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THE TiMES-JOURNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY >IUDAY
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EASTMAN, GEORGIA
SOUTHERN' NEWS.
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM UA¬
DI 0 US P01NTS' IN THE S0U1II.
A CONDENSED ACCOt .' T OF WHAT 19 GOING ON OF
IMPORTANCE IN illE S ' ! l UJ-.KN STATES.
Jefferson Davis giv< s Fayetteville, positive assur- N.
ances that he will be at
C., in November, tj attend the constitu¬
tional centennial celebration. Fully fifty
thousand people will be present to see
him.
A special from Fort Worth, Texas,
Bays that the re-union of ex-confederate
and federal soldiers begun Thursday.
Thousands of people were present. There
was a big barbecue, speech-making, around. an 1
remarkable good feeling a 1
The Central Railroad of Georgia and
the Savannah fast freight line announce
that freight will now be carried from
Boston, New York and Philadelphia to
Ai.anta, Ga., for 1.08; 91: 80; 00; 05;
49. All these rates include marine in
surancc.
The courthouse of Moore county, N.
C., at Carthage, together with al! the
county records, was completely destroyed
by fire Thursday. There is incendiary a general
belief that the fire was of
origin. The loss falls heavily upon the
county, and will, of course, cause litiga¬
tion.
A convention of miners was held at
Birmingham, Ala , on Saturday, to from per¬
iod a state organization. Delegates
all the mines in the state were present.
It was unanimously decided to co-operate
with the furmers’ alliance in an effort to
secure certaiu legislation in the interest
of tbe laboring cl asses.
The sheriff of Pike county, ICv., ar¬
rived at Frankfort on Saturday with five
prisoners, convicted at Pikevilie for the
murder of the McCoys in the McCoy
Hatfield inter-state feud. They are El¬
lison Mounts, who is to hang; Valentine
Hatfield, Alexander Messer and Doe, and
Plyman Mayhorn, each sentenced to life
imprisonment.
Mrs. Polk, the venerable widow of
President James K. Polk, celebrated her
eighty-sixth birthday on Wednesday, at
Nashville, Tenn. A number of friends
called upon her to renew the assurance
of esteem and remembrance, and greet
one whose existence is a link between a
historic past and a stirring present.
One of the largest charters ever granted
to any corporation in the south, was
granted hy the superior court of Georgia,
by which tho Southern Home Building
•'.nd Loan association, of Atlanta, Ga.,
Was incorporated, with authority to do
business in Georgia or any other state.
The authorized capital stock is if20,000,
000 .
A party of gentlemen from New York,
representing prominent railroad, hanking
and business interes s of that city, ar¬
rived at Norfolk, Vn., on Saturday.
Elaborate arrangements had been made
hy the Norfolk and Portsmouth cotton
exchange, chamber of commerce, hoard
of trade and the city council of Ports¬
mouth to receive the distinguished visi¬
tors, who came on a tour of inspection.
The Charleston, H. C., city m-sessor’s
books show AWt there lias been for 1889
incr<“- v ,‘.j^ar’O O, 00 Q the personal
an rctnrrMariMiV over
muteriu^^muchincry, 1888 in money invested
in srr.ivil industries,
factories and other personalty, there etc. been But
on the other hand bus . a
shrinkage in the returns for stocks of
goods and sucli bonds and securities as
are subject to municipal taxation, of over
$300,090.
The compilation of volumes .of war
records, comprising operations about
Chattanooga and Knoxville, Tenn., in
eluding the battle of Missionary Ridge,
is progressing rapidly. Two volumes of
the Chiekamauga battle have been com¬
pleted, containing both uuiou and con¬
federate rcporls, and some advance cop¬
ies will be printed for use at the ap¬
proaching reunion of the society of army
of the Cumberland at Chattanooga.
The celebrated Hickory Level planta¬
tion, near Albany, Gft., was sold Tues¬
day at public sale. It was one of the
finest farms of the cotton belt of the
fouth, and has been considered one of
the best properties in Dougherty county.
Twenty years ago the property would
have sold for $ 100,000 easily. The sale
being a forced one, the 400 acres brought
only $14,000, und was bought hy Sirs.
Joseph Beall, of New York.
The eleetrotypci a and stereotypers of
Atlanta, Ga., on Friday, held Electrotyp¬ a meeting
and organized the Southern
ers and Stereotypers association with the
ident; following officers: J. vice-president; A. Wrigley, pres¬
W. G. Sands, M.
I‘. MscDermott, secretary; A. B. Burk,
financial secretary; J. S. Artnistoad,
treasurer. The principal objects of the
association are the discussion of the new
features and advantages of the trade, the
protection of employers from incapable
mid inefficient workmen, and protection
to its members.
The trial of Fannie Bryant was ended
in the criminal court, at Birmingham,
Ala., on nuturaay. ^tu> is tnc .mulatto
woman supposed to have been the ac¬
complice of Dick Hawes in the murder
of his wife and children last December.
A verdict of guilty of murder in the first
degree was rendered by the jury, and the
punishment fixed at life imprisonment.
During the reading showed of the emotion, verdict flic
prisoner's face no polled, she but
after the jury laid been brok<
down aud sobbed like a child.
