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THE ATHENS WEEKLY BANNER.
I rounolMnled with the
I Athena Banner, Bat. 1832.
ATHENS GA. TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1891.-8 PAGES.
VOL. 59 NO. 17
[•tire now.
JlUN° 1S 1
l’ oor Augusta,
irClS 1 *’ '
What can
to s»vt
done
Tiff. Alta'O
expo
rieiuv
lier water-loo.
rect as he usually is, and the fact
that he takes time even in the rush
of good work that he iB doing for
Rome to concede to Athens that
meed of praise which she so richly
- , work |5 g up the Fort deserves, shows that Branham is one
K ° Ml n 1 Eastern. It is coming, too, | Georgia editor who. wants to build
ri **rol*ina and Northern I ap hiaState and country as well a3
^ ,IK n : ng trains right into Rome.
Taynr
runnii
Athens.
T ,. kT peniiou fraud was the worst of
ail the scandalU that came of the last
Congress. ^
This wcath
backbone
iLUN'ot
III. AlH
election of old man 1 aimer
will soon n
the ease. ^ _
Sunny skies ami buddiii
brought the
CHUlpU' ^
ball ami bat.
As to the suggestion about the
State University, Editor Branham
should know that Athens has always
been ready to do its part tor the
would argue that the I . '
of winter has been | colle g e * The . coll ‘S e has be2D
built up to that degree of excellence
that it now claims, chiefly by the
efforts of Athens in its behalf. The
handsomest building that now
adorns the campus was a gift of the
city of Athens to the University.
Athens has given and given to the
college until it seems that the State
is content to withdraw all interest
in its cherished institution and let
famous
broken. r
-mg'ownoc after rolling awhile in
swelldom has titled down on its own
grounds
oht never to be abreviated
•II hi that state since the
Thk flowers that hloom in the spring
something to do with
with tennis racquets
lawns have
ge hoyr- out upon the j Athens keep it up alone.
And with it all Athens does not
tire in well doing. She stands ready
at any time to aid the State, or pri
vate individuals to endow the Uni
versity as it shoald be endowed, and
give it that prestige among South
ern Colleges that it is so justly en
titled to claim.
Now, lei the Tribune-of-Rome, and
N':> piper ever did a better work for a
itv than the Brunswick Times is doing
or that bv the sea, and the people
iown tlieie know it. too.
The young men of Koine like those of
lavaunah are eoinplaiuing that they
»n’t marry because their salaries are
00small. Sad fate, theirs!
The democrats oi Illinois have learn
id tint the " inning tight is the tight for I a [[ leading dailies of the Slate
ir j m -jj,le and iii.a me w ay to win at.ei
— join Athens in furthering the plan
,.l tinti the way to win at'.er
hting into i; is to tight out.—8t.
pOiiis Kepuhlie.
was ever thus, and so will it ever
Mi.isfKES 1,0! men is tile motto of the
ili.nce an.l ui • l.ANSi-u lias adopted
with the lirm n .inado'i to help
lecau-e o. !• e loners rgardless of
en.
The Inis,ne<s manage
ilie iiamier oi
he paper i- a,
|y the many e
tile U.lNNKli
manager .,f the Bill-
ig n to come to Athens,
ke 1 alter vt t y anxiously
cei.ange friends who vis-
ellice.
Amhens i- going to have a great rail-
iad raeket raised right in lier midst
on. the two most powerful iines in
,e Smith Atlantic, males ale going
cross here.
suggested by Hon. Peter W. Mel'
drim to re-unite the Alumni, and
get them ail interested in working
up an endowment fund for the Uni
versity. Mercer is being richly en
dowed after this same plan, and
surely there are enough rich men
among the University’s graduates to
build tbe States’ greatest College
upon a firmer foundation, since the
State itself neglects it.
ins’ant, and be has mapped out for
the people of Augusta the following
plan.
Talk about it.
Write about it..
Speak well of it.
Help to improve it.
Pationize its merchants.
Advertise in its newspapers.
Beautify its streets and squares.
Speak well of its enterprising, ]
public-spirited citizens.
If yon are rich, invest in some
thing, employ somebody, be a hust
ler.
If you don’t think of any thing I
good to say, don’t say anything bad
about your city or citizens.
