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Local Hews Hems.
Messrs Robert Arnold and Arnold
Henderson were in the city from
EUuupton Monday and Tuesday.
Mrs. Susan Moore is spending a
few days with her daughter Mrs. Z.
T. Buttril/.
Miss Mlgnon Lunquest has return
ed. from Hampton and Brooks
Station.
Miss Orion Arnold and Master Da-
Yhl Arnold, who have been spending
a few days with their aunt Mrs.F. Z.
Curry have gone to their home in
Hampton.
Mrs. C. R. Gresham is spending
the week at Indian Springs.
FOR SALE:- 80 acres of
improved land. 2 horse
farm open.
Call at this office.
Joe Jaylor Pittman is at home from
Effcerson Ga.
Miss Fzra Morrison is visiting
frteads in Forsyth.
Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Sasnett and
Children went to Atlanta Thursday
to visit relatives.
Mr. J. S. Farrar spent Sunday with
his wife and children at the home of
Mr. George Gil more.
Messrs Boyd and Walter McMich
ael have returned from Jamestown
and Eastern points.
Miss Dollie Mcivibben is visiting
friends in Monticello and Eatonton.
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Miss Ruth Jinks and Daisy Gray
left Tuesday for the Jamestown Ex
position.
Miss Alice Mae Hunes has been se
rietsly ill for the last few days.
Mrs. J. T. Autrey has returned
from a delightful visit to Atlanta.
Col. Ernest Watkins visited Stock
bridge and Locust Grcve Tuesday.
Mrs. .1. M. Crawford. Miss Annie
Crawfora and Mrs. Tom Atkinson are
sp* tiding the week at the Springs.
Miss Willie Mae Carswell, of Coch
ran is the guest of Mrs. vV. J. Wood.
Miss Annie Lou McCord left Wed
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needay for the Jamestown Exposition
Mrs. Mote Watts and little daugh
ter Martha left Saturday to join I)r.
Watts at Wrightsville beach. Misses
Pauline Mallet, Lucile Elder and
Adella Nutt accompanied Mrs. Watts
arid will remain at that delightful re
sort for two weeks.
Miss Bessie Ham has returned tram
Onancock Va.
Mrs. Hollingsworth SDent Saturday
in Atlanta.
The many Jackson friends of Mr.
'VVi lie McDowell will regret to learn
of his untimely death at his home iu
Monticello, July 18th.
Miss Alice Newton has returned to
her home in Forsyth.
Mrs. L 1\ Lester, of Macon is the
guest of her brother Mr. J. H. Car
michael.
Col. O. M. Duko of Flovilla spent
Tuesday in the Gate City.
Mr. R. S. Brown went to Atlanta
W ecinesday.
Mr. J. M. Trapp from ludian
Spring camp Ground saw the games
ol Base Ball at Ponce De Leon Tues.
and Wednesday.
The present hot weather is hard on
the unmade corn but good for the
cotton, in many places the thermom
eter stood 100 in the shade Monday.
]>r. Butner spent the latter part of
the week at Powder Springs with his
father who is very sick.
Hon. S. H. Hays was down from
I Atlanta Saturday and Sunday.
I Mr. i> w Rutledge of Dctbich 1.a.,
came Friday of last week to visit
friends and relatives in Butts and
Henry Cos.
Dr. Butner was again called to the
bedside of his lather Tuesday night.
Anew accession to the family of
Mr. J, S. Johnson. Anew hoy.
An eruption of Mount Pelee oeurr
•d on Ist Street recently. No dam
age done, only the ladies in the
neighborhood badly frightened. It
is superfluous to add that uo case
wsa made.
THREE SHORT STORIES FOR
LEISURE MOMENTS READING.
Strange Duel Between General
Hunkins and Colonel Reckling.
[Original.]
Among the generals of the civil war
there were those who had received a
military education and those who won
their promotion, from a natural fitness
for command and politicians. General
liunkins belonged to the latter class.
