Daniel, administrator of Mrs
Susan Norris, deceased, sold 70 acres of
land for $550.
We hear that MissXeilie Stillman will
take a school at Mr Joe Elder’s.
The boys woke the town and county up
last night with a cannon, celebrating the
death of the sale of whisky in this county.
The commissioners have made a con
tract with Jrmes Watson to clean the
baick off the court bouse lot for half of
them.
ing oats. *
Air. Charlie Lowe, our popular depot
agent, is developing into a first-class phi
losopher and weather prophet.
We beg pardon for' having your gentle
readers anxiously anticipating the news,
but some of his theories, laws and facts
he has kindly consented to have pub
lished.
The many friends of Mrs. Wm. Jones,
who has been .very ill for some time, will
be glad to learn that she is convalescing.
Horseback riding is becoming a fash
ionable exercise with our young ladies.
Gardening seems to be the order of
the day.
,v -Dr.-^Thompsoi, ^ Madison county, one
of the best physicians and most sterling
business men of the county, was in town
yesterday.
DAA1ELSVILLE NOTES.
Daxif.lsvili.f.. MmcR 1.—[Special.]—
Dr. G. W. Ward, of Nantahala, N.
has been spending some time in <u.*
midst. The Doctor is of French extrac
tion,jiud served in the Mexican war and
also with the boys in gray in the late un
pleasantness, and is now a jovial soul of
fifi years. He played first violin with
our string band at tho entertainment of
the Danielsville Social Club, held at Hon.
Julius A. Greene’s on Friday night By
the way the string band is composed of
the young folk? of our city, and is gotten
up purely as a social feature, and is a
part of the club.
The surveying corps of the A. & C. It.
It. will finish the line to Harmony Grove
by 10 a. m. Wednesday. Danielsville is
84 miles from Augusta and 102 feet
higher. For about 25 miles of the line
in this county not a trestle is to be built,
but one drain, and that will require only
a sewer pipe, and not a cut nor fill 5 feet,
says Col. W. J. Bollard, general manager.
Miss Clara Daniel has returned from a
visit to relatives in Jefferson.
Miss Nellie Moseley, of Nicholson, is
visiting relatives here.
Mrs. Henry Herring is dead.
HOSIER HITS.
Homf.r, Feb. 28.—[Special.]—Next
Sunday is ihe day appointed to meet for
the purpose of organizing a union Sab-
qath school at the Presbyterian church.
There was a union school at this church
last year, continuing in a flourishing con
dition until near Christmas, and owing
to the cold weather and having no stove
the school was discontinued^ Let fathers
and mothers take more interest this year
than ever before. Bring the little ones
out, instead of sending them, as hereto
fore practiced!
W. W. McDonald and wife, of Mays-
ville, are the guests of Mrs. and Dr. A.
11. Stapler.
Rev. Geo. F. King preached to the
good people of New Salem neighborhood
on last Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. Goode, of Harmony Grove, failed
to fill his appointment at the Baptist
church at this plac*- on last Saturday and
Sunday, which disappointed a great
many of our good Baptists.
Homer, March 2.—[Special.]—While
standing neur ths fire this morning little
Lizzie Emmett’s dress caught fire, burn
ing her dress partly off, and burning her
hands very badly. Several of the chil
dren were burnt slightly while trying to
put the fire out
We see Mr. T. M. McCarter in town
to-day.
Messrs. Newton and Bob Carr, of
Maysville, are on our streets to-day.
The weather is fine and the farmers
are at work.
The Union Sunday school will meet
again at the Presbyterian church next
Sunday morning. Come everybody and
try to make the school interesting.
IIAUTOONY GROVE.
Harmony Grove, Feb. 28.—[Special.]
Mr. I. G. Allan spent Saturday and Sun
day with his family in the Grove. Mr.
Allan is now in business in the Gate
of them, and he soon found that they
City, and speaks of moving his family
were veritable dwarfs, and tliat their
tribe probably numbered several thousand
souls. One of these dwarfs was taken to
Italy a few years ago, was taught to
read, and excited much interest among
scientific men. There are other tribes of
dwarfs in Abyssinia and also in Somali
land.—New York Sun.
Fr©© Hint for » Fortune.
‘There's a fortune awaiting the man
who will ojx*n hasty pudding eating
there soon.