A FEARFUL EXPLOSION.
TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE KILLED AND 1,000
INJURED IN ANTWERP, BELGIUM.
A dynamite explosion occurred Friday,
at Antwerp, Belgium, in a cartridge fac
tory, in the vicinity of the bourse, killing
200 persons, and injuring at least 1,000
ofda7ua*“ d to^pe^. eB pOTdon.*of°the
and boursewerc struck by burning panic fragments that
set on fire, causing a in
K buildintr St!7^V^iSJ which 'waa at the time crowded
hind the docks, upon which millions of
1 „™ fjgtS,
warehouses were set on fire.
Among the roar of flames there w> a
continuous succession of loud reports,
supposed to be from the ignition of
packages of cartridges. Several vessels
were burned. Owing to the intense heat
Jsss^xrs? KxrSrt?
At the moment of the explosion, many
of the workmen jumped into the Scheldt
in their fright and were drowned. A
number of sailors and customs officers
were killed on Ward ships by firing bul
lets, and ships were riddled by missiles,
It is estimated that 2,000 tons of car
heard t ridges were exploded. The noise heads was
thirty miles awny. Human
and other parts of b.-dies were found
half a mile away from tho scone of d:s
aster. One hundred and thirty wh-.-ie ,
corpses he in the m-rgms, and charred
heaps of human remains represent an
unknown number of dead. The minis
ter of the interior has visited the scene
of theexptoaion The king and queen
have telegraphed, expressing sympathy
With the sufferers. Subscriptions have
been .
dered ojK-ned for the relief of those ren
Uesritute by the diaiii
GENERAL NEWS.
CONDFNSA Tioy OF CURIO US,
AND NX Cl TING EVENTS.
SEWS mou ETEBVWHEBE—ACCIDENTS, STKIXEI,
HUES, AND HAI PENINUS OF INTEBtST.
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Heavy Roods prevail at Tetecala, Mex
icu. Several lives have been lost.
The Jewish schoolmasters of Odessa,
Rus.-ia, have been forbidden to teach.
Shocks of earthquake were felt
through' ul western France on Thurs¬
day.
Five raeu lost their lives by a boiler ex
plosion on a farm near Claronsdale, III.,
Monday.
The municipal authorities of Paris
gave a banquet Monday night in honor
of Thomas W. Edison, the inventor.
The furnace of Peacock & Thomas, at
Lancaster, Pa., started up Wednesday
afternoon,after three months’ suspension.
The Aurora Watch company, of Auro¬
ra, HI., mide an assignment Monday.
Liabilities, $200,000, estimated assets,
$ 120 , 000 .
The thermometer registered forty-two
degrees at St. Paul, Minn., Thursday
morning. A severe frost is reported at
Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Pottstown, Pa., iron company, at
Pottstown, Pa., on Wednesday, an¬
nounced an increase in the wages of pud
dlers from 83.25 to $3.50 per ton.
Mrs.George Coons,of Little Sandusky,
Ohio, died on Wednesday of what the
doctors pronounce Asiatic cholera. The
people tlieie are greatly excited, and
many are leaving the village.
The children of Mrs. Maybrick have
been adopted by a lady and gentleman of
London, with the approval of the rela¬
tives on both sides of the family. The
children will assume the name of their
foster parents.
An explosion occurred Thursday in the
iron stone pit of Maurice Wood Colliery,
Midlothean, Germany, which threatens
disastrous consequences, Two dead
bodies have already bien recovered.
Sixty-two miners arc entombed.
Fifty people were seriously poisoned
by eating cheese at the village of Bctts
viHe, Ohio, ar.d it is feared some may
die. This is the third lot of people poi¬
soned in a like manner within a week,
and the matter will be investigated.
The convention for the improvement
of western waterways began its eighth
meeting at Cincinnati, on Wednesday,
there was a very large attendance from
river points from New Orleans to Pitts¬
burg and Cairo to Davenport. It was
estimated that fully 150 delegates were
present.
The postoflicc department is informed
that both the east and west bound mail
stages wero held up and robbed of all
registered mail matter near Atger, Cal.,
on Tuesday night. Inspector Zeboldt
lias been authorized to offer a reward of
$ 1,000 for the apprehension of the
thieves.
The North German Gazette maintains
that the London strike is closely con¬ and
nected with the (Socialist movement,
assents that the manifesto calling telegraphed for a
general strike in London was
to the Socialist paper, lulls Tribune ,two
days before it was issued in London.
At a conference of window glass man¬
ufacturers anil representatives Pittsburg, of Pa., the
Workers’ Association, at offered
on Wednesday, the manufacturers
to compromise by paying last year’s wa
ges. This was rejected, and negotiations determined
are now off, and a long and
struggle is anticipated.
Tho president, on Monday, made the W.
following appointments: George
Lyon, to lie surveyor of customs for the
port of New York; Theodore B. Willis,
to he naval officer of customs in the dis¬
trict of New York; Ernest Nathan, to be
collector of internal revenue for the first
district of New York.
There seems to be a misapprehension Thayer,
in regard to the ruling of Judge
of the United States Court, in the case
before him at St. Lorris, Mo., h.st Mon¬
day, affecting the label of tho cigar
makers’ union. The court did not de¬
cide against the union or hold its label
invalid, but simply overruled a demurrer.
