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THE VIENNA PROGRESS.
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JOHN E HOWELL, Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XIL no. m
VIENNA, GA.. TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1894.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY.
fB sAd and soREowrijit
it iotrts k. ckujij, jb.
6c bcfy yoiir gloom &nd your fcor £o4r
A-war from tnfe world and. our «ight;
Aid^tnye heath the eun of to-jnorro^
To cither the beacons cf light.
Go mingle your tears witty the wtitefi,
Anddrift’?h?m away with the’ide;
Be oile of rrotid Joy * lovely.daughteH
Tfcftt latigh At vafh Grief's* lonely chid®.
iij.a joad is so heAvy rod carry,
’Til ill that miBfottnne cAn bear:
Tlmcw off the dull weight* and be iherry—
Away with yoni trouble ind.ciro.
Go sink iii the depths ,of crea'iori
. Ybhr grieving, your heartaches and pain f
thdeivor In life's busy fitatiorl
Tot happiness, glory, and gairi.
C6me oiit from eieom cells of, the te&rfhi,
And.bAsk Jn the Bnnsbine rf, joy; . .
C8tne brea'ne the pure aii- of the cheei-fAi,
And Strive in Contentment's eitiplBy;
Cbmegere At the fldw’ret* hd.w blooming
Aldng tbfe bright pathway like gold ;
Gbmeflip the sweet nectar perfuming.
The fcarth with its sweetness Untold.
tfe sad And yi Sorr8wfnl Stricken,
MlsfortUhe’s lon@ victim'* bf grief.
The thrbb of $roui* hedrt seems tb qnlckeh-
. Cotoe share tbe swbet bilin gif i
elfw* K "
^ dftell with the hap
) quioi
ellef.
appy whb ineaetifA
The worth of this life ny it* mirth;
Cbme drink ftbm the fountain of pleaeutA
That thrills with it* comfbrt All earth.
BtCHI-AN*D, S: Di
A Story Of Early Oolo.
tiial Dap-Si
Sir CHARLES C. HAHN.
tRAPTF.R Ili.-fCoiitimied:)
from this day on tha minister had nt)
doubt of Hillsf/'s leigite with the evil
one, and. jUBt as he meant to be, for ho
was a man of honest convictioD, or preju
dice, he Would have h%d his enemy
brought up for trial, had not his value in
the settlement been so great that bin
neighbors counseled patience. But the
silent influence of the minister had its
effect and after a short sojourn in the
village, Hillary, as we have seen, had
built a cabin in the woods and removod
there with his daughter.
On the very day of the trial, the minis
ter had another manifestation of the
strange power which was being exercised
OTer his daughter, then about teu years
old. During the day the a r had become
inltry, surely portending a thunderstorm
The leaves upeu the fruit trees scarcely
teemed to move. Towards noon a dark
cloud had drifted o.er thorn from the
eouth, but it passed away and was 6een
to breok up in the north. This advance
guard of thestorm, however, was followed
In less than half an hoar by sn army of
smaller olouds, which came slowly "up
wards, and at length after much blowing
about in the upper air, joined together
and began to nettle down over Sagnauck.
A deep rumbling was h-ard among them,
and then, as if the thunder had broken
the water barriers, a few large drops of
rain fell pattering upon the forest leaves
and on the cabin roofs. A gust of wind
followed, partially relieving the pioneers
of the sultriness and then the refreshing
water began to fall in a steady shower.
Flashes of light appeared in the sky. and
the crash and boom of the disturbed ele
ments were heard. That sharp rattling,
eo terrible because of the indefiniteness
of the lightning's coarse, followed rap
idly, and to an imaginative mind it
seemed as though heaven had opened up
for a magnificent battle with tbe tall
giants of the forest. A dneh bora, a
streak of light, a crash, a dull rumble
above, and the tall oak which had held
Its heed aloft for half a century was rent
[ with a edmpsnidn; efil difefctly sodth td
| the river, Bnd laid ii wait.
A Boat dppehrs if! thd middle of the
Stream. The cdns'able calls to the soli
tary boatman td halt. The oiily rSply is
a qUiBk motion bf the o.-edpant bf the
bbat, ana the fugitive is id the water. A
mombnt more and be rises. A fifle shdt
end he sinks again. The boat drifts on,
and the swift waters fldw Swiftly tb the
sei.
tHAPTEJt T.
. the rocito wrrei
When Atlee add his mdn returned tc
the sett’eident bdt little Adverse com
ment was made upoh his Actiod. Hillary
had broken his bonds: defied tbe law",
and, when ordered tb surrender, attempt
ed to bscape. Still, his ablion Would have
been denounced bad nht the settlement
become honeycombed With the half-ex:
f iressed belief that Hillary Was indeed in
eague with the devil.
Dorothea Hillary,.his daughter, was at
this time nearly twelve years old. For sev
eral days after her father's tragic disap
pearance she remained in the cabin in the
woods, but soon the more human senti
ment oame to the surface; ahd the leaders
of the village consulted as to her future.
The cabin and farm which her father had
built and olaimed was settled upbn her.
So that in years to cbme she would be
comfdrtably well bff, as f -.t as worldly
possessions go. But in the meantime it
wbrild nbt db for the young giri to be
neglected.
After much debate, the question of her
future hdme was settled l-jr AtLiei Len-
hox Offering tb receive her into his home
and Care toi hef, in retutn for what woik
She might be able to db abont the house.
He was tbe village doctor.
Dorothea's new home proved to be a
pleasant one. The girl was bright and
sweet-tempered, and soon becaine a
favorite not only with the family into
which she had been received but by the
villagers generally. Her vert loneliness
spi ealed to their honest be iris. In time
she was wnrrniy welcomed by every one
she met, aud her figure became a Com
mon one by the firesides of all, with the
exception of the minister's.
AVtien Hillary's death was announced
to 11 r, Granville he was Inexpressibly
pained. He felt that an unprepared soul
tad been sent to its Maker, and feared
lest some act of his might have stood is
the way of its being j repared.
This feeling of regret also prompted
him to offer any aid in his power to the
little waif left among them. He would
even have taken her into Ills own boms
had not another been provided for her.