’Squire W. J. Burgess, one of the
leading citizens of Banks county, was in
the Grove this morning.
Rev. Mr. Johnson, an eminent Baptist
divine of Atlanta, preached an excellent
sermon at the Baptist church yesterday
morning on the subject of “Regeneration.”
His sermon was greatly enjoyed by all
present.
Miss Ida Bolmnnen, the beautiful and
accomplished belle of Harmony Grove,
ipt or two, as far as I could judge ! hous-'s i n New Y’ork citv ” said an old r elurn p‘! home last Knday night, after a
from i*iv h-iKtv L-lim-e nous's in r*ev\ i otk cu>, SJua ™ ™i lo ug visit to friends in Athens, Union
iroxn i.i> nasty fiance. i hotel man, “and if I was young I d do \\t„ „ i _ u
Again there was the notsc of steiw, ; it OK1 New Yorkers remember Parker ; , ‘ ^ C y (1 " come hcr
rnul the janitor entered, followed by a i Tery we U. He opened ncozv little ns- ho IVt‘ o i P lo » su 1 re -
gentleman.
“Tlio doctor!”
I looked at them in astonishment.
“The doctor has been here already,” I
said.
. “Doctor who?” I went directly to tlie
ase, and turned toward him
qiRMiioningly.
lie quickly raised liis eyes toward the
galleries and ineffectually tried to appear
as if lie hud notio-d the questioning look
a> 7 gave him. But the lady still held the
d. glass jKjhited toward us and pressed the
J. yellow rose* to her litxs. 1 noticed the
i d gentleman standing back of her bend a
l 0 trillo forward and follow the line of hcr
as vision. A slight scowl spread over his
,. s features, lb- evidently recognized tlio
person she was looking at, and felt vin
dictive toward him. He leaned further
forward and said something lo the lady.
She started, dropped the rose, and let the
glass fall into her lap. She sat still a
Si^flyl'nnil' ’turnwl't!^!Uilk^vith thosu I “ISlL.,.:,. ,J ta a grate, and the morning ,aper^wero ! cmlrse of . ei ? ht or tcn <U >' 9 -
next her. She did not again look down
at the parquet.
After the curtain came down for tiio
fir t time 1 spoke to Ilnrrv in an indifferent
taurant on Dey street forty odd years j
Mr. Sydney Langford, one of Banks
ago. At that time there was more travel ' county’s most energetic young men, was
to New York hy tho .tight l«.te on the I 111 , !. ,e Grove thls ,,,0 r rn ' n K- .
Sound and Hudson river proportionally | ,r. l ° sune 3°™ ^ le Augusta and
than now, and Parker’s place was very , C , ha,tano ?8» ''»> >’<'!*<> »re between tins
convenient for travelers to get their P** 100 ^HJ Hanielsville, at work on the
lor nearest surgeon and came back with him | breakfast. He always had a blazing fire ! surve - v * ^ hey will arrive here in the
myself. I in a grate, and the morning i>apers were j co “ rse # . .
Meanwhile the doctor wont up to the a t j ia , M p Parker was the first restaurant Several of our citizens went down to
1 ““ 1 : ' * “* l! Athens last Thursday morning and did
TVII.KIM € Ol STV.
.* road i
eke
belli
from some dusky damsel for
worth of love powders. Tl
there is great virtue in them, and will
work very bard to give them to the one
that they want to catch. Another thing
that the*druggist sells a great d al of is
loadstone. The negroes think that a
load stone lias virtue that belong to no
thing else. For instance, a negro gam
bler with a loadstone has great power
over liis opponent, as the load stone wi 1
cause him to draw good hands. A ne
gro whose wife as left him thinks hi
huving a load stone that it will draw her | They own’38,t
back to him. This form of supersliti
is very remarkable.
Tho stock is still ndvancii
body is still buying all that i
Who is it? This question tie
News asked Mr .I K Jackson,
some- ( though no-one was hurt. It took the top Herrick, and 1 should l* sorry for tlie
and
1.
Evening
who has
way of Miss Harpleigh and the gentle
man wlu> paid her so much attention. I
(Washington < azette] j asked him if he knew who the man was?
