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The Mercury.
Entered as seoond-olass matter at the
Sandcrsville JPoitofflce, April 27, 1880.
sandersville,
■WASHINGTON COUNTY, GEORGIA.
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VOLUME VI,
SAD SUICIDE IN MACON, fit,
SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 188(5.
tiik nthnomraimikii, k. j. rin.
RIBBON, NIIOOTS HIMHF.I.P.
THE WHEAT PROSPECT,
NUMMARY OP ITN CONDITION
THKOI'UIIOI T TUB WEST.
O. H. Roaiu
HINES & ROGERS.
Attorneys at Law,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.,
Will praotlo* la the counties of Wnahlngton,
Jefferson, Jolinson, Emanuel and Wilkinson,
aud In (lie U. 8. Courts for tlieBouthom Dis
trict of Georgia.
Will act hh u.-tnts In buying, soiling oi
renting Heal Estate.
Office on Weal side of Public Hqusrs.
Oct ll-tf
H. N. HOLLIFIELD,
Physician and Surgeon,
Dr. H. B. Hollifield,
FSTSIG1AI AID HUM,
Mng reci
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lery etui
Q. W H. W SHAKE R,
DENTIST
Tin, Caaae not Itonnltely Known, but
I'lnnnclMl Embarrassment Huiipoieil to
Havo I.ed to It.
About 8 o'clock Batiirdny morning Mr. It. J.
Fitrgibbon, tbo woll known court stonographor,
of Macon, Ga., committed aulcldo l.y abooting
bimaclf througli tho bead with a pistol at bis
horns.
Mr. Fitzgibbon wan a young man about 25
yosra old, and for tho p*8t llvo ytam has btcii
tho omcisl stenographer or that and otl^r
Judicial circuits, embracing twenty-two ooun-
lien. Ho resided with hia wifo and two little
dsughtors, aged two and four years, In ono of
Mr. A. B. Small's residences on tho Columbus
wagon road, half a milo beyond Mercer uni
vorilty.
For several days past Mr. Pitzgibbon has
been in a detpondent mood oonsequont upon
financial embarrassment. It appears that ho
owes several sums of money aggregating about
ono thousand dollars to various parties, and
his inability to pay appoara to havu harassed
him considerably during tho past week. Aside
from this there* arc no other surmises as to
tbo incentive to the horrible deed.
The house in whioh Mr. Fitzgibbon resided is
a two-slory framo structure and he and ! b
family occupied ono of the rooms in the second
story. That morning Mrs. Fitzgibbon arosi
as is hor custom and went down stairs to annint
the oook in tho preparation of breakfast.
When shw awoko Mr. Fitzgibbon was asleep,
and she did not disturb him on leaving the
room. On another bed in the satno room their
two little ohildran wore stooping. Mrs. Fitz-
gibbon had bean gone a half honr, i>erhap\
when Mr. Fitzgibbon, it is aupposed, an sc.
and without dressing himself went to the
mnntlo, and taking therefrom a 88-oalibii
Hmith A Wosson pistol, plaoad the muzzh to
his head, Just above the right ear, ai d tired.
A young lady who was on a visit to th* fam
ily occupied an adjoining room. She hoard the
report of tho pistol nnd rushed in to ascertain
die cause. As sho entered the room, Mr. Fitz-
globon, with tho blood spurting from the
wound, and with the smoklig pistol in bis
right nand, was reeling in front of the fire
place. and a moment later sank to tho floor
about the contre of tho room.
Mrx. Fitzgibbon hastened to the room,where
«ho discovered her huahand lying in a pool of
blood on the floor. Bho knelt besido him, and
grasping his hand in l.ors beseeohed him to
spoils.to her. But death had set his seal upon
Him and half nn hour later M'.'. Pitzgiboun
breathed his last. The bullet was protruding
through tho top of his scalp and was tasily re
moved.
Mr. Fitzgibbou was a wonderfully brilliant
and highly talented young man. It is said that
with the exception of Bov. Bam Hmall, he had
uo HujM'rior in Georgia aa a stenographer.
PERSONAL mention.
Tiik second volume of Mr. Blaine’s “Twenty
Yeuiu in Congress” has just boon issued.
Edison, tho inventor, took his second wifo,
tbo daughter of an Ohio millionaire, a few
days since.
Not less than so von Gorman generals will
oomplote their flftloth year of active sorvice
during 1880.
Tub widow of Gcnoral Santa Anna is in
Moxico, spending her declining years in a
rocking chair, smoking cigarettes.
Thomas 1*. Dudley, of Lexington, Ky.,
tho oldest Baptist preacher in Amurku, is
ninety-four years of ago and blind.
Parnell’s friends any that tho Irish leader
is absolutely penniless, having given away all
his cash aud realty to tho Irish cause.
WliiTTHSR. the noot. is color blind. Ho
says that yellow is his favorite color because
this is tho only ono ho can distinguish.
Miss Lydia Bull, of St. Louis, has been
appointed stenographer to Attorney-General
Garland. Sho is tuo niece of his deceased
wife.
Tiik widow of ex-Govornor John Hubbard,
of Maine, still lives in Hallowoll in tho same
house whore ho died seventeen years ago. She
is ninety years old.
Captain Boycott., whoso excellences
originated tho term “boycotting." has lx*en
appointed agent for tho Flixton Hall estates
Of .Lord Wuvouey, in Suffolk, England.
Sam Small, the Itov. Sain Jones’ coadju
tor, is tall and slender, with dark hair and
a brown mustaehd. lie wears spectacles,
although not yet tldrty-flve yenrx of ago.
His maimer is nervous, earnest and attrac
tive,and his voictf strong and clear.
The lato Muzzafer Edin, tlio Emir of
Bokhnru, had at his death ono of tho largest
domestic establishments in Asia. His house
hold consisted of seven sons, nineteen
daughters. 280 wives, 290 female slaves, ten
female barb-'rs, nine female cooks, twenty-
two noodle-women, and fifty washerwomen.
The Outlook Hnld to lie Very Fnvornblo
In Most Meet Iona.
