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SUBSCRIPTION. ThK CorHANT AMmtK'AN T 9 FuW.TSHED Wkkki.y in thk Interest ok Bartow Fourty, Devoted Mainly to Local News, and Thinks it has a Right to Expect an Undivided County Patron age irnT n \TO n CARTKsvu.Mt*' onHANT, Established 18<iconsolidated 1887. VOL. 9 NO. I J CAKI EKBVU.LK AMBKICA.V, rsiNmaSsl PURELY VEGETABLE. It act* with sxtraordinary efficacy on the T ,VER - Kidneys, Jl * AND Bowels. AN EFFECTUAL SPECIFIC FOR Malaria, Bowel Complaints, UyijMipilSi Nick Headache, Constipation, BiUonimees, Kidney Affection*, Jaundice, Mental Uepreeeion, Colic! BEST fAMILYfMEDICINE Ho Household Should be Without It, and, by bring kept ready for Immediate use. will save many an hour of suffering aud many b dollar In time mid doctors’ bills. THERE 13 BUT ONE SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR Sea that you glt the genuine with red “Z” on front of Wrapper. Prepared only by J. H . ZEI LI N &. CO., Sole Proprietors, Philadelphia, Pa. FIUCK, *I.OO. THE REIGN OF TERROR. Morehead, Kentucky, Suspends Business and the Citizens Patrol tlie Streets. Lexington, Kv., July 27. — C01. John R. ( ’iih!lonian and Adjutant Roger Wil liamM returned from Morehmd to-day, where they had been sent by Governor Knott to inquire into the propriety of sending troops there to uttend on the Missions of theeircuit court, which in set I o eonvene there next Monday. 'Troops have lecn asked for by Judge ( ole and Sheriff Hogg, and others. The sheriff is in Mount Sterling, and declares that he will not go to Moreliend to attend court unless troops are sent to maintain the peace. The governor’s commissioners, after examining thesituation carefully decided to report adversely to sending troops to Morehead. The town is dead. Every business house is closed and the doors nailed up, with the exception of one small grocery store and saloon, the lat ter being carried on by the widow of Craig 'Tolliver. The Hailey hotel is also open. With these exceptions, no busi ness whatever is carried on at Morehead. This town is patroled day and night by forty members of the Law and Order society, and the men are armed with Winchester rifles and are the only per sons to be seen moving around. They are constantly on tin* alert for an attack from the Tolliver gang, and rumors of dose proximity of the gang to town arc heard every day and all men titers of the La w and Order society object to presence of troops, and people who are known to have bi*eu on the btlier side are vehe ment in their request for military aid. The former express their ability to protect the citizens and aid the court in ttie full execution of the law. It is the general feeling l hat as soon as the patrol is re moved, or if it should become careless, mo as to atfonf the opportunity, the Tol liverites will sweep down on the town and avenge the death of their chief and his kinsmen. It is known that an organiza tion for that purpose is in easy reach of Morehead, and the chances are that more bloodshed will follow the slightest oppor tunity for an attack. The presence of troops might temporarily avert this, but the only true solution of the bloody feud is to let the citizens of llowan county settle it among themselves. A Comi*lete Cuuk ok Dancer. Gentlemen —I had a sore on my upper lip foi eight years. Seven different doc tors tried in vain to heal it. One gave me a small vial for live dollars, which was a “certain cure.” It is needless to say that it did me no good. About two years ago 1 became quite uneasy, as peo ple thought I had a cancer, and 1 took a course of eighteen bottles ofS. S. S. The result has been a complete cure. The ulcer or cancer healed beautifully, leav ing scarcely a perceptible scar. From that day 1 have been in excellent health, the Sptvilic having purified my blood thoroughly, increased my appetite and perfected my digestion; In a word, l feel like anew woman, and, the best of all, the eight year ulcer is gone entirely. Yours sincerely, M ns. \Y. I*. Cannon. Trenton, Todd Cos., Ky., Feb. 25, \S7. Two Bottles Effect a Cure. Gentlemen : My blood was in such a condition that on the slightest abrasion my flesh would fester, and sores were difficult to heal. 1 took two bottles of S. S. S., and after that. any. abrasion would heal on first intention, and my flesh was firm. W. T. Wilkins. Jessup, Ga., MarcaS, 1887. Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed free. The Swift Specific Cos., Drawer 3, At lanta, Ga. Saved by a Watermelon. Tallahassee (Fla.) Tallaliaeman.] East Monday week while Jake Gibson, a colored brother, was sitting in the forks of an old oak tree on the Ball plan tation, near Ceutreville, eating a water melon, a thunder cloud came up, light ning struck the tree, split it into frag ments and threw Jake many feed away, apparently deader than Hector. Mr. Calvin Johnson, “Fuele” Glenn, an old colored man and others rushed up, pour ed water on his face and began to rub him. Justus all hope of resuscitation had fled and his friends had turned sadly away to prepare for the funeral, Jake rose up, looked around half dazed and inquired: “‘Uncle’ Glenn, whur’s my watermeh n?” My Wit-'* Frteml. My wife is a very kind-hearted woman | and that is the reason, I suppose, why she took a fancy to Mrs. Million, the broker's wife. Mrs. Million always headed any charity with the largest amount of money and always figured at any benefit or fair