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SANDERSVILLE, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 30. 1886.
NUMBER 31.
City of SundersTlUe.
Mayor.
j, N. Gilmore,
Aldermen.
W. H Thigpen,
H E. Houohton,
,T. B Robbuts,
A. M. Mayo.
S. G. Lano.
Clerk.
C. 0. Brown.
Treasurer
j, A. InwiN.
Marshal.
J. E. Wbddon.
THE SOUTHERN STATES.
NEW8Y ITEMS GATHERED
UP IN PARAGRAPHS.
oeouqia.
NORTH CAROLINA.
A number of wild geese arc reported
ou the Catawba river.
Tho residence of Thomas Kiunear, in
Dublin county, was accidently burned
with contents. Loss, $2,500; no insur
ance.
. , „ —, | A Hat owned by Williams & Murchison,
i ort Unities is less than almost any town ] took tire a short distance above Wilminp-
of Us size in the etnte I ton> The flnt Bnd cnr>{0 of ,04 , )[lU , g
cotton and 178 barrels of rosin, are a
CHESTER A. ARTHUR DEAD.
EXPIRES SUDDENLY AT HIS
RESIDENCE.
Statistics show that the death rate ol
j (illimit, nni
of its size in tho state.
Over $100,000 wortli of property will
be sold nt tho courthouse in Athens on
the first Tuesday in December.
A, C. WRIGHT,
attorney at law,
105 Bay St., Savannah, Ga.
JfsTwll'l' VRAOTICK IN ALL THE COURTS.
eTs. langmadeT
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, Ga.
BO B. D. Kviss, J»
EVANS k EVANS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
SANDERVILLE, GA.
F. H. SAFFOLD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Will pntetice in all the Courts of tin
Middle Circuit and in tho counties
vurro uniing Washington. Bpecinl at
tention given to commercial law.
F. K IIisrs. O. 11 . ItoaEni,
HINES & ROGEHS,
rneys at Law,
SANDER8VILLE, GA.
Will iTActiC" in 1I10 counties of Wssliingto 1,
Jdtfrn u, .Inlinslon, Emanuel and W1IUI1 eon,
mil in die U. S. Courts for tlio flontheru DIs-
1 rt of Georgia,
Wi I ml u» egenls in buying, soiling or rent-
rc It nl KUnte.
Olllco on West side of Tubbo Square.
Octll-tf
properl,,
hands in Washington Wednesday. Prices
were still in view of tho coming Wn«h-
j ington and Elborton railroad.
| It is stated that the cane crop around
; Americas will not come up to what was
1 expected somo time ugo, on account of
j the protracted drouth of the pnst sum-
I mur.
TI10 Canadian Catarrh Cure, Nelson &
; McAfee, Proprietors, of Atlanta, Ga.,
] has taken first premium nt the Macon,
Gil, Montgomery, Ala., and other state ]
fairs.
ALABAMA.
j 1 "oy 1ms received 21,000 bales of cot- |
ton this season.
Thirteen now electric lights will bo er
ected in Selma nt an early date. All gas-
I lights are to lie disposed of.
Thursday morning a negro trespasser
named Noilly wus found dead on top of
| a boiler nt the Alice furnace, near Bir
mingham.
Mrs Presley Perry, wife of one ot the
j oldest and most highly respected citizens
I of Marion, was accidentally burned to
death Thursday.
| Since the IIOlli of September, three
new manufacturing enterprises have been
started in Montgomery. They are a
broom factory, a paper box factory and a
sausage factory.
Mr. Dan’l II. Workman, an old and
respected citizen of Montgomery, com
mitted suicide last Saturday by taking an
overdose of morphine. lie washed and
dressed himself for burial, and then took
tho deadly drug.
Tile railroad commission of Alabama
submitted its annual report to the
general assembly today. It says that
more miles of railroad are now under
construction in Alabama than at any per
iod in the'states history.
total loss except ten bales of eottou nnd n
few barrels of rosin. Insurance $0,000.
Governor Scales bus received olHciul
information from AV. I). Pruden thnt the
survey of the disputed boundary lino
between this state anil Virginia, 1ms be
gun. The line in dispute is the northern
border of Currituck, Camden mid Gates
counties. It is thought that it will re
quire a fortuiate to complete the survey.
