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About The democrat. (Crawfordville, Ga.) 1877-1881 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1879)
Hie Democrat. A Live Weekly Paper on Live Issues Published Every Friday Morning, at Crawfordville, Ga. W-D-SULLIVAN, Proprietor RITES OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single Copy, Copy, (one year,) . . . $ 2 00 Single Single Copy, (six months,) . i no (three months.) . . 50 t&“ Advertising rates liberal. BOOK and JOB PRINTING a specialty. Prices to suit the times. Kew Advertisements. W0ODS KUySEttfiJ-D MAGAZINE in Hou»eh<5dS4vMin^-«ll20©ent 1 money, or id oTe-cent pwtve stamDA Av-rui Feo.i4,i«Ty. E 1 v A if/? m dec-C-lK7ft-j-y ^iujB A * U w * ulc A i - S*.8«j>pl>Co Nasiivllle.Teuu apr 12,’78-ly OPIOira^ aprl2,’7s-i-y Kor 3 ?RE the 3 C?j?AaSr ( uruot \V« Fjfetl «K!o-h,s l,i st _ 2j«n’u>^f ft:><f/t|! ti.xttniprx hrwThlotx hy IiuUh <5ip.its. eretion otpx" fw. Aiiy DnutKist iriH tin* intrro «>^. w. J ^ *v ro., k«k aao West Yivih Sirup*, ( iuciuntui, O. api'12,'7S-j-y OKI? 1 ■ J DOUiAM DLACktvEU'o efeis lj TOBikCCO aprl2,'7s-i-v i > c l? 1 11 Brokers. VeUkfj Xo. -AU5X. VI W. U Street^ FKO'fMINCiHAM Netv York, & make CO., <3c>.ii-ai»]eiiiVuaUu*iits ins;io; k kf, which i. aqiiont ly pay from IU© lotxvemy times tl.o amount, in* iShK'ks earrif'ti u k*» si rt*fi on rtt p< w i t of thr< •« per eci»t. K \ p*«tiiatory circulars and weekly repot is £>eut f r c«. api ri/7H-j-y O a- nsa S| a 1 /. WlVnulPfew^l SI C33I raffi,tUUby5LLt t 5 5 IfV «VY n • A r*guGrlr HapRi^l nnd qualified j*i*v ilcian and the •Matqiictfcm>fttL a* iitk Jiracti'-e v.iU prove. 4 hi o.t nl .Rrms Of private, chronic aud 8cxu*'uilsou.-cs, AT** causes, atid nmiudne w'U.o Cflht following H •-.•o : Net voua Dei*. S.-minal Emi* ! '-v«, DlnitivM of M, l.t. Ib f fhc AI/m cry. Phv$t«*lf)ocav,Fitut*1‘?s on I'r.-o, Aversion to .-c .-ictv of lemalcs, CoofU'i-.Q of Id'as, Jaws CfScxUa 1 Tower. *c., «vrn!aalen*In U cradicntaa » rf , in the system; T»rcss. CoasitH tti *a free on4 invited, charges reasouwhi^ WLicorrcsp'-micnno strictly cooftdePtlaL A PRIVATE COUNSELOR On*> pdtrea, ((.(it lo any (o^urdv for tM-qr SS.»bo’nt'L'o'»A.'ii.to7 l £ p;u. Bmrt»5 », S «0*l'. apil2,’7K-j-y TB1 U* .Mila . 5® 31 No. SN. Eighth Ut, fit. Lcg.’s, IV.o„ Y'So lias hud greater experience in the treatment of th« jp: i or nliics 1 t bi 'h iuj.it* a<i(l fcDiaJp thr.u a;uf c y \ .y■' ;i in trig Vest, { T, vt:s t i i* r ill.iS justfKvbiiehied, of JlU lo:”? Pli-’ccaalul practice in his ItlOUcf We. ^ eutififcd The PHYIUOL02Y CF tV.AP.RlACS The PRIVATE PuSiOAL ADV1CLR Bo<iIcr that arc really fluid snn«l f rli'-*nstrwctor* ir a 1 ! inat tergpertaining long felt. They to Jlau’.re<-<! beauv.fnHy and Voit>nnb<*od. ilSustruled. and *; in* tijMy want language, easily are and plain understood. The two books ernbrar*545 |/H 4 ’«*‘\ond contain rahiabie inform 'tion for both mu rricri a<Kl •ingle, Head with whatonr all t!tc recent improvements in medical treatment home papers say: “The knowledge imparted # Or. Ifiiru* work* is in of quoet’onable Mi new no way char aeter, but is something that M»rv «<•« should know Th» ^ m in. the victim of early indiscretion; the Kan. otherwise *»f perfectly life, ami healthy the m«yl>e,*but Woman, iu with miservLP'^| waning vuror *i**- ir< tie prime , j from the he.rE I — many ills her bex is s | \ E 5 2 to."—St. Ixouis Journal. -.vI.tLO- H v *> * POPILAU I'P.lf K> ~ GO cts. each both in one volume, $ 1; in e'.n'h ami' 4 FT 22 T* 2 fc:"” receipt gilt, 25 ota extra. Sent under seal, t on of priee in money or stamps. apvl2,’78-i-v BURNHAMS mi 3 WARRANTED BEST AND CHEAPEST. Prices reduced* Pamphlet free. -1MELIBG SUPPLIES. Works: Chrisuana, Dm asi.