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ATHENS, GA-. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 28, 1893.
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GENIUS.
iii-art with grand, poctlo num.
i iip ,-rown of thorns from brows
I thinks while the sluggard sighs
lllnTS
, of beauty everywhere.
.tssie with voluptuous swell
jit t ho weary, mystic mind,
eftiy. like some faroII evening
ami love for alt mankind.
.,,ws beneath hi-, magic hand
ami scenes devoted and divine.
II i lie items of sta and land,
i he world the tupcrAne.
•vos the marble form
-.iiitue, pyramid a.. 1 , tower,
,f l,oth sun and storm
e iliought that .urio hitr for an
tenlus, with his T—*03 son!,
, r o’er the earth ^usunderstood
pilaws who nev ’ -eneb the goal
how to do the!" teliows good.
on no more
d or town.
\ j iiis nv-rtal part lie.'
or i it r, for tlieir:
l-im.' a shaft whore
c'-ii! nit CL
*ju iio needed
A. Joyce in New
.. i vortlAer.
before THE
: wind.
I am a landlubber of
Ii-' flist water,
k’.v. '
innv bo allowed the niin*.D. ■*«.> *«-
I’ilianty with yachtin ' u eqnal to my
jfsonal" acquaintance v.m j re historic
,n, and the more 1 endervor to master
subject the more ssly in-
j liccome. But that does not
tract in the least trout the pleasure
njoy while upon a yacht, nor
ins my ignorance embarrass me. 1
stood upon the sail yards and won-
jortd why the 6ail didu't come down.
Ibave sought to hoist tho ensign to the
wak and left the rope — halyard, 1
1 say—so slack that in a few min-
ttw the ting was dropped to halfmast.
u,j every captain in the harbor has
called to express his regret at the 6ad
occnrn nce. 1 always throw cigar ashes
ml smii things over the wrong rail and
receive the words of the skipper re
garding the matter with a Christianlike
humility that well becomes me. In
hit. 1 have the true love of yachting at
koirt and a lightnessof spirit that rises
ir.|» rior t.> *ho difficulti s with which a
laldvr has to contend nod the sarcasm
that is indy poured out to him. This
(xjihmatiou is necessary, because the
ttihtMneii who read this story will
laugh ut the easy way in which 1 get
tilings wrong, but I write uot for the
tai-ht race, for yachts and races arc-
nliordiuato to the little romance in
which 1 took a hand.
Our fleet—that is, the fleet of the
Deep Hay Yacht club -was on its an
tuul cruise up Long Island sound. I was
1 giii"t upon the sloop Dawn, retd had
the captain and owner not been a great
friend of mine 1 fear that I might have
becii pat ashore early in tho cruise and
left to get home as best I could. A race
straight away across the sound was ar
rang'd for tho second day. and tho boats
ill lay at anchor in Blacktish harbor
oJ the little town of Nutmeg, same
Kate. There were but two 40 footers
in the fleet—the Dawn was one and the
Foam tho other—and between the two
c:ptains a strong friendship and an in
tense rivalry existed. Until late in the
night we were discussing the race be-
twtrii our two boats, and lieavjMjdds
were laid on each. Thet a tv as a good
breeze blowing early or, the day of the
raw, and wo all turn’ ' . noon deck
ibont ti o’clock in the uir— : 3. 1
be allowed to state jr.i.t bore that the
crews of the boats were all •'matenrs.
and ns 1 was superlativ . : a t!
1 did land duty whenever it was necas-
isiry. so that about hi r"".t 7 ! w r r»t
•shore to replenish t v vr\‘ t barrel.
The skipper rowed me '—*■ *•> the land
ing place, where hewn- soon .it
er bv the captain of t . 7 " while J
took a man in tow to get the. water.
All tite boats were undet way by that
time, and looking toward our rival I
saw a gray head poking out of the cabin
door. Charley was at tho wheel, and I
whispered my suspicions iind brought
up the would be bridegroom to inspect.
As he suw him he grew pale, and his
eyes flashed.
“I know I cannot get ashoronow,”
ho said, taruir - to Charley. "Do you
think you can <eat him over to the oth
er shore V”
"Yes, sir," nr rered onr skipper,
"wo can and will. • else lose the mast, ”
and I saw that he : -ant it.
Just then the tw< boats were along
side. and the old 111...1 end the young
one exchanged expressive gestures as
their eyes met.
Hang! went the signal to start, and
the fleet squared away, the Dawn and
the Foam crossing the lino together.
