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VOL. XII. NO. 32
VIENNA, GA.. TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 27, 1894.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
BETRAYED;
A. DARK MARRIAGE
MORN.
A Romance of Love, Intrigue and
Crime.
BY MRS. ALICE
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CHAPTER XXVII.
rnit lightning's flash in the clf.iy «*t.
Flora had closed her eyes to conceal
her tears. She opened them at the in
stant Slyme se z-d her hand and called
her “poor aDgel."
Seeing the man on his knees, she could
not comprehend it, and only exclaimed,
simply:
“Are you mad, Mr. Slyme?”
“Yes, I am mad!" Slyme threw his hair
back with a romantic gesture common to
him and, he believed, to the poets. “Yes,
I am mad with love and with pity, for I
see your sufferings, puie and noble
victim!"
Flora only stared in blank astonish
ment.
“Repose yourself with confidence." he
continued, “on a heart that will be de
voted to yon nnil death-a heart into
which your tears now 1 oil'to its most
sacred depths."
Flora did not wish her tears to roll to
such a distance, so she dried them.
A man on his knees before the woman
be adores mast appear to her either
sublime or ridiculous. Unfortunately
tho attitude of Slyme, at once theatrical
and awkward, did not seem sublime to
Flora. To her live’y imagination it was
irresistibly ludicrous.
A bright gleam of amusement illumined
her charming countenance; she bit her
lips to conceal it, but it shone out of her
eyes nevertheless.
One should never kneel unless sure of
rising conqueror. Otherwise, like Slyme,
be exposes himself to be laughed at.
“Rise, Mr. Slyme,” Ba d Flow, gravely.
‘ThiB book has evidently bewildered you.
(io and take some rest and we will forget
this; only you must never forget your
self again in th s manner."
Slyme rose. He wa i livid.
“Mrs. Cleveland,” he sa d, bitterly, “the
love cf a great .heart can never be an
offense. Mine at least would hive been
sincere ; mine would I ave Veen faithful
mine would Lot have been an infamous
Gnnrj I”
The emphasis of these words displayed
so e'ident an intention, the countenance
of Flora changed immediately. She
moved uneasily on the lounge.
“What do you mean, Mr. Slyme?”
“Nothing, ma’am, which you do not
know, I think," he replied menuiDgly.
She roso.
“You shall explain your meaning im
mediately to me, sir!" she exclaimed; “or
- later, to my husband.”
“But your sadness, your tenrs,” cried
the secretary, in a tone of admirable sin
cerity; “these made me snro you were
not ignorant of it!”
“Oiwhat? How he hesitates ! Speak,
man!"
“I am rot a wretch! I lovo you and pity
you!—thst is all;" and Slyme sighed
deeply.
“And why do you pity me?"
She spoke hanghtily; end though Slyme
had never suspected this imperiousness
of manner or of language, he retlected
hurriedly on the point at which he had ar
rived. More sure than ever of success,
after a moment he took from his p ocket a
folded letter.
It was the one with which be had pro
vided himself to confirm flora’s sus
picions. now awakened for tho first time.
In profound silence he unfolded it and
banded it io her.
She hesitated a moment, then seized it.
A single glance recognized the writing,
for she tad often exchanged notes wi li
Cora.
Words of the most burning passion
terminated thus:
“Always a little jealous of Flo; half
vexed at having given her to you. For
she is pretty, and—but 11 I am beautiful,
am I not, my beloved? and above all, I
adore yon!" „
At the first word Flora became fear
fully pale. Finishing, she uttered a fear
ful gioan, re-read the letter, and re
turned it to Slyme, as if unconscious of
what she was doing."
For a few seconds she remained motion
less —petrified—her eyes fixed on vacancy,
A world seemed roiling down and crush
ing her heart.
Suddenly she turned, passed with "rapid
steps into her boudoir; and Slyme heard
the sound of opening and shutting draw
ers.
A moment after she reappeared with hat
and cloak, and crossed the boudoir with
the same strong and rapid step.
Slyme, terrified to death, rushed to
stop her.
“Mrs. Cleveland!” he cried, throwing
himself before her.
She waved him aside with an imperi
ous gesture of her hand. He trembled
and obeyed, and she lev*boudoir.
A moment later she was on the avenue,
going toward Broadway.
It was now near midnight; cold, damp
weather, with the rain falling in great
drops. The few pedestrians still on the
broad pavement turned to follow with
their eyes this majestic lady, whose gait
seemed hastened by some errand of life
or death.
But'in New York nothing is surpris
ing, for people witness all manner of
things there. Therefore, the strange ap
pearance of Flora did not excite any ex
traordinary attention.
A few men smiled and nodded; others
threw a few words of raillery at her.
Both were unheeded alike.
Reaching Madison Square, she stopped
near the fountain. The sount &f the
falling water caught her e lr. She leaned
against a tree, and gazed into the agitated
pool; then bowing her head, she sighed a
groaning sigh, and turned back.
Hnrrying up Fifth avenue, sho passed
her own door, and soon reached the Ellis-
tou mansion.
Airived there, the unfortunate child
kDew not what to do, nor even why she
had come. She had some vague design,
OS though to assure herself palpably of
her misfortune: to touch it with her
finger, or perhaps to find some reason,
some protest to oonbt it.