Be courteous to strangers who |
come among you, so that they may
go away with a good impression.
Remember that every dollar you
invest in a permanent improvement
is so much on interest.
LYNCHED!
Eleven Men Suffer the
Penalty of Death.
For the Murder of Chief
Hennessy of New
■ Orleans,
NEW ORLEANS WE
GEORGIA PEOPLE.
ley upon bim, while he, drawing his
pistol, returned the fire as best be could.
An officer came up, but receiving a bul
let wound in the car, fled.
Hennessey’s assassins escaped m the
darkness.
Hennessey’s body was completely rid
dled with bullets. He was conveyed to
hospital where he died Thursday
morning from the effects of the wounds.
Chief Hennessey was the most ppou.
lar chief of police New Orleans had
ever had. He had incurred the enmity
of the notorious Mafia gang by his in
domitable afforts to bring-them to jus
tice, and it was an open secret that the
gang had determined ontaking liisjife.
The murdered man had won the grati
tude of the good citizens in New
Orleans by his efforts to exterminate
the Italian murder society, and his
death caused a wave of indignation to
pass over the city.
A citizens’ committee of safety was
organized to aid the police in breaking
up the org anization, and to find and
hang the murderers of Hennessey.
They were arrested, tried, anil ac
quitted and the lynching followed.
RECHRISTENED AUGUSTA. -
Jones.
Sam Jones says bis taUtkb| 30,000 CitlZeDS TUfe) POSSCS-
sion and Administer
Jnstlce—The Lynch-
physical collapse.
Nortuen.—Governor Northen has
issued a call for a convention for tbe
purpose of organizing private effort to
have Georgia represented by an exhibit
at the Columbian exposition.
Livingston.—President Livingston
lias invited investigation of bis political
character by the Alliance. This is
right and fair.
Sparks.—Mr. Sparks ought not to
think so hard of Mr. Robinson for not
leasing the Georgia Southern and Flor
ida. Business is business, and the
Georgia Midland is the nearest road to
the southwest for Mr. Robinson to take.
Murrell.—Mr. George T. Murrell is
one of the most prominent Alliancemen
in Northeast Georgia. His name has
been mentioned for the presidency next
time.
" iiii tin- and bonds on their
imi- it is said that our city fatliel'a
ii no 1 . -L-oj. o' nights. They ought to
l't'al ilit- Uo^ )„w, anu make the bonds
-i.hho by general taxation. This
Hal in-lire pleasant dreams and make
Jlieii- prosper.
I'lni Brunswick Times chronicles it as
Irtiiiarkabie tact that the blackest man
j Glynn county is named Waite, and
|e whitest man is named Brown, the
-t man i- named Lowe, aud the lar-
i man is named Small.
|Surely there's naught in a name.
|A Georgia editor lias posted this notice
_' r ti> editorial dt*sk :
r'lLmg Grammar! Print tbe News!'
|ao: ;l had idea. But why bang the
piiutnar when you can murderd it
paragraph 7—Atlanta Coustitu-
M
I" tier.- is the use of killing it any-
lias the day come when news-
|pn>eau not give news in at least pure
I simple language?
THERE IS MORE YET-
There is more to follow in the un
heard of extravagance practiced by
the late republican congress, and
Mr. Watterson proceeds tc tell how
it will follow thus :
The appropriations of the Fifty-
first congress exceed one thousand
million of dollars.
For one year they exceed $525,-
000,000. .
But that is not all ; laws have
been passed which will demand still
larger appropriations.
The bill to refund the direct tax
calls for $15,000,000, for which no
piovision has been made.
The sugar bounty will take ten
millions from the Treasury. No ap
propriation for this bounty has been
made.
Here are two items requiring $25,
000,000 in addition to $1,000,000,000
already appropriated.
Further than this, the pension list
is growing enormously and-will pro-
oably require $175,000,000 when the
next congress meets.
With pensions,bounties, subsidies,
etc., etc., it is evident that unless
Horses and Mules.
Athens is one ot the best markets in
the South for horses and mules. Mr.
