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Chr*Bicle"‘Bat. I8TT | Athena Banner, Bat. 1819
ATHENS, QA.. TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 20.1892.
$1.00 A YEAR
REINCARNATION.
Her lustrous eyes, with their southern beet.
Look indifference iuto mine.
And my pulses race with n fiercer beat
'Neath her maddening smile divine!
An icy chill in her sphinxlike glance
Seals forever my hopeless woe.
1 my future staked on a loser’s chance.
And her only word was VNo!”
In some other world. In an age outgrown—
Say a million of years ago—
We two must have loved as I now, alone.
While I never thru told her so!
—Clarence Miles Doutelle in Godey’s.
an afternoon call.
My mother's illness had kept us home
for months, but she was better and be
ginning again to take interest in mag-
arines and newspapers. In one of the
latter she discovered this item: •
"Miss Marian Ross arrived Saturday
from Sparkling Springs, Va. She leaves
next week for Bar Harbor and other gay
centers
idea of recreation is to go iishing with a
lot of inen and dress like an aborigine.
So I told him if he could persnado Miss
Brown to be my chaperon she and I
would cut a swath. Of course she
conldn’t leave her sister and the chil
dren, bnt I whirled her off before she had
time to resign herself to stay at home.
"When we left we were absolntely
lifeless—she with overwork, I with en
nui. We went south to the gulf. We
were quite too listless to think. If some
one wonld plan out a day, even an hour,
for us, we were happy. One of us would
say to the other:
“ ‘What are you going to do?
“ ‘I haven’t decided. What will yon
do?
“ ‘I haven't made up my mind.'
" ‘I balisvo ril walk on the pier and
wait for an idea.’
“ ‘Oh, then, so will I.’
“There were men about too. One—
perhaps forty years old—took a fancy to
me. They teased me about him, and 1
hadn't even ambition to retaliate—jusi
let them tease. At first I had a mild in-
( tention of transferring him to Miss
Farewell.
Of all tho words of grief and woe where mis
ery doth dwell
The saddest iutonation lies within that one-
farewell.
It serves to sever souls for aye, for who Is there
can tell
If hearts will ever meet again when once they
say farewell?
It carries not n tone unkind; no wrath does it
compel:
"Tis breathed from ont the bosom’s depth, that
deep, that long farewell.
The aching heart is rent in twain and lies a
shattered shell;
Then, with a longing, anguished cry, it says its
lost farewell.
—Sir Walter Scott.
AN INDENTURE.
•(Jo over and call,” said my mother;
“perhaps she will give you a Whiff of Brown (they would have made a nice
the ocean.” / match), but it proved too much trouble.
Before I could demur she had rnng ( Ho would do anything forme and noth-
foi George to bring around the cart ann ing for her, and we needed some man to
ordered mo out of the house.
1 chose a short cut to Ross hill, a
country road bordered breast high with
blackberry and elder bushes. There
was much up hill and down dale work
and many a loose stone over which to
si uwblo, but the pony was fresh, trees
shaded the road, wild grapevines waved
their sprays in our faces, and an occa
sional breeze wafted us the fragrance of
the elder blossoms.
Crossing a bridge and looking down
through the tre& tops to the creek far
below I could see the cattle drinking-
velvet skinned Aldemeys, whose grace-
ltd limbs showed pedigree in every line.
Skirting the baso of Rose hill we
turned into the avenue and climbed
toward the gates, which formed a cres-
.ce;it and swung from huge stone pillars
almost hidden by woodbine.
The gates barred entrance to the drive
way; otherwise the place was not in
closed by wall or hedge—the great green
hill stretched away in its beaety foT
every one to see. A rustic seat was
placed hospitably on the boulevard that
iven it stranger might tarry and enjoy
the view far away over the hill and val
ley to that lino of misty blue which
marks the end of vision. On my way to
tho house I espied a hammock under the
willow trees down by the spring. Surely
n white dress was fluttering from it.
Bidding pGuy stand I ran down the hill,
to be received literally with open arms.
' 'My dear Harriet, how did you divine
that. I was longing for you? Bnt I did
nut IX? to add myself to your burdens.
1 am so •lej'ressing.”
“Oh, but my mother is better, and be
sides 1 am ahveya glad to see yon.”
“I am so tired of myself that I feel ns
if every one else must be tired of me too.
1 was even grateful to my horse for seem
ing glad to welcome mo home. We are
no match for dumb brutes in affection.
