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VOL III—NO. 50.
Clje Hamilton Visitor
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HAMILTON, GA.
TIJOS. S. MITCIItiLT, M. !>-.
Pfsiilrtil Pliysifitin and Surgeon,
HAMILTON GEORGIA
Special aticntion'g’vrn to operative surgery
Verms Ctsb '"/T
**> PKESTON GIBBS,
* SURGEON and PHYSICIAN,
llA'inproyr, fi a.
Will he found at tire hotel or the store of
W H •!' lin ten unless profc-Rionally engaged.
€IIA I'TA HO O CTIEE IlofrsE,
By J. T. KIGGINBOTIIEM.
A\ KST POINT, G A
ALONZO A. DOZIER,
Attohnf.y and Cow ob at Law,
coir.v a a.
i !'<•■ loefi in Shire pr.ti TV V 1 Courtf* in
aiv ■. _in an f Ala 1 Tii'M. > Vnijn-ercia)
low a RftciaHy. ovet A. il* oi &
•.Oo’k More. Columlu .•• (: i. <] ■ •Mv
3E£ inCrS X* osifjiLor,
ATTORNEY-AT LAW,
11A MILTjON, GEORGIA
Will practice in the (’!hftttah / .och*e Circuit,
or anywhere Office in the Northwest
tiComer of tt e Coin t-hor.su, up-rt .iiF. j*iiß
Columbus Dental Rooms,
W. T. FOOL, .Proprietor,
(lintpiß FcP’f r>’il(inp riilrmhns Ga.
Ti A K KI jST ii OXJ SE
COLUMBUS, G A.
Mns..F. M. GRAY, Proprietress.
/. A. Sklbfrs, Clerk.
0. A. KtEHNE,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
IS4 Broad FI., Calumbos, Ca-,
on Vmti l a nFPortjncnt of G<*n
tl**met* *i TVm* (if**'.#, ftn?lUh and French
Cwsiroeres, Votings, etc.
Cutting done at rea enable rate .
Ffave your clothes made hy me. and T trisar
wnt*** perfect mthfertinn in stvh* and pric e
HOUSE AND SIG?r PAINT) \g7~
I tun now prepared to do ny kind of Paint
in?—Hotifo. tiu-n cr Ornamental.
I <*n m- nd vmir Umbiella.* and PaMSo!*,
fi Dd mke them a* good a- n-w.
Pnom low. Give on-a ♦rial. My shop i
oPPowl.- the market-honee, Ooltitnlitt I *, Ga.
Junll-Ciu W. D SMITH, >'atura! Artist.
Hamilton
„rt„ L l . .Li*i*Zu ' - f)„ d/i
©jlh.tX# ,
a fioht for life.
n wits in the latter part ©f Novem
ber IST4, o tsiat I found myself at sun
set, i.ii ono of tho dreariest days I
ever saw, waiting mv cLauees
iiulo Arkansas station for a seat in a
coach, which the telegraph operator
assured trie would start in a couple
of {hours for the town of C , my
next destination. I sat in the opera
t r’s cage, heating a tattoo
with my for the first timo
in a week f. ling utterly jaded and
worn out. Tho door, facing the
dense and gloomy forest outside,
looked like some yawning aperture
to a cavern, the oil lamp inside, seem
ed naturally to intensify tho in’y
backness on"side.
TLo operator a weary, pale-faced
man, seemed glad of company, as
he no doub' was, a poor old [chap,
and delayed mo with questions about
lbe dreary world to which be was at
tached only through his^iinstrument
and un occasional newspaper. las
certnint and hat the coach generally
maduTtho trip"; in about an'hour'anl
a half or* two' hours. I suggested
the probability that, as the night
promised so bad, perhaps tho coach
would lay over. In fact I "rather
hoped that this might be the case, as
I began to hale the idea of being
whirled through the dark woods
with a fierce wind tw
branches together overhead, and
smashing the dry limbs and twigs
with a great noise. The operator
declared that, as it was the mail
coach to C -, it would undoubt
edly go, whatever the prospect; as
to company though he fancied I
would have pretty much my own
way, as there did not seem to be any
passengers besides myself. He walk
ed down ihe ph.tform to the station
room, and came back with the intel
ligence that it was empty.
