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Waynesboro, Georgia, Friday, September 18th, 1885.
Number 20.
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BL&T Athens hits been a prohibi
tion city for sometime,- but the tol-,
lowing item, taken from Saturday’s
Athens Chronicle, rather puts the
“beer” on the power of prohibition to;
prohibit:
“The police last week had in
charge it very drunk individual.—
As a matter of course, lie found his I
liquor somewhere else. The mayor
pro tern, gave him live dollars and
costs which will sober him up for
a considerable time.”
gw The Grant monument fund
drags terribly; in fact, the donations
to the fund is contemptibly meager.
It is common for the wealthiest
Northern citizens to flatly and la
conically refuse to give a cent.—
The Yankees wept and howled
over General Grant’s death; Ids
name, his fame and his history till
ed long columns in their newspa
pers every day for many days, hut
now when they are asked to give a
little from their abundance to raise
a monument worthy to commemo
rate his memory those people dis
play a niggardly economy which ex
cites the contempt and disgust of
tlie civilized worlif.
gW" An attempt was made Fri
day night to burn Chatham acade
my. The attempt was incendiary,
and is a great mystery, more so from
any imaginable motive to commit
such a dastardly deed. But if the
record of the daily local prints are
true, Savannah negroes do not
need an incentive to induce them
to do a mean trick. It is very rare
for the Savannah dailies to miss a
day without recording one or more
crimes perpetrated, by the negroes
of that city—often of the most he-
nious and blood curdling character.
We have long since concluded that
the negroes of Savannah were the
worst population in the state.
gjtr The legislature is wasting
its precious time in social coversa-
tions oyer the subject of holding an
other constitutional convention.
Georgia neither wishes or needs a
•constitutional convention, which
will cost the state not less than
.$100,000. There are doubtless errors
and discrepancies in the organic law
•of the state, but that instrument
points out a much easier and less
expensive mode of curing these
evils than by holding a constitution
al convention. Are these men de
termined to bankrupt the state?—
A few days ago a member of the
house announced with a great nour
ish that he did not come there to be
taught economy by a Bullock
officeholder. An examination of
the appropriations of the present
legislature will go far, we appre
hend, to convince the public that
it might learn economy even from
tlie wildest and most protligate ex
penditure of the Bullock regeme.—
It will be interesting to note the ef-
effect of these appropriations
upon the people when they learn the
increase of the state public debt, and
calculate the increased burden of
taxation it will require to meet the
hardships this insane legislature
is every day forcing upon them.—
Then will a howl of indignation go
up from our borders, and then will
these men have to hoar the anath
emas of an outraged public. Geor
gia but a few months ago was com
pelled to raise money to pay her
current expenses by the issuance
of a large amount of bonds. The
effect was quickly felt—an increase
of taxation followed fast in its train.
Under these circumstances it would
seem that a reasonable financial
policy would lyjve dictated a stern
economy in the administration of
the state government; hut instead
of the adoption of such a policy
profligacy and extravagance have
ruled the action of the legislature.—
The state debt has been increased
to sin amount which will startle the
.people whim they realize its extent.
Every one of these appropriations
is an unavoidable mortgage upon
tlie property of every citizen in the
state, and an increased burden of
taxation is as inevitable as the sun
is to rise and set. The poor of
(ieorgla must light the fires of a
sterner domestic economy to meet
the great burden which tlie present
legislature lias put upon them; and
even when they have done all they
can do, many of these poor people
must see their miserable little
homes go under the hammer of the
tax gatherer, and they and their
wives and little ones sink to the
level of the tramp and the vaga
bond—for it will be utterly Impossi
ble for them to pay the largely in
creased taxes and live. This picture
is neither over-drawn or too gloom
ily painted—it is rather too stern a
reality.
But two years ago Georgia’s treas
ury was declared to lie overflowing
with money: a year later conies the
cry that the treasury is empty, and
that the state must issue a million
or two dollars’ worth of bonds to
pay her current expenses. This is
strange financering. There is a
prime mover in all those circum
stances—a great object to attain at
the expense and suffering of the
people. Who is lie? What is his
object? Through all these events
we trace the line hand and subtile
brain (for evil) ot Senator Joseph 10.