The hard wind did considerable dam- , “Y es!" ho said, with a fierce sort of
ago in this county on Saturday afternoon, brevity. “1 know him; he is Walter
A New Post-Office..—There is a ru-
moi alh-at that Mr R. L. Bloomfield con
templates building a new post-office
bunding on C avton street. A reporter
saw postmaster Burnett yesterday after
noon and asked him about the matter,
lie said he had heard something about
it, but knew nothing definitely. One
tiling the people could count on, and
that was we would have a new and
more convenient building as soon as the
Alliens office became a second class
office. “And when will that be?” asked
the reporter. “1 will have it one before
the year is out,” confidently responded
the postmaster. The business of the
office hero is constantly increasing, and
i more convenient and better arranged
off the gin house on Mr. W. A. Pope's
’flipper plantation, blew down one house
at Mr. Hugh Marlow's, one at Mrs. lies-
.h alt largely in th.- stock an.l has proven u . r < tw „ st George McMukin s (colored)
lmnsclf a prophet ns well use wide- | at iIr . M ]). Wallaces, in Talia-
awukc and successful broker. | f,. rr0 county. These were small houses,
-Who is buying the stock? Why the j , n ,, st of cabins. There was a him
Alexander party, of course." I dollar cyclone policy on Mr. Pope's
••Thought they already bad a ma- ; „j n |, ouso .
jority. j Part of the monument for Gen. Toombs’
• So they have, and it is not necessary I rave was i osl s ,. a: „„d duplicate
to buy any more to get or keep control. • ,, it , c ,. s | lu ,i |, e ordered from Italv.
hd, and this | ))r xvillle w HiH. ot t |ns county will
is .sn) mare than a majority. 1 hev are ( graduate in dental surgerv at tho medi-
now buying tbo stock for its intrinsic ca , co n e g e j n Philadelphia'.
M r. Gabo Palmer, of this place, who
bed and convinced himself that his sen - keeper hero to give his customers the
ices came too lute for aid. * paj»ers while they waited.
I told them * what liad happened, and i “He mado A specialty of buckwheat
handed the phys.cian the jiajier tho oilier i cakes, and no man in tlio city before or
coctor had left, , . ! since ever made such cakes. He experi-
‘‘A* 1 ’ i l „ h, , r)r * Van ,, IP* ^ Lrcordo lnen t ei j an( j had a recipe of his own. Tlio
now Vorlr *«mriot.v I How <lu] ho n:uv- ! i . . ... ,
cation of the Athens office.
RAtlroad Changes.—The numerous
changes that have been made since Gen
eral Alexander succeeded to the presi
dency of the road are causes for a good
deal of nervousness among both official
and employees. The president is now
oroeldcd with a first and second vice-
president, and assistant president, a gen
eral manager of tlie Ocean Steamship
Company and general manager • of the' Every
raJroad system. All of these offices
have been crested by the new manage
pent, say# Ihe Macon Telegraph.
worth, as the best investment in which j
they can put their money. Watch and
you will soon see the stock paying
has been attending the State University
returned home last week on account of
P«T cent, ami even more. The liuying is . SCT ere attack of rheumatism.
going on quietly, but tlie demand
greater than the supply.”
No Lo
KR A Cl.EROYMA
Dr. B. F. Jordon. .Ir., graduates with
i the highest hon -rs of his class, at the
I Medical College in Augusta.
'I’he At- I The lumber has begun to arrive for
, ... * j . . „ -■ nuinoiwnnsiam.n.g ms uentat, amuavits
building is needed. 1 oitmasur Barnett Iod(r(> d in (Kc'Wndt of. the eharcl.
is us-n R every effort tojaisc tlio classiB- . m horiti»9 ibout the matter. Hatlier
lanta Constitution of yesterday contained • building the new Catholic church
the startling news that Rev. J*. G. Arm ] We learn that some of our citizens
strong had renounced the inini«trv. The ; have had the good fortune to make large
reasons seem to have been as follows: j money recently on n at estate in Annis-
Dr, Arm strong.was already a suspended j ton, Alabama
minister when he-was in Augusta. Dur
ing his visit to that city he Attended a
ham,net. and it iscUiracd became int.x- ; ^ , M.reh l.-[Spcri»l.]-The
»». r-»J.
tp-ti negro woman for one dollar. II
XIC IIOESON MITES.
itiex
than subject himself and family to the
mortification of another trial and.its con
sequent notoriety, Mr. Armstrong re
nounced the ministry This ends the
matter.
ists are organizing nil over Jackson coun
ty. Every town lias an effective work-
inglMMf J\* llieir object is to get out the
friends of prohibition' on* election day.
