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ATHENS BANNER: TUESDAY MOUMNO. NOVEMBER 10,1891 AJ&SOU/TEtY PUUJP THE ANGRY FLAMES SWEEP AWAY THE RESIDENCE OF MRS. P. H. MELL. iACK OF WATER Kept the Firemen From Savina: the House--A Total Failure as to Wa ter Pressure -The House In sured. ABALONES SECRET* 1825 AND 1890. W __ Under the afternoon utra the restless waters of San Franchtoo • bay Hung dia monds and opals at such human eyes as chanced to look on them. Two young people who strolled down to the Presidio beach, however, had no glances to spare for anything bo com monplace as diamonds and opals. For Lieutenant Anderson was gazing into the depths of the great, soft black eyes •f Miaa Pachita do Sola, and Miss Pa- chi ta de Sola was looking np into the ardent bine ones of Lientenant Ander son. -She seemed to like it. The tall yonng soldier with the- fair hair, broad shoulders and square, manly Saxon face, bad not been long released from the hard work and harder restraint of West Point, and in his new freedom of army life went at thingfe with an energy of desire that was quite irresist ible. Miss Pachita de ‘Sola found it so, as had half a dozen other girls within as many months. It was a wholly serious business with the lientenant this time, though. He had been in California but a few weeks, and this daughter of an ancient though decayed Spanish family, as American in education and thought as himself, was ravishing in her novelty. Altogether feminine Pachita; at one moment childlike and clinging; , the next worldly, witty and mocking; then, with the lids hiding those lovely, big eyes of hers, her whole aspect suggested—espe cially to a lientenant with ample means to marry—possibilities of tenderness un speakable. No wonder that when Miss Pachita permitted Lientenant Anderson to gaze down into her eyes and returned an an- , swering look, giving a little sigh, too, his head went after his heart, which had been lost for an eternity—that is to say, for two terrific, sleepless weeks. Bnt the yonng lady was discreet, and, gently clasping his fingers, removed them from her waist, sayidg demurely: “Don’t be foolish, John. Somebody may be looking.” This, in a city of 800,000 inhabitants and in fall sight of the ever vigilant garrison, struck John as bang not im probable. Instant in action, as became a soldier, Lientenant Anderson executed a flank movement on a sand bank and seated Miss de Sola in its lee, on a large, water whitened, sun dried log of driftwood. Then this consummate tactician repeat ed the original attack with entire auo- “Pachita, oh, my darling,” breathed the ecstatic lientenant, straining her to his side and immediately showing a dis position to pat a knee upon the botch. “Well, John!” and the smile of love and gratified vanity that smote his eyes blinded them. “Name the day, oh, Pachita; I cannot live till yon dol” Pachita parsed her fall, red lipe, puck ered the midnight eyebrows, and con sidered profoundly, digging deep into tho sand with his cane the while. “The day, my own love—the day, gasped John. “Dear me,” Miss de Sola exclaimed suddenly, “what a beautiful shell!” “Damn the shell!” cried Lieutenant Anderson, reaching for what she had unearthed, to cast it wrathfully out among the unnoticed diamonds and opals. — . Bnt he was restrained in wonder. in AUGUST, 1825. The same sun was enriching the danc ing waters of the same bay with dia monds and opals. A yonng couple who strolled down to the Presidio beach ad mired the view very much, and Senorita Pachita de Sola had no occasion to re mind the lieutenant by her side that somebody might be looking. Lientenant Juan de Echeandia would have liked greatly to coil his arm about that slim waist, but did not dare, though there . was only a small and sleepy garrison, and no city at all behind them—only the padres and Indians at the mission Dolores, far over the sand hills, and cabin or two down at the embarcadero entirely out of sight. Pachita de Sola vr&s niece of Commandante Don Luis Antonio Arguello, and though he, Lieu tenant Juan de Echeandia, was a nephew of Don Jose Maria, of the same name, one, even though an aristocrat, has under all circumstances to show proper re spect for his commanding officer. Be sides, the Senorita Pachita had twice re fused his friendly offered hand. It was believed that her young affections were bestowed upon Ensign Tiburcio Mendez at Monterey, though this was not known to a certainty at the Presidio. Lieutenant Juan de Echeandia and Senorita Pachita de Sola walked leisure ly to the little wharf where that won derful vessel, constructed but recently by a wandering British sailor, lay pre paring for a voyage to Sausalito, four leagues distant. It was a marvelous boat, with oars and a sail, and capable of accommodating no less than six per sons. Don Lnis Antonio Arguello him self had commanded her in person on the dozen passages which she had made to the opposite shore for timber. Pre vious to the creation of this extraordi nary ship, which annihilated