1 A letter from tlmt pluee dreaded by
navigators—Capo Hatteras—reports that
! the great porpoise fishery located there,
| 1ms resumed operations for this season,
! nnd with marked success. In tho first
! six rlnys it 1ms caught 405 porpoises,
; um\ hnnds nrc kept busy. The tnnnors
who prepare the aides for market are nil
Englishmen. The leather manufactured
1 is said to be superior to any made lit any
| other factory of the same kind.
Bobberies of poslotllco boxes at Ashe
ville attracted attention ami plans were
1 made for the capture of the thief. The
robberies began August !ld last. C. E.
Graham & Co., were tho principal suf-
| ferers. Checks were taken from the
i stolen letters, nnd in two or three cases
the amounts of these were raised, in one
' rase from $211 to 420. The discovery has
1 been made by the detectives that the
I thief is a negro school teacher named AV.
i A. Saxon, of Asheville.
President Cleveland Order* (be Canal Hl«a«
of Mourning.
North Carolina Os
ill the market.
are worth $121.50
G, W. H. WHITAKER,
DENTIST,
SANDERSVILLE, GEORGIA.
—TERMS CASH.—
CT Outs' at his residence, on Harria street.
Apr20-’80
H. S. H0LUFIELD,
Plfsician & Surgeon,
SANDERSVILLE, GA.
Oilloo next iloor to Mis. Bavin's Millinery
r •, mi Harris street.
HUY YOUIt
nu mmwLtM
from
JEB 1TXC3-A.1T.
' °ne genuine williout our trado mark.)
°VHAND AND FOR SALE
SPECTACLES, HOSE GLASSES, Etc., Etc.
tches, Clocks
AND
JEWELRY
nEl'AMHD BY
O UR,
1
department
urplied win, b|| tli^i requisites for doing
Muds of Job mi l lloolt work In FirsF
U.ibs Kljln, Pro.nut v nnd at ltoa-
sonnbla Prices.
A man who has been living without a
! skull died Saturday at Hurtscll, from the
effects of a fall from a train. Up to the
hour of his death, which resulted from
; causes not remotely affected by tin nb-
j scnco of it skull, tho convulsion of the
brain could be easily discerned and its
throbbing clearly seen.
Jim Stevenson, nil employe of the Lou
isville and Nashville company, was un
loading n cur of slag in tho company’s
yard at Birmingham. An approaching
engine struck the car on which lie stood,
throwing liim forward on the track, and
the engine passed over his body, euusing
| instant death.
It is reported that Smith & Eastman,
of Birmingham, have organized a stock
j company with a millioi dollars capital
stock, ami will erect two large furnaces
immediately. The Sloss furnace company
is seriously considering n proposition of
a northern syndicate, which offers two
and a half million dollars for the plant
! and ore lands. II is generally thought
that if tho trade is consummated that
the Sloss company will erect other fur
naces.
George Hurt, of Loachapokit, the mur-
i deter of young Waldrop, is still at large.
1 It. was ascot tained last Sunday that he
was still in tho vicinity of the crime.
; q'he citizens arrested a negro by the mime
! of Anthony AVilliamson. lie told them
i that he was with George on Sunday, and
that they were to meet on 11 certain spot
Monday night, nnd on the Tuesday night
following they would go to Air. Gom s,
; murder him and take his money,
j irro woman, since arrested. c<
1 that they had hired her lo go to Mr. Go-
i,p H j„ . rdor that site might open the
door when they came Then the mur
derers were to go to Mr. liny *, hill him
and take his money, and leave the coun
try.
TENNESSEE.
The hog trade has opened briskly.
Rutherford county will ship n large num
ber of bogs this fall.
Cheatham county lias one invalid, one
widow, and 17 dependents of the late
war one survivor and six widows of the
war’of 1811—5 in all-receiving nmonth-
ly pension of $70.
Tho apple crop in Murfreesboro county,
in some localities, was fine. Some very
choice apples are brought to market now
Murfreesboro mcrcbnntB are shipping
turkeys and eggs south.
nr N E Knox, a well known physician
I at Daisyi left for Hot Springs, Ark , and
carried with him a large sum of money
i * , * Cofnnlav he was found dead in bed
l; 0 C& his i ,o(ka
I book, money and all vnlun > m « g
I death and notified tlmt the body would
,' U.ta't l»r ...V'tor. »">
Over 7,000 bales of cotton were receiv
ed in Wilmington last week, against
4,000 bales for the corresponding week
of 1885.
An earthquake wave visited AVilining-
ton on AVcdnesibiy last, throwing down
n large quantity of plastering in the
con i t house.