Every man is hunting up his neighbor to
put hitn to work. > Messrs. J L. William
son, J. A. B. Mjehaffev and A. A. Bell
are the Central Committee.
said he came from Atlanta and was going
to Lula.
A live, active merchant who would
sell dry goods and groceries at Athens
prices, would quickly make a fortune
here. House and store rent are merely
nominal; no town taxes; moreover the
Pnornrrnnrr Ci.'ms.—Tho prohibition- linds’aro productive and the farmer »re
generally reliable and substantial men.
There is no reason why this place should
not equal nny of the Jackson county
towns. It has a beautiful location on
the ridge dividing Big Sandy creek and
North Ocoqee. It is quite level; and
sandy, bul the poorest pfjtcq in the world
for a school.
ho was attracted by him. He
was onoc the Ix-trothed of my sister.”
He seemed disinclined to say any more
and I did not urge him.
We had gone to tho smoking room
after the act. I went over to speak to
several persons of my acquaintance and
when the l-ell rang went back to my seat,
llarrv did not return and I saw no more
of him that evening. 1 felt strange and
uneasy, as bis sudden departure was in
explicable.
When I reached home, I did not feel
like going to bed, and so as usual sat
down to my writing. From time to time
I got up and walked back and forth,
searching for tlie right word or expres
sion. Whenever I approached the win
dow I put my head out to see if there
was a light in Harry’s room. Fir.ally 1
saw the gleam from his windows. 1.
waited a few minutes, as lie always came
into my room ht night after {ie liad been
out. and 1 ;,;e departure from the
theatre i io more certain that he
would lx .. ..t once. But when he did
not come, I concluded to go and find the
reason of it all. As I stood in front of
his window on the balcony, several
shadows moved across the curtain. Tliere
was something so unusual in tills that 1
hesitated a moment, and then knocked
lightly on the window pone. No one ap
peared to hear. There was tlie sound of
deep voices and heavy steps within. 1
rapped harder.
“Wait a minute!” called a strange
voice.' And soon the curtain*was drawn
and the window raised.
Tlie sight which met my eves made me
gusp for breath for a moment, the shook
was so strong.
Harry lay half undressed on the bed,
pale, apparently unconscious, with closed
eyes apd vqUow lips, slightly opened. Ilf
drew in liis breath with a gasp. His left
hand clutched at his heart, and on liis
shirt were great patches of dark red.
At the head of the bed stood a cab
driver and lx?side him tho janitor of ths’
buiWihg, who had ojiehed tlio window.
Ihe room was dimly lighted hy a single
rhaps the man who gavo mm tins j peculiar flavor of the buckwheat. Park-
^ent to discover if it was mortal. | er » B buckwheats became famous, and he
The janitor agreed to watch the rest of . uiado a very large fortune. He built a
tlie night and I went to bed- i place on the North river, and was worth
About noon the next day I was awak-! a mini,,,, when he died. There's some
ened by an officer summoning me to ap- consolation in earning a million and feel-
pear before the coroner’s jury. \ ing that every penny of it represented a
I told what had occurfed under my ob- delightful equivalent,
nervation, but made no reference to the | <>Anv man who gets a reputation for a
medallion or the card case out of respect I Bp ecial, v in New York has struck a gold
to Harry s evident wishes. The couch- i mine Now, fried hasty pudding as they
man rm.M nntl» fend • ,1 U dowm ^ woulJ \
man could not be found.
Dr. Van Horn testified that his servant
lmd given him directions, which had been
received from another servant. Who liad
sent for tlie doctor could not ho discov
ered, and tliere could bo found no clew to
solving the mystery.
Two days later we buried Harry Ca-
prelli. A few distant relatives and a lit
tle group of fellow Bohemians followed
his body to the grave.
Tlie next morning in The Times ap
peared the local note:
“Mr. Walter Herrick, who has been
missed at tlie Apollo club for the last few
days, is out again, though still compelled
to carry his arm in u sling. He slipped
on tho steps of tlie club house a few
nights since and sprained his wrist
badly.”
Not far from tliis among tlie society
notes were the lines:
“Miss Helen Haqileigli, one of the
most charming or the ladies who enliven
tho social season for a month or two cadi
year, has gone hack' to Washington and
will not return tliis season.”