We chatter away all our best qualities,
our affection and earnestness, and—that
reminds me, you wero not at church yes
terday. 1 was. 1 sat in tho pew be
tween the two doors, where the breeze
could fan me and tho groon trees look iu
at me (there were very few other specta
tors).
"Tho yellow windows were framed by
the shadow of tho ivy on the outride, and
the choir boys sang like birds. The ser
mon was so good—all about—oh, 1 for
get what if was about, except that he
said the word translated ’good’ means
earnest—to be good is to be earnest. I
was afraid liefore that I never could bo
good, but now I am in despair. 1 never
realized how frivolous 1 was until Maud
married. She was always serious enough
fur both of us."
Wo wero sitting in the hammock,
which vibrated slowly, encouraged by
an occasional touch of her white slip-
jiered foot on the turf. Before us the
spring trickled from the earth and ran
away a tiny thread of silver, just water
enough to keep the pebbles glistening
mid to give drink to the ferns which
leaned over it. I congratulated Marian
on the luxuriance of the green fronds,
knowing that the sisters were fond of
them, as they had been gathering them
for years on their travels, and each fern
had its pleasant reminiscences.
“Now,” said Marian, “there is an in
stance of how serions Maud is. It would
break her heart to know that she had
half the associations attached to the
wrong ferns, but it only makes me langh
when she hangs the California story ou
a fern I know we brought from the Vir
ginia mountains, or when she tells how
she dug that one in an old churchyard
in Morristown, N. J., near Washington’s
headquarters, when Aunt Letty herself
identified it as one she sent us from Illi
nois, from the banks of the Sangamon.
“Didn’t Lincoln wade or fish or some
thing in the Sangamon? Yet I believe
Maud is happier than I am; at least. I am
sure there is something lacking in me
now that she is married. After one has
owned a Bister 60 long it iB hard to have
some man with no claim at all come and
carry her off. Whatever she haa had I
have always had, until now she has a
husband and I have none—not that I
want one, but she might have waited.
"Since we were little girls we had
planned that if ever there was a wedding
iu tho house it should be a double one,
but when 1 reminded her she laugheg at
the idea, said waiting for me was hope
less; that such an indecisive person as 1
wouldn’t know my fate when I saw him.
Then I conldn’t help saying that if my
fate expected me to recognize him he
would certainly havo to be handsomer
than her Henry. Of conrse there was a
quarrel, and after that I dared not sus
pect even in my own mind that Henry
was not an Apollo, and if I was exhausted
iu preparing for the wedding I was
afraid to heave a sigh.
“I just fastened a smile on my face
snd kept it there till all was over.
devise amusement and do the talking
for us. He tried to make us promise to
return some time, although wo hadn't
spoken of going. He persisted in trying
to make ns promise, and we were too
inert to oppose him. So one day when
be was out in a boat wo stepped on board
a steamboat and went np to North Car
olina.
“Beautiful country! Oh, the flowers
on the North Carolina hills! I began to
appreciate the scenery, and Miss Brown
became so sprightly she alarmed me. 1
told her if she couldn't help growing
younger so fast I should have to send
home for an older chaperon. • Then we
drifted about to other places—Sparkling
Springs last and longest. We staid at
a private hotel—fiuo old southern house
in perfect preservation—magnolias and
cape jasmine and jiickaniunies. While
I think of it let me warn you if you ever
go sonth be carefnl. You will think
every man you meet is in love with yon
—they are all so devoted.
“There was ouo man at our hotel.
When 1 say a man 1 mean one who takes
your breath away. There were plenty
of apologies for men and several women
worth looking at There was a yonng j
Tom Barrett and I had been chums
almost-xs long as we had been cousins,
which I must confess was nearly twenty-
fonr years. Tom was six months younger
than I, and I ruled him with a rod of
iron. But one day—tho day when 1
became twenty-four years old—the
worm turned. He told me that he loved
me.
“Of course,” I remarked coolly. ‘Tm
your relation, I guess. You've got to.”
And then he burst but with a lot of
stuff about his not loving me os a rela
tion, bat as a wife.
“Tom Barrett,” 1 said sternly, “do
you think 1 would ever marry a man
six. months younger than myself? I have
brought you up, and you know it. If 1
ever marry anybody it wijl be a mature,
ready made man, who will guide and
control and make me respect him!
Don’t you ever say another word to me
about this as long as yon live.”
And I went np stairs and cried because
my old Tom was gone.
