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I 111: DAWSON WEEKLY JOURNAL,
BY J. D. HOYL & CO.
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CUERRY & PARKS,
pnw and Coiinselors at Law,
DAWSON, - GEORGIA.
—:o:
I)RACTICE in the State and Federal
flourfs. Collections made a specialty. —
Promptness and dispatch guarantied and
injured. Nov ltf
R. F. SIMMONS,
|l’l at lain & Ileal iytate /g't,
Dawson, Terrell County, Ga-
OPE’TAL fi ten*ion to collections,
conv<v inoiiif? and investigating titles te
R-.l EaratP. Oe*. :8, tf
T. H. PtT'KKTT,
Ufy \ Counselor at Law,
OFFICE with Ordinary in Court House.
All buio< gw cn; uaiorf tc his carp will
promp’ and attention. .TalO
-T. J. BKCKr’
Attorney at Law,
Hnrsuii, Ciillioiiit t oitnty, Gn.
Will practice in the Albay Circuit and else
•here in the State, by Contract, Prompt ut>
tendon given to all business entrusted to his
care. Collections a specialty. Will also in
teatigate titles and buv or sell real Estate iu
jalhaun, Baker aud A'arly Counties,
march 21—tf
L. G CARTLEDGE,
Attorney at Law
’IORGAS, - - GEORVII
\\ T ILI, give close attention to all busi
* ’ n -- ss entrusted to his cate iu Albany
Circuit. 4-Iy
L. c. hoylT
Attorney at Law>
Rawton, Georcis.
J - I. JANES. C. A. MCDONALD.
Janes & McDonald,
at Law,
DA JTSOV, - GEOlt GIA.
Office at the C- urt House. 7an.' T
()IRCATtLOGIJEfo> IMS.
” *ol 100 pages, printed en tinted paper,
coruiniug Two ClsjgUHt Colored
* lit tea and illustrated with a great nun
her of engravings, giving price*, description
■md cultivation of plants, flower and vegetal
hie seeds, bulbs, trees, ehrubs, etc , wilt bo
tnailed for lo cents, which we will deduct
rom hrst order. Mailed free to our regular
eustomers. Dealers price list free. Address
MASZ k NEUNKR, ouisvi le. Ky.
nervous, exhausting, and painful dis
°tses speedily yield to the curative influences
?; the rulvermacher’s Electric Belt* and
"tads. They are safe, simple, and effective
can he ersilv applied by the pa>ient
"imself. Book, with fall particulars, mailed
r*e. Address Pulvermacher Galvanic Cos.,
hißciunati, Ohio.
VITE®-To make • permanent
I • en gagement with a clergyman baring
T ‘ iur f> ® r Bible Reader to introduce in
County, The C - Cen
<W la Edilion of the Holy Bible. For
suiption, notice editorial in laat week’a
of thia paper; Address at onee
, F. L. HOTOX & CO..
“O isbcrg 4 Bookbinders, 0 F. Market St.
ladUaapoli*, Ind.
VEGETINE
will citiE Rheumatism.
Vegetine vs. Electricity.
h*vbn .übjS S J
Wa. .rtarked mth h threS^L 1 ™ "2 I f f *'
taking AfW
S£*a^t4 :h rr ° f
1 am, very respectfully yours,
Manager Weston, Union Teletfeph oac*,UnSu,o
Verdict for Vegetine.
VEGETINE
WILL CURE RHEUMATISM.
Mb. H. R. STVvisg ( CoLLMaca * O . Fab. 14, 1*77.
to' you *ht Vegntiha ha*
tor h f s r t’*!*£!!“ n,Oßth * “to tnr <Uu-*-
STAk a ■•’J*’? attack at fthaumatialß, and a fri
who had aa*d the \ egstme advised her to try it,
ahe did ae with perleit aucoeaa, tor alter uaina a fe*
■ottles of it she became entirely cured. lam myself
H.™ u ” lD . t , h * 'Vetine tot Rheuma
tlam with good success. Al>- other daughter has alo
““vafthet ego lino for Catarrh and Nervoua Det.ility,
and hae been greatly benefited by ite use I have
elao recommended it to many othera, with good ouo
eeto, and I honestly believe that the Vegetine ia the
baet medicine for tlie .above-named diseaees that
‘b*™ sod I always wuh to keep it in my houae ag
a family medicine - K. A. KIBTLER.
