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5SS-t ! wish tt« Isrr! .tutu B»nntr, Bd. 1833. AY MORNING. AUGUST 9.1892. HEAD'S HUNGER. , be jnst for a little while. the |0 J(U t them yet away— e lrt "nt ii.,’11 chair of a little child, r " ' Iu.rhut worn the other day. ry the torn n O r ‘ h f'?"Xo r the father's easy chair, W»' 1 r, ~ v It ' )ore w ;il hold the manly form— u ',',in in stand, the room would look too tVcU t t Tlob.! 0 „t in the waning, fading light, ,^5 and music mock ns in the room; Oar hear with that new made grave la ‘ark ami shallow haunted In the gloom, t in t'i'"e who wait in vain to hear tiT-.out ■- feet that ne’er will tread again 1 T.C to ki.'S White faces hid away, i* 10 . .- i ..„^beds beneath the snow and rain. In their > j from out the harp of nature chants “ aliove them as it passes by; dead leaves, ttars of autumn, sadly fall IV l>>.) 0.1. ye Who cur sleeping ones as still they lie. ,o lrl never o’er dead loved ones wept, cd cold hands and faces white, d held out empty arms and hearts to God, ^ !|1 - i . .m 1 imin we feel tonicrhl. know the pain we feel tonight. —San Francisco Examiner. THE BOGY MAN. InlTlo n small slave schooner from ,h> coast “f Africa, bound for Virginia, s j,i, tvn far out of her course, toward j!v north, and put in at the port of Bos- t n. Tlw j( t wf f r the >'• tv ;ir Id with positive favor it was not irsirdt .1 with disfavor, and the slaver consisted of little else than es of Congo negroes destined plantations of Virginia, anders did not then feel any n-rence to slavery. If not tarp'o tic 1 At.. Cl; on the fhr.v tr.:«l little difficulty in disposing of his ;f men, women and children to d citizens of Massachusetts bay. n_- the purchasers was Mr. Lem- rk. owner of a large tract of land Mi rrimne river, in New Hump Thr-e families of uegroes were t.v him and taken to his estate in the wilderness. 0:., e the it mint of an English baron l i-.tuta himself, he inclined to play the lamn-ii his. ^’a^ainp^hire d^ r.. : hn. A gVetii stockade w„,_. ..—»<, niton a nee overlooking the Merrimac, lilt the stockade, upon the crown kill, stood his large log honse. iwn, but within the stockade, ve cabins of the slave families more pretentious houses of the Lew i I).] whin tat. a-! ikiglisli laborers who aceome Clark to the New World* the st. ektttlo and stretching, f some cliffs that formed the f a range of low hills was a -e of level, cleared land, on •state raised its corn and po ke sw charred stumps that :e <>f the clearing was Urn ig away as far as the eye A- hi;v oat;;.- t C.!! the u spntv the e the >!• rrimac was one of the high- •f marauding French and Indians, ■mrka.le was very strongly built, f; in embrasures in its walls pro- ’ three small brass cannon coin- i g the sweep of the river in every w:i. No fleet of canoes could joss the stockade by day. Tlie .mice of the place was so well rec- ! that Air. Clark held a colonial e-ion as major and the stockade i> hilly styled Fort Clark, children of the fort made no dis ea between white and black. The Chirks, Sanborns, Tennys and played with the little Qua- Cushees and Gambas upon terms feet equality. children of both races whisked from h. use to house. About the hearths of the negroes the little Englishmen lKeued with fascinated horror'to wild ffiis of devils and evil spirits, grea* er;.-a:-, huge river monsters and the Ps'uu'ic manlike apes of the mysterious cwinui-at of Africa; of bloody tribal wars nail human sacrifices to the heathen P-h-. The little black lniys learned of ves and gnomes, of dainty fays of merry England, of heer of Christmas and the fp :> of May Day. The rival story tell ers sn-ovv to outdo each other in the aiarvtlous tales; but nothing so pleased hie children of both races as Sam Qna- fhtv's storios of the Mumbo Jumbo, for in his native village Sam himself had l»-ea Mumbo Jumbo. T:." big Congo negro enjoyed telling how wht a a crime had been committed hy- uo jierson unknown, Momoo Jumbo called ujum to detect theguilty one, uid how, mounted npon stilts, with a * vi ‘b gl ass cloak completely enshroud* him, a great false head fastened •hove iiis owa head anil a pair of anus sticking out below it, he •talked about the village like a giant kmfying the guilty one until he cou- h"'-d his crime. The children delighted to bear of the Muinho Jumbo marching up and down t! -v piths of the African village, crowds c ‘‘ l K *’ J ple dancing about him, beating on tomt"i ;ls and siuging wild chants. And j en Uushee and Gamba gave the bat- he yell (1 f t he cannibal tribe—for those *ere cannibal families—the satisfaction * as complete. W the tales of the English merry- ® a ' ; »ig, none pleased the little Africans n '»ch as Philip Sanborn’s descrip- M “.v Day sports. The jollity Uristmaa they knew, for Lemuel I , . Was not a Puritan and kept the n-tmas holidays, but they wished to ar >cc ab >ut a May pole crowued with Due Christmas njght,.as all w h ftr, P‘C of the fort were 'gathered in . e hi? Gotnmoa room of the “great asv Mr. Clark promised that the ap- ' selling May Day should be celebrated stvle. 