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THE ATHENS
. ,, c s t is 54.1 Consolidated 1839 with the
*?!? lit i8? 7 - 1 Athens Banner, Est. 1832.
ATHENS GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING APRIL 15
A BULL FIGHT.
1890.
u , , DESCRIPTION OFTHISCRUEL
SPORT.
iais are Goaded to Des-
H 0 w the Anim
„ , rnt ion With Barbed Arrows and
Fire, and then Slaughtered In the
j/ ;t Barbarous Fashion—Interview
With a Famous Picador de Tores
From Spain—An Ill-Spent Sunday.
tr
!• .erin i out of place to use the col-
111|in> „f ; i Sunday paper to report a bull
j|. r 1,11 hut I have selected this subject
•hii eiir < hristiau and enlightened peo-
i,|. mav draw a comparison between
Jl,,' mot It* of lilt* in our own civilized re-
,l,|j r and an island given over to su-
Hi,hi and worldly enjoyment.
1 If there was no hereafter,! do not
a spot on earth I had sooner
live tlinn in Cuba. Its inhabitants ex-
•i all tin* pleasure possible out of
and never permit care or trouble
liter their d'»or=. The only thing
, li.t in a hurry is to discharge an
leaont duty. I saw several funeral
e'sions, ami the hearse and ntten-
: carriages wen* driven in a brisk
Sumiay to the Cubans is what
rimis Fourth of duly is to a pa-
Ameriean. They attend the
i ite.ilit* ehureli in the morning, receive
u t;!>e haiulsof tlif*priest forgiveness for
tli.ii* -tiis, and an: ripe for fun and
the rest of the day. I don’t
De tv what these priests do with the
jj.eat pile' of sins m.loaded at their feet
every Sumiay—whether they cart them
,,t; ti'iihi* trash-pile, or bale them for ex-
1,,.:; m tin* Central Kingdom, where
i: 1( ,|.iha uses them, instead of dust, in
the manufacture of Chinese.
tin* hull light was the greatest at-
I,action for Sumhiv afternoon, as a
laitlifu historian of the iniquitiesof Ha
vana. of course I felt called upon toadil
mv iiie-eiH e to the sinful and Godless
tin* -d
tlii'ii — -
11..* c
from til'
•na was some distance removed
centre of the city, and I took
hi one id these little sway-bark
carriages—fair fifty cents in Spanish
in ,ii. v. Before leaving our hotel 1 took
to inve.-rigaie the price of ad-
nib-iun, and was told !hat one dollar
»:i- ihe regular charge. Hilt our party
lia.l not gone far when a discerning G’u-
liau mounted astep. and kindly and gen-
cioiisiv offered to sell ns tickets at$3.
And right here let me, state that these
fellows can tell a stranger as readily as
mi experienced angler knows when a
• ticker nibbles at Ins hook. I ottered
mu* dollar fora ticket, hut with signs
.iinl je-ticulatiotis 1 was told that, only
i, ice dollars would gain admittance
ui;hiti the eiivied gates. 1 then pro—
|.ioed to kick tiie extortioner from the
.-p |> lo w h’seh he clung like a leech; but
cl i*i*iir-c this la.-t |>ro|)u.-ition was de
livered in good old-fa-hioned Georgia
t.dk. At last the ampin-theatre was
r-ached, and our little party of three
limn.inemselves surrounded bv a re.—
ui.t;mob of ticket venders. Our first
mi iin nter evidciuly imparted to his
t' iiow -conspirators that we w ere a set
•: noodles, mid hii m\ u prey by right
i,l iiiseovery. Every fellow demanded
h i n ticket, and 1 was m the act of
-:i!'in;Uing to riu* imposition when a
w el !-d rested gentleman stepped for
ward. and in mu* own civilized lan
guage rental ked :
"Gentlemen, I discover that you are
American-, and about to he swindled
h} '.liosu.tiiie.ves. jGive me $l{eacli and I
will pon liaie your tickets.”
I felt like I had tound a long lost
brother w ilh a strawberry mark on his
arm. lie not only bought ourtickets at
tin regular price, but also threw in a
i Inoiiio iii tin.* way of cursing out the
crowd in genuine Spanish—an accom-
glidimcnt I truly envied hiiu. This
g.iiileinan accompanied us into the
siiow. 1 discovered that he had lived
lor yoirs in Atlanta, (la., and knew
lion. Ih 1*. Howell and others of my
in,mb: hut had never heard of poor
(nany - death until 1 told him.