The small coke producers of the Con
neliville region met at Pittsburg, syndicate Pa.,
Saturday and formed a for
mutual 2,052 protection. in the The region, syndicate Frick . .-ii &
trols ovens
McClure having the other 12,000. It has
been officially announced that the price
of coke will he advanced to $1.50 per ton
on October 1.
Saturday closed without a single jurot
being selected in the Cronin trial, at
Chicago, Ill. Nearly every man called
to the box was promptly disqualified be
cause of legal objection expressed on opinions,and account ol
preconceived and
few to whom legal objections have not
been preferred, have ultimately fallen
under a peremptory challenge.
Fire in Laird, Norton & Co.’s lumber
yard at Winona, Miun., on Thursday,
destroyed 22 , 000,000 left ol lumber,
7 , 000,000 shingles, a three-story brick
warehouse and contents, consisting of
doors, sash glass, etc., together with
sheds, tramways aud other property,
making a total loss of $314,000; insu¬
rance $175,000.
Exports of specie from the port of New
York die past, week amounted to $380,-
743, of which $57,850 was in gold and
$322,893 silver. Of the total exports
$311,700 tire in silver went to Europe, and
,-ili gold and $11,193 in silver to
South America. Imports of specie for
the week amounted to $27,090, of which
$1s,30S was in gold and $8,782 silver.
The following is a statement of the
. ssociated banks of New York for the
Reserve week ending Saturday, August 7th:
increase, $3,340,600; loans in¬
crease, $590,400; specie increase, $ 6 ,-
699,500; legal tenders decrease. 82,209,-
700; deposits increase, $5,172,800; cir¬
culation increase, $41,000. The banks
now hold $7,841,575 in excess of the 23
per cent. rule.
l ire bioke out on an upper tloor of
MeArdle’s four-story rag and ware
noon - Tmi ty or forty women aud girl.
were employed in picking nigs. Many
^ hre them escape, escaped bat some by were the stairways cutoff by and a
dense “moke. One girl fell from a
thmt-sto.y window upon a pile of iron
Aootll'f " ;,s probably l.taltj burned. 1 ,
rep-itcd that others n ere caught in the
A repoit received on T\ etinesday at the
hoard of steam engineering, navy de
p irtment, from one of the inspectors on
the new cruiser. Charleston, built for
official $z will probably sg be
C * nc run not
reported above 6.700 by the trial board.
“ tins be confirmed ly the board sofficial
report the ship will have failed to make
,hf * c- ntr.a t requirement of ..000 horse
j :r l ’> «hich will subject her
JUllders *° a P en&1 G of $30,000. The
was built on the p ans “e Nan
E «gLsh designed, which had
“oout twemx-four trials before she was
a “'P cv .
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A taltlati ,.f' ,, statement shows ei.ffit
raiilw sold under foreclosure in the
tir ., siv of j vv , The-e road
reo-vs^t jhded debt’and J 57 .V mde< ‘*’ *4^ 399 000
f u 841 74,000 of capita]
into sto k the E.o-1,: hands of rc^D have a’so paLssed
receiver* with a mile- ■
ai;e of 2,690 miles, $ W,458,000 cf bond
ed ^bt and $-59 112,000 of ..apitai
.
THE LEGISLATURE.
BILLS PASSED BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE
OF BEPBESESTATIVES.
The following bills have been passed
by the Senate: A bill to prohibit amend tres¬
passing in Screven county. To
the charter of Statesboro, in Bullock
county. To incorporate the bank of
Fort Gaines. To amend the act creating
the board of county commissioners of
Fulton county. To make title to the
Columbus Gas Light Co., for a piece of
Lnd. -A- Dill to amend the charter of
Cumilia, so as to make it unlawful for
the mayor and council to grant liquor ii
cense except by wiitten consent of two
thirds of the resident free holders of the
town. Two bills amending the charter
of the Daiien Short Line; to incorporate
the Altamaha and sapelo Canal company;
to establish public schools for the town
of Decatur; a stock law for the 91st dis
irict of Schley; to amend charter of the
Macon, LaGrange and roa<l Birmingham rail¬
road ; to repeal the law of Chatta¬
nooga county; to prohibit the sale of ot
intoxicating liquors within three miles
Cowen academy; to amend the charter of
Hartwell; to ratify and amend the char¬
ter of Buena Vista; a bill to amend the
charter of LaGrange so as te authorize
the levy and collection of a tax of one
half instead of one-fourth of one per
emt; a bill to incorporate the town of
Richland, in Stewart county-; a bill to
make it unlawful for any county, taxatioh through
its officers, to exempt from tiny
property whatever; a bill to recognize
and make legal all primary elections by
political parties and to such make it illegal to
vote fraudulently in elections; a
bill to incorporate the Eatouton and
Madison railroad company; a bill to
prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors
within three miles of Mount Olivet
Methodist church in Brnks county; a
stock law for certain districts of Dooley
county; a bill to amend tho charter oi
the Chattanooga Southern Railway com¬
pany; a bill to incorporate the Piedmont
Loan and Bunking company, with per¬
petual succession ; a bill to pay Insolvent
costs; a bill to provide pending for the transfer
of misdemeanor cases in the su¬
perior court of Stewart county; a Dill tc
amend the act creating a board of com
missioners of roads and revenue for
Stewart county; a bill to amend tire
charter of Cbnuucoy, in Dodge county;
a bill to extend the corporate limits ot
Eastman, in Dodge county; another bill
to amend the char ter of Chauncey; a bill
to amend the charter of Eastman; a bill
to incorporate the Melon Belt Railroad
company.