among the leaders. For my part I could not get myself to like her. She was vulgar in dress and a loud and noisy talker, and she made me nervous whenever she came around. Jemima, however, said she had a good heart, anil that settled it. My wife was out shopping one day when she saw a white-faced young girl stagger down the steps of a fashionable house and fall in the street. She was poorly dressed and there was something of refinement about her manner which took Jemima's fancy. A policeman was about to take the poor girl in, insisting that she was drunk, but. my wife interposed and had her taken home in a carriage. That night we heard her sad story, which she told with tears ia her eyes. She was the daughter of Pennington, the speculator, whom I remembered very well. When he died he didn’t have a cent, and his only daughter, Alice, had to go out in the world and earn her own bread. She had tried everything, even to wil ing pnjiers, aud had suffered everything. Recently she had found a little sewing work for a lady, which she had worked day and nights to finish. She had called a number of times for the money, but the servant always made* an excuse, and at the time my wife found her she was dying of starvation. ‘*l wish you would tell me tin* woman's name,” I snid when she had finished. “I should like to state my opinion of her should we ever meet.” "She was called Mrs. Million,'' said Miss Pennington simply. I looked at Jemima and she looked at me, and then we both groaned. From that day the philan thropic Mrs. Million never gained foot ing in our house. Miss Pennington soon grew to be an indispensable part of tlie household, Jemima Jane and she were like sisters. As for myself, cynic that I am, I saw more to admire in her daily. One evening, while reading the after noon paper, I looked up aud said: “Don't you remember, my dear, talking of young Culverden's a couple of months back, and wondering where he was? Well, his name is reported here as hav ing arrived by the Scythia to-day. 1 must hunt him up to-morrow. How glad 1 shall be to see him.” 1 happened at that moment to look toward Miss Pennington and was sur prised to see her turn pale. 1 rose has tily. I rose with both hands extended, as my young friend, sun-burned with travel, but handsomer than ever, entered the room. “1 have just lauded,” he said, also ex tending both hands, “and the first house 1 come to is yours, for l can never forget how kind you and Mrs. Jones were to me in the old days. Indeed 1 shall never lie stopped suddenly ms if he had seen an apparatiou. Miss Pennington had risen and was standing by the table, sup porting herself by leaning one hand heavily on it. She was trembling vio lently. Her eyes were fixed in turn on our new guest, with the same varying expression on her countenance as on his. “Are you ill?” I said. In a moment Jemima was at her friend's side. “What is it, dear?” she asked. “Nothing, nothing,” said the girl, faintly, putting her hand to her side. “Only a stitch I have here sometimes. T was very foolish. It is all gone now," smiling. Rut 1 noticed that she remain ed as pale as a corpse. It was about a quarter of an hour later, aud we had all settled down* into quiet again, 1 to my newspaper and the ladies to their fancy work, when the door was flung open. “Mr. Culverden,” said tlie footman. “Ida!” cried the young man. “Harry!” He went past me like a shot, taking no notice of my outstretched hands. He had clasped those of Miss Penington the next instant instead. The whole beautiful idyl flashed on me at once. Culverden was the hero of the Roman story about which we had heard. Jemima June saw it also. She gave me a smile and a nod, and we slipped quietly out of the toom. “Yes,” said Culverden an hour later, os he sat holding Ida’s hand in his own, after we hud been called in to congratu tliem, “it was an old affair. 1 was very angry at the time, and came off to New York, vowing to shake the dust of my native city from my feet forever, and all on account of this dear girl, to whom you have been so kind. I wanted her to marry me whether or not. But she would not disobey her parent. She would never marry anybody else however, but me, she said. 1 have learned to know that she was right and that 1 was wrong.” Here I am pretty certain 1 saw the delicate little fingers close in a tighter pressure on his hand. “When fortune smiled on me I went abroad, principally to try and forget her. But I did not succeed. I traveled all ever Europe; up the Nile; around the Isthmus to Calcutta, and from there pushed on to Japan. Everywhere her dear face followed me.” A look of inef fable content at the sweet, blushing countenance. “It was only the other day, at Yokohama, that 1 saw in a news paper, a year old, that she was an or phan. 1 took the very next steamer, de termined to ascertain if I had any hope now; and lo! fortune brought me here the very first evening of my arrival. God bless you for what you did for her.” The wedding that followed at our house was a very quiet one. Neither Mr. Culverden nor his bride nor ourselves arc fond of ostentatious display. < >uly a few guests were at the festival, and among them, von niav be sure, was not my wife’s friend, Mrs. Million. Dr. Sage’s Catarrh Remedy cures when every other so-called remedy fails. LYNCHING. Short Work Mi.li* of a s;ro Flo ml by a Mob Near Atlanta UVdne-Klay Last Last Wednesday in >raing a handsome young married woman: Mrs. Rush, was assaulted near her home at Redan, a small station oa the Georgia Railroad, by an unknown irogro man who called at her house while her husband was away and asked tor something to eat, and while the fady was preparing it he made tin* assault. The lady was entirely alone at the time, but as soon as she was able, has tened over to the railroad, where a num ber of men were at work. Some were white and some were colored, but every one immediately quit work and com menced a search for the miscreant, which was continued until 10o'clock that night to no avail. That night a negro hailed the south bound Georgia Railroad accomodation train between Lithonia and Conyers, Conductor V. IL Boyd, and, when the train stopped, got aboard the colored people's- coach aud immedidiately enter the water-closet. Conductor Boyd, coming along for tickets, suspected the truth, knowing the facts. He had a description of Mrs. Rush's assailant in his mind, and as soon as lie saw the negro he recognized him as tin* man wanted and seized him. Tin* negro resisted, but was soon tied down, 'rin* man was taken to Conyers and placed m jail. Next morning offi cers went down from Redan and brought him back. On. the return trip of (’apt. Boyd’s train, at Lithonia twenty men, armed to the teeth, boarded the train, and when it arrived at Redan a larger and more ex cited crowd had assembled and more were coming from the back country in every kind of convenience, and armed w ith every description of weapons. IDENTIFIED BY HIS VICTIM. The negro was taken, to Jones & John ,-on's store, near depot, and Mrs. Rush, whose house was half a mile distant, was sent for. While waiting for her arrival the constantly growing mob was becom ing more and more excited, especially as a negro woman in the crowd asserted that she knew the man to have been at Mrs. Rush’s home the day before. This was between 7 and 7:30 a. in., and Mrs. Rush arrived on the scene about 7:40. A man in the crowd asked her: “Is this the negro that assaulted you?” Mrs. Bush, pale and trembling with ex citement, replied: “Yes, I know him well; he is the man, for he has on the same shirt and hat, and his pants had the same big hole iu them at the time.” The colored woman was again brought forward and asked: “Is this the negro that you saw going to and from Mrs. Rush’s house yester day forenoon?” She replied, addressing herself directly to the negro, that it was. Several other parties also inentified him as having been in that vicinity Wednesday. All this time the crowd was still swelling in numbers and grow ing more and more threatening and de monstrative. The negro was all this time bound with heavy ropes, and when his identity had been thus established, in spite of the remonstrances of some of the more conservative members, and the protests and threats of the officers, sev eral strong men took hold of him and led him struggling in the direction of the woods. After going a half mile back they came to a stubby, short growth hickory tree, only about 8 inches in diameter at the trunk, and having only one big limb branching out at a heigtli of from the ground. Here the mad crowd halted, and a spokesman asked the trembling man if he was guilty. PROTESTED HPMNNONENCE. He said no, bub that he could and would produce the guilty man if they would spare him. He was then told there was no question of his guilt, and he might as well confess it, but he still held out, and thereupon was told that he had just a few moments in which to pray if he wished to do so, as he was going to be hung right off. He was asked his name, and he replied that it was Reuben Johnson Hudson, and that his home was in Covington. He said he had a family there, and asked a gentleman present; “Will you write to my wife, Ophelia Hudson, at Covington, and to her brother, Charlie Holland, in Lithonia, and ask him to take care of my body? 1 don't want the buzzards to get it. I know I am bound to go to hell, for 1 am not prepared to die.” After praying a few minutes he was cut short in his devotions by the impa tient mob, among whom by this time were a goodly sprinkling of his own color, all clamoring for his death as a just punishment for his crime. HIS CIUES CHOKED OFF. The crowd began to untwist the rope, and one end of it having been tied se curely to his neck, the other end was thrown over the limb of the hickory. All this, time the wretched negro was begging, and when the lynchers began to pull him up he begged piteously for some time, saying: “0 boss, give me inoah time; I wants to talk some some inoah.” but the re lentless ropqr continued to tighten, and soon his cries were strangled, and his writhing body was swinging above the ground. He died in about eleven min utes after a desperate struggle, in which the veins stood out upon his face, and his eyes protruded more and more. After one-half hour the crowd began to disperse, and when things had become sufficiently quiet Deputy Sheriff Thomp son took charge of the body, and the coroner was summoned. Mrs. Bush went down before the body was cut down and witnessed the scene with considerable emotion. Great ex citement still prevails in the vicinity. Young or middle-aged men suffering from nervous debility, loss of memory, premature old age, as the result of bad habits, should send ten cents in stamps for illustrated book offering sure means of cure. Address World's Dispensary Medical