No. 14 Weat Fulton Street, Columbue, O.
VEGETINE.
A Family Medicine.
He. H. R. •xev^" hnati ’° HI0 ’ **■“ •
and auSered . rrwt
Tu ( > tarrh 1 hiv tried runny rm*diea ;
thev did not our® ran. and bonefiled m® but a rerr
little, and, dear air, by us in* your medicine called
Vegetine I have been cured. My ni®c® wu cured
entirely of Rheum* tiain by ueing your medicine. Ve*.
M l>le to attend to her ntudie® at
•chool. She feels very thankful for your medicine,
for she has been a great sufferer from Rheumatism.
I would Say to one and all, Try the Vegetine for suoh
ComplainU ; a few bottles will cure you.
With respect. Yours truly,
DAVID ARNE*.
ELIZABETH ARNET, his wife.
186 Bayonvilie Street.
JESSIE CORT. hi# r.ieoe.
Everett Street,
. . Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mr. Arnet is a large real estate owner, a wealthy
man. an old resident, and well known in Cincinnati.
Rheumatism is a Disease of the Blood.
The blood in th • disease, is found to contain an eg*
cess of fibrin. VRGETINE acts by converting fhf
blood from its diseased condition to h healthy circa*
iation. One bottle of Vegetine will give relief; but*
to effect a permanent cure, it must be taken regular
ij. and may take sever, bottles, especially in cases
or long standing. Try u, and your verdict will be the
same as that of thousands before you, who say, “ I
never found sp much relief as from the use of VEG
ETINK, ” which is composed exclusively of barks*
roots and herbs.
FOREIGN REPORTS.
DAWSON A BAXTER,
Prescription Druggists,
VxoSTtKE m highly spoken of by all whohave tried
it
JOSEPH WILLARD.
Druggist And (Jhemist,
Chicago, Ills.
a great deal of VEGETINE, and it gives good
satisfacUon in all cases.
T. P. SMITH* CO.,
Dispemiing Pharmacist#i
Chicago. Ills.
Vegetine sells first-rate, gives good satisfaction
and is a good medicine.
VEGETINE
Prepared br
H. ft. STEVENS, IVtu, Mass.
Vegetine is Sold b.y all Druggists.
Cramptoifs Imperial Soap
i
IS THE BEST!
i
Crumpton's Imperial Soap is the Best,
Cr&mpten's Imperial Soap is the B ’-t.
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best.
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best.
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best.
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best,
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Best, j
Crampton's Imperial Soap is the Beat. 1
rising SOAP is manufactured frnty pure
I materials; and as il contains a large per
centage of Vegetine OJ, is warrantee fully
equal to the irupor ed Castile Soan, and at
the same time contains all the washing and
clensing properties of the celebrated German
and
French
Laundry Soaps.
It is therefore recom
menled' for use in the
Laundry, Kitchen A Bath Boom,
and lor general household purpo c e c ;
also for Printers, Painters, Engineers,
and Machinists, as it will remove spots of ink
Grease, Tar, Oil, Paint, etc., from the bands.
i
The Huntingdon Monitor of April 6th,
1877, pronounces this Soap the best in the
market, as follows:
Reader, we don't want von to suppose
that this is an advertisement, and pass it
over unheeded. Bead it. We want to direct
your attention to the advertisement of
‘•Crampton’s Imperial Soap." Having nsed
it in enr office (or the past year, we can re
commend il as the best quality of sap in
use. 11 is a rare thing to get a Soap that will
thoroughly dense printing ink from tbe
hands, as also from linen; but Cramoton
alundrv soap will doit, and we know where
of we speak. It is especially adapted for
printers, painters, engineers and machinists,
as it will remove grease f all descriptions
from the hands as well as clothes, with little
labor. For general household purposes it
cannot be excelled.
Manufactured only by
CRAMPTON BROTHERS,
Nos. 2,4, 6,8, aod 10, Rutgers Pl.ce, and
No. 33 and *6 Jeffersoo Sireet, few rout.
P#r -**** JBCRIII'
aug
ffOC a dar sure made by Agents
Chromoa, Crarona
Scrip-ure Ter, Trans
parent, picture and Chrotno <*"**! “£
Samples, worth $4, sect post paid for 1-c.