She dropped down on the stone steps
and hid her face in both her hands, vainly
striving to think.
It was past midnight. The streets
were deserted; a shower of rain was fall
ing, and she was chilled to numbness.
A policeman passed by. He turned
and stared at the young woman, then
tookher roughly by the am.
“Whst are yon doing here?" he asked,
brutally.
She looked up at him with wondering
eyes.
“I co not know myself," she answered.
The man looked more closely at her.
discovered through all her confusion a
nameless refinement and the subtle per
fume of purity. He took pity on her.
“But, madam, yon cannot stay here,*he
rejoined, in a softer voice.
“No?"
“You must have some great Eorrow?*
“Yery great.”
“What is your name?”
“Flora Cleveland,” she said, simply.
The man looked bewildered.
“Will you tell me where you live?" he
asked.
She gave the number with perfect sim
plicity and perfect indifference. She
seemed to be thinking nothing of what
she was saying.
“Ah! just below here," said the offi
cer.
“Yes," she rejoined.
“Will yon take my arm?”
She did so quietly, and they started
slowly down the street.
Eugene had just reached the house, and
heard with stupefied surprise, from the
lips of the lady's maid, the details of his
wife's mysterious disappearance, when the
bell rang violently.
He rushed out and met his wife on the
8inir3. She had somewhat recovered her
calmness and as be interrogated her with
a searching glance, made a ghastly effort
to smile.
“I was sligh’ly ill and went ont a lit
tle," she said. “I walked too far and am
somewhat tired."
Notwithstanding the improbability of
the explanation, he did not hesitate. He
murmured a few soft words of reprorcb
and placed her in the hands of her maid,
who removed her wet garments.
Di ring that time he cRlled the officer,
who regained in the vestibule, and close
ly inteirogated him.
On learning where he had found Floia,
Euvi-ne knew at once and fully the whole
truth.
He went directly to his wife. She had
retir d and was trembling in every limb.
One of her hands was resting outside
the coverlet.
He rushed to take it, but she withdrew
it gently, but with sad and resolute dig
nity.
The simple ; esture told him they were
separated forever.
Rv a tacit arrangement proposed by her,
and as tacitly accepted by him, Flora be
came virtually a widow.
He remained for some seconds immova.
ble, his expression lost in the shadow of
a curtain; then slowly left the chamber.
The idea of lying to defend himself never
occurred to him.
His line of conduct was already ar
ranged—calmly, methodically. But two
blue circ'es had already sunk around his
eyes, and his face wore a waxen pallor.
His hands, joined behind his back,
were clenched togethor; and the riDg ha
wore sparkled with their tremulous move
ment.
After half an hour he stood in the door
of her chamber.
“Flo!" he said.
She turned her eyes gleaming with
fever uj on him.
“Flo, I am ignorant of what yon know,
and I shill not ask you,” he continued,
ns he stepped into the room and ap
proached her bed. “I bare been very
criminal toward you, but perhaps les3 so
than you think.
“Terrible circumstances bound me with
iron bands. Fate ruled me! But I seek no
pallintion. Judge of me as severely ns
you wish; but I beg of you calm yourself
—preserve yourself!
‘You s\;oke to me this morning of your
presentiments-of your malerual hopes.
Attach yourself to those thoughts, and -
you will always be mistress of your life.
As for myselfy I shall be whatever j'on
will me—a stranger or a friend. But now
I feel that my r.iesence makes you ill. I
will leave you for a time, but not alone.
Would you wish Mis. Morgan to come to
yon?”
“Yos,” she murmured, faintly.
“I shall go for her; but it is not neces
sary to tell you there are confidences one
must reserve from one’s dearest friends.”
“Except a mother?” She murmured the
question with a supplicating agony, very
painful to see.
He grew still paler. After an instant:
“Except a mother!” he said. “Re it so!”
She turned her face and buried it in the
pillow.
"Your mother returns to-morrow, doe3
she not?”
She made an affirmative motion of her
head.
“Yorfcan make your arrangements with
her. I shall accept everything."
“Thank you,” she replied, feebly.
He left the room and w<.nt to find Mrs.
Morgan, whom fie awakened, and briefly
:old her his wife had been seized with a
severe nervous attack, the effect of a chil'.
Tile amiable lady ran hastily to Flora
and spent the night with her.
But she was not the dupe of the ex
planation Eugene had given her. Women
quickly understand each other in their
grief.
Nevertheless she asked no confidences
and received none; but her tenderness to
;he stricken one redoubled.
During the silence of that dreadful
light the only service she could render
ler was to make her weep.
Nor did those laggard hours pass less
oitterly for Eugene Cleveland.
He tried to take no rest, but walked np
and down his apartments until daylight
in a sort of frenzy. The distress of this
poor child wounded him to the heart.
The memories of the past rose before
him, and passed onward in sad proces
sion. Then the morrow would show him
the crushed daughter with her mother—
her loving mother. Mortally stricken n
all her best illusions, in all her dearest
hopes, in all connection with the happi-
nesBOflife!
He found he had yet in his heart lively
feelings of pity; jet some remorse in his
conscience.
Strange to say, this weakness irritated
him, and he denounced it to himself.
Who had betrayed him?
This question agitated him to an equal
degree, but from the first instant he had
net been deceived in this matter.