Association, Buffalo, N. Y. CARTERSVILLE, GA„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1887. Visitors From Tlie City. From the Dakota Bell.] “I wish you would give me about a nick’s wutli of old pajicrs—there s a whole raft of folks visitin' out at my place, and theyr'e finding fault and turn in’ up their noses 'cause then 1 ain’t no litertoor round the house, an’ I'm bound to satisfy ’em on that pint.” “Friends from the East?” “ Y-e-a-s —some of my w ife's relatives. Her cousin an' husband an’ four big children and three little ones an' a baby, an’ grow n up cousin who ain’t married an’ tlie feller that’s courtin’ her an' a leetle dura dog with lots o’ hair round his head an' neck, an’ none to speak of on the rest of him. The w hole caboodle of'em have been at our house about two weeks pesterin’ as, an’ I'll be doggoneil if I don't buy mo a tin bill an’ git down and pick gravel with the chickens 'fore I’ll low it to ’cur agin.” “Yes, see they live in New York, an" they've couie out to spend the summer. The let on they think a heap of us, an' have been ’bout dvin' to set us for years. 1 reckon they could never git money ’nough to come before. “When they came the boy that's bout twelve }, ears old got out of the wagon first, unil while I was helpin’ the others out he went around aud broke the well windlass an' throwed a stone at a chick en and killed it, an' begun chasin’ a calf round the yard an bungin' hold oi its tail. “The next day Em—that's the cousin that ain't married —saw a snake in tlie front yard an’ began to holler, an’ shin ned up an apple tree. Her feller went into the house lookin’ fora gun, an' ‘Liza —that’s the married cousin—stood on the porch an’ screamed, an’ the chil dren got up on the fence an' yelled. ‘Liza's husband was out in the garden pluggiu’ leetle bits o’ watermelons no bigger’n door knobs to see if they were ripe, and my wife had made herself sick waitin’ on ’em all, an’ was in bed. I heard the hullabaloo down in the hay field un’come up on the jump, an'went and picked up an old whiplash that lay in the grass, an’they didn't none of them see any more of that snake. They didn't ’pologize, tho', and Em said I olighter know better'll to let whip-lashes lay around where they would be sure to fool folks. “An’her feller tried to help her down an' she slipped an’ fell on him an’ spav ined his arm, an’ Iliad to hook up au go down after the doctor. “An’ the next day the baby was took with the measles, an’ I had to go again. “Ah' in the meantime the boy that's ’bout twelve had throwed stones down the pump so’s it wouldn't pump, broke the winder out’n the barn, barked all tlie trees an' killed two liens with some rub ber gum fixin’ which I afterwards got up in the night an' stole away from him an’ burned in the kitchen stove. “An’ Liza’s husband finished pluggiu’ the watermelons, an' got a load iu the shotgun that he dasn't shoot off an' said he guessed he'd send fer his brother to come out so's to make a pleasant family party. “Ye orter see ’em store away the meat an’ garden sass an’ grub an’ one stuff an’ ’nother when they get to the table, though they're all the time tollin’ how delicate they air, an' how they got the hay disease or something—hay fever mobbe it is. I reckon its a trouble as kinder stimulates the stomach, an’ then makes folks hungry. At ‘dinner one day I seed the pertaters meltin’ ’way pretty fast, an’ begun to swallerin’ mine pretty fast, so's to get ’nother ’fore they was ail gone, an' I was shovelin’ it with my knife, when Em spoke up and said that some folks she knowed would cut their mouths clear round to the back o’ their heads some day, an’ that it was awful funny how people that lived in the coun try didn't have table manners, nohow. Then she speared her fork inter the last pertater in the dish, an’ I got left after all. “One day Em's feller says to me: ‘Say, Uncle,’ (he always calls me uncle for some reason) ‘ju know yer spotted cow haint got no teeth in front and above?’ ‘ls that so?’says I. ‘Yes,’ says he,‘for I turned up her upper lip and looked. She haint got none, nor never had none, neither. I know a dime museum man in New York ye could sell that cow to for $4,000. He'd put her up on a platform an’ hang an ear o’ corn over head, an’ she’d sorter grin at it an’ show her gums, and ke'd clear a million dollars on her.’ “Tlie twelve-year-old boy has got the heft of the hens eit her killed or disabled an’ the dog that pears to run to a sharp p’int behind has et most o’ the little chickens. Em’s feller has peeled all the shade trees in the front yard tryin’ to find some birch bark. He was startin' on the lilac bushes when I told him birch bark didn't grow on trees, an’ he stop ped. Em lias had twenty-three cryin’ spells and hysteriticks four times. ’Liza an’ her husband have throwed dishes at each other twice, an’ have a common row most every day. The children have had everything but smallpox, an’ have made the team run away twice. “Well, gimme them papers—mebbe when they git ’em they’ll read an’ not bust things quite so much. After they go ’way, if they ever do, I’ll come in an’ tell ye the rest they do.” A Hint to Heal .Estate Ag. nts. Bismarck Tribune.] “I want to buy the fastest horse you’ve got iu your stable,” said a sleek-looking man to the liveryman. “One that can go like the wind.” “A 3:40 horse suit you?” “No, no, no. Must be faster. About 1.40 is what I want.” “You a sportsman?” “No, not exactly. I’m going into the real estate business, and when I start out to show a man a lot I want a horse that can get there so quick that he’ll think it is right iu the heart of town.” All Men are not Bad, Neither are all prepared remedies unre liable. This is proven by the results fol lowing the use of Dr. Harter’s Iron Ton ic for dyspepsia, rheumatism, scrofula, jaundice, torpid liver and general weak ness. THE YYIiETC HED WETNESS. The Tower Part of the State Nearly Inuu (lated. The rains that commenced falling last Thursday were general over the entire state and into Alabama. The people of several towns spent Sunday in great anxiety, the stories of which appear below: AUGUSTA FLOODED. Augusta, July 31.