The state auditor lias completed the
work of making out and mailing the
vouchers issued for .pensions this year,
and applicants may call at their respec
tive post dices to receive them. There
lire now 2,127 pensioners, each of whom
receive $14.10 from the itnuuul appropri
ation of $80,000.
A no-
onfessed
I’", 1 ' r '7' th0 body w.ns sent, reaching
balance, and tntiMiu.Y ^ ;, lgtellll 0 f $85
WEDDING CARDS,
VISIT.NG CARDS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
BALL CARDS,
but $40,
| there on Tuesday Inst butthu
I charges, the amount was $.180.
Tho Baltimore and Ohio express- com-
.1 of the Queen and ( ^ in b cr 1st. The
will take c the Southern
POSTERS.
handbills,
programmes,
STATEMENTS,
LETTER headings,
DODGERS,
PAMPHLETS,
ETC,. BTO.. BIO
- will O , llo youthen
>-N-r*s”«r35i m S
aggregate f° r t e “ flf )aad( 25,122,-
pasl y»r, . ^ r. 11; town lots <2,-
809; value $140,004, J of othcr
500; vnlue ± Vfl0 014; total value $324,-
property, $24 000,014, ^ ^ m
000,170; BUde decr ease in state
These lo from that of 1885
,nx of nearly $0,000 ir ^ ^ ^
,0.
S5^ (“o«0h.pr ll.» >»' **
IN AU I UM.
A fairer face thau are did fancy frame
To moin day-dre amsouthe gracious queens,
Who roigu o’er noble realms of song nnd fame
Sweeter tho sight than alt imagined scenes,
As she stood stately Iu nil autumn Held,
Her golden ringlets dancing o'er her brow
As sunlight |ilnys about a burnished shield.
Tho forest spread about her and each hough
Showered its hundred rotors nt her feet,
A loaf, blood-red, lay in her dainty hand.
And from the lips of lily-mold, n sweet
And mellow strain of music lilted tho laud.
While o'er the hills tho floods of sunset t ame,
And nil the mighty West was to l with
flame.
—John IF. DaJ'oe, in the. Current.
A MYSTERIOUS CLOCK.
homo the cows fiom the posture lot, or
at night, buried in the bed-clothes wo
diseuased it.
The preparations, too, lmd to he made
in tlie night. Wo nearly broke our
nocks climbing out on the roof night
after night to arrange our ‘‘etack o’
doom,” ns Fred railed it. Nailing the
works of the clock in the parlor tircplacc
required nil our skill in amateur burglary.
laid each bright silver section carefully
in its place in the ebony box which ho
had himself made for it. As father tin-
ished his question Roger snapped dowa
tho cover of the box, and rctoi'todj
stiffly:
“If you allude to tho duet which Miss
Flora nnd I have been pi noticing, I must
at least thunk you for as much of your
compliment ns includes myself. If you
But we managed to accomplish the task- nlluilo to the misfortune which seems to
although I was shut up behind tho fire, have overtaken your clock, excuse mo if
hoard half tho night, and Fred spriiinod I tell you that you or s >me of your liouse-
liis ankle, jumping out of the window hold know more about that than 1 do.
when mother came into the room after a I wish you a very good evening, Mr.
book. j Slinw. Good evening. Mies Shaw.”
At last all was rcadv. Bv moans of a And the wrathful .Mr. Betti ohn turned
string which one of its could pull from 0,1 *» iM nccl. nnd a moment Inter the front
tho kitchen (whore a bidder was to
furnish a safe retreat to terra tirma), n
shingle, holding the weight at tint top of
the chimney, would be jerked out: and
as tho weight began to fall the do k
would begin to st ike.
Tho next thing was to get tho oppor
tunity to put our sehemo in opcrnticn.
Strangely, Mr. Pcttijohn’s skillful lent
of pulling our door boll just so as to
ioor shut behind him with no unco, tain
sound.
“ ‘Miss Shaw'!” I whispered to Fred.
“That's murderous! lie's fearful mnd,
or he never would say ‘Miss Shaw'I”
Roger did not whistle ns he walked
briskly down the gravel path. Wo could
just see his form as lie passed in the tlnrk-
neis.
When we looked again into tho parlor,
From news received from different
parts of North Georgia, the horse thieves
are working very successfully.
Thu Dublin nnd WrightsvIUe road hits
beeu consolidated with the Wrightsvillo
and Tcnnille road. Colonel Win. S.
Ropes, of the Central, is in control.
The impression is increasing that there
will be a lively contest for the presidency
of the Central railroad, and the friends of
the present management arc working en
ergetically.
