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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
THE FAMILY JOPRNAL—NEWS—POLITICS-SLITER ATURK—AGRICULTURE—DOMESTIC NEWS, Etc.—PRICE $2.00 PER ANNUM.
GEORGIA TE.
iPH BUILDING
ESTiBUSBED 1S26.
MACON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 19, 1881.
VOLUME LV-NO. 33
THAT DAT.
me. I looked about among the motley | “I need hardly say,” said Mr. retro- I The door wa athrown open and a man J which are in such universal use, and the
crowd, but saw no Mr. Dimidoff. 5ud-j klne, “that Gustave Berger, the English I entered, dusty and travel-stained, but sneereof the doctors who call themselves
Thrt dav was one of those sweet rare I den >y » slovenly, unshavad man passed I agent, is now honoring us with his pres- I with an air of authority and power stamp- “regular physicans” ‘cannot injure it in
days I me rapidly, and glanced first at me audience. He is young indeed, Alexis,” he I ed on every feature of his harsh and ex-I public estimation.
That only come in June; .. lf ben *t my^trnpk—that wretched trank, J continued to my pale-faced neighbor, | pressive face. He glanced round the j It Is singular that the inventor of the
- .v. iu; uci|(uuui, juraaiio i«w. xio >;ittuccu ruuuu uiB ib u singular mat me inventor or tne
the cause or all or my woes. He diap-1 “and yet he is of European reputation.” table scannlng,each countenance carefully, electnc hair brash did not perceive that
peared in the crowd, but in a little time | ‘‘Come, draw it mild!” thought I, adding I There was a start of surprise in the room. I an electric clothes brush would supply a
catne strolling past me again and contriv-1 aloud: “If you refer to me, sir, though I He was evidently a atrauger to thorn all. I great popular want. The clotoea brushes
ed to whisper as he did so: “Follow me, JI am acting as an English agent, my name } “What means this intrusion, sir?” said now in the market are delusions and
but at some distance,”—immediately set-1 is not Berger, but Robinson—Mr. Tom I my friend with the beard. snares. The flat clothes brush retains
ting oflT out of the station and down the J RobinsoD, at your service.” j “Intrusion?” said the stranger. “I I whatever extraneous matter it may gather
street at a rapid pace. Here was a mys-1 A laugh ran round the table. | was given to understand that I was ex-I from the human coat or trousers only
tery with a vengeance! I trotted along I “So be it, so be it,” said the man they pected, and had looked forward to a warm- long enough to deposit Ron some other
in his rear with my valise, and ou turning I called Alexis. “1 commend your discre- I er welcome from my fellow associates, [.part of the garment, and the so-called
the corner foond a rough droschky wait- I tion, most honored sir. One cannot be too I lam personally unknown to you, gentle-I whisk-broom, instead of cleaning a gap-
ing for me. My unshnyed friend opened I careful. Preserve your English sobriquet I men, but I am proud to think that my meat to which it is applied, fills it with
the door and I stepped in. I by all means. I regret that any painful name should command some respect broken particles of broom straw, so that
“Is Mr. Dim—” 1 was beginning. duty should be periormed upon this aus- among you. Iam Gustave Beiger, the its last condition Is infinitely worse than
“Hnsh!” he cried. “No names, no I piclous evening, but the rules of our as- agent from England, bearing letters from its first. We need an electric brush that
names, the very wails have ears. Yon sodation must be preserved at any cost to the chief commissioner to his well-beloy- will attract and retain every particle of
will hear all to-night;” aud with that as- our feelings, and a dismissal is inevitable ed brothers of Soiteff.” dust, hair or other foreign substance with
__ . . surance he closed the door, aud seizing I to-nicht. I One of their bombs could hardly have which R may be brought in contact. Such
precedent of tears; ...» I tbe reins i we drove off at a rapid pace, so | “W hat the deuce is the fellow driving I created greater surprise had it been fired a brush would be even more valuable to
And life with its ceaseless ebb and flow, rapid that I saw my|b!ack-eyed acquain-1 at?” thought I. “What is it to me if he in the midst of them. Every eye was fixed mankind than is the electric hair brush
Closed o’er two lives, their weal ana | tance of the railway car gazing after us I does give one of his servants the sack? This alternately on me and upon the newly ar- I of which mention has just been made.