1 * '<=»• v «* nt^ iu, Philip Sanborn wa* t0 tn ke the matter in hand and *alte I Phin' , auy Preparations he wished. »eir ai| horn was pleased, but seeing Urn, “P 0 " ,h e fiffce of hjs rival story . Sam Qiiasiee, he asked if the toon mi fc rllt #ot have the after- tivp , ilay Hay f °r showing their na- 1 i, 8 * u,e - «»d sports, an tm, rtque6t was readily granted, and to hr _ n v 1 day 811111 Qnashee dragged th» t lj? two ".’ell seasoned pine logs rock, Uen le ft after bnUding the PloTikt ’ and for W6 eks thereafter em- every evening in carving froin * “ysterioiw object* which even his own children were not allowed to 1 SCO. The winter of 1722 melted into an early spring in New Hampshire. The rivers were free 'rom ice in April, and the first canoes that came up the Merri mac brought the news that war was de clared with France. The weaponsYtnd defenses were duly looked to, hut no precautions were taken, for it was a long mouth’s journey through tho wilderness to Canada; besides it was not likely the enemy would move at once. May Day came at last and a toll May pole decorated with wreaths of flowers and stripes of colored cloth stood in the brood stretch of greensward before the gate of the stockade. Around this pole the children danced and played old English games. A bountiful outdoor repast called tho merrymakers from their fun. Hastily eating what was placed before them, the older negroes lere tne otners at tne least, iroing •cross tho clearing they disappeared among the heaps of rocks at tho foot of Ihe craggy hills. AH the mysterious things Sam Qnashee bad been laboring npon for the past months evidently were hidden in the cliffs. The children im patiently awaited the advent of the weird procession whose grotesque strangeness w’ohld cause them tnfft de lightful terror all children enjoy. An hour passed, but as yet the’ o were no signs of life about the heaps of rocks The delay was unaccountable. Sax_ Quashee’8 oldest boy, Bob, proposed that they start across the fields to moat the delayed procession. The other chil dren eagerly agreed, and off they all itarted. Picking their way over the soft flowed land, they went toward the hills, alb the time on the alert, expect ing to turn and flee at any moment be fore the approach of the Mumbo Jumbo, ‘*AVhy, they are not at the cliffs at all,’ said Mary Clark when the chil dren had reached tho middle of the clearing. “Look over the edge pines." Sure enough, they could see dark fig-, nres among tho burned trees at tho bor der of the forest hastily concealing themselves from the gaze of the little crowd so suddenly turned upon them. “I saw ’em!” cried Luke Sanborn. “Ono of ’em had a feather hat on. I could see it just as plain, but I didn’t see anybody on stilts with a false face. Let’s go over.” “It’s too far away to see any stilts or false faces and wo had better stay hero," said Patience Tenney, the oldest of the group. Jnst at that moment there sounded from the fort the harsh blare of the trumpet used to call tho laborers from the fields'at mealtime. Looking back the children saw a sudden flash of flame, and a deep roar of a cannon reverberated among the hills. The next instant the crackle of musketry came faintly from the Merrimac; it was answered from the fort; a blood curdling war whoop burst from the edge of the clearing near them and three Indian warriors raised from among the stumps and came leap ing toward theml Almost before they could turn toward the fort loud drum peals sounded from 1 the rocks at the foot of the hills. As if in reply to the war whoops tlifre rang forth the wild, savage, African battle cry. There stalked forth into the clear ing two immense, hideous giants, ac companied by four strangely bedecked creatures beating on tomtoms and screaming forth the battle cry of thr Ansgari cannibals. Fearful, huge, red. distorted gashes of mouths, knobby, black cheeks, terribly staring white eyes, altogether diabolical faces had these two giants, stalking stiffly out of the clearing. Scarcely less terrifying were the bepainted creatures with moose horns rising above their heads, who leaped and danced along before the giants. Away, with loud shrieks, the children rushed toward the fort. The Indians halted amazed. The giants and then- attendants halted too. They had just discovered the Indians. They hail thought the firiug of the cannon a salute in honor of the day. Tho Indians hesitated, and the Mum bo Jumbos hesitated. But one cannot