The sudden grief and half-crazed con
viction of his wife, her despairing atti
tude, and her silence, could only be ex
plained by slrong assurance and ceitain
revelation.
After having turned the matter over
and over in his mind, he arrived at tho
conclusion that nothing conld have
thrown such clear light into his life save
Clara's letters.
He never wrote to Mrs. Elliston, but
jeuld not prevent her wriiiug to him, for
to her, as to all women, lovo without let
ters was incomplete.
But the fault of Eugene, inexcusable in
a man o: his fact; was to have presened
these letters. No one, however, is perfect,
and he was an artist.
He delighted in these chef d’cenvres of
pissionateeloquence, was pioud of inspir
ing them, and he could not make up his
mind to bum or destroy them.
He examined at once the secret drawer
where he had concealed them, and by
certain signs discovered the lock had
part a most wre! ched night, did not feel
his nerves equal in the morning to meet
ing the reception possibly in waiting for
him at the Lelauds’. His letter was
skillfully penned, to put asleep suspicion
if it bad not been fully aroused, and if
Flora had not betrayed him.
pit announced his acceptance of a lucra
tive situation, suddenly offered him in a
commercial honse in Boston. He was
obliged to decide .at once, and to start
that same morning, for fedr of losing au
opportunity which coul i not recur again.
It concluded with the liveliest gratitude
and re ret.
Eugene conld not very well reach his
brother-in-law’s secretary to strangle
him; so he resolved to do the next best
thing. He not only sent him a friendly
letter thanking him for all his kindness
ti his wife, but a handsome present in
addition as a testimonial of his sympathy
and goo I wishes!
This, however, was a simple precau
tion, for he i prrehended nothing more
from the venomous reptile, so far be
neath him, after he had once shaken him
off.
Seeing him deprived of the only weap
on he could possibly use against him, he
felt safe. Besides, so far as he knew,
Slyme had lost the only interest he could
desire to subserve, for he knew this men
had done him the compliment of court
ing his wife.
And he really esteemed him a little
less low, after discovering this gentle
man lv taste! *
Ah! but the end was not yet.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
THE DAUGHTEE AND HEK MOTHER.
It required on the part of Eugene Cleve
land, this same mo n'n.g, an exertion of
all his courage to perform his duty as a
gentleman in receiving Mr. and Mrs Le-
iand upon their return home. But courage
had been for some time past his sole re
maining virtue; and this, at least, he
sought never to lose.
He received them most gracefully—his
father and mother-in-law as they de
scended from their carriage and entered
the broal hall.
Mr. Lelnnd was much broken in health.
The trip, wh ch it had been hoped would
benefit, had only wearied him; and now,
on again entering his own door, he beyged
to be at once assisted to his sleeping
loom.
Mrs. Leland lingered in surprise at not
seeing her daughter there to meet them,
and cast an inquiring look upon Eugene.
He informed her that sli9 had been a
little indisposed since the preceding even
ing. Notwithstanding the precautions he
took in his language and by his smile, he
could not pie'ent Sirs. Leland from feel
ing a lively alarm.
He did not pretend, however, entirely
to reassure her. Under his reserved and
measured replies, she felt the present
ment of some disaster. After having
pressed him with many questions, she
suddenly turned and hurried up stairs.
Flora, to spare her mother the first
shock,- had quitted li9r bed and dressed
herself; and the poor child had oven put
a little rouge on her pale cheeks. Eu--
gene, who had hastened after his mother-
in-law, himself opened for her the door
of her daughter’s ehamber, and then
withdrew.
All that passed between them at first was
a silent interchange of mutual caiesses.
Then the mother seated herself near
nor daughter, drew her head on her
bosom, and looked into the depths of her
eyes.
“What is the matter?” she asked sadly.
“Oh, nothing—nothing hopeless! only
you must love your little Flo more than
ever. Will you not?”
Yes; but why?"
I must not worry yon; and I must not
wrong myself, either. You know why!”
Yes; but I implore you, my darling,
to tell me.”
Yery well; I will tell yon everything
But, mother, you must be as brave as I
am."
She buried her head lower still on hei
mother's breist, and commenced to re
count to her, in a low voice, without
looking np once, the terrible revelation
which had been made to her, and which
her husband’s avowal had confirmed.
As the time passed on he sat himself
down and tried to read, bnt his thoughts
wondered. His ear eagerly received,
against his will, the slightest sounds in
the house. If a foot seemed approaching
him, he rose suddenly and tried to com
pose his countenance. When the door of
the neighboring chamber was opened his
agony was redoubled.
He caught the sound of a weary 6igh,
then, an inst: nt after, the dull fall of
Mrs. Leland upon the carpet, then her
despairing sobs.
Eugene threw from him violently the
book which he was forcing himself to
toad, placing his elbows on the bureau
which was before him, held, for a long
time, his pale forehead tightened in his
contracted hands. When the sound of
t ie sobs abated and ceased, little by lit
tle, fie breathed freer.
A little after midday he received this
note:
“My husband’s health is hopelessly
broken. He has sent in his resignation to
the directors of the bank. He longs for
the country. Wairen has placed his
house at Roxbury at our disposal, and we
depart almost immediately. If yon will.
permit me to take my daughter with me
for a few days, I shall be grateful to
you. Agnes Leland.”
He returned this simple reply:
“You can do nothing of which I do not
approve to-day and always.