Charley ordsred up more .-mil until we
had every Stitch flying, while tho Foam
did likewise. It was a dead - ofore
the wind, aud the two boats led tin
fleet. The respective crews had learned
tiie story by that time and shouted loud
ly to each other, white a broad emile
lit up the face of tho captain of the
Foam. Ho evidently thought it a good
joke, but we heard the girl sobbing be
low, and our entire crew was willing
to help on tho elopement. If papa got
to Long Island first, we won Id torn
about andt make Nutmeg again, or—
well, we figured up the possible cost
in the case if we put the couple ashore
and forcibly prevailed upon papa to re
turn via tho Dawn. The breeze fresh
ened, and the two boats went before it,
drawing farther apart all the while.
Papa was supplied with a glass, so we
got one for our man, and ho skipped
up on deck every minute to look through
it, and then tumbled back to comfort
the girl. One by one the crew went in
and were introduced to the blushing
little creature, and each man as he came
out felt as 1 did vhen I first heard hci
voice—it foreboeed danger to the gray
haired old passen ,er on board the Foam.
“If we only h; dto tack, he'd lose hit
head by tho boom,” suggested Charley
as ho saw tho white spot above the dooi
of the cabin.
“I—I—don’t want to disobey papa,’’
sobbed tho girl, when I went into onr
cabin, "hut I am old enough to know
what is right, and papa is aw fully fun
ny sometimes. He chased ub lo miles.
We were half married once this morn
ing when Henry saw him up the road,
and we had to start off again.”
1 assured her ththe Dawn could
beat anything afloat; that she would
bo safely looked a.:er by th- entire
crew.
"The captain of tho Foam is a mean
fellow,” Isaidmiluiy, remembering his
last remark. Then I came up, while
the skipper resigned the wheel to an
other and started down tp mu&e the ac-
qn intance of the pair,
“Ahoy, there 1" lie shouted to me, aft
er awhile, "bring down some water,
will you?” I was steward, you know.
We were astern of the Foam, but a
little to the windward, and 1 looked at
papa and scowled. The fact came to
me that I had forgotten the water and
left it by the horse and buggy. I won
dered if the fellow had forgotten them
too.
”1 say, steward, ” called oat Charley,
“where’s the water?”
A quotation apt but trite came into
my mind about “water, water”
There was a sudden crash ahead of
ns. The Foam luffed suddenly, and we
saw a mass of sail hanging from the
mast, which had snapped off near the
top. She had tried to carry too much
in the windy but it might have been
fate, for our boat held an equal amount
cf sail and stood like a ropk. The skip
per was on deck in a moment. He
gtabbed the wheel and brought the
Dawn as near the Fc' , m as pw°v.!e. A
joyous smile spread over his sun burned
THE TABLES TURNED
circles and semicircles, bars and double
bars, with all their variations, and lines
snorted Joe Dalzey I straight and crooked in every possible
A dnrn dude l
contemptuously.
That was the general verdict from
all the boys when Phil Ames made his
appearance among them at Middleton’s
ranch.
Della Middleton had returned home
from the city, and Phil had come with
her to the ranch, where her father wel
comed him as the son of one of his
friends and companions of other days.
It was soon whispered also that Phil
was a suitor for Della’s hand, and that
alone was sufficient for him to be watch
ed closely and criticised by the cow
boys, who, every one of them, were
ready to swear by and to do anything
position and curve.
Altogether it was an artistic piece of
work, covering every inch from hem
to neckband and outward to both ends
of the sleeves.
The next morning when Phil qot np
before daylight to prepare breaki; st he
found the shirt spread out, fastened to
the hind end of the wagon.
He looked it oyer carefully and smiled.
“I forgot to put it back in the valise
yesterday evening. ” he mused to him
self as he was hurrying with his work.
‘1 was somewhat surprised when 1
found it among the other clothes, but
in the hurry of- packing it must have
in their power to please the qneen of I slipped in somehow accidentally.”
the ranch, Miss Della Middleton.
Phil Ames, at a first glance, looked
rather effeminate, but upon closer ob
servation he proved to be quite other
wise. There was not a surplus ounce
of flesh abont him anywhere, and his
frame was well knit and strong. More
over, Phil was a pleasant, easy going
fellow whom nothing seemed to disturb,
and whose temper was the sunniest in
the world.
Therefore a couple of weeks at the
ranch was sufficient for Phil to gain
the good will of everybody around the
place. Even Joe Dalzey, the most crit
ical among them all, had to admit that
he was not half so bad as he looked and
might improve : into aright good fel
low if he8taidattheranch long enough.
In the rough play among the cowboys
Phil held his own easily and often turn
ed their rude jokes so that they lost
their sting, or fastened the langh on
him who had expected to see Phil made
ridiculous.
