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the mercury. mtered as Sccond-elaaa Matter at Ihe sandersvllle Poatofftco April 27, 1880 SandersYtlle, Washington Connty, Ga. PUBLISHED BY A . J. JKRIsriaA.2ST, Proprietor and Publisher. Subscription: $1.60 Per Year. THE Z’ THE MERCURY. ^ «Y. JERN1GAN, Proprietor. DEVOTED TO LITEBATUBE, AOBIOOLTUB^ AND OKNEBAL HfCSLUORNOB. SUBSCRIPTION: $1.30 Per Annum. VOLUME VII City of Sandersvlllo. HUMPHRIES HANGED, 1 Mayor. j, N. Gilmore, HE PAPS THE PENALTY OF lllb Aldermen. TERRIRLE CRIME. W. R Thiopen, B E. Rouuiiton, j. B Roberts, Uls < onpKii„ n to ( opium Itnnln too Bnd (01 Hi- Go 0 10 ih„ A. M. Mayo. S. G. Lano. (tallow* Bravely. SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1886. NUMBER 23. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. NOTIOE! Ail Communication* Intended /br thte Paper must he accompanied by the full name of the writer—not ncceimarlly for publication, but ae m guarantee of good faith. H'fl are in no way reaponaible for the vieui or opinion* of correspond- ente. Clerk. 0. 0. Biiowk. Treasurer J. A. I it WIN. Marshal. J. E. Weddon. A BOLD ROBBEB. DAY AND NIOHT. til Aitcnt Viluliicnod by >flu tVUokWu Nut Loaded. A. C. WRIGHT, attorney at law, 103 Bny St., Savannah, Oa. P®ftVII.l, PRACTICE IN AT.T, THE COUFtTR. E. S. LANGMADE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, SANDERSVILLE, Oa. II. D. ICVANS, •)It EVANS & EVANS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW SANDERVILLE, OA. f h. saffoldT attorney at law, SANDERSVILLE, GA. Will praotieo in nil the Courts of tlie Middle Circuit and in the cnuntiei iurro-unling Washington. Special ni tration given to commercial law. F. K. Hines O. 11 . Hooks*. HINES & ROGERS, Attorneys at Law. SANDERSVILLE, GA. TV ill prai’t ioo in the onijuti.il of WnnliinRln i, Jeff, im.ji, Johnston, Kmnnuel anil Wilkii son, iml in Die U. 8. Courts for tlie Southern Dis- tiirt of Georgia. Will „ t «» ngonts in buying, lolling or rent ing Hnal F.unto. Office mi Weat eido of Public Square. Oct 11-1 f G. W. H. WHITAKER, DENTIST, SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA. TERMS CASH. — on Harris street. Or Office at his resident: Apr20-’80 H. 8. HOLLIFIELD, Man ‘ “ SANDERSVILLE, GA. h Millinery Offico next door to Mrs. Bay Stor,-, on Harris street. HUY YOU It" FROM Mono genuine without our trade mark.) ° v na xn a no von sale SPECTACLES, NOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc. Watches, Clocks 8. Humphries was hanged ii. Milledgovillc, Ga., for tho murder of his sister-in-law and nieco. At ton o’clock !• riilny morning the barber was sent for. and Humphries was shaved. Ha chatted with the utmost unconcern on vuriou- subjoots, not referring to his crimo or the penalty. Everything was quiet and no death watch wus kept except Cnptaii Ennis’ sixtecn-yeAr-old boy, who spem tho night in the corridor, while Hum phriaB slept profoundly in his solitnr, cell until 0 a. m., when he requested o cup of coffee, aud Warren Edwnrds wn> requested to bring him iomo ico cream nt 10.a. m. From T. H. Morris, of the Milledge villa Chronicle, an intimate friend ol Humphries, was obtained tho following confession: "I putiny faith in Christum' nin ready to die. I havo mnde n full confcseion to Cnptaiu Ennis. Go to him and if ho chooses ho can tell. It idtnr- break, my heart to talk about the mat ter. Two reporters troubled me Inst I night. It was emphatically the result ol 1 hard drinking. I did not make a full ! confession to my wife. I don't know 1 how Elisha’s family could stand it.” Ennis received a note from Frank ' Humphries yesterday: “Please tell Tom ' mie Morris nil I told you this morning. P. 8.—Don’t tell any ouo else till 1 inn I laid away. F. B. lIuMPniuits.” The evidence is that he confessed to j violating the persons of his victims. At 8 o’clock Thursday night Sheriff Ennis received tho following dispatch ' 'Vlr a: ’ sympathize with the poor on fotinnaio man, tho law must be exec-red , I cannot interfere. H. D. McDami i.. j At 10:45 the Rev. Mr. Hammond I called and prayer was offered. A great crowd lwid assembled nnd crowded about the jail, anxious to catch a glimpse of the condemned mnn. He wns suffering from nervousness nnd palpitation of the heart. Ho said he wns afraid tho crowd would unuervo him. A detachment of the Baldwin Blues wns on guard at the jail, and another at tho stockade, three- fourths of a mile west of the city. At II :35 the sad procession started. From much exertion and anxiety, Captain En nis looked wearied, but the firm look on his fuee and the flush of his eye showed tluil he