—The Savannah river has been rapidly rising all yester day anil to-day, and now registers thirty five feet. Seven-eights of the entire city is flooded to a depth of from one to twenty feet, and in many instances wa ter is in the second story of houses. All the stores on upper Broad street are flooded, and many thousand dollars’ worth of goods destroyed. Iu the south ern portion of the city the canal bank burst to-day, and Lombard's mammoth foundry is in danger ef being swept away at any moment, the water flowing around it in a perfect torrent, being twenty feet deep. Two hundred boats are now in use removing people from houses. Many are rescued from second stories, the water having risen so rapidly during the night that they were unable to escape. Iu Hamburg, immediately across the river, the water is up to the tops of the small houses, anil the people have fled to the hills in the rear of the town. The South Carolina and Fort Royal and Augusta trestles across the river have been swept away, and the bridges proper have been in such marked danger that all trains have stopped. The Enterprise cotton factory is sur rounded with water, and iu stores in that neighborhood the w ater is up over the counters. Every factory in the city is shut down, and the prospects are they will remain so for the next two weeks. Reports from up the river are to the effect that it is pouring rain, and it is feared the entire city will be flooded be fore morning. It has been raining in tor rents here this afternoon. The water is so deep on the streets that sailing yachts can be seen—dozens of them. WEST POINT. July 31.—The river is rapidly rising ami already the back-water is rushing through the streets. The town is all astir and the citizens have been perplex ed with doubt whether to make prepara tions for an inundation or not. They lost little time, however, in hastening to elevate their goods out of reach of the flood tide. The railroad men are busy moving trains away. The stables have been cleared of all stock. They suffered greatly last year. Every indication points to a big flood, and we are endeav oring to prepare for it as we have never done before. Already the waters are covered with boats. Without them we would be outdone. The wildest confu sion exists, flashing lights, hallooing of negroes, rushing waters altogether, gives to the grand, the terrible scene, a weird aspect as novel as sublime. EUFAULA. July 31. —The rain still continues. All the plantations on the Chattahooche river are under water from five to fifteen feet deep. A place just above Eufaula on the river has 300 acres of cotton under water ten feet, and has been sub merged for five days, and the river is still rising. All the creeks and branches are overflowed. The damage here will be, unless the rains subside, immense. The Chattahoochee river is higher than ever before known in July, aud still ris ing. The rains are damaging uplands. It has been raining constantly since Tues day. conyeks. July 30. —The rains here have been perhaps the most severe that was ever known in this section. The damage to growing crops is immense, and is va riously estimated in this county alone to be from $25,000 to SIOO,OOO. The wind storm yesterday did a great deal of damage, especially in town, blowing down shade and fruit trees, unroofing our jail and doing considerable damage to the Methodist church and various other buildings. We have not heard from bridges as yet, but fear that many of them are washed away, and more or less damaged. COVINGTON. July 29. —Our oldest citizens say they do not remember to have ever seen so much rain fall as has fallen here in the past forty-six hours. Since 5 o’clock p. m. of the 27th to the present (3 o’clock p. m of the 29th) the rain guage shows 10)4 inches of rainfall. Water courses are very high, and we are apprehensive of heavy loss to the county in destruction of bridges. Crop prospects were never more flattering here than now. Low lands will be severely damaged by the rain that has and is still falling. MACON. July 31.—The Ocmulgee river at this point is eighteen inches higher than any' previous high water mark. The amount of damage to corn and cotton on the land just below the city is estimated at $20,000 and to brick yards at SIO,OOO. The Central Park buildings and the finest mile track south are under two feet of water. Four bridges span the river within a distance of five miles, but all are intact except the Covington and Macon railroad iron bridge, which has been bad ly damaged. There has been no loss of life. A ,Sound Legat Opinion. E. Bainbridge Munda.v, Esq., County Attorney, Clay Comity. Texas, says: ‘‘Have used Electric Hitters with most happy results. My brother also was very low with Malarial Fever and Jaun dice. but was cured by timely use of this medicine. Am satisfied Electric Bittern saved his life,” Mr. 1). 