The entire debt on the Pandora, the
university annual at Athens, lias been
cleared off and steps are now being taken
towards issuing volume It in the early
part of next year.
Tho western extension of the Aumri-
cus, Preston and I.umpkin railroad will,
in about a week, bo ready for the rolling
stock nil the way to Antioch, a distance
. f 48 miles.
Tho end of this week finds twenty
miles of track laid on the Georgia Mid
land railroad. The work is being pushed
steadily, nnd it will not bo many days
before regular trains will be running over
the road.
Tho contract for the Augusta and
Chattanooga has been let, and five hun
dred men are nt work. The line is to
reach Gainesville January 1, 1888. When
thirty miles is completed, rolling stoeh
will be put on.
The incorporators of the Stvannahnud
Western railroad company, chartered in
1885, and proposing a line of roud from
Savannah to one of three points named iu
tho charter, Eastman, McYillc or Lumber
City, will meet in Savannah December
0th for the purpose of organization.
John Ogietree and Kale Ellis, of Lou
isville, eloped Saturday. After riding
over nbout half the county, trying to get
some one to marry them, they came
across Rev. Mr. Sargeant, the evangelist
of the colored people, who tied the knot.
The bride’s mother wants them married
again.
Mr. W. L. Byers, who resides ten
miles north of Gainesville, lost his gin
house by fire Saturday. lie lost about
0,000 pounds of seed cotton and luO
bushels of oats, besides six or seven bales
of cotton, which belonged to Mr. Lewis
A. Keith. It was a total loss, there being
no insurance.
General T. M. Logan, Alfred Sully and
J. B. Pace have purchased twenty-five
thousand shares of stock of the Richmond
and Danville railrond company. This
gives them absolutcijcontrol of the Rich
mond and Danville, settles all differences
and preserves and consolidates the sys
tem. General Logan, who built up the
system, but lost control in 1883, again
comes to the front.
VIRGINIA.
Brown’s livery stable was burned Fri
day at Staunton. A high wind prevailed.
The medical hall of tho university of
Virginia has been destroyed by lire.
The building and contents partially in
sured.
A standard gauge road is to be built
from Lynchburg to Durham. Subscrip
tions have been made to the road all
along the route, and the work of con
struction will soou begin. The road will
bo about ono hundred miles long.
IIAIITHOI'DI STATUE TO BE LIGHTKK
Captain Picking, Secretary of
lighthouse board, telegraphed to Com-
modre Benham, inspector of the third
lighthouse district, which embraces Bed-
bje’s Island within its limits, to take
steps for tho lighting of the Bartholdi
Swvio of Liberty as soon a* possible,
Ex-President Chester A. Arthur died I
at 5 o’clock Thursday morning at his res
idence, No. 123 Lexington avenue, New
York city. He lmd been ailing for some
time from a complication of diseases, ;
principally kidney affection.
Arthur bad lived nt No. 123 Lexington
avenue for twenty years or more. A i
stroke of cerebral nppoplexy, sudden, !
but not wholly unexpected by the at
tending physicians, terminated his life.
The stroke came in his sleep between
Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, i
and lie did not rally thereafter. His
death was painless—a slow going out of
a burned down candle. For hours before
rite cud came be wns unconscious to his
surroundings. His son anil daughter, ,
his sister, his former law partner, nnd his
closest friend, Surrogate Rollins, were at i
his bedside. Arthur’s health hod not
improved during his stay at New London
several weeks ago, nnd on his return, on ,
October 1st, lie was no belter than when :
lie left the city. As time passed, no per
manent improvement came, nnd the
physicians feared some such sudden
stroke as the one to which he succumbed, i
In Ids enfeebled condition even a light
stnko of nppoplexy would prove fatal to
a robust patient. With the beginning of
I lie present week n marked chango for
tlm better had set in. Tuesday tho ex-
President felt better and stronger than at
any time since lie was taken sick, and
commented hopefully upon tho fact.
It was nftor midnight when his atten
dant left him alone in his bedroom, and
nothing wus heard of him during the
early morning hours. IIo was not dis
turbed until nis attendant entered his
room at 8 o’clock Wednesday morning.
He found Mr. Arthur lying on his sido,
breathing heavily, and could not rouse
him. The family answered his summons,
but failed to elicit any sign of conscious
ness or recognition from the cx-Prcsident.