was determined to do his duty. A lur e crowd assembled nt the stockade elected mound the gallows, and the rush to get a look at the paisoner was remark- id I'. Humphries did not wish to talk, in I nil tiding the platform Rev. Hnm- inuud offered prayer, Humphries asking Ilicin to kneel. When the cap was placed over his face he said: “Full out tho cap, it smothers me. Don't put the rope around my neck too tight." THE PROP FAI.LB. At precisely noon the drop foil, and the live foot plunge broke his neck, nc struggled for several minutes. Three minutes nftcrwnrd his contortion wns terrible and his pulse nenrly normal. He xvas pronounced dead by a physician after thirteen and a lmlf minutes. He was cut down aud Dr. Whitaker aud Captain llervy closed his eyes, nnd tho latter assisted the sheriff in composing his features. None of tho family were present. , The body was placed in n plain coffin and turned over to Andrew J. Banks, who took It to his mother’s house. He wns hanged in a new check suit nnd he wore a straw hat. , lie is the third white man hanged m Baldwin county. All were hanged about One of the boldest robberies that ha* tunc to the notice of the police for some i lime was perpetrated at Macomb, His. j E. V. Kinsey, night agent of the Bar- j liugton road, at tlmt point, was sitting iu the station rending, xvhen he suddenly became aware that tlie cold muzzle of a 1 shotgun was resting against his cheek, 1 while tlu: voieo of a masked mnn, who stood just outside tlie ticket window, ! demanded: “Unlock that safe and deliver the con tents, or 1 will kill you.” Kinsey, who was n brave man, and a trusted employee of the road, hesitated a moment before complying with the do- wand, hut, when it was repeated with added emphasis, he opened the safe,took out a sack containing about $00 in silver and bunded to tho fellow. “That ain’t all,” growled the robber: “give mo tho box or you are a dead man." When drowsy Day draws round hi* do way bed Tho Tyrian tapestries of gold and red, And weary of his flight, Blows out the palaco light?— 'Tis night I II. When languid Night, awakening with yawn, Leaps down the moon-washed stairway of the dawn, In trailing disarray, Sweeping tho dews away— ’Tis<layl —Indianapolis Journal. An Adventure at Zuni. While tte young m*n were watching | wild animal ad bay. I carried an eieel- the approaching Indians, somo one aud- j lent rifle, nnd hesitating no longer, fired dcnlv remembered that two white women at ono of tho savages. A little cloud of dust showed where the ball had struck dcnly remembered that and an infant were in a house outside the town, aad in the direction of the sav ages. T hey were wholly unconscious of impending danger, and unless warned, would surely fail into the handt of tho Apaches. But how were thev to be informed of th* alkaline sand near a sage-bush some feet from the Indian.' A derisivo yell wns tho only response. “ ‘Bad shot I’ said the girl, and taking a deliberate aim, she Urea. No shout an- swored her rifle, for one of tho Indians it? At that distance'they could not hear was wounded. They seemed somewhat call, and a pistol shot would not at tract their notice. Tho house stood in the level plain, about a mile from tho village, and a thousand yards or more from a defllo in jhe rocks through which the approach- g Indians would havo to enter the val ley. Already the savages had. disap- dlseoncertcd by this, and paused again; then, spreading out their line, began to approach once more. “Presently thoro was a whiff of smoke among them, and a ball whistled so near my head that instinctivolv I dodged. The o girl laughed at me. Tho Apachos evidently had tho best rifles made, and While they hesitated, Stonewall W sprang up, and declaring that ho. would seo no woman murdered without making an effort to savo her, threw tho ladder In tho northwestern corner of New Mexico, und ucaUmg ia,pnq, of the fertilo Valleys that dot those great deserts, is found thoTndinn village of Zuni. Around it are h-gh table-lands anil those j over the wall und began to descend, riflo At tho same time nn ominous click of ' “buttes” so peculiar to tho West, and | in hand, for it was he who had retained tho hummer xvarned the agent there was n,) ^ nwu y the horizon is bounded by his rifle. His companions called to him no time for delay. Ho handod out the lll ° Zuni Mountains, a part of the great to como back, that it was too late to box with its contents $585 in silver—' continental backbono. Emigrants havo | reach the women nnd return before the and tho robber grasping it, whirled it 1 K rildual lv settled wherever a fertilo vnl- j Indians would he upon him. nround nnd disappeared in tho darkness. V s ?,^j 8 lnv * lod a plow-share, or n grassy But they might as well havo called to - — - hillside a ranch, but tins reservation has e whirlwind. Every spark of chivalry for the most part remained intact. i was aroused in tho young mnn, and hnd The village where the Zuni formerly ! ho known the Apaches would capture dwelt wns built upon the top of a butte him, it is doubtful if he would have re- which stands near by in tho reservation, j turned then. .U.UU.UB ,u.s uu«,u. vuc uu.iu.uk, uuu imp , r ^ nft “ le str0n K' 10 ’ d ’ *"■! 