stand still on stilts. The tallest of the Mumbo Jumbos stag gered forward and one pf the Indians turned and fled, The pther giant ad vanced, the attendants struck their drums again, and again the horrid Ans gari war song pealed forth, and the sec ond Indian followed the first. The third Indian dropped on one knee, and before the Mumbo Jumbos could turn he drew a bead and sent a bullet crashing through the wooden forehead of Sam Quusbee’s mask. The giant neither fell nor faltered, and with a cry of terror the last Indian rushed after his companions down the river edge. Slowly, as befitting their brave con quests and the softness of the ground the procession of Mumbo Jumbos passed across the field and through the gate of the fort where the children had just pre ceded them. The idols of Africa had overcome the redskins. The rising gen eration of Clarks, Tennys, Sanborns and Marsdens would never doubt that fact. Meantime the white coated bodjr pf a French officer went floating down the river, and two canoes rapidly disap- iwarod ‘ up the river. The attack npon Fort Clark had been repulsed. The war |rith France had begun.—Atlanta Con atitution. What Good Clothes Are ror. The chief inducement urged in an in vitation to make one of a woman’s camp ing party In the month of August is the assurance; “Yon con wear one dr^saU day long every day until It is dirty. That’s what we all did last year. tbenote adds: “Be sure and tell me right away how to have my mousseline desoie made. Mrs. R.’a husband and a lot of the girls’ brothere are going up for a week. You’d better take somethingcap- tivating for the dance in the old barn, and one or two pretty day rigs, hutyou won’t need them till the boy* get there. —New Yojk Time*, A PERU OF THE SWL'llJBP 4 * Wo ”‘ y h *” ,o1 “ v ‘ In a few moments the welcome re- It was the second “dog watch,” from spouse came back, “She is all right, sir.” “No, f banks, old chap; I really can’t to 8 o’clock in the evening, and'the “That’s good. Hold her ready until I atop the night. I should like to awfully. crew of the bark Beatrice were gathered - Bonnd th ? PT^ and > £ , we have . . , . . ... sprung a leak.” He hurried to his room upon the main deck, indulging in that ever pleasing pastime of sailors, yam spinning. The vessel was homeward bound from Rio Janeiro after a very prosperous voy age. Darkness was approaching as the chief officer rose to his feet and cast a search ing look abont the horizon. When his eyes roamed toward the west they rest ed for some moments on a small bank of leaden clouds which seemed to be working up from the water. Ah, we'll have a change of wind be fore midnight, and, if 1 make no mis take, it will bring nasty weather with it” ' “We’re nearing Cape Hatteras and must begin to look out for squalls. You might clew up and furl the light sails so that we will be prepared for whatever comes. If it looks too bad give me a call, I’m going below,” The second mate with his men sought their bunks to have a. few hours’ needed rest, while tho chief officer, with his portion of the crew, took charge. sprung and secured the sounding rod and lino; as most of the water had now rolled off from the main deck he succeeded in reaching the pump. Quickly dropping the iron down the tube until it reached the keelson, he soon drew it up again. “Six feet of water in the hold,” he ex claimed. “She’ll go down under ns. Launch the boat”—and as he again has tened to the cabin, this time to procure what provisions might be handy, oue of the men announced: The maiu hatch is stove in, and the cargo is all a-wash.” This report had the effect of acceler ating the officer’s movements, and seiz ing what few eatables were at band in the pantry he hastened to join his ship mates, who had succeeded in getting the boat afloat without damage. Fearing to be in too close proximity to the bark when she should founder, they pu)led rapidly away in the darkness, and as day broke they found themselves alone npon the ocean, but ere the sun was an hour high the black smoke of ADVENTURE. The seaman who came aft to relieve steamer was descried upon the hori: the wheel was a mere, lad in years, but as skillful a mariner as any on board and a prime favorite with aU, as cohld be seen by the kindly tone of tho mate’6 | voice as he addressed the youth. “Watch lierclose, Hurry, my son. If I we have a shift of wind it’U come quick, and before the great luminary reached the zenith they were safe board a large vessel which was bo to Baltimore. . ^ bnt, you see. if I didn't turn np the wife would be in a funk and never go to-bed at all, thinking something had gone wrong. Besides, I've got to let Jones have three columns of copy by 5 o’clock tomorrow, and I haven’t started yet.” “Well, just as you like, only I wish you’d