“Eugene Cleveland.”
Mrs. Leland, in fact, having consulted
the inclination and the strength of her
daughter, had determined to remove her
without delay, if pog-ible, from the im
pressions of the spot where sue - had
suffered so severely from the presence
of her husband, and from the unfortu
nate embarrassment of their mutual situa
tion.
She desired also to meditate in soli
tude, in order lo decide what course to
take under unexpected circumstances.
Finally, she had not the courage to see
Eugene again—if she could ever see him
again—until some time had elapsed. It
was not without anxiety that she awaited
his reply to the request she had addressed
him.
Iu the midst of the troubled confusion
if her ideas, she believed him capable of
almost anything; and she feared every
thing from him.
Eugene’s note reassured her.
Sha hastened to road it to her daughter
and both of them, like two lost creatures
who cling to the smallest twig, remarked
with pleasure the kind of respectful
abandonment with which he h- d reposed
their destines in their own h-nd.
He spent the remainder of the day in
his countiDg-room, and when he returned
they had departed.
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE REPTILE TURNS TO STING.
When Flora Cleveland returned to New
York and her home she there experienced
the painful impressions of the past, and
the somber preoccupation of the future;
but she brought there wiih her, although
in a fragile form, a mo t powerful con*
iolation—her first-born child.
Assailed bv griet, and even menaced by
now emotions, she was obliged to re
nounced the nursing of her li tie one;
but nevertheless she never left him, foi
she was jealous even of his nurse. She
at least wished to be loved by him. -
Sho loved him with an infinite passion.
She lovad him because he was her own
son and of her blood.
He was the price of her misfortune—of
her pain.
Sfie loved him because he was her only
hope of human happiness hereafter.
She loved him because he was as beau
tiful as the day. And it was true he was
so; for he resembled his father—and she
loved him also on that account.
She tried to concentrate her bent and
all her thoughts on this dearcreiture, and
at first she thought she had succeeded.
She was saiprised at herself, atherown
tr nquillity, when she saw Cora Elliston;
for her lively imagination hid exhausted,
in advance, all the sadness which her new
existence could contiin.
But when'she had lost the kind of tor
por into which excessive suffering had
plunged her- when her maternal sensa-
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* * *
The $20,000 contract let to Venable
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It is the general impression iu the
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* * *
Glascock superior court would have
convened at Gibson last Monday but
for the delay in the arrival of his hon
or, Judge McWhorter. He wired the
clerk to adjourn court until Thurs
day, February 22d. There are but few
cases to be disposed of. The most im
portant one is a damage suit, of G. W.
Perkins vs. John H. Williams. The
amount involved is $1,000.
The governor has offered a reward
for the dynamiters of Walker county.
On the 15th of November dynamite
was placed under the honse of John
Shahan, in that county, and on the
27th of December dynamite was put
under the engine of J. M. Goodson and
blew it up. The governor offers a re*
ward of $250 for the arrest with proof
to convict in each of the cases.
I gave up his law practice and prepared
himself for the work of an humble
minister of the gospel.
. , tions were a little quioted by custom—
Mrs. Leland aid not once interrupt hei j ^er woman’s heart recovered itself in the
during this cruel recital. She only im- j mother's
j She could not prevent herself from re-
j newing her passionate interest in hei
! graceful tfiough terrible husband.
primed a kiss on her hair from time to
time.
Flora, who did not dare to raise hei
eyes to her, as though she ware ashamed
of another’s crime, might have imegiusd
that she had exaggerated the gravity of
her misfortune, since her mother had re
ceived the confidence with so much calm
ness. Bnt the calmness of Mrs. Leland
at this terrible moment was that of the
martyrs; for a 1 that co ,ld have been
suffered by the Christians under the
claws of the tiger, or on the rack of the
torturer, this mother was suffering at the
hands of her best-beloved daughter.
Her beautiful pale face—her large eyes
upturned to heaven, liko those they give
to the pure victims kneeling in the Roman
circus-appeared as though demanding
of God if He really had any consolaton
for such torture.
When she had heard all, she summoned
strength to smile at her daughter, who at
last looked np to her with an expression
of timid uniertainity, embracin' her
more tightly still.
“Well, my darling,” said she, at last, “it
is a great affliction, it is true. Y’ou are
ri s ht, notwithstanding; there is nothing
to despair of.”
“Do you really believe so?"
“Certainly. There is some inconceiv
able mystery under all this; bnt be as
sured that the evil is not so tenible as it
appears.”
“My poor mother! bnt he has acknowl-
edgeu it?”
“I 3m tetter pleased he has acknowl.
edged it. That proves he has yet some
pride, and som9 good yet left in bis soul.
Then, too, he feels very muchafflicied; he
suffers as much as we do. Think of that.
Let us think of the future, my darling.”
They clasped each other’s hands, and
smiled at one another to restrain the tears
which filled the eyes of both.
Afier a few minutes :
“I must go to your poor father now, my
child," said Mrs, Leland, “and tben I
would liko to repose for half an hour.”
“I will accompany you to papa’s room
Oh, I can walk! I feel a great deal belter. "
“I think you had better wait a little,
my dear. Yonr father is reposing aftei
the fatigues of the journey. I will come
for you by and by.”
“Very well, mamma."
Mrs. Jjeland rose to leave the room. A
the door she turned:
“Be sensible," she said, with anothei
smile.