Joe Dalzey considered himself the
leader among the boys on tho ranch,
and they seldom ventured to differ with
him in his opinions, which he never
failed to express with all the decision
and emphasis he could master.
One evening after Phil had been at
the ranch nearly a month Mr. Midd’e-
ton came into the house where he and
Della were together.
“I have to send a squad of the boys
over to Bald prairie tomorrow, anil 1
don’t know where in thunder I’m going
to find a cook to go with them,” he
said.
“What is the matter with Edmonds,
papa?” asked Della.
He is down with the chills, and that
puts him out of the question. Thera is
Andrews, too, gone off to town and
won’t be back for a week,” said Mr.
Middleton.
“Can’t you get one of the others to
cook?” asked Delia.
"Why, there isn’t one of them can
make a biscuit that wouldn’t choke a
dog.”
"Suppose you send Dinah and my
self with them ? We could manage, 1
reckon," said Della, laughing.
But what would become of us who
have to stay at home?”
“Do your own cooking or starve,
laughed Della.
I’m afraid it would be the latter
most of the time, ” said Mr. Middleton.
’No, I’ve cooked for a camping outfit
before now, and if the worst comes to
the worst I can do it again, only I can
hardly spare the time.”
‘I’ll go and cook for them, Mr. Mid
dleton,” said Phil. "I suppose it is
only coffee, bacon, biscuits and a batch
of cornbread occasionally,
You cook!” exclaimed Mr. Middle-
ton. “Why, my boy, they’d mob you
at the first meal.”
“Why do you think so?
“Your cookery would drive them to
it. They would have to do it in self
defense, you know—kill you or starve
to death themselves,
“They would have to do neither, 1
assure you. ’ ’ protested Phil, laughing.
“I am a better cook than you think. 1
Dnring the time ho was cooking
breakfast he chuckled to himself fre
qucntly, and once or twice langhed ont
loud as he thought of the plan he was
forming to pay the boys back in tho
same coin they had given him.
From day to day pieces were cut from
tho branded shirt, which Phil had left
hanging to the end of the wagon where
he bad found it The boys watched
the pieces disappear, until on the even
ing before they were ready to break up
camp and return home there was noth
ing left of it but the seams and wrist
bands.
“What’8 become of yonrboiled shirt
Phil?” one of them asked.
Phil looked around and viewed the
remains of it
“It looks like somebody has been eat
ing it” he said laughingly. “At any
rate, there are only the tough parts of it
left.”
That was all they could get out of
him just then.
They returned to the ranch the next
day, aud the boys, with one voice,
praised Phil’s cooking very highly to
Mr. Middleton.
“Bnlliest cook we ever had,” cried
Dalzey.
And he takes a joke like a man,’
put in another.
Then they told Mr. Middleton and
Della, who had just joined them, how
they had treated Phil’s white shirt, and
how he had apparently enjoyed the joke
as much as any of them.
“Let us have a look at it,” cried
Della, laughing and clapping her hands.
Phil went to the wagon and held up
before them what remained of the shirt.
But what became of tho rest of it?’’
Della asked,
“I fed it to the boys,” replied Phil,
laughing now. “They thought they
didn’t like boiled shirt, bnt I noticed
that they devoured a good piece of it
every day. Every morning I cut off a
good slice, chopped it up fine, fried it,
browned it, scorched it and ground it
np and put it into everything I set be
fore them. You have their own words
Tor it that they liked my cookery—boil
ed shirt a la Phil Ames. ”
For a moment there were some low
ering brows, bnt when Dalzey stepped
forward and gave his hand to Phil the
clonds vanished.
Phil,” he said, “you’re a brick!
Hope you will stay at t^f ranch always,
and when the day comes, dnrn my pic
ture if I don’t wear a boiled shirt and
dance at the wedding.”
Della and Phil looked at each other
and blushed, and Mr. Middleton laugh
ed heartily.—John P. Sjolander,
A BRAVE STRUGGLE,
Wm That of BUM Yeargin Who Was
Drowned in New York.
Columbia, S. C., Nov.’25.—The story
of the life of Miss Mary .-Yeargin, who
was drowned in Cayuga Lake, near
Ithica, N. Y., Saturday,_ is one of wo
man’s hope and ambition cat short. She
was a self-made woman, whose strag
gles for education in the face of adverse
circumstances are deeply interesting.
She was the daughter of' a one-armed
ex-Conl ederate soldier,. who is now a
farmer in Laurens county. He was un-1
able to send her to college', but she was
determined to obtain ah'education.