The first Sunday after Dorothea had
gone to live with Dr. Lennox the minis
ter invited her home with him; for. while
Sunday visiting was discountenanced in
Sagnauck, he rightly considered this in
vitation more of a work of mercy than a
worldly pleasure.
After the cold dinner, which was al-
with
po nt in that dream passed w th slowness "““'T™ 5 "? lao ? r ; *“« V”5 Uy £® re
and distinctness. He seemed first to see e“ tbered tbe m nister e study. Dor-
D otbea. with a child s bashfnlness, hnd
Ad4 oat ot the sea come vpiosi,
And the river murnjurs low;
To draw me into their bosom
Down tb the depths below.
Yon may beat upon the rocks
*Mth a calm, ma : estlc sweep.
You may rcil i pon the shore
With your billows calm and deep,
But whether calm or frantic;
I hear you calling low,
Ih voice unheard bv othei-s,
. In words none others know;
And you bid.me come unto yod,
To calrh rest far down befow.
Whene’er you roll in in splendor;
With long, majestic sweep,.
Whene’er you dash with fury
. Ahd up the high cliff leap,
I kDow you wiint rqe, want me;
. And Tlong to be at rest, T
Beneath your atorms, far down below,
In lasting calm to rest.
And I hope that death will cohie to me
On the river or on the aeA,
That the voice that is calling me ever
Shall make my weary soul free.
They ate calling me. calling me. calling me.
The waters so doep and swift,
That I long to pluDge into their current
And oat on their bosom drift.
Immediately after the trial, ns Mark
fersistedin lefusal tti pay the fine as
sess© l against him, he wa9 taken in
charge by Constable Atlee and led away
to an unused lo.j heti^e in the outskirts
erf the village, where he wAs securely
bound and left alone. Iris guards taking
good care that the one door was well bolted
from the outside.
This was in tho afternoon, toward sun
set, And as the cabin was growing dark,
supper w$s brought him by his jailer.
Then the long night set in.
Notwithst: nding the vexations of the
day; Mark slept well, but toward day-
bro k he bec.ime restless and wds trdublttd
with dreams; He seemed to bo back in
old England ngaih. aud his dear life’s
hand was updu his head. His life there
be lived over, half waking, half dreim-
iug. The causes which resulted in his
emigra'ion to the hew world pissed in
review befdre him, and then he took up
his life ill Sagnauck. Each event stood
out with htnrtlingdistinctness. The per
secution of the church, the death of his
loved w fe, the struggle for existence, all
came back as ke lay bound ilpon that
cabin floor.
After a time his dream changed, or
perhaps he fell asleep. This time he was
in old Eng aud again as before, and for
some reason had been cast into prison.
While lying upon his narrow cot, he could
henr tho foo steps of his jailer drawing
nearer and nearer nntil they stopped be
fore his cell door. The bolts were
drawn nside, and, instead of his jailer,
Acbsah Granville appeared.
He started and half awoke. Surely he
heard an unusual rustle about the cabin
door. He raised himself upon one elbow
and liB*en<rd, but all was still, and, fall
ing back, he dozed ag.rfn. He dreamed
that he was lying in the cabin sleeping,
and that Achsah, the min ster’s dough- 1 , .. ,
er. came and entered the door. Everv ! W8 * 9 Berved 0Q bn ,“ ds y <° dl ?P en , 8e
>0 nt in that dream nassed w th alowues, * u ¥. lab ? r . lb «
sea 1
her coming up the path from the village! Ul *\ cu ; " llu “ J nu . u ' ^smu.ness ana
then | anae before the door of the cabin. Be9,ed bereelf by the window and nn-
- ■ • ,1. t„„ tv,,. i,„n „„.;i 4 : swered the minister and hie wife in
monosyllables. Even had she felt free
vdiked along td*afd fhe lights which
were gleaming thfongh tbe woods from
{be village.
. “Where have toil been at this hour,
Dorothea?” the minister asked; for, al-
thohgh inwardly tfembling, he did not
fear an attack, and was disposed to treat
the giri with the tnafiner becoming her
pastor. H8 was a good man. as I have
said, and eteii while he helieved Dorothea
to be bound to the devil, would do any.
thing tb release her from her bondage.
“1 hate been down the oreek to Mr.
•Tbhnstra's; whose wife is ill. It is late,
bht Bho needs Dr. Lefinox' services, and
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‘Child, child, What do you want of that occnrred in United States,
poor Woman’s sonl? - Three workmen were killed ontright
Dorothea stalled; by the collapse of a bridge at Radford,
“I dohet nnderatand yon.* Vn. Eighty men were at work on the i Tor governor. When the latter’s name
s„ nt *w ^, in !l er D0 ‘ rep, y. structure when it fell and went down I was mentioned the convention went
Tennessee Populists Adopt a Platform
and Name Candidates.
The Tennessee populist state conven
tion met at Nashville and J. L. Baxter,
state lcctnrer of the alliance, was’made
permanent chairman. Messrs. T. J.
Ogilvie, of Bedford, and A. L. Mims,
of Davidson, were placed in nomination
then they came to a little stre im which, -1 .v , . .
fldwitig southward, joined Sagnauk creek Besides those killed many of
a few tods below the village. With tbe the men were seriously injured and
simple words. ‘1 am thirsty. ” Dorothea some of them may die.
kpelt down by the running brook to The remains of Mrs. Mary Stoltz,
drink, bo quickly was it done that she ^ r ... ’
had touched the tunning water with her Knoxville, Tenn., nine
lips, when the minister cried out: rears ago, were taken up Tuesday for
“Stopj child of evil! Would you drink shipment to Philadelphia for a second
in the evil spirits which float upon on- | burial. The body had petrified and
covered water this night? Or are you in
deed proof against fill such dangers?”
“Sir, I do not know what you mean,"
answered Dorothea, as she ceased drink*
ing and arose to her feet.
"Dd not know what I mein! Child,
perhaps ydn would also advise me to
drink of that stream?"
"And wht not, reverend sir, if you are
thirsty?”