1 In another moment ho was upon his it is supposed it is tho ono used to lntim- j !?,„ ’ ml!? horBe > acroBS tho P lnln toward tUe idato the attent agnmst the hostile tribes around them. | Bn ijf nrr t,ni,>n An his comnamons pcared behind tho rocks and atuhted 1 they know how to uso them. Wo both shrubbery beyond the pass, aad in a few | ahicldcd ourselves somewhat behind the minutes ntoro they would be in the val- pnrapet ley. King nt once gavo tlie alarm. Tho local police wore set on tho trail and telegrams sent out in nil directions, but the thief made good his escape. A double bar relled shotgun, unloaded, wns found standing just outside the building, and KNOCKED OFK TDK TRACK. _« . -- -. .. solitary house. As his companions Tho meadows along the nvor at Unroot watcbe d him from tho housetop, they of the butte supplied their wants with broko into a hearty cheor. It was truly little labor, and as fast ns tho harvests ' a „ allftnt di( , di X soldier may charge ripened, they were stowed away in the tb ” cannon . g mouth without flinching granaries upon tho top of tho mountain. whea two armies ar0 etching, and lie But m their security they lost their war- knoW8 hig ga u antr y will bo blazoned to A shocking accident occurred on the New York, Providence nnd Boston rail- _ ^ > — read, at tho tillage of Poquonnoek, like qualities, nnd jpst in proportion as u^worldl Imt'to^daro *uch"fiends' as Conn. Benjamin Gardiner, a farmer, ltis agriculture nnd tho ruder nrts progressed tbe8e a i ra0 st ulono iu tho groat xvildor- wife, and tho wife of their son James, among them, tlioy have grown less sav- n( , s8 ' f or lbo 8llkc 0 f t wo unknown while riding homo from church in a one | sgo and more timid. i won J en was truly heroic. 1 heir houses are built of stone and These women were tho wife and daugh- sun baked brick, with tho entrance t « of a man named Dan Dubois. This through the roof, just as they were a man bnd com( , from Wheeling, West thousand yours ago. Ihe householder yirginin, a number of years before, aud horse wagon, were struck by the west bound express train, going fifty miles an hour. Mr. Gardiner xvas hurled a dis tance of forty feet from tho crossing, re ceiving fatal injuries. His wife was killed outright and Mrs. James Gardiner died before alio could bo removed. The horse was killed nnd the wngon broken into splintors. Tlie accident happened nt tlie crossing just west of tho culvert, a short distanco from Notink, nnd ns tlie railroad is bnnked up at that place, the engineer oil tho express did not see the party until within twenty yards of tlu eroding. it up after him. The dwellings ware so tlc(1 ll0r0 „ pun tho y, u „i River, constructed at first as a precaution Throughout tho frontier country Du- against enemies and even now, with nil bois bnd mako 8Ucb a nam0 f or bravery the protection thu leu oral Government and daring that his presence carried more can givo, tlie custom is often useful, ns tor| . or to Ind i nll8 lind thieving Mexicans the following incident will show (SPANNING TIIR MIIIHHSIPPI. A contract for a $1,000,000 bridge ovet the Missouri river at Konsaa City for tlu new St. Paul line, haB been let. The bridge will be 1,200 feet long with proaches of 200 feet. It will be of the cantilever pattern, eighty feet above low water, nnd when completed will be one of tho finest structures of the kind in the country. I'. W. ALKXANIIBR OBAD. After a long and painful illness, Col onel P. W. Alexander breathed his lust Thursday at eleven o’clock. His remains were sent from Marietta to Columbus for interment. They went by way of Opelika, reaching Columbus in the after noon. Tho funeral services were con- ducted in the Episcopal church in Col umbus Saturday morning at ten o’clock. NEWSY GLEANINGS. _ . - , . . ; than ft whole regimont of aoluicra. Many In August, 18dl, a party of young men marvelous feats are credited to him. but connected with the Territorial surveys certa ( n j t j 8 that he could draw his re- wns