Brown—and define his object to be
to swindle tlie people of Georgia
out of the Western & Atlantic road.
With another just such legislature
as now tyrannize over the people
of Georgia, he will surely bring this
great evil upon this people. We
see it stated in the public prints,
however, that a member of the
house declared, vain gloriously,
egotistically, ostentatiously — dis
gustingly—a few days ago, that he
did not go there to be learned econo
my from a Bullock officeholor, and
yet this same man is bound to Joe
Brown’s triumphal car with stron
ger ties than the new ropes with
which Delilah bound Samson. And
what is the record of Joe Brown?
lie was once a delegate from Geor
gia during tlie dark days of recon
struction to a Radical presidential
convention in Chicago, and assisted
that omnium gat hr non of black and
tan, spotted and speckled conven
tion to nominate a Radical candi
date, and returning home he carried
the electoral vote of Georgia for
his candidate, lie introduced the
sweat-box when he was chief coun
selor and adviser of the military
satrap who then ruled Georgia
with more than Russian tyranny to
force an unjust confession from
Georgians to crimes which they
never committed. lie was Bul
lock’s chief justice of the supreme
court. And yet this representative
says he cannot learn economy from
a Bullock officeholder. Cosistency,
thou art a jewel!
When the treasury is depleted un
til the people cry out under the bur
den of taxation crushing them to
the dust: “Sell tlie state road at any
sacrifice, and relieve us from this
great load,” then will the object
for which all these schemes were
concocted be attained. Now, peo
ple of Georgia, do you want a con
stitutional convention which will
add not less than another $100,000,
and probably much more, to your
already crushing burden simply
to satisfy the insatiable rapacity of
one man who is the vampire which
has already gorged himself upon
the life-blood of many victims?
MrelhiK of the lloivnril Agricultural Club.
The members assembled at Mr.
it. II. Burton’s, and, with Mr. Bur
ton as chairman, discussed the fol
lowing subject: “Fruits. IIow great
a variety should be grown? and
what amount of land will supply a
family? Best location tor orchards,
etc.” The prevailing opinion of
tITe club was that tlie growing of
apples, pears, peaches, plums and
figs, with some few small fruits,
varieties of strawberries and rasp
berries, for private consumption
was profitable and pleasant, and
really a necessity for health, and
should be engaged in by all farm
ers. From three to five acres was
considered sufficient to supply a
family, and it was thought that this
small orchard well cultivated would
he found more profitable than a
larger one neglected. In regard to
location it was generally conceded
that poaches did best on well drain
ed uplands, apples and pears, with
the small fruits, succeeded better
on lowlands, and plums and figs
should he grown in the poultry
yard. On the subject of manuring,
the general impression was poaches
should not he fertilized too highly,
while it was almost impossible to
feed apples and pears too much.
This was not considered a grape
country; hut some few varieties
were thought to do well hero. One
of the members, in speaking of
peaches and apples, said in his ear
ly life he had given some attention
to tlie peach, but found tlio crop a
precarious one, and if lie had his
life to go over would pay more at
tention to apples. The early sum
mer apples were thought to he best
suited to this section, tlie late varie
ties not doing so well on account of
the heat and length of the summer.
It was believed that the tendency
was to crowd trees too much, and
all advocated good distance—forty
feet for apples, and thirty feet for
poaches, in the check. One of the
members remarked it lie was going
to advise a young man starting into
fruit culture, he would ask him to
attend a few meetings of the State
Horticultural Society, where ho
would obtain more practical infor
mation than from years of reading,
as this society had divided the state
into an upper, middle and lower
district, and placed fruits host suit
ed in their respective districts.
The subject for tlie next mooting
is: “Success in farming. What
constitutes success on the farm?
Is the making of money always a
proof of success?” The next meet
ing will be held at Mr. Ruins Cross’.
In the afternoon the following
was submitted to the club, and
unanimously adonted:
At a meeting of the Howard Ag
ricultural Club, September 3d, 1885,
a committee being appointed to re
port suitable expressions of regret
at the loss by death of our valuable
member, Mr. F. A. Jones, submitted
tlie following, which was ordered
transcribed in tlie minutes of the
said club, a page being reserved
for that purpose, and, furthermore,
ordered a copy of the same to be
forwarded to the family of said de
ceased.