Illustrated Catalogue free.
J. H. BfJFFORD’B SOWS, Boston.^
. . -w-r THO should send 25 cts.
A(tEN I OtoH. M. Crider of
York, Pa. fora Sairfle copy of his beautt
ful Photograph Memorial Record-
This 1l • new inyen non and W '. H
anirou. purchasers in every
Write for terras to agents of the grand
niclore entitled “The Illustrated Lord*
Prayer, f S CRIDKR, Pub., York, i>*.
DAWSON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 9 1878,
A kiliip loud of iWonkcyg.
An Atnerieau ci>n*u!ar officer, noW
io WashingtoD fin leave of absence
relates a very lutiny ocourrenne Which
came tinker his observation during
his official resilience in Eiveipool.—
A Aucueesful and wealthy ship-ownei
havirg devoted tnoie time to business
of money-making than to the cultiva
tion of any of thb uhnecessary etnhel
li?litneuts of thri intellect, vm consid
ered by his business associates and little
‘■off” in his orthography. He sent an
or t-i to Bombay, and, among ohther
tbin -s two monkeys, which tie wanted
to present some friends; bui departing
from the u.ual mode of spelling the
word two, he put i “too.” Perhaps
the handwriting wss not very b-gildn
as is often th onse with otheis than
illiterate ship-owners. At any rata
the tn-s'or of the ship read 100, as
did so fiie an , etli at Bom Ley. There I
was much ushdii.-hnieut at ■> strange
au order, hut the master was (round
to obey it. Accoidingly the s“ivice
of a number of natives were secured,
and In a f. w days a hundred monkeys
of all colors and previous conditions
wef” captured. Theie Were little
black monkey with eyes like leads,
higger monkeys with whiskers, ami
baboons whose grave ekpies ion of
countenance presented a rid.culou*
co..tiast to their undignified antics.-
Tlie wtioie crowd ciiat eied, screamed !
and fuugiit in ttie cage which had
Leon provided far them in the ship in
spite ul efforts to keep them quiet. —
In a few day*, the homeward voy-ig
was commenced, and with it ctie trou
ble of the crew.
As soon as the motion of the ship
was felt the monkeys redoubled their
no.se, making a i-gi* 1 ii pandemonium
of the whip. RI y- nl them si k
the bars of die cge withont a mo
ments hesitation for twn'y-ttiree out
of each ’WHi.ty-tour, until tti cage
va< literally sliik n 'o p ece and the
astonished sailors he'n and a cloud of
mutikeyti suddenly issuing from the
hold, scrambling, fighting and tum
bling ..v *r each other *s if fheir lues
depended upon ge iiug into the rig*
gins in the shortest possible time
J?„mh rtict moment pool J ick nad not
a uinUient’s p-ace, Th toon keys,
w>:li mi-etuevousness unoa>au< i-d,
would steal everything ihey could lay
their li-nda on. It clothes were
hung up to dry t' ey would cany
tnem up to the highest point attaina
ble and pick them to pieces. It was
neee.--ftry to set a guard over eveiy
ti.ii g timt was washed n r dried,—
When th - eabir-boy swept the deck
lie had to lock up tne broom, it to
hid it eVer so security, hia back would
-carcelv he turned before an old ape,
halt as big as a man, would have it
goiD)£ thiough thH motion <f
ing the deck with an air ot indeacri
(table gravity. £o gieat was the an
noyance th t it war wi'h the great
est difficu ty that the officeis c- uld
the men sbootii.g their toimeutors,
andjwhen'he ship touched Aden ha f
of the crew deserted, prefetitig to take
their chances at this inhospitable
place ra her th in to endure the perse
cutions of 'no monkeys.
Final.y tbesuip ranched home.—
She had been signalled at Land’s End
and the owner was on dock when she
arrived. Ship-owners pride themselves
on ttie appearance of their ships, anil
our friend was weak in this respect
fin no others What, then, was big
astonishment to see nis ships riggius
crowded wi:h knots or bunches, w th
here an 1 there a fest >on where sev*
era! monkeys bad suspended them
selves from a -par in a string, hold
ng each other by the tail ! Every -
bo y on the dock viewed with wonder
be approaching spectacle. The ship
moved closely to her berth, and pres
ently her yard-armes neared those of
several other vessels lying at the dock.
