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\id you ever kiss a pair of
r.,znit\:@’, lips?” asked an exchange.
N, bub we have received @ pout
b & poiT of }{issillg_}j;»s.
Dwson county bonrsts wf &
ang iy who ‘as one brown
L one blae eye. If “variety is
o spice of lifo, this damnsel pos
-0 . g traly aromatic counte
(| il is before the Alabama
[agislaturd to require persons
iy CarTy concenled weapons to
qar 3 Drdge with the words *“I
ks armed” conspiciously printed
{0
Chattanooga boastd of a lady
fho has given birth to six chil
gren, il of whom are ailve and
fourishing, during the present
yea. She gave birth to triplets
fwice.
A Now York crank proposes to
tap the clouds and draw the city®s
water supply therefrom. As this
goheme if successful, would se
care pure water, it has ot been
considered.
4 lady died at Ringgold on the
gth November from the effects
of o ratttesnake bite of thirty
s ago. The symptoms of
poison ing had returned yearly
since the bite. o~
b SO
In the Himalayas there are six
peals & day—haznee, chatie haz
s, tiffini, lunch and dinner.
Hereis a land of pure delight
shere saints who drink before
peals may dwell.
Mr. Arthur, it is said, has a
peir of pants to match each room
inthe White House and nothing
in the world can induce him to
ater the green room with his
lsvender pants on.
Au simost impenetrable swamp
ot 10 miles from Dublin, this
State, 15 called “Cow-hell.” Last
wiek 2 party of hunters invaded
itand it was’ not a good day for
«quirrels, either.
itisnot often that amputation
yresorted to for rheumatism, but
Y. W. P. Pullen, of Henry coan
tprecently had his right leg tak
m off 2bove the knee to get relief
ru tie suffering whieh had be
ne unindurable.
Harry Kempt, a y ;ang man of
{biny, this State, came near los
izhis tife st week, by the ex
lsion «f [:ig zun wht'e out hunt
-Ig. He received severa! | ainful
soinds abont the face, and a very
srious one on his head.
Dr. uhard still appears to be
very foud of alliteration. In his
hst sermon he ulludes to the “poi
onxd arrows of the public press.” |
ltis suggested that he get up a
termom on the political possibili
tes of the pulpit politician.
4 little three-year old son of
Mr. Wm. Vickery, near Dalton,
after Liis father had started off to
mill, last Thursday, attempted to
follow him and got lost in the
the woods. Dilligent search was
made day and night for the little
one, but it was Saturday morning
?!rf"ru they found him. He was
nan old gedge field two miles
from home, nearly dead from hun
ker and exposure of two days and
nights in woods.
An old negro man, of Lee coun
ty, named Waters, is about the
happiest man in this State.
Sometime ago he bought a farm
o a credit. By industry and
“onomy his farm is now paid for
tnd is well stocked, he has plenty
of provisions for next year and
200 in cash. Other colored men
¢n do the same thing if they will
topt the same methods. There
we also many indolent white men,
‘Tl’” are always complaining of
!z}l\!‘d times, who would profit by
i‘f“{; example of - this old" negro
‘L they would,
The cotton plant in Florida i 3
‘=“'l Hinited by season. Some iden
ve tie extent to which the plant
Weler favorable conditions will
*f" "W.omny be obtained from the
v'“x; wing from the Palatka Jour
2l
W Woods saye: While liv
o hear Paine's prairie, llng. und
% ara the dogs making a
rsing to a cofton é‘s‘!'l
»on in the top of a
I Sleiking the nlant
‘ ! : ¢ !‘A\:a‘r:-" the '{‘l””'!.{‘"”:s
" TAVY UKy, welching abe
f; I‘ ; 'u!:((.!. (\fiilfin'a{ll:fi ;‘:l:tl)l“: f.:ll’il
“t “;f‘l shook the coon down,
}hliln.‘l e dogs soon despatehed
oA3 Mr. Woods is a brother of
i;;‘;fi:db?. Woods, of the Hawk
doubt butl:y}]);t&’fl there can be nc
reliable o statements Are
THE DAWSON JOURNAL
YOI. 15
| A WOMAN'S CURSE.