stationed for set oral weeks at this yolver and shoot so quickly that the eye place. The day before their arrival n ( , ould not dct( . ct the movement of his band of murnuding Mexicans had crossed hand> He rarely missed his aim, and tho border, and made a raid upon the feftr wa8 un known to him. adjacent ranches, and driven swuy somo q>| le .Mexican woman whom ho married ponies and cattle. Tne Zuni, having rc- wa8 of a {amll .. t h ul f or generations had covered from their fright ns soon as the gul y ered f rom the Apaches. Iler tinces Mexicnns disappeared with tlie booty, 1 tori n8 far back as the records show had had hastily summoned theirwhite neigh- been kille 1 by them, and tho natural bor and were organizing for pursuit. timidity of the Mexican lind been so iri- But there were only a few g„od weapons tensified in her thnt tho sight of an in tlie whole party, nnd when tho young apache was sufficient to throw her into men arrived with their rifles and heavy ten . revolvers they were requested to lend stonewaU . B companions watched him them to the /urn Indians during the few ju , had ri(lden *,. ros8 tho interVC nlng days necessary for pursuit. Owing to , , t0 DuboU , house: they saw him the bad feeling which universally pre- ' )ril)J?frora hi8 horse and enter the house, vails against the thieving border Mex- 1 , * . 4 . . unnoillin ,i leans,and the hospitable reception which n,u ," 8 yet g tho ApncheB hnd ,,ot “PP elired had been accorded the young men, they j“i C fo P lmd th o Mexicamwomaa engaged Srrt f'Tli n?nnd el re r ^ 1 i*> some household work,” said Stonewall One of them, however, refused to part „ , .. u .. ^ Wilo with his rifle, and several of them're- ^rvnr,d, “wlMet:he baby was pi a^ing tallied their revolvers, while allowing ncnr herontho floor '- Her daughter, a the Indians to take their other nrms to aid in recapturing their property. Tho following day, while the young l men were scattered about the town, some ; rending, gome sketching the quaint ob jects around them, they were startled sud' * T wus sufficiently acquainted with Indian tactics to know that when they had approached in fair-range of our rifles they would mnko a rush for tho house, and under tho shelter of the walls try to break through tho door or climb up to where wo were. “Thnt bur last hour hnd como I could not doubt, and it was horrible to think of dying by those (lends nnd being cut to pieces afterward. “But tho girl stood observing them aa coolly ns though they had boon rabbits, waiting till they should ho within better range of her rifle before wnst'ng more ammunition. I was preparing to lire agnln, for in another moment tho savages might rush upon tho house, when e clat ter of hoofs sounded behind us, and turning, I saw Dan Dubois galloping up. “The girl hurried down, and letting her father in, both xvoro with mo in an other moment. Springing upon tho liar- apet in full view of tho savnges, Dubois opened a rapid lire upon them. Instantly they recognized him, nnd bogan a hasty retreat. Tlie distanco was so great that little damage was done among them, but quite a number, ns wns afterward loarned, wore slightly wounded. “The rest of Dubois' party was only a short distanco behind with tho recap tured ponies nnd cuttle. As soon as they reached tho town tlioy started after tho Apaches, and somo milos away from Zuni joined npnrtyof troops under Lieut. Gilfoyle, xvho. having learned - that the Indians had loft their reservation, was in pursuit of them. “The tight which followed a few days later Is u matter of history not necessary to relato liorc. Before being overtaken, tho Apnchcs had murdered and scalped forty men, women and children. In every instance tno henrt was tnken out, nnd the body itself was mutilated in a most shocking manner.”—Youth's Com• panion. Ths stiver brook will miw the*, The breeze that used to kiss thee, Aad ruffle with a soft oarws thy curia of sunny hairt When the early dewdrops glisten On the roses, they Will listen for thy step upon the garden walk, thy laughter In the air. The meadows gay with flowers, The summer’s leafy bows**, Will know thy joyous smile no m*ra; th* woodland stand forlorn; I hear the soft complaining Of birds, from mirth refraining, That greeted with their caret* awaet ,thy waking every morn. Poor mother! hush thy weeping, Abovo thy darling sleeping, Nor fret with aught of earthly grlaf th* »tlll- ni-si where he lies; Flowers in his little Angers, Where the rosy flush still lingers, For the augols are his playmates on th* plains of pai odlse. —Chambers's Journal. PITH AND POINT Made of all work—The newspaper.