The following crop summary appears In the
Chicago Farmers’ Review: The
lost
BanderiTllle, Go.
r/tRAiS CASH.
i Harris slrstL
I)R. J. H. MAY,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Offers his services to tho citizeus of Sanders-
le snd adjacent country. All culls, (by <>i
till, will be promptly responded to. Office
bin residence on Mrs. PitlmanV lot, corner
• i ris and Church streets. j an 15-1984 if.
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THE NEWS.
Interesting Happenings Irom alt Point*.
Watches, Clocks
And JEWELRY
UU1IU BY
JEF.STICA1T.
NEWSY (i LEANINGS.
1’nEhe are thirty colomi students in the
Froshmau clas. at Yule.
Italy has throe locomotive factories and
three railway rej air shops.
Massachusetts sharpshooters ore to sot
up a granite shaft at Gettysburg.
So scarce have wild elephants bocome in
India that they are now protected by law.
As many ns six bundle.1 standard Eng
lish works have been translated into Chinese.
In Levi county, Florida, strawberries aro
ripe, and peaches are as big a.s hickory
nuts.
The people of this country paid lostjyear
more thuu $9,000,000 for imp >rted precious
stones.
South Carolina produced last year 409,-
109 tons of phosphate of lime, valued at
$2,(559,1(59.
The little town of Searsport, Maine, boasts
of 191 seq captains among its population, or
ono to every three voters.
The Pfllsbury flouring mills at Minneapo
lis, divided £&,000 surplus profits among
1,100 employes lust vear.
There has been more snow the past winter
in Loudon t han for fourtoon years, a l there
is great, distiess in consequence.
Petaluma, Cal., 1ms two Chinese farmers.
Ono has 150 acres under cultivation and the
other 1(H) acres. They aro very successful
grangers.
There aro 150,000,000 tons of coal waste
piled up in the anl.’.irac tacoal regions,which,
under a lately discovered proctsi, is now
being utilized.
The fossil rent dns of an archruoptoryx.thfl
o’d 'st known bird, which seems to form tho
connecting lin'c betwe-n birds and reptiles,
has just been sold to tho Berlin museum for
$.*»,( MH).
Last year noiriyon* hundred and fifty
mils were cro'i-d’in the Southern Stales,
KenMi 'kv leading with thirty-one; Tennes
see. twenty- 4 'our: Virgin a, twont. -. Texas,
e ghl*en; Georgia, seventeen, aud North
Carolina, t *u.
Powder Explosion.
iWKNTY PBIKSONM INJURUI). TIlUKli
FATALLY. IN A STOllli
A powder explosion occurred in Winehoj-
ter. Ky., the other afternoon, in wlrch a
nunii* *• of jkmsoii . ..ere injured, some fatal
ly. Mary Willis’eating house and grocery
store as crowded at the time by
country people who came in t> nt-
tend the county court. At noon
party came into the store to buy P>
returns from tho winter fields are almost
uniformly good. They presont an outlook
very nearly as favorable as those sent in oar-
lyin 1885, when tho prospect was exception
ally good for a largo yield. The snow has en
tirely disappeared from tho fiolds, enabling
a very dear understanding ns to tho condi
tion of the plant, aud from Hourly ovory
county in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Missouri, Kentucky and Kansas it is ro-
ported as looking strong mid healthy. The
utter disAp|>enranco of the snow covering
is tho only serious menace now threat
ening tho growing grain, and with
another general fall of miiow the outlook could
hardly l>o l*etter than is prosontml in the re
ports of tho correspondents. A prolonged
season of severe cold weather, with the fields
still unprotected would, undoubtedly, cause
damage which might completely change the
tenor of t he reports.
Tho latest roixirts from California, Oregon
aud Washington Territory are generally
more favorable than at the same time last
year. Out of twenty counties of Kansas
eighteen • report the crop in good condition,
while unfavorable returns aro made
from Ottawa and Wyandotte counties,
where tho plant shows injury from freezing
while unprotected. With the exception or
Howard nnd Hendricks counties, in Indiana,
the outlook is reported to ba very favorable.
Tho reports from Ohio aro uniformly favor
able. lu Houthern Illinois two counth 1 * ro|>ort
ft poor outlook, but tin* remaining countries
mako a very good showing. From Central
Illinois tho returns are uniformly good. The
returns from Kentucky and Missouri arc gen
erally of a glowing character, and in tho
formor State the out look is considered brighter
fora good crop than before In many years.
Tho Michigan reports do not indicate any
larger yield than last vear. but tho reports
are generally favorable. In Tennessee the
reports indicate an average outlook. While
itris not vet jHJssiblo to give anything like
l*ositivu (fata the average in nil the States,
with the possible exceptiou of Michigan, will
show a falling off as compared with lust
year.
Tho exports indicate that the stocks of old
wheat in Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, Ken
tucky, Teonessoe, nnd Illinois are pretty well
exhausted, while considerable wheat is still
hold in farmer’s hands iu Minnesota, Iowa
and Michigan.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
Jknnik Lind is announced to appear in
concert next Reason.
United States Senator Hawley is said
to play very well on the piano.
Henry Irvino prefers the Biblo and
Shakespeare to all other books.
Carlotta Patti will presently glvo up
singing aud go to Florence to livo
John Owens, tho famous comedian, who
Las been so long au invalid, is slowly oonva
leeclng.
Minnie Maddern, tho actress, has takem
to writing for Western magazines, iu addi
tion to her dramatic duties.
Ellen Terry, tho English octrees, gets
|875 a weak fifty-two weeks of tho year, with
a vacation whenever she chooses.
IiOUlRA M. Alcott,author of “Little Men,
Little Women” and the rest of a popular ser
ies of l»ooks, is reported at work on a comody.
Tiik law and order louguo. of Cincinuati,
hns finally triumphed over Sunday theatri
cals. A vigorous war on the concert halls
has begun.
Mihh May Tikt, tho daughter of a New
York banker, has mado a brilliant succors at
private soirees in Paris, and 1ms l>oon offered
an engagement at hor majesty’s theatre in
London.
J. L. Toole, a prominent English actor,
has placed a fine monument ami otherwise
adorn# 1 the long-noglecto 1 grave of H. J.
Byron, whose nlavR have made much merri
ment for the English speaking world.
Mihh Elmira Strono, who is traveling
with a theatrical troupe in the Eastern States,
is n great granddaugnter of Cahb Strong,
eight limes governor of Massachusetts, and a
groat-great-granddaughter of President John
Adams.