have said earlier you didn’t mean •tapping, so we could have telegraphed to say you. wouldn’t be back. It's after half past 7 now, and our nearest office is five miles away, so it’s too late.” It was no use; Jim Carson wouldn’t atop, so I had to order the trap to drive him to the station to catch the 8:40 back to town. After seeing him off I went to the station master’s office to inquire if some things 1 was expecting had arrived, and while there 1 noticed an evening papei lying on the table. It just happened that an iutimate friend of mine had r lawsuit on about pome copyright busi ness, an<l the first hearing of the case was to have taken place that day /Thinking the affair, as far as it had pro ceeiled, might be reported, I asked the station master if he would mind m; having a look at the paper for a minute “Certainly, sir,” he said. “You ma> as well take it hack with you, as I havi finished with it. There’s a piece in i about some fellow as-is said to have es caped from Bradley asylum last night The captain keard their story with and about killed one of the warde feelings of sadness and extended shipwrecked mariners all the the and we don’t want to get taken aback.’" 1 ty that lay in his power. When N tbe ‘Aye, aye, sir,” was the respectful re ply of tlie boy as ha laid bis hands on the spokes of the wheel. Copper hued, feather shaped clouds now began to chase each other across the starry canopy of heaven. As the gaze of the helmsman alter nated between the compass, the sails and the horizon, he was alarmed to see away uppn the starboard bow some thing that appeared like a heavy black shaft, reaching up from the water, in the shape of a tunnel, until it met an other similar in formation which seemed to drop from the skies. “There’s a spout, sir,” he said to the mate. “Aye, aye. Fvebeen looking at it It’i a heavy one too. As they always wdFk to wind’anl. I'm afraid she’ll come un comfortably near. Keep tho vessel's head nor west for awhile and I’ll speak to the skipper. £d rather he’d be on deck when those fellows are about. Obeying the order, Harry threw the wheel over, and the bark swung off until the dangerous column of water seemed to be a little forward or ami. ships. Mr. Gorham, the officer, hurried to the companion way and called: “Captain Bruce, there’s a heavy water spout making down upon us. Perhaps you'd like to take a look at her. “Aye, aye,” came a voice from the cabiu, and the next instant the master was on deck. I)e took one hasty glance at the dan ger impendin;„ another at the compass, before he said quickly, “Let her go west,” then shouted: “Check iu the yards about four points to port. We must work out of its course. I will get my rifle; if it comes too near I will try to break it,” and with that he hurried below. The wind, which up to this moment had been reasonably strong, now died jut to a “stark calm, The sails were trimmed, but the head way of the vessel was slackening, for ihe had lost her propelling power. The speed of the terrible volume of water power which was approaching them was not checked, and when the captain reappeared on deck with rifle in hand the heavy black clouds hung over the vessel like a pall, and the whirl of the angry, seething element was borne to the ears of the frightened and horri fied seamen sis they watched the ont coming of the merciless circling shaft! Quickly the weapon of the commander was brought to his shoulder, and was- instantly followed by a flash and re port. Then came the deluge. Tons upon tons of -water, mingled with sand, fell upon the deck, which steamer reached port the news of tin loss of the Beatrice was flashed froia tity to city throughout the continent, and many were the hearts made sorrow ful by the tenable tale. But did the bark founder? chaps. I expect it’s just one of then yarns as gets into evening papers uov and again. Well, good night, sir. I’l send up your things as soon as they ai rive.” I was a long time going the thre* miles which lay between the statio. and my lately acquired domicile Lighting a cigarette and leaving Tom About an hour after the second mato I my to shamble on as best he liked, had so burriqdly abandoned the sup- started in to think. posed sinking craft, the boy, Harry, be- ?un to return to consciousness. Slowly hp raised his head and looked around. The night was clear now, hat strange sounds fell upon his ear. It was tln- thrashing and chafing of the tattered sails and broken yards that still bun; from aloft. Tottering to his feet, the lad became aware that he was suffering most in tense pain abont the body and limbs, but as he took a few steps he was over joyed to find that no bones had been fractured and tho pain was only from external bruises. As the youth was endeavoring to n call the terrible