! How It Has Followed s Gambler
l Over Land and Ocean for Ten Years
l
‘I “If you want to hear s woman's
strange story,” said a gentleman
to a reporter of the Alta yester
day, at Golden Gate Park, “en
gage that gray-haired man in con
versation and get him to tell you
his history. It will repay you for
your time,” and he indicated a
prematurely aged man with a sad
face sitting in the sun on one of
the benches of the park. The re
porter needed no second invitation,
and was _soon seated by the man
with the strangé histery: -“I am
told,” said the seeker after facts,
“that you havea life story strange
inthe extreme, and that you are
not averse to relating it.”
The eyes of the man were turn.
ed on the speaker for a moment,
and then folding his hands in his
lap he said:
“Yes,itis astory. I ama mur
derer and a reformed gambler;
but you need not shrink from me,
for the murder was not intention
al. Ten years ago I owned the
largest and most popular gam
bling parlorsin the city of Chica
go, and on Saturdsy nights I
dealt iny own faro game, in which
business, of course,l made a great
deal of money. Many unpleasant
incidents grew out of my busi
ness, but I alwaysexcused it on
the ground that men did not have
to play my games any more than
they were obliged todrink poison.
I finally got to noticing and ex
pecting one young man in partic
ular, who always came when it
was my night to deal. At first he
played boldly, and, as a eonse
quence, lost heavily; but as he
grew more familiar with the
game he played earefully, and act
ed as though life depended on his
winning, which in fact was the
case, us 1t afterwards proved. I
got ncquainted with him, address
ing him as Brown, but knowing
that that was not his true name.
I think he followed the game for
months, winning a little some
times, but genevally losing heavi
ly. At list he came one night,
and 1 sav by his flushed face
that he had beon drinking, al
though he looked apparently cool.
Hasat down to the table, drew
oat a smull roll of money, and,
laying it down before him, said:
“There is in that little pile my
fortune, my honor and my life. I
either win all or lose all this night.
Begin your game; lam ready.”
Others joined in at first and play
ed for a while, but finally with-’
drew from the game and watched
the
STRANGE YOUNG MAN
at my right. He played to win,
but fate was against him, for he
lost, wonand lost again, and final
ly after two hours of playing, evi
dently in the most fearful sus
pense, he lost his last dollar.
Leaning back in his chair with
compressed lips and face blanch
ed to a deathly whiteness, helook
eod me in the eye a moment and
said:
“My money, honor and happi
ness have gone over that ta
ble, never to return. I said my
life would go with them, and it
shall. Tell my wife I had gone
too far to return.”
Before we could prevent it he
put a derringer to his breast and
shot himself in the heart, falling
‘upon the table that had been his
‘ruin and death.
His wife came, awfual in the
majesty of her grief, and after sat
isfving herself that her husband
was dead, sh asked:
«Where is the keeper of this
dreadful place?” [ was pointed
out, and striding up to me so that
her finger almost touched my pal
lid face, she exclaimed in tones
that are ringing in my ears yet:
“Oh! you soulless wretch, with
a haart of stone! You have lared
my husband from me, sent him to
pardition, widlowed moe and or
p%:::mul my ¢ ildren. You are his
aurderer, and may (e d's curse
rast upon you eternally!”
With o scream she fell fainting
on the body of the corpse. I lin
gered for weeks in a brain fever,
the curse seeming always to be
tbe burden of my mind. On my
regovery I burned the fixtures of
my den-and elosed the place, sud
Dawson, Ga., Thursday, December 18, 1884.
’have devoted most of my time to
l travel, with the hope of escaping
that woman's just carse, but 1
ean't. I believe it is on me forev
er, and I feel that I wae that man's
murderer. lam rich, and my
}first attempt was to gat the dead
‘man's wife to accept an anmuity
from me, but she refused all aid,
and triel to sapport herself by
her own labor. I relieved my
‘mind to some extent, however, by
settling a certain sum on her
children, which passes through
her futher’s hands, and ostensibly
comes from him. Hgr children
are receiving a fine education by
this means, and my will, safely
locked in her father's office, be
queaths to her and her children
“my entire wealth. some $lOO,OOO.
My life,” concluded he, “is de
voted largely to visiting gambling
dens, where I meet young men
who are on the highway to hell,
and warn them of their danger.