Whereas, Through the inscrutable
dispensation of an all-wise Provi
dence, our fellow member, Mr. F.
A. Jones, was taken from our midst
August 20th, 1885, this club would
seek to give suitable expressions of
our appreciation of his true worth
as a friend, his noble merit as a
man, of the great loss the club and
entire community sustained by his
death, of our sincere and heartfelt
sorrow for his strickened and be
reaved family, and desire to perpet
uate the memory of his useful life
as a father, friend, neighbor and
citizen.
Ilesolred, That in the death of Mr.
F. A. Jones the county has lost one
of its most valuable citizens; the
Howard Agricultural Club one of
its most energetic and efficient
members; tlie community a most
kind and generous neighbor; his
family a loving father and devoted
husband.
A Strnngo Community.
A correspondent of the Wheeling
Register writes to that paper:
Mounting my pony early in the
morning, accompanied by two stout
hearted fellows, who, like myself,
were bent on penetrating into the
gloomy unknown, we were soon
twenty miles ehst of the great state
of Colorado, and in the extreme
southwest of Kansas. Hills, moun
tains and canyons stretched all
around us. Hastening onward, we
were soon in a beautiful town, tlie
subject of our sketch. As tlie town
is unknown and closely isolated, it
will be well to give its locality. It
is southwest of Kansas. The valley
is some ten miles wide at this place,
and the soil is very fertile. It is
called Viorle, and lias a population
of 1,000.
Viorle is a distinct town. It
makes its own laws, passes sen
tence of death, regulates all mat
ters of equity and dictates the re
ligious and social status. Viorle
has no hotel, noplace for a stranger.
He can get nothing to eat only at
private houses. Viorle wondered
at us getting there, and sternly dis
cussed tlie propriety of ejectment.
It had been a long time since stran
gers had been in their midst. How
ever, after a long parley and due
deliberation, we were permitted to
remain. The town was laid out and
settlement commenced by a com
pany ot religious bigots in tlie
spring of 18(18, since winch time
select families have been added.—
In tlie beginning it was decreed
that all things should be in com
mon, houses however small should
be built of brick, and extravagance,
finery, fancy work should not be
tolerated. The people are piain,
simple-minded and very common.
To see good brick buildings with
look-holes for windows, and doors
hewn out of timber, to see people
lie on the ground, for these houses
have no floor, and repose on skins,
and to see no furniture, not even a
dish or stove, was not only odd, but
interesting. Their theory is to buy
nothing and sell nothing. All must
go to work very early in tlie morn
ing and work just as long And as
hard as they chose, unless an edict
is issued by the prudent for more
diligence. Now the prudent con
sists of twelve men selected by
their own body when vacancies oc
cur. They hold a life tenure. They
settle all disputes, regulate all in
dustries, and divide the crops. The
duties of their office would seem
enormous, but it appears they have
little to do.
There are really no stores, hut
there are three large buildings used
as storehouses, whore tlie different
products are nicely kept. In one
of tlieso were stored vegetables,
corn and other things. In another
were stored woven fabrics and
tanned skins and robes. In the
other was whisky. The fronts of
the buildings were all door, and in
tlie after part of the day it was cu
rious to see the throng of peoplo
gathering there for their rations.—
It is strange they arose peaceable,
for they are not organized into fam
ilies, and have no marriage. At
night things are as quiet as could
lie, and to walk along the streets
you would think you wore passing
well regulated families.
l im.i.M iik Knurr Months’ Htandino
('Ullkii.—I luivo boon tlio victim of chills mill
lover lor tlio past c glit months, on May 1st '
I bought ahoilloot Chlllarlnc, ami alter the 1
thlnl day's using I have Inal no chills, ami j
am gaining strength. II, O. Uculok, Wild),
Tex., May I*. IHS1.
Over CnriTul of Iter Son.
Cor. Detroit Free I’rcss.
Speaking of the care of children,
I once knew a mother who had an
only son, and whose solicitude for
him was a burlesque on maternal
love. I think such a character in a
comic opera would be tlie success
of tlie piece. Everything lie ate
had to be weighed. All his food
was chemically tested. She would
not let him get up and dress in the
morning until *he had cousulted
“Old Probabilities. 0 He had four or
five sets of undergarments, graded
to every possible temperature, from
30 degrees below to 100 above zero.