SnifURMANN, the impresario of Patti, says;
After Naples wo are not certain of our des
tination. 1 have proposed Brazil to Patti,
nnd offered her $200,(MH), also a steamer all to
herself. She wsuts $800,000, but I do not
doubt that wo shall como to terms."
Charlotte Crabtree, better known on
tho stage ns l.o(t (, is undoubtedly the wealth
iest woman in tbo world who follows tho pro
fession of the stag:*. Most of tho money is
held in tho name of her mother,who hits been
hor manager ever since sho first appeared ns
a little girl in California. They nro not far
wrong who ostiinitto Ixitta’s i^ssessions at
a good deal over a million dollars. Year af
ter yoxr sho has earned from $50,000 to
$70,000.
A Terrible Fire.
.HANY IHJSINKnU IIOU*K* IN WILMING
TON, N. CL, IHi-THOYI IL
Tim steamer Bladen, plying batween Wil
mington, N. ('., and Fayottovillo, N. C.,
caught tiro th * other afternoon about 4
o'clock just b ‘fore reaching her wharf at the
f rmor city, und owing to the
jU.lainmablo nature of her cargo,
con ds i ig of rosin, spirits of turpo'*' 'no and
co t »n, was mime liatoly enveloped in llAines.
Th • pilot headed h ?r for tho nearest availa-
blc wharf, i.n 1 tho passengers succeeded in
O'C.ipjng, son o by boats from adjoining vos-
s ds ami others by jumping ovorboard, when
tin*, wcrequickly rescued.
T ie do ci ted steamer landed against tho
wharf of the Now York and Wilmington
N c imship company, and the fire was quickly
co iiiniini ated to the sheds and warehouses
tli • eon. All the wharves and sheds l»oingsat-
ure * I wi ii rosin and turiwntine the spread
<Mi !:ie was ra |iiit,mid despite'tho efforts of
the ti:\-non became a disastrous contlagra-
ti n. i here was a gale of wind blowing at
thciimcl' oin th • umthwost, nnd soon tho
bu'';s <u tho wubjri'roat were burning
fui o s'v. At about <'ight o’do*k tho fire
w s otte.i under control, but not until it
la I destroyed a million dollars’ worth of
p.o
■AflTKKN AND RUDOLF. NT.\TK«.
A TRAIN running between Nunda ana
Rochester, N. Y., nui off tho track, and the
forward coach tipped over and was burned.
Eighteen persons w ere more or less seriously
Injured.
Four men and a boy were crossing the
Busquehanna river near Harrisburg, Penn.,
when their boat capsized and the four men
were drowned.
Mayor Grace, of Now York, lectured in
Boston a few nignta ago before an immense
audience on “Irisutnen in America.”
David Wilson, nn ex-flreman of Pitts
burg, Penn., discouraged through poverty
and lack of employment, killed his wife and
mortally wounded himself.
Hundreds of unemployed miners and
their families are suffering for the necessa
ries of lifo at Ebervalo, Penn.
Thb employers in tho Pennsylvania coke
region have finally aooeodod to the demands
of the strikers. The strike resulted in fatal
collisions and numerous arrests, nnd the
Hungarian workmen refused to return to
work unless those of their number in jail
were released.
Workmen havo boon attempting to recover
the ImmIIunof the twenty six miners entombed
alive by a sudden cave-iu of a mine at Nunti-
(okn, Penn., some time ago. It has been
proved almost beyond doubt that the men
were not overwhelmed by tho cave-in and
flood, but found their way to the higher
workings in the mine, w here they met a
lingering and horrible death bv starvation.
The Into John B. Gough’s estate is estimated
at less than $75,000.
Governor Abdktt has sent to tho Now
Jersey legislature a special message concern
ing the recant decision of tho supreme court
declaringtherailroad tax of 1884 unconstitu
tional. lie said that tho Htate would not
suffer even if tho legislature did not imlss a
law at this session, nnd he considered it uso-
loss to lengthen tho session on that account.
Ho suggested a itaxsngn of a bill authorizing
the governor, comptroller and treasurer to
dispose of so much of the State’s securities as
may lie necessary for tho maintenance of
the government by reason of any deficiency
that may occur on account of the advorso de
cision of tho supreme court, and declared
himself to be firmly opitosed to any direct
Htato tax.
It is estimated that 2,105,000 tons of ice are
stored in the 125 ico houses along the Hudson.
Lillie and Hubie Lilly, twin sisters, aged
six years, were caught by their clothing in
the machinery of tnoir father’s mill at n
mokin Hill, renn., aud mangled to death
Mrs. Thomas Louqhlin, of New York,
attempted to throw a can of vitriol at her
husband, but in tho struggle the liquid was
spattered ovor her own face, nnd she was
frightfully burned, losing hor eyesight The
two had been living nj>art
IT IS NOT ALWAYS NIOHT.
The weary soul in voiceless prayer
Breaks from tho verge of dark despair—
There seems no ray of welcome light;
But faith cries out with sturdy voice,
That inakm tho waiting heart rejoice,
“It is not—Ls not—always nightl” .
With tired feet and longing eyes,
Wo gaze athwart the leaden skies,
And at tho distant mountain height;
Then Hope shines o’er the dreary way—
Wo see tho gleam of daw n and say,
“It is not—is not—always night 1"
Be strong, oh, soul! Be brave, f^nt heart 1
Bid ev’ry doubt nnd fear depart,
For God will make it all end right;
Tho promise is for mo and you—
Tho shining shore comes into view—
It is not—is not always night!
—JYanfc II. Stauffer,in Good Housekeeping.
KRELUS JOHN.
Of nil the dreary months of the year,
WAMIINUTON.
Chairman Bland, of the House commit
tee on coinage, weights and measures, has
prepared a minority report, signed by him-
solr and two other membors, on the bill to
provide for the froo coinage of silver, which
was reported adversely by a majority vote of
the committee. The ro|»ort strongly favors
the free coinage of silver.
Forty-seven Indies, representing twenty,
three Btates of the Union, appeared before
the House judiciary committee on the 20th,
and delivered addresses in behalf of woman’s
righto.