-r < u., I'a. Office: 23 S. Beaver St., York, Pa. nov.l,1878.j-y. r WSm W339& W f^rifrrl K Quintus Richards, Agent, Crawfordville, Ga. apri8,l87S-i-v J. W. HIXOX, Attorney at Law, CRAW FOR lH'ILLP. GA.. Will practice in Taliaferro, Wilkes, Warren, and Greene counties. XST Will cive all l>u:>;n--.* entrusted to his cars diffi'.-oit attention. Collections made a specialty. iune 22 -t-o-o Suiting all colors, get*, at C. Myrrs'. Vol. 3. A.G. DICKINSON, — Dealer in — 1 '^mes.ilqu (^!^. lle " 7 iJ^irth Side ' “ of the Pu'die Sonnr-e s ' t ■ j f!J rf r ,vU lc ’ daJffJamt^S . ASS • ShSJfl have removed one door below my old stand where 1 wilt be pleased to have them call and examine my select STOl’R OF DKY GOODS, which I am selling at the very'lowest figures that car lie afforded. Vridir >E\v saloon. ,1 , T ^ ^ - In connection with ray store, I have opened hand the a best new SALOON, and keep on Whines, Liquors 5 Tobacco, Cigars, &c. to lie found in town. Ylie public are in¬ vited to come and try for themselves. A. G. DICK IN SOX. novl-j-m BARGAINS! BARGAINS! ! LOOK! HEAD!! WOZTSER A30 F01T2ERH CREiT RHPi’CTlOX! IS THE— A — Price of Liquors! ALL KINDS AND BRANDS! 1900 Qnllnnu vJililUIlo 19110 X,^UU ^ ' _ AT _* II. Ik A. 4 WIT *» ILiJjJAiUO Til MO av S OxLji B ™SSZ£^Stt,ZE$iij£& i v i Z- ,7—, \ V1 .7 ■ , XXX from X Moiioimahehi llye Whiskey SLon ladSped ftp;.: .W Old Cabinetlive, Whisky, from tioi 3.50 tdrb.oo XX Rye Coin, imjfn 2.00 to l.'W XX (ii*or^ia 0*ii, 2 .oo to l.M AIoimtaii^Gai) UemPi 4.00 to 3.00 «ss a (finger Old Applejack, Brandy, from 4 . on re 3 .W) from 3.00 to 2.00 Jamawa Oherry Bjumly, ifiim. livmi from s.oo to to 2.50 vm 11-* r ^ ^ ,‘lte H \v7.e shevrv ii<iin 11 1 rom Eo » si to re i‘5 We have also a fiue line of CANNED GOODS, Mich as PINE APPLES, PEACHES, TOMATOES, OYSTERS, bA K ............ 1 ’..''•imV’i, , SALMON, *c. , Etj ia v *^^ ^**.*^9 "n Bologm «1 ^ &C. 9 a We have a full line of CASE LIQUORS, with cnihraeing every brand named above, a splendid lot of ' TOBACCO AND ....... CIO A-MS. ... Confectioneries, Coacoanuts, ltaisins, UlEingPS, Apples, , , &C. Thanking our customers for past patron- the age, and soliciting a continuance of same. We are respectfully, U ILL]AMS & SON. D. A. _ nov-22-’78-t-o-o erawtor«vine, <a 30 »mw SXIf , \ w '0% n ... m PHO V T ' Mii S ■ , ■Valfti-e topr S- < ( • b c !!‘ irr:,-e. V.'t; 1 ecostinR but .noncr, tlicy art as iho-wy a tK l ricxant rs jewefer If you jiave not eon these watches, ti.cmft nok yon* for ihetn. 11 he do« 9 not keep nim lie 1 * eehlr .1 the ago, and to «end fur an Ulus traied Catalogue. HAGSTOZ & THORPE, Sixth and Chestnut St»., Phi la dklfhi a, Pa jfcrSoid only through Regular Dealers Notice. rpiTE „ ITr undersigned . . ... takes this method to r I inform the public «W»”r»lly tj.atlie is ra^ne^pl^W i .aMicuao io TOIVTVNN' ji.mi.vj, a ;k,u > SHOEING, and in fact, everything that is usually done in a first-class Blacksmith Shop. \\ hen wanting anything ir. mv line b* IrearMfw’mirshoo''wherecan have work done on reasonable terms. " J. T. WILLIAMS, Crawfordville, Ga. feb-2l-‘79-t-o-0 C. Myers is the agent for Smith's celebrated Cotton Press - Calic-*- e cts. per y*r«i at c Vyers' The Deiiiocrat. Crawfordville, Georgia, Jfarch 21, 1879. Poetry. 