II is life instead of being a pleasure
was made a burden, until lie grew
old enough to break away from ber
wraps, her blankets and her barom
eters. I heard him come in one
day and ask permission to play ball.
“Yes, if you will take your overcoat
with your.”
It was a hot midsummer day, and
he began to frown. “An overcoat!
What should I do with an overcoat?
I can’t play ball in an overcoat.”—
“Then you can’t play at all. You
must put it on you when you are in
the shade, and take it off when you
are in the sun.” The spectacle of a
lively boy putting on and taking off
his overcoat every quarter of a
minute, as he passed from sunshine
into (lie shade was too much for
me. I had to laugh and then ex
plain to her that in running about
after tlie ball, lie would bo in the
sun one second and in tlie shade the
next. At last she reluctantly con
sented for him to go without his
overcoat, but I think she never
quite liked my interference with
her discipline. Another time, when
she was going out for the evening,
I heard her tell the domestic: “I
want you to keep your eye on tlie
thermometer in Charlie’s room.—
Go in and look at it at least every
three minutes. When it stands at
05, the bed clothes must be close
around iiis neck. When it rises to
08, pull them down about bis shoul
ders. When it is 70, take off the
outside coverlid. Be sure and re
member tins, and do not let three
minutes go by without attending to
it.” No matter what the tempera
ture, she would not let him leave
the house for a walk without an ad
ditional garment. He has now
grown up, and lias long since defied
almost every rule she ever taught
him. But he is for aught I know
in about the same state of health as
other young men. I think her un
necessary anxiety and amusing
caretulness were pretty much all
thrown away.
Antli|U«tiiil Documents.
Amerlcus Recorder.
Mr. Bloom Brown, of Savannah,
has lately donated some interesting
old papers to the library. There is
a copy of the Georgia Journal, da
ted at Milledgeville, Tuesday, Oc
tober 25, 1825. Among the subjects
treated on are the Florida canal,
which was to connect tlie waters of
the St. Johns river and the Gulf of
Mexico. The returns of tlie elec
tion for governor shows that Troup’s
majority over Clark was 781. Three
great counties of south Georgia,
Irwin, Dooly and Early, gave 108,
18 and 8!) majorities, respectively,
for Clark. Among the ads. aro os-
trays, taverns, sales of negroes, run
aways, proposals for establishing
the Augusta Observer, and various
other matters. The print is uni
formly small.
There lias been for some time at
tlie library a still older sheet. It is
a copy of tlie Maryland Journal
and the Baltimore Advertiser, of
Friday, August 20, 1775. It claims
to contain the freshest advices, both
foreign and domestic, and New
York dispatches are dated August
12, while those from London are
dated June 13. It is a four page
sheet with three columns to the
page.
Five pages of manuscript, part
printed, are tlio clearance papers of
tlie brig James. Captain Nathaniel
Pavlngton, bound from Jamaica
Islands to Boston, and tlie papers
date Junuary 28, 1811. These old
documents are very interesting, and
will repay a perusal, showing as
they do, a glimpse of life in ye
olden time,
(JllOI.KKA ANII VKl.I.OW FKV UU.—A llloill-
(•lius which poiTcotly regulates t lit) I Ivor, slnm-
ucll nml howels, mid lumps them In u imtnnil
mill lirultliy condition, ns Slninunis’ I,Ivor
Moillolno ilium, will In Dll ciihoh out ole very loo
onsos provont mi uttnrk of those fearful ills-
oiihoh. Ami If, al’tor using tlio Diver Moillolno,
you hIii>ulil take oltlior of the diseases. your
system will lie so thoroughly oloansoil, Invlg-
oruteil mul strengthened Unit tlio form of tlio
lilxoitse will lie very ll| lit, nml rooovery sure
nml spooily. Ample pr mfof this Is founil In
the fuel that very low physicians unending
those ilisensos die, because they keep their
liver, stomach ami bowels In proper condi
tion. Wo have many certificates on this
subject, which wo would he pleased to print If
space permitted, lie on the safe side and
prevent the attaek with the “ounce of pre
ventative,” and you will never need the
"pound of euro.”