In an instant the monkeys leaped
from one to another, and began a tour
among the forest ot masts that fringed
the harbor of Liverpool. Ail tbe boys
aod idlers around the dock wete en
gaged, and a grand hunt ensued, up
and down the riggins from ship to
ship, all over the harbor. They were
finally captured.
The owner was furious, but was,
after awhile, molitied and tho difficulty
satisfactorily adjusfed. The monkeys
were gradually sold off, realizing a
profit if about ten pounds (SSO)
above all costs. But the master of
the ship dedaired that be never want
ed to aail another toyage with a cargo
of live monkey*. —Hartford Timet.
For ( oifuu Grower*.
In examining cotton do hot allow
yourselves to be deceiv4l by a fine
growth. If more than one kind
cotton is planted, find out Which grows
ite limbs closest together on the stalks
and forma closest on the limbs. Figs
are not gathered from thistles, neither
is cttoD gathered from stalks or leaf
but from bolls. It is a liberal giowcr
I will try to denionstra'e this. Yot'r
land contains a sufficie t quautity of
the oh-mical elements to grow a cer
t<iu quantity of vegetable Matter.
NbW if the-e elements are exhausted,
or nearly e<> in making weed there
must necessarily follow a dearth of
fruit. Per contra—-if only a reason a
- portion of tlieee element- are ta- ,
ken up by a medium growth, the
large balance left goes towards mak
ing and fully developing fruit. You
may tnink ttiia cannot tie cotitrolfod.
My experience tells me that it oati be
by proper manuring and earolul se
lection of seed. By car.dul seieciion
for several years 1 have succeeded in
developing a cotton that matured al
most to the last form upon land that
gave me a yield, th-- same yea r,
two bales to the acre. 1 mention
good il(. Upon ouch land cotton
ordinarily is expee'ed to grow until
checked by front. When t' is ie tne
cam-, of course a vary largo part ot
the fotms (which mak.-s s long **
the cotton continues *o grow) ate lost,
and consequently you have not deriv
ed the full benefit of the chemical ele
ments your land contains. Exchange.
“Piilirtation—Phairest Phlora !”
(tilled an amorous youth, “Phorevor
dismiss your plieara, and phlV witii
one whose pheiVent phancy is |>> lxed
on you alone. Phtionds, phami y,
phalher — phot got them, n > think
only of tne pile, idtv of ttie phuture!
Phew phellows ate so pbsstidious as
your Pherdinund, So ptoigu oof
ption loess if you phel it not. P itirego
phi olio, and Hn-w-i phinahy, Phhna.”
‘ Oh, Poerdmand, you pho I,” ahe
Cooed.
,.*.■
Montgomery county must boa sort
of paradise for sportsmen. Iho Tel
fair South Georgian states that Mr.
Matthew Browning, of said county,
caught in the Oconee rivei last week
•wo catfish, one of which weighed
si>ty and the other eighty pounds
net. He also killed a wi and ’urkey
whicl wheu dressed we-gtied twenty
pounds.
A Newton county man having los 1
a horse recently, recalled to mind Sut
Lovegood’s story of “How Del Plav
ed Hoss.” So he bitched himse.f to
a plough an 1 made a boy drive him.
In - his way he ploughed eu' tW" acies
of corn in wo hours. All who fool
inclined to doubt this story are respect
fully referred to tbe Covington Enter
prie.
An ora"g county, Vo., dispatch
ays! “Je.ry Huckster, an elderly
colored matl living u< ftr thi " place,
met a singuUf death lecetitly.
The of Jotm Robinson ws
moving from Oiange Court House
to Madison Court House, headed by
several elephants The old man was
attracted to the procession, and, ap
proached the catavan, was attacked
by one of the elephants and ct tinned
to death. His body was shockingly
mutilated, and bis death was almost
instantaneous. When overtaken by
the vicious beast, tbe old nan Was on
his way to his woik, and had (os
dinner in bis pocket. It is supposed
the elephant ai iffoJtihe lunch aod
attacked Rf.d killed the man to get it
as no provocation wag offered.”