— Boston l u’lstm. Mnny a mnn Is tlio architect of his own fortune, but never gets enough money to build.—Call. “What did your father leave you when he died, FnU” “Faith, he left me an orphan."—1'id Bits. It is a curious fact thnt tho sun never shines so hot on tho baseball grounds aa does on the harvest field. If it was not for tho weather there never would be nny variety in some peo ple's conversation.—Siftings. Swinburne savs: “When young men ell nt mo—I smile.” We suppose that when they yell: “Swinburne, come ,nd tako a drink."—Loicell Courier. Oh, mamma,’’ said a little boy when he saw n Chinaman for tho first time, just look at that man with his trousers tucked iuto his shirt.”—Merchant Trav eler. _ou know tho nature of nn oath, mn’nm?" inquired the Judge. “Well, I reckon Iorter,"wns tho reply. “My husband drives n canal boat."—Merchant Traveler. handsome girl of sixteen years, was seated by tho door thrumming n guitar. ‘“Bun for your lives! ’ I said; ‘the Apaches arc coming 1’ •'Snatching tho baby in her arms, tho woman dashed out of the door, never women. The confession which ho made to Cap Nine pupils in the Allogafl, (Mich.) publio schools are married woman. Hundreds of baby alligators are "Sold as ladies' pels in Now York yearly. There are twenty-one murdsrders In the Uuitol States jail at Fort Smith, Ark.,await ing trial California fruits hare token the place of Southern fruits in tho markets of Rich mond, Va The estate left by the late Miss Henrietta Lenox, of New York City, Is estimated at somo «U(),000,00a Of tho 137 counties In Georgia, 108 have mddonly by a woman' howling *" d Ck the X nor one* looking icreaming from ono of the hmisetomL j b ,,*[ t J d f faUow bor for eacb mo . Immediately the cry was caught up aid j wng ,. xp( , ctillg toh ’ tt r tho yells of repeated, ns other women hurried out! h I dj b tl * house, but gli.no- upon heir houses until it seemed that , . b k L obgervo(l tbo ^ irl casting tho whole town had gono mad. Prom ...> „ , t.,in Funis was said to bo too bad foi absolute prohibition and twelve others have nnrtiol nr nil i hi f.t nn nublicntion. knights tkmflak. AND — JEWELRY UHl’AIUBD BY OUR department ’ ["'PpHed with all the requisites for doing •'ll I'IihIh of Joli and Hook work ill F ist- LIusb HiyJe, Prompt y and at lluu.- smmble Prices. wedding cards, VISITING CARDS, BUSINESS CARDS, BALL CARDS At tho Knights Templar grand en campment meeting in St. Louis on Thurs day, Ihe proceedings of which were not made known until last night, tho report of the committee on credentials was re ferred back to the committee for correc tion. 'The regrets of Charleston, S. C., coin- mandery, No. 1, were read, and the at tention of the committee on finance was called to the dcplornblo condition of their brethren in that city. The grnnd procession was at least thrci miles long. The grand encampment, nt its after noon session, appropriated $2,000 in nid of the knights xvho suffered by the earth quake in Charleston. SCHOONERS IN COLLISION. The Mary Ann Cut tn Two by tho Summeroel -I,oik el l.lfo. partial prohibition, llEeoRTS from Louisiana indicate that tha sugar yield of that Stub) will fall about Of- toon per cent, beloxv that of 1885. Evkiiy day at one o’clock $300,000,000 sit down to lunch in an upper room in the West ern Union Building, in New York. It xvill cost $4,000 and tako 0,000 books of gold leaf to gild the great dome at Notoe Dame Unlverfity, Indiana. The work Is go ing on now. The principal contributors to the London fund for the Cbarle-iton sufferers are the Itothschilds aud Barings. Each house con tributes $2,600. A shoe-lasting machine has just heen invented in Massachusetts. By It one man with a helper can turn out 250 to 300 pairs of shoes por day. The greatest balloon in the world has been constructed at San Francisco by a Mr. Van Tassel It will hold 150,000 cubic feet of gas aud has been made for the purpose of travers ing the American continent teem ocean to ocean. A Dakota fanner, gnirahling at the poor outlook for wheat iu the early summer, of fered to give to his wife all the wheat he would have over 1,500 bushels. Ho has threshed a trifle over 2,500 bushels, and the wife is going to have a new black silk dree. one end of tho village to the other arose tlie cries; eight hundred women and children howling, screaming, beating their breasts, and tearing their hair. Tho young men gathered nt their camp in alarm, and inquired the cuuso of tho uproar. A band of Apnches was coming! The women hnd espied them some dis tance down the river, creeping stealthily upon the toxvn. Evidently they