in surprise until we were out of sight. Dimidoff, wherever he is, seems to keep I rived agent. It is in connection with unlawful and
I thought over the whole matter as we a private lunatic asylum.” iq, vou ar0 {deed Gustave Berner.” undesirable hair that the electric clothes-
jogged along in that abominable spring- J‘Take out tbo gag!” The words fairly . aid p e trokino. “who is this?” brush would be chiefly prized. There
less conveyance. | shot through me, and I started in my “That I am Gustave Berger these ere- ora be no question that the hair of the
“They say the nobles are tyrants in J chair. It was Petrokme who spoke. For J dent j a i s w ri show,” said the stranger, as feminine head has a strong proclivity for
Russia,” I mused; “but it seems to me to the first time I noticed that a burly, stout j, 8 tbrew a packct upon the table. “Who masculine coat collars. The most inno-
be the other way about, for here’s this I man, sitting at the other end of the table, that man may bo I know not; but if he I cent husband is liable to carry home un
poor Mr. Dimidoff, who evidently thinks bad liis arms tied behind his chair and a hM intruded himself upon the lodge known hairs on his collar, and thereby
nis ex-surfs will rise aud murder him if handkerchief round his mouth. A hor- under f a ] se pretenses, it is clear that he Imperil his domestic happiness. When
he raises the price of grain in the district rlble suspicion began to creep Into my I muat never carry out of the loom what I we reflect that In this country there are,
A »- ■ . .1 . 1 by exporting some out of it. Fancy be- heart. Where was I? Was I at Mr. Dim-1 be i aani od. Speak sir,” he added, lowest estimate, twelve millions of
Niont With th6 Nihilists, I i^g Obliged to hare recourse to all this Wolf's? Who were these men with their I addressing me. “who a nd what are you?” I women who daily comb their hair, we can
3 I mystery and deception in order to sell ■ .... . -•— ■ ■ •» — i nns.i-t.nj «»—■■■* ■■ ■ ——*
When hearts breathe forth instinctive ]
praise,
And pulses are in tune;
And o'er the hill and o’er the lea
My own true lover come to me
That day.
I know that the skies were never so bine
Or flowers half so sweet, .
And ne'er a road so smoothly white
Did lie ’neath trees that bent to greet,
As whore we met, my lover and I,
Met once in spite of destiny,
That day.
Twas bat a glimpse of the “might have
been,”
A clasp of bands o’er years,
A brief forgetting of worldly dm,
A * ~
That day.
Yet 'twill stand forth on memory’s green,
Marked with a snow-white stone;
Twill come to meet in the land nnseen,
When each shall claim his own;
And we can wait, my love and I,
Holding in trust from memory
That day.
—[Cincinnati Commercial.
From London SccUtg.
I mystery and deception
oue’sown property! Why, it’a worse
than an Irish landlord. It is monstrous.
Well, he doesn’t Hve in a very aristocratic |
quarter either,” I soliloquized as I gazed
strange words? ,. I I felt tlfat my time had come. My re- understand that the atmosphere must be
“Takeout the gag!” repeated Fetrokine; vo iv erwasln hip-pocket; but what <nl1 «>f »’- r »y They maybelmris*
and the hanberchief was removed. was tbat a „ ainst s0 many desperate men? I ible 80 ,on B «they are floating in the air,
“N o w, Faul Ivanovitcli, he said, “what tbe butt of it, however, as a drown- but when tbc y “me in contact with coat
have yon to say before you go?” f n . i an c i ings to a straw, and I tried to <! .liars their presence is instantly detected
“Not a dismissal, sirs,” he pleaded, “not p^erae my coolness as 1 glanced round b y every intelligent wife. It is in vain that
dismissal; anything but that! I will go at tbe e^i vindictive faces turned toward tb6 husband protests his innocence,for hair
1 me> on the coat collar is held among wives to
„„ „ T rn i„ f *>« tb « strongest circumstantial evidence
‘‘Oentlomcn,” I said, “the role I have of mi3COndllct . The domestic misery that
played to-niglit has been a purely |uyol- ar £g a f rom t bls cause is enormous. There
spy,*2 ?ou se n em to P suspect, nor, ou tlie ‘ w -“ ‘i^g woman in an Illinois town
“Robinson, Mr. Dickson wants yon!” , # _ w
“The dickens be does!” tbongbt I; lor I out at the narrow crooked streets and