'Aud you also," rejoined Flora, whose
voice failed her.
Mrs. Xelind hastened to her owu
private room, closed and locked the door,
raised her clasped hands toward Heaven;
then, fulling on her knees before lbebed,
she buried her head in it, and commenced
to weep despairingly.
Flora, left alone in her room, dropped
been tampered with. Nevertheless, there upon her knees, clasped her hands, and
was no letter missing; tbe arrangement j supplicated the Great Throne for strength
of them alone had been disturbed.
His suspicions at once reverted to
Slyme, whose scruples he suspected were
but slight, and in the morning they were
confirmed beyond doubt by a letter from
the secretary to his employer.
In fact, Slyme, after passing on hia
! to bear the terrible trial through which
| sh6 was passing.
| The apartment occupied by Eugene was
j continuous to this chamber. He had been
I walking with long strides up and down
! the room, expecting every moment to see
Mrs. Leland enter.
Mrs. Leland did not return to the efty
with her daughter, but remained in Rox
bury, with her husband.
Flora wrote her quit* ofien, however,
aud told her everything that was taking
place. For this wise young woman, ma
tured by misfortune," observed every
thing, B ;w everything, and exaggerated
nothing.
She touched, in her letters, on the
most delicate poinis in the household,
and oven on her husband’s secret
thoughts, with accurate justice.
Eugene, as yet, was not at ail converted,
nor near being so; but it would bo bely
ing human nature to attribulo lo his
heart, or that of any other human being,
a supernatural impassibility.
If tbe dark' and implacable theories
which Eugene Cleveland had lately made
tho law of his existence could triumph
absolutely, this would b9 true.
The tri ,1s he had p issed through did
not reform him, they only staggered him.
He did not pursue his path with the
same firmness; he strayed fro his pro
gramme.
He pitied one of his victims, and, as
one wrong always entails auo.her, after
pitying his wife, he came near loving his
ch Id. .
These two weaknesses had glided into
his petrified soul, as into a marble fount,
aud there took root—two imperceptible
roots, however.
The child scarcely occupied him more
than a few moments every day." ~
He thought of him, however, and
would return home a litt'e earlier than
usual eaoh day than was his habit, se-
creetly attracted by the smile of that
fresh face.
The moi her was for hi m someth in g more.
Her sufferings, her youthful heroism, had
toucted him. She became in his eyes
somebody.
He discovered many merits in her. He
perceived she was remakablv well in
formed for a woman. She understood
half a word, know a great deal, and
guessed at tho remainder.
She had, in fine, that blending grace
and solidity which gives io the conversa
tion of a woman of cultured mind an in
comparable charm.
She was a lovable creature, and it can
be understood that she might have many
attractions, even for her hn-band.
Yet, though he hid not for one instant
the idea of sacrificing to her the passion
that ruled his life, it is certain, however,
that his wife pleased him as a charming
friend, which she tiuly was.
[TO EE CONTINUED.]
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THIS PAPER
IT WILL PAY YOU.
Saving is a practice best begun early
—and for this reason: It is a habit,
and like all habits, easily planted in a
child, bnt taking root with difficulty in
an adult. It is no kindness to teach
children to spend, unless you can in
sure them money to spend to their
lives’ end.
Carolina’s Dispensary Profits.
The quarterly statement of the oper
ations of the South Carolina state
dispensary, which has been looked
forward to -with much interest, has
been made public. The statement
shows that the profits of the dispen
sary for the past quarter has been
$67,139. The-profits for the last quar
ter were $32,198.16, making the total
not proceeds from the six months of
the dispensary’s existence $99,337.16.
Everyood v should read the paogj .and
1 eep ud with the times.
Governor Nortken has reduced the
fine of John B. Hightower, of Laurens
county, who pleaded guilty of selling
liquor without a license and was fined
$350 and costs. It has been made to
appear that Hightower has paid $200
of this and it is absolutely impossible
for him to pay tho whole fine. The
governor reduced the fine to $225 and
costs, this including the fine already
paid.
* * *
Bev. W. A, Tignor is dead. His
death occurred last Monday at his
home in Jonesboro, and it was the sad
end to a lingering illness of several
months. The deceased leaves a wife
and eight children, among the latter
being Messrs. G. Y. and W. A, Tignor,
Jr., prominent attorneys of Columbus,
and Mr. B. S. Tignor, a rising yonhg
business man of Atlanta, prs. J. A,
Tignor, of Borne, and W. F. Tignor,
of Columbus, are brothers of the de
ceased.
* * *
Tho eyes of many capitalists hare
been directed towards Georgia’s gold
mines the past few weeks. If Georgia’s
old red hills are filled with the yel
low metal, as some of the more enthu
siastic prospectors assert, it will not be
long before the fact becomes of na
tional importance, but viewing the sit
uation' in a conservative light, there
can be no doubt but that money can
be made where sufficient capital is in
vested at the proper location.
Attorney General Terrell visited Co
lumbus a few days ago to see if he
couldn’t do something to help the
sheriff of Webster county ont of a box
he has gotten into. Failing to secure
any other property of the Columbus
Southern railroad, the sheriff attached
a mail train and tied it up for the debt
that road owed the county for taxes.