The Senate in executive session has con
firmed, among others, the following non *i no
tions: W. J. Black, of Delaware, to lie con
sul, Nuremberg: D. J. Partello, of District
of Columbia, to lie consul, Weisseldorff; Jns
per Smith, of tho District of Columbia, to
!>o consul, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, W. H.
Parker, of District of Coluinhin, to l>e consul
general, Corea; Stephen A. Walker, attor
ney, southern district of New York.
The President has sent tho following nom
inations to the Bo note: Henderson M. Jnco
way to bo receiver of public monies at liar-
dnoile, Ark. Postmasters: Ferdinand Van-
denveer, at Hamilton, Ohio ; Jason K. Wright,
MOUTH AND WKST.
Clarence J. Sears, of Ilomor, 111., over
eighty years old, had a dispute w ith his wife
u|Kin religious matters, niul becoming on-
rugud, killed her with asaw.
Prosecutions nnd convictions of Mor
mons for polygamy continue in the Utah
courts.
A Chinese mandarin interested in a large
importing firm at Kan Francisco was refused
permission to lauded and return, to China.
The steamer City of Mexico arrived
at Key West, Fin., tho other day, in
charge of Lieutenant Elliott, from
tile United States steamer Galena.
There wore thirty filibusters on board the
steamer. It was tho iutontiou to land the fili
busters at St. Andrews, but the United Stab's
consul at Panama interfered, and the City of
Moxico was captured by tho Galena und
taken to Key West.
A fire at St. Paul, Minn., destroyed a
largo dry goods store, causing an ostimuted
loss of $2u0,000.
The schooner Indinnola, engaged in the
gulf trade, Captain Bloom and u crow of six
men on board, lias been given up ns lost.
A convention of cool mine operators and
miners, at a me ting in Columbus, Ohio,
agreed upon a scale of wages to go into effect
May 1 in five States. A board of arbitration
to settle all disputes was also appointed.
George A. Wardner, city bookkeeper of
the National Exchange bnnk, Milwaukee,
shot and mortally umunded Abbott Law-
renco. the assistant cashier. Wardner is be
lieved to be insane.
at Marinetto. Wis.; John H. Shaffer, at
Kankakee, 111.; Henry P. Grant, at Helena,
Ark.
Solicitor Genf.ral Goode assorts that
the charges understood to huve been filed
against him lieforo tho Senate Judiciary com
mittee are utterly false. lie says ho had uo
connection, directly or 'indirectly, with any
election frauds iu Virginia or elsewhere, and
indignantly denies that ho has ever Iren
guilty of bribery or other corrupt practices.
A statement prepared by tho United
States treasurer shows that out of 2 M,790,7(51
standard silver dollars coined up to February
20, 61,637,889 were iu circulation on that
date.
Surgeon-General Hamilton, of the
United States marine hospital, says that we
will probably bo able to keep America from
cboluru this summer, us we (lid last.
, und
,/iiile the clerk was weighing it out a persou
present struck a mat'd! to light a cigar. A
portion of tho ignited sulphur (lew into the
powder, which exploded and tore away almost
the whole side of the room. About twenty
person were in the room at that moment,
nearly all of whom were more or loss injured
and three at least fatally.
Thebe is one thing to be t*aid in favoi
of coasters. They don’t want the.eartu.
to sparks wafted by tho high wind
ni'c»i. private dwellings caught tire and
w t - luinnd to the ground. In addition a
bh>'\; •*. small tenements, occupied by colored
p*■*>{»! • w is completely swept aivay, al
though nearly a mile distant from the main
ti •••. The general ollices of tho Atlantic
Coast-line were also destroyed, with numer
ous valuable papers aud records. Tho Front
street Mcthodi-tt church was includod in tha
list of buildings burn* 1 -*ul is a total loss.
The War Begins.
•I IIK flJNATF. < \LI.- FOIl IMPISH*#—AN
AIIVF.RMS HELMUT.
In executive session of the Senate on tho
•J9d Mr. Edmunds reported a resolution from
tho committee of judiciary authorizing that
committee to send for persons and pjp»rs
iu the case of John Goode, Jr., of
Virginia, Solicitor geueral. Mr. Ed.
munds stated that charges of a very serious
character had been preferred against Mr.
Goode relating to elections in Virginia, and
before the committee could report on tho con
firmation it would lx* neceisary to send for
persons and paj'ers at Norfolk and elsewhere
and conduct an inquiry. Tho resolution was
adopted.
Tue committee on finance reported against
the confirmation of McGraw, a collector of
internal rovonuo for West Virginia, aud that
report was also adopted. The cause of tho re
jection of McGraw was the refusal of Secre
tary Manning to furnish the papers relating
to tho suspension of McGraw’s predecessor.
The Seuuto finance conuuitteo afterward
agreed to report adversely on the case of Mo* VJ 1,1 wu
Grow. * puleni.
FOREIGN.
Hannah was pretty, and Hannah was
poor; and, crowning crime of all, ker
fat Iter had never caught a fish in his life,
being a city clerk, who. years before, car
ried off the beauty of the const ns his
wife, only at bis death to send her hack
broken in fortune, health nnd spirit. Of
course, the first-mentioned virtue could
not outweigh the latter sins; and like
wise, of course, she and Krcll’s mock,
dreamy John must needs fall in love.
Now, worldly pride bits lodging even
in a fisherman’s breast, a Htormhaveu
fisherman at that, nnd Timothy Krell was
by no means pleased with this daughter
bis son proposed to present him.
Ho could lay claim to more of the ex
ceedingly undesirable real estate of Storm-
haven than any other mm of tho place;
gossip hinted that he had at least three
thousand dollars hoarded up in hank;
nnd lastly and most overwhelming, he
could trace his ancestors away back into
the misty shades of the seventeenth eon-
tury.
“An’ every man o* them followed
the watter!” lie was wont to conclude,
January is the- dreariest, down by the i witli a final bnng of the list on the store
sea; being synonymous with high (rah
nnd deludes of rain, alternated by snow-
squalls and bitter, free/.ltiK cold. I.ueky
tho fisher who has been suHlelelitly fore
handed to allow himself a holiday during
that time. Itetter to doze by the hum-
bloat fireside, though the if.>od wife scold
nnd the babies cry, than riding tho win
ter wnvos, stung by tho Know-bees nnd
numbed by tho wind, with more than
likely n frozen uo/.o or fingers to puy for
the toil.