There were also a few lines devoted to
Harry’s death and burial.
T was firmly convinced that Miss narp-
leigh's departure and Mr. Herrick’s indis
position were connected with Harry’s
death. ’ .
But I did not attempt to establish my
suspicion. I should iiavo felt guilty in
doing so contrary to Harry's wishes.
A few months later I happened to pick
tip the card .ease, which had lain, in a
drawer in tif desk. A small picture fdl
out of it. It liad evidently been slipped
in behind tlie lining and had escaped my
notice. I saw at a glance that it was •
know. It would bo a revelation tp most
people. Now and then what is called
fried mush is served, but a sad and sog
gy mess it is.”—New York Sun.
A Monkey*. Moral Sonne.
Bennett had a young gibbon siamang
(hylobates syndoctytus). He had scolded
him several times for having put various
objects out of place, and especially once
or twice for having meddled with a cer
tain piece of soap. “One morning while
busy writing," says this traveler, "tlie
monkey was in the cabin. Glancing at
liim, I saw the little - beggar was taking
tlie soap. I watched him without liis be
ing aware of it. Ho cast from time to
time a furtive glance in my direction. I
made beh’evo to write, and he seeing me
occupied went off with tho soap in his
paw. When lie was at the middle of the
cabin I spoke to him quietly without
frightening him. Wlien he perceived
that I had seen him lie retraced his steps
and put the soap nearly in tlie same place
from where lie had taken it.”
There was certainly something more
than instinct in this conduct. Tho mon
key showed clearly by liis firet and by
his second action that he knew he was
doing wrong. What is reason if not the
exercise of tiiis faculty?—Henry Howard
in The Cosmopolitan.
not get back home until 2 o’clock st night,
owing to the accident near Nicholson.
The damage fo the track, &c., Ac, has
-been repaired, and tlie trains are now
all running on schedule time. The trav
eling public will be glad to receive this
infoi mation, as the North-Kastcrn Hail
ro»d is quite a favorite with travelers
now.
Haiimosy Grove, March 1.—[Special.]
Mr. Tom Stapler went down to Athens
this morning on a business trip.
We are having beautiful spring like
weatlic* - now, and our people are taking
advant ge of it to make their g.rdens.
Mr. John 1. I'ittman is having some
work done on his stores that will greatly
improve their appearance when com
pleted.
The surveying corps of the Augusta Se
Chattanooga Railroad is now only a few
miles below here and will reach the
Grove late this evening.
Our people are greatly elated over our
railroad prospects, and express them
selves as confident that a great and glo
rious inerchantile future is just ahoad of
our flourishing little metropolis,
The rumor reaches u9 from Washing
ton that some of the Georgia members
of the'House are carrying pistols. We
knew their constitnents in some quar
ters were indignant, but we are sorry
the feeling has gotten to the psss where
the right to bear arms is exercised.
ELBEBTOS NEWS.
Ei.bbbton, Ga, l-eb. 28.—[Special.]—
The most unusual and tremendous rain
fall that we have had porhaps in six
months has just visited us. The rain
fell in torrents and rolled in waves across
the ground, and the earth seemed like
ie great waste of water. -
Mrs. George C. Grogan has returned
from a two weeks’ trip to Edgefield,
S. C.
Prof. Jones, of the E. M. H. S., baa or
ganized a literary society in connection
with his school, which forms one of the
school's most interesting features.
Professers Hayesjand Jones are show
ing considerable school enterprise. They
have now united the two schools in the
publication of a monthly newspaper.
A literary society has recently been
organized, which adds to the social
pleasures of the place.
Cotton buyer Carey bought fifty
bales of cotton this morning from Swift
Bros. This seems to be about the last
of the crop.
New blinds have been ordered for the
Presbyterian church.
CKAWt’OHD Cl !,LINGS.
CitAWFoitn, Feb. 28.—[Special.]—W.
T. Young got the* contract to grade off
the court house square for (389, he be
ing the lowest bidder.
A couple of tramps parked through
town yesterday on their way to Athens.
They got enough provisions here to last
them a week.
The wind was very heavy just below
Crawford Saturday evening. It assumed
the form of a cyclone and did considera
ble damage to the timber on Mark
Young’s place. Blew down two cabins
on J. M. Armistead’s place and slightly
injured a negro by falling timbers.