“Why not? Because this is-Tuesday
night, And while One tn> j drink from un
covered Water six nights in the Week, he
may not do sO on Tuesd y evening un
less he wishes to receive into him those
evil sprites c tiled hiUsikaiis, which sport
weighed over six hundred pounds, but
only weighed one hundred and twenty-
live at death.
One of tbe severest hail storms ever
known in that section visited Gillespie
county, Texas. Many cattle were
killed by the stones which were six
inches in circumference. The great
ehuncks of ice went through roofs of
houses and ruined the prospects of a
fruit crop.
The Glamorgan pipe aud iron works
of Lynchburg, Ya., were totally de-
upon the waters this eve and are fain to ,'stroyed by fire. * The loss will be be-
v - tween $75,000 and $100,000. Insu-
iift her hands and tug at the bolt until it
was withdrawn, then— nh. that was a
dre in!—enter, draw a knife from her
girdle i nd cut the cords which bound
him.
The strangeness of the dream caused
him to start and hrif raise up. The door
was open. Hi i bonds were cut, und he
wbr freo.
For a moment he stoid in the cabin
collecting his thoughts. 3 hen, with firm
step and > nhesitating manner, he took a
direct course for the river, which wound
half-way round the Tillage.
It wa* a mile away, and the woods were
dark, but he reached it i-i half an hour.
He knew the (ountry and tbe river well,
an i in a few moments came to a rugged
old elm tree, to tho roots of which a ca
noe was tied. He cut the bark which
bound it to the root, gave it a push out
into the middie of the stream, and began
boating downward toward the free sea.
In all this there was not a moment cf
in twain, never in its pride to look down hesitation
upon its small r brothers again. '’ . . . . , . . ,
The darkness of nismt began to fade
upon its small r brothers again.
wind forces, too.jwere ^TSoui^nd rushed
throuj^/rifr§~ffj?est, tearing away great
x '-^4hnKs, scattering tho colored autumu
leaves and bowing great t reos before them.
After half an hour the force of the
storm was broken, the sharp crash of the
thunderbolt was heard no more, the wind
went down and ra n fell copiously in s
steady yet gentle shower, which lasted
nntil nearly evening. But after that the
iky for an hour or more was lighted now
and then with those zigz’g streaks oi
lightning which frequently Hollow
storm.
A thunder storm ,is always a grand
sight, bat to the simple Puritans it meant
much more than it does to their descend
ants now. To their simple minds the
fury of the elements was a display of tbe
power of God, and they listened rever
ently to His voice as if they were indeed
at the foot of a second Sinai.
But in the cise of the Rev. Henry
Granville, the storm brought him out in
the weakest p :rt of his character. There
was something so terribly positive in the
descent of a thunderbolt that he cowered
and cringed before it. The roar of the
wind Through the forest seemed so re-
f atdlesfc of his weakness, that he trem-
led yet more when he heard it; and tha
> lightning flash and the falling rain were
so^af beyond his power to st>»y them, that,
* humbled aud weak, his only recourse
was to gather his family about him—and
In bis choir at home, hie thin lips moving
in prayer, his eyes turned fearfully, yet
with a fascination of fear that he conld
not resist, toward the window, and his
form cringing and shrinking back at
•very crash.
Achsah was the only one who was not
terrified at the s’.orm. She had refused
to go to her father, and had lain down
upon a *ndc Cvich where she conld watch
the play ot the lightning. When her
father tried to sink deeper into his arm
chair at some vivid flash of light, she
laughed and clapped her hands.
“Was not that a good stroke?" she
would say to the minister. "Some tail
tree in the forest was shattered then, I
doubt not.” And her father imagined
that her smile pad an air of fiendish
gayety.
As the storm increased, ,she became
even more gay, and tne poof' father saw
unmistakable 6igns that the ga- ety was
the effect of some nervous or mental ex
citement which be couldneittaer compre
hend nor alloy. But suddenlyfhe heard a
cry of pain, and, turning to his>cbild, saw
her lying back upon the conch,,with pala
face in which fear and bodily'suffering
were both plainly marked.
“What is it, Achsah?" the minister
asked.
“Some one is sticking me with thorns."
The child was hastily undressed, and
upon her body were found several places
wnere the blood was starting through the
■kin. yauBea followed, and then the girl
fall back upon her pillow, exhausted.
“Oh, I see him, papa, I see him," she
Mid, after a time.
"See who. Achsah?"
The girl did not answer, but 60on cried
•ut again:
“He has hurt my arm."
The now thoroughly frightened man
uncovered her arms, and, sure enough,
upon one r ' f 41 to be discerned
the mark* left by tha grip of % ftroug
hind.
"Papa, I thought yon said he wai safe
in jill?"
"8o he is, my child."
"Then how could he hurt me io?"
CHAPTER IV.
OK TO THE FREE SEA.
Tber are calling me, calling me,calling me,
The waters so deep and swife.
That I long to plunge into their embraoi
And out on their bosom drift l
Or stand bv the rushing river'
Bwift flowing at my feet;
from the 6kr, and a faint tinge of gray
spread over the earth. The sun was
drawing nearer, and the forest was wak
ing up to new life. Down deep among
tho trees on cither ride he could see lon^
stretches of blackness like the straight
branches of a pine tree, reaohing out
fiom the liver. He floated on, and by
a id by these dark «venue* between tb€
irees grew lighter, and the 1 orest ghost
ly. The stillness of tne early dawu wa*
oppressive. Iu the dense darkness t
sound could ho heard now r.nd then, but
as day began to approach there wai
scarcely a rustle among the limbs.
And through this the river wound,
flowing slowly but deeply to the sea, and
iu the midst the fugitive floated.
At times the bank was low, and sloped
down to the water's edge, and again it
arose above the water level, and left it*
crumbling sides to wear away and fall
with a thud and splash into the water be
low. And sometimes the washed rooti
of a giant tree stood out birre aud
reiched down into the stream, a
resting-place for fish, which the boys of
ivignauck would have been glad to find.
And then, again, the backs drew closer
together, the stream became deeper, the
limbs of tho water elnn overlapped, and
tho boat’s course was througn a leafy
roadway of fallen autumn leaves. A turn
iu the river aud the current rushed more
rapidly, tbe leaves were hurled an l
crowded back to tbe shores, a clear, swift
current swept onward, and the cauoe,
with its solitary boatman, with it.