Bridgeport, Conn., September
1(1.—A private message received by
1*. T. llarnum this morning, says
that “Jumbo,” the big elephant,
was killed by an engino at St.
Thomas, Canada.
liirnliim's Kogulntorff.
A late dispatch from Charleston,
S. C., says: A full account is pub
lished of (lie doings ot bands of
white regulators in Fairfield coun
ty, showing their determination is
to abolish miscegenation. Last July
regulators composed of the best
young men of tlie county, visited a
farm near Ridgeway, where lived a
white family named Boyles, one of
tlie daughters living openly with
negro men. Two others kept a dis-
reuutable house for negroes. The
regulators whipped Boyles, his wife
and two daughters, and warned
them to leave the county.
In ten days Boyles begged to be
allowed to harvest his crop, and on
account of his poverty lie was giv
en leave to do so, but in tlie mean
time the original order being dis
obeyed, tlie regulators gave the fam
ily another whipping. Next the
regulators visited parties between
Ridgeway and Winnsboro, and
whipped them badly. Lloyd Davis
wlio has a negro mistress, was vis
ited, but lie got away. His house
hold furniture was badlly broken
up, and his colored family warned
to quit.
Thomas Davis, the richest mer
chant in Ridgeway, reported worth
$35,000, was given ten days to quit
because ho had a negro mistress
and family. He left his business in
tlie hands of his clerks, and put out
for Mississippi. Ross Williams,
living on the other side of Ridge
way with a negro woman, was vis
ited and showed fight, but was se
verely whipped, as was his mistress,
and they were ordered to leave.—
Ten families, all mixed, have felt
the power of tlie regulators so far.
The excuse that the regulators give
is that the grand jury does not
take cognizence of those living in
open adultery, because it is so hard
to prove the existence of tlie fact.
These people could not be reach
ed by the law, and so it was determ
ined to reach them outside of the
law. The chief offenders, whether
warned or not, are dissolving their
establishments and leaving, and
fear of exposure and punishment
prevails. The regulators disguise
themselves while visiting by cover
ing their faces with cloths. No
weapons but hickory switches have
been used.
A Coiillict of Authority.
Wheeling, W. Va., Sept. 10.—
The following order issued by Gov.
Wilson is expected to cause trouble
between the federal and state au
thorities:
“It is the opinion of the executive
department of the state that when
taxes due lrom a railroad company,
whether, state, county, district, or
municipal, are under the law cer
tified by the auditor and sheriff for
collection they must be collected in
the manner directed by law. That
these, as taxes due by others, are in
no way subject to compromise by
county courts or other tribunals,
either as to the amount, time, or
manner of payment. The collec
tion of taxes duo tlie state by the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad com
pany lias been enjoined by the
United States district court until
Nov. I. If any further attempt is
made by that company to effect a
compromise with the county au
thorities they are directed to notify
tlie executive department at once.”
The Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road owes the state $193,000 of back
taxes. Judge Jackson, of the Uni
ted States district court, last week
enjoined its collection until Nov. 1.
and Jorbabe the state authorities to
interfere with the county officials.
The attorneys say that this circular
is open contempt.
Nashville, Sept. 1(1.—An old
farmer named John Hagerwood
went into tho woods with his son
yesterday to cut logs. Not coming
home, a searching party was organ
ized. The dead body of tho old
man was found, with his head split
wide open. Near by was tho al
most lifeless body of Ids son, who
has since died. It appears that
while they were passing through
tho forest a dead tree fell, crushing
both to the ground with tho above
results. A faithful dog kept tlio
bodies from being devoured by
hogs.
It Nkvku Faii.h.—I am a Indies’ nurse,
ami Imve tieen with a areal many ladles who
have used your Mexleau Female Remedy,
and I must say II has proven to he the best
medielni) that I have ever known tor the dis
eases It Is reeommended to mire. It has nev
er failed In a single ease.—Mrs. M. Dorman,
llolmrt, lnd., April 21,1X.XI.
Tlio Iowa saloon keepers do not
propose to bo wiped out by a state
law. They have allowed cases to
be made against them for selling
liquor, and have applied for a re
moval of the cases to tho federal
court. As their application was
sustained, it is a matter of some in
terest to ascertain tho issues in
volved.