scene through which l:t> had passed, he heard a feeble moan is suing from the port side of the after house, and staggering to that portion of the vessel he was delighted to see the beloved form of his benefactor, the cap tain, who was vainly striving to dm; himself along tho deck toward tl.o wheel. As the master looked tip he mnrmurc 1 feebly: “Ah, Harry, my hoy! Has the good Lord spared us?” Yes, sir. But I do not know how many more are left,!’, jji. ‘Go and see, boy, go and .see. Some leu assist* maybe suffering arid need assistance.” “But you yourself, sir; can % I not do I years ago. iiYiaflinirr fnr vrtri cirV’’ I m . Six months ago what was I? Well what is generally called a literary hack getting about thirty-five shillings : week—sometimes more, generally less— jnst because a crusty old uncle on whot: I was dependent had seen fit to chnc" mo out neck and crop for the simp! reason that I didn’t go in for what h wanted me i;o—i. e., the bar. I was of a literary turn of mind, an; thought I should never bo a shinin. light in the profession. I could at leas earn my bread and cheese, Bo in a fi: of anger I told the old gentleman 1 .wouldn’t be a lawyer, whereupon I wa called an ungrateful, impudent puppy and told to do wliat I liked. “No,” I thought to myself; “Robert Grant, if you’ve got to prevaricate, doi indirectly." So I went in for journalism! An< now poor old uncle has gone the way c all flesh, letting me in for all his estate real and personal, including Ash wort; lodge. Old uncles who quiu-rel witL their willful nephews and disinherit them generally do come around at tin last. Mine did at any rate. Jim Carson, tlie fellow whom I had seen off, was un old chum of mine iu the scribbling days, and had just run down to see my new abode and wish rich uncle had kicked him out some something for you, sir?" Never mind me. Look to your ship mates,” was the bravo reply, tliongh the master with difficulty suppressed his groans. . Obeying the order Harry searched the vessel, bnt returned with the mourn ful reply that they two were alone. Well, my lad, we must do the best we can,’’ was the response of tho cap tain. When morning broke the practiced eye of the captain discovered the ab sence of the long boat. Go forward, Harry, and see if the craft has been stove iu or launched dear.” The boy hastened to obey, and re turned with the report that the lashings had been cut Thank heaven!” murmured Captuip Bruce. “Some of our companions haye escaped and have taken to the boat fear ing that the hark would founder,” All through the day the captain and the lad strained their eyes in search of a sail, but none appeared to gladden threatened to submerge the yesael «id i an q again night enshrouded crowd her down into the frightful vor- le* which yawned close under the stern. Bails and spars hang a wreck from aloft, while skylights and bulwarks were crushed like eggshells in the grasp of a {.riant. This latter calamity, however, proved to he a blessing, as it allowed the vast volume of water to flow freely off into the Harry had been knocked senseless over the wheel and there lay more dead than alive. Bnt the captain! Where was he? His voice was silent. The second mate, who with his watch had been below, rushed affrighted “from the cabin through the after companion- them in gloom. Upon the fourth morning Harry, who was early astir, startled tho captain by calling; “Come on deck, sir. There is a large towboat not more than five miles away.” “Set the ensign union down. It will not do to let him pass ub.” The hoy had no need to display the Tommy aroused mo from my musing by stumbling over something in tl: road and nearly throwiug me out. So gathered up the reins, and he went the rest of the journey at a smart pace, ‘Benson,” I said to tlie man whom had engaged as a kind of valet grooru until I was properly settled, “when you’ve put tho horse up, just tell Mrs. Hewetson she can go home as soon as she likes, as I shan’t want anything more tonight.” Mrs. Hewetson was the wife of the gardener, who lived about -half a mile away, and was looking after the house and cooking for me. It was too fine a night and too early to turn in, so I settled myself in my old uncle’s favorite armchair before the dining room window and commenced to look over the paper I had got from the station master. 