TTic-t* ( uban papers are not very en-
t'*rpii-iug. When they receive a tele
gram, before it is pub islted the message
must first he sent to Madrid for revis
ion. Here it has to pass through about
titty hands, eoi reeted.ameiidod, audited
ami approved, and an editor considers
knundl fortunate if he receives a per
mit to pi hti-h t he same three years after
it- occurrence.
I tound a tolerable comfortable seat,
titi i then east my eyes around to see
wlmr manner of place 1 was in. Tiik
IGnm.ii readers have all seen pictures
"I old Roman amphitheatres, and this
wa- a counterpart of them. It was an
itiiniciiM: circular building, made of
woo I. w ith five tiers, capable of seating
:mtt.y thon.-niid spectators. It was about
'Mu-third full. Probably an acre and
i half of g. on ml was* enclosed byaplank
h nee, mine six feet high. Between this
"mi me seats was an open space of about
l'*a li l t.
It neins that owing to the non-arri-
v *d "!’ tin* olticer whu acted as master of
ceremonies, the entertainment was de
layed, and the audience manifested its
impatience hv yells and cat-calls, such
i thought only the college boys of
Athens could produce. This was the
h. -t English 1 heard while in Cuba, and
the familiar sounds made me homesick.
1 he delay was enlivened by music from
<i» excellent hand; and I will here say
I'nt the Spanish music—both songs
would starve to death while picking their
bones But whnt the riders lacked in horse
tlesh they made up in saddles and gaudy
apparel. 1 should assess the outfit
thnsJy; Saddles $250 in gold; apparel of
the tudor, $o0 ditto; horse, S3 in Con-
federate money at the surrender. These
equestrians, or bone-hack riders, are
followed by fifteen pedestrian^'dae'swd 1“w--“? u . nt .* ins of Cllba > are
in flaring colors and each man armed
with a blood red cloak. The cavalry
and infantry marched to the front of the
box occupied by the director, and made
tlieir obeisance. They were given per-
mission to proceed with the calf-killing.
1 will add that these troopers mounted
on fooc-baek are designated as “Ghu-
los.”
• he pedestrians retired, and a little
gate opening into thearenaswungbaek.
and in rushed a black bull, as wild as a
country man at a circus, and weigh
ing perhaps 1,000 or 1,200 pounds. Some
member of the Cuban society for the
- Encouragement of Cruelty to Ani
mals” bad driven a “ banderilleros”—
termed with a sharpened dart about an
inch long and the end ornamented with
colored paper fancifully formed in the
shape of harps, anchors and other fig
ures—into the poor beast’s neck. The
bull at flist seemed surprised at its sud
den introduction to such a large and
enthusiastic audience, but unlike the
sinner, did not halt long between two
opinions. Its reverie was broken by a
fellow mounted on a portable phosphate
mine driving a dart into its shoulder.
It did my heart good to witness the re
sentment and pluek of the ball. In an
instant it bad charged the assailant,
lifted up the horse and rider on its
horns, and soon had the pair making a
circuit through the air and over its
baek. The horse fell on top, and tlie
bull was preparing to repeat
the lesson when the “Chulos”
ran out with their red
cloaks,and one valliant fellow rush
ing in front of the bull and waving his
eloak, attracted the animal’s attention
from its well-meant, but incomplete.!
work. I. was in hopes that one of the
horses’ hip bones had penetrated tlie
hardened heart of that “picadore” and
sent him to those realms where bulls
will be served to him nicely roasted. It
was no great feat overturning that
horse. A healthy Georgia tumble-bug
could have done as much. The gallant
cavalryman was helped up, and after
rubbing bis shins, picked up his horse,
mounted him again, and was soon
was given for the benefit ef the schools
oi Havana, under the auspices of the
government. Tlie carcases of the bulls
were sent to the hospitals to feed the
patients. A man must have a heart
of stone and the stomach of an alligator
to cat meat killed in such a barbarous
iashion. These bulls are caught wild
„ , , s of Cuba, and are no-
ted for their fierceness and courage.
lhat evening I was telling a Spanish
friend of the bull light, when he ex
plained to me that what I had witnessed
was only an amateur performance; but
utter Lent they would give an en-
entertaininent worth seeing, with
bulls imported from Spain. He then
carried me to see the most noted
licador de Tores of the world,
"ho had just arrived irom Mad-
rid, and Had been engageu for a series
ot nghts. His name was Feronimo
Koehe, alms Currito de Cartegena. I
expected to see a lurly ruffian, like a
prize fighter; but you can judge my
surprise on finding a man with all the
bearing and deportmentof a gentleman,
honor Roche received me with great
urbanity, and through an interpre
ter 1 carried on quite an extended
5 • ^teresting conversation with
bun. He said his calling was a
very oangerous one, and he had
several times made narrow
escapes with his life. He is
paid $1,000 in gold every time he enters
the ring, and as a bull fighter ranks as
Booth or 1’ orest do among actors. He
wore a short jacket made of purple silk
velvet, pants and vest of the most
gaudy colors, and was ablaze with
diamonds. His hair was cut close,
with tlie exception of a small que, that
was plaited and tied in a knot on top
of his head. This, Senor R. explained
to me, was a badge of distinction worn
by bull fighters who had risen to pre
eminence.