W. S. Holuiau has brought out such
fine stock for tbe past few years,
that parties now come here from
quite a distance to make their
purchases. While ycu will find
at the stables a number of horses
and mules, Mr. Holman tells that the
stock will b3 be largely increased in the
next few days. Mr. Nicoll, of tbe firm
is in Kentucky and will bring out some
of the best animals ever seen in Athens
in a day or so.
UP IN HARMONY GROVE
What Our
to
Correspondent Finds
Write About.
Harmony Grove, Ga., March 14.—
[Special].—Cols. W. W. Stark and R. L.
J. Smith are in attendance upon Harris
burg Justice court today.
The passenger train is making this
place its headquarters until the wreck
of yesterday has been cleared away
Mr. Will Wagnou is acting as mar
shall during the illness of Marshall
Hawks. Mr. Wagnou makes a splendid
officer.
We learn with much pleasure that
the Harmony Grove Age will resume
publication next week, its able editor,
Mr. N. S. Alexander, having about re
covered from his recent severe illness.
We wish the Age a long and prosper
ous voyage upon the sea of journalism
Postmaster C. C. Alexander today
showed us a copy of the Postal Guide
published in 1836, or 55 years ago. In
:it tbe name of Harmony Grove appears
as a postofiice in the Cherokee nation.
Atlanta or Marthasyille was not known
r all a, that distant day in the past.
Prof. J. Henry Walker has returned
trom Monroe, whither he had been
called by telegram announcing the
severe illness of his father. We are
j expenditures will, in tbe immediat
luture, reach $600,000,000. .
Down with war taxes and war ex
penditures !
{ram to the New York Sun
I s u is certain that AllianeemanGor-
" ill Iks the next president of the
|iaoce. What strange things one see
fruit. Athens Banner.] Whj
{• ? The alliance could have not i . , . .
a more worthy president than 80Uie absolute check is placed on the
»r Gordon, lie joined the order extravagance of Congress the annual
Hckii.g and obtainigolfice, not be'
—Tribune-of-Rome.
Irue: but has Branham forgot the
pt' t AUianeeman (Gordon raised
f order before he became a brother.
I s Oeorgia, a few days ago, a twenty- I
►•pound wildcat w hipped a seventy-
F" 1 ' Uo g, in breed half bull and halt
"mound. As seventy is to twenty-
nearly, is tire ellieacy of a fight-1
pound of wildcat to that of a fight-
^ pound of mixed bulldog aud blood-
Mie answer affords a basis of compar-
F“ mr determining wbat is meant
e " d is s a i,) of a spunky woman that
con hi whip her weight in wildcats.
] -o pounds as the weight of the
|a\eiage spunky woman, the expres- I
| m-aiu that she could whip five ma-
1 wildcats,—New York bun.
you ie wrong. Georgia gritand
|*‘k can never be taken as a basis of |
parison. it is incomparable.
DIDN’T WANT IT, EH? -
President John H. Inman, of the
Richmond and Danville is quoted as
saying his syndicate didn’t want to
buy tbe Seaboard and Roanoke, and
hence denies that trade is being
contemplated.
This sounds well. Indeed it
sounds haughty, so independent
seems the rich president of tue West
Point Terminal.
But, those who are at all familiar
with the purposes of the Richmond
and Danville and those of the Sea
board and Roanoke will regard it as
THENS AND THE UNIVERSITY*
tlicDs is a favorite city among, . .
Georgians. The Tribune anolheT ca8e of sour grapes.
Ws a gentleman who declares Robinson is no sardine, as the
when hi s wife dies she will stop Macon Construction can well testify
? n b ® r Wft y lo heav- ;i n< j his line is the only competitor
but why doesn’t Athens begin
lovement which will make a really
f 'Dstiiuiion out of the State
I' ersity ?■—Tribune-of-Rome.
rlit-or Branham has again given
r ace his sound judgement
j good taste in thus taking off his
f° fairest city of the £mpire
°f the South, and at the same
has caught the praise of every
M-of the University for bis anx-
' D its welfare*
Jtor Branham if eminently cor—
the West Point Terminal has in the
South Atlantic States. Robinson
bas all tbe money behind him he
could ask for to extend his lines
through the South and the chances
are that he would not sell out such
prospects to the Richmond and Dans
vill so early in the deal.
It all was a fairy stcry. Nothing
more. >
ing to Justified.