Her father owned a gin and had been
employing a colored man as the engi
neer. Miss Yeargin asked him to let her
run the engine and give -her the salary
given tho colored man. .He consented,
but with doubts of her ability to fill the
place. He was soon gratified to find that
she was fully capable of acting as engi
neer. She soon accumulated enough
money to attend tho Methodist college in
1 the city, from which she was graduated.
After teaching in the college for some
time she went .to Leesville, where she
taught about, i year. She wanted to go
higher, however, and managed to gain
the means to go to Cornell university to
take a special course.
Both Dnolists Are Deed.
Paris, Tex., Nov. 23.—News has just
been received of a desperate fight at Ju-
rant, Oklahoma, in which- two lives
were lost. Sandy Folsom engaged in a
duel with Will Durant and killed him.
Bad Durant, a brother of Will, then
killed Folsom.
Putting the Malls to Bad Use.
Seattle, Wash.. Nov. 25.—Charles
F. Blackburn, amining expert, has been
arrested hiete for, sending threatening
letters and postal cams through the
mails. Blackburn is a crank.
BOOKS STOLEN. making GEORGIA laws.
THE ALLIANCE WAREHOUSE
LOSES ITS ACCOUNT B03K3.
While working thus, i- .cry or Unary
clothes, a horse and be came flying
down tho road, and v a; •: the driver
mw me ho mistook mo ' • ■ u hontninu—
1 have since puidoned - .lUrtako—it
was halm after being so loug assailed
as u lubber.
”1 say.” ho cried, pulling up liis
horse, "have yon a Lott? i want to goi
over to Long Island right away.” And
as he spoke ho glanced nervously up
tho road.
“Well, no.” 1 answered. “I am
aboard a yacht.”
Do you see him?” interrupted a
sweet voice from beneath the hood of
the buggy, and for the first rime 1 no
ticed a girl within.
” No—no. ” tho man replied soothing
ly, and then he turned to me.
“Can you not aid me?” he asked. “1
am cr-er”
1 saw it in a moment. The pair had
eloped, and papa was probably close be
hind. A thought flashed through my
wind, and 1 first ventured to ask, “Do
you want a minister?”
"Yes,” the man answered, “but I
tnnst got into Long Island first—the
old man i9 too neur for fun.”
“Oh, Henry,” called the girl, and
hearing her voice again decided me.
"Como,” 1 said, “this way,” and in
a moment tho pair had loft the buggy
*nd were following me to the dock.
Charley, our skipper, stared as I came
®p. but 1 motioned the two in the boat
*nd in a moment hml told him of the
case, it was just as 1 knew, and he
tumbled in after me, leaving the cap-
tain of tho Foam to C'k, "More passen
gers?" It was the way he said it that
hurt me, and l frowned at him as he
•food smiling on the pier. As tho yawl
Cached the Dawn u< gun. which wau
the signal to get ready, sounded from
the flagship, and in a minute th® elop
ing pair were in the cabin, while we
w ere occupied with raising the anchor.
The sailB were hanled np, and just
they filled I saw the captain of the Foam
towing out with a stranger. 1 gave the
“tatter no thought, but busied myself
""'th the,minor duties of coiling rope,
. which had been assigned to me,
Jntil suddenly I wondered whether the
man, the father of the girl, had
601 been takes aboard the other yacht,
~ jJ" — a* "D U -ii
lace—the day was cmrs. The crew and
skipper of the F.oam were too busy with j hope y OU have not forgotten that I staid
in the mountains of Colorado nearly the
whole of last year? I did the most of
the cooking far the three of ns there,
and, if Lfiay it myself,-thorn was no
one ever turned np his nose at what 1
placed on the table.”
For awhile there was a lively discus
sion abont PhiL going as cook with the
cowboys, bnt he finally gained the con
sent from both Mr. Middleton and Del
la, and it was decided that he could
go, provided he would not blame them
if anything went wrong. The next
day therefore he drove away in the
wagon containing the raw materials on
which he was to display his art as a
first class cook for a cowboy camp.
“If Phil comes ont on top in this
capade,” langhed Mr. Middleton, look-
ing at Della, “I shall have no objection
to him as a son-in-law. ”
He’ll do it, papa," said Della,
blushing prettily.
The cowboys had struck camp and
pitr’-ed their tents at the first branding
pen.
tho wreck to notice ns, but there was a
gray head poking out of the cabin door,
at which we yelled, and the bridegroom
to bo yelled, and then we passed ahead,
farther and farther, while the Foam lay
to in the wind, and before long the
Foam was astern of the whole fleet,
while we led them alL And as we
neared the buoy which marked the lim
its of the race, the Foam was a mere
speck, bnt with the glass we fancied
that we saw papa’s white head still
looking over the cabin door. We won
the race, and straight ahead we sailed
into the wide bay, and the loving pair
and the skipper and I went ashore. As
we walked np from the landing toward
the minister’s house Charley turned to
me. “Why didn’t yon bring in that
water 1 asked for?”