4 _ ISSsHfHHS 1-eans gloomily o'er the murky tide; ’ Where the reeds and rushes are long and - _•* ‘■■‘“oNw .M. J.r There lies at its mooring; h the e old mu cauoe c * UOt - The useless paddles are idly dropped, Like a sea bird’s wings that the storm has lo IT'- | V . , ..... , LikethV folded liands'i,cn°the*mrt u done: While busily back and forth between, The ISLSnwiv i h ^ sl,ray wave . * ‘ the*raenf.w'V ***** 0 er ts a dul1 „ Hiding decay. its mouldering Lik Mw dust away 'tlie ; « hand that plants o'er tomb a nvti.AwTi » , ... The ciirrenjless waters are dead and still, But the light wind plays with the boat at And lazily, will; in and out again, riu^i t ,-.V' ,1 l ^? 5rth °T tl'e rustvchain, Tiudmeet iuid . il Mrt'at'^eWoontMe'f^mlf! 111 AndtliesS* Vjssed ea tire h Uii!<: i.m xv '’ By tli dripj ijiyHzow of oid crtime. ’ i - O’- I’ve mnuv pushndNt aflbuK jvltli • caivk-w i^hbirhfraTK’, imnu And aw'ary from the paddled it down where the stream WhereJM^aro * bark: wide-and?he . eddies “"si And looked * 4 below'in -- 1 *~vs «•« To the broken.tide bottic we that the faces and were two Tbat were mirrored back from tire old canoe, * * * Butnow - ■ las I lean o'er the crumbling side, * And tone; . the hands that lent to tire light skiff wings * Have grown familiar with sterner things ; Nut As I rocked, love to think where o£ the the whirls, hours that Sport i • their white ™ ' K O'er the grew. ®<f nimuJderiiig stern of the wnot. ----- - -— , MlSCOlIanettUS.' A d Cl—-' -■ ' - AN ODD STORY. - r And , yon ask me to believe this , V” r I ask you to believe nothing ; l sim ply tell you the twith.” .My last hope vanished. Bitterly 1 looked up at Philip Barringer, bitterly down at ln.v mourning relies. Twice only bad I seen this man ; three, weeks since '.vheii he brought the news ot m y lover’s death ; to-day, bringing— hai>i)is U ])p]eii)ent—thei)evv3 of hinper u ^ y * This was oHicial, so to speak ; sealed by his dying li|HS. -Tell Vinnie the truth,” he said; “tell her the treacherous part 1 have been playing, that she may slied no tears forme.” was the old story—absence, a fairer had broken ties. Had Ilart Whit ney lived, be would have been Worse than dead to me. A shock, bewilderment, and then I would not believe ; I clung defiantly to t |, e memories that sanctified my dead. What more natural V On the one band the living letters only a few weeks old ; on the other, a stranger’s story uusus tained by proof. And yet instinctively I felt it true, Standing before me. with arms haughtily folded, with eyes flashing beneath my suspicion, Philip Barringer ...... was not, a Ulan to disbelieve. With vv mi his ms proud prciui an- an swer iny last fmpe vanished. Bitterly • ’ looked up at him, bitterly down at my mourning robes, “You might have spared me this,” I murmured ; “but for you l would have never known.” Ere J finished bis hand had closed on mine; he answered, hurriedly : “It is not right tlmt a woman should honor ;i false lover, even thougli he, be dead. You will come to forget Hart ?' “ sm "“ - “ l ”“'' lie pause, abruptly dropping tlie Ims u"f, 1 8 oulv to W eanae Cause you v..u nain pain. ” ,S2XX£Z,Z - r ^X5- t £i*£ forevei, 1 thought, giatefully. Philip Barringer was right; he was a bird of j|t. wUrreiief ()mt , n hrintriew h4vA onlv n-l„ tome It iias a relief to to have him drop out out of of iu my v f I‘would forget Hart Whitney, I would come to smile at his perfidy. pro,2,a; Philip J*(" T ii' Kf r « . tl»t might l»e. N evei theles, I pondered. ; N«t to me, but to the fa.r girl m the Indias belongin'* the saiiotifvirnr memo rj e S , the heritage of tears. And so I brought the letters, the dark lock, the roiniature, upon which I dared not look, and I made of them a funeral watchi g with stoic