hnd learned that tho men were axvay, and, tired of being good, they lind put on war-paint, left their reservation in Lin coln county, nnd xvere out on a raid. Tlioy wi re coming noxv to butcher tho defenceless women und children, and enrry off whatever plunder they could find. There xvas a hurried consultation. Borne of the young men advised that they should mount their horses and escape ns quickly as possible, leaving tho xvomeu and children to look out for thcinselvos; for if they remained, what defence could half-a-dozen boys, armed xvithrevolvers, make against seven times that number of men? But ono young felloxv, xvhom wo will call Stonewall W ,remonstrated so ve hemently against deserting tho women and children t hat the rest of tlie party yielded, and they resolved to remain and make what defence they could. Hastily niu-r her mother such a look of scorn ns I hnvo never seen on any other faco, and instead of following, she quickly took down a rifle from tho xvall and fastened a belt of cartridges about her waist. “ ‘Bun!’ I culled to iter in Spanish, thinking she had not understood; the Apaches are in Ihe passl’ “ ‘1 will not run !’ site replied,in Span ish; ‘I xvill fight them here!’ “Frightened as I was, I almost forgot tho danger in admiration for this girl Born of u Mexican woman, she was afire with her Virginia lather’s blood. Amo | meat before 1 had been thoroughly scared, but her spirit was contagious, and now I xvas heartily ashamed of my fears. “I remembered now to havo heard of this girl at the fort, und that sho xvas a line shot with the rifle. “‘I’ll remain with you,’I said, for no man could have left so brave a girl to fight alone. No time win to bo lost, and we quickly barricaded tho heavy door. “Nothing further was said, but her quick, nervous movements showed hor alive for the fray, and I do not be lieve a thought of fear had crossed her mind. “The door securely fastened,- we climbed out upon tho top of the house. collecting their xvenpons and ammunition which, like those of Zuni, xvas flat and - had a stone parapet for defence. As we above, the leaders of tlie Friday a disaster occurred in the Bay of St Johns. The British schooner Summerset collided with the schooner Mary Ann, cutting her in two. There were twenty-seven persons on board the ill-fated craft, two of whom were drowned. The others saved themselves by cling ing to the main rail of the Summer- set or were picked out of the water by her boats. The Mary Ann sank within two minutes after the collision. Two passengers were lost, one of them a lady. Wan Sure the Galatea the Cup. WoAld Win CAUGHT BETWEEN THE BAILS. POSTERS, handbills, PROGRAMMES, STATEMENTS, letter headings, dodgers, PAMUHLETS, ETC.. L. C., EiO Wh ?heLouuSle Neville railroad | xvas walking on the. track _ and hi. foot " “ 8 ht between the tie and the rail. . SSS .£ °°^zLC BengortraiD ' He . , Minot extricate his foot he nnd ns he cornu uu ^ and ns no X t b j g pocket knife deliberately Pull d P from hig an . and tried to sever He {flinted The ' kle 'nrer° a toW b S, lf «topped th*.engine ^'rescued him- His father earned him and rescued *u— • ^ me dlcal atten- tier,:nn fr.m Great BiTtianas.-he appeared to Birmingham* * <?., although just after the Mayflower crossed the He will not 1088 . l ’ 3 1 tion. He will K i M ^ severed, 1 finish ahead in the second race, several leaden ana mu 1 they climbed upon one of the highest 1 houses in the village, and drew the lad- ■ der after them. There, sheltered behind j the raised defencos of tho roof, they 1 would be most seenre, and able to do j sosse damage to the nsailants. Tho party of A [inches could be seen plainly m the clear atmosphere of this ■ region yet some distance down the river, i but approaching still, one behind tho 1 other, in true Indian file. 1 It is no disparagement to^those young men to say that they xvere thoroughly . frightened. It is one thing to rend of brave deeds and danger faced while seated safely at home, but quite another to find yourself in tlie heart of a xvild j country, with two score of painted sav- I ages creeping upon von. It xvas not death alone thnt Apaches might inflict, . but torture and mutilation too horrible | to mention. ; It is doubtful if there exists a people more devoid of human feeling, more cruel and fiendish, than these Apache Indians. Formerly, in their long marches : across the country, they would kill the ! old and infirm when they began to im- | -jitfde their progress; and on one occasion, Thia«*nti|Om(in caine. over froin Engv, yvhen a squaw could carry no more of bind exprewly.to,see- the