In alarm they summoned his physician,
who responded promptly ana at once
saw he was suffering from n stroke of
cerebral apoplexy. A small blood vessel
in tho brum had burst, and paralysis of
the right sido had ensued. From the
moment the discovery was made nil hope
was known to be in vain, but no efforts
were spared to bring the patient back to
consciousness. They were all alike fruit
less. Mr. Arthur lay motionless nnd
speechless nil day. Ho knew wliat wits
going on about him, for lie squeezed his
doctor’s bund and put out his longue
partially when asked to do so; but he
never spoke nor gave any other Nign of
consciousness.
Wednesday at 0 o’clock enfeebled
pulse, more difficult respiration, and
other signs of physical failure, indicated
to the watchful eyes of his physicians
that the end was drawing near. The
change for the worse came on rapidly,
and his sister and children gathered at
his bedside. Dr. William Valentine,
Dr. Peters and partner, and Surrogate
Rollins stayed with them during the
night. Mr. Knevnls went home nt mid
night. Mr. Arthur’s strength ebbed out
slowly, nnd with it his life. It was 5
o'clock Thursday when the eud dime.
He had been entirely senseless for hours,
and died without a struggle.
THE PROTECTIVE LEAGUE.
I1Y J. A. Till KHOKI.T..
It was not until father’s patience hud
toil'cd to be n |olite virtue tlmt Fred
nnd I decided lo cany out our plan.
He lmd said so niBiiy times at breakfast. * ■ — . ,,,, , - .
ju»t ns belaid down tlio carving knife , cause tho b.U to ring out three dial in: t -'unt L.unbent, prim and s might, In
and fork, n I tot- waiting on us all: laps nnd no more, was not performed for her morning wrappe, candle in hand,
“Flora, my daughter, 10 o'clock is late a l ull week. Fred and I were in tn u tnl nni * her eyes snapping and gleaming like
enough for tiny young mail to stay on an dread overd day that our preparations a cats s back in the dark, stood lietwoen
evening!nil.” would be discovered. Anv day father and Horn, looking' inquiringly
And Horn lmd ns often looked uu ini might take a notion to clean out the front ono to the olh:r. Mother had also
ploringly, her pretty fneo on lire, nnd ■ parlor fireplace and the chimney. Fortu- conic into Urn room, her face the picture
said: “Why, papa, how onn I help itt" nntely lie did not, nnd Mr. Roger’s of^bcwilderniont^nn'l despair.
To this defensive inquiry father would peculiar ring nt the door-bell nt Inst " ' *
not deign to reply, while mother. Aunt pealed on cars that were most intently
Eli/abelli nnd we bovs maintained a pin- li-toning for tlmt wclcomo sound,
found silence, each doubtless pondering We boys slipped out of the kitchen,
how the ditlicu t question might be where we lmd been engaged iu a litrco
reived. debate with Aunt Klizaboth on a prop >•
Roger PcttijoUn was a sophomore in sition to keep our pet chickens in the
the collcgo town in which wo lived. Ho cellar next winter instead of in the barn.
‘ l| ed his class,” was the son of his father, Dur first impulse wus to plant ourselves
Judge Petti,joint, n d it general favorite in |>' sition on tlio roof of the kitchen
with the young people. Fred and 1 ready to pull ihc string. On second
rather liked him; his boats were always thought we reflected that our intended
at our gem o, nnd it was one of oitr victim would probably spend the even-
choicest pleasures lo spend nn hour in h'g> and wo concluded to make the l est
the study which he lmd fitted up iu one °f oar situation by waiting until we
of ihc college dormitories, to “bo with thought lie ought to be getting ready to
tlio boys.” There whs no end of curious depart. The better to ward off suspicion
things there, for Roger was not a mere spent tho evening several blocks
“dig,” b t an enthusiastic student of away, with some of our boy friend-,
nttltir •, and a fnmoii'good pitcher in the As wo approached tlio house, a little
college nine. Hi sides a well-stocked before Ion o'clock, wo saw tho 1 ght
nquiuium and it largo collection of stuffed streaming from tho parlor window, and
birds, his room was decked out with knew our prey wns stdl there,
fencing foils, patent onrs,boxing-gloves, I took my place at the string, t,em
it lino pair of antlers rout him from bling with" expectation of Hie critical “™ lu !'-’ 1 Y7‘
Texas, and a good many things that moment,when Fred, who had station d tho valedictory, It o'la'gest m |
would interest boys, 3 b himself in the Ida : bttsl.es under tho Roger senrd neatly attached with a blue
But the one drawback to our enjoy- south window of tho parlor, should gin;
ment of linger I’ottijohn was that ho nm the signal by throwing a pebble on
enmo to see our sister Flora not less than the kitchen roof.