countenance till it dwindled down to ash. And so gladly I would have, buried " to^Het^irirelia^^fi^v \ mt , valn ? ,n >' ,ov " g « for d*tl ^!»ti irie '* I''» ’ ^rHtly anri the ^ s “ 0 heart H it U ^'imt Ur wound peeper poor unto which love was doubly dead. As usual, man’s fa’sity, wrought its work ; I grew skeptical, distrustful; there ws beneeforth no truth, no Iveauty in life for m*. Moreover, there wav tlis satisfaction! wtCian's iNJ. had lost a woman's hopes, a mission. The still seemed. In Vjriot/ ejSlrary ways there I sought it, but o|>ening fate ; was no "** “ * 4 ”" Mis. ‘HjEv JW Thorne desires a gov ernesa. raSifj *5. Wabash.’ Iliad t vainly after similar straws, i. tfris 4ime my application proved aftfmaflU, and a week later found n!e wliiii, » nv,»y to the distant king donr whtgkm 1 was to rule. It was,,.v vhe close of a dull, drizzly written “My^lJHier 4*. Ethbert will meet Thorne. you,” What had would hefe first impressions . of the hottsehold<'f Minnybank V I had h i long to speculate, for [ires ently my Traps were taken from me, I was conafijus of a tall man beside me, « t«K»k til Tfa offered me, and went w * ,ere litK f Was iii|i?tsim Li#r*umiugV Ifglit V. llad 1 seen a vision Jkfje Merchunically I ent^ )-J^ carriage, mechanically ,n! 'de u for the one who was to fol- UM But tt s 1 * gore without did . not enter; thexidu v't’seit, and a crisp voice said ; A‘Rv ; % *4’< ’’ I " ill walk.” Thfe* kl w az no mistaking; t^cre & 1 01ie 8U,; I' voice in my , ^ \.u vi 'tlrer will met v .„, >' 1 i,..,r ;",! ^tates,” '■■i living 0 ;f she had previously ex|riniin' A jrliM. thou, was Philip Bar ringer's r*r, and I was going to his home. i \Vitli»t'» 1 db whom I had rejoiced to see drotq Y I'Om nry life forever, 1 was I,,,! 'u ** U oiderwl, a ",1 Bllt ‘jV'lv. ful ;r“LV ™i! H Jl h l, I- l J 1 * Vl 1 ,l m ^. r ncver ‘ :, been able.V3iM,.i bad give Philip Barringer; my tfc n j^towii toward him w ith J Ilf might have spa ted riasassrC'jgsSs l might ofim'B a woman 'JSSSf iiiomning 1 ; a dead iDVfJsj, .tlwi> ript the wreck I was. IIew B -S', the bird of ill-omen, , bri/igma .. me. He knew of my o..m.ng 1 >■ imvt -p .ued - ‘ ! “ f* i comtoel; in bad in,; ifngotten fi e h td chosen to walk'on in the drizzly darkness ; he would keep aloof f.on me. dom zl mgl|X.|f-2k ; I afbe,ended tnybank to breakfast brought in wis a calmer frame of mind. Philip Banin ger must ie naught to me ; that he had made life ImiMbr for me, l must teui porariiy fogeL My business was with Mrs LU.b^TImrne. I found Unit lady alone in the break fast-room ;a jfzy little lady she proved on ac^uai^Ts'i-iee, espeeMly, »o full of gossip, st) full o* Philip Barringer’s praises, lliatimsiness ifcsu must wait. I hart not LlVgaoto many minutes in her society lieftirt jnjiiiiiWter Ire exceedingly, annoyed rhapsodies, to these I had something quiwny. Wsigned marked myselt But tl «-e was Wrliiny. to her glances, a searching Was What 1 ipil ij. im-un ? I questioned. Did yotW)ffiii»' cU^jo^ession fairer, than she liked V she fear of Philip Bui¬ ringer. * But Mo. Kllrbert Tliome was not one to talk long l/Lld£?. wy.b ji pi\i. “Mv s e* said suddenly, “I reseniblal-ri really s'lrf- ,: i7trifj§i)eak u v -fvery iTiarke,d.” at all, but the Wliat tivAkrej aau y l stared at her , v Y (bf notiuiiderstand, "i , , of ' ou course,” she conliulieA. continued^ of ve„-f taerrily merrily ; ; there’s there's a a'port- j.