1. Wilcoxon, of llorse Cave, Ky., adds a like testimony, saying: He positively believes he would have died had it not been for Electric Bitters. This great remedy will ward off, as well as cure, all Malarial Diseases, and for all Kidney, Liver and Stomach Dis orders stands unequaled. Price 50c and sl, at David W. Curry’s. tf Pun v Bauiks can only be made strong by giving them a food identical in effect with mother’s milk. Such is Lactated Food. It is easily digested, and assimilated, and prevents or cures all bowel disordei-8% How Tow us are Built. Before you cook your rabbit yon must catch him. A town that exjveets to pros per in this country must so spread its net as to catch live men—energetic men, progressive men. A town with any nat ural advantages at all will succeed if its citizens are energetic and enterprising. For ac-ommuuity of live men will not sit down and whittle white pine and allow the town and its interests to stand still. A town must have natural commercial advantages—but it might have all the advantages in the world, and yet not prosper if its citizens are so constituted as to be willing to look after only their own individual interests. Wichita,a Kansas town, is an example what can be accomplished by the energy, the enterprise anil the united public spirit of its citizens. Wichita has grown in a year or two from a comparatively insig nificant little town to a great trade and railroad center. There has been au in crease of over one thousand percent iu the value of real estate, aud an increase of over 20,000 in population. Lots in the town sell for more than $2,000 a front foot. What is the secret of this wonderful progress? Let a business man of Wichita tell the story: “We organized. We held almost nightly meetings, and among the first things we agreed upon was to hang to gether and stay by each other through thick and thin. “We advertised by hundreds of thous ands of circulars. We set forth all our advantages in such a mannerthat stran gers who were led by our circulars to give us a call were not deceived, but, on the contrary, agreed that we had not put it as strong as we might. “Every town in the east of notoriety was not only served with our circulars, but our newspapers. And the newspaper advertising did double duty. Our peo ple made it a rule to ask all their friends to advertise. “We then subscribed for a large num ber of copies, loaded with local advertis ing and great advantages, and we found by conversing with parties who finally came here prospecting that the full ad vertising columns of our papers which they had seen did more than all else to impress them with the growth and im portance of the place. “We found then we could not overdo this thing—that the more we paid out for these purposes the more were our profits. Every new comer was a cus tomer to most of our stores, and while their advertising paid to them rich re turns, it served the double purpose to impress the eastern man who han an oye to business with the fact that Wichita was a rising town, and thus we have gone on until we have added a popula tion since I came here of over 20,000, and property has increased in business places more than a thousand fold, and in the country round about us the ap preciation has been over 400 per cent. “I know as well as you can know that printer’s ink is the best capital to boom a town. Had we not used it unsparingly Wichita would not have been larger than Carthage. As it is we will soon outrank any town in the state.” This is characteristic. There is a fa miliar twang about it that reminds us of home, sweet home, as it were. In other words, the Wichita man talks like an At lanta man, and the wonderful growth of the Kansas town is paralleled by the ex traordinary growth of Atlanta during the past fifteen years. The moral of this is obvious. There is not a town in Georgia, nor in the south, that cannot achieve a reasonable degree of prosperity by blowing its own horn.— Atlanta Constitution. There is a lesson in this for Carters ville. Stonewall Jackson’s Last Command. Gen. Badeau in August St. Nicholas.] After night fell, Stonewall Jackson rode out with his staff to reconnoitre in front of the line he laid gained. It was his idea to stretch completely around in the rear of Hooker and cut him.off from the river. The night was dark and Jackson soon came upon the Union lines. Their in fantry drove him back, and as he return ed in the darkness, his own soldiers be gan firing at their commander, of course mistaking his party for the enemy. .Jack son was shot in the hand and wrist, and in the upper arm at the same time. His horse turned, and the general lost his hold of the bridle-rein; his cap was brush ed from his head by the branches; he reeled and was caught in the arms of an officer. After a moment he was assisted to dismount, his wound was examined, and a litter was brought. Just then the Union artillery opened again, and a mur derous fire came down upon the party through the woods and the darkness. One of the litter-bearers stumbied and fell, and the others were frightened; they laid the litter on the ground, the furious storm of shot and shell sweeping over them like hail. Jackson attempted to rise, but his aid-de-camp held him down till th : tempest of fire was lulled. Then the w unded general was helped