Mr. Dickson, Odessa agent of Baily & I the unkempt dirty Muscovites whom we
Co., corn merchants, was a bit of a Tar- I passed. “I wish Gregory or some one f ln to some distant land, and my mouth
tar, as I had learned to my cost. “What's I was with me, for it’s a cut throat looking I shall be closed forever. I will do any-
tbe row now?” I demanded of my fel- I shop. By Jove, he’s pulling up; we must I tb ‘ n 3 that the society asks ; but pray,
low clerk, “has he got scent of our Nicol-1 be there!” I PraJ’i do not dismiss me. ’
aieff escapade, or what is it?” We were there,to all appearance; for “ion know our laws, ;and you know « a ^lo!msi)ert."nor7ortbs I w f s *y° un g, ,
“N'o iues,” said Gregory; “the old boy the droschky stopped, and my driver’s I your crimed’ said Alexis, in a cold, harsh Itt?l^rtoal^em- employed by a lawyer to secretly
seems in good enough humor; some busl-1 shaggy head peered through the apper- v °ice. “Who drove us from Odessa by T am mi Innffim- drop from her seconu-story window upon
ness matter probably. But don’t keep ture. liis false tongue and his double face? be .^^ coats of respectable citizens on the
him waiting.” So, summoning up an air “U is here, most honored master,” he Who "'rote the anonymous letter to the | I •? d « w alk specimens orhair taken from a
of injured innocence, to be ready for all I said, as he helped me to alight. I governor? W1
contingencies, I marched into the lion’s “I* Mr. Diwi—’’ I commenced but he | have destroyed
den. I interrupted me again.
Mr. Dickson was standing before the “Anything but names,” he whispered;
fire in a Briton’s time-honored attitude, I “anything but '.bat. You are too used to
and motioned me into a chair In frout of I a i all j that is free. Caution, O, sacied
him. “Mr. Robinson,” Le said, “I have I one!” aud he ushed me down a stone-
great confidence in youre discretion and | fished passage, and up a stair at the eud
aud common sense. Tlir follies of youth 1 0 f ft. •‘•jit down a few minutes in this
will break out, but I think that you have I loom,” he said, opening a door, “and
“I believe,” ho continued,
can speak Russian pretty fluently.
1 bowed again.
“I have, ” he proceeded, “a mission
which 1 wish you to undertake, and
ote the anonymous letter to the I slvei corn dealer,jvhcbbyanextraordinaiy a j dewa i k specimens orhair taken from a
r? Who cut the wire that would I m ^ ta ke, has been forced into this unpleas-1 cbea p “switch,” and so successful was
itroyed the archtyrant? You did, I au } and awkward _ . this diabolical plot that in two months
Faul Ivanovitcli, aud you must die.” 1 P a ,'J sed £ or a moina ? >t 7../?;*?.. that wicked lawyer was xeuined in sev-
I lcaued back in my chair and fairly | Sgff thatthara was apecully noto In tha j enty^fas divorce suits. This was, of
gasjied. st « et T- a n ° s ° “ t? course, an exceptional case, but it shows
“Remove him!”said Petrokine Jandthu *?"?’. 1 l!1 was but wb8t » potent element of domestic un-
mauof the droschky with two others forced the throbbing of my own heart. happiness is hair on the collar,
him out. “I ueedhardlysay," I continued, “that I N ow,if there were a clothes brash filled
I heard the iootsteps pass down tae pass-1 be'^afeTin iuv^ keepiii". I pledge my I w ,I th e * ectr ^ c * t y which would Infallibly
dy would have
hanging in tbe
NEW YORK PICTURES.
trUKHE THU PKOJPLF. LIVE \
AXD WHEHE THE 1" S VJtMtSMt.
A PlMUBl Sketch rfOtoigs X. Slaty, I
Xkq , Wbe dace Om Uanlnd Those.
•at Mian to Wwltjraa rtmala
I'alltn la Hoaar th« Xmory at Bis [
Mother.
New Yoke, August 13th, 1881.
Edxtobs TxucaBxpH axd Messenoxb : Aa I
submitted to him. He thinks for himself. [ pursue the prescribed curriculum. I know
He needs no persuasion and does not like I not, but oarteinix only a few possess the
to be begged. If a cause strikes him as physical strength for such heavy work. The
right and worthy, and one proper for him teachers are all ladies with one exception,
to aid, he does it spontaneously almost. Miss Ida Parker, the accomplished vice-
He began his gifts to our Georgia colleges principal, was my escort, and much of my
in March, before ha ever dreamed of own- I pleasure is due to the gentle kindness of
ing a dollar’s worth of railroad stock in the I this charming lady.