Birds wore sounding n note here and
there from the depths of the forest. Gray
dawn whs passing away and the skied
were growing lighter. The early risers
of the birds had called to their com
panions, and the woods on each side
resounded with the matin 6ong of New
England's unbound singers.
The grav dawn passed away; the skies
grew lighter; the cool autumn night be
came milder; overhead the sky w a clear;
eastward, through the woods, vistas of
light were opening; and shedows wer*
•loping westward. The morning h.td
c#me, and the fugitive was drifting on
ward through borderB of leaves, ’neath
woodland arches, with song of birds in
the new day, onward to the great free sea.
The sea, the sea, the open sea,
The blue, the fresh, the ever free.
A terrible monster is it, nevertheless,
to all who bow Dot to its majesty, yet
free is it, and free it crowns each one who
comes to it. "With merciless ca’mness it
rolls its long billows up upon the shore,
bearing its seaweed and fragments of
wrecks, and with relontless fun* it dashes
the ship to pieces, beats with rage upon
the rooky coasts and tells man "What’a
mine is mine, and I will keep!" And
yet, whether long green billows roll or
mad whitecaps fly, tha rea is free and
does as it wills, and receives all who cast
their lot with it as free also.
And the fugitive floated onward to the
free sea.
The dawn had come and gone, the sun
bad arisen aud was beginning his stately
march across the heavens, and with his
rays obliterating the sparkling 6tars of
night which the nightingale sang to, and
which, mayhap, though far away, were
brighter and more glorious suns than he.
Gray light and dawn and sunrise
passed aw ay. Tbe river had just made a !
■harp
with the
to talk it is likely ihat she would liavo
done the same, for the remarks which
her father had frequently made aboitf
the minister caused her to look witii
doubt upon his friendly advances. As
was his custom on Sunday, Mr. Gran
ville was ca echising his family.
“Whe is Satan?" be asked his younger
daughter, Ashubah.
Dorothea turned her great brown eyes
toward the minister and startled him' by
asking:
"Did you ever uee him?"
He was about to reply hastily in the
negntiro, when Achsah spoke up:
"I have, papa. I saw him to-day."
"My child, my child, what are you say
ing? You could not see the evil one.”
*Bnt I hive, papa."
MVh t did he look like?" rsked D^rc
Uiea, turning to *
A^he&ri looked at her questioner with i
■hrewd gleam in her eyes, and replied:
"Like your father."
The next instant Dorothea bad picked
up a book lying upon the desk near bel
and flung it at the creaturo. Achsah
smiled and siid:
"That cannot hurt me a*much as some
other things you might do," and the in
cident wa3 passed over without any more
words. But that evening Achsah was
taken with one of those nervous attacks
to which she was subject, and the minis
ter remembered her words.
Was the daughter, like the father, in
leigue with the evil one? The question
gave him a subject for long meditation.
Dorothea wai not invited to repeat her
visit.
Some months after this occurrence ah
Incident happened which deepened Mr.
Granville's meditations on witchcraft;
When Dorothea was removed to the
doctor’s home, a small chest, filled with
books and papers, had been found in
Hilla ry’s cabin.
The doctor had glanced hastily at the
latter, and, finding that they referred to
Hillary’s family connections in England,
laid them carefully away. These, with a
lo ket which Dorothea always wore sus
pended around her neck, were the only
Jinks binding the little waif to her friends,
if she hnd any. The minister heard of
this locket, and with the test of mo
tive? wished to see it. But this Dorothea
refused to allow, and iu his distorted
imagination the poor man wove a,story
of cabalistic relics and infernal chaVms.
For what else, he reasoned, could it be so
sedulously gnarded by one so young?
At length, one day, he exercised bis
authority as minister of the parish, and
commanded Dorothea to deliver up the
charm. She refused to obey, but bt
forcibly drew the locket from her bosom
ind opened it.
A fair face, the counterpart of Doro
thea’s, only more mature, met h s gcze,
ind beneath the glass of the other side
Df the case was a lock o brown hair.
He dropped it involuntarily, and Doro
thea ran away. Bnt now, in his mind,
there was no doubt. His deep study of
witchcraft had familiarized him with all
forms of amulets and charms.
Dorothea wore the badge of the devil.
Fiom this time on, Dorothea bore a
double character. To those around her,
ind with whom she associated, she was a
pure, high-minded, lovable girl. But the
minister’s convictions of necessity had
their weight with his parishioners, and
while he made no charge against her the
report that 6he was a witch was soon
circulated. The simple-minded pioneers
treated her as if 6he were one of their
Dwn flesh rnd blood, yet they could not
help watching her with fear. She might
not be what she s c emed, aud they were
on the alert to detect anything which
might savor of the evil one.
That it was a hard life and a difficult
path for one so young to tread is clear.
The least outbreak of temper, the small
est act which might appear queer, even
her deeds of kindness, were looked npon
with suspicion. Yet none could quite
believe her evil, so open was her disposi
tion, and she continued to live in the
settlement befriended by all. But there
was that suspicion hovering over her!
One evening the minister was returning
rather late from a visit to a small village
several miles away, and was repeating in
Hebrew the 12.‘M psalm, which was snp-
entet man's body, hoping that they may
reach his head or his heart."
“Reverend sir.” said Dorothea. “You
are very learned, bnt I am ignorant and
know not of this. I thank you that you
Wanted Ule. No more will I drink of
water on this Tuesdiy eve, unless it has
been closely coveted."
The two then i roceeded on their way
to the village. But in tbe minister’s
mind tw o things had been made certain:
that Doiothea was abroad in the woods
thftt night to marshal tbe powers of tbe
air against him, and that, foiled in her
plans by tbe cabalistic psalm, she bad
knelt by tho miming brook to commune
with those sprites which superstition
told him invaded nil uncovered water on
Tuesday night.*
•There is an old Jewish legend to this effect.
[TO BE CONTINUED. 1
HALLS OF CONGRESS
DAILY PROCEEDINGS OF BOTH
HOUSE AND SENATE.
Kaiiftas Philosophy.
It is so easy for cuteness to beoome
impudence.