Thanks be to God, I have suc
ceeded in many cases in saving
them; and now, young man, re
member this story, and let it al
ways stand up as a white spectre
between you and the gambling ta
ble. See to it that the poison
does not enter your veins;” and he
pulled his hat over his moistened
eyes and strode silently away.
A SILENT CANDIDATE.
Washington Republican.
Washington seems to be the fa
vorite place with the army of
cranks. They come here from all
parts of the country, and invaria
bly make their way to the white
house and endeavor to see the
president. The latest one tarned
up at the white hons: Tuesday.
He was a respectable looking
young man from Texas, who rep
resented himself as the silent can
dicate for the presidency. He want
ed to talk the matter over with
President Arthur.
“They have been throwing their
voices to me all the summer long,
urging me to raa for the office,”
said the new candidate. * eould
not come up to see about it unt:l
I had disposed of my little bunch
of sheep, but they urged me so I
hurried as fast as 1 conld.”
“Who are they?” asked aby
stander.
“Why, the people, you know;
everybody. I was a kind of King
down in Texas. Theyinduced me
to try a cold-water cure for a sick
ness I had, and said if T would
stay in & tub of culd water all
night they would make me a cold
headed King, and Ididit. We
have been looking for George
Washington to come along down
there, and I was promised that I
should be covered with jewels and
taken with him in a chariot.”
“So, not being satisfied with a
kingship, you want to be presi
dent,” suggested a listener.
“Yes, I am going to be presi
dent or 1 datestiva, I don’t know
which. You see they are press
ing me pretty hardto be a detec
tive.”
He was assured that he could
not see tha president, but was ad
vised to visit the police headquar
ters, and the last seen of him he
was moving in that direction.
A Blind Hen.
Brunswick Appeal.
Vincent Penebad, the keeper of
the quarantine station, has raised
at the stasion, from a tiny chick,
a hen of the Plymouth Rock vari
ety, which has the peculiar mis
fortune to be perfectly blind. Of
course it cannot find its food, but
it has always been cared for by its
owner. A succession of taps on
the floor with the fingers or knuck
les. or the eall of “Dickie! Dickie!”
will bring the well knowing fowl
to its master, and the question,
“Dickie, are you hungry?” calls
forth a peculiar, grateful series of
chucks.
Athens Banner-Watchman:
0e of our prominent physicians
got up yesterday morning and
found his cook had not put in an
AppEATance. Heo waited for some
time and still the eook did not
come, and he got in his buggy to
go and see some of his patients.
As he was driving down town a
little negro ran out to his buggy
and said, “Ma says she cant go
out in the rain this morning, and
if you want her to cook 'breakfast
you must send the carriage after
fxer." The doctor immediately
discharged kis hightoued ¢ook.
TEE TRAIN ROBBERS.
An Aclanta Man inThe Little Rock
Rumpus.
Ailanta Constitution.
Mr. G. W. D. Cook, who resides
at 47 Forest avenue, is traveling
in the west, and was on the train
that was robbed by the robbers
near Liltle Rock, Arkansas. Yes
terday Mr Cook's family received
from him a very interesting letter
giving an account of the robbery.
Mr. Cook says the affair was ona
of the most exciting thdt he ever
passed through. When about
three miles from Little Rock, at
ten o’clock Saturday night, the
coach that he was on began scrap
ing against the trees and swaying
to and fro, and all on board
thought it was off the track and
would som roll over. Two or
three persons ran out on the plat
forms and jumped off, and imme.
diately were fired upon by the
GANG OF TRAIN ROBBERS.
As soon as he heard the first shot
Mr. Cook realized what the mat
ter was, and began hiding his ef
fects. He stooped down between
the seats, turned up the cushion
and slipped his watch and nearly
all his money between springs of
the cushion, replaced it and sat
down just as one of the ruffians
entered the car door hideously
masked, with a cocked pistol in
his hands, and shouted:
. “Hands up, every one of you! or
I'll blow your brains out!”
~ “Imstantly every man’s hands
went up as if by magic. Three
ladies were in the car, and when
they saw the masked face and the
revolver they set up
A TERRIBLE SCREAMING.