.Senor Roche called upon me next day
at my hotel, and met a number of Geor
gia editors. He promised to write me
of bis sni cess on mv return home, but I
have not as yet received the letter. He
is a remarkably handsome man, small
of statue, with piercing black eyes and
an open and pleasant face.
It is impossible to describe in cold
print the horrors of a bull fight. 1
never want to see another. I can’t im
agine a more cruel sport. 1 am glad
that 1 live in a country where such
scenes are not tolerated.
cavorting around the ring as lively as a
cricket. Whenever one of the Cuban
:uw instrumental—is exceptionally
t and ton eh i rig—like their signon-
Gs* Even when the songs are in a
foreign tongue, it seems as if the very
alr n-elf interprets the meaning of the
At last there was a great clapping of
ImuiiU, mill glancing to a private box,
-aw a dignified gentleman, his breast
'"Vered with decorations, enter and
GG* Ins sent. He was the master of
G'reiniihies. The Spaniards pride tliem-
, Vl ‘» a great deal on such displays of
Ji'Miur, and it seems that they grade
■ n importance and rank by the
If a mh ly-colored badges pinned across
‘ " it* breast. I was sorry that Orr, of
r* aclmr’s Advocate, was not with
T'Hrtv, for be could readily have
I'ussiil in Havana for a member of
( l Jhnul family of Spain. If
liorses stumble, the rider bolds him up
with his spurs, which are aliout the
shape and circumference of a circular
saw.
All this time tlie bull vvns being en
tertained by the “Chulos.” First one
ami then the other would rush
in front of the enraged brute,
shaking their crimson cloaks. The bull
was a gallant charger, and overturned
more than one of his tormentors, while
others were pressed so close that they
had to scale the fence to escape his
horns. Sometimes the enraged animal
would carry oil'one of the red cloaks on
his horns, or trample it under foot.
After the animal had been worried
until it showed signs of flagging, the
spectators began to yell for the “ban-
derilleros.” The barbed-pointed orna
ments were then brought in and the
most cruel part of the sport (?) com
menced. These instruments of torture
are distributed among the “Chulos,”
and before they can plant them in the
bull be must lie aggravated to make the
attack; and must then be planted in
it is flesh by the hand, and when the man
and beasts are face to face. If the bull
comes at an angle, or passes you, it is
considered unfair to stick the dart.
This is a very exciting period, and ac
companied with so little danger. Some
times the “Chuos” must stand several
charges from the animal before he gets an
opportunity to drive his banderilleros
home. I saw several men knocked down
and horned. At last a favorable time
comes, and the dart is plunged up to its
head into the shoulder of the bull. The
pain renders him furious. He charges
tirst one “Chuos” and then the other, as
they step forth and wave defiance
with their scarlet cloaks. His shoul
ders and sides are tilled with arrows.
The bull attempts to tear them out
with his horns, only to more frightfully
lascerate the wounds. His head and
horns became dyed with his blood.
Sometimes he passes near the enclosure,
when some one of the audience will
reach over and jerk a bloody arrow from
Ids back, tearing the flesh and skin.
At last the poor animal, weakened
from pain and loss of blood, refuses to
longer charge his torturers for the
amusement of the spectators. It is
then the clamor comes for “Fire.”
Other banderilleros are brought for
ward, but these are still more horrible
and cruel implements of torture. One
of the most daring “Chulos” takes one
in each hand, and again defies the bull
with his scarlet cloak. The animal
answers the challenge, to receive two
additional shafts in its body, planted
with iightning-like rapidity and the
skill of a legerdeniaine. A half a dozen
or more explosions follow—these last
shafts are charged with cartridges, that
with loud and rapid reports are dis
charged, scorching the already lacerated
flesh of the poor animal. The scene
now beggars description. A new terror
and rage seizes upon the bull. Encour
aged by the reports, the smoke, fire and
pain, he repeats his attacks upon the
men, only to receive more of the barbed
torpedoes in his body. No device that
cruelty or ingenuity can devise are left
untiled to force the last spark of vitali
ty or rage from tbe suftering beast. At
last lie becomes exhausted—stumbles as
he attempts to attack his assailants, or
sullenly submits to being tortured.