One of my birthday presents had been
a check for twenty-five dollars with
which “to take a little trip,” my blessed
old uncle said, and I decided jnst to run
down to Ann Arbor ou that excuse and
stay as long as I wanted to with my old
friend, Orplia Reynolds. I might joiu
some classes or do some reading and be
zontented thero for a long time—until
Tom had forgotten. And with a tele-
pom to Orplia the next afternoon I was
3ff.
Orplia was delighted to see me.
“I am so glad you camo just now,” she
laid as we eat together in the half dark
ifter sapper. “I shall need yon to help
me manage Ed.”
Ed who?” 1 inquired with some sor
ing full college work, and it might be
that I would even complete a regular
course. So ai the liegiuning of the sec
ond semester I entered as a “special.
Ed was now allowed, conditionally to j^Uce of the Peace. Mr. Yarborough
attend lectures, and so on both sides our - KU
time for walking and scientific invest!
widow with a pensive air and a'reper- P? 36 ;. wondering if Orplia had been
_ . • ... . ■» o t i Mtitin rr o n inronr M w fnaml tAumnd
toryof touching allusions to her dear
husband, which were very fetching.
She had more men about her than any
woman in tho house; iu fact, she could
command all of them except the one 1
spoke of.
“When 1 arrived he was dancing a
good natured attendance on a yonng ma
tron unhappily married and exceedingly
pratty, infantile type, theatrical tend
ency to pose. She had wrapped her
self about him like a vine and gave him
daily bulletins of her tronbles. Just
think of it! IIow can a woman? And
what did that man do but come and re
peat all her confidences to me!
“ ‘Do not tell me,’ 1 would beg. ‘I do
not care to hear her private affairs.’
“ ‘Neither do I,’ he wonld laugh. ‘1
think you might share the burden of
woe which she thrusts upon me.’
“After l came perhaps lie neglected
her or broke some of the tendrils she had
fastened upon him. It was only natural
that he should show me about a little,
all the other men being occupied with
the widow. Ho was merely trying to
keep me from stagnation, I'm sure. It
was absurd for her to grow jealous, but
she did, and she a roamed woman! Visi
bly jealous! Perfectly preposterous, es
pecially when there was nothing between
ns. Were only amusing each other;
only passing away the time—the days woman
were so long and delightful.”
As she spoke she kept nervously twist
ing a ring which 1 had never before no
ticed on her baud.
“When did you get that?’ I asked.
“Ob, he gave it to me,” smiling.
“So you are engaged. Please tell me
what ho is like?’
“You shall see for yourself. He said he
wonld come ou this winter.”
“Then there will be another wedding
at Rose Hill?”
“What do yon mean?” with arching
brows and surprised eyes. “I do pot ex
pect him—be said 60; that was all.”
“You mean that yon do not care for
him to come?”
To this she would make no reply, only
looked at me in a mocking way, and 1
rose to go. We climbed the hill arm in
arm, and I jumped into the cart and was
abont to touch the pony with the whip
when 6he leaned over, placed her hand
on the back of the seat and whispered:
“All that talk about Father Time is a
mistake. They ought to say Mother
Time. I always knew Time was a wom
an because—time—will—tell.”
She picked np her skirts with one
hand, threw me a kiss with the other
and ran into the house. My eyes and
thoughts followed her until a tug at the
reins apprised me that pony had started
for home on his own accord, delicately
intimating that an afternoon call should
end before evening.—Chicago News.
Intel llglblc Price Marks.
Very few stores now adhere to the old
plan of cipher marking. Experience has
proved that a majority of customers
prefpr goods to be marked in plain fig-
jnres, no one liking the idea of two sets
of figures unless he is sure he is among
the favored.ones whq get the benefit cf
the lower scale. l( is said to be the
practice with the medical fraternity of
some towns to grade their charges to
patients according to the style of house
in which they live, and the same idea
prevails so much as to retail stores that
ladies have been known to send servants
down to stores because they could get a
larger discount.
Other ladies are carefnl never to dress
very well when shopping, and this shows
how firmly the impression prevails that
a genuine one price store is a novelty.
When, I took It off after they were gone j
Papa (said I looked like u ghost in my £**£*£!^ ro J?!E£8H5JS22
own: house. He offered to take me
•Mnewhere, but I know pleasure resorts
an places of martyrdom to him. His
adopting an infant. My friend seemed
a trifle embarrassed.
“Why, Ed Rice,” she answered slowly.
“J guess I haven’t tol-l yon about him.
have I?’ No, i guessed sho had not.