From his point of view the war was a
sort of preliminary political contest
among certain men as to which should
eventually return to their homes with
sufficient eclat to be nominated for
some fat office. Having during the
early formation of the army been as
signed the command of a division, he
first turned his attention to keeping in
due subjection all inferiors who might
dim Ids own luster by distinguishing
themselves. The man he most dreaded
was young Colonel Reckling, who had
entered the army from civil life, but a
restless, pushing, dashing fellow and a
born soldier.
Two armies were confronting each
other. liunkins’ division was on the
right, Colonel Reckling's brigade on the
extreme tip. The enemy resolved to
turn the Union right Hank and hurled a
whole division against Reckling’s bri
gade. Reckling held his position long
enough for liunkins to send him re-en
forcements, but liunkins did nothing
•f the kind. He watched the fighting
from an eminence and saw the rem
nant of Reckling’s brigade driven like
dust before a hurricane. The Union
army fell back to a stronger position.
When quiet was restored Hunkins rode
up to Reckling and reprimanded him
for not holding his position, implying
cowardice.
There is no redress in the ar
my against such an imputation by a
superior officer, certainly not in face
of an enemy. One morning shortly
after daylight Colonel Reckling rode
up to Ids commander’s headquarters
and, rousing the general, said:
“I think the enemy is meditating an
Important move. If you will ride out
with me to the picket line I'll show you
what I mean.”
Hankins proposed to send his chief
of staff, but Reckling insisted that he
should sis* for himself. So the gen
eral called his escort, and the two offi
cers rode to the picket line.
“We must go farther,” said Reckling.
“I would suggest that the escort re
main here so as not to draw the tire.”
“But”— said the general, showing ex
treme reluctance to go on.
"General!” exclaimed Reckling in
feigned surprise.
The general dare not refuse with
twenty cavalrymen looking on. Fie
rode with his inferior a few hundred
yards to a low fence, over which Refil
ling Jumped Ids horse. Hunkins, know
ing the eyes of the escort were upon
him, dare not refuse to follow. lie
was about to protest against this ap
proach to the enemy’s rifles as unnec
essary exposure when he noticed a curl
on Reckling’s lip. lie saw the latter’s
design, hut he must either follow 7 or
lose that respect of his men which was
necessary to command. Trembling,
he rode on.
A minie bullet sang between the
two men. The general ducked. An
other and another. The colonel push
ed on, the general a few paces behind
him. More straggling shots.
“1 see no change in the situation,”
said the general. “Let us go back."
“Not here," said Reckling; “not here.
Farther to their left. I think they are
massing a force on our right. Just as
they did the other clay. They can’t get
at us on our left for the river and the
hill where we have thrown up the
earthworks.”
“But we arc not going to our rliflit.
We’re going straight toward their right
center.”
“We’ll turn presently.”
“llow much farther have we to >?’’
asked the general in a few moments.
"We must ride along in front of their
line till we reach that wood on our
left.”
Tlii' general shuddered. Riding in
front of their line meant certain death.
“This is suicide.” he’protostcd.
■Vome oil," said the colonel.
I hitting spurs to ills horse. Reckling
startixl straight toward the enemy’s
lines. At the same moment a storm of
bullets whistled by the two men. Hun
kins could not stand the test. He
turned and rode back as fast ns his
horse could carry him.
Bravery wins respect even from an
enemy. The Confederates, wondering,
watched Reckling coming. Presently
he turned and rode slowly along the
front of their line. Not a shot was
fired. It was an eighth of a mile to
cover, ami as the soldier passed ever
the distance and entered the wood a
cheer went up from the Union soldiers
and the Confederates, who were too
admiring to shoot so gallant a man.
When the general joined his escort
he knew that his military career had
ended. But his aptitude for a different,
saved him in that field. He sent
h-^. ,, i.oue_oLhis_ henchmen, wlgj was 1
AN OLD TIME GAMBLING
EPISODE.
[Original.]