At this the spectators set up a yell to
kill him. The commander then gives
the order, and tlie “Matador” enters
the arena habited in black and armed
only with a long, straight sword, with
family of Spain,
enrgia firemen gave a tournament
a Havana, and began tlieir accustomed
practice of swapping badges, why the
i*ty would go wild with the army of
"Jules and distinguished warriors turn-
u p Se u P 0, i them. The Pilgrims of
lc * res* soon dropped on to this, and
j'Mj couldn't have bought one of their
^ f or a $20 gold piece
I)i» t was au er >livenig strain by the
m. antl int0 t * le "rena pranced four
n mounted on what, in a spirit of po-
*hnf S8 ’ * sb - a l* designate as “horses.”
Ku , J. 1 • our c *l*zens nave seen Jester’s
outfit on Jackson street. Well,
i;« JJ 00 * 1 wretched specimen of animal
A r .*. e eve r owned was a fiery, untamed
tlies!' ?' 0 , throu Khbred compared with
* twhao war-horses j and a buwafd
MR. P. W. DAVIS.
Reports Not Exaggerated-Threats of
ifi Lynching In Etberton.
Authentic information readied onr
city yesterday from Elberton, confirm
atory of the horrible stories in circula
tion about lion. P. W. Davis. 1c is
said that he confessed his assault upou
a highly respectable lady, with grand-
chililren.
It is thought that he must have been
drinking at the time, for no sane man
would have been guilty of such a horri
ble act. Air. Davis married one of the
brightest and most popular ladies of
Elberton, belonging to a leading fam
ily.
Ever since bis election to the Legis
lature be lias been drinking very hard,
and several months ago his wife left
him and returned to her father. Since
then tills brilliant young man
has completely thrown himself
iwny. He had a few friends, however,
" ho stuck to him, and they still con
tend that Phil will be able to clear him
self.
The whipping that be received was a
fearful one. Mr. Harper attacked him
near the courthouse, and Davis was
lushed across the public square and
back again. lie asked someone to help
him, but while a number of persons
were on the streets and witnessed tbe
chastisement, not one raised a hand or
voice. At last Davis fell, and Mr.
Harper wore the whip out on his body
up to the handle. At this time Shcritt"
Alexander came along, and induced
him to desist. Mr. Davis then got up
and walked oft, when the citizens
meeting was called. It was attended
by the best people of
the place, who have all
iftixed their signatures to a paper ask
ing him to resigu his seat in the Legis
lature and quit the couuty instanter.
When the attempted assault was first
made known there was a strong move
ment in favor of lynching Davis, but
Mr. Harper insisted on taking the mat
ter in his own bands. It was reported
that Phil Davis intended to return to
Elberton yesterday, in which event, it
is said,bis life will certainly be in peril.
But he will not be able to do so. The
wounded man is now in Oglethorpe
county with a relative, and is said to be
in a critical condition.
While Phil Davis bus his faults,| his
friends never considered the offense
with which he is charged as being
among the number. This fact was re
marked while he was a member of tbe
Senate and House. His mind must have
been impaired by drink, and he was not
conscious of what be was doing.
We know the people of Elberton to
be the most charitable on earth, and if
an examination into the condition of
Mr. Davis shows uientul infirmity—as
we feel assured must be the case—that
they will give him their pity and sym
pathy. It is hard to believe that a
young man on the threshold of life,
with such a bright future spread out
before him, would be guilty of any act
that will bring upon himself the wrath
and contempt of so respectable a com
munity.
Let a charitable public withhold itt
censure, until the victim can be heard
His punishment, to such a proud spirit,
is already as great as humanity cai
bear,
ALLIANCE DEPARTMENT.
GEORGE T. MURRELL, Editob.
“ THE OLD AND THE NEW.”
THE END IS NEAR.
which he soon gives the coup de graee
to the tortued brute, thrusting the
blade up to the hilt in bis body, just at
the junction of the neck and spine. I
saw three of these swords run clear
through the body of one bull before it
was killed.
Two men then appear on horses, the
dead animal is lassored around the Inna
legs, and dragged from the arena in a
gollop. Men are on hand with spades
to cover up the blood, but before they
are through with their work the crowd
beirins to yell for another victim.
There were six bulla brought tinto the
rims that afternoon, and four of them
slaughtered with the same cruelty that
I have described. The other two re-
fused to fight, even after be,n K
full of banderilleros, and were carried
^noticed among the spectators a great
many lovely women, who seemed to en
joy this brutal sport as much as did the
*1 afterwards learned that this hull fight
Mr. Randall Is .Rapidly Sinking—fie
Cannot Survive Much Longer.