-ert rail om. ui a> parfui'—iriucli ijua-uxi bmiutiful young girl in Phil’s, ”■ ” - * ■ more beautiful than you— par,' *on me, my dear ; but. oh. so very lie?, it is such it m.sterious picture, tlie . A' roisit-V I have asked Phil, a dolen times, if once. ‘A lady who was digaged to a friend of mine m thpJndiesy is ins invariably reply. My dear, I reaLy nit wish' you could «<e it; only 1 wmcd dare lake you,in Phil’s, private parlor ; he sever allows stran¬ gers there.” ^Tr-T..Tas I had bogjrt listening 7 to a gossip’s Tlim »»s,*tie ,j, U.is Uoune, u pieture keytol'rft i . i , X VJiitney’s . perfidy: , ‘, was ’ 4 IL What ''! ui 7 did j ! 'T -oiiii Marston ji arston on on Philin l mnp BarrmgCl’s ttjfaimfeut, v aUh-a queen eiltlirouied iw *'» P"W ^'migkt on which >.o „ trjulfp}J ,, look f IVr.mns he «'f < th( accei-ted «.«.*!« wra,, won d we.,1. ‘ ™ MM* iKt ZZm Z „ ti , a j|y avvvt ,,. Xo! the business ausmua so w long isig ut:1 ’ l J'e u - “You wil Dach the children, of course, toy d- u. I will take you to my studv-reoii. - ’ 1 folio Wee down, tlie broad hall, striving to -;pf the emoliou that bad so distracted and point'" .jke toor. Suddenly she turned ^‘f'eavc . ? 'V- /* tiVe glau^at^il Wbi “’ 1 J^V f nuls^ but ^ Daily, rebelc at f t. my quickened; ever . i went b>. Who more than I had alight to see Ev-lyn Mars ton, lo kiji>$ low fair s ie was y * Three ipor-ti j, ami this longing had I’econic ) flMla, with difficulty sup No. 12. pressed. Thrice I had stood by the wooden Cerlieroiis, with my hand ii|»on the knob. Shame hitherto had deterred dren, Philip Barringer, had just van ishetl down the road wav ; Mrs. Elhliert km*** lover, and he forever satisfied. With beating heart I crept down the hallway ; with hushed breath crept in. It were easy finding Evelyn Marston ; there was but one picture on the walls, In the far corner I descrilred it, with strained eves hurrying onward, looking up finally lo see—to look again uud stare, There was no mistake. I remenitx'rcd the picture well; one of the many I had given him, one I had wondered not to find among the articles Philip Banin ger bought back to me. Much more beautiful, but, oh, so very like! One mystery was solved. But I could only stand with giddy brain repeating tire question, and staring at my painted face, llow long, 1 know not; it was all a dream till I saw a shadow in the sunlight, and Philip ringer. I had but little thought for him, little wonder for the look he wore. The circumstances of my presence even were nothing now; I knew hut the present mystery, and be could eulightcu me. “What—” anShrSd .Vi it 1 ‘ ^ m ^ be ^ u , . ■ r . day ami night. When Hart Whitney died, 1 kept this picture, as one unlikely to be missed. 1 was only dreaming then, but with presence come realization; a passion quickly killed, but a passion untrr death. Hopeless, hut I would sav*r“ puiidv, you r would v :r surely then forget him ; in time— He paused as Ins voice sunk to the soft cadence of that other day. “I told you, and what fruit? You doubted me, you vniirlit ^ come 7 to hate has brought us ..... again r togethef, r t but 1 have never forgotten this ; my sole lio|»e now is that you will let me keep this picture that you will not take) it away win me.” T.