If any mariners were nwnke to this in
disputable fact, the Htormhaveu fishers
cortninly were, for as ,limitary is the
dreariest winter month, so Htormhaveu
was the dreariest ulare in which to spend
it. A ]u>or, browbeaten little settlement,
whose sole Isiast was more wrecks ami
drowned men than any neighboring vil-
■»g»-
Shaken by the gales ami lashed by the
waves, it bore u forlorn aspect of fright,
as not knowing in which qunrler to look
for snfety. The houses, built for protec
tion from the wind, fuced nil (mints of
tho compnsH, and the streets in turn fol
lowed the erratic example of the dwell
ings; which, though undoubtedly con
venient, was scarcely according to a sur
veyor’s idea of beauty. In fact, on the
mildest summer day, Htormhaveu was not
inviting in appearance; nnd now, in a
sputtering, angry snow-gust, which
cniisod tlio waves toppling over each
other toward the shore, it looked like
somo deserted village in tlio polar
regions, rather than tho respcrtnhlc
Atlantic town it claimed to lie on the
mail.
Homo signs of humnn life were visible
on the beach, however, in shape of four
men engaged in launching a fishing-boat,
regardless of the driving flakes. Anything
but a cheerful party apparently, three of
tho number wearing scowls varying in in
tensity from tnild perplexity to thedeepeet
wrath, while the fourth and youngest
omKMaleU his brow, and consequently his
feelings, beneath an oil skin cap drawn
low over his eyes.
In silence and gloom the quartet
worked on until the perplexed member's
feelings overcame him. He was a mild-
featurod giant in a faded peajacket,
whose pockets lie nervously explored ns
ho spoke.
“Ef wot wo sod las’ night, Krell,
causes you ter go, in course we’d ha’
taken it back," lie slowly volunteered,
but liis right-hand companion snapped
him up before tlio words fairly left his
mouth.
“Speak for yersolf, young feller,”
growled the second speaker, with dig
nity. ‘(Ef Tim'thy Krell e/. hankerin'
let n friz nose, let him get if, sez I! Kf
a man iz gump enufT ter put off en sieli
a Sturm jes’ fern few words, let him go,
sez I! Wot's sed en joke sit'd lie took
en joke, an’ ef a man makes arnest off it,
’tafn’t my fault, nor yours nuther."
Nutnbe'r Two was short, stout, and
minus an eye; lie wore a semicircular
piece of heard beneath hia chin, extend
ing from ear to ear, where it was met by
a thicket of bushy locks, giving the ef
fect of u turbulent set of Imir, out of
whioh his wenthec-benten face shone like
a most aggressive little island.
A stubborn mini was Number Two,
otherwise “Uncle Dan’l” (surname for
gotten, if lie ever had one), chief wrang
ler nt Bonnet’s, the village exchange, and
a staunch upholder of Ids own opinions.
Obstinacy gleamed from his solitary op
tic, stubbornness bristled in his abundant
whiskers; even the manner iu which lie
planted each short leg in the sand
outlier, after holding fortli on hi
genealogy to un awe-struck circle nt Hen-
net's.
Poor Hannah! Him would 11 y like the
foam of the sea before the west wind
when she saw her pros|icetlvo father-in-
law loom up iu tho distance, Hho wns n
timid little maid, with frightened, fnwn-
Ilke eyes, and the life of solitude she led
with her sorrowful mother did not tend
to make her more courageous; hut alio
would havo braved almost anything for
her John, nlways and ever excepting
Timothy. On tho morning of thetlsning-
trip she dared even tlint. Number Four
was busy with the fishing-tackle, when
(lie gleam of a scarlet shawl behind tho
sand hill caught his eye. His father saw
It, too, nnd grew n thunder-cloud in
aspect: for his son nnd heir, dropping
the lines, went to meet the wearer of tho
brilliant garment.
“John, vou’re never going out in tho
storm?" cried the girl, clutching tliesleovo
of his rubber coat ns he drew near. “They
were talking aliout it lit the store
when I went in, and I couldn't bolieve it
true. Oh, don’t—don't risk your lifo in
the fnco of such a wind I Havo n will
of your own, dear, just for ones!"
“You foolish little lass," said the
young man, smiling down at her. A
tall, awkward, fair-haired fellow, but
the tender look in Mh eyes would havo
made even a plainer man handsome.
“Don't you know I am more at homo
on water than on land? I must go,
Hnntinh! You seo Dan nnd Htevo were
telling father Inst night about no man
being able to go off while this storm
lasted, nnd he vows lie’ll do it, just to
provo them wrong. You wouldn't have
me let him go by himself, dear?"
Hhe clasped her little brown hands
nervously. “Oh, won't ho give up!”
she faltered, knowing the folly of tho
question before it left her lips.
John shook his head. “When did
he ever give up, Hannah?" lie answered.
NUMBER 45.
Buddonlv besido him uprose a form,
that to tlio wretched man aceinod nn
avenging angel, with wide, dark eyes full
of repronch.
“Whero is my John?" questioned
Hannah, laying her blind on his bent
shoulder. But, with a cry of horror ho
shook it off, and fled to tno room above,
barring the door ngninst friend anil foe.
Tlio girl atood as he left her, her face
turned upward, listening. A keener
iilnst of wind struck tho house and
whistled through tho shutters with a
sound that, wns almost liumnn.
"Hush I" alio said, with n warning,
lifted finger. “My John is calling mol
I’m coming, denr, I'm coming!" nnd so
went out in the hluckncss nnd tumult.
All that terrible night, whllo the wind
howled and tho water roared, the old
man (meed up nnd down his chamber,
the noise of ids footsteps sounding now
loud, now low. In the room beneath,
with pitying neighbors trying to soothe
her, Ids wife mourned hor only son;
whllo out In the wind nnd storm, with
lantern nnd torch, tho men searched for
the living or dead.