three evenings in a week, and the town Time, always slow when waited, was
clock usually struck II ns lie wont whig- never so slow, it scented, ns during the
tling homeward. Not tint we boys or full hour I waited for the thud of that
tho It nsehold wore at all put out by his pebble on tlio roof. The night train
cnlls. We never heard anything from came thundering up the valley while 1
tho parlor, suvo the subdued murmur of sat there, and I counted echo after echo
talking or rending, nnd now and then of the shrill whistle of its locomotive,
tl'.c melodious tenes of piano or llutu. nnd traced its snnke-liko line of light uti-
Rut it wa> ono of our little domestic tc- til it wound nroiuul a distant lull and
crets that Flora was working for tho was out of sight. How tho dogs barked
valedictory in her class nt tho Academy, thnt night! I busied myself in distin- "
and we all knew she could take it if sho gnisliing the score or more of cnuiiic IVonltli In Waste,
could got time to study nt homo. But, voices whoso nightly lmyings were fntnil- , A peculiar class of book hunterslinhnt
with all tho numberless housekeeping lnr in our neighborhood. Now nnd then ! tho largo junk shops in search of rare or
duties which sho took upon herself, old Uoze, our fnm'ly horse, would shako odd books nnd the popular monthly
there was often not much of a study hour himself in his stall and munch his pro- magazines. These genteel chi lion loros,
left her. So Roger Pcttijohn's cal's, on- vendor for a moment or two, nnd tlion if tlioy may bo called such, occasionally
joynblo as they might be, were not sn cease to make it living sound. A long strike vnluahlo finds iu old literature,
cordially thought of or mentioned in tho stoiy could bo told of the pictures that ‘ which costs thorn at tho rate of <1 conts
family circle . s they would have been wore cnllcd before my mind by tho noises per pound. Another class of buyers look
had they been fewer or shorter. I heard in thnt single hour. up tlie monthly purls of magazines, nnd
AH this accounts for the plan which Suddenly, in the midst of one of these upon completing the set dispose of thorn,
Fred and I determined to carry out. mental pictures, Fred’s pebble foil, strik- usually to tho (’ornhill second-hand
)\ e said t at Mr. Huger Pettijohn tug mo so that I pul e l the string with- book-stores. These buyers often tncklo
should be made aware of the (light of out a thought of what I was doing,
time, if such a thing were possible. Hurrying down thu ladder, I found
It was several days before wo hit upon Fred iu the lilacs,
n scheme that suited us. Any number Tho old clock was striking with a nor-
ot rude jokes that might easily be votis staccato thnt fairly |nado ns dance
worked out came into our minds; but we f„ r j 0 y. it had then struck up to eleven,
were not sure that wo should enjoy rude Fred ha 1 given tho signal just as the sit-
jokes ourselves. ting-room clock began to strike.
Une day at school h rod looked up from Flora and her caller were engaged in
his algebra with a pceulini grin. In a „ d „et, she nl the piano and ho with his
few minutes I snw a nolo working its fl ldc _\ s long ns the music lasted we
way from desk to desk toward me. At hardly oxpectcd thov would bo disturbed
, last it came, nnd I eagerly opened it al m. tho clock
Wu tho iglit it wns time to drew tho
curtain on onr joko. Wo carefully low
ered the window, and taking a Inst look
at tho distressful tableau, hurried into
the kitchen, twitched off our boots, and
hastened up stairs In a minute wo
went well abed. The cluck was striking
ns we dropped off to si cp.
Our experiences next morning do not
need to bo described. Wo wore found
nut, of course. Flora wore an injured
air for a weak. Father wm stern, but
wo half suspo tod that ho indirectly ap
proved our cour-o Roger Pettijohn’*
ring did not disturb our door bell for
months.