New Orleans, March 14.—Eleven of
the Hennessy assassins are killed.
Polizzi is hung in the square.
The scene in and about Clay statue
this morning brought to mind very
forcibly and vividly the popular and
ominous uprising of tbat of September
nearly 16 years ago.
Ten o’clock has not yet struck and a
vast multitude has already congregated
on Canal street almost filling up tbe
large space from curb to curb on each
side of the boulevard.
Just on the stroke of ten a shout went
up from the people stationed at St.
Charles street, and a number of gentle
men, among whom Mr, W. S. Parker-
son, Mr. John C. Wickliff and others
who signed the oall came marching
along and began walking round and
round the railing of tbe Clay monu
ment.
The rallying cry, “Fall in! Fall in!’
was the cry, and amidst deafening
shouts several of tbe crowd formed tbe
procession, which went around tbe
railing several times.
“Hurrah for Parkerson!” “Hurrah
for Wickliffel”
Get inside the railing and give ua a
speech.” These and other cries made
up a confusion of noise, among which
the angry tone was significantly pre-
dominat
The space inside the railing was occu
pied by a dense crowd. .
COME DOWN FROM THOSE STEFS,
was tbe request, “and let Mr. Parker-
son and Mr. Wickliffe get there.”
The crowd obeyed with alacity and
soon the speakers had their positions of
vantage
A rush was made for the narrow gate,
and in a minute there stood a paced
mass of humanity under the image of
the immortal Clay. The scene from
tbat altitude was imposing.
Not a bad word yet escaped the lips
of the gentlemen who had mounted the
steps
They stood erect, motionless, survey'
pained to learn that his father is in a
verycritical condition.
Mr. Charles B. Henry, a prominent I ing the surging multitude, from whose
citizen of Fort Lamar, Ga., wa^s in the | serried ranks there gleamed faces full
of resolve and determination.
Mayor T. E. Key held a matinee today 1 Therc were full y W within ear *
for tiie benefit of several coal blossoms shot, and more could be seen strug
who had been charged with a violation gling, pushing and running here and
°The JESifftte town treasury was tbe ™utral groune
considerably increased after the perfor- I Mr. Parkerson said. Iam a plain
mance was over. I American citizen, and as such, and as
Apropos; Mayor Key is miking one good citizen, I am here.
of the bust mayors our town over had.
HE SHOTTWO MEN.
A . Young!, man near Augusta is a
Pluckly Shooter.
Augusta, Ga., March VL—Three men
lost their lives in a bloody quarrel near
Maxey’s, and a white lady, trying to
save her husband’s life, had a narrow
escape.
Harvey Smith is a young planter liv
ing near Maxey’s, who was married bat
a few months ago, and was making his
first crop. He had among his employ*
a negro named Byrd Hatton, who was
extremely insolent, so much so that
Smith had to discharge him. While
Batten was packing up to leave, Smith
went down to his cabin to settle with
him. Hatten met the approach of his
employer by a discharge from his gun,
whereupon Smith drew his revolver and
fired, striking Hatton in the shoulder.
The appearance of Bill Hatten to aid his
brother, made it two to. one. The next
shot from Smith pierced Bill Hatton’s
heart, and tbe next struck Byrd Hatton
in the abdomen.
Smith fell in a swoon from his own
wounds, when Byrd ^Hatton run up on
him, and securing his revolver, shot at
him with it, and wss about to fire a sec
ond shot, when his arm was held by the I search for O’Mally is now going on.
young brides hand, who had been at- 1
traded to the spot by tbe firing. He
was in the act of turning on her when
he was caught in the stalwart arms of a
negro named Scott. The desperate ne
gro was carried into the cabin and died
from his own wouuds a little later.
The indignant citizens, about two
thousand in number, reached the par
ish prison at 10:30 o’clock
After a demand on tbe jail it waB-sur-
rendered but not before a slight resist
ance.
LIST OF THE KILLED.
Later.—11:16 a. m.—The crowd that
collected around tbe parish prison must
have numbered ten thousand. The men
shot and killed in the yard of the prison
were:
Scoflder.
Romero.
Conutz.
Caruso.
Gerachi.
Macheca.
Nonasterio.