A Fearful Stcurh.
San Francisco, September 15.—
A horrible discovery was made in
Chinatown to-day. Information was
given the city coroner that a fright
ful stench was being emitted from
a cellar on Pacific street. He went
to the cellar and found the floor
covered with human skulls and
bones, partially covered with flesh
in tlie last stage of decomposition.
In the inner room the coroner
found a number of Chines engaged
in boiling down the remains of oth
er bodies, while several others were
engaged in scraping the bones and
packing them in boxes for shipment
to China. It is estimated that the
cellar contained over 300 dead bod
ies which had been taken secretly
from the various cemeteries in the
state. As an instance of Chinese
ingenuity, it is stated that those in
charge of these operations, fearing
that tlie stench from tlie boiling
pots would attract attention out
side, had procured two living
skunks so that the odor of the lat
ter might overcome that of the for
mer. The coroner has taken
charge of all the bodies.
Tlio Dove bcsccinleil.
In New Haven, Conn., a few Sun
days past, while the Rev. Mr. Clark
was preaching in East Haven Con
gregational church, and had finish
ed the prayer preceeding the ser
mon, a dove alighted on the centre
gallery, in full view of the congre
gation, and began cooing. When
he read the first chapter of St.
John’s Gospel, at the thirty-second
verse—“I saw the .Spirit descending
from Heaven like a dove, and it
abode upon him”—tlie dove flew to
the desk and perched upon the
open page of the Bible. The pas
tor’s text was from the fourth verse.
It then settled upon the platform
below the pulpit during the sermon.
At the conclusion the pastor en
gaged in sacramental services, and
closed the Bible. The bird thrice
stepped from tlie book and on again
and then nestled by its side.
When he had concluded, the pas
tor referred tp the interruption and
coincidence, and said that the wing
ed visitor might be taken as em
blematical ot the spirit in the
church. Then the bird perched
upon the pastor’s head. The effect
was electrical, and many ladies
were in tears. The pastor took the
dove and held it to his breast, and
gave the benediction.
It was Stephen Bradley’s pet
dove, which had followed his sister
to church. The rest of the family
had tried to drive the little thing
back, but it followed the young la
dy in, and flew by way of the gal
lery stairs. Much comment is
made in East Haven, and it is re
garded as almost miraculous.
Roast D»k at All lluura.
Erie Dispatch.
Mr. and Mrs. James Veltman, of
Harbor Creek, recently returned to
this country from a seven years’
residence in Honolulu, tlie capital
of the Iliawaiian kingdom (Sand
wich islands). A reporter culled
upon Mr. Veltman for some points
on making money in. the Sandwich
islands.
“Of course, money can be made
in Honolulu,” said Mr. Veltman. “I
opened a restaurant, and by avoid
ing the patronage of tlie royal fami
ly and the nobility, the enterprise
grew to b« quite profitable. Those
people from tlie king down, adore
roast (log. They are fond of dog in
any style, but tlie roasted article
is the favorite dish. 1 had to have
‘roast dog at all hours’ in order to
succeed.”
“You spoke of ignoring royalty
and nobility, Mr. Veltman.”
“I did. They are the biggest of
dead beats, and would eat up a
capital in a mouth. Do you see
this paper? It is my account
against his royal highness, Prince
Albert, who will one day succeed
to the throne. That royal beat
owes me for eighty plates of
pot, also for seven dog dinners,
with whisky added, and for two
days’ work mending Ills coronet or
crown. If 1 hadn’t shut down on
his royal nibbles, I should have
been ruined.”
“Whatis pot?”
“It is tlie root of tlio tari plant,
and when cooked somewhat resem
bles the potato, except that it is
blue. It is generally baked with
dog, so that it becomes saturated
with tlie Jucles or gravy of the an
imal.”
“Did the king patronize your
place ?”
“Not very often. He took offense
at my calling attention to our
ilV'-ly cash in advance’ rules, and
never cane afterward, except
when lie couldn’t loaf on anybody
for dog or pot.”
HhnmoiiN 1 Iron ('iirilliil restores the tuition
of sluggish Imlney’s, uiiiuo* healthy Secre
tions,
Another (■■■nrirln IVoitilor.
