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Till- VIENNA PROGRESS. 3 3 m TERMS, $1. Per Annum, “Hew to the Line, Let the Chips Fall Where They May.” JOHN E. HO SELL, Editor and Proprietor. VOL. XII. NO. 40 VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1891. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. England is about §1,000,000 a week. Nearly 490 tons of mail matter are handled daily by New York letter car- It has been figured out that the cost of the United States Senate, an ex pense borne by the people of the United States, is 8-3400 a day. Edmund Y’ates says that Queen Vic toria offered to make Mr. Gladstone an Earl or Mrs. Gladstone a Peeress in her own right; but tin Grand Old Man declined. London’s debt was increased last year by SO,000,000 and now amounts to §150,055,000. The revenue of the city for the last fiscal year was $23,- 165,000. • Joaquin Miller says that there is no danger that the giant trees of Cali fornia will be exterminated, as you may find small sequoias in almost ■ every dooryard in the State. Lord Chief Tustice Coleridge has de cided that it is best that elerymen should not take part in criminal in vestigation. He declined to swear the Eev. Thomas Coney to serve on the Grand Jury # + . the Berkshire Assizes recently. THE NEW CHURCH CHOIR. BT FLORENCE JOSEPHINE BOYCE. Tea, sister Ln, I must confess That on this Sabbath day A cloud has rolled across uiy breast That ne’er ’ll be cleared away. Fer artor five an’ twenty year That I've that choir blest, An' raised my voice in helpful chcel An’ strove ter dumy best; An’ arter all my darter’s done, The orgin for ter p[av, They've brought in youngsters, one by ont And crowded us away. An’, whut is wuss, the choristaff, Tergethrr with his wife, Are slickin’ ter the yellin’ gang An’ holdin’ up tber strife. An’ thar's my darter Mary's beau, Whose bass has oftou rung Through tii&‘ ar’ church, as salt and lov? As ba38 wus over sung. But now they’ve got ernuther one, In all ther'change erbout. Who yells uutil y»’’d realy think He’d yell his palate eout. An’Georgia Brown, the orgiuist, I coulden't help but sneeze Ter see ther way she got up thar An' thumped upon ther keys. An' ther sopranoes yelled a piece, In which ther tenors jined, An’ them two parts jest squeeked {an squalled Ernough ter Bet one blind. An' of ther altos, sister Lu, I will not sp p ak one word, Fer they du as the others du, An' that i3 too absurd. But once for all, I wish ter say, Beforo tbo hours grow late, An’ my pure soul has passed away Beyond ihe golden gate : When I am taken ter that church, Ter ne’er come back agin, I do not want that new church choir Ter squeal the final hymn. VaITSFIELD, Vt. Ths Arizona people are indignant at the stories of their lawlessness, which have been published recently. They i are reported by tho New OrleanE ; A Story of Early Colo- Picayune to say that such reports are false, and that if they can catch the newspaper man who started them they Will lynch him out of hand nial Days. The Baltimore Manufacturers’ Rce ord reports that there are now in the South 400 cotton mills, with 2,763,870 spindles and 62,052 looms; capital invested, §97,000,000, as against §21,- -.976,000 in 1880. In 1860 there were Sn the South ^161 cotton mills, with 667,854 spiudles. North Carolina has the largest number of mills Ferris, the man of the World’s Fall wheel, offered §40,000 a year to the projectors of the new Manhattan Building, on Broadway, in New York City, if they would build a tower on it and give him the elevator rights. The Manhattan will be the tallest and ugliest building in New York, alleges the Chicago Herald. There is no such a thing as “next Senate,” and so long as the Constitu tion lasts there never will be. The Senate of the United States is an eternal body. It never dies. It is to day exactly the same assembly which met for the first time in 1789. Every second year it undergoes a change of membership, the terms of one class of members expiring. But that ehaugo neither ends the old body nor makes a new one. ’ Effingham B. Wilson, of Brooklyn, has discovered somewhere on Long Island a perfect mine of Indian arrow heads. He keeps the secret of the lo cation to himself, and, according to the New York Mail ami Express, is obliged to keep a sharp lookout foi inquisitive spectators, who would like to follow him when he starts out to make a collection. Mr. Wilson has been offered a large sum for the arrow heads he has already in hand, but the offer was refused. When the collec tion reaches 3000 heads it will be tho most extensive in the country. Key. Christopher Dowidat, pastor ol a Lutheran church at Oshkosh, Wis., has expelled a printer from his church for being a union man, declares the New York Press. Ho says unionism is against the commandments of God. “To strike is taking advantage of the capitalist, and this is against the com mandment ‘Thou shalt not steal.’ Further, you shall honor your em ployer the same as a child honors its parents. God made rich and poor. God will not let a Christian starve. Those people who are suffering in the cities are not Christians.” Mr. Dowi dat believes that- the workingmen should take what they are offered by the capitalists and thank God if they can get anything at all. If they can’t get work it is God’s will. The mining craze seems to have struck some portions of Georgia and Alabama pretty hard. A score or more of new gold mines have been opened in these States within the last three or four months, notes the St. Louis Republic, and a good many old ones are being worked as they were never before. George Huntington Clark predicts in the Manufacturers’ Becord that in the immediate future the gold fields of Georgia are going to surprise ihe old doubters as much as the development of Southern iron did. The richest gold mines of that State are as yet untouched, he says. Georgia’s gold belt covers a strip oi country from twenty to iorty miles wide, and extending across the State from northeast to southwest, embrac ing about 7000 square miles. It run! into Alabama and spreads out ovei some 3500 square miles more in that State. Georgia’s mines have so fai. produced over §16,000,000 worth ol gold and silver, "or more thsn those o any other Southern State except North Carolina, BY CHARLES C. HAHN. CHATTER VI A FUnfl'AN