BILLS PASSED IN the house.
Senate bill to amend charter of Al
bany; a bill to amend charter of Fulton
county street railroad company, by in
sorting the counties of DeKalb and
Cobb, so as to allow the road to operate
in these two counties as well ns in Fulton.
A bill to incorporate the Dahlonega and
Dawsonville railroad company; u bill to
provide for registration Senate of voters in
Bryan C 0 ' ln U v - hill to ineorpo
rate tho Wynnton and street railroad
company; a bill to prohibit the sale of
whiskey neur a church, and academy in
Walker county; Senate bill to ineorpo
rate Lumber City, in Telfair county; a
bill to incorporate the Ocean Pond and
St. Mary’s Short Line railroad ; Senate
bill to amend the charter of Albany
street railroad company. The House
at a"™ Bluff; t hill tzi&siz amend s
Mineral a to the char
ter of Shellman; a bill to levy a tax foi
educational purposes in Hmaoucl county ;
to amend the charter of the Alerehflctj
bank of Macon ; to
section.
A resolution , . authorizing the ,,
to furnish each jmlge of tho supreme
court with certain volumes of supreme
court reports; to regulate the fees ot
clerks of the superior court; the to ratify
and confirm the acts of superior
courts in granting or renewing charters
of religious and charitable institutions;
to amend the act authorizing the amend
ments of affidavits to foreclose liens; to
authorize judges of superior courts to
appoint special constables in certain
cities; to change the time of holding
tX r r^XlVNlr't'rtain'd'Unct.s' r in
Clay county; to amend section 15, of
the code.
A bill to amend section - of the gen
oral tax act. This section is in reference
to license required of sewing machine
agents. By the amendment every com¬
pany doing business in the state shall
wnu?oi!lM 0 f °n r the«*"e. e0flt '
nt«
, . prohibit , , , „ .
of CharUon; to hunting Bullock mfisli
ing on the lands <f another in
county; to extend the corporate limits
of 1 he town of huiiburn, to amend the
public school act of the town of Quit
man; to amend the charter of the acad
emy at Louisville, in Jefferson county;
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incorporate the Bainbridge, Lake Dou¬
glas and Suburban railread ; to incorpo¬
rate the Catoosa railroad; to amend the
road laws, so far as they apply to the
county of Dade; to fix the bonds of the
clerk and sheriff of Fulton county.
Gov. Gordon affixed his signature to
the following bills, making seed them laws:
An act to prohibit the sale of cotton
tween the 15th day of August and the
15th day of December of each year; and
to provide a penalty therefor. An act
to authorize the board of commissioners
of Newton county to levy a tax of two
per cent on the state tax, to run fora
incurred by
reason of "building a new sale court-house. of malt
Au act to prohibit the or
or spirituous liquors within three miles
of Coweta academy, in Cobb county,near
the line between the counties of Cobb
and Cherokee. An act to incorporate
the Atlanta and Sapelo River Canal com
An act to amend the charter of
Griffin and the various acts amendatory
thereof; also to repeal a portion of the
act of the legislature approved Octo
ber 10, lt>b*, amending the charter of
Griffin so that the mayor and-council
shall be authorized to levy a tax of 1 of
M.tch.n IMIrf.J
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WILL GO WEST.
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fifty thousand colored people of
north Carolina to emiobate.
X. C.. who visited the delta region
0 f Mississippi and inspected the lands in
Arkansas, was most favorably impressed
w pj, t be results of his trip, and will rec
ommend a g „ dual movement of colored
, ; )eop i ei especially " to the -Mississippi del
a j t ls sa j d that at least 50,000
wdl 1;e rera oved from North Carolina this
p a i] aa d Winter, out that the movement
„ m n 5 t amount to anything like a wild
rush. It will be gradual, as the plan is
t0 SCCMV «np!»y®«nt and hotnts for
evcr r one before they cave the state,
The exodus is to begin about September
l!< - Many colored people are already
»U»ng their effects preparatory to emi
?™Gng. It is understood that the rail
roads in North Carolina decline to give
the emigrants reduced rates, as it is
their policy to encourage the t^edus ic
anyway. ^
It Never Pays.
It never pays to fret and growl
When fortune seems our foe;
The better bred will look ahead
And strike the braver blow.
Your luck is work,
And those who shrink
Should not lament their doom,
But yield the play^
And dear the way,
That better men have room.
It never pays to wreck the health
In drudging after gain,
And he is sold who thinks that gold
Is cheapest bought with paiu.
An humble lot,
A cozy cot,
Have tempted even king*,
For station high,
That wealth will buy,
Not eft contentment brings.
It never pays! A blunt refrain
Well worthy of a song,
For age and youth must learn the truth
That nothing pays t hat’s wrong.