Galatea, takfthr lier husband’s trappings on account of back the America’s cup. -The abor* 1*2* the pappoose in her arms, the father took an autf0r«toili.!fm>«?:#>!jie sanguine gen- the child from her,^ aa4. swinging it ‘ about him by the! heels, dashed Its head against the gtound; then pointing to his luggage moved on. came out Apaches were just appearing through tho defile in the rocks. To approach us they would have to puss overu thousand yards of level plain, und with the txvoritles we hoped to do some execution among them before they reached the house, -and then defend ourselves as long as possiblefrom behind the xvall upon the roof. “When tlie savages had entered tho valley they paused as in consultation. There xvere forty-three of them. Tlioy were evidently surprised at seeing a whito man there, anu xvere considering if it were Dubois, for had they not thought him to be in pursuit of the Mexicans, they would not have ventured to make an attack. “Presently they began to advance very cautiously, creeping upon tho ground so as to expose as little of their persons as possible to our fire. “They knew the man tlioy saw .was not Dubois. I was aware that we were in imminent danger, with scarcely * chance against those savages, but so thrilled >vas I by the bravery and deter- niinntion of the girl standing near mo that I did not feel afraid. Bue had not spoken since our coming upon the house top, but, dressed in her Indian costume, jwas standing,rifle iu haud, xvatching the An Indian Pollntch Party. Autumn is tire happiost nmo of the year to the Indian. Then he earns money picking hops, fruit, otc, Tho woods are alive xvith fat grouse nnd other game, streams throng with salmon nnd moun tain tront. An hour's xvalk along the bench xvill half fill a cotmo with clams. Abzvc all it is tho season of potlatch (free gifts). The man nr woman wishing distinction in thnt line notifies all friends and relatives to assomblo ut somo placo designate 1. From Vancouver Island arid the British mainland come “King George” Indians, followed by their “Bos ton” brethren iu eighty-foot canoes all tho way from Alaska. Across mountain trails como others on gayly trapped horses. When all are assembled tho in- viter distributes as presents monoy, food, dry goods, blankets, etc., as long as the stock Holds out. Every guest gives to every other guest, the entertainer alone being prohibited by etiquette from re ceiving, At a potlatch I at tend -d an old woman gave away $2,(U)0 oil in silver dollars. For years she hnd gone in rags, washod at logging camps, xvoikod or begged wherever possible to save for this occasion. Hie gavo away tho blankets that farmed her bed. As tho lust canoe pulled axvay she hailed it to wait a mo inent. . Back she ran to the camp fire, snatched off a little old iron kettlo of cooking fish and gave that, too, leaving herself destitute of everything on earth but the wretched rags upon her hack. As compcnsutiuu sho enjoys the hoi or of chief potlatch until excelled by unothor with more means and ambition. There is much fun at this family reunion nnd “hiyu anpolili" (plonty floun. By day men hunt, fish, play games, liorsu and canoe race and gamble. Women visit old frionds, sew up their newly received clothes, knit soeksund recite legends, it being a peculiarity of tho coast Indians that they never put burden bearing or dirty work upon their xvomen, every limiter ut evening brings in nnd cookshis own gnmo. Women bnko biscuits in Dutch ovens, roast potatoes in hot ashes anil make great boilers of coffee. After their lea t a fi e is built wor.h see.ng, Perhaps young men have gone into tlie forest, hunted up n enormous p teb-pine stump, and brought it down the river on nil their canoes lashed together. Borne times a dozen men uro needed to un oud it. Children pile hign othei Yesinous woods. Crackling, roaring, the fire leaps as high as pine tree tops and throws strange shadows on the dark forest or moonlit rivrr. Tho people da- ce, tell stories and sing native songs far into the night.