MAIDEN, HE hardly knew She was a wonrnh, so Sweetly alio crew, was the cxpcrienc< of Dorothea Hiilaiy, Tho most delicatelj tilted flowers are found iu c o 1 d e i climes, rlid the vio- let of the forest is sweeter than the rich golden-rod of August sun and fertile prairie lands. So Dorothea grew in the forests of the new world, not very warm, not with flaming colors, or a luxuriance of pas sion, but in her face and in her soul were the tints of heaven. Her ever, were a clear brown, innocent and trusting, r«nd on her lips hovero l a perpetual summei calm, llight a3 to heart and brain, she won her way among the stern Puritans with an extreme gentleness, and yet e^rly she learned to endure and to obey. Even while a girl, one could see that she would be a queen in marriage aud a most per-i feet wife. Uncons -iously, in her eyes were depths clear and full of loie for hoc parents and for her lover. And yet she nnd ever one black shadow at her feet — tho memory of her father and the sus picion that sbo herself was following in nis footsteps. And as the years passed, the shadow not only lay at her feet, bnj rose and flo .ted over her, In these days «he sometimes murmured to herself a passage from an old book which she had round in her father’s chest: “Mother Mary, hear me and give me grace to bear my heavy load.” She meant it as a cry to her own moth- sr, an l did not know that the words wer* a prayer to the mother of God. Xeverllieh ss, perhaps the Blesset Virgin heard her. Traces of hor early life with her fathei wore never effaced, In fact there were tinges in her character which were evoi appearing like the recurring colors of the evening twilight, and Dr. Lennox nevej strove to blot them ont. When mingling with tho pioneers or their staid, young- oi l children, she could bo as dignified and prosaic as they. But when the}’ were gone and she was alone, or with hei adopted father, all the influences aud les sons of her early life appeared. She looked upon tho trees of the forest and the flowers growing at their feet, at the running brook and the stars and the clouds overhead as the real things of the world, and hence nearer and dearer to her than men. So ofttimes she was content to sit fot hours beneath some tall oak tree, which, thick-leaved, sighed over her little head with an ancient melodv as oid as trees or the hills or nature. At such times there appeared in her soul those characteristics which were like golden tints in the skv, coming at the close of the day, as tho bustle and worry of the world were dying away and the peace of the evening twi light reigned. A glorious child, dreaming alone In silken folds, on yielding down, With tho hum of swarming bees, Into droamful slumbers lull'd. Some warm summer days she would wander knee deep through tho meadow grass, along the little brook which cir cled half around the town. No bird would sing on these d iys, nor would any cloud pass across the skv, and the day would increase from bent to heat. Those were dreamy days, which a poet or a painter would love, and at such times all of Dorothea’s early lessons iu nature would come back to her. She would bend over a little struggling flower, hidden by the tall grtss, and speak to it as if it were a friend. Even the coarse weeds, in which none else, unless it may have been the Doctor, could see aught but ugliness and Adam’s curse, appealed to her. The broad meadow was a great bed, and she drew tho tops of the ernBS ten derly between her fingers and dreamed— oh! who knows of wlmt a child dreams at such a time? On days when there were clouds in th* sky and a breeze was blowing the shadow of the former fell upon and floated over the bending grass and she imagined the field to bo a miniature sea. And to sit there, half hidden by the grass, and look out at the tall treetops which surrounded the village, nnd out into the sky beyond an l overhead. Ah! what a quiet happiness that brought, nnd what fancies, quiet and dreamful, filled the child’s mind. There was a lonesome ness in it, too. that was not altogether unpleasant. For somewhere beyond those woods she belie-ed her father lived, and the same sky was over them both. There was a little poem, or rather the fragment of a poem, which her father had once taught her, and although she diet not at first probably understand it, th^ rhythm was pleasing and she often re* peated it to herself: The shadows on the Western slopes, The sky tints at the sot of sun, May thrill us all alike with joy, But he who paint s them will be one Among a thousand, if he catch And mirror back the beauties shown In globing sky and shadowing hills, And His, the master hand alone. Sometimes come floating thro’ the mind Or surging thro’ the human breast A thought, a feeling rich aud rare, A gift to man, if but expressed. And when one can, with rhythmic words. Move in our breasts sensations deep. And strike tho chord our own soul wept, For hjm the poet’s name we keep. The verges always recalled her fathei and made her sad, yet she clang to then: with childish persistence and chose tc be sad in memory with him, than light hearted without And yet, this loneli* uosg- never came to her. But sometimes iu the falling day An image seemed to pass and say, “But thou shalt be alone no more.” The image seemed to be that of the mother whom she did not remember, but whose portrait she wore upon her breast, and in her heart came a nameless feeiina of peace. Fora pioneer, Dr. Lennox possessed a fine library, and many of the books wore so quaint and old that it was a wonder he was allowed by tho church to keep them. To these books Dorothea had tree ac* cess, and no doubt ihe natural bent of her mind was fostered by them. Stories of the Crnsades and of knightly deeds Coreled many a page, and the stories w ere woven into her dreams. At an early day also she came upon a botany, and with the help of Jier foster-father became skilled in analyzing the flowers which grew in the meadows and in the forests. There was a school in Sagnaucky kept in a small cabin, one of the first erected ond the first deserted by its owner when he became wealthy enough to build a more pretentious home. Here the Puritan children were gathered day by day to memorize the alphabet and struggle with the mysterious orthography of the En glish language. It wob disagreeable