The good and pure
Alone are sure
To bring prolonged success,
While what is right
fir heaven’s sight
Is always sure to bless.
THE BASKET SELLER.
“Well, I declare!'’ said Mrs. Gibson,
slowly and emphatically, “What will
happen next? There was the eclipse
a-Wednesday night, and the earthquake
shock a week ago, and Jane Ann
Bliorey's runaway match with Phil Par¬
kinson last night; and I swan to gracious
if here don't come along Emma Ellis,
tidin' on top of a load o’ wilier
ware, j.st for all the world as if she was
a man!”
“Don’t you want to buy a clothes
basket, Mrs. Gibson?” callc-l out Emma
Ellis’ t clear soprano voice, as the sturdy
sorrel pony came to a pause in fiont of
the painted garden fence, where the
young quinces were just beginning to
assume shape and form among the
downy, green leaves.
“A clothes-basket?” re;r?nteil Mrs.
Gibson. “That’s just exactly what I
do want. Got any good, substantial
ones, with bars o’ wood across the bot
tom to strengthen ’em?”
Jjy way of answer, Emma Ellis swung
down , a solid-looking willow receptacle,
springing after it herself, and a lively
discussion ensued,
jnt the pedJlitl J . lusiness '
c * lS said Mrs. Gibson,
“Well, I thought I’d see how I liked
» Emma answered, with a cheery,
good-humored , , , laugh. , , “Do you like
this basket? I’ve got some capital easy
rockers for the old grandmother here,
and a do „ „ cradle that will exactly su.t
“ ie ^aby; and as for work-baskets ,
And she made a triumphant motion
of her hand that expressed marvels.
"«'• •
Mrs. Gibson, “but I don’t feel able to
buy nothin’ but the basket this morn
Se lin’ oa commission, eh?”
_ T out and , out - Let me see l 7 011
and counted out the money
true business-like fashion.
'Wed I T never. repeated , ,, Mrs.
Gibson, staring after the cloud of dust
that followed the load of willow-ware
w . its progress down , the street .
“Why, what is the matte??” said
Charles Borden, who l ad just stopped
, h a , to see if llQ cou , dborrow
farmer Gibsons , mowing machine , . for
tho morrow.
“It’s Emma Ellis,” said Mrs. Gibson,
“ driv,V a load °’ willer-ware, and
sellin’ baskets and hampers and things.’
“Nonsense I” cried Borden.
iq j es j bought 6 this ’ere clothes-basket
of her! declared Mrs. Gibson. “I tell
ye what, Charley Borden, she’s been
disappointed in the deestrick school, and
squire he must have como plumb up
agin a snag in the marble-mantel busi
ness, and as sure as you live Emma’s
got to earn her own liviu’, with all them
g en t ee l ways and piano lessons and
c ™y 011 Peters o’ , , hem. My! . . what . a
come-down it is for that family 1 I
don’t see how Emmx cm be so chirk
—* ”•
she cried, staring about her. “Gracious
me, if he ain’t cut across the m older!
: I guess most likely he’s seen Gibson
j there.”
j And Mrs. Gibson tied on a green
; checked sun-bounet and ran down the
! street to Mrs. Dalrymple to tell the news.
! .-Serves ’em right!” said Mrs. Dil
“X «-** ••
upstarts! I never did take no stock in
j i Emma Ellis.”
j “Your son Oliver did though,”
| chuckled Mrs. Gibson, with a meaning
1 glance.
?ald A™ 3Irs Mrymple, nei * W sharply. ^ “O.rver
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ain’t goiu’ to squander on no girl the
money that his father laid up. unless
| gh(j , 3 rea , savin v hard-workin’
creetur , as will know how , to take , care
of it.”
“There she is now!” said Mrs. Gib-
6 on. ‘ Stoppin' here!”
“No-o-o! ’ bawled Mns. Dalrymple,
opening P the window a mere crack.
, m . don . t w#nt nothin’. No, I say 1 ”
Emma Ellis smiled to herself as she
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pear, Borden himself had already nr
rivcl ? bv means of the short-cut acro-s
^he O.b.on meadows.
“Oh, is it you, Mr. Borden?” she
asked, carelessly. “Won’t vou ask
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my way this morning?”
“But, Miss Ellis, wbat does this
mean?” exclaimed tlr.* amazed young f
farmer.
“It mean?—willow-ware,” Emma an¬
swered, composedly.
“Has anything happened?”
“Things are always happening,” said
Emma, reaching across the load lor a
particularly pretty market basket, •»j
think she will like this, Mr. Borden. ”
“I'll buy it for her,” said Charley,
reckle-siv. *
.. And * scrap.basket, shaped like a
little barrel, , don , . t you see, ,, pernstet ,
Emma, “for your own room?” hfs cheap
—only a dollar, ”
“I’ll buy that, too,” said Charles
Borden. “And this hamper and this
pair of little baskets for Kate’s boys to
go blackberrying with, and—”
“Oh, stop, stop,” merrily cried Em¬
ma. “You muin’t buy all my stock in
trade, or I shall have nothing left for
anybody else.”
“Oh, but I really want that big rock¬
er for the front porch,” persisted Mr.