distance and obliterated time, timber was hard get from Corte de Madera. Soldiers were sent around by way of San Jose, armed with axes, who crossed the 8traits of Carquiuez on rafts,’and in the circuit of seventy leagues encountered hardships and consumed weeks. And the timbei was bivwght over by Chief Marin, at aborigine given to cruising on a doat £4 logs and tuies, who alone knew th winds and currents of the bay. It wa» but a matter of a day now to sail ovei for tlie timber and return with it. Corporal Pedro Sanchez had made al the voyages with the commandante and rated now its a superior navigator, his marine fame being dear to him. Don THOS- E- \MNI HE WRITES ABOUT CONGRESS AND ITS WORK. AN INTERESTING LETTER. What Congressman Winn Thinks the Fifty First Congress Must Do for the Country—The Tariff First Must Come. trip. His enlargement became perilous when Lientenant Echeandia suddenly proposed to Senonta Pachita that they make the voyage, and she, being yonng and thoughtless, consented. Brave Corporal Sanchez sailed the Mejico superbly as far as Angel island, descanting eloquently on the art and mystery of seamanship. Issuing to his crew of three soldiers sundry orders in a commanding voice of thnnder, he pre pared to pass the point. Alas, an eastern wind came whistling through the treacherous Raccoon strait, and in spite of all Corporal Pedro’s sea manship the Mejico was caught and whirled round and round and borne with the racing tide toward the Golden Gate. Senorita Pachita de Sola screamed, bnt there was no help sent down from heaven, even on' the appeal of those pretty lips, grown quite white, or of that pale face, with its big black eyes wild with terror. Lientenant Juan de Echeandia swore iwore at Corporal Pedro Sanchez; bnt profanity, though frequently an adjunct to navigation, is not of use in imparting knowledge thereof. < So out to sea they drifted, far out, al most to the Farallones. For eight days and nights they were as s. chip on the waves, the Raccoon guests having snapped the mast and carried away the sail. Corporal Pedro, famous as a mariner, bad forgotten to bring oars. Senorita de Sola gave ’herself np to Mary, mother of God; as did the cor poral and the three men In the bow, who passed the hours in shuddering prayer. Bnt Lieutenant Juan had a soldier’s soul. On the second day he drew bis sword, and at its point the fneniyielded each food and water as the# bout contained. These he bestowed where his body was between them and recapture. The corporal Pedro, though a fool and unfortunate, was loyaL With him the lieutenant kept watch and watch, and through all those awful eight days and nights (by my i$en, it is true .that the boat was gone that long, as yon may read in Hfttell’s “History of California”) tbe Senorita de Sola wanted for neither food nor drink; and tbe delicacy of Lien tenant Juan weald have brought tears of gratefulness to any woman’s eyes. He did wonders—as tradition has hand ed down—with cloaks and coats and stray bits of rope to cabin the lady. On tbe eighth day—sincere prayer is ever answered—a blessed wind sprang up from the west and, tide assisting, blew tbe Mejico back through the Gold en Gate. The cruising chief Marin, on his tule float, was sent by Providence to tow her to the Presidio wharf, where the commandant and the cheering gar rison awaited the return of the lost to life—the ones saved by an unquestiona ble miracle. The padres bore the lesson home in many a sermon. As the Senorita de Sola rose in the stem to disembark she tottered from weakness and agitation.- Lieutenant Juan stretched out an arm and pre served her from a ducking. She gave a little scream, not at the public embrace, but because in throwing np her small brown hands she had broken a slender gold chain that hung about her neck- broken it, and over into the deep water it went, together with a locket that had rested on her virgin bosom. My dears,” said Commandante Don Luis Antonio Arguello, when they had refreshed themselves at his quartern and related their adventures—“my dears, I think that under all the circumstances the best thing you can do is to get mar ried, and at once.” “I’m with you,” exclaimed Lieutenant Juan de Echeandia in Spanish, opening his arms. And Senorita Pachita de Sola crept timidly into them, hiding her lovely, blushing face upon his happy, weather beaten breast. m AUGUST, 1890, AGAIN. Lieutenant John Anderson was re strained from throwing the abalone shell into the bay, after his indefensible lan guage concerning it, because, imbedded under a transparent, overlying, irides cent deposit, he beheld an open golden locket, showing the face of a handsome young man, evidently Spanish. Miss de Sola, excited, took it from him, scrutinized it intently, looked up with sparkling eyes and pointed a slim, tri umphant, olive finger at a name beneath the miniature. “Therel” she cried; “grandma did love that Monterey ensign, though she always denied it!” “But Pachita—Pachita darling, do name the day,” pleaded Lieutenant An derson all a-throb. “Oh, bother!” impatiently returned Miss de Sola, absorbed again in the aba- lone. “Name it yourself.”