A special to the Atlanta Consti
tution from Macon says that tlie
latter city lias developed a mind
reader of remarkable powers. This
phenomenon is not u crusty man,
but a young and pretty woman
who, by kinship, is closely allied to
tlie press. Miss Mattie Pound Is
the lady .to whom the secrets of
men’s minds are not secrets. Sho
is the sister of Messrs. Jerome and
Eugene Pound, proprietors of the
Macon Evening News. She is en
tirely too modest to giyo public ex
hibitions of her wonderful powers,
and but few of her friends are aware
of them. Exhaustive tests have
been made, which proves beyond
doubt that Miss Pound possesses
the powers which are claimed for
her. She does not require to touch
tlie person whose thoughts sho
wishes to divine, but simply fixes
her eyes on the person’s face and
quickly tells of what tlie person is
thinking. She does even more
than this. She tells the thought
exactly in tlie words the person
would use if he would tell it him
self. Members of Miss Pounds’
family are frequently surprised to
hear her repeat in words their most
secret thoughts, and they are equal
ly surprised at the readiness with
which she does it. She seems to be
unconscious of any strange feeling
when thus engaged, and suffers no
inconvenience from it. She is in
fine health, bodily and mentally.
Another fact connected witli Miss
Pound quite as curious as the one
already mentioned is that she fre
quently foretells events in her
dreams. She has done this so often,
that when at the breakfast table
she says, “I dreamed last night that
such a thing will happen at such a
time,” her mother and brothers aro
sure that the event will come to
pass. Lula Hurst and her imita
tors are utterly eclipsed by this new
Georgia wonder, because there is
no trickery in what she does and
because her feats are so remark
able.
A Pluckjr Woman.
Albany, September 1G.—An Al
bany housewife had an opportunity
yesterday of exhibiting her pres
ence of mind. The family had just
moved, and, as night approached, it
was found that the kerosene can
was m issi ng. After d u t i fu 11 y k i nd li ng
a fire in the stove, the gentleman of
the house went around to the place
they had left to hunt up the miss
ing article, leaving his wife to cook
supper. As soon as the stove be
gan to heat smoke was seen to
issue from the oven of the stove,
and an odor of kerosene filled tho
kitchen. Quickly opening the
stove door, the lady discovered the
can, smoking hot, with the spout
melted off. She lost no time in re
moving it, and, as she did so, a por
tion of the oil spilled on the floor.
This instantly made a blaze, but the
lady was equal to the emergency
and soon extinguished it. It was
afterwards found that the drayman
had chosen this remarkable place
for storing kerosene.
Why is it that the watcli springs
are breaking? “In my experience
of thirty-three years,” writes a
workman in the finishing room of a
factory, “I have never known of so
large a per cent, of broken springs
at tills time of year. I always have
noticed that there was a large in
crease in the breaking of main
springs in watches in the fall, but
there aro more accidents of tlio
kind now than ever. Why is it?”
No less than 5,000 mainsprings in
watches were broken during a re
cent storm in New York.
A young lady sent to an Albany
druggist a few days ago for some
borax to wash her hair, when ho
sent her alum by mistake. It was
dissolved in warm water, and ap
plied in tho usual way with start
ling results. Tlie unhappy drug
gist immediately sent a solution to
counteract the effects of tho alum,
and tho young ludy’s bangs were
were soon reduced to their normal
condition. We have lately noticed
several accounts of mistakes made
by druggists.
San Francisco, September 15.—
It is reported at Yokohama that
tlie United States steamer Ossippeo
arrived at Kobe from Nagasaki,
with twelve cases of cholera on
board, and throe deaths had occur
red while the vessel was onrouto
from Nagasaki. Tlie names of tlie
victims were not given.
C. C. C.,Thk Hut Hoiiinos Rkmkhv.—Ro
mil deceived nor mistaken. Tlio celohriitml
Hot Springs wider* uru iioluully used In I Ini
preparation of C. i:., tlio proj rlotorn I liv
ing coin pit 1 (ml arrangements ini' nil llioy
ucoil, Ii imiUly on run suit rheum unit co-
KUIUU, ulcerous no rod nml blood poisonings.
The Constitution claims that
there is loss gambling in the city of
Atlanta than any other city of its
size In the United States.