I left it at Nutmeg, ” was my blush
ing answer, “when I brought them on
board.”
“Oh, yon lubber,” replied the skip
per in tones of disgust. “Yon would
try to sail with the anchor out.” Bnt
notwithstanding I gave the bride away
a few minutes later and received my
reward from" her sweet lips.
Bnt the crowning act of revenge was
when we went back to where the Foam
lay, her crew having just restored or
der, and Charley went on board to col
lect his bets, and I went to deliver to
gray haired papa, who by that time was
frightfully seasick, a duplicate mar
riage certificate.—Flavel Scott Mines in
Minneapolis Tribune.
Jim Wwbwter’s I.nrlc.
"Sam, can yer lend me n dollar that
yer has no nse fur?’’ said Jim Webster
to Sam Jobnsiug.
“Certainly, Jim; I’ze pleased to ac
commodate yer," eaid Sam. handing
Ji:n a dollar. .
Jim was so surprised at his luck in
getting the money that he bit the coin
jo see if he was awake or merely
Irearoing, and in doing so discovered
that the dollar was made of lead.
“Dis beab is a counterfeit, Sam. 1
didn’t think you’d do me that way.
“I know it’s counterfeit, Jim. Yer
uaVnA me fur one I had no use fur, an I
give it to yer. Vxo always kidd to my
Wends. "—Texas Siftings.
. 2"k .-. - i
Yeast Powder* in Litigation.
Chicago, Nov. 25.—The Price Baking
Powder company of Chicago is abont to
sue the Royal Baking Powder company
of New York for damages for advertis
ing that the Royal received an award at
the World’s fair, and the former com
pany has sent out a notice to newspaper
fhat the Royal was not even an exhibi
tor at the World’s fair and did not havt
its goods examined there, much less re
ceive an award, and the Price company
further notifies all newspapers that as it
received the award at the World’s fair,
it will hold all newspapers for damages
which prints the Royal’ •statement. 1
Frozen from Shore to Shore.
Galena, Ill., Nov. 25.—Tho Missis
sippi river is frozen from shore to shore,
the earliest ice blockade in 20 years.
The temperature Friday night war
below zero.
THE WAR’S PROGRESS.
Peixoto Only Asks <• Hands Off” on the
Part of Other Governments.
Buenos Ayres via Galveston, Nov.
25.—The mail from Rio brings advices
covering events from the 10th" up to the
17th instant.
On the lOtU the insurgent vessels Tra-
jano- and Aquidaban opened fire and
sent a shower of grape sweeping over
the Lago P.tco to the war arsenal. Many
were, killed- and wouudod. Communi
cation between the fleet and the insur
gents at Villegaignon was interrupted.
At midday on the 11th the same two
•ships opened their rapid firing guns on
Largo Paco, killing any wonnding ~
great many. .
The Brazilian officials are much in
censed at the attitude of the British
minister. Goncalvez has been appoint
ed commodore of Peixoto’s squadron.
He has made the Tiradentes his flagship.
The insurgents have placed torpedoes in
the channel to prevent the entrance of
the squadron. -
Peixoto has issued a proclamation
calling upon all citizens to take un arms
in defense of their fatherland. Nicthe-
roy was shelled all one night on the 18th
and the government forces were com
pelled to retire from the shore. The
government squadron engaged the insnr
gents off Itajatiy on the 13th and achieved
bloody victory. They captured the
-Repnblica, snnk the Pallas, crippled the
Baha, and scattered the balance of the
insurgent vessels. The commander of
the Repnblica and many other officers
were killed.
Fort Lage was silenced by a450-pound
A Hard Blow to Mcllo.
Washington, Nov. 25.—Tiie navy de
partment has received the following
cablegram from Captain Piokinff, com
mantling the American naval forces in
Brazilian wafers;
Rio, Xov. 22.—Secretary of Navy, Wash
ingtou, 1>. (J.; Monitor Javary just sunk
by guns from Brazilian fort.
’ The loss of the Javary is regarded here
as the most serums blow Mello has yet
experienced.
Americans Abroad.
Berlin, Nov. 25.—United States Am
bassador Theodore Rnnyon and Mrs.
Runyon were entertained at dinner by
Baron Marschal von Bieherstein, secre
tary of state for foreign affairs. On
Thanksgiving day all the American con
sults will attend a banquet here, at
which Ambassador Runyon will preside.
