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Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday, August 21st, 1885.
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fltr When lion. Patrick Walsh
or Hon. J. II. Estill becomes gov
ernor of Georgia, we propose to be
the autocrat of Russia.
fr Darien Timber Gazette;
We expect to live to see the
lion. Patrick Walsh, of Augusta,
and Hon. Evan P. Howell, of At
lanta, in the executive chair in At
lanta. Ilmi. Gus Bacon will till the
chair when Governor McDaniel
steps out.
We hope he will live forever.
g0~ If Hon. O. A. Bacon is solid
in his opposition to the Joe Brown
ring, then we are prepared to sup
port him to the death. If he is not
fixed in his opposition to that ban
ditti, we have no support for him.
There is more honor in being de
feated with Joe Brown against him
than in being triumphant with Joe
Brown’s favor.
We thank the Savannah
Local for aiding us in our attempt
to rid the Democratic party of the
carpet-bagger Wilson, and the scala
wag Tom Johnson, two ot the most
offensive Radical partisans to be
found in the' South. The Local is
small in size, but it is a jewel of the
first water, as true as steel to its
principles and its party, stern in its
integrity and fearless in the expres
sion of its opinions. Had we had
the same assistance from the larger
journals of Savannah, and those of
that city who claim to be Demo
crats, long before this would these
blots on the escutcheon of the Dem
ocratic party of Georgia and the
society of Savannah been re
moved and forgotten.
or The Georgia country press
is expressing the true feelings of
the masses of the Southern people
regarding General Grant’s death—
that of perfect indifference—and
administering a severe rebuke to
tlielacrymose blubbering of a few
canting, hypocritical dailies of this
state. So far as we are individually
concerned, we are like the old
maid was at the “big meeting.”—
When a great rousement had been
waked up at the meeting, the
preacher came down from the pul
pit, and was passing among the
congregation in a perfect ecstacy
slapping a brother on the shoulder
here and a sister there, and asking
each, “don’t you love Jesus?” Fi
nally he passed a sour looking old
maid sitting licit upright against the
wall, after the manner of old maids,
administered the usual slap, and
cried out in an excited voice: “Sis
ter, don’t you love Jesus?” The
reply came in a deliberate, squeak
ing tone: “Well, I hain’t got noth
in’ agin him.” The best we can say
for Grant is, “we hain’t got nothin’
agin him.”
M0T Under the caption, “Foolish
talk about the civil service laws,”
the Savannah News of the lfith lust.
Hays:
“It is stated with considerable
positiveness that an attempt will
be made next winter to repeal the
civil service law, or at ieust to so
modify it that it will no longer bo
objectionable to those who favor a
freer use of the offices for party
purposes. * * * There may be
two or three Democratic members
of congress who will seek notoriety
by introducing and supporting
bills hostile to the civil service law,
hut it is certain that no Democratic
congressman of any prominence
will do anything of the sort.”
The above quoted paragraph, ta
ken from an article of some length
—all through of the same character
—is as good Radical doctrine as
ever appeared in the New York
Tribune, or any other of the most
rabid Radical organs of the North.
The end so fondly hoped for evi
dently gave rise and expression to
the un-Democratic sentiments quo
ted above from our Savannah con
temporary, and we are not at all
surprised that the most offensive
Radical partisans are retained in
the most important olllces in the
country when papers, claiming to
be leading Democratic journals,
ho openly trample upon the doc
trines of the party. This civil ser
vice law is a Radical measure, and
passed to serve the ends of that
party in the emergency of defeat,
and by the aid of such papers as the
Savannah News and traitors to the
Democratic party and principles it
is serving well the purpose for
which it was intended, and has
made the Democratic party a laugh
ingstock for the world.