When I was a little chap living in
Cincinnati I was delicate. We had
relatives in New Orleans, and at one
time l was sent down there for my
health. The only route was by the
Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and I
made the trip in one of the big steam
ers of that day. The main feature
that I remember was seeing men sit
ting in the cabin playing cards, with
beautifully colored chips. Why they
used the chips I was too young to un
derstand. In this connection I also re
call their leaving the tables occasional
ly to go to a little box about the size
of a “Punch and Judy” show, placed
forward in the cabin, where they
drunk drinks of (to me) beautiful col
ors.
The Mississippi was one vast gam
bling resort from Cairo to New Or
leans. There were fitted up
for the purpose that floated slowly
down the river, tying up at any point
where there were people to be fleeced,
and wherever there were planters there
were victims. One afternoon one of
these flatboats descending with the cur
rent was seen from the shore not far
below Memphis to be turning in to
shore. The only power aboard was in
the arms of men and a couple of long
sweeps or ours on either side. Those
on the starboard side flashed in the
sunlight, while the tiller oar left a rip
ple astern. The boat in this way was
brought aslioro. and a hawser was got
out and tied to a stump upon the river
bank.
That night Julian Maran, a young
planter, stepped aboard the boat and,
with one or two of his friends who
wore already there, opened the game.
Maran had sold his plantation and ne
groes and was going to Baton Rouge to
marry Ids sweetheart and take up his
residence there. The money he had re
ceived was in bank except a hundred
dollars, with which he proposed to
amuse himself on the flatboat. He
added considerably to his hundred dol
lars during the evening and. being a
chivalrous fellow, considered himself
bound to go hack the next day and give
the hank a chance for “revenge.” In a
few days the fortune he had in hank
was every cent transferred to the
safe in the flatboat.
That was a curious age. If there are
chivalrous professional gamblers now,
we hear nothing of them. There were
chivalrous gamblers then, and they
made their Influence felt. Perhaps It
was because gambling had not then
been left so far behind other means of
making a living as it Is now. The
gambling propensity has developed
into more legitimate forms. Be this as
it may, as Maran was parting with the
remnant of his fortune, Gustavus Ster
ling, a professional gambler, who had
once been a respectable planter, hoard
ed the flatboat. He had left “the pro
fession” and with his winnings had
bought Maran’s plantation. When Ma
ran had parted with his last dollar.
Sterling walked up on to the river hank
with him.
“Permit me to say, sub,” he said to
Maran, “that I have seen many fools
in my life, and yo’ ar’ one of the big
gest. Even when a gambler plays fai’
the advantage Is with him. The men
on this boat are of the lowest kind of
swindlers.”
Maran, maddened, was about to re
tort angrily, when Sterling pulled a
roll of bills from his pocket and con
tinued: “Yo’ go down tha’ tonight with
this and start In again. Don’t play to
win. Play only to be in the game. I’ll
be tha’, and take a hand myself. Have
a gun in yo’ pocket, suli.”
Maran tried to express his gratitude,
but Sterling turned away and went to
seek a few of the former’s friends.
That evening Maran, Sterling and two
others whom Sterling had asked to be
(Sbesent opened the game on the flat
boat. The owner of the outfit and two
assistants were of the party, making
seven in all. They had played an hour
or "■* when e I;>ck T \'i* was opened.
y 'TVlug On his sVaVf. with instructions
to write up the general’s remarkable
service in the army and create a de
mand among the people that he return
and run for congress. The henchman
played his part well, and just as the
singular duel between Hunkins and
Reckling came to the ears of the gen
eral commanding the army corps in
which the duelists served Hunkins for
warded his resignation. It was ac
cepted, and Hunkins returned to the
field for which he was best fitted and
made an eminently successful cam
paign.
Reckling was made a brigadier gen
eral and placed iu command of the di
vision. He was soon promoted for gal
lantry to a higher rank and command.
He ended his career, not in a political
campaign, but supporting old “Pop”
Thomas on the field of Cbickamanga.