"He i3 a young boy in the law depart
ment,” she went on wi'.li a conscious air,
“who rooms next door. His eyes have
given ont temporarily, so that Dr. Car-
row has forbidden all college work, and
I have just !*sen trying to amuse him
and keep him out of mischief." All this
was certainly very nice and philanthropic
and quite liko Orpha, but what on earth
was she blushing about? I waited for
her next words. She spoke very fast
and wonld not look at iner-
“I wish you would take him off my
hands for awhile—you won’t have much
elto to do. I hate to be with him much
myt elf, he ha3 been acting so for a week
or two. I’m afraid he is beginning to
think ho cares for me—especially, you
know. Ho doesn’t of course—such a
kid!” with scornful emphasis and an al
together unprecedented lapse into slang.
“How old?” I inquired concisely, with
paer.tal visions of a big headed, owl eyed
infant prodigy bearing i law folio under
each arm,
“Oh, twenty-two, pr maybe twenty-
three," 6he returned nonchalantly. “But
that for a man is ltiero infancy. Now a
But this valuable philosophical disqui
sition was abruptly cut short. A sub
dued stamping and shaking was heard
outside—it had been snowing all day—
and wo sat listening until some one
banged tb» street door behind him and
started up stairs three steps at a time,
whistling under his breath. “That’s
Ed," said Orpha and rose to light the
lamp, but she had only jnst scratched
the match when there was a faiut
knock. The sitting room door was
slowly pushed open, and a clear, boyish
voice exclaimed:
“Jnst lighting np? Yon’re late, aren’t
your
“Yes," said Orpha, turning np the
wick. “Just wait till we have some
light on the subject and Til introduce
yon to an old friend of mine who came
this afternoon from Grand Rapids. Miss
Barrett, Mr. Rice,” she concluded.
He bowed stifily and murmured tho
conventional happiness; then, with a
sudden, frank impulse, walked over and
shook hands heartily, showing as he
smiled two unmistakable dimples in a
sensitive, extremely attractive face.
Ho had be*»n there an hour, though it
did not seem half that, when Orpha sent
him heme. She had to bohn ont a
French grammar lesson for an eight and
a quarter the next morning, so I went to
bed and left her swearing at Dnpy in a
pious sort of a way.' )
Really I did not mean to relieve Orpha
of her young mission, hat how conld 1
help it. Under Orpha’e orders he cheer
fully pointed ont to mo the professional
residences, the frathonses and all the
other inevitables; conducted me over
the mnsenm, the library, the art gallery
and the laboratories; dragged me around
the boulevard to* Cascade and School
girls’ glen, to Lovers’ retreat, and final
ly even to the sable fortune teller’s on
the Observatory road. Li retain I im
parted to hiiu all my little botanical
lore and allowed him to join my dai’y
constitutionals, so that every day, wet
or dry—generally we* in Ann Arbor, you
know — we sallied forth together in
search of “specimens” and exercise.
I got acquainted with Ed very fast
these days, and as I came to know biiu
better I grew infinitely disgusted and
enraged with Orpha for failing so en
tirely to appreciate him, but I dared not
say a word for fear of ruining what lit
tle chance Ed might still have with her.
Before a month bad passed Ann Ar-
gation was much curtailed. We still
found time, however, for a short daily
tramp, and as spring came on for fre
quent longer excursions. The beauty of
May days was wholly irresistible, so that
even our sober minded and church go
ing Orpha was induced to spend one per
fect Sunday morning with ns in a quiet
wood strewn thick with spring beauties
and adder tongue. She confessed after
ward that at first she thought it was
wicked, but when wo got there she knew
it wasn’t.
Well, with botanizing and tennis and
examinations the last days of this blessed
year slipped past.
The Saturday before commencement
Ed and I wont up the river for orchids.
We found only a few yellow ones, bat
could not feel much disappointed. ' The
sky and the river wonld have made up
for a much greater loss. We drifted
back almost in silence* listening to the
soft plash of the water against the boat,
the dreary whispering of the trees on the
bank and at intervals the faroff cry of
a hawk.
Presently Ed interrupted it all.
“I want to give you something be
fore yon go,” lie announced suddenly.
“May I?”
“Why, yes, if it isn’t too valuable,” I
answered priggishly in a desperate at
tempt to be proper.
“I assure you it is absolutely worth
less unless you cax*e for it,” and he dex
terously tossed a long, fold-. \ paper into
my lap. Another of the legal jokes he
was always laboriously perpetrating!