Borden. “That’s a necessity.”
“The big rocker, then,” said Emma,
half laughing; “but beyond that, abso¬
lutely nothing more.*’
“But you’ll promise mo one thing?”
“It depends very much upon what it
is.”
“If you have anything left unsold at
the end of your ti ip, you’ll give me a
chance?” said Charlie imploringly.
“Wicker goods always como handy,you
know.”
Emma only laughed and touched up
the old horse.
“I make no promises,’’ said she.
That day, on the high seat among
the baskets and rockers, the wash-tub3
and clothes-horses, to Emma Ellis it was
quite a new experience. The chaffering
at slia ly farmhouse doors with busy
housewives, the counting of change, the
discussion of qualities and the persist¬
ent standing np against the general dis¬
position to beat down prices and haggle
for odd cents, the various views of hu¬
man life which she now obtained for
the first time from her aerial peich, the
odd sensation of being “in trade,” the
consciousness that slio was looked upon
with pity by some of her friends and
scorn by others—it was altogether u
strange conglomeration of feelings.
Toward the close of the day’s work,
as she was returning home with her
wagon-load considerably depleted, and
her purse somewhat better furnished
than it had been, she chanced to come
face to face with handsome Oliver Dal
rymple, trotting along on the Morgan
mare, which once liad been the pride
of the elder Dalrvmple’s heart. She
looked him full in the face. He seemed
absorbed in the knot on the end of liis
whip-lash, and never even looked her
way.
“So! she said ., to , , herself; , r “sets ,, , the ,,
wind . , that , , way? ’ ,, Mr. Dalrymple , , do , s
not to of . this , . enter- .
teem approve new
prise of , mine. . \Y ell, tin sorry, , but , T 1 ;
, , lieli) , it. .. Charley ,,, , Borden, ,, , I
can t now,
views things in an entirely different .
WRV. „
And , she , smiled .. , little ... she ,
a as saw,
leaning , anxiously , the gate . , beyond, *
over
tho stalwart , ... figure of ., the young farmer.
“Miss llXr . Fills! lie uttered i pleadingly. a- i
.... “1 in sure you can’t , want to . . buy any
more willow-ware, ... ,, said . , Emma, ,, check- , ,
ing her horse. “There can’t be room
for it in the house.”
... “No; , but . won ,, t you let , , me put , this .
, horse in . the stable, , , , or drive , . it .. , home lor -
you, while , you come into tea? Alice
will .,, , be deughted , , , , to see you. And , , you
must . be , so f. tiredT urged ,, he. I
Emma thought , a moment, , and , as she ,
reflected how refreshing a cup of hot tea
would bo, Alice Borden put lier curly
head out of the window.
“Do come, Emma!” she cried.
“We’ll have waffies and raaplo syrup
and broiled chickens; and I’ve got ever
so many to tell you.”
Anti Emma capitulated.
But as Charley Borden helped her
down from her high seat, he stood a
minute holding both her hamls in his.
“Emma,” said he, “I know I’ve no
business to speak so abruptly, but I j
can’t help it. 1 don’t know why you
are doing this thing, but if it is to earn
money, let me earn it for you, Emma—
give me the right to do it. I’m only a
farmer, hut I’ve got a njee place here,
and I can keep you like a lady. And I
love you, Emma! I’ve loved you day. well |
and truly this many and many a
Kow I m not going to tease and bother
you about this. Take time to make up
y° ur miml. Ill drive the obi noise
homo, and then I’ll take you back my
self cr-if in in fiir* the little little b Buggy uottv w wnei he 1 vou jou and
Alice have lial a good visit, And you i
can give me my answer when you please,
aud not before.”
Emma broke from him and ran into
the house, blushing yet not displeased.
Alice met her at the dpor.
“Where is Chailey?” said she. “Oh,
going to take your load of willow-ware
home? Now, Emma, tell me what this
really means. Have you lost all your
property?”
“No.”
“Are you going into tin lei*
“No.”
“You won't answer me?”
“No.”
“Then,” laughed Alice Borden, “Til
f I m as dam as an oyster. Now come in
and help me dish up the chickens and
waffles.”
Ir P ast eleven that night when
- Cl-nrlev Cn.ar.cy Bor Borden en brought r., Emma ,,, Ellis
home to the old liouss, whore the squire
was nodding over liis evening paper.
IVell,” said he, viewing her over the
cd - e nf his spectacles, with a waggish
twinkle in his clear blue eyes, “how did
thing work?
“First rate, papa, said Emma. ,q
l» AoJ M,. »„1« ter. «.
one of my best customers. ”
“Then,” said the squire, with a sigh
of comic resignation, -‘I’ve lost my
'wager, house?, Borden, my gr: want
j 0(1 rae to bu f th ” stock of willow-ware,
‘ with the horse and to set old
wagon,
Miss Barhydt up in bu-une s and I told
her no woman would succeed in such aa
en-erprise, let alone their being unwill -
inff to undertake thi - ' irt of work. Lut
Emma stuck to it that it could lie done,
and I was weak enough to wager the
whole outfit that it couldn’t So Emma
I declared she would prove it practica.l v
and I didn't think she had pluck
enough; but, by jingo, she has! Yes,
yes, Emma, you’ve beat me square and
fairl'*
“And Miss Barhydt is to have the
outfitof willow-ware!” cried Euma,
joyfullv, clapping her hands, “and the
horse and wagon. Oh, Mr. Borden,
you can’t think what a nice old womaa
she is, nor how anxious she is to earn a
livelihood in the open air like this!