work lor the majority of the children, but Dorothea’s dreaminess made it a ro mance to her. Each simple tale which Bhe found iu her reader had its interest, and she supplied the clouds and the flowers to make it beautiful. In after years these days wore among the most pleasant in her*memory. CHAPTER Vji. tK THE MINISTER’S STUDY. Mr. Granville’s study was in a corner of tho houB9 and looked out upon the street. It was a Very cozy room, furnished With a moderate library and writing desk and a snug fireplace, in which the various k nds of wood snapped and blazed in their season. An arm-chair made out of twisted boughs of hickory stood by the fireplace. In this room the minister spent most of his time, for the years had added to his load until he was glad to retire from his family, and so lose sight of their straugo and painful condition. So, after having finished his sermon for the com ing Sunday and read for the hundredth time his favorite volumes, he was wont to move h:B great arm chair from tho table to the side of the fireplace, and, leaning back in its Capacious depths, give himself up to thought. Here, sur rounded by tho cheerfulness which every Work-room gives, the minister could at times forget his sad affliction and grow, for a few minutes, comparatively happy. But generally in these half-hours iu the dusk ho sat brooding over his trials and disappointments and tbo calamity which had fallen Upon his family. The dim suspicions entertained ten years ago had been increased and rendered more vivid by the perusal of tuch works as Cotton Mather, and frequently after his sermons were fini-hed he indulged in long sittings by his fire pouring over those stories of witches and witchcraft which so stirred New England and spread fear over her at the beginning of her life. It was a cool evening in early autumn —in fact, the anniversary of the trial With which our story opens, although Mr. Granville did not remember it. The trial itself, however, was very distinct in his mind* as was every point in his ene my’s life. The man had spent long hours meditating upon this Oue absorbing theme, and recalling every event or word in Mark Hillary’s lifo* tmiil he had be come a monomaniac, and Uie thought of this rough wood-chopper was scarcely ever absent from his mind. Every scrap of intelligence concerning him had been carefully preserved and studied. Every word tho man had ever uttered in the minister’s hearing, or in tli9 hearing of any who would communicate it to the inihister, hr.d been noted and dwelt upon during thefefc after-seriiioil meditations. He hail made a study of the man’s life, and had cron gone to the trouble of in quiring into his antecedents minutely. But all this was nothing compared with the awful anxiety his disappearance gave. Long hours the 'minister sat iu h s study speculating upon it. Sometimes ho paused at the end of a paragraph in his Sermon to gaze abstractedly out of the window nnd recall that last act in Mark Hillary’s life. Then, again, this was a favorite theme for his evening reveries, and often ex- tende 1 them far into the night, until his family.- and, indeed, all Sagnauck, were wrapt in sleep. So the poor man wearily wore his life away. On this particular evening ho had been even more troubled by his gloomy thoughts. Iu his imagination he could fed an unseen presence in the very room, and in his heart hope died, as he said to himself: “The man or his spirit is near." This feoiing was so strong that he Rrose and did what at no time before had he courage to do, or •which his sense of honor would allow. He went to his desk and took out a little pauk.ige Which had been intercepted on its way. to Dorothea two years before. This evening he tore off tho wrapper, and in his hand lay a piece of birch bark, such as was often used by the Indians and by some set tlers for wiitiug paper. Upon this bit of bir= h was this sentence: “Dorothea: Obey the one who keeps you a,nd the one who watches over you, but whom you cannot see, will always provide for you.” “ ‘Obey th-? one who keeps you.’ That is damning,” murmund the minister, nnd his lips turned pale. “It is a message from the evil one, nnd I have had it con cealed in my desk. No wonder we have been afflicted. But, is it not necessary'," he continued, after a pause during ■which lie was plunged in deep thought, “is it not necessary ihat I keep it for testi mony?” But while he was yet undecided wheth er to cast the evil bark into the fire, oi lay it away and brave the danger in the work of convicting a wittAa, the case wai settled by a rap at the door, aud, hastily Dpening it, he admitted the pioneel Sqoire. “Come in, Squire, come in,” the min ister said; “you have come just as 1 wanted you. I have for some months wished to speak to you upon a subject that is troubling me. Sit down, I pray |OU. “You remember Mark Hillary, who disappeared ten years ago,"he continued, after nis guest was seated in front of tin blazing fireplace; “and you are also well aware of the strange manner in which ri} child has been afflicted." “Does she grow no better as she be comes older?” - “Not at all. In bodily health she is 6ome stronger, but her attacks ha v e taken a more violent form. At one time I might have considered her frail health as the cause, but as 6he grows strongei her whole soul shows itself to be in ar abnormal condition. If I could hav€ doubted it at first, when she wa> ill, I cannot now, when she is well. My pool child, I fear, is the victim of the Evil One.” “And who do yen suspect?” “His daughter!” The pronoun may seem very indefinite but it was not to the Squire. “Just before you entered I was reading a note which I wane to show you. I have kept my eye on this daughter, an 1 have discovered, among other things, that she is in communication with some one, we know not whom, unless it is as I suspect. This note, which I wish to show yon, was intercepted. I have kej»t it in my desk for some time, but to-night opened*it. See what a convicting docu ment it is,” aud the minister Landed the birch bark to the Squire. “’Obey!’ It it is written by one who has an hori'y. ‘Obey the one who keeps you.’ Who L it thatjkeegs her?^ Evidently it refers tg ! the Evil One, to whom she belongs, j ‘And the friend you know but cannot j see.’ Who would th-.it be but the autboi ! of all evil? ‘Will always provi !e foi | yon.’ Is not that full testimony to hei league with the devil? He whom she cannot see will provic^:” While the minister was m iking these running comments the Squire read the note through, holding it at arm's length. “What shall you do with it?” he asked when the min gter had finished. “That is just wh t I wished to consult you about. Shall I preserve it as evi dence against this—person, or shall I bum it? I must confess tn ;t I was strongly tempted to do the latter, think ing only of the safety of my family. But perchance I had better keep it,” con cluded the minister, with a sign. “By no means, I beg of you, my deal sir,” responded the Squire, earnestly. “He who holds the devil’s writing will foou have the writer in his house. It is by God’s grace that he has not come to claim his own ere now.” But just as the minister was about to drop the piece of bark into the fire, the study door opened, hi3 eldest daughter entered* and the minister, instead* dropped it upon the table near him. Achsah was clad in white from head to foot, and to the two men, whose imagina tion was excited with thoughts of witch craft, she appeared like a specter. And, Indeed, the appearance of the girl at such p moment and in such a manner was startling. She was now tall and slender, and her height was greatly increased by the long robe of white; her face was pale and would have appeared deathlike had it not been for the piercing black eyes, which seemed to gleam with an unholy light, as she stood in silence and gazed into the fire. A log upon the hearth broke in two and fell between the and irons and blazed up afresh. As the flames sprang Up and illnmin ted her face with their rosy light, the imagination of tho Squire saw plainly the traces of some strange power which was working upon her, and he felt as if he were indeed in the presence of an unfortunate one ovor whom the evil one was hovering. He shivered and involuntarily passed hie hand over his eyes. “Achsah, what do you want?” asked the minister, anxiously. “I came in for that,” said the girl, pointing to the birch bark. The two men looked at each other in silence. Achsah reached out her hcncl and took the note, walked stiffly across the room and laid it upon the open desk by the window. This done, she returned, sat down upon a stool at her father's feet and became ab sorbed in watching the flames in tho fire place as they leaped up from the burn ing wood. Horror-stricken, the minister and the Squire sat in silence also, watching her. Soon the door opened and Ashubah, the younger child, came quietly in. and, with out heeding the group by the fire, walked directly to tho desk and took up the birch bark, which she gazed at as ii charmed and unable to turn her eyei away. Achsah arose from her seat, went ovei to her sister end without uttering a woid, took the note from her and laid it back upon the desk. Ashubah made no protest but returned With her sister and sat down on the op posite side of the fire. Neither uttered a word or appeared con- scions of the Squire’s presence. Both seemed to be in a tiauce, so still wer« they, end so supernatural was their still ness for ones so young. The Squire watched Achsah, who waf seated in the shadow of the fireplace ueu him, the more closely. For about five minutes, but which to the excited mar seemed like an hour, she sat perfectly toot ionless. Hot first emotion was s ihudder, and then the Squire saw a look of fe. r pass over hor face and transform her features. Ilei eyes ttirned to thi window. In looking arotind to follow her ga/.e, he saw that hor sister was nfi. fected in the same way, and that ths minister was pale and trembling. “Our enemy is near!” he gasped, as li€ met the Squire’s eye. Looking then towards the window, tc See what ha 1 so terrified the gifts, he saw a black fantastic face peering into the loom from the outer darkness. Tile light from the fire fell upon the window and made the sight meet ghastly. It was a large heal, surmounted with a fantastic cap, from which the Squire could see two small horns protruding. The face was d rk, except in places where touches of paint illuminated it, and wor® a malig nant sneer as its sharp black eyes watch- ad the cowering minister and his daugh ters. “Did you see that face?” asked the Squire in a low voice which trembled with fear. “No, but I knew it was near. You see the effect. O* God have mercy!” And the minister bowed down and hid his face iri. his bauds. The girls, however, never took tlleir eyes frdm the particular pane of glass at which the face had appeared. And it was curious to note the different effect this apparition had upon the two. Ashubah, after the first shudder, recovered her calm manner and placid face, while Achsah, from trembling passed into ail exulting state and sat smiling and re turning grimace for grimace with the head outside. If the Squire for a moment supected this face to be that of some boy bent upon a frolic, the suspicion was soon d’spelled, when, after the minister had hid his face in his hands, he saw his eyes bent intently upon an object lying upon the desk. It was watching the note which jfcchsah had placed there. She also, it seemed, had observed the look, for she .arose and started toward it. But before she could reach the desk a pane of glass .was dashed in, a black, hairy arm thrust quickly through the aperture and a hand grasped the note. Achsah uttered a cry. The Whole was done so quickly that when the minister looked up, startled by the sound of breaking glass andAchsah’s cry, the arm had been withdrawn and the piece of bark had disappeared. The cry of the girl was answered by a harsh, grating InUgh, which was echoed fiom the woods around, and for half an hour peals of diabolical merriment were heard about the house until they died away in the distance. CHAPTER Vltl. AFTER FIVE YEARS. Five more years passed in the history of Sagnauck since Mark Hillary's disap pearance, and Dorothea, the girl-witch, wag seventeen years old. She had grown up in these woods of New England free and untrammeled by the affectations of fashion. Like a sturdy plant which needed only sun and air, she grew. It need hardly be said that her face was fair. Indeed, from it she deserved the name of w tch, for truly it was one molded to bewitch the hearts of men, and many of the young pioneers there were who also felt its power. She was of medium height, with a body well built. Her hands were finely shaped; her hp.ir and eyes were brown. It was of the latter a poet has written: “Brown eyes seem some rich, temptirg wine That might lead one to love th- m all too well.’ And again: “I know fail well two deep dark eye3, If brown or black, ’twere sometimes bard to tell. Right black in anger, brown in tenderness ; But when the long dark lashes hdlf disguise Their light, the usual fearless frankness flies, And then there lurks in dim. secret mistiness A gleam so subtle in its shado’.vynesa I fear to glance, lest there should sudden ri3e A flood of passionate tenderness, so deep, So strong, that it were all in vain to fight Its mighty tide; to brave it were unwise. Lest I should be, if o'er me it should sweep, Soul-blinded by the glorious dark light. Till all the world seems naught but two dark : ceived from gome unknown person, une ’ evening, about a year after she was left alone in Sagnauck, the minister was walking through the words north of the : village, when he heard two persons con- | versing, and, approaching, discovered i Dorothea. Her companion disappeared | as soon as the minister’s footsteps were | heard and the latter conld not identify i him. But the visitor wore the garb of an : Indian. Dorothea’s reticence with re- ! gard to the visit added to the minister’s : belief in her guilt. j After this first visit, Mr. Granville was j on the alert to detect Dorothea in other * delinquencies. He made excuses to be | much fiom home, and seldom failed to j follow her when she was sent upon any i errand which would take her into the i forest. So the man of God became a spy i upon the poor gir^ And his labors were not without result. Twice during that year he came upon her in the forest holding secret converse with some unknown person, and as these meetings were always at night they con firmed the suspicions about the girl. It Was also learned that after these inter views Dorothea always had a supply of money about her, and that once she brought in from the forest a bundle of furs, which were made into a cloak fot her protection in winter. One night in October, as the minister was prowling about in tbe woods, going where his diseased fancy led him, he suddenly found himself in the little opening in front of Hillary’s deserted cabin. At the same moment a man dressed as an Indian came out of the cabin door and hastily disappeared in the woods. Mr. Granville, on tbe scent for anything which might convict the girl, entered the deserted place and be gan a minute search. He was rewarded by finding a small package—a piece of folded birch bark. “No doubt it was a message from her master to Dorothea," and he carried it home with him. An enmity, too, had arisen between Dorothea and Achsah Granville. The latter could not meet the former without her little weazined face drawing up into a scowl, and once she cried out that Dorothea had hurt her, although the two girls were several yards apart. This had occurred in front of the meeting house one Sunday morning as the people were coming out from preaching. “You child of the devil!” the father cried. “Will nothing satisfy you? Why do you so persecute that poor girl?” “Child of the devil!’’ Dorothea an swered, “Methinks that is rough speech for a holy man of God. But bow can I be Dorothea, ‘God’s gift,’ and come from Satan?” “You need not play upon words with me, for I know you. Tell me, if you are God’s gift and not the devil’s child, who it is you go into the woods to meet?” “That I may not tell, reverend sir.” “Noj the truth you say now. It would be to your shame to mention him whom you meet.” “Nay, sir,” Dorothea answered, blush ing; “there is no shame about it. But w hom I meet does not concern vou, and I shall not tell you/’ “Perhaps you will not deny, then, tint vou receited fiom him money and furs?” the persecutor said, in a fury. “Have you been a spy Upon me? Was it not enough for you to drive my father from his fcotne? Have you no mercy that you follow and persecute a helpless Child? Whether I receive aught from any One does not concern you. And now let me go on my way, for it is not seemly for you to ho l d such converse in front of the meeting-house on the Lord’s day.” And without waiting for a reply, Doro thea made her way to her adopted home, [to BE CONTINUED;] ; GEORGIA IN BRIEF. Many were the lovers who came to her, although 6ach parent warned hie own sou against the wiles of the maiden, for now the suspicion of the minister had grown to be so positive that the girl really bore the reputation of a witch. This was augmented by the detection of wteral mygt^noqs yisjtg Dorothea rj- dosh Hillings* I’llilosnjiily. It iz a good sign when prAize makes a niftn beiiave better. “When X see a poor and proud aiisto- krat purtiklar about punktillio, lie al- itus puts me in mind ov a drunken man trieiug tew walk a crack; Our Wants, after awl, make most ov 3Ur happiness. When We liav got atvl tve want, then cums fear lest We lqze wllat we iiav got, and thus possession fails tew be happiness. Idangels are like a kohl bath—very dangerous while von stand stripped on the bank, but often not only harmless but invigorating, if you pitch into ;hem. . Take awl the prophecys that liav ;um tew piass, and awl that hav caught du tlie center and failed tew cum tew time, and make them npi into an aver- ige, aud you will find that buying stock on the Codfish Rank ov Nufottnd- land, at CO per cent., for a rise, iz, in comparison, a good speluilating bizzi- leBS. It iz awl important that fashior i hou Id be perfumed with az mutch morality az possible, for it controls more people than law or piety duz.