Baby has begun to learn sacred his
tory, and begs her papa to ask her
questions, just to see how wise she is
• Well,” said papa, “can yon tell me
who Adam was?” “The father of all
men.” “Good; and who was Eve ?’
Alter a moment’s reflection : “Tbe
mother of all woman ”
A negro man was bitten by a high
land rarccasin near Gteeesboro last
week, and walked all the way to town
for an antidote. Undecided on whisky,
of which he drank about a quart, and
after he got aober he felt pretty well.
The pathway rrf life is lull of diffi
culties, but (jriggins says be bait
about made up has mind that one of
the haideat things m the world fot a
roan to do la to admit to bis wife that
he ha* been in the wreug.
qMiM'r Matches,
Too newspaper* tiro collecting pre
cedents for tbe action of the aged Mr.
Lord In marrying Mrs. Hicks in NsW
York. The Philadelphia Bulletin cites
the case of a physidian in Worcester,
80 years old, who married a woman
oi 28, and -till continued tpdmg and
d.ench the sick people of tbe town.
A blacksmith 90 years old iu the same
place, took tor i bride a girl of 18,
and escaped the mad house. It is
reluted of a man iu Berkshire that
he married when at the age of 76 a
girl whom bis third wife had brought
u[. Another case ia that of A soldier
who had served in the wars, and at
ti e age of 95 still eatried a bullet in
bis rose, taking for bis wife girl of
15. In Scotian 1 in 1749 Mr. W.
Hamilton, who was 80 years old,
“whose legs Were drawn up to Ins
ears and lus arm tkiisted backward,
married a woman of twetOy, and was
eatried *o church on mans shouhler
on the happy day. At another alumst
equrdy remarkable weddi"g in Berk
shire the groom wa 85 and thß bF.de
83, and each of the brdesraai Is weie
mote than seventy. Sis grand daugh
ters of the groom strewed A .vers in
the path of tlisbtiilul party, instead of
suspecting him of insauity.
Hacceal Hi* Fair.
At a u>eetiug of th- Race Course
Commlt'ee of the Fair Association
i eld ort Tuesday last, it was deter
mined to have thie minute and 2 40
races on the fi s' day of the Fair,
iilut mat., and t f <st rHOq open to the
world, oil the seo md day, the 22ud.—
On the two first races a purse OI 850
each wd he < ffured, ntj the t ird
nice sls'i Ten per cettt. \vill be
charg. and fiir otitry fees, which will go
to the next fastest horse. This pot
ot the programme of !h" Ft r wtii be
exciting ; an 1 we confidently lonk for
some big r'act s— Albany Newt).
ISS •
A Lit-le g'fl who was spending
month on a farm in the country was
nuked, ‘ What do y iu like best ia the
country?” R-plied'lie child, “I like
the conn,tv n.ciu*e there are no cor
ners! Vhentem at home, mother
tel s mo not to go any fur’tiar than
the corner of tho street ; but, don t you
see j thoteaio no corners hero, and I
can go iiuywherc !”
.
A philosopher -ays, “Wo learn to
clind by keeping our eyes uot oti the
lulls behind us, hut on the mountain
that rise Iretore us.” At.other g-od
way is to take u c< uple of rods the
start and try to, beat ati enthusiastic
hull-dog over a uine-foo* back yard
lence.
A Boston paper says: “A butterfly
was caught at the Si.utli End yestet
daj’i” It may bo safe etit*gb to catch
a buttoifly at the south end, but
when you go to gia 1 ' a waspyou w.nt
to catch it at the noittieasterly end,
shifting westoily towaids the headt
*>ixe 4ti L'uualrie* and Water
Gr eCO is about the sisa of Vet
niobt-
Paie.-tiue is about one fourth tho
sign ot N-w York.
Hindu. Stan is mot* than a hundred
times as large as V ■l*-stiiie.
The Qi eat Desert of Africa has
neHily the present dimensions of the
United Sta'es.
The ’R-d Sen would reach I run
Washington to Colorado, and it is
three tunes as wide as Lake Onta
rio.
The English Channel is nearly as
large as Lake Superior.
The Medi’erransan, if placed across
North America, would make sea
navigation from Ban Diego to Ba.ti
tmre.
■ ■
A score ot full born Americans will
move three wagon-loads of lumber to
uncover s poor old rt t where a cnidi
offer of fifty ceuts each would have no
eff-ct.