Marcbisi.
Incardona.
And Matranga.
Those hung were Solizei, to a lamp
post, and
Bagnetta to a tree in the middle
ground in front of the prison.
Both were riddled with bullets.
The crowd is now dispersing, but
HISTORY OF THE CRIME.
Chief of Police Hennessey, of New
Orleans, was murdered in that city on
tbe night of Wednesday, October 15,
1890, about midnight.
He was on bis way home, and within
HOW TO BUILD A CITY.
The question bas never worried
Editor Bill More, of Augusta, for an
“Alas, Alas!” the dude exclaims, “in , — —„
my slender ankle V ve got pains.”“Don’t a few steps of his own door, when three
fret,” said ma. tor whom he bad sent, men sprang upon him from behind a
“1 have some Salvation Oil.” gateway. | Cheniical Co!, New York
“My time is up,” said the doctor to l s 1
CLARKE IS FIRST.
SHE RESPONDS TO THE GOVER
NOR’S CALL.
The Old County Takes the Lead for
the World’s Fair and Tells Governor
Northen that She Is Ready to Aid.
The Fountain City Preempts the Title
of the Electric City. •
A visit to Augusta impresses upon
onethefact that electric railways as
spurs to activity are permanently suc
cessful. The city, which, if her admi
rers will pardon the camior, a year or .so
ago was as sleepy and unenergMticas a
village in Spain, has bestiried herself
under the electric influences of her rail
way company and is actually
beginning to rush. Her trade is rap
idly pushing beyond the territory that
justly belongs to her anil her merchants
are fighting for every inch of ground
that is within her reach. The electric
railway, which is held responsible ft
this change of heart, is undoubtedly a
good thing; to be sure the cars ail seem
to run on the line which don’t take you
to your destination, hut there is some
onsolation in the fact that if you did
want to go some other way, there would
be plenty of curs to take you.
Augusta, like Athens, is waking up
to the importance of paved streets and
the subject is being agitated by the best
citizens who feel tbat in her strides
forward the city must not be handicap
ped by sloppy, muddy thoroughfares,
than whieh no more disheartening and
discouraging spectacle presents itself
to the average visitor. Our own dear
Charlie, he, with the Cheeryble to his
name, will not long be able, unless all
signs fail, to point to Augusta with tri-
upbant finger aud exclaim : “Bee how
she enjoys wallowing in tiie mud, go
thou and do likewise.”
Augusta is a beautiful city and her
>eople are the most hospitable on earth.
3er business men are clever and ener
getic aud her manufactures carry her
fame over the State.
The immense foundry and machine
shops of Mr. George R. Lombard are
wonders in their way to the uniui titled.
Every class of iron and brass work i.
is turned out by this establishment and
its reputation is not bounded by State
lines.
Tbe lumber trade too is something
enormous, many immense yards and
mills lining all the railroads 'that lead
into the city. Messrs. Jesse Thomp
son & Co. have every convenience for
turning out all kinds of wood work,
while in their yards are millions of feet
of thoroughly seasoned lumber ready
for immediate shipment. They have a
great trade throughout Georgia and
Carolina.
The Augusta Lumber Co. shows evi
denceof prosperity in the handsome
new offices finished finished beautifully
in Georgia pin**, their own liaiidiword,
and in the scene of busy activity which
their mammoth yards present. Their
machinery is the best and their work
men skilled in their various depart
ments.
The Perkins Lumber Co. owns and
controls two large yards thoroughly
stocked with machinery and material
for all kinds of wood work. Their bus-,
iness is thoroughly advertised by their
superior work and by the picture of a
loaded lumber car so'familiar to news
paper readers.
In marble and granite work Mr. The
odore Marwalter is known from pne end
of Georgia to the other. Some of the
finest monuments in Georgia cemeteries
were cut iu his yard. He is uow engag
ed upon a beautiful and costly memorial
in Lexington granite to be placed over
the grave of Gen. Howell Cobb in Oco
nee cemetery. The model of a bust of
Alexander Stephens just finished by one
of bis skilled workmen is so true to life
tbat is almost startling. Mr. Mark wai
ter’s yard is thoroughly equipped lor all
classes of work, and among bis work
men are several who are really artists.