1 looked first for the lawsuit report, but evident ly the case had not come on until late, as there was nothing in the paper about it, “Hello, this must be what the sta tion master was talking abont:’ bate last evening a lunatic named James Stanley made good his escape from Bradley asylum under peculiar circumstances, which will probably result in the death of one of tlie attendants. It seems that last night the usual annual boll took place at the asylum, and sev eral of the inmates suffering from' the milder forms of insanity were allowed to be present as ordinary guests, as .had been usual on all past occasions. Stanley was one of these, end suddenly ho was found to be missing from the room, and on a search being made he could uot signal of distress, for the sharp eyes of I be found. On proceeding outside to hunt for had MTrinri the I him, the body of one of the attendants was the captain of the tug ha<l rapied the discovered lyine otK tbe ground, the uufortu- bark long before the youth had seen the j mKn having received a severe blow at tbe way. For God’s sake, what has happened? he exclaimed. “Have we been in col lision?’ Bnt he received no answer, for there was no one to reply, By fhe feeble light of the stars, which now began to twinkle forth, the officer steamer. As the rescuing craft rounded np un der the stem of the Beatrice, the win dows in the pilot house went down, a head protruded and a voice called; “How many of you ax$ aboard? - “Only two, sir\” Replied Harry. UAre you able to iend us a band in getting a line ont?” ’ “No, sir. We are too badly bruised,' returned the boy. “AH right. I’ll come 11113 send some men to you "and tbe towboat observed the boy where he had fallen. Seamed un close beside the bark, while wittetwidtng a rigoroua i «.*«»» a has1;v dance at the nallid *w*“ d actions. bock of the bead which knocked him senseless. It transpires that the missing man made his way tothe room where tho cants and hats were kept, in. charge c.f a man who had only been about the place a few days and passed himself Off as one of the gueatp from outside. H£ man aged to secure a hat and coat, in which he most have been detected escaping by the poor fellow whom he knocked over. Stanley, at the time of his flight, was attired, fax addition to the things be secured. In an or dinary black morning suit, and was wearing patent toother dancing shoes. He tan stnjug, toll fellow, standing over six fleet two, dark hair and slight mustache. Up ta the present there is no news to band of his recapture, not withstanding a vigorous search, which is faring and casting a hasty glance at to* pallid features of the lad was convinced that he yra* past *11 hope ot recovery, Tfle second mate, then crawling along the starboard jail to the “break of the poop,” looked down upon toe-main deck, HUd to hi* horror, saw several bodies washing back and forth among tbe wreckage, to be swept, one after an other, ont through the rifte In the bul- Wftrit*. . . “Are you all dead?" he at length found voice to exclaim. “Am I left alone?” But be was instantly gladdened by a reply from forward, “The starb’d watch la safe, sir!" “Thank heaven!" Then loader the second officer called ont, “Take a look at the long boat, and if it is not stove, toe lashings adrift, and make ready ST*™ of her crew sprang over the! A queer story, I thought, when 1 had i~r* . . v 1 finished reading the paragraph, and to a momeu^toe^heavy tamer | more ^ ^ me ^Ify , m . il . f/i»nravri (tltifto ** I OU Ulv UCbttUDU ■*->** tSl was only about three miles the steamer started ahead and the dis- * , T V.r • T - Zr wav for P lace * 1 had ™* lVed “ ***+ the month of the Chesapeake. Great was the rejoicing when the Beatrice was brought up to the City of Monuments, where toe vessel was obliged to remain several months to re pair the damage dona by collision with the waterspout, and when she did again puttoeea the boy Harry sailed in her cabin, Captain Bruce asserting that he could not allow a lad to live forward who had so nobly stood by him when wounded and helpless, drifting at the mercy of the elements on board a dis mantled craft.—Mariton Downing in Yankee Blade. turn. Thinking it might result in my getting to know some of the residents round about sooner than I should do in ordi nary everyday life, I had accepted the invitation and sent np to town for, a new dress suit and pomps for the oc casion. Then Jim Carson telegraphed, ip the morning he was coming to see we by the first train next day to have a look around my estate, as lie called it; so 1 gave np to* idea of going, fls l shQrild be too tired in toe morning to show him around. Anyhow my tog gery failed to show up ta time, so I wan boxed in any case. After reading a few more bits of news in tho paper 1 began to feel sleepy, so l got up to go to bed—first, however, going around the house to* see that all was locked up' and secure, and that Ben son, who was sleeping for the time being in one of the attics, had not forgotten to put the kitchen lamp out, which some times he did. The window of my room was wide open and a lovely fresh breeze came blowing in. 1 sat down on the bed for minute or two to enjoy it. A nice in vitation for an enterprising