Slokely, Roland & Co. were the own
ers of swo fine cats that they valued at
$25 each—one of them died last week
and the other one is very sick, though
they have some hopes of his recovery.
Ciiawforu, March 1.— [Special.]—
Two brothers in our town engaged in a
fight yesterday, in which a small quan
tity of blood was spilt. Our Mayor in
vited them into his office, and after re
hearsing with them for awhile ha asked
them to make a small contribution to the
town treasury. Red eye was the cause
of tho trouble.
Sheriff Maxwell has seven prisoners in
jail. Yesterday when he went to feed
them he noticed as he went to unlock the
door leading into tlie hall that there
were secreted behind the door three
burly and vicious negroes, one with a
piece of iron about two feet long and one
with a piece of timber, awaiting the open
ing of tlie door, when they were to knock
him down and make their escape. Had
At net been for the watchful eye - of the
sberiffhe would have no doubt been
killed, as some of the prisoners are hud
cases and are confined for grave offenses.
Crawfohd, March 2.—[Sgecial.]—Miss
Heath, who has been on a visit to her
sister, Mrs. Dr. Thurmond, in the
Cloud's Creek neighborhood left.yester- y
day for her home in Minnesota.
Frank Howard has gone to Birming
ham to look after some property he has
there.
\Ve heard yesterday that the survey
ing party of the Georgia, Carolina and
Northern struck such a rough country
on the north prong of Broad river in
Madison county tliat they abandoned
that route and have come hack and are
now surveying a route from J. M.
Smith’s, by the Glade, and cross the riv
er below the fork at Martin’s Ferry. The
best route for. the road ia to start at
Crawford and go by the riverbelow the
mouth of Dove’s Creek, which will be
the only stream to cross from Crawford
to Elberton. The route from here to
the Glade has been surveyed, and it is a
ridge all the way. The deepest cut will
be only six feet deep..
Mr. Steve Black passed through yes
terday carrying a crazy negro.
It seems that there is going to be a
lively contest for the office of county
schdol commissioner. The following is
the list of candidates to date, J F Che
ney, J J Green, Arthur Hatre, J W
Tiller, J F Smith, C J Landrum and C T
Young with other districts tp hear from.
IMIOS POINT NOTES.
Usion Point Ga. Feb. 28.—(Special.)
—Miss Ida Uohannan of Harmony Grove
is expected here to day from Conyers,
and will spend a few days in the village.
Young Claud Waller, one of our Union
Point boys was drowned near Anniston
Ala. day before yesterday. He was the
only son of a widowed mother, and the
loss falls heavily on her.
There was another pleasant musical at
Mrs. M. L. Watson’s last night, and the
young people had a good time.
If it does not quit raining the country
people will have to stop codling to town.
The oldest inhabitant says he never saw
the like before, but the oldest inhabitant
forgets.
Our Sunday School children are practi
cing a number of new songs for the con
vention to assemble the 9th. of March.
His Honor Justice Williams, will sit
to-day onacaseoffighting between some
darkies. A negro would not be in his
element if he was not in a fight, drunk,
or picking up something.
Hauhony Gbove, March 2.—[Special.]
Several drummers are in the Grove
to-day. This is quite a favorite stopping
place for drummers, as they always do a
good trade with our enterprising mer
chants.
Misses Ida Bohanan and Fannie Bar
ber, two of our most beautiful and fasci
nation belles, are visiting friends in
Maysville to-day. We trust their visit
will be p!easant*though abort.
Mr. and Mrs. Webb gave our young
people a very enjoyable sociable at their
residence on Railroad street last night.
Quite a merry party of young ladies and
gentlemen were present and passed the
evening very pleasantly in animated con
versation and sparkling repartee, inter
spersed with a few pleasant games and
some excellent music. At a late hour
the party dispersed and every one went
away declaring they had spent a very de
lightful evening.
The surveying corps of the Augusta
Sc Chattanooga Railroad arived yester
day evening about 5 o’clock, thereby
completing the preliminary aurvey of the
road to this point Your correspondent
interviewed Capt Ethridge, who is in
charge of this work, and from him learn
ed the following facts: Harmony Grove
Union Point, March 2.—[Special.]—
Union Point had a quiet day Sunday.