to rise, and walked a few steps in the forest; but he be ame faint and was laid again in bis lifer. Once he rolled to the ground, when ais assistant was shot, and the lit ter fel-. Just then Oen. l’emler, one of his subordinates, passed; he stopped and said: “I hope you are not seriously hurt, General. I fear I shall have to retire my troops, they are so much broken.” But Jackson looked up at once and ex claimed : “You . .ist hold your ground. Gen. Pender; you must hold your ground, sir!” This was the last order he ever gave. He was borne some distance to the near est house, and examined by the surgeon; and after midnight his left arm was am putated at the shoulder. When Lee was told that his most trusted lieutenant had been wounded, he was greatly distressed, for the relations between them were almost tender. “Jackson has lost his left arm,” said Lee, but I have lost my right arm.” The many remarkable cures Hood’s Sarsaparilla accomplishes are stifflciei t proof that it does possess peculiar cuia tive powers. HYDROPHOBIA. The Terribie Death of Delia I’entclifl', a Beautiful Xw Jersey Qlrl. Beverly (K. J.) Spevliil to i'hiluUelphia Pres*.] I lei It i Hen tel iff. a beautiful young girl of 20 years, died on Wednesday night, near Bridgeboro, of hydrophobia, and notwithstanding the enre of the girl's family and of Dr. Currie, of Beverly, the physician, to suppress all the horrible features of the ease, the facts have now become generally know n. Delia Benteliff is the daughter of Sam uel Bentcliff, a farmer residing between Bridgeboro and Beverly. Lust March she visited some friends at New Albany, which is in Cinnaminson township, four miles from the prettv,suburban village of Riverton. One afternoon, in passing the home of David Hunter, she was attacked by a large bulldog, which, on account of his general bad temper, hud been chain ed for some months. The dog, it is said, had been excited by some passing tramps; and was angry. Miss Beuteliff, in pass ing by, said a few pleasant wards to soothe him. The beast broke his chain and attacked the girl, biting her several times in the back and shoulder. The injured lady was at. once besieged by her friends, w ho suggested many rem edies as fin antidote, and made alarming statements about tl.edangeis of hydro phobia). Her relatives demanded that the dog should be killed, and this was promptly done by the owner. Miss Bentcliff returned to her home near Bridgeboro. She bieame much alarmed fit her condition, and fell into a gradual decline. The terrors of' the dreadful malady were constantly pictur ed to her and she became ill, her ailment afterward developing the symptoms of typhoid fever. Dr, Currie, of Beverly, was called to her bedside three weeks ago. His diagnosis showed that the young lady was ill w ith a violent form ol typhoid, and to this his skill was direet ed. When the fever had been broken new symptoms presented themselves, and the examination showedithat there was considerable blood-poisoning. The sufferer refused food, and soon fill the positive forms of hydrophobia became apparent. At intervals she made strange sounds, not unlike the barking of a dog, and these were varied with the peculiar hissing noises which are set down as the true symptome of this disease. During her ravings the fair young victim froth ed at the mouth and leaped find lunged in bed. For several days such symptoms Continued. Last Monday the physical powers of the girl had so far exhausted themselves that she sank into a stupor. The only sign of life was an occasional convulsion, which would rack and w rench her frail form for a halt an hour or more. On Wednesday afternoon the convul sions became frequent, and continued during the evening, when she died. Dr. Carrie is a homeopathic physician, of Beverly. II is office is a square from the railroad depot. The Dress reporters saw him as he was about mounting an open wagon to answer an important call in the country. Dr. Currie was at first averse to giving any particulars of the affair. “I have kept this away from the reporters,” he said, “but fearing you will get a bungled account of it, I will give you a brief statement. I gave this undertaker a certificate to the effect that Miss Bentcliff died of blood-poisoning, with symptoms of hydrophobia. She was a pretty girl, and the parents desire no publicity given to the horrible details. She was bitten in the back of her shoulder, and the dog’s teeth pierced through her skin and flesh. “There is no doubt but that the fever was superinduced by the anxiety of the girl and her parents in reference to the possibility of hydrophobia. The signs of the disease were positive. There were the usual barking, hissing and frothing of the mouth. When she became weak the convulsions began, and she died after recovering from one of them. When she was first taken sick 1 cannot say. 1 at tended the case about three weeks. The symptoms of blood-poisoning were quite pronounced. There is no doubt that the bite of Hunter’s dog contributed to the cause of her death.” A SILLY LAW. Alabama Railroaders Discharged Right and Left. Ukattaiiooga Times of Monday. The employes of the railroad men on the Alabama railroads arc being dis charged from the positions they worked years to secure, and all because the Ala bama legislature, in the absence of any thing else to do, passed a law requiring all the railroad men to be examined once per year for color-blindness. The