Tlio storm died away <o a fnr-off wail;
one by one the flickering, yollow flumes
of tlio lanterns grow dim in tho
light of coming day—n day so
bright and peaceful, that before ita beau
ty tlio memory of tho night might havo
faded like snipe fearful dream, only for
the quiet burden which tho searchers,
with uncovered bends, boro reverently
from tlio bench. Cast, high on the frozon
sands, in tho crimson iigiit of morning,
thoy had found Kroll's John, robed with
more dignity in death, poor lad, than Imj
ever hnu owned in life; and close besido
him. with her head on his silent breast,
lay Hannah. Had sho found him so on
the sand, or had the waves cast them to
gether ns if in rebuko to parents nnd
kindred? Nono may say; for tho cold
hnd act n seal on Ilnnnah's lips, ns on
hor lover’s, not to bo broken by human
skill.
Htormhnvon never know tho truo secret
of flint night; it could only piece out
fragments from the upturned boat which
drifted in duys later; and from tho dis
jointed words of the man who sat crouch
ing over the fire at Kroll's cottage. “To
drown in sight of land I Ono shall bo
taken and the other left 1” over and over
he murmured to himself, till death merci
fully came one day and stopped the work
ing of the poor, wandering brain; and
Timothy Kroll’s stubborn, willful, ro-
moracful life on earth wns ended.
But the mothers still lived on. Women,
widowed and made childless by the sen,
wero plentiful in Htormhnven, and sym
pathy there was not given to much out
ward demonstration. Yet, in after years,
when tho coast history was reeled forth
l>y somo ancientninriner for thecnlighton-
mont of the summer guest, and the. story
of Kroll’s John was told in its turn, tlio
historian would close with: “Well, 'twiiz
hard lines for tlio widders. But llo
knowed iiest, I reckon, fer lie took ’em
together in death, which ez raore’n they’d
ovur ha’ bin cn life, poor children I” Alter
which he would "blow tlio wind for
lmlf biiterly, then stooped nnd kissed wll | cn
the quivering mouth. “Oood-hy, little '"“kin’ bis eyes wat er,” won tho day
girl; I'll come hack to you to-night if never so tranquil.-Frank ^flMt.
wind nnd WHter can bring mo," ho said,
lightly, and turned away to his disap
proving parent on the sand below.
“it's a fool trip,” growled Dnn'l the
stout, to Steve the tall, as tho frnil
little craft went rocking over the
boisterous waves. “I givo a doubt ef
they ever git back agin.''
“An' all along of our dnrin’ him,” snid
the downcast Stephen.
“Can’t you quit throwin’ it up ter a
feller ovcrlnstin'?" [retorted ids friend,
sharply. “Tim Krell nllnrs wuz jes’ so
headstrong! Christopher, how I linte n
pig-headed man I" With which pious
ejaculation uncle Dnn'l wended his way
buck to his customary porch on Bcnnct’s
cracker-bov, liis ronseinncc-prickcd ad
mirer trotting nt Ills heels.
Darkness entne enrly that wintor day,
and by B o'clock oven young eyes could
see no longer.
Hannah folded her sewing at last, and
pinned her shawl tightly around her.
“Mother, I shall just run down to Mrs.
K roll's, to see if the boat in in,” she said, ! ^ntoTnHon
A Mon on n Locomotive.
Tlio engineer and fireman of tho train
from the south had nn extensive aenro
near Butte, Montana, recently. John
Else is tho engineer nnd Joe Davis is his
assistant. The train wns running ulnng
lit a forty-milc-an-hour gnit rounding tho
curve tiour the cliff/below Silver Bow.
Else was as usunl at liis post and it wns
growing dusk when ho noticed a dark
object spring upon tho cow-catcher. Ho
naturally whistled "down brukes,” but
ns there was no disturbance he concluded
that it was a rock or a lump of dirt that
had been in some peculiar wny thrown on
Hnd oil, and the train resumed its ordi
nary spoed.
About this timo Davis hnd occasion to
go out. on tho footboard nnd oil sotno of
the machinery, but boforo lie had com
pleted the job ho rushed back into tho
cab, more dead than alive. The dark
object that Else had seen spring on tho
ow-catchor proved to lie a full sized
, , , mountain lion. How it obtained a foot-
Hhyiy, turning tho handle of tho door us . j n ^ ; n perilous position will nover bn
slio spoke. i known, but it is certain that it clambered
lo Krails . I lie widow rose to her j rom t j, 0 cow -catcher and reached the
feet with astonishment. 'W by, Hannah, , f 00 j| )0ttr ,j ■„(,(. ns Davis wns finishing his
where is your self-respect? doing to 0 j|j ng
those that hnve scorned you in every way;
they’ll turn you from the door for your
pains!" she expostulated, indignantly.
“I am going, nevertheless,” persisted
the girl, with a faint little laugh. “I
must know if John is safe," and the
evinced utter and entire immovability of ,.| ()s j,,g of tho door shut her out from
further argument.
From the window her mother watched
A meetino of socialists iu Hyde Park.
London, was attended by 50,000 people and
4,0JO policemen, but there was uo dis
turbo uce.
Yokohama, Japan, hns suffered from a
lai'jre firo, tho Windsor hot I un i adjoining
buildings succumbing to the flames. United
States Consul General Denny, who was stop
ping at Yokohama on his way t > Corea, wns
obliged to jump from a so rond story win
dow, blit r i otvod no Injuries.
The ltov Hugh Rtowoll Brown, tha cole-
brated Baptist preacher, Ims (licl in Kur
land, at the age of sixty-three years, liis
greatest ■ cess was ns n lecturer, nnd every
Sunday t ‘moon he collected audi n vs >f
:>,(K)0 or :t,H00 artisans. Ho hod loctured ;u
this country and Camilla.
A youno commercial traveler on hisbrida
tour ru w;d himself at tho gaming table o
Monto Curio, und committed suicide.
Cheat commercial depression exists h .
Stockholm, Sweden, aud numerous failures
are announced.
The Dublin board of guardians has adopted
a resolution declaring that only home rule,
land reform and tho stoppage of evictions
will satisfy tbo majority of the Ir's'i ; o..ple.
The N a vies —The English navy r ■
sis's of 246 vessels ami 57,260 enlis i
•non, that of France of 305 vessels and 30
105 men. that of Russia of 373 vess
and 28,075 men, and that of Spuin i.