We have long ago said that if the
Democratic party was to be held
responsible for Cleveland's admin
istration, then every office without
exception should be filled by Dem
ocrats. Wo will now go further,
and say that a thoroughly subsid
ized press, traitors of high degree in
the ranks of the party, and the
wishy-washy policy pursued by the
president have suoceded in assassin
ating every chance for Democratic
success in I8H8, and defeat awaits
the party Just so sure as the sun rises
and sets on day of the next presi
dential election. This opinion
may be deemed harsh, hut it is jus
tified by transpiring events. How
can it be otherwise? The Demo
cratic party lias stood firmly upon
its principles for the past twenty-
five years, even though suffering
overwhelming, crushing defeat; and
to find that after a quarter of a cen
tury of unexampled devotion to
their principles, and when victory
had at last perched upon their stan
dard, that a leader for whom
the whole party has made such he
roic sacrifices has turned their
hard earned triumph into a Water
loo defeat, and that the party is
left only the empty name without
any change in the administration
of the government, and the enemy
is left to enjoy the spoils which the
victors well deservo have altogeth
er so thouroughly disgusted the
honest men of the party that they
never will show an unbroken front
again. But, what does President
Cleveland expect to gain by this
unpecedented policy? Does lie
expect to conciliated the Radicals,
and thereby recruit the Democratic
party from their ranks? If so, lie
is doomed to see his “fondest hopes
decay;” as so far he has only
excited the deserved contempt
of the Radical party, while lie has
not made a single preselite. If fol
lowed a little further, the presi
dent’s policy will disrupt the Dem
ocratic party—when the Savannah
News will evidently be entirely
satisfied with the severe enforce
ment of the civil service law.
Meeting of the llonaril Agricultural Club.
It is pleasing to note with what
genuine pleasure and unabating
zeal (lie members gather at the ap
pointed places of meeting. After
the greater part ot the club had as
sembled in the hospitable home
of Judge J. B. Jones, lie was called
to the chair, and when the usual
order of business had been gone
through, the secretary read the fol
lowing subject: “The Best Stock of
Cattle for this Section, Regarding
Beef, Milk and Yoke.”
Mr. R. II. Burton took the part of
the native cattle, giving it as his
experience of the only improved
breed lie had tried, that the crosses
of the Devon degenerated in milk
ing qualities. lie thought the milk
er had much to do with the capaci
ty of a cow, a poor one lessening
and a good one increasing the quan
tity of milk. He believed all cows
should be milked as quickly as pos
sible, and condemned milking with
one baud us too slow.
Mr. Shewmake said he had no ex
perience with the different breeds,
hut had seen good milch cows that
lie thought were crosses of the
Shorthorn.
Mr. I’. S. Jones claimed the
superiority for the Devon. He
thought the Jerseys good milk and
butter cattle, but very vicious.
Mr. F. A. Jones said the Jerseys
were the best cattle for milk and
butter, but condemned them as ox
en, and thought the Devon had no
superior in this respect. He urged
good and a variety of food os the
essential for plenty of milk and
butter.
Mr. Rufus Cross thought his na
tive cattle had been improved in
every way by the cross of the
Devon.
Mr. G. W. Jones took a decided
stand in favor of Devons, urging
their beauty in color and symmetry
in form, and that they were a
thorough-bred variety of cattle,
which showed itself in their crosses
for numerous generations.
F. 8. Jones said all that lie could
read, and the opinions of those with
whom he had talked, were in favor
of the Devon as the best combina
tion cattle.
Dr. W. B. Jones, after stating to
the club that the Deyons were his
favorite breed, read tho following
article on their merits from the
American Devon Cattlo Club:
“]>KVONH.—A LIST OK Til Kill
sthono points.—Tlds article is pre
pared with a view to giving a suc
cinct statement of the more impor
tant points of superiority claimed
for tho Devon—tho traits which
make the breed tho most desirable
one for the general farmer, who re
quires an all-purpose variety, no
loss titan for the specialist, who
broods either for the dairy or for
the shambles exclusively. We do
not claim to present anything new,
lint rather to call out and compress
into a more convenient compass a
statement of tho more valuable
characteristics of this breed.
“Devons are admitted on all sides
to lie descendants of an aboriginal
breed of cattle, natives of the coun
ties of Devonshire and West Somer
set, Kn gland, tho good qualities of
which have been preserved and
transmitted by tho prudence and
forethought of our ancestors, not
only unimpaired, but improved by
tlm lapse of centuries, lit tho gene
ral classification they are termed
tho “middle horned” variety. Of
the general merits of tho breed Mr.
Yonatt, of England, in his work on
cattle says: “They are distinguish
ed rather for tho quality than for
tho quantity of their milk, active at
work, with an unequal aptitude to
fatten.” An American writer says:
“In all his points the Devon is the
finest formed, most blood like and
active of cattle. He is to his con
geners what the Arabian is to
other horses.”
“Another American writer in a
late essay says, tersely: “They
have possessed all their essential
virtues ever since English writers
began to make observations on sub
jects pertaining to agriculture; con
sequently their type and prepoten
cy are most enduring and fixed.”