Yes—a deed thi3 time, carefully filled
put, except a short blank 6pace near the
top:
This indenture, made ihisSOtli day of June,
In the year cf our Lord olio thousand eizlil
hundred and eishty-ono, between Edward
Mills Rice, yurty of the first part, and
, of tho second part, witnesseth that tho
eaid party cf tho first lort, for and in consider
ation of love and affection to him in hand paid
by the said party of tho second part, tho re
ceipt whereof is hereby confessed and ac
knowledged. docs by theso presents grant, bar
gain, sell, remise, release, alii n and confirm
unto the said party of the second part and to
her heirs and assigns forever all that certain
piece or iiurccl of immunity situate and being
at present iu the city of Ann Arbor, county of
Washtenaw and stalo of Michigan, a fid de
scribed os follows, to wit: An ordinary enough
piece of goods, reasonably well educated and
moderately well fixed; twenty-three years old
and quite clone in the world, with no eyes to
speak of. and at loast two years of grinding
yet ahead, together with all and singular, tho
hereditaments aud appurtenances belonging
or in anywise appertaining, to have and to
{fold tho said
I read no further.
“EU, why don’t you give this to Or
pha?”
“Orpha!” he echoed. “She wouldn’t
have it; yon know she wouldn’t. And
besides ’ added the audacious youth.
“sli6 La8.i t paid uio the ‘consideration’
moi timed therein.”
44 Yell, goodness knows 1 didn’t sup
pose I had, either, El. But—wliatshall
I do with this?”
“You might just write your name in
the space I left for it,” he suggested.
1 didn't quite dare to.
I leaned my chin uptu my hand, looked
into the water and thought. Bnt Ed’s
face floated persistently between me and
all prudential considerations. “He is a
year younger than you. What about the
mature ‘ready made man’ whom you as
sured Tom yon should marry? What
will Tom say? And how supremely ri
diculous and inconsistent! Refuse Tom
because he wasn’t old enough and marry
a man six months younger than he and
twice as boyish looking! But, if I choose
to bo inconsistent, whose business is it
anyhow.” I would net reason. I wonld
not “consider.” 1 shot a swift smile up
into Ed’s anxious face aud then with my
fountain pen traced in round deliberate
characters across the space he had left—
Kate Marion Barrett.
I have the old deed yet Since our
marriage it has luin in state, the sole oc
cupant of a convenient pigeonhole in my
writing desk. Here I often run across
it and smile as 1 wonder whether in
dear old Ann Arbor, fragrant with the
memory of countless student romances,
th'e momentous question was ever be
fore or since asked and answered in such
unpoetic fashion. Bnt Ed and 1 don’t
care. We have had onr poetry since.—
CITY NOTES.
Another Candidate —Mr. Thomas
H. Yarborough is out for ibe office of
is a deserving man and will make a good
officer.
On His Plantations.—Mr. R K.
Reaves, of this city, is spending this
week on his plantations i n business.
He will return the latter part of the
week.
Making Rxpairs.— 1 The hou?e for
merly (ccupird by Judge Herrington
oa College avenui and now owned by
the city, is being repaired aud will be
occupied by the city officers shortly
after the b ginning cf the New Year.
A Chri>tmas Tree.—We learn that
Miss Callahan is getting up funds to
have a Christmas tree at the Catholic
ohurcb. It will be for the little child
ren of the city who wi'l no* be the re
cipients of much in the way cf Christ
mas goods. The chi’dren will beef all
denom'nations, and from all parts of
the city.
Silk Quilt.—Mr. Ab Wilkins, of
Oglethorpe ccuaty, had a silk quilt on
exhibition at the store of Litimer &
Johnson made by Mrs. Ann Meir.tt, of
Gainsville. Mrs. Merritt is 85 years of
age, aud is the mother of 13 children.
The quilt is beautiful and some of tbe
si:k in it was raised by the old la-Jy
who made the quilt.
Mr. Vernon Lodge.—The following
officers have been elected by Mt. V rn-
on Ledge, F. and A. M., John Crawford
Worshipful Master, H. H. Linton, Sen
ior Warden, W.J. Garebo'.d, Junior-
Warden, E. S. Edge, Tre asurer, J. K.
Kenney, Secretary, J. A. Pitner, Sen-
ior Steward, W. I. Tuck, Junior Stew
ard.