FRANK P. CUEXUr.
What Came of a Kiss.
[Original.]
August had come. The musical sea
son was at its height. The grasshop
per chirped all the morning, the locust
sang in the afternoon, while the tree
toad was preparing for an engagement
evenings.
Within the drooping boughs of a cop
per beech hung a hammock, and In
the hammock lay a girl. There was
not a bit of color In her attire, from
the lace about her neck to her white
shoes. She had promised him a game,
but it was very hot, and instead of
going on to the grounds her steps had
been deflected to the hammock.
What’s that triangulating on the
tennis court? White trousers like a
pair of dividers give an appearance of
triangulation. The owner of the
trousers is lazily dancing a tennis ball
on a racket. He wonders why ska
doesn’t come. Presently he strolls to
ward the house to look for her. He
doesn't find her on the porch, so he en
ters the hall and calls to her. No an
swer. He returns to the porch and
stands looking out at anything, every
thing, nothing. Then he catches sight
of something white moving under the
branches of the copper beech. He tri
angulates there, moving with more
animation than before, and, lifting a
bough, looks under the green roof. She
sleeps. Intent on the lovely sight be
fore him, it doesn’t occur to him that
the vibrations bad stopped rather sud
denly. So still is she that life is evi
dent only by the rising and falling of
her bosom. The mouth is in an admira
ble position to be kissed, the head
thrown back and partly over the ham
mock’s side. The birds above sing
love songs to one another; the Insects
on the lawn give a fantasia in the
same strain. The man—well, the man
stoops and kisses the girl.
She does not awaken, and he kisses
her again.
Thrice he kisses her, and the third
time she moves. Then after a bit she
opens her eyes and blinks at him.
“Why, where did you come from?”
“From the tennis court, where you
were to have Joined me.”
“It's too hot for tennis.”
“I think so too. Much pleasanter
here. I might have won a pair of
gloves.”
"You wouldn’t do that.”
“Why?”
“Because you are a gentleman.”
“Would you never have forgiven
me?”
"Never—that is, unless we had been
engaged.”
He thought a moment, then said,
“There was no temptation under the
circumstances” —
“No temptation! How complimen
tary !”
L v mean that knowing I would incur
u'T iTie pnV oh ‘file table grew enor
mously. Suddenly Sterling clapped one
hand down on the money and whipped
out a gun with the other. At the
same moment Maran and his two
friends drew their and cov
ered the three professionals. The coup
was effected so quickly that not one of
the latter was able to draw.
“Put yo’ arms on the table,” ordered
Sterling, raking ofT the money into his
hat. Then, setting the hat on a chair,
he went to the owner of the bopt and
began to search him.
“H-tu!” he remarked, drawing sev
eral aces held by a clasp attached to
a rubber cord in his sleeve. “A cheap
device, but good enough to fool asses
with.” Then, going to the next man.
he took a pack of cards from his pock
et, held them up to the light and
continued:
“Marks big enough to see in the
dark. All the court cards are plain
on the back as on the face.”
After goiug through the three men
and finding evidence of fraud ou all.
he politely asked the owner for the
key of the safe. The man, having a
pistol muzzle within a few inches of
his ear, complied. Sterling opened the
safe and counted out an amount equal
to Maran’s losses and handed it to
him. Then he paid what losses the
others had made from the money in
the hat. He was himself a winner,
and this amount he took from his pock
et and tossed it on the table.
When the party left the boat they
cut the cable, and it floated down with
the current. Its profits and losses at
its last landing place had been nil.
Maran left the next day for Baton
Rouge and was married soon after his
arrival. Had it not been for Sterling's
interference he might have become a
professional gambler himself.
GEORGE DISNEY MILLS.
Why Safety Matches Strike WCiliVtf.