“We claim for the Devon pre
eminence in tho following particu
lars:
“First.—Hardiness.
“Second.—Bloodlikencss or ability
to preserve peculiarities through
indefinite periods of time.
“Third.—Aptitude to fatten.
“Fourth.—Quality of beef.
“Fifth.—As draft cattle.
“Sixth.—Docility.
“Seventh.—Value of milk product.
“We will in as few words as we
can show our reasons for these
claims.
“The hardiness of Devons is best
proven by the fact Hint they are
successfully handled in almost all
varieties of climate on this conti
nent, from the semi-tropical of
Texas to the almost friged regions
of British America. There are De
von herds in every state in this
Union, and in every province of the
Dominion of Canada. This hardi
ness being largely due to their supe
rior muscularity, we quote as aprop
os to this point from a recent paper
by an agriculturist of ability.
Speaking of Devons he says: “Also
they stand at the head of all cattle
in respect to perfectness of form,
and muscularity. To this extreme
proportion of muscle in their physi
cal structure, is due to their
strength, activity, great weight in
proportion to size, strong digestive
power and superior retributive
quality of their flesh. They are
specially fitted to graze on rough,
hilly pastures.” Competent author
ity has rated the respective breeds
of cattle as follows, according to
tho proportion of muscle in their
make-up. Assuming as the unit,
in point of muscle, our common cat
tle, and representing it as 100.
Galloways
as 100
Devons...
t(
(V
“ 110
Iferefords
U
U
“ 00
Short-horns
u
M
“ 70
Jerseys
«
U
“ 60
Alderneys
U
“ 60
“He adds, “an
animals
strength,
activity, hardiness and power to
transmit its qualities, depends on
its muscular structure.” Blood-
likeness, or ability to preserve its
characteristic features unimpaired
through unlimited generations is a
widely known strong noint of the
Devon, and is sufficiently proven by
the quotations on the subject of
muscularity given above, it being,
we believe, undisputed that the
Devon owes its superiority in this
regard to its greater development
of muscle. We may add that the
great virility of tho breed, another
fact generally admitted, is also
largely due to their fino muscular
structure. This characteristic of
the Devon needs no further argu
ment in its support. That it is a
factor of great importance to a
breeder of cattle is also so generally
admitted, that we need say nothing
upon that point.
“Aptitude to fatten. It is we be
lieve conceded that in this invalu
able quality, the Devon enjoys a
marked pre-eminence. And if
proof were needed we have only to
call attention to the fact that in
regions where the soil is least pro
ductive, and as a consequence feed
is most expensive, and its economi
cal use a matter of the greatest Im
portance in such districts, Devons
are most popular. A breeder of
large experience with different
breeds of cattle says: “They (De
vons) will thrive where other cattle
would starve, yet they will repay
good care and feeding as well as
the best.” Mr. Yonatt, already
quoted, speaks of tho aptitude of
tills breed of cattle to fatten, as
being “unequalled,” and the gene
ral testimony of breeders who have
handled them is that tho oase and
economy with which they may bo
made and kept in good condition is
one of the strongest points in favor
of the Devon. It will not only take
on liesli rapidly, giving better re
sults in proportion to feed and care,
and per consequence paying the
producer a larger profit than other
breeds, hut in the great markets of
England, notably those of the city
of London (the capital of the beqf
eaters) the flesh of the Devon is
considered as second only in qual
ity to the little Highland ox, and is
recognized as of superior value
both to tho butcher and consumer;
to the butcher because it is weighty
in those parts which bring the
highest price, and to the consumer
because the meat is more perfectly
mettled, the* fat and the lean being
so.mingled as to make the beau
Ideal of beef,
“The popularity of the near rela
tives of the Devon, tho “Red Uattle
of New England,” as heelers in the
markets of the city of New York is
a fact well known to all who have
dealt in beef cattlo for the markets
of that city. Note in tills connec
tion tho fact that Devons dress a
larger proportion of clean moat to
the weight uf the living animal
than other broods, in other words
thero is loss loss from oifall.
“Draft. Devons aro favorites
wherever draft cattle are used.
They make tho handsomest oxen as
to form, tho very best as to strength,
sagacity, quickness of movement
and docility. A writer ot high re
pute, whoso experience has been
large with various broods, says of
the Devons: “For the yoke they
have long been considered excel
lent, being docile, strong and quick
in their motions, which is the pres
cript praise and perfection of a
good ox.