When it was certain tlmt Flora had
vanquished all competitors for the bend
of her class, Fred and ( managed to lei.
him know how “misfortune” came up in
our clock. \\ e put the works back into
the case, nnd with proper ceremony made
him it present of it, and it was given tut
honored place in his ro in. Wlieunt tli*
academy commencmcnt Flora boro off
ribbon
The funnio t part of the affair wa*
that lien tho clock began to strike on
Hint m. tnor.ilile evening, Aunt Elizabeth
began counting the strokes, according
to her invariable habit, nnd, although
she went down into the parlor and tc
i timed to her room lifter half an hour,she
averred that site had counted every
stroke, and that thu clock struck exactly
nine bund ed nnd ninety-six limes. Nino
hundred aud ninety-six o’clock becaiua
a family by-word - -Aryohaut.
most m plain sigh, of the Argus-eyed Mr. ,, sevorIl , minutc , piano, tlutc and
M inter, who, wo thought, spent more imd dock kcpt the peculiar trio, we
of lus time in prohibiting “evil commit- b • elljovIn £ it ^-itl. gieantic grins and
mentions,’ than in explaining o puitunis ' u , nv Vi..7< kH-s. Through a fold of
and construing our difficult Latin scu- • 1 ■ -
t ‘nces,
Fred's note was as follows:
“1’vo got it! You know tlio old clock'
Well, I’ll make it strike P. so hard lie’ll un
derstand. Don’t forget tt. More later.
I hardly understood; but I gave my
consent without hesitation to Fred's plan,
whatever it might bo; for he had what
wo boys call “a long head and a safe
heel.” ’
Among the treasures in our workshop
was a worn-out clock. The old time-
n pit • of old paper stuff that keeps them
busy for a week or longer, and it is of
ten the ease tlmt their lali a - is unre
warded. The law of cumpcnsati >n scums
to be a factor in the old junk business,
for many people get a good living from
other people’s waste, and some oven get
rich out of it. Even the old tin cans,
which were formerly condemned us use
less, and millions of which have been
planted in l he creation of the Buck bay
district of Boston, arc now utilized, and
the metal sheet made from them can be
japanned, or tiuucl, or galvanized, or
treated in any way that tho material
mad - from -the original ore is treated.
Out of the iron are made buttons, shoe
lace ends, show cards, telephones,electric
lights and loiter boxes, small ware, etc.
There are parties in Boston who make
tlm collection of old tin, tin cuttings nnd
old ini cans a regular business, and make
money out of it. The material is 3cnt to
New York, where it is utilized. So the
piece lmd come down from another
generation, and had been in its day f , , d Mt with „„„ bund
quite valuable; but in the days when , ift , f |. om piano ’ koyg listening
Roger Pettiiobn came to see our i.ater mjd wondcri ^ rly ' fho
ured striking, which now seemed louder
the window-curtain wo could sec the
faces of our victims.
“Ha!" whispered Fred, “Flo hears
il! See! She thinks something’s wrong
with thu music.”
Tlio players kept on n few minutes
longer, when suddenly Flora stopped. , . • . . ... , ,
The lllute and the clock now had it alone utilization of tin-plate cuttings and be
for a moment, and then the sound of the recovery of the tin has grown o.^t of the
clock was left master of the situation. b"'™ cliunm-1 ot sc,entitle thought and
\Ve were, where wo could see Roger’s experiment that long ago took the rags
fane plainly. Tho puzzled expression that f lom the dunghill unil conver ted
passed over it- and lingered a moment into sheets of paper.- Wen Herald.
was indescribable. Mora had not moved
Flora, an old-faahioncd, tall clock was
I’rlxca Offered Tor !->kuts by Hlndenia In
Nenior Clnaa ol Colleges.
I’hc executive committee of tlie Ameri
can Protective Tariff League of New
York, have decided to offer to student
of the Senior classes in all
leges u series of prizes for
says on tlie subject of the
of a Protective Tariff to tlie
the Industries of tlie United
each essay not to exceed 10,000 words,
nnd to be
on or before
be made
the best essay $250; for the second best
$100; for the third best $50; and for
other essays deemed especially meritori
ous a handsome silver medal designed for
this purpose and representing the most
artistic American workmanship. The
league reserves the right to publish, at
its own loss, any of the successful essays,
nnd to include the first prize essay in the
annual publications of the league.
not so highly prized a- now. Bric-a-
brac hunting was an unknown mania,
and a ebek that would not tell the time
ot day, no matter how ancient nnd hon
orable its history, wns well out of tho
way iu u boy’s workshop.
This old clock Fred aud l had taken
S tilth African Gold Dis reveries.