State. Some narrow minds might suggest (Yesterday i had the pleasure of meeting in
that it was his anticipated financial inter- I this city Col Hobbes and wife and the Misses
eet in the “tate that stimulated his ohari- I Davis of Albany, Georgia. The girls called
_ . . | to see Mr. Seney, as all true Wesleyan girla
Tbe editor of a church paper, belonging I who oome to New York ought to do. Ha
to tho Northern Methodist Church, publish- j was charmed with them, and mom-
edinAtiai-to, through sheer envy because ing. when I called to hid him good-bye, he
tt t. th* . | Mr. Seney hid aided Southern Methodist I spoke of the sinoere pleasure their visitaf-
it is the custom of some of your people, I colleges, wrote some very mean and bitter I forded him. Ho M will reoeiva all
when traveling, to give yon jottings by the I things about his motives, insinuating that Georgians gladly, and though full of busi-
way, it may not be unacceptable to some of I ho was seeking Southern patronage for his I ml ho will take time to shake their hands
your readers for me to send yon a few lines But surelyno°G«>rgian is so soulless as Let our 8 ineifand'women ^ho^to^overto
from the grand metropolis. j to intimate that a sordid mo tire oontrolled j this city take time to do a simple honor to
New York is rapidly taking on its usual I his actions. Some people don’t know what I a good man who has done so much for our
fall aspect. The rush and bustle of trade U ^ to . be £ < T r ? u S’ ^ hey , 0 ^ Mways State. I must add one word for thepro-
, " , I ready to attribute bad motives to those who I taction of this generous man. SineahU
are increasing every day. The streeta are | are so. If Mr. Seney, or any others of j liberal gift to the South he has been liter-
foil of people coming and going, day and 1 large means, is wilting to bring hie mil- I ally overwhelmed with bogging letters,
night. There seems to be no cessation to I our State and invest them in our I People write to him to aid them in all their
.* . . , « , I railroad*—opening np the highway* of I enterprises, public and private ami
the constant march of men and women j trade and travel—let ns weloome him with I then abuse him if he refuses? ’
and vehicles, all seemingly intent on some j joyful hearts, and give him all the aid in I This is simply shameful. He read me a
object, and pushing on as if allraid they I on . r Talk about injuring the prop- I letter to-day from a man in Georgia who
would be too lata All thi* reasolH** whirl I of the pfcate the Yery idea is preposter- I hud written to secure a loan, which ne had
would be too late. All this ceaseless whirl I oaa It ^ ad vauoe the mterest of tbe declined. The result was a sharp, insulting
makes the brain dizzy, and the novitiate, I State, and when she gets ready to soil her I letter from this Georgian, charging Mr. S.
accustomed to the quiet, easy-going habits I own road there will be found many willing j with having contributed to aid Mrs. Garl
of a sober place like Maoon, soon grows to T bny “ at bo T r °TfP P 1 ?. 0 ®* . , . . .. jeat from motivea of “ostentation,”
, rj . . T I In my next I will write of a pleasant visit I while he had refused his neeas«ties
tired and longs for relief. The rich are I to the Seney summer home, and abont I Shame upon our people who have no more
generally out of the city at their country I other piacee and things. W.O.B. self-respect than to beoome beggars, and
homes or the fashionable watering places, " 1
Saratoga and Newport still hold the pre-em
inence as attractive resorts for pleasure-
seekers of the richer and gayer kind, I
bnt there are hnndreds of less pretentions
and less expensive places where mnltitudes
find fresh air and pleasant relief from the I
heat and tnrmoit of the crowded city. Boat-
no more decency than to abuse mi honora
ble man, because ha dose not see fit to sup
ply their wants. I did not think we had
any such people in tho South. If Mr. 8.
should give to all who apply for aid, he
would have nothing left. He says: “I give
when my judgment approves. I be
lieve m concentrating my gifts so
I as to realize results. I will not give
The Horn* ef Mr. Geo. I. Seaey-
Hhppy FMnily FltusaUy Oeecrlb- |
ed—Xotn of* Married Trip.