124 vessels and 21,078 mou. Tin
United States asvy is not quite bo coi
herself, ns she turned to the lire with a
sigh. “I’ll take Hannah and go away
inland first. I am one of them, but she
is different. Hho is a lady, tn.v little girl;
and John Krell is nothing but a gront
kward fishcr-lud. A married woman's
character.
But if Number Two was pertinacious,
Number Throe could discount him. Pos
sibly tho too bracing air of Htormhnven
was to blame for this superabundant firm
ness, wliicli frequently proved most in
convenient to tho possessors' near of
kin.
Tall, thin and grim, crowned by an
immenso sou’wester lint, Number Three
continued to liiiul the heavy limit toward
tho surf, scrawling deeper nthis co-labor
ers’ remarks, and grunting threatening re
torts beneath his lireath meantime, the
force of which no one could quite catch,
but that were awesome from their very
unintelligibility.
Number Four said nothing. Being the
son of Number Three, ho hnd proven
the golden value of silence front experi- iVfo is a sad one at best.”
cncc.
Moreover, as liis father and himself
were alone to make the voyage, ho pre
ferred suffering a frozen nose peacefully,
ruthcr than bringing down the parental
vials of wrath to no purpose.
Most of the Stormiiaven residents con
sidered “Kroll’s John" as rather weak-
minded in giving wuy to his father’s
oddities as lie did; forbearance and sub
mission being nothing short of imbecili
ty, to their vigorous surroundings. At
twenty-four one should have a will of
his own, if he ever expected to possess
such a thing, and surely a man of no
spirit is u poor creaturo. But Krell’s
John persisted on his tranquil way, heed
less of criticism or advice. He had a
very great reverence for the fifth com
mandment, and a still greater horror of
family disturbances.
lie did dot propose alwnys spending
his time in Storintmven. Some day (lie
did not know exijctly when, nor where,
nor liow) lie intended leaving tho roar of
tho elements ami the smell of fish, to live
according to liis own fancy, among men
whose sole interest in life would not turn
on the direction of the weathercock or
the time of the tide; till then, why not
exist ill peace?
The most convincing arguments in the
world would relioimfi indifferently from
tho chain-armor of his father’s obstinacy;
so wlierefor waste of breath?
On one opinion alone horemuined firm,
in spite of threats, sneers nnd stormings.
That opinion, naturally, was the identi
cal one of all others that lie shouldn't
have held, and the subject of it was
“Widder Durant’s Hannah."
As soon ns lie suw the ugly object tho
man naturally retreated to the cnb, to
which point lie wns followed by tlio
beast. Tho pair entered the cab to-
getlier, Davis speechless und tho lion
growling. John Else is a man of norvo
and expedients. He took in the situa
tion in a second. He had no weapon,
, , .... , , , but as quick ns thought ho opened tho
her go drifting away boforo the wind, va l vo ami there was a piercing shriek from
with angry thoughts rising in her heart. j| 1( , w j,j a ti e Tlio scheme proved a good
It was very bitter to see her child, so on( . The animal whs then more fnght-
sweet and fair and dainty besido the " ene( j than the men, and he took u head-
rougher village girls, looked down on by , , llln({( , from tll( . cul) singular to
those unworthy to bear her company. I" r .|„te, in the jump he fell headforemost
hor way the widow was proud, and | a . u , hu ncck WUH broken by tho faH.
prouder flis.i Timothy Krell, and hated Aftor the traill hntl been b ro „ K i lt i„ Klse
the thought of John as a son far worse , ul( j |( p ttr ty took teams and went in search
than ho did Hannah for a daughter. 0 f the brute nnd found him. Tho carcass
It shall never be, she thought.to , wft)) br0 ug(jt to Butte, und found to weigh
“Why, Lor’ bless us! It’s only Mis’
Durant’s Hannah?” cried Mrs. Timothy,
in disappointment as the door opened to
the girl’s hand, too anxious even to ex
press her disfavor. “I made out it would
be Tim and John for sure.”
“Then tho lioat isn’t in?” said her
visitor, dismayed at the fulfillment of her
fears.
300 pounds.
The Flight of Wild Ueese.
Their rate of speed varies somewhat,
under different circumstances, and seems
not to bo very accurately known. But
though their flight is heavy and labori
ous, it is generally swift. Watching a
flock of forty or fifty ofi these largo
waterfowl as they wont flying over this
city on their journey toward tha “land of
cotton,” their motion as well as their
wild goblin cries could lie distinctly
marked. The flock, which was not
formed in the customary triangle, but in
a great irrcgulnr curve, was still led by
tho old gander, and liis deeper note could
Mrs. Timothy pursed up her mouth occasionally be heard amid the din of the
with a look of solemn foreboding, and wild, reedy voices of liis gobbling. He
shook her head disconsolately. may have been cautioning them to keep
“Indeed ’tisn’t. An’ the sturm off well together, and promising n good time
shore is that bad the men can’t get. down ahead if they nil kept bravely to the
ter look fer Her. But set by, Hannah; ; work—and tlio ladies of the company, as
I’ll be glad enough o’ your comp’ny till : is apt to be the case, were all talking at
they como,” motioning the girl to a sei-t, i once, and eagerly giving all sorts of
with unusual hospitality. goosey assurances. But the interesting
Ho thoy waited in silence for hours, it thing to note was the speed of the flock,
seemed to Hannah, every nerve and They sped on througli the scowling sky
sense strained to catcli some token of the at a tremendous rate; much faster, ap-
nbsent ones. The wife's enr was the first pircutly, than that of the fastest railroad
to hear the sound of footsteps coining train.
through the gute. And these loquacious geese swept on
“Here they bo 1” she cried, joyfully; like tho wind—their long necks stretched
nnd before tho echo of her voice died () it straight ahead, and their gurgling,
away Timothy Krell entered. White r >■ ly cries sounding almost continuous.
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THE VILLAGE CHOIR.
Half a bar, half n bar,
Half a bar onward I
Into an awful ditch,
Choir and Precentor hitch,
Into a mens of pitch,
They led the Old Hundred-
Trebles to right of them,
Tenors to left of them,
Basses in front of them,
Bellowed and thundered.
Oh, that Presenter's look,
When the sopranos took
Their own time and hook,
From tho Old Hundred.