burglar, I thought, if it were known there was anything worth stealing about the honse. He could be up the trelliswork in half a minute. Thou the escaped lunatic, too; it might have afforded shelter to him if closely pursued. Thus musing, 1 slipped off wy things prepara tory to getting Into bed, but before do ing so tliore was a duty 1 had to per form and which I always had done since I slept in the honse. There was a door leading from my room into a kind of dressing room, which was sometimes opened during the day for various purposes and in front of which a curtain was rigged up. Being naturally rather timid, I always used to see that this door was properly locked and the space under my bed untenanted ere I settled down to slumber. Taking up the candle, I made my way across the room to the door, but when within a couple of yards or so of it 1 came to a dead halt. The paragraph 1 had read in the paper seemed to whirl through my brain, and for the moment I had hard work to keep myself from collapsing on to the floor. The lunatic at the time of his escape was attired in a morning suit of black, and wearing dancing pumps! I was startled, 1 can tell you, but not without, reason—for peeping out below the cur tain which covered the door were the toes and half the feet of a pair of patent leather boots! I regained my composure gradually, aud moved away back to ward tlie bed, btit keeping my eye on the curtain the whole time. W ho knew bnt that the lunatio might have been watching me through a pin hole in the curtain, and, conjecturing the place of his concealment had been discovered, make a rush at me? But no. He evidently was ignorant of ray dif covery, for the feet remained there mo tionless. What was I to do? Hero 1 was in a room by myself, within five yards off a madman, standing C feet 2 inches in his socks, whom under ordinary circum stances it would take a couple or three men to tackle aud satisfactorily dispose of. I shuddered as 1 thought of it. I mentally measured whereabouts his head would bo behind the curtain, and casting my eyes around the room, to my joy they rested on a pair of Indian clubs 1 was in the habit of exercising with in tlie morning. That was my surest chance. I moved casually across to where the clubs were standing, and taking them np commenced to occupy myself with a few of the exercises to work up steam for the coming blow. Now or never! Suddenly dropping one of tho clubs on tlie bed as I brought it around, with th° other I mado for tlie door and directed it with all my strength at where 1 sup posed the head of the madman to be Crash! I fell forward against the cur tain after tho blow, aud commenced striking out savagely with my fist to fol low it up. Down came the curtain with rnn, and the brass rod with it, strik ing me on the head and completely stun ning me. It must have been a peculiar sight as Benson saw it, when he came tumbling down tbo stairs to see what all tlie row was about. There was I on the floor enveloped iu the curtain, bleeding from a wound above tlie temple, knuckles cut and brnified and a panel of the door at the back smashed in by a blow that would have pulverized half a dozen lunatics had they Veen there. “The mad—man—he’a escaped!” ! managed to gasp, sitting up among the vrreck. “The ’oo, sir?” anxiously asked Ben son, helping me up and leading me to ward the basin in order to bathe my injured head. “Mad—man—behind the curtain. Got in at the window—escaped from Brad ley asylum last night during the balk Wearing patent leather boots—saw them under the curtain,” I jerked out spas modically. Saw ’is what?” cried Benson, drop ping the sponge he was holding and re garding me with amazement His patent leather boots, man, peep- tog ont from beneath the curtain.” Bpnson seemed to jump in the air at that. “Gor luminy, mister; them weren’t a madman! Them was your noo uns as came this morning. I puts ’em behind the curtain there so as to keep ont the dust an muck. Oh, Lor*, sir, yon hev made a mistake.” By Jove, and hadn’t I jnst, and dis figured myself for a month or so in the bargain. There was no doubt about it, for from the folds of the curtain were shaken my now pair of pomps, which bad arrived that morning by parcel post jnst as Car son turned up. Stanley, the cause of all the confusion, had been captured that afternoon in a copse a good many miles from my place and ia still an inmate at Bradley asy lum. If Jim Carson had managed to get more out of me than that I got my scar on the temple from falling off a horse this affair would have been in print mouths ago. Benson knows the value of a sovereign and his master’s service, so I’m the first to let it all reach tbe public.