John Cain.—The above named gen
tleman wiil appear before the next
council and ask them to put him in
charge of the street hands for the next
year. John Cain is known by every
boy* girl, little “nigger” and “big nig
ger” man and woman in the city, and if
Athens has a clever man ard one that
will have your street put in good con
dition, it iB John Cain.
On His Way I'o Hie CraounL—Rev
W. R. Stillwell, accompaniti-tby—his
itfcy Carew in Detroit News.
in-plain figures, so that the customer
may see that one price prevails tor alL— bor bail laid her spell upon me. ^ I deter-
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
mined to stay out the year anyhow, do-
Spiders’ Webs for Telescopes.
The astronomers of the naval observa
tory have looked all over the world for
spiders’ webs. Such gossamer filaments
spun by industrious arachnids are util
ized in telescopes for cross lines extended
at right angles with each other across
the field of view, so as to divide the lat
ter into mathematical spaces. Threads
of cobweb are employed for the purpose
because they are wonderfully strong for
their exceeding fineness, and also for the
reason that tbey are not affected by
moisture or temperature, neither ex
panding nor contracting under any con
ditions.
Specimens were obtained from China
because it was imagined that the large
spiders of that country would perhaps
produce a particularly excellent quality
of web. However, it was found that the
best web is spun by spiders of the United
States, such as are plentiful in the neigh
borhood of Washington. Accordingly
expeditions ore made early in June each
year to get from the fences and barns
hereabouts tho cocoons of the big “tur
tle back” spiders. Each cocoons is com
posed of a single silken filament wound
round and round, though there are apt
to be some breaks in it where Mistress
Spider loft off work for a time.
Attempts have been made to nsethe
cocoons of spiders like those of silk-
I worms, and exquisite fabrics have been
! manufactured from them. Unfortn-
j .lately it was found impossible to make
the industry a commercial success, ow-
j ing to the combative inclination of these
• creatures. When kept together they
! will always gobble each other up in a
■ shoit time, the final result being a sin
gle very large and fat spider and one
cocowl—Washington Cor. Boston Tran
script.
family, pissed through the city yester
day, on their way to their new home at
Lula. Mr. Stillwell has served the
Gwinnett oircuit for the past two years,
and at the recent session cf the North
Georgia Conference at Madison, was
assigned to tbe Belton oircuit. He
preached at Lula and Belton last Sun
day, and the C! jt-ferenoe year opens
auspiciously, and we predict for him a
prosperous year’s work in the cause < f
religion. Mr. Sti'lwell is an able min
ister, and wins friends whetever he
goes.
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physicians, change of c a mate and scene
ia fact everything, and still are not
cured, it wi.'l pay you to investigate
the merits of tho Electropoise before
dispaiiirg. Our information will cost
youi] nctiiirg and may save you
years of suffering and be tbe means of
finally restoring you to health. We
send a filty-ptge book free to any ad
dress, and you c«n verify the truth of
the statement made, by referring to
some of the parties who give their testi
monials, a majority of whom are citizens
of Georgia and adj doing S ates: The
Electropoise has. achieved its fame by
caring oases pronounced hopeless and
and which physicians had abandoned
as such; the most remarkable cures be
ing made in cises that commenced the
treatment in a hopekss, unbelieving
way as a last resort.
Hon. W. G Sibley, President of tbe
Sibley Cotton Mills of Augusta, Ga.,
savs: I have been a great sufferer from
soiatica for five years, for two years had
never been free from pain; sometimes
the pains were so severe I would jump
out of bed in my sleep and awake to find
myself in the most acute agony stand
ing on the floor. I spent much time
and money North under special medics!
treatment, was cauterized sixty-seven
iime3 with a white hot iron, but all to
no purpose. Finally hearing of the
Elect: epoiee I determinail to try it, and
a short use of it benefited me, and now
after a years use I am completely cured
AH forms of ch- onic diseases are cured
with a certainty and permanency un
known to medication. Our book tells
all about it. Write for one. Atlantic
Elxcthopoise Co. Washington, D. C.
The Hanging Lamps and Ffcncy Par
lor Lamps are tbe prettiest and cheap
est in the city. “Hoggin’s China
House.”
CHRISTMAS GOODS.
FLYING SITU.
The Governor of Rio Grande Dn
Sol on the Rnn.
HIS RESIGNATION WANTED.
Two Military Officers .Are to Be Shot
and There Is Much Talk of War
Between Brazil aud Uruguay. .
Great Excitement Exists.
New York, Dec. 17.—A special to
The Herald from Valparaiso says:
News from Rio Janeiro is that the
federalists are entering the city of Rio
Grande Du Sol and Governor Coule, of
Rio Grande Du Sol, is flying south.