“Beauty. That they are the ideal
of bovine beauty, we need not he at
the pains to prove. The brightness
of the sun and the whiteness of the
snow are facts which demonstrate
themselves; one has only to open
his eyes to be convinced. So of the
superior symmetry of the Devon—
it is patent to every one capable of
using his eyes.
“Docility. This is a trait admit
ted by all who have had opportu
nity to study the relative merits of
the breeds. Its value is so great as
that we may almost say it is a pre
requisite of a good milch cow or an
ox, and scarcely less desirable in
cattle kept for any purpose, and we
can say without fear of successful
contradiction that Devon cattle are
unapproachable in this invaluable
quality. In a great many herds
they are simply pets, and we have
rarely heard of, and the writer nev
er saw, one that was vicious.
“Milk. The more one becomes
acquainted with Devons the higher
grows his opinion of them as dairy
animals. Their milk excels in
quality rather than in quantity—
though even in respect to quantity
it exceeds that of breeds whose
milk equals it in richness. On this
subject Dr. J. Cheston Morris, of
Philadelphia, who is a large pro
ducer of milk and keeps a great
many Devons as milkers, says:
“As milkers, when the quality of
the milk is considered, they are
second to none. For several years
I have been in the habit of placing
at the agricultural shows, side by
side m a a box of ice, jars filled with
milk obtained from cows of the dif
ferent breeds on exhibition, such as
Jersey, Guersey, Ayrshire and Dur
ham. The cream line stood nearly
equal in the Jersey and Guernsey
with the Devon, hut was much less
in the Ayrshire and Durham. The
skim milk was poorest in tho Jer
sey, and successively richer in the
Guernsey, Ayrshire, Durham and
Devon, in the order named. But
the skim milk of neither of the
others could compare with that of
the Devon in whiteness nor in rich
ness in sugar, as the taste readily
showed. I think the greater rich
ness of Devon milk causes it to part
with its cream more slowly.” The
doctor thinks that this slowntss in
the rising of the cream often causes
butter makers to fail to get the full
benefit of their Devon milk.”
Judge J. I>. Jones closed the dis
cussion with a dissertation on the
different breeds of cattle and ttieir
respective merits. In speaking of
the Devon cattlo he said: “I am
not prejudiced in their favor, but
they suit this climate and aro bet
ter adapted to the general uses of
tho farm, and I will say here as I
have remarked elsewhere, if I had
my life to go over in the practical
part of it there are two tilings i
would not change, they are Devon
cattle and Merino sheep, I probably
would raise Shorthorn cattle if 1
lived in the West.”
“Fruits. How great a variety
should be grown, and what amount
of land will supply a family?”is the
subject selected for next meeting.
Judge J. B. Jones asked, and it
was agreed to by the club, to post
pone all business until after the dis
cussions.
Messrs. F. A. Jones, R. IT. Bur
ton and Dr. W. B. Jones were re
quested to draw a memorial to pre
sent to the legislature in favor of
an experimental station.
Mr. C. F. Shewmake was appoint
ed to open discussion. It was re
solved to bring up at next club
meeting tho question of an exhibit
at the state fair, and to bring speci
mens of crops for the commissioner
of agriculture. Next meeting will
be held at Mr. F. A. Jones’.
The Squire Wan Color Ulinil.
A late dispatch from Wilkesharre,
Pa., says: Docun Wheeloch is a
well known colored character in
this city. He is quite good looking,
and is known among his compan
ions as “the dude.” Recently lie
became acquainted with a young
Polish Jewess named Rosalina
Kimmfish, who had only boon in
tliis country seven weeks. Site
said she liked Weeloch, hut would
liko him better if his skin was not
so dark. When she cousultod her
naronts about the matter, they
frowned upon her Intentions, and
told her it was very unbecoming
for a white girl to receive atten
tions from a colored man. But tho
girl was devoted to her lover and
he to her. Wheeloch told ins
sweetheart that ho was only sun
burned, and that when cold weath
er came again lie would be as white
as she was. Believing this, the
girl consented to marry him, and
going secretly to Squire Golf’s office
In the middle of the night, they
aroused the justice and were made
man and wife. Polish people are
now greatly excited, andSqlre Goff
is being condemned for ids action
in marrying a black man to a white
woman. Goff, who is an old man,
says lie could not distinguish col
ors in tiie dark, and hud lie known
tho circumstances ho would not
have performed tho ceremony.—
This is one of the cases which, it
is supposed, the new luw will pre
vent.