-drv t Kv. f /-..Mse.icee.t,- j d*y niystfries solved but to precipiate’freHli 1 Ba'ri, ones. Was this Philip ger, tire formal master of Sui.iiybauki 7 talking thus to me V IlJkrt Was this the cold creature Whit ney lmd fashioned, this woman bidding him keep her portrait, since it seemed so much to him ? Is it an odd storv V Odd then hut true. From that day I grew to forget Hart Whitney, to smile at his perfidy, And when the spring put forth its and blossoms, I put my hand in Philip Hiirringei's ’ and went out to become his wife. __ R Somebody n m„h n dv-. B rmid Child, Somebody’s cliild is dying—dying with the flush of hope on his young face and an indescribable yearning to live and take an honored place in the world beside the companions of Iris youth. And somebody’s mother is thinking of the tin: when that deal face will he hidden where no raj'of hope can brighten it— when when her i i heart in ait -.i,,l and homo Homo w-iU WiU I,. lie | hit u ft desolate—because there was no enre for eonsnmption. Reader, if the child he your neighbor’s, take this comforting word to the mother's heart before it j H loo late. Tell her that coinsmnption is c ", ra, f’ tlmt , \ wn ‘L W'l robust men, whom the physician* nounced incurable at the age of twenty live, because one lung had been almost I Uestreywl Golden by the disease. Dr. Pierce’s ' Medical Discovery is a most etlii*ient eimu ii alterative ami alive for ret sti se mating ,r:itim/ the the suotulous matiei flora the blood and lungs, and imparting strength to the system. It lias cured hundreds of cjiisumptives. Heavy Guna. The four 100-ton guns purchased of iiir William Armstrong & (Jo. by tlie ‘2 rrr to ' t *r n !"" 2 f~* u , b.Vore being sent to their filial destlliH t.or*. The price Lo bo laud lor each *- *” (run * Aroused a , at Hast. , . At last the Miller,tes .. have . . «'»* '’ f ' l,l,y - ^ “ i ^ n 1 ,m dieCs’tlmt lie ft‘ml S'»>'5 w ft U ~SS“l2 ' t l v 1 This is harrowing. We won’t see ' 0, ,, .ewiane*. , ---— '* ^-- Tlie young man who has a farm ot , lus ( own, who determines to stay on it for fife, 1 who improves it with that intention and cultivates Ids mind and soil, systematically ' and assiduously, is assure to succeed as 1 tl,c is to grow, and although he may I,ot a| ' 1 '*‘ ar to acc!,,nl,late "<' alt, > ^ ■ pare with his city brother, his gains will be ' l ‘as that *“"*■ pleasure *'“ l iu thu which wealth ‘f cannot '*« purchase. -“*■ - Job printing neatly and cheaply ex«- 1 cited at this otBce, The Democrat. AlWt.KTI'ING KATUtl One Square. <r>t inaeitum $ 1 M One Square, each subsequent itwertlon 57 One Square, tliree months 10 M One Square, twelve months . 15 M> Quarter Column, twelve mijRtlu . . 20 00 Half Column twelvemonths , . 50 00 Vine Column twelve months . . too WO One Inch or Less considered as a square. We have no fractions of a square, all fractions of squares will lx* counted as squares, ldberal deductions made on Con¬ tract Advertising. Recalling a Great Swindle. lt is understood tnat the Secretary of the Interior, who, by the recent act of Congress The record of this gentleman, however, l* <ot particularly savory. lie Is known to 1 ’ y a “° “' er *> Ell « form .* d * company and purchased St.ouo worth of diamonds, rubies and sapphires in th * ro ®*’’- With these Ul,, y “salted” or "planted” a quantity of land in Colorado. The next move was to get this Clarence Cook to write an elaborate work on the great wealth of this newly-discovered Eldo sus-jssr 2:222s | d,e iul *‘ f.-urpany wh,le over "as J.WO.OOO disposed worth of, when of stock a well- of known scientist burst the bubble by announe ing that diamonds and rubles wre never found iu thesa i e formation. Messrs. Hay. dm and Powell, both scientists of repute (are applicants for the position but it seeiu* n-sponsible 1 nosrtion-IF 1 tuhinuton P<*t “ ' — • A Long Interest Account. * , . , L „ '° rk ,V,,W ° W ‘ P‘ ts th »* Charles Broom, a farmer of ^"'livau county nr that State, tn examiu I i,,g *"1° Hie contents of nn old chest which J wo ^ l, d» unopened found several in M* “letter*of hauiw futt «Ay» years hnpor tance as well as antiquity. One of tireiu dcnt *« • <>f 'f the Continental '^k, Congress, tire Pre,.