In Oconee cemetery are two beautiful
monuments erected to tbe memory of
Mr. Ferdinand Phinizy and Mr. Harry
Phinizy which were cut in the yard of
Mr. C. F. Kohlruss, a man whose skill
has produced not only monuments but
beautiful statues. Mr. Kohlruss has
every appliance for turning out tbe fi
nest work, his reputation is firmly mad**
and bis prices are the closest consistexi
with first class work.
The Messrs.' Jesup Bros, are placing
on tbe market something tbat should be
used by every ginner in the country, a
spark arrester that is perfect in its ac
tion and thoroughly well made. They
are having au immense trade in these
valuable adjuncts to a gin and are push
ing them for all they are worth.
Augusta is teeming with other indus
tries tbat would require days to visit.
They are her life blood and spread bet
fame throughout the State.
Among her hotels, tbe Arlington is
looked after by tbe proprietor, Mr. L.
B. Pettyjohn, and is thoroughly well
kept, to the ordinary newspaper man
tbe last scene in the traain (that at tbe
captain’s office, so to speak) is a little
startling in the effect it has upon his not
too pbletbroic pocket-book, but as Bill
Nye says, we will let tbat pass. Taken
all all in all there is noubt about it, Au
gusta bas a move on her.
Old Clarke leads off.
And has notified the Governor of
Georgia that: she will be represented at
the convention to decide about having a
display at the World’s Fair.
No sooner bad the news reached
AthenB than Governor Northen had
issued a call for the counties to send del
egates to a convention to be held to de
termine whether or not the Empire
State should be represented on the
grounds of the Columbian exposition
than it had been acted, upon by the
county Agricultural club.
Thanks to Dr. E. Dorsette Newton,
once more.
THE PAPERS DRAWN.
When seen by a Banner reporter yes
terday and asked what Clarke would
have to say to Governor Northen’s call
Dr. Newton said, “The thing is fixed,”
and tossed the reporter a paper telling
of the action of the Agricultural club.
Here it is:
Office Farmers’ Club of Clarke
County, Athkfs, Ga.,
March 13, 1891,
Whereas, his honor
Governor W. J. Northen has issued
an official call for a convention in At
lanta May 6tb, for the consideration of
the means to be adopted by the people
of Georgia to have an exhibit of its re
sources, agricultural, industrial and
commercial at the Chicago fair, 1893.
The secretary and vice-presidents of
the Farmers’ Club of Clarke County are
hereby notified of their selection as
delegates to said convention and a full
attendance is earnestly solicited. Clarke
county as a county should be fully rep
resented at the Chicago fair.
Edwin D. Newton,
President.
clarle is in front.
There are something of considerable
significance in the fact that Clarke
county is leading the whole State in the
matter of preparing for an exhibit at the
World’s fair.
For. a time the question seemed to
hang fire because tbe constitution bar
red the tbe appropriation of any money
for such a purpose.
Who but Mr. Andrew J. Cobb, of
Clarke county should find that a part
of the rental of the Western & Atlantic
railroad could be used without violating
any provision of the State constitution ?
THE MYSTERIOUS ART.
HYPNOTISM DEFINED BY ONE
WHO KNOWS MUCH OF IT.
Upon the plan suggested by Mr, Cpbb
Governor Northen issued bis call *for a
convention of delegates, and now act
ing upon that call the county of Clarke
is first to say she will be at roll call.
A letter to this effect was sent to the
Governor yesterday.
It speaks well for Clarke.
A Girl Worth Having.
After reading Mr.Gray’s experience
in the plating business, 1 sent $3. to the
Lake Electric Co., Englewood, Ill. for
a Plater, and cleared $21 in a week. Isn’t
this pretty good for a girl? There is
tibleware and jewelry to plate at every
house; then, why should any person be
poor or out of employment with such an
opportunity at hand.
A SUBSCRIBER..
It Map lie Unconstitutional.
Sacramento, Cal., March 14—The
anti-Chinese bill has been passed in as
sembly by a vote of 49 to 60. The bill
provides for the issuance of certificates
of residence to Chinese now in the state
and exclusion ef all others. The bill has
already passed the senate.
The Georgia Commissioner.