—True Flag. The Cash System Will be Rigidly Ad hered to- The present management took oharge of The Banner July 12th. All sub scriptions from tfcrt date are due us. R; v. T A. Harris is the authorized sgent ar.d will receipt for all subscrip tions due from that date. He has no connection whatever with the old busi- nea*. Our terms will be cash. Thn Ban ner cannot and will not be sent out on a credit. In a short while, we will re vise our mailing list, and aU who are 'hree months in arrears will be stricken ff Do not wait to be called on or strieki n from the list. Send us the money. Mr.T. H. Yarborough will look after he Weekly list in the city. J. H. STONE & CO. BARBECUE IN OCONEE- 3URNBTT TACKf ES ROBBINS AND TEARS HIM TO PIECES. ROBBINS CAN’T ANSWER. •Veak Third Party Efforts—Burnett’s Forceful Logic—outrageous Treat ment by the Third Party Howl ers Strongly Denounced, •nail SlU Last Words of Martin Luther. Martin Luther’s last words were: “Fa ther to heaven, though this body is breaking away from me, and 1 am de parting this life, yet I know that 1 shall forever he with thee, for no one can pluck me out of thy hand." That was a great barbecue in Oconee, near Watkiusvilie, yesterday. Tuere were more than fifteen bundled people present, aud the barbecue was .leliciou8 aud plentiful. The speeches were spirited, but with : he exception of that of Capt. W. B. Burnett, they were weak and devoid of facts and argument. The large erowd from Athens arrived in buggies and tallahoes about 10:30 o’clock and the exercises commenced imm, dlately. The place selected for ihe occasion was one of the most beau tiful groves in Georgia, just two miles from Watkinsvilie, aud the preparation tor the entertainment of all guests was perfect and elaborate. THE SPEAKERS. The first speaker was Mr. Campbell Jackson, who will be the Third party nominee for the legislature from Oco nee. Ur. Jackson apologized for his lack cf oratorical ability, and after re minding the audience, for effects sake, that he was a plain farmer’s boy, he led off with a scattering tirade on the Democratic party, but in his unskilful dissection of its platform, he failed to establish one fact toils detriment. His atteniDted eulogy of the Third party movement was a conglomeration of gen eralities without lact or foundation. Jackson was followed by Dr. Rob bins, the nominee of Third party to oppose Dr. Lawson for Congress. His was likewise a weak effo: t from a stand point of logic or argument, but was a harmless pat h of pleasant generalities that pleased his Third party bearers ex ceedingly. He avoided all the direct features and issues advocated by all the political parties, as when he kept crying for a circulating nr edium of fifty dollars per capita, and Capt* Bur nett asked him twice bow we could get that amount and the speaker's reoly was “Wait till I g. t to it and I will tell you.” But he nt ver got to it. At the closing of Robbins’ speech dinner was announced, and all wanted to partake of the delicious viands. After dinner Capt. W. B. Burnett, president of the Young Men’s Demo cratic Club of Clarke county, as the re presentative of Democracy mounted the rostrum and with his character istio force and logic expounded the princi ples of his party with telling effect. He said as the gentleman who preceded him had said nothing to reply to, he would employ his time in showing what a fake and delusion the Third party movement is. and wherein relief and safety lies in the success of democracy. Somebody in tbe audience kept talking about free silver,when Capt. Burnett said: My friends you are alwoys talking about free silver, free silver, why, God bless your souls there is nothing free in the country exoept salvation, and if that was manufactured the Republicans would put a tariff on that. AUTBCGE0US TREATMENT. When Capt. Burnett’s time was out during the discusssion of an important point, time was called by tbe master of ceremonies, whereupon Mr. Burnett closed at once, remarking that be re gretted that be did not have time to fin ish giving the information for which he had been asked. Buck Malccmb Said give the rpeaker ten minutes longer, and his move was rerdily ei dorsed. Capt. Burnett pro ceeded where be closed by readii g a letter from Hon. Joe E. Brown. At tbe mention of Senator Brown’s name five hundred biases and j. era came simul taneously from the throats of Third partyites and continued until Capt. Burnett refused to say anything more. It was clearly a premeditated thing to give Capt. Burnett the additional ten minutes and then hiss him down- Be fore he returned, however, he de nounced his treatment as outrageous and ungentlemanly to the highest de gree. It was a Third party affair and the Third partyites had a good majerity of the crowd. L.J. L. . Sft?sx 1iteV.V'iii,",; wSKfifi "3* I ■«'C 1 ■1 . 1 I ....... ' $1 eSaa; r'&i & ■ V V-