Screeched all the trebles here,
Boggled the tenors there,
Raising tlie parson's lialr,
While his mind wandered;
Theirs not to reason why
This psalm wns pitched too high;
Theirs hut to gasp and ery
Out the Old Hundred.
Trebles to right of thoni,
Tenors to left of them,
Basses in front of them,
Bellowed and thundered.
Stormed they with shout and yell,
Not wise they rang, nor well,
Drowning the sexton’s bell,
While all tho church wonderod. •
Dlro the Precentor’s glare,
Flashed his pitchfork In air.
Bounding the fresh koys to bear
Out the Old Hundred.
Swiftly he turned his back,
Reached he Ills hat from rack,
Then from the screaming pack
Himself he Rendered.
‘ Tenors to right of him,
Trebles to left of him,
Discords liehind him
Bellowed and thundered.
Oh, the wild howls they wrought;
Right to tho end they fought!
Somo tune they sang, but not,
Not tlio Old Hundred.
—Andre’s Journal.
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
Always brings down tho house—A
cyclone.—Lyfe.
It is tho man with the dark beard who
never says dye.
The laundress'daily soliloquy: “Ayo,
there’s tho rub!"
“Dried apple" parties aro said to bo
very swoll affairs.
A tinder sentiment jirevnils nmong
match maniifHcturcrs.—Nntional Weekly.
An exchunge has the heading “Poaco,
Not War." Now did anybody ever say
it was?—Judge.
Now Is the season of the year
The iceman's sides witli laughter shake,
For now tin gets Ids lee for nothing,
Its retaiLs fur ten cents a cake.
—Lynn Union.
A womnn may not be tilde to shnrrtei
n pencil or throw n stone at a hen, bill
she can pnek more articles in a trunk
than n man can in u ono-horso wugou.—
Hot Springs Neics.
A flouting item refers to a certain man
nn “a bachelor with long hair und good
iinbits."A married mnn with long halrand
bud habits would have a rough time of it.
— Chieago Ledger.
With a population of 1100,000,000,
China has not a singlo pauper. This is
ensily explained by the fact that all tho
Chinese paupers come to this oountry.
—New York Graphic,
“Hilo's a pretty little maiden,
With more than twenty beaux,
And now she go » skating, ■»,
Over fields of wint'ry sneaux.”
—Kingston Krceman.
It was customary in the olden time to
ratify n contract by a bent coin. And
so hard as it is to change old customs
that oven to tliiH day there is often some
thing crooked about contracts.—New
York Uraphie.
A New Yorker offers to cure a case ot
hydrophobia by the sweating cure for
|500. Wo fear it would make the pa
tient sweat so profusely to pay the bill
that lie would haven fatal relapse.—Nor
ristown Ilerahl.
If an H aud i and uu o and n u, with an x at
tlio end spell "Hu,"
And an e and a y and an o 8i>oU "I," pray
vvliut is n Kiwller to (lo?
Thou if ulso au s and an i and u g aud nn h o
d spell ’’cide,”
There’s nothing much left for a speller to do
but to go aud commit Hiouxeyesighed.
—Chieago Sews.
Wife—“There! tho paper says that tho
Redwood family, out in the Yoseinite val
ley, aro often seen with trunks forty feet
in (liametor. Now, don’t you ever com
plain of the size of my trunks again,
Richard. These Redwoods aren’t much
of n family, cither. I never heard of
them.”
Treasure From tlio Vasty Beep.
The Vigo Bay Treasure company re
ceived by the Lord Gough on her last trip
a curious collection of articles taken from
the treasure galleons sunken iu the har
bor of Vigo, Spain, in 1702. Thero are
specimens of logwood and mahogany
■ that, in spite of their 184 years’ submer
sion, nrc in a perfect state of preserva
tion. Dyers who have experimented
with the logwood state that it is even
better for dyeing purposes than the wood
now imported. The mahogany, too, is
very fine and solid. One log 1ms arrived
twclvo feet long and twenty-two by
thirty-two inches square, which is now
being sawed up to lie used in the manu
facture of furniture und walking sticks
for mementoes. Tlio chief curiosity,
however, is un ancient pulley-block, four
and a half feet high by threo feet broad,
with four solid copper sheaves, eighteen
inches in diameter. It is of solid oak,
and was probably used in hoisting lieuvy
articles of merchandise or the anchors.
Tho wood is perfectly preserved, but an
iron band is completely corroded away,
while the copper wheels are only slightly
oxidized.
Tho Inst reports from the engineer in
cliargo of the work of raising tlio treasure
galleons state that they havo now exca
vated the mud from about the sides of
tho Almirante, a galleon carrying forty-
four guns, and commanded nearly two
centuries ago, as the ancient histories
hnve it, by Admiral Manuel do Velasco.
Tho machinery is now working well, and
it is expected that the Almirante will
soon bo raised to tho surface.—Philadel
phia Press.
faced as a man of snow, his frozen gar
incuts rattling about him, and a look n
blankness ill liis eyes like one that ha
sight and yet is blind. Striding to tin
fire, he leaned liis bond oil the wooder
shelf, and stood there, shivering and
trembling as if with mortal cold.
The women gazed at one another with
pale cheeks. What might it mean, this
solitary man? Where was bis son?
And yet liis wife dared not break the
dreadful silence.
T (iso cries, perhaps only three days be-
f •. lmd blended with the fierce trumpet
Ii ; of the Klirill northwester, as it
s : |>t far and wide over the snow frozeu
w stes along the shores of Hudson's
S r.iits—or even, it may he, of the lowet
p irt of Baffin's bay. For there seems to
iv no reason to doubt that these argj,
s rang birds, in their long mig'ato .
j niriiey, fleeing from tho wintry v., i,
(1 > really accomplish 500 or 000 miles a
y,—Hartford Times.
Working Under Difficulties.
In describing tho building of a house
in Teheran, Persia, the late consul, 8. G.
W. Benjamin, says: “It is interesting to
watch the builders at work. They wear
long tunics, which are tucked into their
girdles when working, displaying a
length and muscular development of
limb, I have never seen equaled elsewhere.
The one above sings out in a musical
tone, ‘Brother, in the mime of God, toss
mo a briek.’ The one below, as he
throws the brick, sings in reply: ‘Oh, my
brother (or, oh, son of iny undo), in the
name of God, behold a brick!’ ”
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