Macon, March 14.—Governor North-
,en’s appointment of Hon. Virgil Powers
to succeed W. J. Robinson as railroad
commissioner, gives entire* satisfaction.
•NMmporte” Describes the Feeling
That Comes With Hypnotism—An In
teresting Theme Well Handled.
YPNOTISM S
This word is
of Greek origin,
having for its
root a word
which signifies
sleep. We have
had various
names in tb°>
proceeding years*
such as mesmer
ism, biology, electro-biologoy, and an
imal magnetism. The meaning is the
same, in each case. It has been long
known, that some persons in certain
conditions have a controlling influence
over the actions, emotions, desires and
appetites of others.
No one, we believe, professes to know
how this can be done.
Most of those who are gifted with the
power of exerting this mysterious influ
ence, called by so many strange names
candidly affirm that they know abso
lutely nothing about it, they only know
that they do possess this wonder-work
ing power. Itisveryeasy to cry out
it is all humbug, deception, slight-of-
hand necromancy, and that the manip
ulator is possessed of as many demons
as was Mary Magdalene, and there is no
Apostle conveniently near to cast them
out. This ignorant, sweeping condem
nation before investigation, is the way
of the world. It is new and tb jnany
unheard of; it is contrary to their ex,*- '
perience; and it is therefore, false.
ft was thus, that men reasoned about
the Christion Religion. About vaccina
tion; about steam as a motive Power;
and about the electric Telegraph. No
one, however, who has had an oppor
tunity, under favorable circumstances,
of investigating the facts, with regard
to hypnotism, can deny them. 3!he
writer of the lines, when a small boy,
witnessed, in one of the principal cities
of Virginia, some remarkable feats, in
what was then called mesmerism, per
formed by a Frenchman—one Monsieur
De Bonville.
The exhibitions were continued night
ly, for several weeks before crowded
houses, and iu the midst of the greatest
excitement. Many who went on the
stage as skeptics, and to throw con
tempt on the performance, were found
easy subjects, and were made ' to cut
up such fantastic tricks before high
Heaven as did make the angels weep.
V personal friend of this scribe was of
this number; besides, he was cured
of the tobacco habit.
We saw him throw the filthy Indian
weed from him with prodigious energy
and with expressions of loathing and
disgust. The following morning we
called at his office, and interviewed^him,
when he affirmed, that he could not en
dure the odor of tobacco; that he had
lost all desire for it; and-that if he ever
indulged in the habit again, he would
have to acquire it anew, with all its re
laxing and sickening consequences.
At the time of which we are writing,
anesthetics were unknown; and fre
quently patients who submitted to pain
ful surgical operations were made stu
pid by drink. Monsieur De Bonville
told the medical faculty, chat a patient,
under his influence, would be either
indifferent or insensible to pain, under
the surgeons knife; and a test case was
made, on a poor fellow, wasting away,
in the wards of the hospital, from a
fleshy tumor on his shoulder.
The patient was brought on the stage
in a public ball, before an immense,
and infidel audience, stripped bare to
the waist, mesmerized, and turned over
to the surgeon. The tumor was skilful
ly, and quickly removed, the wound
was dressed, the clothing replaced on
miserable subject. The enchanter then
disenchanted the victim, who smilingly
returned his thanks, and declared tbat
he was not conscious of any pain, when
tbe operation was performed and
knew nothing about it. We saw and
heard all' this and therefore cannot
doubt. Surely there are more things
Heaven and earth than . were ever
STiLL REJOICING.
Clark’s Lightning
Liniment will relieve the painful tor
ture of Rheumatism in the joints
muscles. It should be well rubbed in
with the band, and the part covertu
with a piece of flannel. The pain will
cease with tbe first application, and its
continued use will eflect a marvelous
cure. This remedy needs but a trial to
convince the most skeptical tbat it is a
wonderful preparation. Sold by all
druggists; price fifty cents. Clark
Cleveland and Palmer Both Bring Joy to
Chicago Democrat*.
Chicago, March 14.—A rousing recep
tion was given by the Cook County
Democratic club Friday night to the 101
Democratic members who succeeded in
electing Gen. John M. Palmer United
states senator, after voting solidly for
him'154 times.