Bkttkii than Hkcukskntku.—1 llllVO
II'lril llilllurlno ami fouiul II to Im iin Komi or
lu'llur Mum repreaenteil.—W. H. Mllc!ii*ll, Mil
lion, Kill., Hujit, IS, ISSi,
Care of llmMuliatclile.
Nnshvlllo Banner.
Tn coming to Hamilton, the shire
town of Marion county, Alabama,
the other day, I was reliably in
formed of and greatly interested in
a wonderful discovery recently
made by a citizen of the county,
Mr. J. W. Hadden. A few days
since while out hunting, Mr. Had
den saw In a cluster of bushes a
snow white fawn, which he steal
thily approached, hoping to capture
a prize. The fawn almost allowed
him to pick it up, when it suddenly
r~n off a short distance, and again
stopped. Hadden again approach
ed, when the fawn again retreated.
This course was pursued by Had
den and the fawn until they readi
ed a high bluff overlooking Budda-
hatchie river, some four miles east
of Pearce’s mills, when the fawn
suddenly disappeared over the
edge of the bluff. Upon coming up,
Hadden peered over the bluff,
where to his astonisment he saw
the fawn standing on a narrow
bench, hundreds of feet below, near
the root of a large spruce pine re
cently blown down. After much
difficulty, he succeeded in reaching
the spot where the fawn was last
seen, but the fawn was not within
range of his vision. Upon looking
around, he discovered that the pine
in being uprooted, disclosed to
view a circular orifice in the bluff,
some three feet in diameter.
Prompted by curiosity and a de
sire to catcli the fawn, he provided
himself with a torch and entered
the cavern, and made a discovery
which will not only immortalize
himself and be a source of fabulous
wealth, but will he of immense
value and interest to the scientific
men and biblical scholars of the
world. Stretched out at full length
upon the cave’s rocky floor lay the
petrified bodies of three human be
ings—two males and one female—
an oblong box of curious and antique
design, two feet long, eighteen
inches wide, and sixteen inches
deep, besides many other curiosi
ties of smaller dimensions. Sur
prised and terror stricken, Hadden
withdrew from the cavern and re
turned to his home. The next day
Hadden returned with a trusted
friend to the scene of his discoveries
and removed the petrified bodies
and other articles from the cave.
The box, also petrified, was careful
ly removed from its resting place
and broken open and found to con
tain a small earthen jar, a large roll
of parchment, and a bras9 rod.—
Now, the mystery is, to what race
of people did these bodies belong,
and how came they there? The
parchment manuscripts are un
doubtedly written in the Hebrew
language. Many theories have
been advanced by our people, but
the most plausible one that I have
heard is that the bodies are of
Hebiew origin; that the box is the
long-lost ark of the covenant, the
rod the veritable Aaron’s, the jar
the pot of manna, and the parch
ment manuscripts the seven lost
books of the Old Testament.
The scene of this wonderful dis
covery is one of sublime and pic
turesque grandeur. Hundreds of
feet above hugo masses of rock lift
their hoary heads high in the air,
while far beneath aro tho limpid
waters of Buddahatchio on their
way to the gulf, “gurgling kisses to
the pebbled shore.” Mr. Hadden
lias carefully boxed his treasures
and will start immediately for
Washington, 1). U., where lie will
deposit them in the Smithsonian in
stitution.
Now, Mr. Editor, this wonderful
discovery is no “Joo Mulhatton
yarn,” hut can he fully substantiat
ed by calling on or addressing tho
following parties of Hamilton, judge
probate court: Major James II.
Gust, editor Marion county Herald,
and Colonel James Pearce, on whose
plantation the wonderful discovery
was made.
Killed liy Nt'KroitK.
ClIAllLOTTSVILLK, V.V., Aug. 15.—
John Harris, white, a policeman, of
Gordonsville, Orange county, 20
miles from this place, was yester
day found on tho railroad track
witli Ids throat cut and his body
terribly mangled by a freight train,
which passed over it yesterday
morning at 2 o’clock. Edloo Harris
and George Campbell, colored, were
suspected, arrested, tried and found
guilty of tlio crime by tho evidence
of a colored woman, who stated
that tho parties, through Jealousy
caught Harris and carried him a
few yards from tho depot, cut ids
throat with a butcher knife and
laid ids body across tho track.