The man spoke to them and
told them not to be afraid, that
they would not be molested, that
he always respoeted ladies, that
his mother was a laly, even if he
was a rascal.
“Crentlemen,” said the fellow,
“you don’t seem to be comforta
ble. You may rest your elbows
upon the back of the seats, bat
don’t lets have any monkey bussi
ness. As soon as the boys get
through with that express chest
we will take up collection —a little
contribution for the pops, yoa
know. This is anunpleasant bus
-luess, bat it has to bo done. Tts
parely a basiness transaction.”
Therobber talked on in that
strain for about fifteen minutes,
and in that time the passengers
could hear the men hammering
away on an iron chest in the ex.
press car. Every now and then
the keen report of & pistol would
ring out on the night air, evident
ly done to terrify the passengers.
Then the door opened, and in
marched a man
MASKED LIKE THE FIRST, l
and flourishing a cocked revolver. !
He carried a big corn sack in one :
hand, into which ke ordcered the I
passengers, except the ladies, to |
place contribucdions “for the bene
fit of the pope.” Gold, silver, pa
per, watches, chains, rings and
other jewelry were tumbled pell |
mell into the sack. Mr. Cook I
says when they came to him to|
“hand out” he handed out a dol
lar and ten cents all the silver
change that he had. The man
took everything out of Mr. Cooks
pockets. Letters, books, ete.,
were taken out, and then handed
back. KEven the cigar holder was
critically examined and returned.
“What haveyou gott under that
seat?”’ asked the voice behind the
mask.
“Look for yourself,” replied Mr.
Cook.
The man looked under the seat
and took up the cushion.
“I thought I was gone up,” says
Mr. Cook. “He made a close ex
amination, but did not find my
money, and passed on. The man }
next tome was “gone through”
and the robbers passed out.”
~ One of the men
STOPPED IN THE DOOR
and said a freight train was com- 1
ing up behind, and that set the
ladies to screaming again. The
man said if those in the
car would agree to sit in the car
for ten minutes, they would change
the switch for us, and if the pro
‘misa was not made the train
| would have to stand wlhere it was
and let the freight train run into
l it. The proposition was accepted,
the switch was changed, the engi
ueer signaled, the train backed off
the siding on which the robbers
| had switched it and in a moment
was hurrying on to Little Rock,l
‘having been detained three-quar
ters of an hour by the robbers.
The robbers did not succeed in
getting into the express safe.
IT CONTAINED $7,600.
The manager, on the approach
of the robbers, sprang from the
train by a side door and ran to
wards Little Rock,’ the robbers
firing at him as he ran.
The sheriff and a posse went in
pursuit. Rewards were offered
and five men were arrested. Mr.
Cook says of them:
“Oneof the robbers was & very
tall young man, and wore no beard,
As well, as I could judge he had
large, light eyes, and as they flash
ed at me I thought 1 wonld know
them anywhere. They have one
man who answers the description,
but I cannot swear that he is the
same man. He lives at Little
Rock, and is a mattress maker by
trade. Thereis a drummer here
who swears that he is the man.
Lamsorry to say his name is
Cook. No one knows how many
there were; some say five and
some say seven. I do not think
they were experts, as they failed l
to open the iron box and were so
long going through the train,
keeping us three quarters of an
houz.” 1
HE HAD A SMART WIIE.
HorNeLisviLLE, N. Y., Novem
bar 25.—James Knowles, of Avo
ca, awcks a few nights ago. He
felta violent thumping on his
right ear, followed by sharp twiges
of pain as though the lining of
his ear was being seized and torn
away. Almost crazed, he woke
up his wife and told herzomething
had crawled in his ear and was
eating its way through his head.
Mrs. Krowyles lighted s lamp and
fished for the foreign occupant of
her husband’s ear with a hair pin
and a_kuitting-needle. She was
unable to draw it out. Mr.
Knowles then dressed himself to
go to the doctor’s. Then hLis wife
happened to think that certain in
sects were generally fascinated by
a light, and she had her husband
wait until she tried the experi
ment. She held the lamp close to
his ear.
“If it's a snap bug,” she said,
“or a miller, it will sece the light
and come out to it.”
In less than a minute Mrs.