And now you know,” with the archest
and most bewitching of glances, ‘ how
it came to pass that I was peddling
willow baskets uround the country.
Wouldn’t you have dons it, if you had
been rue?”
Young Dalrymple was in despair
when he learned of Charles Borden’s en¬
gagement to the prettiest girl—aye, and
the richest girl—in the country.
“But who was to suppose,” said he,
that she would take such an unaccounta¬
ble whim into her head?”
And Sirs. Gibson always declared
that she never had a clothes-basket wear
like the one she bought of Squire Ellis’
daughter !—Saturday Night.
A Humane Friiua Donna.
A particularly humane little body ii
Mile. Nikita, tho American prima don
ana, s is shown by an incident of her
last visit to Prague. Opposite her hotel
wa» a high tower—part of the old bat
tiements of the town—with se\ctal
statues at the summit. Ono day tho
young singer was standing on tho piazza
when she fancied she saw a bird flutter¬
ing its wings among thi statues.
Fetching her opera gla 3 s, Nikita de¬
scried a dove entangle 1 in the stone¬
work, and could plainly see blood
trickling from ono of its limbs. Her
pity aroused, Nikita sent word to the
commissionaire at the hotel entrance
that she would give him fifteen florins
if he would fetch the bird down, The
man replied that lie wou d gladly
oblige Mademoiselle, but lie was afraid
of injuring the statuary, which he dared
not do. A message to the mayor
brought a reply more ornate in form,
but very similar in effect. Nikita was
in despair; the poor bird was bleeding to
death and she could do nothing. The
next morning she induced the fire
brigade, on promising to indemnify
them for any damage done to the
statues, to bring their escape to tho
spot. But it was too short to reach the
summit of tho tower, which was abou:
250 feet high, and could only be gained
by a perilous climb. A large crowd
bad gathered, ’ having heard of the
strange action of the , young and , famous ,
6 J
foreign singer. Nikita was sorrowfully ,
°
thinking that the dove must be
abandoned , to Us fate, when a young
’ - ”
workman rushed up 1 to her and offered
to make the ascent. Almost before
Nikita could accept 1 his services he was
mounting ° the ladder and climbing to
the summit. Having n secured the
wounded , dove he had to be let down by
The , descent was safe.y , accom
ropes. 1
plished, and running to Nikita , . the
1 ”
hcro P ,aced thu bird S ent, J 1,1 her
hands ’ Xikila ’ fuU of K ra,itud ' ! . tyok
off a diamond ring ° from her linger and
it to the delighted , workman,
gave ”
Nikita tended the bird for a fortnight,
and then having to leave Prague, and
the dove being well, she allowed ,, , it tho
n ’
liberty , it ., . had , nearly lost , with ... its ... life.
J
A Soldier’s Routine.
The United States soldier's first duty
begins at half past five in the morning,
at which hour rovillo is sou nded by the
buglers of all the batteries. At this
signal the men all leave tlieir quarters
and form in single file on llio parade
ground. The roll is then called hy the
sergeant, who also presents his morning
report to the captain, This report
shows the number of men on duty, tho
sick and the absent. Application for
i eavos () f absence are handed in with
the report, aud after the commander’s
approval tho men are all d.smissel, ex¬
cept these who are to do guard duty.
The guard detail is made out the even
jng beforc it is read outi nn ,i the men
”
w] Q aro appoillted serve for 21 hours,
with a relief cvery two hours,
At one o'clock retreat is sounded,
and the men are inspected and dismissed
until evening assembly, just before sun¬
down.
The full regimental band is on duty
at sundown, and also all the buglers.
Dress parade occurs at that time, and
the sight is a beautiful one. The
soldiers and officers are all in full dress
uniform, and the manual of arms and
field movements are executed before the
regiment is dismissed for the day.
Tattoo is sounded at nine o’clock,
which is a.signal for the men to “turn
in,” and at fifteen minutes past nine
tups sounds, at which time all lights
must be extinguished, unless a special
order has been issued by the officer o 1
the day.
Besides military duty tho soldier is
subject to extra service, In connection
with the barracks there is a goo 1 sized
farm, and the soldiers are frequently
required to throw aside their guns for
hoes and othor agricu it ur al implements.
They ^ d(j aU 6QrU o{ out i oor work,
freouently 1 y imposed as a 1 punishment for
someofloiw.
A soldier’s wardrobe consists of two
suits of undress clothing, one dress uni
form anil helmet, collars and cuffs,
slices, stockings, underwear, and all
other necessary articles of apparel, fur
nished by the government, to the
amount of $220 for five years.—Atlanta
Constitution.
Three More Eiffel Towers.