exam inations have commenced, and the rail road men say the examining committee have but little more sense than the men who made the odious law. A few days ago a number of passenger engineers on the Memphis & Charleston railroad were examined. They were the oldest men on the line, and have pulled trains over the road for from ten to thirty years. More reliable and efficient men never pulled a throttle. Last night the news reached the city that three engineers had been discharged owing to alleged defective eyesight. Among these who were discharged were Pres, franklin and Tom Kinslaw, two of the best known men on the road. Frank lin had no accidents, and in fact there are few on the Memphis & Charleston road. When it became known that the men had been discharged the rage and indignation of the employes # knew no bounds, and they denounced the law and those who made it in the most unmeas ured terms. The conductors, however, are the ones who will suffer most. They began at the bottom and worked years and years in menial positions before becoming a con ductor. Other employes, such as brake men, firemen and engineers, can go to another state and obtain similar posi tions, but the conductor cannot; he must begin at the bottom round again. Five passenger conductors will be exam ined to-day, and it is said they will fail, owing to the red tape and silly techni calities of the law. The conductors on the Memphis road have been running lo to 38 veins, and there are not a ADEV RTIS EM EN T 9. The Cottkaht-Amebican is tiie only Paper Puma shed in one ok the Best Counties in North Oeougia. Its Cin cur, ation IS SECOND to none ok itsClasi. Reasonable Rates on Aitucat io.v. $1.50 Per Annum— sc. a Copy. cleverer set of men in the world. It is believed that the railroads of Ala bnmn will combine and test the infamous law which threatens to deprive them of some of the oldest and truest men. FATHER OF FORTY-ONE. A Pennsylvania Hunchback’s l a,ally „f Children. New York Times ] nAiiiHsm mi, Pa., July 25,-“I read in j the 1 imes a few days ago," said a niem i l “ >r of the Reading bar, on a visit to this ; city, “ an account of a mtm in Western Pennsylvania who dies] the father of thirty-three children at the age of 96. \\ hen John Heffner, of Rending, was ac cidentally killed by the ears in that eitv in 188a, at the age of 69, lie was the father of forty-one children and a step child also called him father. Heffner was oue of Reading's characters, and was in the full vigor of health when he was killed. It is doubtful if his record in the parental liue was ever equalled. Heff ner wus u dwarfed hunchback. He was born in Berlin in 1816, and came to this ! country in 1846, settling in Reading. Fntil his death he made a living by col lecting and selling rags mid paper. His remarkable family history is part of (lie records of the Berks county courts, it having been elicited a short time before his death w hile he was a witness in a lawsuit. ‘ lie was married first in 1840. In eight years his wife bore him seventeen children. Flic first and wx*oud years of their marriage she gave birth to twins. For four consecutive years afterward she bore triplets. In the seventh year she gave birth to one child soon afterward. <H the seventeen children she left, conse quently, the oldest was 7 years of age. Heffner engaged a young woman to look utter his large brood of babies, and three months later she Itecame the second Mrs. Heffner. She presented her husband with two children the first two years. I’ ive years later she adihnl ten more to the family, two at every birth, then for throe years she added but one a year. She died before another year came round. Of the thirty-two children that John Heffner had been presented with, twelve had died. The twenty that were left, however, did not appear to bo any ob stacle to a young widow with one child consenting to become the third wife of the jolly little hunchback—for he was known ns one of the happiest and most genial men in Reading, although it kept him toiling like a slave to keep his score of mouths in bread. The third Mrs. Heffner became the mother of nine chil dren to her husband in ten years, and the contentment and happiness of the couple were proverbial. One day in tin* fall of 1885 the father of the forty-one children was crossing the railroad track and was run down by a locomotive and instantly killed. But for that sad ending of Ids life it is impossible to estimate what the size of the little peddler's fam ily ivouhl eventually have been. His widow and a large family of his children —I believe there are .iventy-eight of the forty-two still living—live in Reading. They are all thrifty and respectable peo ple. A Girl Sleeps for Weeks at a Time. San Francisco Chronicle.] The daughter of Captain of Police W. R. Thomas presents a peculiarly interest ing case to medical men. She is given to catleptic trances in which she remains for weeks without regaining conscious ness. Atone time she slept five weeks and at another six. She is now suffering from one of the attacks. Her body is rigid, and all appearance of life has de parted. It is over five weeks since she went into the trance, and at no time since has she regained consciousness for more than an hour. For four weeks she slept without once waking, bill now site wakens once every twenty-four hours ami remains awake tor a few minutes. 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