—Sin Francisco Chronicle. How Long the Drowned Remain.Under Water. ted forms as they crawled nearer. The Nexv York Herald says of the pro ce c 8 through xvhich tlie body o! a drowned man must pass before it xvill rise and float on tho surface, and lioxv many dnys the body will remain at the bottom in hot weather: In hot weather the process of the de velopmcnt of gas n a body under xvater (xvheth r salt o. fresh) tttk s place very rapidly in all tho soft structures, but especially in the intestines, causing r distention of the abdomen, and, ct nse quently, an expulsion of xvater from the stomach and of blood from tha heart, while ultimately the air passages are cleared of any obstruction. The precise chemical process by which this gas is formed depends, of course, som what on the ci ntents of the stomach, though probably carbonic acid and nitrogeu are Sho hnd a pretty hat, And she had a little cough; And her little cough, it Is no harm to mention, When in tho church she sat, Shook the plumos upon her hat, And to it i many beauties colled attention. —Boston Courier. IVond-puIp is now used for the manu facture of hats. When the wood*n hat oomes into general use it will be difficult for some men to mark tho distinguish ing line between the hat and the head. -Elmira Advertiser. Tlie man whoso hair xvas bald last year, Who HWore abort tho Hies, Now of these insects lias no fear And thoir aita -Us defies; For their assaults cares not a fig, Because this year ho woars a xvlg, —Boston Courier. At a revival meeting in 0 country town not long ago a young convert, wh6 wa* by business a milkman, arose to apeak. Just at that moment ono of the brethren started in with the hymn: “Shall w* Gather at the River."—Puck. Tho old man goes a reaping, While his oldest girl is weeping, As tho klt-lien ttixir she's sweeping, “Oh, pa, I want a tricycle.’’ While her dad, xvith fun so jolly, Laughs at his daughter's folly, And a sickle gives to Dolly, And bo says: *‘W*11. then try sickle. —OoodaW s Sun. Snft*ffingR of tho Red Man. A Cheyenne, Wyoming, correspondent of tho Denver Tribune writes: Advice* from Fort Washakie, in the Shoshone In dian reservation, are to tho effect that the Shoshones, who for twenty year* have been tlie friends of tho whites, aid- ing tho government infighting the Sioux and other hostile tribes, are almost starv ing, while the Bioux are provided abund antly. The reservation is thirty miles square, aud it contains 1,500 Indian*. The buffalo are extinct, tho antelope are exceedingly scur, e, nnd the Indians are compelled to subsist on jack-rabbits and prairie-dogs, which are also snare*. Every spring large numbers of Shoshone children die of starvation. The supplies which are furnished by the Government are so meagre that they last only a few weeks. The pretense of teaching these Indians farming is ridiculous, as only one farmer is there attempting to teach them, and the seeds tvhich are sent aro usually eaton for n lack of other food. The total amount of potatoes sent for seed was not enough to plant twenty-five acres, and about enough wheat was fur nished to sow one hundred acres. Ex tensive machine y xvas sent, which is ut terly useless, as there is nothing to use it on, and the Indinns aro ignorant of its uses. Washakie, chief of the Shoshones, is sixty-nine years old. Ho is infirm and destitute, but he has Held tlie tribe friendly to the Government. Should he die there is sure to be a revolt, nnd he is almost out of patience. Their reserva tion is far from the railroads Txvo com panies of whito infantry and one com pany of colored cavalry are nt 1 ort Washakie. The Indians would be a'fle to clear out thu country quickly, and a revolt is expected if something is not done shortly to relieve these starving In dians. r Restoring Color to Fnhrios. The restoration of color to fabric1 which from one cause or another havo deteriorated in this respe t has suggested various chemical applications nnd pro cesses. It has been customary to employ ammonia lor tlie purpose of neutralizing acids that have accidentally or otherwise destroyed the color of the stuffs, this being neces nrily Applied immediately, or the color is usually imperfectly re stored. An application of chloroform has tlie effect of bringing o.itthe colors as bright as ever. Plu h goods and all articlo, dyed xvith aniline colors, faded from exposure to light, resume their , . original brightness of appearance after among the chief pro lucts of the g .scous . be ; n sponged xvith ch’oroforra; the r.. ..1! tinin rn. ® *• . ® 1 1 /■ i_ • 1... putrefaction going on. The time re quired fer a drowned body to float vnr.es greitly. In some well-attested cases^ the body has risen to the surface within three days, but generally this occurs betxveen the fourth and uintli dnys. The process Wt lips compressed,and hm 1 lino Spanish j of decomposition ia usually thought to eyes flashing as if die bed been some j be more rapid in fresh than in suit water, commercial chloroform, which is leas costly than the purified, answers well for this purpose. In great houses of former time* and iu some colleges there xvere movable stocks for the correction of the servants. Mm gwsm