Washington, April 12.—{Specialj—
At 1 o’clock this.afternoon Bepreseita-
tiveS. J. Randall was reported V:ry
low. His family is with him constant
ly, expecting the end. His death isex-
peeted hourly. He has been undei the
influence of opiates tlie greater pai of
tlie day.
Tbe dying statesman is sufferiig a
great deal. Physicians who sat uf with
him last night say that he is livhg by
will power alone and that his rase is
almost a mystery to them.
Later.—Mr. Randall Is g*owin<
weaker. He is very low now Ind his
death will occur soon. The faflily are
still at bis bedside or in thi house
awaiting to be called to tie death
chamber.
The farmers of the old time had very
few conveniences and very limited re
sources, as compared with the privileges
they CDjny at the present time. And yet
while they were not so well situated a9 we
arc in every way, they were far more con
tented and happy ,and I may say more
pri.speious. With much labor and many
hardships the heavy timbered lands, the
swamps and the finest jungles bad to be
cleared away before anything could be
raised. We now have the fields ready for
the plow. Then they lived in log cabins
with stick and dirt chimneys, and we have
comfortable dwelling and spacious barns.
They had no railroad facilities, no ready
markets to dispose of the fruits of their
toil. Now with few hours’ drive we can
find ready sale for anything we produce.
Our fathers plowed with clumsy, wood
en-footed plows, cut the grain by hand
with a sickle, droped iu die wind to drive
away the chaff. Now we have all kinds of
improved riding sulky plows; superior cul
tivators and well appointed drills to put
iu our grain and an endless variety of ma
chines to prepare it for shipment. They
ustd to beat out with flails and scoop it up
with the hands. Now we drive into the
harvest field and when the grain goes into
h long machine with endless chains and
driving pulleys we next behold it measur
ed , sacked aud ready for use. Labor sav
ing implements of all kinds are brought
into use to annihilate space and save time
expense.
They mowed the grass with the scythe,
raked it up into windows with woodeu
rakes,and pitched it with two-pronged
wooden forks. Now we sit on spring seats
and cot twenty times as much iu the same
length of time with a thousand-fold less
labor, load it with self-loaders and stow
it away with horse forks. Theu w1k*d a
man wanted to travel from oo<: state to
another, he would put a testament in one
pocket and a hundred dollars iu the other
and start out with the prayers of the
church for his return. Alter many days of
weary travel he woul 1 return to the bo
som of his anxious waiting family, weary,
worn, rusty and dusty. Now for half the
money he can journey ten times the dis
tance and return ten times as soon. He
can fall asleep in Georgia and wake up re
freshed in Mississippi. Then the people
were prosperous and happy, without pau
per laitns and poor houses and insane in
stitutions. There wete then no mortgaged
crops produced. No chancery sales on
docket The awful nightmare of debt
that now hangs like a dark and threaten
ing cloud over this country was then un
known even to the most uuforiunate. No
threatening foreclosures of mortgage kins
huusied like awlul specters their waking
thoughts or their midnight dreams.
T he question naturally comes up, why
were the people in the early Settlement or
this country, witli att the diaw backs and
iucouveniences incident to those pioneer
times, so prosperous aud happy with such
limited opportunities? when we now
Lave such burdens of debt and wautin the
midst of unproved fac.lilies? Let us see if
we c»d give some reasons why. Our fore
fathers lived under a uew and uupolluted
administiation of government. A govern
ment that had tor its fundamental base the
broad and solid foundation of equal rights
to all and special privileges to none. A
government of, and controlled by,the peo
ple, with equal burden upon all classes
alike.
Oar representatives, both National and
State, went from the bosom of the people
instructed by the people on all vital points
concerning their welfare, with their minds
well tilled with the uecds of the folks
at home gathered by close observation and
much practical expepience. But in these
later years while we have many good and
true men to stand up for us in our Legis
lative bodies, they are such; to say, in the
minority, or so it appears to their constit
uents from the amount ofjgood wo.k done
or them. (This is uot written to reflect in
the least on our representatives from this
immediate section, for they are good and
irut men and have faithfully represented
the interests of all classes. We are proud
of our two Henry’s, and deeply regret that
tbsy de clined the honor of re-election.)
This is not intended as a compliment to
anybody—it is tbe simple truth.
The industrial classes, either by their
votes or by staying away from the polls,
have permitted men to go and make laws
aud act as their guardians of public trust,
vho have not even hesitated to sell their
uanhcod aud the birth-iight of the good
loople at home to the scheming gold-chan
gers, land shaiks, and transportation kings.