The idea of building three more
El£[tl towtr . and then turning the four
- mto t h e - ef , 3 of a huge platform whereon
a sanitarium can be built above the
smo kc and stir and dust and noise of
c j ( i eS) whither invalids could ascend in
search of pure air and seclusion, is being
discussed with every appearance of
sincerity in Paris. The notion is cer
tainlv a big one and worthy of the ago
which tackles such big undertakings as
a J> an ama Canal and Chanael tunnel,
but it will not fall to the lot of invalids
0 f this generation, 1 fear, or of the next,
either, to avail themselves of the aerial
.anitarium which is suggested.
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A College Coarse.
Father—lVhat does your college
course include!
Son (more fond of boating than
! books) A fall mile straightaway and
; return. Omaha 11 aril.
FAHSION.
It is our pleasure to announce our usual SPRING and SUMMER
display ot Children's
Gents’, Youths’, Hoys’ ami
Furnishings, Underwear, Neckwear, llats
Hosiery &c.,
We do not exaggerate when we say that our present season’s ex
hibit SURPASSES anv stock EVER shown by us, in QUALITY.MA¬
TERIAL and PERFECTION of FIT.
MAIL ORDERS
Have our most careful attention, and rules for measurement and
other information cheerfully sent on request.
-C. O. D.
Shipments with privilege of examining before paying.
EXTRA SIZES,
For STOUT, THIN, TALL and SHORT gentlemen a specialty.
-«r»
Q an> virtue of heavy purchases, and extraordinary facilities, obtain
BIG TRADES in SUPERIOR Clothing. We have some job lots that
cannot fail to prove profitable investments for COUNTRY DEALERS
The Clothing Palace 106 Congress Street
jan. 11 -lyr Savannah Ca
Schofield’s Iron Works,
Manufacturers and Jobbers of
STEAM ENGINES, BOILERS, SAW MILLS, COTTON DRESSES,
General Machinery and all Kinds Castings.
Sole Owners and Manufacturers of
SCHOFIELD’S FAMOUS COTTON PRESS,
To Back by Hand, Horse, Water or Steam.
Brass Goods, Pipe Fittings, Lubricators, Belting, Packing' Saws. Etc
Gjsnhral Agents for
Hancock inspirators and Gullets Magnolia Cotton Cins.
J. S. SCHOFIELD & SON
mySl-lyr MACON, GEORGIA.
ALTM AYEK & FLATAU,
412 Third St., Macon, Ga.
-WHOLESALE
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i.l7> Cii^iRS,
WE CARRY Oil IE LARGEST STOCK OF ANY HOUSE IN
MIDDLE GEORGIA.
Sole agents for Export, Kate fluxion. Bak -r and Club House, pure copper
distHlcd Bye Whiskies, Georgia and North Carolina Corn, Peach and Apple
Brandies always on hand.
Import oil wines ami brandies a BEER, specialty. non-alcoholic.
Sole agents for ................. RICE
Sole agents for Val Blatz Milwaukee Beer, by the dozen or cask.
solicited, arid a liberal discount given to the trade. Orders promptly filled,
packed and shipped, according to directions.
Price List and Order Bookfurnished.upon purchasing application. and will in
Send for our prices before Liquors, Tobaccos elscwlcre, and cigars. you save money
any line we carry, such as
ALTMAYEU & FLATAU,
412 THIRD STREET, MACON, GA.
mv 24-fimd
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A. 13, ^1 'ivr A/tyr,
411) and 421 THIRD STREET, MACON, GA.
Successor to Suntil anti • fltt/lart/.
Is still ill the field, prompt to furnish mei'ciitmtH, millers atnl
traders with all kinds of Provisions and Produce, Ragging, Ties, To¬
bacco and Cigars, small groceries, such as can goods. guaranteed. Lowest prices.
Orders will have prompt attention, and satisfaction
Captain Mallary will insure your life; 1 will insure your pros
perity. my.’M lim
JL ^ . ESTABLj ISFIE33 IMS5.
OLD AND RELIABLE
Sale, ^ and feed Stables]
A Large Stock 0
Kept GOHStcMhy 03
Cheap to the
II & M. W A T E 1! M A N ,
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iStticL'insrUlc, Utt
As we procure our supply tlirod from the West in car loud lots
prepared at all times to furnish saw mill and turpentine iirms
we are market rates. \W make special¬
with first class mules at the lowest a
ty in this trade. Information or orders by mail will receive prompt
ttention. ______il ' _
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Smith *fe Mallary,
—DEALERS IX—
Ol? 1 KXisriD.
Stea,iatx engines,
Boileis, - saw - Mills, - Grist - Mills, - Cotton - seed - Grinders, - Belting,
Lubricating Oils, Iron Pipe and Fittings,
INSPIRATORS, BRASS TITTINCS, Etc.
SMITH & MALLARY,
15, 1 *■*'». ly MACON, GA. «V*
J.an.
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J. M. BATEMAN,
--REPRESENTING
GEO T ROGERS’ SONS,
THE OLD RELIABLE WHOLESALE GROCERY HOUSE,
Will Call the Merchants of LA. IMA. we eks.
on
| K)Use is agent for the following celebrated an<l popular
brands 0 f Flour. >
, WVI, f HAMPTON, LEONA PATENT, WHITE VELVET.
j The PARTI DO is the best 5-cc-nt Cigar id the market,
Abo agent for the famous MISSING LINK Tobacco,
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