—Arthur Mc- Ewen in San Francisco Argonaut About 1 o’clock yesterday morning a lurid light illuminated tbe southern portion of the city, and at the same time the fire alarm called the depart ment to Coblham. £,It was the residence of Mrs. P. H. Mell, on^Milledge _ avenue that was burning. _ It seems that Mr. John D. Mell had not retired and was reading in bis roon^ Suddenly he became aware of the fact that something was burning in that vicinity and rushed ont of the house. He found that a fire had started in the hen-honse on the lot, and had already consumed that structure and had fierce ly attacked the rear of the dwelling. The flames hud gotten no headway and Messrs. John. Mell and Charlie It is interr stir g to hear the Con gressmen of Georgia talk about what they are going to do when they go to Washington. The Bannkr has sought expressions of opinions from each of tbe con gressmen that will go f'Om the Empire State of the South as to what is the most important busiuess for the &2nd Congress to do. We have already published Congress mau Lawson’s interview. Hon . Thomas E W inn writes as fol lows: I will briefly state the questions de manding legislation by the 2nd congress. In my opinion these are the tariff, tbe free and unlimited coinage of silver, the strengthening of the infer-State, Commerce Commission, an act of pro hibiting alien ownership of land andre- Mell attacked tbefire vigorously, hop- storing all unearned land grants to rail ing to put it out Word was sent to those bolding the keys to the nearest alarm box and the alarm soon rang out- In less than a minute, the department was on its way to the scene,of the scene of the con flagration, and in five minutes they were there. It was a quick run, and showed that the city fire department is ,in good trim. ButSwhen they were there they were utterly helpless. Tbe firemen ran the hose into the rear of tbe building, when tbe main part was yet intact from the fiames. If they could have gotten one stream of water, they could have saved the main part of the dwelling. But the water didn’t come. They held the nozzle in position-and waited, but there wasn’t enough pres sure to raise the water over a man’s head. Finally driven back by the beat they bad to abandon their poaition, and leave the building to the mercy of the fiames. It was a pretty hard thing to do, to roads to the public domain, the aboli tion of t he National banking system and enactment of a better system of finances that will give a larger volume of money and go directly into circulation at tbe least possible cost to the people A tax on large incomes should be levied and th» constitution so changed as will make United Slates Senators elective by the oeople, I chink some decisive steps should be also taken to s cure the pay ment of the money the Government has loaned the Pacific railroads, and prevent any further extension of time, these reals are required to refund the vast sums loaned by the Government for their construed- n and equipment. AND FIRST THE TARIFF. I think the people are better informed and understand more thoroughly the effect of tarifi'legisl'tion than perhaps ever before. That the tariff' is a tax and is paid by the consumer is no longer doubted by the people. And as the pment tariff enacted by the 51st congress is so framed-that it is heaviest on the common laboring peo pie and lightest on the more wealthy and effluent class, it sets at naught and r» verses one of the fundamental princi ples of our government that every citi zen ought to be required to contribute to its support in proportion totheprop- erty he owns or the protection in bis person and property he receives from the government. Under the McKinley tariff tbe duties parts of our widely ex'en ’ed country nto close relations and which we are argely indebtecd f->r our marvelous de velopment but as there can be no com petition along their different lines to regulate the price of passenger and freight rates, a wise aud friendly gov- ment control becomes absolutely necessary. And by enlarging tbe pow er* of rhe inter-state commerce com mission and co-operation on tbe part of tbe state commissions this can and must be done. THE FINANCIAL QUESTION. I helieve the country i3 suffering more from our defective financial move- j ment: ban from any other. We need more money and we want it gotten to the people and into circulation at tbe least possible cost. We talk about the opposition of trusts and tbe combina : nations of capital to defraud the people and control prices, but I want to say that the money trust existing in this country built up by this outrageous National Banking system is the, biggest trust in existence, and is today eua- b’ir.g Wall street and the East to domi nate and rule this country, and they are today controlling labor and are ena bled to price the products of labor Under this system the National Banks are enjoying extraoidinary