Tickets were received here to-day for
a ball to be given at J. It. Parks', Jr., in
Greenesboro, next Friday night
Rev. Mr. Edens held his usual month
ly services in the Baptist church here
Sunday.
The weather seems to have cleared up,
and farmers are using it for all it is
worth.
Rev. Mr. Newton continues to improve,
and is seen on our streets almost daily.
Mr. George Tilley, apo(ular busi
ness young man of Atlanta, was here
yesterday, and indicted a letter to his
best girl at
NICHOLSOX NEWS.
Nicholson,Feb. 28.—[Special.]—Your
correspondent to-day visited the place of
the disaster on the North-Eastern Rail
road, which occurred about two miles
above this place, several days ago. I
found about twenty hands under the
charge of Mr. Landrum, the efficient
Road Master and other officials, busily
engaged in recovering the debris. This
was attended with great difficulty, inas
much as the derailed cars, four in num
ber. had rolled down an embankment
about twenty feet high, and were stand
ing upside down. Resides this, the im
mense pressure against the ropes used,
caused them to break frequently. . It
will probably he several days before the
work is completed
There is along tlie embankment a trea-
tle about forty feet long. Some of the
derailed freight cars passed over this.
On the top of one of these was a negro
hrakeman, who, just as the car reached
the middle of the trestle, concluded it
was time to “git up and git,” so he mado
a leap into the muddy and watery depths
below, of about 35 feet or more, and it
is said that no sooner than he had made
a landing, he scrambled up and flew upon
the wings of the wind, almost unhurt.
Verily, ’tis said, a negro cannot be hurt!
Hum Shoals, March 1.—[Special.]—
Mrs. Weldon I.ea is very ill. Drs. Price
and Gwynn are her attending physicians.
Medlin A Co’s new store iiouse is at
last completed. The painters finished
their work on it Saturday, and now it
stands out with a lovely brown front that
does credit te any town.
Mr. Close is in Atlanta having Dr.
Calhoun to treat his eyes.
A private letter from New York an
nounces the arrival of Mr. It. K. Reaves
and his bride in that city. They are hav
ing a delightful trip and will return in
atwnt two weeks.
t girl at Harmony Crove.
\VnTF.KVILLE NEWS.
Yfintebvillb, Feb. 28.—[Special.]—
)ur town was crowded yesterday with
Our town was crowded yesterday
wagons hauling out guano.
Mr. George Nelms,-one of our clever
and efficient black-imiths has been pain
fully, but not dangerously ill, for the
psst few dsys. Hope he will soon recov-
Several popular commercial drummers
were in town yesterday.
Winterville has recently organized a
literary club, which meets every two
weeks, with s well arranged and inter
esting programme of exercises. Nothing,
is more improving nor refining in its tan-,
dency than s good literary society.
Dr. W. D. Cortes, made a flying visit
to Athens to-day.
Mr. Will Barnett, of the University
visited the old folks at home, on Friday.
’ Messrs- Robert Hardeman, and Waltag
Dillard, of the Free State, attended the
club meeting here on Friday night Come
again boys.
ITIAYSVII.I.K VIATTEUS.
Maysville, • March 2.— [Special.]—
Misa Tommie Oglesby, of Elberton, is
visiting Miss Pauline Deadwyler.
Dr. E. F. Adair, of Harmony Grove,
ia on s tour here for the purpose of prac
ticing dentistry.
There were four negro men sent from
■ negro t
hore last Monday to Homer jail, in
swer to tho charge of riot st Banks Supe
rior court
Misses Ida Bohannon and Fannie Bar
ber, of Harmony Grove< are visiting in
the city. '
There was great excitement over"V
Leaf show hero yesterday. • All the peo
ple turned, out to witness the show.'
Spring has opened out and ths farmers
have begun their work.
... MsnviuB,IWK 28i—[Special;]—Miss
Tommie Oglesby, Of Elberton; is visitfiig
■the family of Capt G. E. Desdwyler.
ReV^H. F. Hoyt preached an able ser
mon yesterday: at. the Prosbyterian
church, gj .»««’< s* ouit-ww** rw.i
tllisMvt a-lane, CaariaMng' mlidul ns '-•Ji
conducted by Prof. J. L. CsldwelL The
Professor is s thorough educator and de
serves s liberal patronage.