Knowles saw the head of a formi
dable lookinz bug thrust out of
her husbands ear. The head was
quickly followed by a body half
an inch long. The bug erept out
and Mrs. Knowles knocked it on
the floor. A stream of blood fol
lowedthe exit of the bug from Mr.
Knowles ear. Mrs. Knowles step
ped on the bug and killed it. It
was one of those big snapping
bugs that have their heads hung on
hinges at the middle of the back,
and work them up and down like
pile drivers when on duty.
Thank’s to his wife's knowledge of
insect habits. Mr. Knowles was
rescued from the bug in time to
prevent serious consequences.
THE colleagues of Senator
Saulsbury say that twenty-four
years ago he took a vow that he
would not marry until a demo
cratic president had been elected
Though now sixty-six years old,
the gossipers intimate that the
sturdy old Delaware Senator is
looking for an intelligent young
woman who is a good democrat,
and when he finds such a one as
pleases him there will be a wed
ding.
Logan wins respeet since the
election by the contrast between
his silence and the ridiculous out
cry of his chief on the ticket. He
refused to whine and howl by the
hour over his defeat. “I have
nothing to say,” he bluntly re- 1
marks. “Weare whipped. That's
all to be said.” This is about the
most effective rebuke Blaine has
'received.
i The New York Post states that
bees do not begin to gather hon
ey until they are sixteen days old.
Now we know the origin of the
flovery phrase “sweet sixteen.”
IMPRISONED FOR LIFE.
Pathetic Story of Paternal Devotion
Towards a Wife Xurderer,
A touching story of devotion is re
vived, suys an Albany, (N.Y),
\special of Nov. 2), by the aunual
visit paid to John Warren, o Ife
p-isoner in the penitentiary, by
his aged father, who lives on the
o'd homestead in Mansfield,
where the errng son was born.
lor a quarter of a century the old
man has visited his son in prison,
regularly once a year, driving
from the farm 37 miles distant,
always bringing his “boy” some
thing that is produced there. The
prisoner has not much hope of par
don, for his crime was too atro
cious for him to expect pardon,
and the meetings, year after year,
grow more affecting, as the old
wan's health is failing rapidly.
His wagon was this year freighted
with good things for the son who
is legally dead. There were ap
ples, pears, grapes, pias, cakes,
doughnuats and other things thnti
spoke of home and kindly remem- ‘
brance of him, but more than ail ‘
the warm, home-made stockings,
kuit by a mother
and sisters, were the
strongest link to connect the pres
ent with the past. Warren’s erime
for which heis paying so great a
penality was the murder of his
eighteen-year old wife, committe 1
in Tollard county 89 years ago.
He was then but 22 years old,
and while walking with his wife
along a secluded road he dragged
her to the Willimantic river and
held her under the water until she
was lead. The body was hidden
under brush and leaves in the
woods, where it was discovered.
He manifested the utmost indif -
ference when his crime was prov
en, but his conduet while in pris
on has made him a general favor
ite with the officials. Heis
known as the “State shoemaker’’
and cobbles shoes for tha prison
ers and keeps the officers sup
plied. '
Perseverance. .
Arkansas Traveller.
The other day down in the
country, after a marriage ceremo
ny had been performead, the bride
groom and several friends walked
down to the spring.
“Is he outen hearin?” asked the
bride
“Yes.” some one replied.
“\Wall, thank the Lord, it's over.
I've been 'er tryin’ to hein dat fel
ler up for more than ten years, an’
have jest succeeded. I wanter say
to yoir wimmin folks; Don’t
give up. Reccolleck whut the
Biblesays: “If you don’t git
what you air airter at fust, kecp
peggin’ away till you get thar.”
Her Mercenary I'a
N. Xsy
“Father, that young reporter
you kicked out of the house last
week wants me to share his lot,”
said a New York girl to her father,
who was a man of sense and some
means.
Nonsenze,” replied the flat
headed parent: “you tell that re
porter to sc ot, and you be polite
to that gentleman who comes
around to buy empty bottles and
old eclothes. He makes more
money in one day than three re
porters in a week.”
“I know it, pa; but why are you
so mercenary ?”
Pastime of the Baautiful Lady,
Covington Star.