Just at that moment a man pushed
the door open and looked in; the
glimpse I had of him was not enliv
ening. lie was heavily wrapped and
his face very nearly covered by a
thick black beard. The operator,
busy at bis table, had not observed
the intruder, and I made no comment
except a yawn of general di-satisfac
tion. ‘‘There’s a house down the
road a quarter of a mile wbe.ie you
might s• ay all night,” ventured the
operator, listlessly turning the pages
of the last year’s almanac, not rais
ing his eyes at all. Mine was not a
suspicious nature, and yet I took no
heart in his suggestion, and began to
think all manner of things about the
man with the almanac. A house
down the road. I went to the door
and lookhd out. The man who had
looked in on us had been sitting on
the step formed by the threshold. 1
was sure it was (he same, lie got
up hastily and walked down the
platform; not glancing back. I ob
served then that he wore a heavy
eaptoe 61oak and low hat. The
wind blew’ a hurricane and there
was not a star visible; as to road I
could see none, nor irffact anything,
bu! about twelve inches of the frosty
rails on which the operator’s lamp
light fell. I closed the door sud
denly, as if I h I retired within. I
can not sny thut it was my purpose,
to watch the man in tlie cloak, but I
closed the door.
It was very dark on the platform,
except under the] grimy window. Thy
man came back softlj’, arid I scraped
a wax taper to light a cigar. The
black beard and a pair of glittering
eyes were within two feet of me-
Was ho disconcerted? He walked
on the other side of the platform leis
urely. The rain began to fall in big
splashing drops, chilling me thorough
ly in ten minutes. I went back into
the operator’s room; he still idled
! over the almanac, scarcely looking up
|as I entered. Soon after tin re was
the distant rumbling of wheels, the
trample of horses, arid a few bugle
tones came drawn mournfully in the
wind.
“ There’s a coach,” said the opera
tor, “and Bjll Woodford’s horn.
There must be something wrong!
This is not bis fun.”
L’ghts gjeamed at the outer end of
the platform. The clumsy ol I coach
rumbled up, the driver iri a gray
ovi rcoat wordy cap helped to get the
i mail ban in tiie boot, shorn ing out,
! “This way, if you please, gentleman,
and not an inch y’ time to spare.”
“What’s tip, Woodford?” said a
I deep >a‘s voice, “and where’* Sam
i to-night ? ”
HAMILTON, HARRIS GO.. GA.. FRIDAY, DECE
; “He's gone and give his ankle a
baddish twist, that’s all. Come,look'
alive there! ’’
I buttoned up my coat, foil that
Imy pistol was all right; I had taken
ii from tho black bag just, before the
f arrival of ihe coach. I clambered in,
leak a tor . ard seat, and as somebody
swung a lantern backward and for
ward, discerned that, save a very old
gentleman, who seemed to bo dozing
in the back, I was the only passen
| ger-
Tiio driver oraokod his whip, and
with a terrific jolting, we started at a
bilious rate of speed. We had, per
haps, accomplished five or six miles in
this way, when the rickety old affair
gave a sudden lurch, before coming
to a full stop, and tbe driver appeared
at tbe window dripping with rain:
‘‘ W e’ll have to tumble here for ihe
night, In okon, gents, for the storm
last night has blown a tree right
square in the road, and the leader
has got a rock in his foot and can’t i
go on anyway.” Pleasant prospect
truly. “ There’s old ,T b Silvers’ \
cabin yonder; we can put up with '
him, 1 guess, until moruinV’
As the driver had already begun ;
to unhitch, there was nothing to do \
but beg hospitality of Mr. Silvers,
and the old gentleman and myself j
scrambled out, the former growling
sav igely when he found the road an- I
kle deep in a sticky mire, and the !
rain pouring in torrents. “I should j
like to throttle that villain, and shoot !
that cursed leader on the spot,” said i
the old gentlemar making off towards
the miserable shanty, to the right
some thirty yards.
Afier a supper of frizzled bacon,
fried eggs and excellent coffee, which
wms not so bad a supper, eaten before
a spaking fire of birch logs, the host,
a tall, grim old man, with the face of
one of Napoleon I’s. soldiers, albeit
with a certain look of simplicity im
possible to a soldier, conducted me
up a rude pair of stairs to a sleeping
apartment. The room sloped low in
the ceiling on two sides, being just
under tlie roof, and was furnished
with two narrow beds and two chairs.
I took off my coat and waistcoat, and
(lung myself into bed, putting my
pistol and watch under my head.
The grim old man excused bis pov
erty and took away the candle, his
cowhide shoes creaking on the stairs
as he descended. On second thought
I took my watch from under the pil
low, and placed it between the mat
tresses on the further side of the bed
next to the wall, and soon fell asleep,
lulled by the droning voices beneath,
and the rain that fill on the shingled
roof, a sound I used to love in my
boyhood. I was awakened by the
creaking of the board’floor under a
st.ockened foot. The room undoubt— |
edly owned another occupant than
myself. Whether legitimately so, re
mained to be discovered.