Under these and other influences special
franchises aud exclusive rights have been
given to the money power, by which they
could rob snd oppress tbe farmers and in
dustrial classes, leaving them barely a
sufficiency to make ends meet. The farmer
toils at his plow,the mechanic at his bench,
and the blacksmith at bis anvil,while their
little ones were crying for bread and until
recently they could not tell where tbe
trouble was.
To-day the kid glove conspirators and
moneyed shylocks roam about our con
gressional halls seeking continuously to
put in motion still more oppressive influ
ences lo enrich the favored few by suck
ing tbe life blood of the many.
You talk about a robber at home as be
ing a great mseal. If be takes a traveler’s
watch on tbe highway or a lady’s diamond
ring, that i9 rascality in the first degree.
Tbe shylock cao stalk through the halls of
congress and influence the guardian of this
sscred blood-bought rights of a free people
aud fasten tbe maDacles of white slavery
upon 20,000,000 freemen, making tbe hun
gry hungrier, and the poor poorer, aod
this is not rascality 1 It is called business
RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT.
Dk. C. W. LANE, Editor.
TOO TOUCHY.
The average Christian is too “touchy.”
He manages to get himself insulted too
many times in a year—about the seventy-
times seven. The Gospel piles the figures
on the other side of the count. Christians
must bear patiently the offenses of the
world. Even a brother’s offense must be
forgiven, once, twice, thrice, again and
again, into indefinite hundreds of forgot
ten pardons. But how painfully true is the
remark that Christians show temper atiout
as quickly as quick-tempered sinners! Let
there be mastery of this rebel self. The
lips that pray and sing praise, should not
so easily quiver and turn white in rage.
The true disciple is sweet-spirited and lov
ing, and gentle and calm.—Methodist Re
corder.
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE IN CHICAGO
‘‘More than one hundred of the journey
men barbers of Chicago recently held a
Sunday-rest mass-meeting, and unani
mously voted in favor of a cessation of
work on that day; to organize clubs
throughout the city to promote and secure
the same object; and to co-operate in a>l
possible ways with the Sunday-closing As
sociation. While these barbers may not be
very earnest students of the Bible, they
seem to have got hold of the idea that the
Sabbath was made for m m, and not man
for the Sabbath. Quite receully, in ray
walks through those portions of the city
which I am in the habit of visiting, I read
numerous signs, ‘Closed on Sunday.’ Not
a half dozen of such signs could be found
iu Chicago flve years ago, and the number
seems to be increasing very rapidly.”—
Chicago Observer.
Religion is of no value to a merchant
unless it keeps him from putting false la
bels on his goods: or to the plasterer, un
less it keeps him from putting up a ceiliug
which be kuows will crack in six mouths,
or to the farmer, unless it keeps him from
putting the ouly sound pippins on the top
of the barrel.
Things that are exceptional cannot
he depended upon For steady illumina
tion, a lamp i« better than a rocket.
How easy it is for us to be good-natured
when everything pleases; or to lie humble
when there is nothing to flatter; or forgiv
ing, when we have not been assailed; oi
honest, when we have no inducement to
fraud.— New York Observer.
Faraday s lost cuf.
While you are saving strangers, you may
save some of your own kin. You think
your brothers aud sisters and children and
grand-children all safe, but they are not
uead, and uo one is safe till he is dead.—
On tbe English coast there was a wild
storm, and a wreck in the offing, and the
cry was, “Man the IiL-boat!” But Harry,
the usual leader of the sailor’s crew, was
uot to be found, and they went without
him and brought back tbe shipwrecked
people. All except one. By this time, the
eader of the crew, appeared, and satd,
“Why did you leave that one?” The an
swer was, ‘‘He could not help himself at
all, and we could not get him into lie
boat.” ‘ Man the life-boat,” shouted Harry,
“and w u will go|Jf«r that other one.”
“No,” at< id his aged mother? standing by,
“you must not go. I lost your father in
a storm ike this, and your brother Will
went off six years ago, and I have not
heard a vord from Will since he left, and I
don’t know where he is, and I don’t know
what bus happened to him, poor Will, and
I cannot let you go also, for I am old and
dependent on you." Hia reply was,
“Mother, I must go and save that one man,
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A minister, nuce, in replying lo the
charge of credulity made by an objector
against those who believe that God will
raise the dead from their graves, gave the
following beautiful illustration:
A workman of Faraday, the celebrated
chemist, one day, by accident, kuoetted a
beautiful silver cup into a jar of strong
acid. Iii a little while, it disappeared—be
ing dissolved iu the acid as sug^r is in wa
ter. It seemed to be utterly lost, and the
questiou came up, “Can it ever be found
aiiaiu?” One said it could, but another re
plied that, being dissolved and held in so
lution by the acid, there was no possibility
of recovering it. But the great chemist,
standing by, put some chemical mixture
into the jar, and in a little while every
particle of the stiver was precipitated to
the bottom, and he took it out, now a
shapeless mass. He sent it to the silver
smith, and the cup was soon restored to
the same size and shape as before.