It is intended to make it the greatest
American affair ever held in Berlin, and
will be a celebration of the elevation of
the United States legation to the rank
of an embassy.
Forty-nine Fishermen Drowned.
Copenhagen, Nov. 25.—Forty-nine
fishermen of this vicinity lost their lives
daring the recent storms. Princess
Waldemar and the wife of the premier
havo started a national subscription for
the relief of thefamiliesof the fishermen
They had eaten the first supper Phil ^ ^ n ^
had cooked for them, and they had en-1 f TOm Fort ViUegaigno.
joyed it, praising it in unequivocal I Peixoto has expressed gratitude to the
terms. I United States for its warning to Euro-
One of the boys had occasion to go to I pean powers to keep hands .off of Brazil,
the wagon for something after supper I He said he had not asked for aid or in-
and saw something white, neatly fold-1 te ^? re ? c8 - . . . ..
T. - „ Tja nicked it nu I The bombardment was renewed on the
ed, lying to one side. He picked i*np there were few casualties.
to see what it was and found ittotoi Martial law has been declared until
white shirt with a highly glossed front jj oy <jq_
“A boiled shirt!” he exclaimed. I Apostolo, a clerical organ, has been
For a moment he hesitated, then be I suppressed and the editor imprisoned on
tolled the shirt np carefully and took it I account of an article against the repub-
to where his companions - where sitting lie. Nictheroy was bombarded again on
or lounging around their tent. ^e 16th by the Javary, JupitOT, Bqmda-
There was a whispered consultation. and Mocargue. Pmxoto is scatter
. “ ° „ ing promotions with a free hand.
‘Some of you Wndle a fire, ^ he crv ^ aeT Tamardare, not yet com-
Dalzey. * 111 get the branding irons, i p] e ^^ was seised by the insurgents on
A couple of yon fellows had better go I ^h and put in working order by an
over to where Phil is busy and keep I American engineer, who is now *"
him there as long as yon can." prison. ..
The fire was kindled. The branding J A great balloon has been constructed
irons were put into the fire, and when at the R^ffoj^P 8 .fo r operation
they were sufficiently teated the boys ^lyJf bomKire bei prepared
went to work and . run for this purpose. She has an electric
they knew upon the white shut spread l gTM | jg ggjff to navigate perfectly,
ont upon the ground before them.
There were numbers and letters and
combinations of both. There were the
“rail fence,” the “bull’s head,” tho
“antlers” and the “iuo-.” There were
Beech* m’s Pills cure bilious and ner
1 tous ills.
The RepertJSeTiTed.
London, Nov. 25.—It is reported here
that the Marquis of Dnffrin will succeed
Sir Jnlian Pauncoforte as ambassador at
Washington, but the report is not gen
erally believed.
DAMAGING TESTIMONY.
Dick Edwards Cares No More for Killing
a Woman Than s Dog.
Denison, Tex., Nov. 25.—The testi
mony in tho case of Dick Edwards, on
trial at Sherman for the mnrder of Mrs.
Hattie G. Haynes, and supposed to have
killed two other women in this city the
same night, was of the- most damaging
character.
He was identified by a scar on his foot
as Edward Spears, a farm hand, despite
the fait that he has denied ever living
in this state. Mrs. Annie Edwards tes
tified that Edwards was at her house
several times in the week of the mnrder
and wanted her to go to Kansas City
with him. and the witness consented.
Edwards returned the next day and
broke the engagement, saying that he
had not succeeded in getting enough
money from the safe of the Haynee
hoiror The witness said:
“Yon killed Mis. Haynee?”
Defendant replied: “Yes, *1 did.
don’t care any more about killing a wo
man than a dog.”
NOTICE.
The business of the film of Yess, Von-
f’erau & Co., (now dissolved) most be
closed np by Deo. 15 All accounts due
said firm must bi sett’ed by that date,
or they will be placed in the hands of
an officer for collection.
/ A.W Vk«s,
W.P. VONDKRAU.
A. 8. Parker.
BUGGY FOR SALE.
A nice, flrat-class Columbus Top
Buggy for sale at a sacrifice. Address
Box 180, Athens, Ga.
The Senate Passed the Bill to Increase the
Supreme Court Judges.
Atlanta, Nov. 23.—The senate has
passed the house bill increasing the num
ber of supremo court judges to five.
The house has passed the following
general bills:
A bill to make clerks of the superior
courts ex-officio clerks of tho county
courts.
The resolution to appoint a joint com
mittee to visit North Georgia college.
The bill of Senator Rose to allow
Washington, Wilkes county, to issue
$18,000 worth of -bonds.