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Frost In Michigan.
East Tawas, Mu ir., Aug. 15.—
A light frost was observed here
last night. It was the first of the
season. But little damage has re
sulted,
Oeiirral flooile llryan Head.
General Goode Bryan, one of the
oldest citizens of Augusta, and a
veteran in tho Mexican war and
tiie war for Southern independence,
died on Sunday last.
40 Cent) per Pounil Tor Cotton.
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. 15.—The
first new bale of cotton for tiie sea
son of 1885, raised within the Mem
phis district, was received here to
day from T. B. Hooker’s plantation
in Coshoma county, Mississippi. It
was sold at auction and realized 40
cents per pound.
Killed by Toadatoolo.
Chicago, Aug. 16.—John K. Fair-
man, who, with his family recently
came to Chicago, from Elmira, N.
Y., died yesterday at his residence
in Woodlawn park from the effects
of eating toadstools, which were
supposed to be mushrooms. Mrs.
Fairman, who also ate of the toad
stools, has been made seriously ill,
but will probably recover. Mr.
Fairman’s father was a long time
proprietor of the Elmira Advertiser.
It is learned that some seven or
eight persons living in Hyde park
are dangerously ill from the same
cause, and it is likely that half of
them will die.
Cleveland Mildly Kudorscd.
Cleveland, O., Aug. 15.—The
Democrats of Cuyahoga county met
this morning to select delegates to
the state convention. Tiie com
mittee on resolutions were out for
an hour and a half. Several mem
bers of the convention wanted to
condemn President Cleveland’s ad
ministration. Others were anxious
to return a mild indorsement, while
still others were non-committal.
Extracts from the committee’s re
ports are as follows:
Resolved, That tho Democratic
party, having been in full posses
sion of the government ever since
March last, and that a large num
ber of offices are yet held by offen
sive Republicans, therefore be it
Resolved, That our senator and
representative be demanded to
hasten the removal of all Republi
cans in office, and that efficient
Democrats be placed in their posi
tions.
The administration was then in
dorsed mildly.
Danger of Completing the Panama Canal.
Atlanta Constitution.
Dr. Charles Pinckney, a man of
fine learning and observation, opens
up a stupendous suggestion. He
asked the other day. “Have you
thought much of tho physical effect
of the Panama canal?”
“Not much.”
“Welt, lot me throw out a sugges
tion. Tiie Pacific ocean is five
times as large as the Atlantic. The
rotary motion of the earth, acting
on water near the equatorial line,
of course, has a tendency to pile it
up. The bulk of tho Pacific being
so much larger than tho Atlantic,
is lifted 28 eight feet higher than
tiie Atlantic. For tho same rea
son, that of the bulk, it is about
twenty degrees colder. Now imag
ine the effect of this enormous body
of water, twenty eight feet higher
in level and twenty degrees lower
in temperature, being poured into
tiie Atlantic through tiie canal.”
“Why doesn’t it seek its level be
low tho cape?”
“Because that point of meeting is
so far from tho equatorial line that
the centrifugal force is not so great,
and the immense volume of the
Pacific will rush down into the At
lantic with terrific force.”
“And witli what effect?”
“That is almost beyond specula
tion. But suppose this mingling of
the two oceans simply changed the
current of tho gulf stream. That
ono change would wipe out tho cot
ton and rice industry, making Geor
gia many degrees colder. These
are speculations; but tiie cold facts
are as stated, and it is interesting
to think ot what will bo the effect
when this canal is cut, and tiie high
immensity of the Pacific is dropped
to tiie level of the Atlantic.”
Madison Madisonian: Wo learn
that a negro entered tiie room of a
daughter of Mr. Mitchcm, who lives
Just over tiie Morgan line, in Wal
ton county, tho other night, and
upon the alarm of tiie young lady
Mr. Mitchcm and his son went to
her rescue, when tho negro was sot
upon, knocked down, tied ami car
ried to Monroe, where lie was lodg
ed in jail. We understand tlmt a
proposition to lynch tiie scoundrel
was responded to by several from
this county, hut for some reason tiie
negro still rests in jail to await the
slow process of the law. We favor
speed lynching m such cases.
A Snake ami lUliblt Combat.
Melbourne Lender, June l'ttli.