AVliat, money I had, I carried in
tlie right pocket of my trowsers, the
safest place by all means. I also car
ried a large, clumsy jack-knife, such
as sailors cut tobacco with. I don’t
know why I should have remembered
the knife, but I did.
i’he walking had c ased, but I
fancied I beard a stifled luv tilling in
the room; this might hnvi. Ins 11 only
fancy. However, I gently drew my
self to the side i ext to the w all, be
tween which and the bed there was
just room enough for a human body
and slipped to the tloor. I think I
smiled impulse, but at tl at
moon nt'the creeping recommenced,
followed by a smothered oath, and I
knew that someone was softly ap
proaching the bed. I had ceased to
smile. I did not admire the idea of
a fierce struggle in the dirk, and
most unfortunately my taper* were
in my waistcoat, which I had thrown
on a chair when retiring.
Nevertheless, I had no notion of
being a quiescent party to a murder,
and I began to work my way to the
foot of the bed, which I had succeed
i or] in doing very quietly. I thought
of the knife again, and opening it
stuck it in my waistband, a thing I
would not do again under the same j
circumstances. If I had only remov
ed the pistol. As the novelist would
s y, ail this ocenred in much le.-s
time than it would take to write it,
of to read it either, and only a very j
few moments hail elapsed sii cc my
first waking. My next move wa
rather singular. I had noli ,-d a light
print spread on the bed, a gaudy
piece of calico like our attic window ]
curtains at home. I snatched this
from the be I and sprang to the side
j whence he noise proceeded,
A man leaped over tho bed; he
turned with t>. growl of rage, but be
ing lithe as a cat, I envelop.-1 his
j head with the calico, mv hand: at
! his throat in a a instant. Then b- .an
a fearful struggle as wo rolled on
! the fl Mir together. My assailant then
dragged me rnstvr the bed, and it
fiasbeO upon me in an instant that
the recovery of the knife was in his
mind. I fdt bow with my 101 l hand
for mine; it was gone. It had slip
ped out during the soufll.-, and I was
thankful that I had not beeu thrown
on its sharp point.
The burly rulliau lmd lorn tho muf
fler from his head, and was altogether
fixing me in short order. The dom
inant idea in both of us now was to
seize tho knitv by the bed. And my
chance was not worth the flip of a
penny, yet if anything would be cal
culated to lend a man supernatural
strenmli, it was conditions like these,
and I astonished myself. With a sti
pur-human effort I got on top, and
planted my right kneo on his breast,
and again seizing his throat with lies
iteration, soon had the satisfaction of
feeling his clutch relax, until he was
as powerless as a child. My strength
began to fail now, and a eold, sickly
sweat broke out of my body at every
pore.
My would-be murderer lay very
still, scarcely a tremor betraying
that there was life in him. There
was a hurried tramping of feet be
low, atnl a pale light glimmered on
the ceiling as the grim old man
and two or three others ascended the
stairs, bringing candles. We had
aroused the household, although nei
ther of us had cried out. As lam
not a fighting character, and my jour
age nothing to boast of, 1 think I may
safely acknowledge that I showed the
white feather when it was all (—;i,
and dropped over from exh" islim.
and excitement.
My man with the b! ?.1 b ird, w! o
had followed me three (lavs wiili an
intent to take my life, believing me
to be another person (this T after
wards learned), was held in charge
until daylight by the coach driver,
and the host, and at last astonished
these worthies bv knocking them
both down and making his escape.
. I have his knife yet; a keen Italian
stiletto, a perfect beauty in temper
and curving, and keen as a razor.
There are many pleasing adventures
in the life of a commercial traveler,
or drummer, as they are called, but
tin re nro also draw backs.
Paper Car Wiikxls.— The exper
iment is about, to ho made of using
paper for the cost fuel ion of wheels
for drawing-room cars on one of the
rail wav s of New York Slate. The
advantages of paper over any other
light material are said by the inven
tor of the new wheels to be the l*oI—
lowing:
It is noiseless; it does not swell or
shrink with the weather; it affords a
stay to the tire and a latteral support
in turning curv's; at the same lime
it adapts itself to any trifling ine
quality of the inner surface of which
wood or iron fail to do; and, finally,
it seems to he stronger than any ot her
material—many times stronger than
any material of the same weight—of
which a wheel can possibly he made.
In tlie-o. wheels the u-ual steel tire
with its “rail Hinge” is used. Upon
the axle, as a center, two h avey cast
iron flanges are fastened parclloll to
each oti.er at light angles with the
axle, and in the plain of the diame
ter. The inside one has an eight
inch radius, the outside one com
pletely covering tho outer disc, and
overlapping the tire one-halt an inch.
Through the compressed paper, from
flange to flange, are passed strong
holts of the best iron, secured by
nuts “screwed home” firmly, and
near enough together to hold the pa
per in its place without unnec-ssary
cutting away of its fibre or weaken
ing the fl inges.