The following laconic epitaph, car
ved on a Spanish tombstone, should tie
remembered: “I was well, I tried to
feel better, took physie, and here 1
am”
“How nic* ’y this corn pops!” said
a young man who wassitting with his
sweetheart before the fire. “Yea” she
responded, demurely, “it’s got over
being greon.”
Enamored writing-master (to a
young lady pupil): ‘‘l can teach you
nothing; your hand is already a very
desirable one, and your I’s are the
most beautiful I have ever seen.”
A lady in Chicago, who Wa* buying
a pair of pantaloons for her sou, on
being asked h y a salesman how large
her hoy Was, replied. About si*
inches taller and romewhsf smarter
ihflfi yoO are.’'
UllOifyOß WHAT?
Tub Rem.irkabi.e Exckilirnoes of
a Courageous Woman at a New
York Hotel.
In the first pintle, I do not believe
in ghosts at all, and I am not a ner
vous woman, afraid of my own shad
ow, and I do not give heed to sttjier
, natural things. Therefore I cannot
explain what I am about to relate.—
If any one who may road tins
can, I shall be glad to hear the ex
planation.
In the hitter part of April, 1872,
before sailing for Europe, I made a
Stay of a few days at the Metropoli
tan Hotel in New York. I was as
signed to room 292, on the second
floor. I had dined and had written
a little in the evening. Finally I left
off work and sat down by the fire,
and as I sat there I noticed particu
larly the disposition of the furniture
in the room and the room itself, As
that has a direct bearing bearing on
my mind, I will briefly describe it.
The room wa*~long and narrow,
any at tile end nearest the main hall
had a curtained alcove for a bed. By
making this alcove, a narrow hall
was formed, w f hich opened into the
main hall. There were two doors to
this little hall, one opening into the
outside eorrider and the other into
my ioortt. There Wete two smull
transoms, one over each door. Di
rectly facing the door was a large
French window, opening Into the
street. A little iron railing passed
in front of it outside. The fire place
was by the side of the window. Just
back of where I sat, on the right
side of the room as you entered,
there were n large wardrobe and a
entail drab reps lounge. On the left
side of the room was a sta
tionery washstand, anti next to that
a bureau. The gas was just over this
washstand. A few chairs and a mar
ble-top table completed the furniture.
I had been writing, as I said, and
to have sufficient light had rolled the
little table over close against Ihe
washstand, and had covered it with
manuscript and photographs. I had
not been reading anything to give
rise to bad dreams, hail eaten a mod
erate dinner. was in supurb health,
and my writing had been common
place correspondence.
At about 11 o’clock I went to bed,
after having locked the two doors
and lowered the gas. I went to sleep
immediately, after my usual habit,
and t.ad slept I do not know how
long. I woke Up With a start and a
cold feeling of Terror. I sat straight
up in bed. My room was brillant.ly
lighted and I saw that the marble ta
ble had been cleared of the manu
script, and had been drawn over
to the side of the lounge, while the
easy chair in which I had been sit
ting had been placed opposite tl e
lounge. Two men were seated there
playing Cards.
I just sat and looked at them, nof
knowing what to do or say. They had
evidently mistaken the room, I
thought, and yet, to save my life, 1
could not have spoken or moved. 1
noticed that the man on the sofa was
slender and apparently in delicate
health. He had red hair ; red beard
all over his face. He was dressed in
gray clones. I noticed that his left
hand seemed to be somewhat miss
hapen nCar the wrist, as if it had
been hurt at some time. His face
was marked with extreme sensibility,
and he had small features.
The other man was, physically, his
opposite. He was large, of fine physi
que, very dark complexion, w ith very
thick, short black Lair, and a
drooping black moustache, His eye
brows were very heavy, and had
snort, thick hairs that stood s raight
out, making them look like wo grea
black caterpillars. Ilis cheeks aud
chin seemedtohave been newly slav
ed, yet the beard showed through the
skin with afa nt bluish tinge. He
had.a little three-cornered scar near
the right corner of Ids mouth. He
j was dressed in black, and wore an
emerald pin.