The following extraordinary
instance of maternal instinct in
animals has been furnished to us
by reliable authority, tiie fact being
vopched for by Mr. John Phillip, of
Ascott Heath. A Chinaman in Mr.
Phillip’s employ, while hoeing po
tatoes, heard a peculiar noise issu
ing from a rabbit’s nest of young
ones. On looking up he saw a rab
bit and a snake engaged in a dead
ly combat. Tho snake frequently
raised itself and struck at the rab
bit; the brave littlo animal, strong
in its maternal instinct, fought tho
snake in return with its fore paws.
The Chinaman, who was quite ex
cited while narrating the occur
rence, thus describes the incident
aided by a good deal of expressive
pantomine: Mo hoey potatosee,
see little holee, labbit. Me lookee,
see labbit iumpee, see snakee
jumpee. Little time mo lookee,
snakee dead,labbit no walkee. Hoey
potatosees,lookee, labbit no see. By
and by him dead. Mr. Philip at
once went to the spot, and there
lay botli rabbit and snake dead, the
first from the effect of the poison
fangs, and the latter from the se
vere scratches and wounds on tho
body inflicted by the claws of tho
enraged little rodent. Tiie reptile’s
power of escape had been neutral
ized through having engorged Itself
by making a meal of two of the
young rabbits out of the four which
the nest contained. It was evident
that the mother had just returned to
her young, as the snake was finish
ing its meal, and had bravely died
in defence of her offspring, but not
before she had visited with a simi
lar fate the unwelcome intruder.
Suicide ot an Atlauts Lawyer.
Atlanta, Aug. 15.—J. C. Gaston,
a prominent lawyer from Chester,
S. C., committed suicide in ills room
in the Reed House to-day by shoot
ing himself through the head with
a pistol. At 2 o’clock Mr. Gaston
entered the Reed house and mado
arrangements for a week’s board.
He was shown to a room by a ser
vant. Upon entering the room Mr.
Gaston asked the girl to bring him
a pitcher of drinking water. As
she left on the errand, Mr. Gaston
closed tiie door, locked it, and a mo
ment later a pistol shot was heard
coming from the room. The report
of tiie pistol caused much excite
ment among tiie boarders, and tho
door was forced open. The sight
that met the eyes of tliose who
were first in the room was Mr. Gas
ton’s corpse laying on the floor in a
pool of blood near the bureau. In
bis right band he held tho pistol
with which he had ended his life.
The surroundings were such that
satisfied every one that Gaston
when he fired the shot was stand
ing in front of the bureau. The na
ture of the wound showed that Mr.
Gaston had placed the pistol to his
mouth and then pulled the trigger.
The deceased was 38 years of age.
He leaves a wife and two children.
Two weeks ago lie came to Atlanta
to visit his brother, Dr, J. McFall
Gaston a prominent physician of
this city. The dead man was three
times solicitor general of tiie Ches
ter circuit court, and four years ago
was defeated in a race for Congress.
t'liangril liar C olor.
Joli.et, III., Aug. 10.—Mary
Daniels, of Terre Haute, a white wo
man, and Charles A. Stewart, negro
hailing from tiie same city, were
released from Joliet prison yester
day, after serving a year each for
bigamy. Mary eloped from Terre
Ilauto, leaving a white husband,
and Stewart left a colored wife.—
Tiie two went to Marseilles, Hi.,
and were married; but were follow
ed up by Stewart’s dusky better
half from Indiana, who had them
arrested and convicted. A pecul
iarity about tho Daniels woman is
that when she readied tiie prison
her face and hands had boon color
ed with some kind of a stain which
gave her the appearance and bright
color of a mulatto woman. A year’s
sojourn behind tiie liars lias bleach-
out her skin to its natural color,
so that when she was culled up for
discharge tho prison officials were
astonished to see tlmt instead of a
being a mulatto woman, Mary Dan
iels hud blue eyes anil a fair skin,
witli rosy dieeks, and instead of
kinky hair, her head was adorned
with hangs of a light brown color.—
Stewart had been released several
hours before tho woman, liut in
stead of leaving town hung about
the prison awaiting her release.—
She remained at tiie prison until
tho St. Louis train arrived, when
she got aboard, leaving Stewart be
hind her.
Dora Rloom’s minstrels are show
ing in the small towns. They trav
el In their own private conveyances
and 'm»w under canvas. Tiie com-
an; >ms a female kruss und string
and.