The gold lever that Inis laid hold upon
South Africa threatens to rival in its heat
and intensity the earlier dins of tho Aus
tralian aud ( aliforuian gold fields. Every
than ever. Then we saw Roger's lips
move, and Flora tun
said something which,
could not hear. Wlmfot
did not seem to understand ,. . . . f .
any better than we did. delbcrg and M aterberg d.sti ets of that
All nf a sudden both faces turned Repub te. Discoveries are also reported
• .V Yc f.i v ’. lum would slowly come to a standstill, .j "',,,
jc sent to the office of the league ! , .. _ / ... a,™ hear. It must
-fore May 1. 1837, the awards to | if %^ l ^dc disan vcr, "‘ for Flc
i i “• *i 1 cioiv t 11 t* i woiilu stare at- us us it in olanlv ciis*ip nn/i n rii
e June loth 1887, as follows: lor ; poilltment at bein „ ) e ft behind in tho “ d
pointraent at being
march of time. But, worn out and use
le's as it wns us a time-keeper, it could Fred and I began to realize that «
strike as loudly a-d boldly as in its were in something of a scrape
younger days; and we had no small
hnve been something se- free State. Such a liir.ng miners name*
lorn blushed redder than as “Queen of $hebn Roof, ■ ‘ I ho \S heel
desperate gleam came into of Fortune,” and ollie s, nre upon tlio
Roger's eyes.
betrau to realize t
_ of a scrape. But we
were bound to en joy it while we could.
tongue; of every one. and s) cculation
grows rampant. It is to be said, to tho
credit of South African newspapers, that
they are warning their neighbors to ex
ercise caution. It is pointed out that of
yuuuua uu>n. ohu ***/ “tm uu * .- x un:iluuuuu. u is bh huu nuiu ut
amount of f tin in turning the wheels so hear thousand people now in tho Trans
as to hear its silvery ring and asthmatic
wheeze.
After school we discussed Fred’s plan
thoroughly and enthusiastically. It is
to pry up the window so we could hoar ^ , fle|ds only „ slim! i proportion
what was going on. _ . are earning wages, aud many will return
to die of starvation on the road. It is a
‘What
eartli does this menu,
doubtful if wc enjoyed its fruition more
Poor Flora had buried her blushes in
her hands, and gave no answer.
THK HOC! AI
L’KOI’AGANOA
MANY.
IN CiEIt-
In spite of the closest watch kept on
the barracks at Berlin, Spandan and Pots
dam, thousands of copies of Socialistic
pamphlets have been found among tho
tioops. The matter seized consists
mostly of a newly issued appeal to
soldiers to join the workingmen hasten
ing a social revolution. The source of
the pamphlets has been traced to men
frequenting soldiers’ beer houses, and
several men have been arrested,
Japan has 108 Protestant, f.hurghos,
with a fpotabcrshlp of U,878. J"
characteristic of t-outh African gold that
... . it is usually found iu quartz reef, anti
than we did talking it over, aud eagerly herlmtKl 9 , mm gavo no ^ r ' o powerful crushing machinery is there-
adding suggestion after suggestion unuil ( 00 ™ et f n ? ‘ fore demanded for its extraction. Tho
it was? in our estimation, perfect. *nd back to Flora again, and said, louder consoqUBntly lvr0 „ ot likely to
“The plan is just this, Jamie,” said than Dexore. afford great facilities to the small digger
Fred. “Take the works out of the case, ‘ ‘I want an answer; what does this all ^ hj< own claim.—9(. James's
fasten them in the fireplace, put a long, lne ® n ! , ,,, . , ,, T
stout string on in place of the striking- Oh, father, cried l lora, I don t
weight cord, wind the reel on the strik- really .know unless the sittmg-room
ing side as full as we can, then pass tho clock is bewitched,
line up over a pulley at the top of there I have sopped every clock m the
chimney, mnl put on the weight. The j house,” replied lather, in stentorian
old thing will strike as long ns it takes tones. .... , . ,
the weight to ran down.” i Roger b face turned white ana reel by
It took some lime to get everything turns; but he did not attempt to say
ready. Iso spy was over more secret or anything. Father turned to him:
cautious in his movements than we. We j “Mr. Pettijohn, cun you tell mo what
never talked of our plans whore any one | this unearthly din in my house at neatly
couldheur. In the workshop, with doors ; midnight means?’ .... . , .
•hut and locked, or at mndown, driving J Roger had disjointed hi> "UvS, wd
Gaiette.
Eve, Midnight anil Next l)ny.
Thesuiall boy, with complacent mien.
At twilight eats tho npplo green.
Tho doctor pours, at midnight dint,
Jamaica ginger iuto'bim.
He vows, while in the colie’s power,
No more green apples he’ll devour.
Next day, recovered from his pain,
He hankers for the fruit again,;
—Ckarkstown Enterpr n