priv ileges, such as are not granted anv oth er class of citizens in the United States. While this is true the largest class in the country is prevented by law from borrowing from the hanks, because the best security for loans the farmers have to offer is outlawed by the Government, and they are absolute ly debarred from borrowing from the banks for the want of legal security. Tbe issuing or coinage of money is a function of the Government, and can not rightfully be delegated to private individuals, as is done by the present National Banking law. Let the Gov ernment coin tlie money, and tbe print ing of paper money is as much coinage as if made of the metals, and issue it directly- to the people, at a low rate of inteiest and # our per capita circulation increased to forty or-fifty dollars and you will see prosperous times again throughout this country. Yes, this is the question of questions in the mindsof our laboring people to day ard it cannot be relegated to the rear and left out of the discussions. Like “Banquo’s ghost it will not down” until it is solved and rightfully, and in the interest of honest masses— tbe wealth producerrs of America—I am fully aware of the fact that legisla tion affecting finai ce must not be reck less but every interest must be consid ered and nothing done that will dis turb the business of the country. The other questions teamed aie also of great importance, and much might be said to show their importance, but it will make this letter tedious and too lengthy. Yours truly, - Thos. E. Winn. stand by /md see a handsome dwelling I on the necessaries of life or o “ “ . ", 8U«h tbmgs as the poor are compelled to burn to the ground, when it could ea— I buy, and lightest ou luxuries or more sily have been saved by the application costly goods such as the wealthy use, thus compelling tbe laboring class to pay more than their just proportion of the taxes. Furthermore, the present tariff law taxe- oue class of our citizens in order to promote the interests of an another class of citizens under tbe spe- of a little water. The firemen and citizens who were present then attempted to remove the furniture, but tbe flames had gained such headway as to preclude the possi-, , , „„ ,, . clous plea of fosienng American indue ty of^avwg anything on the second I trlea,;wbile l believe tbe government “ OOE * . I has no power under the constitution to The wind was blowing in jj. southerly direction and almost against the residence of Mrs. A S. Hughes. It was at once seen that it would re quire heroic efforts to save that build ing, and while Mrs. Mell’s house was luea OI burning to the ground and no possible | f avora to chance was left to save it, all turned levy outies for the purpose of protec tion, but solely for raising revenue for the 6uppurl of tbe government. Hence the present law should be repeal ed without delay and a tariff enacted that will yield sufficient revenue to sup port the government economically ad ministered and based on Jeffersonian idea of ‘’equal rights to all and special none.” AS TO SILVER. Time Around the World. The time required for a journey around the earth by a man walking day and night without rest would be 428 days; an express train, 40 days; sound, at a medium temperature, 82J hours; cannon ball, 21} hours; light, a little over one- tenth* of a second; electricity, passing over a "cornier wire, a little less than one- tenth of a second.—St. Louis Republic. then to Mrs. Hughes’s residence I go f a r a g the ‘’silver question” The house-top was lined wi:h fire concerned it would hardly seem neces men and citizens and with leather 8ar y f° r OUe claiming to be a democrat buckets in hand then ksptthe -do ot I “ d the house as wet as - possible, catching And yet there aie many persons now the water as it ran from the gutters and loudly pioclaiming their adhesion to using it again- the principles ot tbe democratic So intense was the heat that the rosin ffi hat too "£° faoe oftiTfact (hat the oozed from tbe planks, and finally the I Natioual Democratic platform de- heroic workers were driven within the | da es unequivocally in favor of both rooms of the building. Atone time it looked as if the house was destined to go up in smoke, but the workers remasned at their posts until victory crowned their efforts and tbe bouse was saved. Mrs Mell’s -house was totally de stroyed, and bnt very little of the fur niture saved. It is pretty certain that the fire was tbe work of a thief who entered the hen-house and stole all tbe chickens. It is supposed that be struck a match to see how to catch the chickens, aud carelessly threw it on the dry grass, which easily oaught fire and spread to to the house. The house was insured in the South era Mutual for $3,700, but this will not begin to cover the loss. Tbe result of ibis fire has awakened the citizens to their danger, and now it is a question of moment and one that will be settled at once. gold and silver coinage, aud so far as my infoimation extends the party has uniformly