The House Chaplain Dying.
Dr. John Jones, the wed known and
eminent Presbyterian^divine, is passing
from earth. The attack of pneumonia
I from which he has been suffering for
nearly two weeks, has been too great a
strain on his feeble constitution, and
death seems to be bnt a littlo ways off.
Ho is chaplain of the hou^e of represen
tatives.
A Negro Held Up In Dalton.
Dalton, Ga., Nov. 23.—Ed. Coleman,
the negro meat cook of the Hotel Dalton -
was held np by three masked men, al
most in the heart of the city, and robbed
of $47.65.
Damaging Fires In St. Louis. i
St. Louis, Nov. 23.—The warehouse
buildings and contents belonging to the
Paddock-Hawley Iron company, at 808
to 816 North Main street, have been to-
A HISTEBY II IT.
A Few Days May Bring Some
Startling Developments in
the Matter—Mr. Mell
Talks About it.
The Alliance Warehouse officials are
stirred up.
And that which brings about their
excitement is the disappearance of tbelr
account books.
Friday morning when Mr. W. A.
McElhannon went down to bis work
as book keeper of the company, the
books were gone. He at once notified
Mr. Charles I. Mell, who is the mana
ger of the Alliance Warehouse and
Commission Company, and a search
was made for the biolcs.
The search was an absolute failure,
and the man who took the books has
evidently pnt them where they will not
be found soon.
Mr. McElhannon was the book keep
er of the company and had the books in
his care. He says they were all right
Thursday evening and that he knew
nothing else concerning them until he | tally destroyed by fire. Theloss
discovered their absence Friday morn-1 000. partially insured. The warehouse
ing.
The books were evidently stolen
early Thursday night. Mr. Hoyt Says, j
the night watchman who was shot ac
cidentally Thursday night, says that j
the books were not in their place at
seven o’olock Thursday evening
The whole affair is wrapped in mya- I
tery. The hooks contain the accounts ]
of the Warehouse
loss may cause theta considerable J He was taken to Hopkinsville to~ escape
trouble. 1 *——
warehouse
and contents of the Tilly & Walker dry
goods company were damaged by smoke
[ and water, $10,000.
Removed to Avoid Lynching.
Louisville, Nov. 28.—In a fight near
| Madiaonville, Ky., between Jack
| O’Brien, his father and a man named
Brooks, the latter was badly cut.
Brooks’ son waylaid the O’Briens and
__ A .. . I fired two shots, the second taking effect
Company and thelr ^ JaxtVa breaat> him
them considerable f " -*- 1 —*- “—•-—” ■ -
Mr. Mell says he has his suspicions ]
bnt that they are in such shape at
present that he dees not care to giVe j
them to the publio.
He says that the company is ready to |
carry on its business as usual aud that
it will meet all drafts upon it, and do j
business as it has always done. The
only thing is that in the absence f the |
books some inconvenience may be ex
perienced.
The Board of Directors of toe ATI I- ]
ance Warehouse Company will meet it
Athens tomorrow and will nroo . d
sift the matter to the bottom Some
lively developments may follow.
AT THE* ALTAR
A Happy Marriage to Atlanta Last
Wednesday.
On Wednesday last st the Third
Presbyterian ohnich in Atlanta, Mr. C
E. Ttylor and Miss Maude Ellrogs-
worth were united in the holy bond
of matrimony. Mr. C. A. VonderLietb
of Athens, was the best man, aud Miss
Mamie Yonng was the bridesmaid. The
groom was a former citizen of Athens
and the Banner unites with his many
friends in Athens in wishing for Mr.
Taylor and his fair yonng bride, long
life and prosperity.
TELEGRAPHIC TIPS.
The National Paint. Oil and Varnish
Association, is in session at Pittsburg.
The annual convention of Pennsylva
nia woman suffragists is being held at
Philadelphia.
The committee appointed to conduct
the prosecution of John Y. McKane has
issued an appeal to the people for contri
butions to conduct the suit.
8. H. Hart, president, and F. 8. Dina-
tnoro, cashier of the BuckeyelStatebank.
of Tacoma, Wash., have disappeared.
There is shortage of $30,000.
*. Mrs. Halliday, the alleged murderess
of herliHsband and two women in New
York, set fire to her cell and a destruc
tive fire was narrowly averted.
The marriage engagement is announ
ced of Captain John Shiffner, of the
Royal Artillery of London, and Miss El
sie Burrows, a daughter of Mr. Ogden
H. Burrows, of Newport, R. I.
John Y. McKane, of Gravesend, has
Democrat Oat and Republican In.