New York, August 15,1881.
Editors Telegraph axi> Messenger I
Yesterday was the Sabbath and its holy
calm was a benediction. How necessary I indiscriminately, and I cannot distinguish
a sterling foundstion to your character J repast will be served lor you;” and with came a sound as of a struggle, ended by a one wor d 0 fi ts halltranspirethroughine.” semc0 1 ,t, , v ’
underlying any superficial levity.” J tb &t , b e left me to my own reflections. heavy crunching blow and a dull thud. , ense s of men in creat physical m * n K nd ’. Eyei T y°“ n 8 lady
I bowed. “Well,” thought I, “whateverMr. Dim- “So perUh all who are false to their dan^r Sie strengcly acute, ortto ? u , clothes brash bau S ,u S m
“that you I idolTs bouse may be like, his servants are oath,” said Alexis, solemnly, and ahoarse i ma S !nal : 0I1 B i avs t b em curious tricks. I f ‘ r ? n , t , ^Vi ’ 80 tba t the young men who
my
but I could have sworn tbat 1 heard heavy
ding her good evening, and could thus re
turn to their boarding-house without fear
could insure himself against any miscon
struction of hia conduct, and could make
his . account of the unexpected business
which detained him at his office until 11
p. in. seem really plausible. The man
who invents the electric clothes brash will
aud ‘revered master!’ I wonder what I “Death alone can dismiss us from our
he’d call old Dickson himself, if he’s so I order,” said another man farther down;
I polite to the clerk! I suppose it woaldu’i j “bnt Mr. Berg—Mr. Robinson
^ n " n "-Woman* of tlielr'hateful.fun15S6c'dS55 bSbta his pockrt, —
_____ ^ “if ever you | vullure3 ’ haJ smffed anolher | by using it just before enterin^his house
post at present." " I ‘“it c«t&Tnl7drd'lookrhkV''a'’cell. "The I get out of this scrape you’ll' turn over a '^looked round the table. Still the
“You may depend upon my doing my I joor was an iron one, and enormously new leaf. You’re not fit to die, and that’s sam e hard, cruel faces. Not one glance
best,sir, Implied. I strong, while tbe single window was close- a fact.” It was only too evident too me 0 f S y m patby. I cocked my revolver in
“Right, sir; qnite righ.. What I wish I j y barred. The floor was of wood, and I now that by some strange misconception I my pocket J
yon to do is briefly this: The line ol rail- I < 0 utided hollow and insecure as I slroiie I had got in among a gang of cold-blooded T liere wa3 a pa i n ful silence, which was
way Las just been opened to SoltelT, some I across it* Both floor and walls were "•*** iwp *»»«** I r
hundred miles np the country. Now 11 thickly splashed with coffee or some other
wish to get the start of the other OdeMa Jark!iqu;d> On the whole it was far j that my only chance of life was to try to I “Promises are easily made and easily
firms in securing the produce of that dis- I from being a place where one would he play the role thus forced upon me until broken,” he said. “There is bnt one way . sceves «v the rnrrttsE
trufi, which I have reason to^believe may I like]y to beeome unreasonbly festive 11 an opportunity for escape should present | ofsecurine eternal silence. It isour lives | BCEME9 OS 1HECOVUSE.
be had at very low prices. You will pro- b ad hardly concluded my survey when IJ itself; so I tried hard to regain my air of} or yours. Letthe highest among us speak.” I , “ "
ceedbyrailto Soiteff and interview a beard steps approaching down the corri- self-possession, which had been so rudely [ «\'on are riebt. sir,” said the English I Alen P Ic t n reor« , ffht«
Mr. Dimidoff, who is the largest lauded I j or> and t b e do or was opened by my old I shaken. I azent; “There is but ono course open
f S?, r r friend ot the droschky. He announced “I am indeed fatigued,” I replied, “but ife must be dismissed.”
able terms as yon can with him. B? 1 * 1 j that my dinner was ready, _ and, with I j f ee j stronger now. Excuse my momen-I I knew what that meant in their con-
uy weakness.” I founded jargon, and sprang to my feet.