There are two reasons why ordinary
matches can be struck on smooth
glata. The head of the safety match
is composed of a mixture of sulphide
of awrtimony, chlorate of potassium and
powdered glass. A comparatively
small increase of temperature will
catt#e this to ignite. Now. glass Is a
bad conductor of heat, and the rapid
passage of the substance over it raises
the temperature of that substance suffi
cieafctly for that purpose. When the
glata Is rough the friction crumbles
away the loosely combined mixture
before the temperature rises to the
ignition; hence, given the com
position of the match head, the two
circumstances which answer the ques
tion are the comparative smoothness
of Hie glass and its imperfect conduc
tivity of heat.
The Tallest Men of Europe.
The tallest men of Europe are found
in Catalonia, Normandy, Yorkshire and
the A>dennes district of Belgium. Prus
sia gets her tallest recruits from Sles
wisk-llolsteiu, the original home of the
Anglo-Saxons; Austria from the Tyro
lese highlands. In Italy the progress
of physical degeneration has extended
to the upper Apennines, but the Alba
nian Turks are still an athletic race,
and the natives of the Caucasus are as
suwfcMr and gauut as in the days of the
argonauts.
Masters of the World.
Simple words, short maxims, homely
truths, oid sayings, are the masters of
th# werlfl. Great reformations, great
revsriutions in society, great eras in hu
man progress and improvement, start
from good words, right words, sound
wetai, spoken in the fitting time, and
finKteg their way to human hearts as
easily as the birds find their homes. —
D. March.
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The Landlady’s View.
“They say a carrier pigeon will go
farther than any other bird,” said the
boaader between bites.
“Well, I’ll have to try one,” said the
landlady. “I notice a fowl doesn’t go
far.”
Literary Item.
"They say very few authors sleep
mere than seven hours a day.”
“But think how much slumber they
fuitash other people.”
Soft.
Oiaolly I wish that I could find
something to absorb my mind. Molly
—Have you thought of trying blotting
PUD-er?,
yo*f ’ displeasure' if T kiSsfecT yoii I
wouldn’t think of doing so.”
“Oh!”
He was sitting on a wicker chair be
side her hammering the ground with
his racket absently.
“What are you thinking about?” she
asked.
“I once kissed a girl in a hammock,”
he said, “and I wasn’t engaged to her
either. She was asleep, just as you
were. I kissed her three times, and
the third time she awoke. She knew
very well I’d kissed her.”
“What did she do?”
“She didn’t do anything.”
“And what did you do?”
“I didn’t do anything either at the
time. But that evening it was moon
light. She went to sleep on the wicker
lounge on the porch—and—well, I kiss
ed her again.”
It was now her turn to do the think
ing.
”1 suppose,” she said presently, “that
so long as you had kissed her once be
fore”—
“Three times.”
“It didn’t make so much difference
about the fourth kiss—that is, from
you—and since she was asleep it
wasn't her fault anyway.”
“If you should go to sleep on the
wicker lounge on the porch tonight and
I should kiss you, you wouldn’t be to
blame, would you?”
“Certainly not. But you?”
“Oh, maybe I’d be to blame, but
since you didn't know anything about
it there wouldn’t be any harm done.”
“I don’t know about that.”
*******
The moon shone down on a corner
of the porch covered with wistaria, or,
rather, the moon shone on the wistaria
while the corner was in deep shadow.
This distinction may seem trivial, but
it is not in this case, for on a wicker
lounge in the corner a girl lay asleep.
True, one tiny ray struggling through
the vine touched her lips. He was sit
ting beside her. This time he was in
the hammock.
“Asleep?” he asked in a low tone.
There was no reply.
He bent forward and kissed her.
She awoke.
“I believe you kissed me,” she said.
“I cUd not A ray of moonlight was.
kissing you right on the lips’. I kissed. l
the spy.”
“Oh, in that case”—
“It ’Kuisn’t so bad, was it?”
“I suppose so.” But she looked trou
bled.
“Well, since you seem to have some
doubt about it you might make it all
right by marrying me.”
And she did. F. A. MITCHEL. j