Certainty is often just positive
enough to be misiaken.
Suspicion must have a long nose as
well as a long finger.
rance^unknown. The ^company eni- denounced for issuing $600,000 of new
bonds, for passing iniquitous election
laws for partisan purposes. The plat
form then hails with delight the efforts
of the west and south to unite against
the plutocratic east, and demands,
among other things, a flexible cur
rency of not less than $5(1 per capita,
the free coinage of silver, a graduated
income tax, the abolishing of internal
revenue laws, election of senators by
a direct vote of the people, abolishing
the convict lease system aud the re
peal of the poll tax law.
wild and rose en masse. Seeing defeat
before him Mr. McDowell arose and
gracefully withdrew the name of Mr.
Ogilvie, and Mims was nominated by
acclamation. '
After Mims’ speech of acceptance,
Colonel A. E. Garrett, an old union
soldier of Smith county, was nomina
ted for supreme court judge by accla
mation. No other nomination was
made.
The platform which was adopted
arraigns the party in power for crim
inal neglect in refusing to correct ex
isting evils, denounces the increase of.
the bonded indebtedness and refusal 1 rest issued to the sergeant-at-arms upon
to coin idle bullion, declares Cleve
land’s veto the greatest crime of theage;
declares that be has divested himself
of his democratic robes, turned his back
upon the party aud faced M all street
but still manipulates his party in tbe
interest of home aud foreign capitalists.
The democratic party in Tennessee is
The Discussion of Important Measures
Briefly Epitomized.
THK HOI7SK.
The house consumed the day Monday
in District of Columbia busiues.
The house consumed much of Tues
day in debate over the fast mail facili
ties for the south and southwest via
Atlanta. Quite a fight is being made
against continuing the appropriation.
Strong speeches, however, in favor of
continuing the fast mails were made by
Mr. Henderson, of North Carolina,
chairman of the committee, and by
Colonel Livingston, who showed that
all other appropriations made by the
government went north aud west. A
tariff discussion was indulged in by
Mr. Bryan, of Nebraska, and Tom
Reed.
Immediately after tbe journal had
been read in the house, Wednesday-
morning, Mr. Reed called up the mat
ter that went over from Tuesdny—the
right of Mr. Springer to withdraw his
motion to discharge the order of ar
ployed abont three hundred men, and
had enough orders ahead to run them
six months.
The attorneys for the receivers of
the Central railroad, have received a
copy of a bill filed in the Middle dis
trict United States conrt of Alabama,
to foreclose the mortgage on tbe Co
lumbus and Western railroad, a part
of the Savannah and Western system,
between Colnmbns and Montgomery.
A brick, three-story building nt
Memphis collapsed and four persons
were killed and five wounded. There
are believed to be two others in the
mins. All the killed, injured and
missing are negro laborers. The
building was built iu 1860 and was re
garded as unsafe because of the infe
rior material used in its construction.
A committee representing the Ken
tucky and Tennessee Association of
Fire Insurance Underwriters met in
onference with the local board of un-
CHAHGES OF DISLOYALTY.
A Sensational Address Issued by Min
nesota Democrats.
Probably tbe most remarkable polit
ical address of the year has been issued
by the democratic leaders of Minnesota
through tbe Democratic Association of
Minnesota. The address begius as fol
lows :
It is useless to disguise the fact
A dog is all right in his place, but derwriters at Nashville aud adopted a (hat onr party is confronted with seri-
he is seldom in his place.
The locks on our head do not keep
as from losing our ha r.
Men like to tell women they are
angels better than they like to have
them believe it.
There is one person who is always
admired: he who professes less than
he performs.
new tariff, increasing rates on all mer- j ous 11 i s time for plain words;
cantlle and special hazard risks. The J silence now is disloyalty to our party
increase amounts to about 25 per cent i lln q jf s cause.
aud has been bitterly fought bv the local i ‘‘in less than two years after win-
board. J uiug th e most complete victory that
The federal grand jury at Bifmiitg- | any party ever won, while in full pos-
| ham, Ala., haVe returned sodie addi- ; session of the powers then given us,
; tional indictments against commission- : we present the appearance of a defeat- |
Homely women and good cooking are I ers Hunter and Charlson. The indict- j ed party while otir opponents, routed
as firmly associated In a man’s Sind I ment charged conspiracy to defraud in the battle, wear all the airs of victo-
as are poets and empty pocketbooks. ' *he government and presenting false j ry. What has brought this astound-
Thero is sometimes a silence that i accounts. Several deputy marshals ing change? Whence conies this peril?
vou think you can hear: it is the ti- I were also indicted for alleged fraudti- Not from our opponents; not from the
lence of the man whose advice you have
taken, and that has failed.—Atchison
Globei
Ho W*g the l eading Actor.
A stranger approached a village iu
the Southwest and found a great
crowd gathered around the Court
House. He was of an inquiring turn
of mind and soon learned that a very
interesting trial was about to take
place. The throng seemed to center
about a man of imposing presence and
proud carriage. On him all eyes were
bent and to his words all ear3 were at
tentive. Pushing his way to this indi
vidual the stranger paused and said
respectfully:
‘‘Excuse me, 6ir, but are yon the
Judge?”
The man Cf imposing figure snorted
With wrath at the question:
“Judge nothing I Why* I’m the fel-
lar what stole the bosses. *
Another Converts
Small Boy—“Papa, this book says
that when an office-holder in China
gets rich the people cut his head off
and confiscate his property, ’cause they
know he stole it.”
Great Statesman—“Jee Whitaker!
We don’t want anv Chinese notions
aver here. Tbe Chinese must go.”
lent transactions BgaiUst the govern
ment:
The officers and directors of the
wrecked batik of NeW Hanover at Wil
mington, Si C., have been summoned
to appear at Raleigh April23d to stand
trial in Wake superior conrt on tbe
1° !!l e I Issued by the President-Copies Sent
Naval Cofiiiuaiiders.
brawling horde of pretectionists whom
we met and overthrew in 1892, lint
from malignant aud treacherous in-
fluenCes, allied with weakness or cow
ardice, Within otlr own ranks.”