If Faraday could so easily precipitate
that silver and restore its scattered and In
visible partich a into the cup they had be
fore formed, how easily cau G.Id restore
our sleeping and scattered dust, aud
change our decayed bodies into tlie like-
nets of the glorious body of Christ!
VOL LVIII NO 20
and if I am lost, God will take care of you
in your old days,” T ie life-boat was put
out, and after an awful struggle with the
sea, they p eked the poor fellow out of the
rigging just in time to save his life, and
started for the shore. And ns they came
within speaking distance, Harry, just be
fore be fainted from over exertion, cried
out: “We have savi d him, aud tell mother
it was brother Will.” Yes, let us start
out to save some one for time a> d eternity,
some man, some woman, some child. And
who knows but it may, directly or indi
rectly, be the uiilvatinn of one of our
kindred, and that w:ll lie an exploii
worthy if celebration 'then the world
itself is shipwrecked and the sun has gone
out like a spa; k from a smitten anvil und
all the sturs are dead —T dinadge.
THE LETTER THIEF.
Bill Pledger, Jr., Turns Up in a New
Role—He Beats a Construction Com
pany on the G., C. & N. Out of Some
Rations.
And the young letter thief, Bill
Pledger, Ji., son of the Chairman of
tlie Republican Central Committee in
Georgia, has not committed suicide
after all, but is still practicing liis
roguiglijpranks.
Mr. Snider, who has a grading con
tract on the G.. C. & X. road, just be
yond the Five Forks, in Madison coun
ty. " as in Athens yesterday, and stated
to a Banner reporter that a few days
since young Pledger came to him and
applied for the job of water-carrier for
his bands. He was given work, but
stated that he wanted to board out, anil
asked for some rations. A sack of flour
and ten pounds of bacon were given
him, which he carried off, and failed to
put in an appearance again. It is pre
sumed that he sold the provisions and
pocketed the money. The boy was
sound and well, and the report that he
had shot himself doubtless originated
with his parents, with the hope of
building up sympathy for him and pre
vent his prosecution "by our grand jury
for carrying concealed weapons.
One thing is certain: Athens is now,
rid of the presence of the young scamp, I
for if he ever conies to this city again
he will have to answer for several of
fenses against our laws.
LANKS’ GHOST.
A GOBLIN LEAPS NIGHTLY FROM
A CRIMINAL’S BONES.
Terrifying Frail Women and Brave
Men—Buried Three Times, but
Like Banquo’s Ghost, Will
Rise Again.
UNWRITTEN HISTORY.
MaJ. C. E. McGregor and Judge
Twiggs Once Came Near Fighting
a Duel.
_ We have never seen the fact pub
lished that Maj. C. E. McGregor, on
trial at Warrenton for his life, and
Judge Twiggs, the leading lawyer for
his prosecution, once come near having
a duel, yet sueli is the fart.
Shortly after the close of the war
Maj. McGregor was a drummer at the
trains for the Augusta Hotel, but after
wards was employed, ou the National
Republican, published by E. H. Pugh,
iu Augusta, as a printer.
While at work oil this paper Judge
Twiggs, who was then struggling to
get a foothold iu law, made some re
mark about McGregor, to which he
took exceptions. A challenge, we
think, was proposed, and for several
days it was thought that the two gen
tlemen would meet ou the field of hon
or, aud the diffiellty was settled; but
we do not think to tlie entire satisfac
tion of either party. There has never
been any very kind feelings between*
them.
Maj. McGregor afterwards went to
Warrenton to accept a position as prin
ter on tlie Clipper, that was establised
by a man named Hill. He afterwards
bought the paper and married a wealtli-
ly widow lady of that town.
Maj. McGregor was always popular
with his fellow compositors. lie was
looked upon as a brave man, but was
never inclined to be contentious or fus
sy.
A BAD RUNAWAY.
A Horse Frightened at an Auction Bell,
Goes Tearing Down the Street.
Yesterday morning the horses to a
delivery wagon, on Washington street,
became frightened at an auction bell
near Mr. Haddock’s and came tearing
down the street at a fearful rate, getting
altogether from under the control of the
driver.
When the team reached Mrs. Reese’s
they ran into tbe sidewalk, tearing up
several young trees and breaking the
shoulder of one of the horses.