Now he is in hot water about it and he
sent for the attorney general to co me
down and represent him in the pro
ceedings before the commissioner,
. * * *
President Harry Brown, of the
State Sportman’s Association, has is
sued notice to all members of the asso
ciation that the railroads have granted
a one and one-third rate fare to all at
tending the meeting at Savannah,
February 28th aud March 1st. nc al
so issues instructions to those attend
ing, 'that they should get a receipt
from the agent from whom they buy
their tickets showing that they paid
full fare. This receipt, when signed
by the secretary of the association,
will entitle them tr purchase a return
ticket for one-third the full fare.
* * * *
A few days ago Deputy Marshal A,
A. Elder, of Athens, arrested J. E.
Altman, the postmaster at Kehobotb,
a small hamlet in Morgan county. Re
cently a check was received at that of
fice, properly “signed and made pay
able to Mr. M. C. Nunn, at Eehoboth
postoflice. The letter was broken open,
the check taken and Mr. Nunn’s name
forged on the back of the check. The
check was payable to Mr. M. C. Nunn
and called for $24. Mr. Altman is
abont 30 years of age. He has a wife
and five little children, who are, of
course, in great distress over the affair.
Death cf Rev. W, l>. Anderson.
Bev. William D. Anderson, one of
the most prominent ministers in the
Southern Methodist church, died at j
Marietta after several days’ illness
with pneumonia. The sad news was
STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Called to Assemble in Atlanta March
3d, Next.
Judge Allen Fort has issued a call
to the members of tho executive com
mittee to meet in Atlanta on the third
day of March at 10 o’clock.
Tho following are the ■ members of
the committee;
State at Large—Allen Fort, Ameri
cas; J. W. Nelms, Atlanta; J. L.
Hardeman, Macon; Clark Howell, At
lanta.
First District—Gazaway Hartridge,
Savannah; W. P. Wade, Sylvania,
Second District—H. C. Sheffield, Ar
lington; J. L. Hand, Pelham.
Third District—J. H. Hodges,Perry;
W. E. Steed, Butler.
Fourth District—B. H. Richardson,
Columbus; J. C. Crenshaw. LaGrange.
Fifth District—J. W. Hale, Conyers,
W. T. Kimsey, Jonesboro.
Sixth District—M. H. Sandwich,
Thmnaston; E. E. Pound, Jackson.
Seventh District—D. H. Hamilton,
Borne; J. B. Foster, Marietta.
Eighth District—J. M. Smith, Smith-
onia; H. W. Baldwin, Madison.
Ninth District—Geo. L. Bell, Atlan
ta; Howard Thompson, Gainesville.
Tenth District—A. L. Wooten, Lou
isville; T. L. Hunt, Sparta.
Eleventh District—J. L. Beach,
Brunswick; W. M. Clements, Eastman.
FIRE AT THE FAIR.
credit and distinction and was speaker ^11,000.
A Raleigh, N. C., Special says: The
revenue collectors are receiving no
tices by the score of the closing ofreg-
istered distilleries, owing to the three-
gallon law. In one county (Yadkin)
all save six out of forty registered dis
tilleries have closed.
After a caucus held at New Orleans
between the governor and his advisers
and leading representatives of the
sugar interests, it was stated by a close
friend of the governor that the ap
pointment of a successor to Senator
White would be given to north Louisi
ana, and lay between ex-Governor Mc-
Enery and Representative Blanchard.
Secretary Herbert has received a
cablegram from Admiral Benham, at
Rio, announcing that the Aqnidiban
had gone out of the harbor, where she
joined the Republics, and that both
vessels stood away to the south. This
is taken to indicate that the rebel ships
were not on their way to do battle
with Peixoto’s new fleet, which is daily
expected at Rio from the north, but
were on their way to Mello’s strong
hold at the island of Desterro, proba
bly to secure reinforcements.
The North Carolina state geologist
gives information that the coal now
being mined in Moore county is by far
the best ever discovered in the state.
It is almost hard coal. The geologist
has put in press a report on the water
powers of North Carolina, with a spe
cial view to their utilization in the
transmission of power by electricity.
He says that all the kaolin deposits in
the state are to be analyzed and tested
during this year. Interest in gold
mining in the state is greater than iu
thirty-five years.
A London cable dispatch says: Ac
cording to the Scotch-unionist press
the conservative, unionist and liberal
election agents have been warned that
a dicsolution of parliament will, with
out doubt, occur within thirty days,
and instructions have been given to
make preparations for a new election.
It is also said that Mr. Gladstone will
probably not stand for re-election, in
which case Sir James Carmichael will
doubtless be the liberal candidate for
the Midlothian seat, occupied by Mr.
Gladstone since 1880.
A Jackson, Tenn., specialsays: The
prejured witnesses in the Howard case
are still held, pendingsentence. The
confession implicating Howard in the
scheme to murder General Bullock
came from self-confessed perjured
lips, but the details caused consider
able interest when the statement was
published. The fact that the perjur
ers stand _ convicted but have not been
sentenced is taken as an inctlcation
that Howard will be brought from
Columbus, O., and made to answer
for the crime of subornation of wit
nesses.
The Rhode Island state prohibition
convention hag adopted a platform in
which the national platform of 1892
is endorsed, the emancipation of
women and woman suffrage declared
for, the course of the republican and
democratic parties in state politics
ridiculed, the opinion of the United
States supreme court that state courts
are responsible for the existence of the
liquor traffic is endorsed, and the
declaration made that the tariff ques
tion should be placed in the hands of
reliable business men and tariff legis
lation be given an opportunity to be
tried.