He will resign.
Castilhisas has signed the petition
asking the federal government of Brazil
to declare war against Uruguay.
Captain Gazia and Lieutenant Baha-
manda have been decided guilty of sub
orning tho revolt, anil will be shot.
- The radicals and Cordova are entering
a protest against the appointment of
Julio Astrada as governor, and threaten
a revolution. —
Ex-Presiilent Pelogrohi has assumed
the chieftainship of the Argentine Na
tional party.
To Control Sail Domingo.
New Yor':, Dec. 17.—A syndicate of
American capitalists has acquired vir
tual control of the island of San Do
mingo by the purchase of the right to
collect the custom revenues of the
country, which are principally derived
from the tobacco monopoly. It is un
derstood that $3,500,000 is agreed upon
as the price.
He declares it to be “(he best remedy
for cough and croup,” Mr. D. T. Goo),
Columbia, Tern., writes: “I keep Dr.
Bull’s Cough Syrup in the house all the
time.' It is the best remedy for cough
andcroup I ever used’”
Our Dolls must go at any price.
Jackson and Burke Co.
CROSSWHITE'S MURDERER CAUGHT.
Tlia Probabilities Point to More Blood
shed In Tennessee.
Bristol, Dec. 17.—Special Officers
Charles Robertson, “Bart” Moore, F. M.
Davidson and J, D, Carter, of Scott
eouiriy, Ya., arrived here over the South
Atlantic and Ohio railroad, having in
charge the notorious Irvin Roberts, who
shot oli- man Landon Croswhite from
ambush Dec. 1, as the latter was return
ing from Mountain City to his home in
Shady Valley. The officers captured
Roberts in the mountains of Hancock
county. Tenn. They havo been on his
trail since last week. He first went to
Wallace, where he scouted for two days
in the woods and in a cave, where his
brother carried food to him. He went
from thereto Duffield. Va., and then
struck the main road for Sneedville.
The officers have gone with the pris
oner for Mountain City, which is a
day’s drive from here. When the son
of Mr. Cros white was here last week in
search of Roberts, he intimated that the
murderer would not be hard to manage
when he had done with him, and it is
now feared that Roberts will, never
reach Mountain City alive, as he must
go near the Croswliite residence.
The feud that has existed between
the two families for years is now at
fewr beat and there is no telling what
will happen.
SPECIFIC TAX.
Oar art store is crowded
with the very latest styles
and the handsomest line oi
Christmas Goods ever seen
in Athens. Do rot bay
liefore seeing them. We
are to close out these goods
at prices that will astonish
you. Remember the great
clojOtng out sale will begin
Monday morning, and con
tinue from day to day until
tbey are sold.
M. Myero & Co.
SKIFF BLOWING HIS HORN.
It is not luek but pluck which weaves
the web of life, it is not luck but pluck
which turns the wheel of fortune.
Skiff, the Jeweler, is full of pluck, and
by it he has succeeded in exhibiting
one of the neatest assortments of useful
articles for Christmas that may be
found anywhere. While we do not pre
lend to keep the aristocratic sort of
high priced articles, we do pretend to
keep that class of goods that people
neid, and at prioes everybody can buy.
A large assortment of jewelry, a pretty
display of Silver Souvenir Spoons, Gold
Peas with Pearl Handles. The best
assortment of Finger Rings. A new
lot of Silverware in Plush Cases. Use
ful articles in Art, Pottery, Gold-
Headed Canes etc., etc. Without fur
ther enumeration, we cordially invite
all to give us a call and examine onr
di-play of goods and prices. Remem
ber, we keep good serviceable goeds at
moderate prices. A new line of Christ
mas oards, something new and very
pretty. Skiff, The Jeweler.
A car load c-f Oranges just received
by W. A. Jester.
THE NEWS SERVICE.
The Sonth Hu Bettor Facilities Then
. Ever for Gathering the Latest.
New York, Dec. 17.—The directors of
the Southern Associated Press have
been in session here for three days. All
arrangements for the Sonthem Associ
ated Press service have been completed.
A contract has been made with the
Western Union Telegraph company.
Several additional southern Newspapers
have been given the privilege of enter
ing the southern report, and now there
is virtually no newspaper in the south,
receiving telegraph news, that does not
receive it from the Southern Associated
Press—wfijch is now the sue issor in
Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro
lina. Florida Georgia, Alabama, Missis
sippi. Lopisiana and East Tennessee, of
the United. New York and Western
Associated Press.