Those who know me best knew i
that fear is not one of my eomponen' a: '
yet 1 must confess that I felt a sen
sation very like it. They Were play
ing euchre, and soon there arose adis
spute. I heard no words, yet from
| their angry looks and gestures I saw
I that they were quarreling. Suddenly
the darker mnr drew along knife and
plunged it Into the left breast of the
1 man on the sofa. lie quivered a lit
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•le and then lay still. The other
stood looking at him for a moment.
Then took the dead man’s right hand
and clasped it around the handle of
the knife, bracing the elbow against
the table; Mien cooly gathered up
the cards and, putting them in hr*
pocket, took Op a black hat and went
out.
1 turned to look at the dead man j
he, too, had disappeared, and the
room Was dark.
1 tried to think I had the night
mare, Jiid my head under the bed
clothes, aud at last went to sleep
again.
On arising in the morning I found
the marble table standing by the
lounge, the arm chair beside it, and
till my papers on the bureau by the
window. This made a great impress
ion on me fora time,but a multiplicity
ot occupations during the day and
visits from friends obliterated all
membrance of it. Yet when I Went
to bed that night, it was only to be
awakened by the same horror, to see
the same tragedy enacted, and to
find the table misplaocdln the morn
ing as before.
The third night T took the table
over by the window, placed Jail the
articles upon i> that it would hold,
and left rite gas turned on full; but
it was the same. I was again the
unwilling witness of the tragic scene.
The fourth night l began to real
ly dread the vision, or whatever it
was, and called the chambermaid.
Her first, Came, 1 remember, was
Kat e. I asked her to stay with me
that night, but she said it was not
permitted. I then told her J wanted
her to pile all the chairs she could
make stand on the table and wash
stand, so that they could not be re
moved without some force. It was
all the same. The chairs were on
ttie floor in their places in the morn
ing, and the table over by the lounge.
I realy felt frightened now and sent
word ilown to the offloe'to Mr. Adams
he clerk. He came up. I asked him
if any murder had ever been commit
ted in the room. He declared most
unequivocally that thoto had not.—
He said that the'only tradegy of any
kind that ever hail’, happened) m the
hotel was tie suicide of a sink man
who had come there from the South
and had killed himself, as they sup
posed, in a flt of despondency. Ho
could not tememb-jr how the man
looked. Therefore so many comiog
and going that lie could not remem
ber peop'o. I told him he must give
me another room, which ho did that
nfterncon.
As Katie, the ch am harm aid, helped
ine to change apartments, she lookod
as if she understood something. 1
asked her if she had ever heard at y
tiling regarding that room, and she
told me that sho never .had hut cnco
during the two] years *h) had been
there. There had been an invalid
tady there with her husband, and she
declared she saw terrible things and
could nut be persuaded to remain iu
the room after the third night, all
though tier I usband had \een nothing
whatever.
As for me, tl so ia tot mottoy
enough iu New York to hire me to
sleep in that room again. I some
how feel as if I was going to meet
that visionary assassin in the flesh
• hough I cannot ..ccount for the im
pression any mote thah I can for tho
strango but strictly true story I. have
related.
At ‘.liia se<son of the
worms begin to wear fish hooka in
their polonaise
tJov. Vance >fving a Bunk
Trouble.
Being thrown m company with
the Gorernor a_short time ago, we
made a pass at him with one of our
b“Bt, and received in return the fol
lowing l
“i ou don’t remember old R
No; be left this country before you
came here, lie was a stone mason
by trade, and “operated” all over the
country about the time Dewy's Bank
tailed. I met him at a little gather
ing in Mecklenburg. After shaking
hands he took me one side, saying he
desired to ask me a question. “Now,
Governor,” said he, “this is a matter
ot a little delicacy, and you are at
liberty to answer it or not. I wish
to know if McAdens’s Bank is going
to have any trouble t”
“Assuming an air of deep medita
tion, the Governor replied: “Yes, I
have no hesitation in telling yon that
1 know it is going to have trouble.’’
“D—n my luck!” replied the stone
mason. “I knew something was
wrong. I never put a cent in a bank
in my life hut what I was swindled ’
“Hold!” said the Governor, with
out relaxing one line of his masked
features. “What I allude to is this:
they have my note in that bank for
two thousand five hundred dollars,
and thev'li have it darned sight of
trouble getting the money.”—Ath
' t t’le Pionetr.