BEHRING SEA PROCLAMATION
To Harness the Tides.
correctness of false statements to the
state treasurer. This trial will excite
mfich interest. It was fiot expected
the matter would come up before Sep
tember.
A dispatch from Murphy, N. C.,
says: Aspring freshet is imminent
and unless the heavy rainfall abates the
streams will be swollen out of their
banks. It has been raining for more
(ban a week. Tbe wet weuther togeth
er with the cold snap, will throw farm
work late, besides doing considerable
damage. Seeds of all kinds, especial
ly oats, are very scarce.
A train of twenty-three cars left
Chattanooga Tuesday, loaded with flour
for a direct shipment to Liverpool
from Port Royal, S. C. The flour is
: shipped by the Noel Mill Company,
and the amount is 5,850 barrels. This
! is the first direct shipment of flour to
j Europe from a port south of Norfolk.
! It will go by the steamer Mexican.
Regular shipments will be made here-
| after.
A Columbia, S. C., special says:
Mr. Davies, of Mood Green, lias | The supreme court played a sort of
embarked on a scheme which prom- j April fool joke, Tuesday, on the spec-
isos colossal returns. He intends I tators who astemblcd to listen to an
utilizing tidal energy for electric ! expected delivery on the dispensary
lighting, tramways and railways.
The notion is not entirely new. In
18S1 Professor Thompson pointed out
that no fewer than twenty billion
foot-pounds of energy were wasted
each year at Bristol alone. One-tentli
part of this energy would, it is stat
ed, light the city with electricity,
I while one-tenth part of the tidal
force of the Severn would he sufficient
to illuminate every city in the em
pire. Scientific men have all agreed
that the only ttossible mode is to
have immense reservoirs,which would
fill at high tide and run out on the
ebb into the tidal way through tur-
law. It was quite a disappointment,
when, after asking if there were any
motions to he made and receiving no
reply, Chief Justice Mclver observed
calmly, “the court will then take a re
cess until Saturday next at 11 o'clock.’’
The Norwegian steamship Sunniva,
arrived at Mobile, Ala., with a enrgo
of 18,000 bunches of bananas. Tbe
Sunniva also brought ns a passenger
Mr. Theodore Bookman, a well-to-do
planter of Rama, who was seen by the
Southern Associated Press correspond
ent as to the state of affairs in Nica
ragua, and from him was learned the
detailed account of the killing of the
bines. To this there has always been j Amerjcan8 at Kama somo two weeks
one disadvantage. No inventor could
show a greater length of efficient
working power than six hours daily.
Mr. Davies^laims, after an immense
amount of thought, a deal of experi
ment and considerable outlay, to
have invented apparatus by which he
can work turbines from the rise and
fall of the tides every minute during
the twenty-four hours, at a saving of
400 per cent, over steam engines of
similar power. His experiments, on
a small scale, off the Cheshire coast,
incline him to believe that it will
speedily become an immense com
mercial success and an affair of na
tional importance.—[London Figaro.
ago.
The hangman will be busy in Mont
gomery county, Ala., soon. There are
five negroes in the county jail under
the death sentence, and four of the
nnmber have been found guilty. Some
time ago Mr. Ed Grant was brutal
ly assassinated and it was developed
that the mnrder was the result of a
conspiracy, concocted by three broth
ers named Woodley and a negro named
Jack Gabriel, who made Jim Calloway
do the murder. Calloway confessed.
Rev. J. William Jones, of Virginia,
formerly of Atlanta, Ga., who was
chaplain to R. E. Lee, will deliver an
address at the Winnie Davis wigwam
■ Th« H _ . mixing engineers in tne rar west during the confederate reunion nt Bir-
tar/to the left Ind artei n 9 tnSglmg P osed to contain certain cabalistic words i complain that, even where the mines mingham, Ala , on the night of April
he bank on the light, had regained MO protect one from evil spirits when j have not all closed, there is little or 2.th. His subject will lie “The Boys
ns ire&dom also, and was flowing swiftly 1 , er j nothing for men of their profession tc in Gray; What They Were and \S hat
onward. A long stretch of water, but 1 -ui'tbf Graf**™* whnnN!* i do. It is the constant opening of They Accomplished.” Dr. Jones is
the curve h id brought it circling sonth- heard light i new work that provides employment 1 the ‘ author of the ' “Life‘of Genera!
into the forest, saw Dorothea approach- i for the mining engineer, and there Lee, ’ and is perhaps better informed
ing. It was an ominous meeting for the are parts of the M’est where much on the history of the war from a south
ward below Sagnauck. It was flowing
onward to tho free sea, but what of the
fugitive upon its bosom?
Atlee, tho constable, waking early
from hia slumber, and desiring lo gloat
| npon his captive enemy, bad lorig ere
dawn or tbe gray light stumbled his way
to the cabin at the edge of the forest.
Severed cords and an open door was al]
| that he found.
Eager to track hia prey, the alarm wai
■ at ones git en, and scouts were sent out—
! put this ic. o»e that, Atlee bHhself.
girl. ore Is still coming from the mines, ern standpoint than any man living.
The poor minister conld not, if he^had ; but where the mining engineers are Receiver Comer, of the Central rail-
wished, disconnect her presence witb.,the e ;ther preparing to depart or waiting road of Georgia, has filed a snpplement-
not repelted tU“cabalistic words, he be! idle an , J uImost in des P air for a re ‘ | report showing the earnings ami ex-
lieved the girl would not have joined ; turn orosDentv. , penses of the steamship companies l>e-
bim, but would have left the powers of ! a Pottawatomie Indian livincr near tween March 4, 1894. and December
the air to exercise their influence upon ! I 31, 1893. The bcean’Steamship Com-
?n£ she! th/ir mStres^ cLT 7hey I can cheT tobRCCO blindfolded and with j l’ at ’7 s New York line for the six months
, one hand tied behind Bis back. ! ending December 31, 1893, earned
The president’s Behring sea procla
mation has been issued. It bears date
of April 9th; and; after reciting the
act of congress; declart s that it is
“proclaimed to the end that its provis
ions may be known and observed. And
I hereby proclaim that etety person
guilty of a Violation of the provisions
bf said act will be arrested and pun
ished as therein provided, and all ves
sels so employed, their tackle, apparel,
fiitnittlro and cargo will be seized and
forfeited.”