— Aew York Weekly, His Hair Was Not Painted. “I was in Colorado^in 1875.” said Harvey C. Smartwoud of Canon City, Col., to a Washington Post reporter, “before the influence of the white man was dominant. The Indians around what is now Meeker had seen but little of the white man, and knew cOmparaiively nothing of him or his ways or habits, except from hearsay and tradition. I mean to say that there were many of them to whom the white man was as much of a curiosity as an Indian would be to a New York Bowery boy. “As you see, nature saw fit to give me a shock of carmine-colored hair. When I first went among the Indians they all thought that it was painted, just as they universally paint their own bodies and faces and heads. An old chief came up to me one day and looked at my hair very carefully. ‘Ugh,’ said he, and then turning to the guide who had our party in charge, he asked him to ask me where I got the kind of paint that would color and would not be greasy or look dauby. The guide told him my hair wasn’t painted, but be wouldn’t believe him. He came over and once more scrutinized my locks, running his hand over them and then looking at his fingers. “I didn’t know what he was after. I had an idea that he was calculating how nice my red scalp would look hung+about his dirty old body, and was inclined to resent it. Our guide, however, laughingly told me what tbe oid chief had said. Two or three more of the bucks gathered about us, and they and the guide had a pow wow. Finally the guide asked me if I would object to putting water on my hair. He said the Indians wouldn’t believe it wasn't painted until they saw that water wouldn't wash the color out. Of course I took some water and rubbed it on my hair and then showed my hands to them. It took four or five days of wondering examination to convince them that I hadn’t found some par ticularly tine paint and got myself up in a bright red suit of hair.’ Thebe is a woman ln Ohio who was one of the little girls in George Washington's funeral procession. She is Mrs. Priscilla Spooner. Mrs. Spooner recently celebrated her l(X*th birthday. NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED HERE AND THERE OVER THE STATE And Condensed Into Pithy and Inter esting Paragraphs. The governor has appointed John G. Hale to be solicitor of the county court of Dade county. Mr. S. T. Fleming, of Bowersville, recently killed a lieu that performed tbe rare feat of laying three eggs in one day. * * * Mr. A. J. Lewis, who lives near- Ar lington, has an old gander that will celebrate his fortieth birthday some time in May. m * * The International and Cotton States exposition company has been fully or ganized and the work from now on will be pushed with even greater vigor than it has been in the past. * * * The commissions of the captain and lieutenants of the Macon Volunteers have been issued. The three officers are Captain Charles Q. Carnes, First Lieutenant James P. Stevens and Sec ond Lieutenant Sam B. Hunter. The governor has named the Green ville Banking company, of Greenville, to be the state depository for Meri wether county, the last legislature having decided to put a depository at that city. The bank has made a req uisite §50,000 bond. * * * In the ease of J. A. Couper, inter- venor, against the receivership of the Marietta and North Georgia railroad, etal., an order was taken confirming the report of the special master awarding §4,000 in damages to the in- tervenor. * * * The Fidelity Life and Accident In surance Company, capitalized at §200,- 000, has been organized at Atlanta, and a majority of the stock will be owned by Atlantians. This new en terprise, coming, as it does, npon the heels of the exposition movement, shows that the old Atlanta spirit is still alive and active. On motion of counsel for the de fendant in the case of W. H. Dyer against the receivership of the Georgia Pacific Railroad company has been re moved from the superior court of Carroll county to the federal court. The cause of removal is local prejudice aud influence and inability to secure justice in the home court. Commissioner Bradwell has com pleted the - work of sending to the school authorities of the different eonntier. in the state the first quarter’s payment for the teachers. Every county has been settled with except three or four, where there was some irregularity in the papers, which have been returned for technical correction. The monthly report of Revenue Agent W. H. Chapman lias jnst been eampiled. The report shows that in the district of Georgia during the month of March, 1894, forty distiller ies were captured and destroyed, 940 gallons of spirits seized, 18,675 gallons of beer taken and forty-three arrests of illicit distillers made. The report shows also that a large number of fer menters, horses, wagons, pistols and rifles were seized. * * * Governor Northen has issued his proclamation offering two rewards in the following eases: On the 15th of March in Sumter county the smoke house of J. H. Rogers was broken into and its contents all carried oft' Lv some unknown person or persons. The gov ernor offers §50 for the arrest with proof to convict of the burglars. On the 10th of March in Houston county, Lucius Brown was killed by Bristol Gaines. Gaines has escaped and the governor offers a reward of §150 for his arrest and delivery to the sheriff of Houston county. The Christian Endeavor convention which meets in Atlanta will be an in teresting assembly, and a large amount of important business will be transact ed. The meetings will be held at the First Christian church. Dr. C. P. Williamson, the pastor of this church, who is the chairman of the convention, is an excellent presiding officer. The convention will be in session for three days, and n number of interesting speeches will be delivered. Among those Whose who will make addresses during the convention are Bev. F. W. McAuley, of the Ohio State Union; Rev. W. B. Jennings, of Macon, Ga.; Rev. M. A. Matthews, of Dalton, Ga., and Rev. Wallace Sharp, of Augusta, Ga. Seveial men of wealth and influence have been prospecting recently in Cherokee county, and some deals have been made that will lead to others, and, it is hoped, the early develop ment of the resources of the section, which is so rich in gold, iron, mica, etc. Some important gold deals ate reported to have been made by Mi. 17 T. Hillman, who is vice president of the Tennessee Coal and Iron company, and Dr. Nabors, of Birmingham, Ala., both of whom are weathy themselves and represent unlimited capital for in vestment. Mr. C. H. Foote, of the Chicago Steel works, was also on hand representing himself aud a party of Chicago capitalists, examining the gold fields of the section with a view of investment and development. « * * The biggest failure Athens has ever known, and Georgia has not had a larger one in many years, was that of Mr. Bufe Reeves. Mr. Reeves’ name