favored it in the past, but suppose party platforms have very lit tie weight with some pooplc. especially a-ter the election is over. Whilst 1 be lieve the principles upon which tbe people elect their servants should be sa credlv adhered to. It seems to me that this opposition to tlie restoration of silver to its aucient place iu t ur coinage arises from either selfishness or gross ignorance. We bear a great deal these days about an honest dollar and a dollar worth only seventy five cents? With some tbe gold do lar is the ouly honest one ? which it is an un deniable fa«*t that silver has huld its parity with the yellow medal iu this Government from its birtn until it was stricken down and demonetized by fraud in 1873 No wonder silver has depreciated un der such treatment. And if the stiver dollar has depreciated until it is worth but seventy-five cen’s it is solely be cause it has been outlawed in the inter est of the bondholder antf tbe pluto crat. 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This they all did with 1 the exception , of now in jail at this place. The stockade hospii&l wing, dining j room, etc., of the coal company was ' a”ds Belonging to Estate of H fired and entirely consumed, the los3 T c - , T . being over fifteen thousand dollars,, !*• Bnttam WlH be SOW by with no insurance. ! December First. Bricevil'e and Ollyer Springs, went to I "Tb5y.wlu;bc vertaUm. reprin.- We Shalj Actually Give Away to all our Subscribers and Patrons for thd year 1891, Three Dollars’ . Worth of the Best Modern Fiction 1 a dozen, NOTICE* best works si anppl ot such famous authors st wishing lo invest will do well t. X examine these b tore purchasing else . . where. Terms easy—can be known by callint Aldredgu, living in the northeast part | Mhrg. M Brittain, Athens, Ua., or W. f Filletl Him Fall of Shot. Haiuiisonvills, Mo., Nov. 2.—J. N. _ . , _ ~ 1 * 3 easy—can be known by calli: . _ . - ».-..-o y . — Brittain, Athens, Ua., or W*. of this county, shot and killed Sam • iJriutin, 840 Broadway, N. Y. Smith with a shot gun loaded with bind j SOO ^ 0t ' had t> eon a feud between * T mites from Athens, on Oconee river, jns tne men for some time. Aldredgehad , ot?ow Georgia Factory Fine pastures, bot Smith’s Logs taken np under the stock ■ tom lands and original forest, law. Smith went and turned out his i his hogs. Then Aldredge approached ’! hi-m and began talking to him about .a | previous trouble. Smith started toward j AldreUge with an open knife, and Al- [ dredge struck his horse several times ' to keep him away, Smith being on a J borae. Aldredge then shot him through ! H fr-yj <ri tl fi.l the body, killing him instantly. Aid-' . ** redge came here, gave himself up, and ! & * R - ?• P asaes through it. Brick yard *- J - J ** ‘ riii«* uermuda bottoms, Ac., on this place. S4zO Acres, Just Outside Athens, 150 Acres Forest. is now in jail. THE CHAIR OF ELOCUTION Began Work In the University Yes terday. At a meeting of the trusti es last Au gust 1*. was decided to introduce the chair of elocution into the University. That branch began operation yester day. Dr. Boggs was appointed in structor in the department, and on the arrival of the text books work immedi ately begun. * 11 the classes will be required to take this department, which is quite an important addition to the already high literary curriculum. * A humorous fact about Hood’s Sarsa parilla—it t xpells bad humor aud cre ates good humor. Be sure to get Hood’s. As to the inter-state commerce com mission and the question of govern ment control of coruor.lions and par ticularly of railroads, is oue of tho moot mportant questions with which tbe government has to deal and is daiiy he coming more so. The states are making efforts to regu late and control freight and passenger trailio. Georgia was the first state to create a rail load commi.-sion for’this purpose. Many oth* r states have fol lowed her example, and they have per- eeted tlieiv laws on this su j ct from yeaitowiar as tqperieuce dictated. But they ctn only regulate thes maueis within their respective suites and have no power --r jurisdiction on through tr.-.tlic coming into their states or going out of them, so that to have eff etive control over this business it is neues-a ry to enlarge and ext- nd the powers of ihe inter-sia’e commerce commission, corporations arc created bv law and are granted certain pnvi 1- ges primarily in riie interest of the people and incidentally for their own profit And as the state has created it is a duly it owes to the people to con trol them and prevent them from op- piessicg the piople No one I presume wishes to oppress the railroads or ham per them with oppressive laws that would render them unprofitable hi cause we are indebted to them for die advan tages o: rapid transit which has anni hilated distance and has brought all SUPERIOR TO ALL OTHERS. Allcock’s Porous Plasters are the great external remedy of the day. The quickest, safest, surest, best. 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