Copies of the president’s proclama
tion were sent to the Daval command
ers of the seal patrol, to collectors of
Pacific ports and to other officers who
may be able to give them publicity.
TRAIN ROBBER KILLED.
Shot Down by a Brave Express Mes
senger.
The Daltons or other train robbers
attempted to hold up Ihc Rock Island
train No. 1, four miles below Pond
creek, in Oklahoma territory. They
met an unexpected resistance at the
hands of Jake Harmon, the AVells-
Fnrgo express messenger, who shot and
killed the first man who tried to break
into the express car by tha nse of dy-
nnmite. The other men in the gang
tried to esd*pe, bnt the trainmen suc
ceeded in wounding and capturing an
other of them and two horses. The
other bandits succeeded in getting
away, but without any boodle.
FEMALE VOTERS.
M’omen Suffragists in Colorado Try
Their Hand at Voting.
A dispatch from Colorado Springs,
Col., says: The local election here
attracted nnnstial attention because it
was the first time that women were ad
mitted to equal snffrage. The woman
vote was large, and the increase was
especially noticeable in the best resi
dence jjart- of the city. The entire re
publican ticket was elected by increas
ed majorities. No mayor was voted
for this year.
At a city election at Spring Hill,
Kan., women were elected to fill all
the municipal offices, including mayor,
councilmen aud police judges.
Modified the Injunctlon-
A Milwaukee dispatch says: Judge
Jenkins has modified hisinjnnction or
der against the striking employes of
the Northern Pacific railroad by strik
ing out the clause, “and from order
ing, recommending, approving or ad
vising others to quit the service of the
receivers of the Northern Pacific on
January 1, 1S94, or at any other time.”
In all other respects the the judge de
nies the motion of the men.
which a vote was being taken, and no
quorum being present. Tbe speaker
held the motion could not be with
drawn except by nnanimons consent.
Tbe speaker accepted tbe ruling made
by Mr. Carlisle iu the forty-ninth con
gress that the question was the regular
order nntil disposed of. The roll was
then called on Mr. Springer’s motion,
and as this developed no quorum the
call of the house was ordered. The
house was unable to obtain a voting
quorum, and at 1 :40 p. m. adjourned.
In the house, Thursday, a resolution
from the committee on rules, fining
members absent without leave aud
those present at a yen and nay call and
refusing to vote or failing, was pre
sented by Mr. Catebiugs. The vote
on its adoption was: Yeas, 142; nays,
11; (the republicans not voting). No
quorum. A call of the bouse was then
ordered.
THE .SENATE.
The senate was the all observed
body of congress Monday. The open
ing proceedings were made of interest
by the swearing iu of Georgia’s new
senator, Patrick Walsh. After Air.
"Walsh was sworn in Senator Walcott
delivered a strong silver speech in fa
vor of his resolution providing for the
negotiation of a treaty with Mexico for
the coinage of Mexican dollars at onr
mints for shipment to Canada. Even
Senator Sherman agreed to the resolu
tion, but under the rules it went over
until Tuesday. Then the show of the
day came off' in the senate. It was the
speech of David B. Hill, of New York,
defining himself on the tariff bill.
The chamber and tho galleries were
paeked almost to suffocation to hear
what he would say. Almost the entire
house turned into the senate chamber.
In the senate, Tuesday, the bill in
troduced some time since by Mr. Pef-
fer, generally known asCoxey’s “good
roads” bill was reported adversely
from the committee on education aud
labor. Mr. Quay offered a resolution,
which went over, that the senate hold
a session Saturday, the 21st, to hear
the committee of working men in op
position to the tariff bill. Mr. Wal
cott’s resolution for the coinage of
Mexican standard dollars in the Unit
ed States minis was agreed to.
In the senate, Wednesday, the ur
gency deficiency bill was taken up and
discussed until 1 o’clock, when the
tariff bill was laid before the body ann
Mr, Hale proceeded to argue against
it.
The senate resumed the considera
tion of the further urgent deficiency
bill Thursday. At 1 o’clock the tariff'
bill was taken up and Mr. Feffer went
on with the third portion of his speech.
He was followed by Mr. Frye, of
Maine,
THE BRIGHT SIDE.
Lookin’ttn the bright side-
That's the way to go ;.
Bet you it’s the right side—
Summertime cr snow 1
Nuthin’ much in grievin’—
Keeps you in tbe groover
It's a man's believin’
Makes the mountains move!
Clouds is got a light side—*
All the bolls’ll chime ;
Lookin’ on the bright side
Gits thero every time 1
—Atlanta Constitution.
The Lock-Out Proved a Failure.
As prophesied by the labor organiz
ations interested, tbe mnch-talked-of
lockout of Union men by the building
contractors of Chicago, who are mem
bers of the Central Building League,
proved a failure so far ns numbers
went. Instead of 60,000 more idle men
added to those who are already on a
strike or locked out, there were not
more than 275 discharged by the build
ing contractors.
Native Fodder.
Not Liable for Damages.
Judge Parlauge, of the United States
circuit conrt, at New Orleans, has de
cided one of the Italian suits in favor
of the defendant, holding that the city
of New Orleans was not liable for dam
ages for the killiug of Italians at the
parish prison on the memorable 14th
of Afarch. He decided that the city
when it was exercising its government
al functions was entitled to the rights
of a sovereign and could not be sued.