has always been synonomous with suc cess. Seeing that his assets could not equal his liabilities, he mortgaged ev- srvthing he had in favor of his credi tors and left himself not a cent. To him, more than any one else, does the sympathy of the entire community go out The mortgages covering proper ty in Clarke county amount to §108,- 621. A general mortgage on the Fon- tenov farm and Btock in Greene comi ty, given to the National bank, Ex change bank and University bank, of Athens, and a number of smaller croft, itors, amounts to §60,000. There are other mortgages on property in Ogle thorpe nnd Oconee counties. The lia bilities will be about $300,000, with assets nominally §200,000, valuation considered high. Joseph K. Brown. A few days ago Hon. Joseph E. Brown, ex-governor, ex-ehief justice and ex-United States senator of Geor gia, celebrated his seventy-third anni versary. It is needless to say that, at the home of the distinguished states man in Atlanta, the day was one of rejoicing in the large andloving family circle that- gathered about him. But that rejoicing was not confined to those nearest and dearest to the illustrious Georgian. It extended throughout the multitude of his fellow-citiz6ns,who in years past testified their approval of nnd confidence in him by repeatedly elevating him to the highest offices within their gift. Few citizens of any state have risen so high, accomplished so much, and been so richly honored by the people as Joseph E. Brown. Though of his own volition he has re tired to the privacy of unofficial life, he has not been forgotten by the peo ple of his state, and his wisdom and counsel are still often drawn upon. In these declining years, the sympathy of the people goes out to him in the physical affliction which has befalleD him. LATEST DISPATCHES GIVING THE NEWS UP TO THE TIME OF GOING TO PRESS. Happenings of Interest Presented In Brief and Pithy Paragraphs. LAID TO REST. REMAINS OF SENATOR VANCE BURIED AT ASHEVILLE. Thousands Pay Homage to the Dead Statesman. At the hour of noon Wednesday th6 remains of the late Senator Zebulon B. Vance were deposited in their rest ing place at Asheville, N. C., over looking the beautiful French Broad river—a fitting spot for the last repose of this great man. The funeral train arrived just after dawn, from Kaleigh, with committees of both houses of con gress, the governor and other officers of state, and three cars of distinguish ed friends of the dead senator. Notwithstanding tho late hour at which the train passed Hickory, Mor- ganton and other stations, large crowds pressed into the funeral car and de manded to see the remnius. The dem onstration in Asheville was the great est of the occasion. The body was placed in the First Presbyterian ehnrch at 8 o’clock, nnd from that hour until 11:30, thousands of people from his native county of Buncombe passed to take a last look. An immense crowd of confederate veternns, followed by the different fraternal organizations, the Asheville Light Infantry and the Bingham school cadets, filed by. Mrs. Vance spent a half hour iu private with her dead husband, and asked that she be the last oue to see his face. The pro cession was then formed, reaching almost from tho church to the ceme tery, a distance of two miles. The crowd that marched out to the ceme tery is estimated at 10,000. A hotel, grist-mill, thirty-two busi ness places, also an Episcopal church, telegraph ond telephone offices, post- offices and the steamer Excelsior burn ed at Huntsville, Ontario, Thursday. Loss estimated at §120,000 ; insurance, §40,000. A Birmingham, Ala., dispatch says: Seventy men went to work in the Ten nessee Goal, Iron and Railroad Com pany’s mines Thursday. Vice presi dent DeBardeleben says he will have a full force in a few- days, and doesn’t want any of the old men. All is quiet at the mines. The coal miners’ strike in the mines of Bell, Lewis & Yates, at Rochester, Pa., has spreud to the other mines of the company, and also to those owned by the Rochester and Pittsburg Coal and Iron companies. The Btrike prom ises to be one of the greatest that has occurred in many years east of the Mississippi river. Congressman W. L. Wilson arrived at New Iberia, La., Thursday, on his return from Mexico. He was received by Captains Cade and Pharr aud in company with them visited several points of interest nnd will be given an insight into the magnitude of the sngar industry of that section. Mr. Wilson’s health continues to improve. News has been received of a terrible fight between the notorious outlaws, Bill DHiton and Bill Doolan and an other outlaw, said to be Bitter Creek, and a number of deputy marshals, about forty miles east of Perry, O. T. The three outlaws and a woman aud her little girl were shot dead, as also were two deputy marshals. A cable dispatch from Vienna, Aus tria, states that a great fire rnged iu Neu-Sandre and virtually the whole town is iu ruins. Many persons are missing and are supposed to be dead. The injured have been removed to other towns. Hundreds of families are stopping in the fields. They are without sufficient food or clothing and many cases of extreme distress are re ported. CHARGED WITH CONSPIRACY. A Whisky Dealer in Louisville, K}\, in Serious Trouble. Two suits, highly sensational in their nature aud seriously involving Paul Jones, a big whisky dealer, have been filed at Louisville, Ky. W. H. Thomas & Son are the plaintiffs in both. One of the suits is against the Kentucky National Bank, and it is to eDjoin the defendant from selling §50,000 of stock in the J. G. Mattingly Company, be longing to the plaintiffs, and held by the bank as collateral on a loan of §50,000. The bank also claims the stock as collateral for an indi vidual obligation ol W. H. Thomas to the amount of §21,000. This the plaintiffs deny, asserting that the stock is pledged alone lor the firm debt of §50,000. The other suit is against Paul Jones as president of the J. G. Mattingly Company, The two actions are involved, Jones being also vice president and director of the Kentucky National bank. It is charged by the plaintiffs in effect that there is a con spiracy between the bank and Jones to freeze the plaintiffs out of their stock. THE AQUIDABAN’S KATE. How the Vessel Was Sunk in a Naval Engagement. Details of the naval engagement which