The German government commis
sion, which was formed at Berlin to con
sider the price of silver has had its first
sitting. Count Yon Pasadowsky, sec
retary of the imperial treasury; pre
sided, In addressing the committee
Count Von Pasadowsky said that the
imperial government, despite its own
gold standard, had perceived the
depreciation in silver and considered
that the subject demanded exhaustive
examination. Hence its decision to
have the question discussed by experts
of different views and callings with the
object of raising and rendering stable
the value of silver and securing a basis
for practical measures.
The official returns from all bnt nine
of the sixty-seven counties of Penn
sylvania send Grow’s plurality up to
the unprecedented figure of 180,233, a
gain of 45,087 over the plurality given
the republican candidate for state
treasurer last fall, whose vote
it was expected then would
stand as the “high water mark” of
republicanism in Pennsylvania for a
long time to come. All of the official
returns show republican gains over tbe
election night estimates; therefore, it
is fair to assume that the official fig
ures from the nine missing counties
will produce increases that will give
Grow not less than 185,000 plurality)
WHAT TIME SHE LOVES.
What time she loves me and doth lay
Her little hand in mine,
The winter blossoms like the May
And stars through storm-clouds shine!
What time she loves me not—ah, me'.
In spring the winter seems to be!
(' \en I do feel that she is kind,
V ;fe hath no more to give,
sweetly doth the sun and wind
\ Make all Life’s violets live!
But when, perchance, her irown I see,
Life's last, sweet violet dies for ruel'
How. on her lightest touch,
My hope, my heaven itepeud3 ’.
If it be ill to love so much.
Love maketh all amends.' -
Cruel or kind though she may be,
Her love is heaven and earth (o me
—Frank L. Htantou. in Atlanta Constitution.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
The Illinois State Building Consider
ably Damaged.
Another world’s fair fire has oc
curred in the east wing of the Hlinois
state building. It was undoubtedly of
incendiary origin, but prompt re
sponse on the part of the fire depart
ment prevented much damage.
The chief danger from the fire was
the probability that it might extend to
the art palace, which is now used as
the storehouse for the Columbian mu
seum. For this reason a second and
third alarm were quickly turned in,
bringing a large number of engines to
the grounds.
Fears for the safety of the art palace
were well grounded, for early in the
progress of the fire flying brands
alighted on the nortliw.st dome of the
building, and in a few moments that
portion of the building was ablaze. A
squad of guards soon extinguished the
blaze, and remained on the roof to
prevent mote brands from lodging.
The loss of the Illinois state building
is nominal. Joseph Hallak, a fireman,
fell thirty feet from the northwest
corner of tho building, but esdaped
with slight injuries.
SENSATIONAL CHARGES
Which Are Agitating Political Circle!
in Birmingham* Ala.
Political circles at Birmingham are
agitated over a sensation sprung by
Ben Delmos, secretary of the state
republican campaign committee, who
has published a card in several news
papers, in which he declares that he
has in his possession vouchers w"hich
show that money was paid through
him by Chris Magee, who was sent
down to Alabama two years ago by tbe
republicans to try to carry this state
for Harrison, for certain leaders of
the Ixolbites and people’s party, who
did not keep faith with the republicans
afte* the trade was made. Delmos Las
threatened to' produce these vouchers
if the Kolbite newspapers keep np
the war which he says they seem to
have inaugurated against him and
other leading republicans.
WORK OF THE FLAMES.
Bnildings in Chicago aud Rochester
Burned Oat.
The immenee tin can and japanned
ware factory of Noiton Bros., occupy
ing half of the triangular block facing
on Dock and Water streets, Chicago,
has been destroyed by fire. It took
twenty-three engines and two fire
boats to conquer the flames, which
wero confined to four walls of the fac
tory. The loss is $600,000, and 600
men and women are thrown out of
employment.
new York’s asylum burned.
The Rochester, N, Y., state asylum
for the insane has been burned. The
loss is $75,000 and there is no insur
ance. There were 450 inmates and
not a person was injured.
Prohibition in Iowa.
A prominent man, living near Oma
ha, Neb., has just received a letter
from Governor Frank D. Johnson, of
Iowa, in which he states that if the
Iowa legislature does not repeal or
modify the prohibitory law so as to af
ford relief for the river counties, he
will call the legislature in extra ses
sion for that purpose. This is the first
declaration made by the governor on
the subject.
Exploding Boiler Kills Forty-OneMen.
A boiler explosion occurred at Kiel,
Germany, on the cruiser Brandenburg,
with fatal results to the crew and
damage to the vessel. New boilers
had been put in the vessel and steam
g | was gotten up to test them. It is re-
s I ported that forty-one men were in-
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received molt'“profolmd 7.1 *tantlyfilled and nine other, fetal*
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PUCK’S EDITOR DEAD.
Joseph Keppler, Celebrated Caricatur
ist, Passes Away.
Joseph Keppler, the caricaturist, the
editor and part proprietor of the comic
journal Puck, is dead. At the time of
his death he was fifty-six years old.