Hon. David T. Little, of Illinois,
says the Washington Post, is a con
stant, habitue of Chamberlain’s when
in Washington. He is taking life
easy now and living on the fat of the
land. He lias a farm out in Illinois
which raises the finest corn, hogs
and cattle in th.e country, lie has
got tired of the un-Ainericnn and
Imported custom of course dinners,
and entered his emphatic protest
against it last week. If* 1 says it is a
fashionable plan to sturve a man to
death. So he sent out to his farm
for 150 pounds of pork spareribs,
sides, backbone and tenderloin, chick
ens, turkeys, sweet and Irish pota
toes, celery and “fixins,” and had
John Chamberlain cook half of them
into a dinner. Then he invited all
his Union cronies and gave them a
good, square meal. Two days later
he had the rest cooked and invited
all his old Confederate friends in
He didn't care to mix them, foi
there is no telling what brave men
will do when they get. a good meal
under their belts. There were Joe
Blackburn and half a dozen more old-
timers of the same sort, and every
thing was brought in and put on the
table at once, in the good, old-fash
ioned way, so they could tell what
there was to eat and plan their cam
paign accordingly. And the way t hey
ate was a caution. It seemed as
though none of them had had a
square meal for three mont lis. The
spnrerib and turkey and cliieken and
“fixins” simply disappeared like a
snowbank in July. Senator Black
burn was telling a friend aboiri if
afterward. “ I was having a good
time,” said he. “with -my face up
against as fine a bit of backbone as
ever I lasled, with the dish right in
front of me. when in slid a little
scrimp of a fellow from Alissouri,
named Vest, who just fell on that
dish of backbone and I didn't get an
other smell of it the whole evening.”
Vest tells another story, but it
doesn’t matter.—[Courier-Journal.
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
Peacemakers and fools carry cracked
beads.
A lie never stops to put on its hat.
—Rani’s Horn.
It is not what- one knows, but how
one tells it, that determines one’s
ability.
Yon can always tickle a girl with 9
feather, if it happens to be an ostrich
feather.—Puck.
There is not faith enough in this
world to go around and never was.—-
CJalveston News.
The woman who is vain of hei
beauty is as wise as the man who is
vain of his brains.—-Puck.
The man who is “always on the go,”
generally doesn’t know how to stop
when he gets there.—1’nck.
When a girl goes visiting she re
turns home as soon as she has worn all
her dresses—Atchison Globe.
-Many a man who would like to re
form tiie world has a front gate that
won’t stay shut.—Rani’s Horn.
Borrows—“Have you any spare
funds?” Lenddes (curtly)—“Mv funds
are all spare.”—Chicago Record.
“Nothing succeeds like distress,"
remarked the beggar, as he counted
lis coin at the end of the day,—Fun.
Tattle grains of wisdom,
Little bits of sense.
Have a way of making
Cupid less intense.
—Detroit Free Presg.
The battleship does well enough at
long range, lmt when she comes on a
reef, then comes the tug. — Boston
Transcript.
A good many boys have turned out
badlv, because they had fathers who
made them work with a dull hoe.—
Ram’s Horn.
“There’s a lesson to be learned from
the pin, my son. It is given a head
that it may not go too far.”—-Boston
Transcript.
The mau who discovered that the
darkest hour is just before the dawn,
must have been making a night of it.
—Philadelphia Life.
Teacher—“In the sentence, ‘Time
is money,’ can you parse money?”
Scholar—“Yes’m, if it is good money.”
—Detroit Free Press.
Polite Gentleman (in street car)—
“Take my seat, roadaine.” Lady—
“Never mind, thank you. I get out
here, too.”—New York Weekly.
That woman the weaker vessel is
Full many a doubt he hath.
Who feels the weighty contents of
The vials ol her wrath.
—Punk.
In Iceland whistling is regarded as
a violation of the divine law. In most
countries, however, it is regarded only
as a confounded nuisance.—Boston.
Transcript.
Criticus—“I’d be ashamed to write
such stuff as you write.” Authors—
“Of course, yon would. Everybody
would say it was plagiarized.”—Chi
cago Record.
Alinuie—“Don’t you think our
modern styles are just horrid? I do.”
Mamie—“Is that the reason you are
still wearing your last year's bon
net?”—Indianapolis Journal.
The era of excessive and cruel pun
ishment has not yet wholly passed
away. A Socialist agitator was sen
tenced to hard labor in Germany tlu
other day. —Courier-Journal.
Westerly—“I tell you there’s elec
tricity iu the air out West. You can’t
get the Chicago atmosphere in New
York.” Hudson—“Yes, you can.
Walk just behind a garbage cart. ’L—
Kate Field’s Washington.
Airs. A’an Asthelt—“I supjiose you
take a lively interest in the politics oi
your country, Lord iSaxonorme?’
Lord Baxonorine (with pride) — “Oh,
dear, no. I’m a member of the House
of Lords, y’ know.”—Chicago Rec
ord.
Clara—“Going iu for charity again,
are you? What is it this time?” Dora
—“We are going to distribute eheaj
copies of Beethoven’s symphonies
among the poor. Music is such an aic
to digestion, von know.”—New York
Weekly.
Master (examining pupils iu geog
raphy)— “What is the name of this
town?” Pupil —“Birmingham.” Alas-
ter— “What is it noted for?” Pupil—
“Firearms.” Alaster—“What are fire
arms?” Pupil—“Poker, shovel and
tongs.”—Tit-Bits.
Restful Rags—“What’s become of
Pete?” Weary William (shaking his
head)—“Don’t ask me, Ragsy. He’s
gone to the bad.” Restful Rags—“In
jail, eh?” Weary William—“Worse
than that 1 He's workiu’ reg’lar in a
factory.”—Kate Field’s Washington.
First Young Tjady— “Do you always
buy two kinds of paper?” Second
Young Lady—“Always. You see, when
; I write to Charlie I use red jtaper;
that means love. When I answer Jim’s
letters t nse blue paper, which means
' ‘faithful unto death.” ’’—Brooklyn
| Life.
Anntie—“Does yonr new doll close
i itseyes?” Little EthelYes’m, bnt
she is the most wakeful child I ever
! saw. She doesn’t shut her eyes when
I lay her down, as she ought to. The
i oulv wav to make her go to sleep is to
stand her on her head and shake her.”
1 —Good News.
The • Talmud.
The Talmud is df very complicated
composition, inasmuch as it lias eight
meanings. In brief,-however, it is a
; collection of notes, decisions of rab-
' bisand doctors on > the books of tha
Jewish law. There are two Talmuds,
; the Babylonian .aud the Palestinian;
between them they contain vast stores
of religions learning, of historical
references, or geographical hints, or
archeology, numismatics and other
: sciences. The Babylonian Talmud
: dates from the Sixth Century of our
i era, the Palestinian from the Fifth
j Century. —Trenton (N. J.) American.