Mr. O. C. Hatlon, who has for many
years so satisfactorily made np the re
port for southern newspapers, while
being served by the New York Associ
ated Press, has been elected and accept
ed the Washington agency of the South
ern Associated Press. The news re
ports are to much be improved and every
a facility to make it the best report ever
sen* south, has been acquired.
Xmas goods will be sold to the cash
tr-de regardless of Cost from now on at
“Huggins’s i hina House.”
Tn« Other Side of the Question from
One Who Is Not a Manufacturer.
Mb. Editor I am in favor of spe
cific tax on manufacturers.
If the citizens of Athens who have
spoken of the subject through your
paper understood the laws of the state
and the experience of every city and
town m Georgia in regard to the tax
ing of manufacturers, they would be
Ie3s ready to complain.
There comes a time in the life of
every city when it is obliged to levy a
specific tax to meet its expenses, if they
are striving to make any progress in the
improvement of the city’s departm suts
and institutions.
There is not a town or city in Geor
gia that has not adopted the specific tax.
Atlanta, for instance, has it, and it has
been one of the greatest helps to the
improvement and building up of the
city.
Some one refers to the - towns that
offer twenty years exemption to all
manufacturers who will come and work
with them. But ask those people what
protection or ' advantages do those
towns aisure them? Do they protect
their property by safe and well regula
ted fire departments? Do they receive
the advantages of well governed courts,
and is their law and order maintained
by a trust-worthy an I reliable police
depirtment? Do their children re
ceive the benefits of the free schools
governed by good systems and well
trained teachers? Have they a system
of waterworks to be depended on, and
are their streets kept properly clean aud
improved?
It is all idiotic, rattle-1 ruined, incon
sistent, inexcusable iguorauoe and rant
to say that any city government can
conduct its institutions and make the
community a desirable place to live in
without taxing the people who are re
ceiving its greatest benefits and making
fortunes by the advantages it is offer
ing them.
The manufacturers of-Athens have
no reason to complain. The specific
tax that is asked of them is compara
tively small. They are receiving ail
i he advantages of good government
and the city’s institutions. The im
provements and expenses made by the
council this year haye been made for
their benefit as well as others, and they
reoeive as much, or perhaps more safety
from it than any other class. Two new
policemen were added to the fores this
year. Extra horses have been suppl'E
for the pclics and fire departm~>\tL.
Who receives the benefit of these
things? do not the manufacturers as
well as others ?
If the manufacturers of Athens are
not making money then no one is, and
why should they cry out to be relieved
from a small tax that they can easily
afford to pay, and throw the burden of
» upon those who cannot afford to pay
it half as well as the manufacturers can.
There never was a time when people
wonld not complain of being taxed,
aud there probably never v ill be. It
is no now thing to hear this from our
manufacturi: g brethren, and I suppose
they will keep it up as long as they
think they ciu get any on a else to hear
the burden that they can only too wel.
afford to cirry.
Our city council have sense enough
to know what expenses the city can af
ford to carry. They are in the position
to see who pays the taxes, and they
ought to know Who oin afford to pay
them best.
Not A Manufacturer.
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THE CHRISTMAS TRADE.
You can get great Bargains
for the Holidays at the Cloth
ing Store of J. J. C. McMahan.
All the goods are marked
down to almost cost. Buy
something handsome and use
ful for a present.
In buying Fire Works compare tfce
goods as well as prices, and you wilt be
convinced that ours are t> e best in the
city. Jackson si d Burke Co.
HENRY.W. HILLIARD.
Death of This Honored Statesman,
Diplomat and Author.
Atlanta, Dec. 17.—Henry W. Hil
liard, LL. D. iB dead.
This eminent American passed away
at 7 s.m. at his residence in this city.
His last illness was of several weeks’
duration, and although he was over four
score years of age, his massive frame
and remarkably well preserved health
gave his friends hope that he might
weather the attack ar d hsfila the disease
that threatened his life.
But the hopes weire groundless, and
gradually his vitality gave way until
the end came.
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When you want to buy
Toys, C. Bode’s is the place,
114 Clayton street. Selling
them now below New York
cost.
Married in Winterville.—Mr. Har
rison Jay, of Forsyth county, was mar
ried Wednesday night to Miss L'zzie
Winter, of Winterville. The young
people were the recipients of many
hearty congratulations
Go to Jester for cheap Oranges,
Wholesale and Retail.
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