Farmer Cockrell made-an address. He
said he had not come back to the Demo-
oxatie party, and would not until it be
came the party of Hie -people. He de
clared, however, nehad always intended
to vote for Palmer, provided the fanners
could not elect their own man. In con
clusion, Mr. Cockrel said impressively:
“Now, on behalf ef 4,000,000 farmers,
I wish to warn yon that you cannot
make Grover Cleveland tbe next presi
dent of the United States.”
A large portion of tbe audience appa
rently Heard only the words “Cleve
land” and “next president,” and yelled
with delight and intensity.
American Meat.
Berlin, March 14.—The Reichsan
zeiger (official) replying to a number of
complaints received as to tbe failure to
use American salted meat»in the Ger
man navy, said that the experience with
those meats hitherto had been very un
satisfactory. The pecking was defect
ive, the barrels weak and badly made,
and the meat sinewy, toe fat and of in
ferior quality when compared with Eu
ropean meats.
dreampt of in our philosophy.
N’impobte.
A Proof of Merit.
When a remedy proves itself a cure
for the very worst phases of blood poi
son, it stands to reason that minor ef
fects of bad blood will rabidly disappear
if the remedy is used in time. No reme
dy in the world has so good reputation
at home or abroad as a care for all
stages of blood poison asBBB (Botan
ic Blood Balm).
Benj. Morris, Atlanta Ga., writes:" I
suffered years from syphilitic blood poi
son which refused to be cured by all
treatment. Physicians pronounced it a
hopeless case. I had no appetite, I had
pains in my. hips and joints and my kid-
reys were diseased. My throat was ul
cerated and my breast a mass of run
ning sores. In this condition, I com
menced a use of B B B. It healed every
ulcer and cured me completely within
two months.
Robt. Ward, Maxeys,Ga.,writes:“My
disease was pronounced a tertiary form
of blood poison. My face, head and
shoulders were amass of corruption,and
finally the disease began eating my
skull bones. My bones ached; my kid
neys were deranged, I lost flesh and
strength, and life became a burden. All
said Lmust surely die, but nevertheless,
when I had used ten bottles of B B B I
was pronounced sound and well. Hun
dreds of scars can now be seen on me.
I have now been well over twelvo
monthe.
A. P. Burson, Atlanta, Ga., writes “I
had 24 running ulegrs on one leg and
six on the]other, and felt greatly^pros-
trated. I believe I actually swallowed
a barrel of medicine, in vain efforts to
cure the disease. With little hope I fin
ally acted on the urgent advice of a
friend, and got a bottle of B B B. I ex
pel fenced a change, and despondency
was somewhat dispelled. I kept' using
it until I had taken about sixteen bot
tles, and all the ulcers, rheumatism,and
all other horrors of blood poison have
disappeared, and at last I am sound and
well again, after an experience of twen
ty years of torture.”
The healthy growth of the baby is de
pendent upon its freedom from the per
nicious effects of opium.!; Dr. Bull’s
Baby Syrun is the best remedv ’• nown
for tbe diteircs of [early child! ooE
For childreu the best remedy lor ca
tarrh or influenza is Old Saul’s Cattarh
Cure.
.. —* _ h _* • u_ found iiRintr T»r I Two of them were armed with shot-
the patient,.whom ne fo^ n J g r-1 o nth „ „<, K „ There are many fair visitors in Athens
Bull’s Cough.Syrop, and he was correct guns and the other with a pistol.
/■ L!- kjkmfk li.nl VlOOil nilf*Pll- I □ <n neooilanic. flrail vaIIoV ofi
for his cough bad been cured.
I row a"'*
His assailants fired volley after vol-
The Wise Savants
Tell us the Rheumatism is a blood dis
ease ; that it can be cured only by a rem
edy which works through the blood.
And yet, if you have the darting pains
of Rheumatism in muscles or joints, try
a little of Clark’s Lightning Liniment.
It will go direct to the seat of pain and
relieve it at once. There is no waiting
weeks and months until the disease can
be attacked through the blood, This
seems to he contrary to scientific claims
bfit it is true that Clark’s Lightnirg !
Liniment will cure Rheumatism. Sold j W. A. Jester has another lot of those
Clark’s fine young Kentucky mules. Call and
see them at Gauu’s old stables.
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