- dated '“r.r - f ; , 1 * iat l Longress . V bad ". 1011 appropriated ’ 1 . Infl .* r !!! $500 1 ^ mr lbs ®rectIou of a uiouunwnt to General Herkimer. Tiro appropriation was never paid over and the people of Harkimer will petition c **~ ii - <« 101 years. If simple interest at six par cent wero charged, the appropriation imua « amount unt to to qq 53,03^ inn wide! which would build „ a nioniiment vv bu the modem improve menu." — Florida Mounds. t ip „, iwLWSft'ifK * w v „„,. ..... notes «o .hu,nary Ills remarks number of the m»di/*i th5 mil he discoveries J Juout..ls Brmu atTiunpa, mimn.i revealadtii* Fla.. Kvcava.i po.arion of tl,« of ^%h?‘am Lies nafreZftro^. f the arger of whp.h lre w,.rr >1,^1 The human hoims lnten with the hones of the dog ami the deer with burned oy»t«r shells and a portion of the alHIsof the io nmm» edible sca-erab. 1 he race was undoubtedly a cannibal one, ?k-.i i.np|!qnentff.mntfwHn"jf Vf_£ x li?r‘‘ r ?.- ,: . evidently a^mrSiflre come on kind, and indicated only a low stage of civilization: From what had been gleaned J ^Pectin* i !l ! thin lost race, th« author uud inter* III * nittiint*r4 T ni" Danes, n W( ' ro parell#! who with thonb of fipi«i! $ 1C **^ oomtructed arti mounds for the siqmlclierof their king*, ami the canuihalUtlc elmreterbtics ar« similar to tin we af the Twzlodyte* of ttm caverns of Mount Ghaavaux, In the pro¬ vince of Namur, Belgium. —-• i— i —...... ■ What Makes the Wires Hum ? M fls t boys believe that the luimm’ma sound cansed by made the by the telegranli hurrying wirea.J! along d’eir d '»tl»»tu»,. ciagts Most to the sound is men Iwllcve that caused hy the vibration of tlm wire in the wind. A writer in an Austra Man iomnal, however, calls attention to ths fact that one who will give close observa ti«n to both the wire unit the Sound* wlil "7nk whirl; at J2J Led thl "»-; el ii ’'e’ wlntlir! '>'>vi of in a qidet moniing when the wires appear to he covered with frost to the thickness of a linger, they nevertheless carry on lively vibrations and "Inking, while the air U totallv quiet. Ao ?. <,U ,| K tu ^ writer, therefore, the vihra l !°" s are ” u, ‘' not tl> the. wind, but to changes of atmoiplwrJc temperature, and especially lowering through the action of cold as a the of temperature Induces a shorten h>K of wires extending over the whole length of tlm conductor. A considerable amount of friction is produced on the sum porting bells, thus inducing sound, both ia the wires and the poles. Cheap Oranges. M 1 I™ ‘ ! j„ received "sr» 7 . . , and j better , condition, ,. . in a niter are In Sew Yolk Flnritla nranrr.w ” aro no iv adlliig at ftlamt five-dollars a box, while VH „. IM; ia Medina fruit brings only about two dollars and a hall per box A Ghost in Broad Daylight. A special from El Pare, Illinois, say* i 3 ’ 1 Pdedo. . Peoria . and Wabash Railroad, while working near that place last Thursday, raw , a woman, poorly clad, standing upon th* bridifc, apparently hi distress. She was in her stocking feet, wore an old faded shawl, and had a handkerchief around her head. Hu watched her five minutes, and as a train was fast approaching went to her assis Ul,c< *> wh « n suddenly she vanished, he could not tell where. He it a.sob.r, rell f"* Inquiry "'0 it an<1 was ascertained » Htraight that story. the U{mn ram* phenomenon has been witnessed on two previous occasions—by a farmer, seven , years ago, and by a women two years ago. , >' n "re <wn account for It