The animal was badly injured, as was
also the vehicle. He had afterwards to
be shot, to be put out of its agony. It
wa3 one of Hodgson Bros., delivery
horses,and was valued at about $200.
The driver escaped unscathed.
AttheRembert place, three miles
south of Tallulah Falls, on a high hill
overlooking Tallulah River, night after
night old Lank’s ghost promenades the
Rembert house, where his bones are
scattered.
As to dates I am not positive, but
about the year 18C0 or 1861 there lived
in Franklin comity, not far fromCarnes-
ville, Mr. Stowe, an honest country far
mer, a poor, hard-working man, having
two sons and three or four daughters.
His youngest daughter was a lovely girl
just blooming into womanhood. Like
all country girls, lovely and beautiful,
the very picture of all that makes this
earth a paradise for mortal man. Had
not a wise Creator made woman, l ean’t
see that man iu all his loueliness would
want to stay in this low ground of sor
row. 1 don’t believe Adam would have
stayed in the Garden a week if Eve had
not been made; and when lie found out
she had eaten the forbidden fruit, lie
knew she had to leave the Garden of
Eden; and he just made for the fruit
and ate it just to go with iter, and I
can’t blame him a bit for it.
Well, this lovely angel of beauty, Miss
Stowe, went to a neighbor’s house; in
tbe evening, on returning to her home,
not dreaming of danger; she was set
upon by three negroes—father and two
sons—and carried into a dense thicket,
a gag was placed in iter lovely mouth,
her neck, hands and feet were tied with
withs; here, unable to move, these de
mons accomplished tlieir hellish purpo
ses and finally murdered her in a man
ner too dreadful to be described in
print.
These demons were captured, tried in
Carnesville, and hung. The two sons
confessed to the crime, while father, old
Lank, went to Judgment with a lie on
his tongue. After the execution, old
Lank’s body fell into the hands of a
doctor, who cut him up, boiled the flesh
from his bones, stitched them together
with wires, and hung them up in liis
office. Finally, old Lank’s skeleton
was carried to the Rembert place and
hung up in a small room in the second
story of that house. From the day his
bones entered that old mansion, tiis
ghost has promenaded its walls. Often
has he been seen pacing the house with
his bony fingers clutching a bottle of
acid ; often the shrieks of that lovely
girl have been heard, and her pitifiil
moans begging for the. demons to spare
her life. Shriek after shriek, begging
“mercy, mercy, oh God pity me, pity
me,” can be heard day and night around
where the demon’s bones yet remain.
Lank can be seen, has been seen day and
night, the ghastly, bony skeleton walk
ing through this bouse seeking rest and
finding none. Mr. Lyle, the man who
now lives in the house, has repeatedly
met this skeleton in day light for a mo
ment, then it vanishes away. Numbers
of people have seen, and heard the
tramp of this bony skeleton pacing the
floor of this house. No one for years
would dare to live there; but few will
venture near the place now. But Mr.
Lyle seems to be ghost proof, and says
he will try his hand awhile longer with
old Lank. Six or seven times have this
old demon’s bones be. n buried,and in a
few weeks all would be piled back in
tbe little room, bone to its bone. Mr.
Lyle carried his skull and threw it in
the river; the next day it was in the
haunted room. These are facts, and
any one who doubts the truth of them
can ask Mr Lyle. Go there some night
and see for yourself. You will never
have a desire to visit Lank again. I
met. his skeleton onee; 1 hope it will bo
the last time. Surely the judgments of
God are yet following the very bones of
that old brutal murderer; yes, worso
than murderer. “In boll he lifted up
his eyes, being in torment.”—Turuer-
ville Correspondent of Toceoa News.
To Run for President.
New York, April 12.—[Special.]—
President Harrison has formally an
nounced that he will be a candidate for
re-nomination in 1892.
Advice To Mothers.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should al
ways be used for children teething. It soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays all paic
cures wiud colic and is the best remedy for
diarrhoea twenty five cents a bottle.
For lame back, side or cln-st, use Shilohs
Plaster. Price 25 cents. For sale by
John Crawford & Go.
Trials and Troubles.—If we all
would try and do our best instead of
too often our worst, the world, as well
as individuals, would be an immense
gainre. Skiff, the jeweler, is doing his
best to please bis customers in every way
he possibly can, givingthem good goods
at honest prices. Everthing guaran
teed to be as recommended. Watches
and jewelry repaired promptly and in
the best manner. Speak a kind word
for Skiff tlie jeweler, he lias his trials
and troubles.
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Investigation of Baking Powders,
Made under authority of Congress by the Chemical Division of the
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Shows the Royal Baking Powder
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