S6bT The line of coniw: f no ' y
a boy during the five _> ■ i.
teen to t went / v i ■ • too. t cvi
instance, dele: i atei for
life. As i.e is then cardul or care
less, prudent or inipru bait, industri
j on- or ind >’er.s, truthful or dissimu
lating, in!, iligein or ignorant, temper
ate or dissolute, s-> wi he be in after
years, and it needs nonrophetto cast
his horoscope or calculate his chan
ces.
tarjfJe flerson <uy*: War is an in
strument entirely inefficient toward.-
rc lns-iiig wrong and muliipiie, in
! stead of idtrnnifying losses.
What
Not to
than thorn'
When t
day to wt
| brush the
tho cvcidi:
| Not to
the room
of the fir
the motlu
down.
To trer
as if sl o
did not t
vice.
To ho
sister as
ters.
Not t>
asked to
bo done,
take the
more to t
To mal
boys.
To tit
mothers
friends.
To tr)
the eveni
join in la
To tak
at home.
To oul
To lea
tons.
If the
mothers
all never
done.
To nr
learn to
re m end)
not be ut
terrible <
necessitic
To ren
a vagabo
i To lea
' invest it
earn, an
men.
To obe
arc sure
Timur
look in ll
voice not
g!e toucl
by that
of -it wlii
precious
mother,
of tlioso
that ton
your pi
have tri
bal nt:V'
express!
idled a
mother
my stru
sweet and
an even
listened
to my
unliriuj
her sw<
I upper
pence ;
away i
fat he r
still li
grave,
as I vi.
to tho
Mwaa
any community, and the trouble is
our young men are unwilling to com
mence on a farm in a small way and
work themselves up on a larger scale
of farming. Strumming on a guitar
or singing love ditties under a pretty
giri’s window at midnight may do
well if the serenader lias been stead
ily at work during the day, but if the
sun rises and sets upon the idler, it
seems that any girl of any sense
would rather sleep noundly than be
awakened by a man “with an oper
atic voic and ..ii on. -'j ~ ~'kel-uooii.
S’isle id -m paid last veer
for the sii| ,ort o f her war system,
two thous and million of dollars.
Christian.- ,l who profe and caM
themselves by that name—paid for
mi-.- ions in the same time, five tnil
liotm of dollars.
Young ladies who are accus
tomed to read the newspapers are al
ways observed to posseai winning
ways, most amiable dispositions, in
variably good wives, and al
ways husbands.
J3sS?“ Hanging u brisk, but with a
filling tendency.
; Y People who sell coal do busi
no.Mi ot. a “ largo t.eaic.”
ft plljlPf Of pOfll/MtUol WliiAV m UUI
strictly pure.
What is jiiic Sun? —Prof. Ru
dolph, in a lengthy paper on tho sun
says: A molton or white hot mass,
856,000 miles in diameter equaling in
hulk 1,0C0,000 worlds lito our own,
having it surrounding icean of gas on
fire 50,000 miles deep, tongues of
il unc darting upward moro than
50,000 miles, volornic forces that
hurl into the solar atmosphere lumi
nous matter to the height of 100,000
miles drawing to itself all the words
belonging to our family of planets,
an 1 I I ling them all i" their proper
placet ■ naming uh aoh aperior
force he nr tons f rid end stray
mass> that* are v, ami ring in the
fail., unless abyss that they ruiih 1. jlp
lessly toward him and fall into his
fiery embrace. And thus he contin
ues his sublime and resi-tless march
through his mighty orbit, having a
period of more than 18,000,000 of
years.
tlrjr A Detroit woman could think
of but twenty-nine different ingredi
ents to put into a (nince pie, and she
wept at the idea of losing her powers
of memory.
on taking his departure stumbled on
iho stairs and fell to the bottom.
The lawyer hearing the noise rushed
out and seeing the judge lying on bis
back at the bottom of the stairs, has
tened down and with great anxiety
asked, “Is your honor hurt ? ” “No,
but my legs are.”
“My native city has treated me
badly,” said a drunken vagabond,
“ but •love her still.” “ Probably,”
replied a gentleman, “ her still is all
that you do love.”
Japanese officials commit suicide
when found guilty of theft or embez
zlement. American officials retire to
their farms and receive the congratu
lations of friends.
The Shelbyville (Ky.) Republican
says that the worst case of scfiisbness
that it has been permitted to present
to tho public, emanated from a youth
who complained because bis mother
put a bigger mustard plaster on his
younger brother than she did on bint
after they bad been eating melons anil
hard apples.
A woman is composed of two hun
dred and forty-nine bones, and jus*
sixty-nine muscles, and three hundred
and bixty-niue pius.