Portsmouth,Va., Nov. 24.—Secre tr
Herbert has appointed W. H. Swart*
Republican, captain of the watch,
place of Joseph Wiano, Democrat,
moved. Swartout was captain of
watch nndbr Harrison. Wiano, b€
his appointment, was a Democrati
German of this city.
Senator Davis on Hawaiian Affair*.
St. Paul, Nov. 24.—Senator Davis,
who favors the annexation of Hawaii,
says that the re-enthronement of the Ha-
waiian qneen would have no shadow of
warrant in international law, and if
force 8honld be used the president would
be guilty of usurpation of the powers of
congress.
; |
More Bank Officials Suspected.
Indianapolis, Nov. 24.—The United
States grand jury has finished its inves
tigation of the faiilare of the Indianapo
lis National bank, and it leaked out that
a number of indictments are contempla
ted in addition to those against the men
now under bond.
An Assignment in Knoxville.
Knoxville, Nov. 24.—Maxwell Sa
Co., leading dry goods and millinery
dealers of this city, havo made an assign
ment to William S. Shield, president of
the City National bank. Liabilities,
$5,000; assets ample to cover same.
For Murdering Her Babe.
Lima, Nov. 24.—Clara Weiker, a
yonng lady from Shrevo, who threw her
babe down through the closet of a pass
enger coach near this city as sbo was on
her way home, has been indicted for
mnrder in the second degree. ,
TELEGRAPHIC TIPS, j
Ives beat Schaefer in a billiard contest
in Chicago in a score of 2,400 to 2,228
points. ^
W. K. Vanderbilt’s yacht, the Valiant,
has left New York on a trip abound the
world.
The greatest freeze known in Novem
ber in 21 years now holds sway over the
| great northwest.
RichardTEotGreV. a prominent young
mm of Jackson. Miss., fell betweencars
at Canton aud was killed. "
and
White Caps have invaded Little Root,
id served notice on two ladies to leave N
town or they will be dealt with;
, - .. . . ,, „ ~ , i Oregon’s Thanksgiving day was not:
brought suit agairBt the New York I observed, except by state officials and a i
World fer $100,000 damages on account
of certain publications abont bis conduct
in the recent election in New York.
The University of Pennsylvania re
ceived a large shard of awards at the
Colombian exposition, no less than ten
prizes having been accorded to the dif
ferent departments which were repre
sented.
Final Preparations Complete.
Springfield, Mass., Nov. 24.—Tho
final preparations for the great football
game here between Yale and Harvard
are complete. It will be the great event
of the year. Springfield expects 50,000
visitors. Four governors will go, and
special trains will carry throngs from
New York and Boston.
few commercial institutions in Portland, j
Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Keel, of Aiken, S.'
I C„ wore arrested in Colu-.ubns, Ga., on
a telegram from Macon, charging them .
I with larceny from the house.
William Sutton, a jeweler of Bell- i
I buckle. Tenn., is under arrest at Hunts-'
I ville,. Ala., charged with defrauding his
He will be held until tho Ten- ’
patrons,
nessee officers obtain a
return.
INSPIRF
sition for his
GE.
a a^lcck’s
n doing their
g paih.inipir-
xJren with new
For more than-
Porous Plaster ,
beneficent work
tng men, women a
hooe and new courage
Pain is a g r eat dtaconrsger. When all
the muscles are sore, t» ia bard to keep
np hope. Allcock’s Porous Plasters
and pain have no affinity for each other,
one or the other must Yield, and pain is
the one to be defeated.
Maced high up between the shoulder
A Notorious Woman Arrested.
Parkersburg,W.Va., Nov. 24.—Alice
Bailey, sister of two of the notorious
thieves and burglars of the Ft. Sidney
gang, captured a fewdays ago, was ar- .
rested near St. Mary’s, brought to this blades and on the cheat they are a sure
city and jailed by United States Marshal oure for coughs; on the pit of tho stom-
Mehen. The Bailey woman is charged l ach they relieve indigestion-; over the
with being a moonshiner.
Tho Women Found Not Guilty.
Pittsburg, Nov. 24.—The jury in the
Huddleston mnrder case has returned a
verdict qf not gnilty, and Mrs. 'Huddle
ston and her daughter, Hrs.*Kitty Coyle,
and the latter^ husband, Claude Coyle,
have been dismissed.
muscles they relieve st ’&ins and stiff-
ne-s. Wherever there is soreness, they
soothe and cure.
Brandrxth’b Pulls do not injure t’
system.
Scrofula eradicated and
diseases cured by Hood’-
which by its vitallzi-
eSects makes pure ’