The beautiful young lady now
arrays herself in all the colors of
the rainbow and makes the dry
coods salesmun pile the countey
with goods, while she expends not
a dime, bat simply remarks after i
a half hour s examination, “what |
a lovely stock you have, but T'll
come again, young man.” It is
just as well, perhaps, that the
young lady is ignorent of what is
| goingon in the young man’s
mind, 1
St. John shonld not be discour
aged by the violent vilification
! which he is receiving from certain
: republicans organs just now. He
rather should look upon it
as auspicious for his future, Four
years ago these very same organs
said just as bitter things against
James (1. Blaine,and in the late
campaign they were his most gn-.
thusiastic advocates.
s BRAVE BLIA RUED.
| How a Brave Western Gifl Defended
‘ Her Futherp dibine, “) [}
; From the Rocky Mountain News.
‘ Roed’s ranch diik not diffar mas
| terialy from hundreds of othsrs
in Colorado. The samo strag-,
gling, one- storied structure, per
fectly innocent of puint, with out
buildings looking as if they were
ready to tumble down. The fam
ily consisted, at the time of this
kstnry, of Joe Read, the propristor,
his wife and two chlidren. Ella,
the eldest, was a rather pretty
girl of eighteen, who for several
years had relieved the tired moth
er of much of the burden of the
house work, attended to the du
ties of the dairy, and was a good
horsswoman withal, often aczom
panying her father in roughrides
of miles when looking for stray
cattle.
Once a week Mr. Reed went to
Denver to sell the dairy products,
and purchase such articles of food
as could not be raised on the
ranch. Willie frequently accom
panied him, and the two women
thought nothing of being lefs
alone in the house and long into
the night, as the distance of the
city made the drive a long one.
It was one of those evenings in
the early full, just asthey had
completel their supper and the
mother was arranging the table
for the hungry father and sonm,
that the younger woman went to
the barn, the back of which was
immediately on the road, to see a
calf that was sick.
Suddenly she heard the voieas
of men in the road near the barn.
Listening and scarcaly daring to
breathe, she heard the words that
almost froze her with terror:
“The old man keeps his money
box in the drawer of the old bu
reaq, but the old woman carics
the kev.” N
N 3,
“How can we get at it?” asked
another voice.
“We can bind both women, and
if they make any noise, we ocan
stop that.” For a moment the
terrified listener was fairly paral.
zed with fear, then she started up,
and running quickly around to the
back of the house and crawling
through an open window, went to
toa closet and took from it twore
volvers, which were always kept
loadel for emergencies, eonceal
ing them in the folds of her
dress.
Hastily rejoining her mother
in the larger room, she was jush
in time to see two butly looking
ruffians enter by the door. The
taller of the two men demanded
supper, “and let it come
quickly, too,” he said, in a men
acing tone. The brave girl placed
the food on the table, knowing
that the scoundrels would satisfy
their hunger before putting their
purpose of robbery, aud possibly
of murder, into execution. She
then sat down in front of them
and watchel them. The momens
their meal was completed, she
suldenly thrust the muzzles of
the pistols in their faecs,threaten
ing to shoot if they moved.
Espostalations and profesta
tions were in vain: the heroie girl
stood there with eyes flashing and
determined, for what to her seem
elages. The poor mother as
2Hon as she comprehended the sit
aation, over come by her great tex
ror, had faintad and was lying on
the floor.
At last the sound of wagom
wheels was heard coming toward
the house, and in a moment the
father and brother entered the
house in company with an uncle
who had arrived in. Denver that
Jday from their old eastern home
in Pennsylvania, and by the mer
ast necident met Mr. Reed on Six
teenth street, in Denver. Assoon
as they comprehend the sitnation
they compelled the ruffians with
revolvers at their heads to submit
to being bound with ropes, and
when daylight came they were ta
ken to the eounty seat and placed
in jail,
~ The brave girl, as soon as she
was relieved from her terrible
guard duty, and the horrible
strain on her nerves was taken off,
went into a succession of hysteri
cal spasms, and is was four weeks
| thet her reason, if oot her life,
twas dispaired of. She eventual
|ly recovered, however, and after
iward married a wealthy ‘Denver
| gentleman, and is now living in
! Queen City.
‘ “Love is blind.” Maybe that's
why the gas lamp is often turned
lin the parlor when love takes po.
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