took place off Desterro, the cap ital of the state of Santa Catherinn, April 16th, between the insurgent bat tleship Aquidaban and Ihe federal fleet have been received from Rio de Ja neiro. The battle was of short dura tion aud resulted in the sinking of the Aqnidaban. While-tlie insurgent ship was engaged with the government war ships the federal torpedo boat Gustave Sampaio approached her. A hot fire was opened upon her by the Aquidaban and the torpedo boat was struck sever al times, but she succeeded in project ing three torpedoes with snch accuracy that all of them were effective and the rebel ship went down in a few minutes. Many of those on board were drowned. National tirain congress. The national grain congress, which convened at Wichita, Kan., was largely attended by grain meiT from all over southern Kansas ami Oklahoma, Lou isiana, Texas, Arkansas, Nelnaska, Col orado, Florida, Alabama, South Caro lina, Iowa and Minnesota. The object of the congress was to formulate plaus to secure an outlet for southern and southwestern products on the gulf of Mexico. The banking capital of the United States is estimated at §5,150,000,000, greatest in the world, 7,000 MINERS OUT. Tlie Strike in Alabama Growing Very Serious. Monday’s developments in the miners’ strike in Alabama show that every mine in tho Birmingham district except those at Warrior and in Tuscaloosa and Walk er county, is shut down. Fully 7,000 men are ont. No attempt has been made to put in negro labor at the Blue Creek mines, where trouble is threatened. Armed deputy sheriffs were on hand, but the negroes refused to work, fear ing violence from the strikers. The strike is growing, and the situation i» becoming more serious. TI1E SITUATION IN TENNESSEE. A Knoxville special says: James R. Wooldridge, of the Wooldridge Jellico Coal company. Speaking of the gen eral strike of coal miners which has been ordered on the 21st by the United Mine Workers of America, says that all the miners of district No. 19, of which the Jellico district is a portion, have signaled their intention to strike. Work has been very light, in the dis trict the past season, and the indica tions are that they will not he able to hold out long without assistance, but it is more than likely that the strike will remain on until August 1st. The Jellico district is now paying the high est prices in the United States, and any result will necessarily he beneficial to the operators. A convention of the operators and miners of the district has been called to meet at Jellico on the 20th to con sider a new contract. The supply of eoal for the southern states will not be entirely cut off, as the Tennessee, Coal Iron and Railroad Company have about 2,000 convicts digging for them in Alabama and Tennessee. Unless the organized men use violent meth ods to close these mines, the strike will prove a bonanza to tlie lessees of convicts, as it will be the only com pany in the United States to operate its mines. Big Blaze at Buffalo. The American glucose works, at Buf- alo, N. Y., the largest of tlie kind in the country, have been desttoved >v tiro. Several firemen were injured md iaken to the hospitals. It is ru- nored that some of the employes of the works were caught by the flames ;mi bnrued to death. The total los3 is about §1,200,000, on which there is in insurance of about §500,000. ATLANTA MARKETS. COKKKCTED WEEKLY. <«’rori;rie*. Coffee—Koasted—Arbuckle’s 24.10 Kt 100 lb. cases. Lion 24.10c, Lcvering’s 24 10c. Green-Ex tra choice 21V*c; choico good 20%e; fair 191-^C; common 17%al8}^c. Sugar Granulated 4%c; powdered cut loaf 5%; white extra C 4c; New Orleans yellow clari fied 4a4%c; ye low extra C 3%*4c. Hyrup— New Orleans choice 45c; prime 35@40c; common • 20(%30c. Molasses—Genuine Cuba :>>(^38c*, im itation 22(^25. Teas—Black 35@55c; green 40@60c. Nutmegs 35@85c. Cloveh 25@30c; innamon 10($12J£c. Allspice 10(65llc. Jamai ca ginger 18c. Singapore pepper 11c, Mace $1.00. Rice, Head 6c; good 5j^; common 4V*c; imported Japan 5@5%c. Salt—Hr.wley’a dairy $1.40; Virginia 70c, Cheeae-llats !2%@13; White fish, half bbl*. $4-00; pails 6>c; Mackerel, half barrels, $6.00(^3.50. Soap. Tallow, 100 bars, 75 lbs *3.00@3 75. turpentine, 60 bars, 00 lbs, $2.25 a 2.50; Candles—Parafine 11c; star 11c. Matches— 400s $4 00; :100s -*3 00a3 75; 200s $2 00a2 75; 60s 5 gross $3 75. Soda-Kegs,bulk 4V{c; do l lb pkgs 5%c; cases, 1 lb 6%c, do 1 and l / % \b* 8c, do%lb &%€. Crackers—XXX soda 5%c; XXX butter 6%c; XXX pearl oystersY.^cishell and excelsior 7c; lemon cream 9c; XXX ginger snaps 9c; corn- hills 9c. Candy—Assorted stick 6c; French mixed \2a\2 x / % . Canned goods-Cond^nsed Milk, $6 00a8 00; imitation mackerelf3 95a4 00. Sal mon $5 25a5 50: F. W. oysters $175; L W $135; corn $2 50 a 3 50; tomatoes $2.00 Ball potash $3 20. Starch—Pearl 4e; Lump 4-v;~nickel packages $3 10; celluloid $5.09. Pickles, plain or mixed, pints $1 OOal 40; quart*, $1 50al 80. Powder—Kille, kegs $3.25; i^kegi, $1 90; V A kegK$l 10. Shot $1 50 per sack. Flour. Grain nml .Heal. Flour—First patent $4 50; second patent $4.00; extra fancy $3.25; fancy $3 15; family $2.75. Corn—No. 1 white 5c. Mixed, 55c. Oats, Mixed 44?; white 46c; Tex** rnst proof 48c. Seed rye, Georgia 75a80c. flay—Choice limotby, large t tales, 95c. No. 1 timothy, large bales, 95c; choice timothy, small bales, 90c; No. 1 timothy, small bales. 80c; No. 2 timothy, small bales, 823^0. Meal—Plain 52*; bolted 50c. Wheat brau-- Large sacks 87j^c, small sacks 99c. Cotton seed meal—$1 3 ! ) per cwt. Steam feed—$1.10 per cwt. Stock peas 60a65c per bu. White, 60a65. Boston beans $2.65a2.75 per bushel. Tennessee, $ 1.75a 2.00. Grit*—Pearl $2.85* < oimrrv Produce. Eggs 9al0 Butter — Western creamery 22a25o. choice Tennessee !5al8c; other grades l*2%al5c. Live poultry—Turkeys 8(®10o per lb; hens 25 and 27^c. spring onickens large 15 to 40c; small spring 10al2^c. Dressed poultry-Tnrkeys 12%al5c;ducks 12al.5c; chick ens 10al2>£. Irish potatoes, 2.50(®2.75per- bbl. Sweet potabies 50a60c per bu. Honey- Strained RalOc; in the comb 10al2V*o* Onion* $1 50a $1.75 per bu. $3.00a3.50per bbl. Cabbage lal l-2c per lb. ProviMiop*. Clear rib sides, l»oxed Tc. ice-eared bellies 10c. Sugar-cnrod hams lOl^alS^c. according to brand aud average; California, 8.8^c. break fast bacon 11 >;c. Lard, leaf 81-4. Compound ay+ts-i.