The immediate canse of death was heart
failure, resulting from a complication
of spinal and lung troubles. Mr. Kep
pler published a World’s Fair edition
of Puck in Chicago, and devoted him
self to it with so much ardor that his
health gave way. He returned to New
York in the fall a sick man, and his
condition steadily grew worse until his
death. As editor and caricaturist of
Puck his name attained a world-wide
celebrity.
A statistician estimates that Ameri-
cans expend $400,000 » day for amuse
ment*. — - -
Worldly wise—Geographers.
There’s the rub—At tho T’nrkiab
bath.
Gossip of the ring—Society chatter
over an engagement. —Truth.
When you bury your grudges do
not erect a tall monument over them.
—Galveston News.
Some men ifTe the architects of their
own fortunes; others only carry the
hod to theirs.—Puck.
“Johnny, is «your father a firm
man?” “Yes, mom, when he knows
he’s wrong.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
“That fellow Jawlev is a broker,
isn’t he?” “Yes.” “Has he any
money?” .“Yes—he’s got mine.”—
Life.
The trouble with the family tree
is that its latest twigs put on the
greatest air of self-importance. —
Truth.
Somehow or other people always
distrust a man who is generally known
to dye his whiskers.—Somerville
J onrnal.
Although the’ relations between
France and Germany are strained they
don’t seem to be very clear.—Texas
Siftings.
Lloyd (at dinner)—“Mamma, what
makes us eat soup first, then fish ? Is
it so the fish can go in swimming.”—
Babyhood.
Be modest; don’t forget that many
things which you regard as events are
looked upon as mere incidents by
other people.—Puck.
Aunty—“So you have had your first
meal at your new boarding place. Was
it a course dinner?” Little Girl—-
“Awfully.”—Good News.
Some genius lias invented an indoor
game .of baseball. This goes to show
that the game is not altogether played
out.—Hartford Journal.
Bride—-“Why do they give us so
many things we are too poor to use?”
Groom—“Yes: this cook-book, for in
stance?”—Detroit Tribune.
“I enjoyed the sermon to-day more
than aDy I have heard in six months.”
Mrs. Seeqnick—“Is your new cloak
sealskin or beaver?”—Inter-Ocean.
“What is the correct Eugbsh of it?
Do you collect a bill or collect a debt?”
“The English of it is you cau’t do
either just now. ”—St. Louis Republic.
Maud—“I’ve made a splendid reso
lution.” Guinevere—“What is it?”
Maud—“I’ve determined to leave off
getting engaged.”—Chicago Record,
The boy stood on the icy walk.
Whence all but him had slid ;
Zip went his heeLs, up went his feet,
Aud “wow-wow” went the kid.
—Binghamton Republican.
“Money talks,” remarked the busi
ness man, who was ruefully contem
plating a lot of idle capital; “but it
doesu’t talk in its sleep.”—Washing
ton Star.
Bliss Porkopolis—“Is it true that
all Bostonians live On baked beans?”
Blrs. Beaconstreete—“Oh, no; lots of
them live on their relatives.”—Somer
ville Journal.
Father—“Well, yonng man, I un
derstand, then, that you love my
daughter?” Nervous Youth—“N-n-n-
no, sir, I wish to marry her. ”—Chi
cago Inter-Ocean.
Philanthropist—“You say you aia
keeping a lookout for work? Then
why can’t you get work?” Weary
Willyuin—“That’s not what I’m keep
ing the lookout for. ’’—Chicago Record.
Hoax—“I hear Hamphat has just
received a legacy of a million dollars.”.
Joax—“Yes, and that makes him at
once the richest and the poorest actor
iu the profession. ”—Philadelphia
Record.
Kangaroo—“It’s your ivory the
hunters are always after. Why don’t
you carry it in yonr trunk ?” Ele
phant—“It’s your skin they want.
Why don’t you hide it in your pouch.”
—Chicago Tribune.
“She had as pretty a name as I ever
heard. It was Marjorie Mayblossom;
but she bad it changed.” “Changed?”
“Yes, by law.” “Good gracious!
What did she have it changed to?”
“Blrs. Marjorie Smith.”—New York
Press.
She (sympathizingly)—“I feel sa
sorry for the poor street car conduct
ors. It must be terrible for them to
be on their feet all day long. ” Ha—■
“Humph! They ain’t. They’re on
the passenger’s feet more’n half the
time.”—Buffalo Courier.
Blrs. Pryer—“I understand your
husband is very fond of female
society.” Mrs. Sweetly—“Excessively
so. In fact, I can’t get him to go to a
club or anything of that kind. He
wants to be in my company all the
time.”—New York Press.
“I believe in trying to put as good
a face as possible on everything in
times like these, Maria,” said Mr.
Billus, looking again at the bill that
had just been brought in, “bnt it does
seen* to me that $3.75 for complexion
wash in one month is putting it on a
little too thick. ”—Chicago Tribune.
A Farmer’s Snow Carriage.
An Aroostook (Me.) farmer travels
in great comfort through the long
reaches of snow and in the face of the
bitterest north winds in a one-horse
sleigh, hooded over like a prairie
schooner, and with a stove inside, the
funnel sticking through the top. It
is a rig of his own invention,-and,
while not architecturally beautiful in
sppearance, is mighty comfortable ia
use.—Detroit Free Press.
Iron and steel are made by natiy#
tribes in the interior of Africa,