... I — "—•—. .— T > | “It was but natural,” said a man with I “By Heaven,” I shouted, putting my
sible, in fact tbat nothing should be known be led me down the passage and into & athick beard at my right hand. “Ami hark against the door, “vou shan’t butcher
m Id^ire ^tb^inte^K larse a ? d , b f aUtifu " J “f" 4 S£o“d 2r, goes the cause a free Lglishman like' a sheen! Tho
in Odessa. I desire it for the interests of men t. A table was spread for two in the in Emrland ?” first among you who sUrs, drops.”
the firm, and Mr. Dimidoff on account centre 0 j ilt and by the fire was standing ,7[r“^ ark ;b: - 1 * °' J -----"
is far that my only chance oflife was to try to upromUes are easily made and easily after he begins t0 adTertlS0 IU
oftbe prejudice peasantry entertain agains. I a man ye ry little older than myself. He I “Has the great commissioner conde-1 sights of ray derringer tho gleam of a I for greenbacks after they have settled the
exportation, ion will nna yourscit cx* I turned as I came in. and stepped forward I .-nA n .i«,i »» mi»ira tn Oia Knifan* I irnifa and #iif> dnmniii.aral face of Gustavo I rate nf nod* aualntit. pboTi Iiana AntoMri*
A man sprang at me. 1 saw aloDg the
on tbe Barato
va Ha co Track.
Saratoga Letter.
About the first people to arrive are the
bookmakers, who have stands inside tbe
betting inclosure, on the gate of which
bangs a sign reading, “No boys admit
ted,” and this rale is strictly enforced.
The bookmakers carry tin boxes, which
contain the cards they give in exchange
exportation. Y on will find yonrself ex-1 tun2e d as I came in, and stepped forward I sce nded to send a missive to tho Soiteff I knife and tho demoniacal face of Gustavo rate of ouds against each horse entered;
reeled at the end or your journey, and I to meet me with every symptom of P t0 * I branch?” asked Petrokino. I Berger. Then I pulled tbe trigger, and but without this outward evidence of
[ found respect. _ „ | “Xothiug in writing,” I replied. | with a hoarse scream sounding in my | tiieir calling one soon gets to know them
will start to-night. Money shall be ready
for your expenses. Good morning, Mr. I «So young and yet so honored.” he ex- I i<p u t he has spoken of it?” |ears,IwasfelIedtothegroundbyacrash-byUieirgenfiialappearanceofshrewd-
Ribinson, 1 hope yon won trail to realize I c | a { med . an a then, seeming to recollect I “Yes; he said he had watched it with ing blow from behind. Half unconscious ness; ancf especially by their conversa-
option I have oryoarWiUUau himself, he continued, “Fray sit at the feelings 0 f the liveliest satisfaction,” I re- and pressed down by some heavy weight, tion, which is always and invariably on
Gregory, I said as I strutted into the I bead of the table, you must be fatigued I , urne( ], 11 beard tbe noise of shouts and blows above I the subject of the laying of wagers,
office, “I’m off ou a mission, a secret mis-1 by your lone and arduous journey. 1 lu ‘ u ' ;u - — 1 1 - -- • • — 1 * ■ . -*>
tion, my boy, an'afiair of thousands of
pounds. Lend me your little portman
teau, mine’s too imposing, aud tell Ivan
to pack it. A Russian millionaire expects
by your long and arduous journey. Wei «>Tis well!’ti well!” ran round the I me, and then I fainted away. I On the stands which”they occupy are
dine tete-a-tete; but the ethers aaemh!«J ^le. I When I came to myself 1 was lying among swinging blackboards with the names of
afterwards.” I j felt giddy and sick irom the critical I the debris of the door, which had been the starters and the odds they are willing
“Mr. Dimidoff, I presume?” said I. I nature ot my position. Any moment a I beaten in on top of me. Opposite were I to lay against each, either for tho horse
“No sir,” said he, turning his keen gray I question might be asked which would J a dozen of tho men who had lately sat in | to win or to come in firs', or second, the
~ . m • . TlnnV I Sii| 9«U UC} blUUUiX UW KCU I AUJ«U- UC NAKU HUIWI WUUlti I b UU«JI Wl ——— j I ~ v. wivviiuj KUG
*° d . y„ y • I *F* n P° n ™*- “My name is Petrokine, show me in my true colors. I rose and I judgment upon me, tied two and two, latter being called betting on place. As
“P I you mistake me, perhaps, for one of the I helped myself from a decanter of brandy I and guarded by ascoreofRussiansoldiers. I soon as the people begin to arrive in any
people, or tlifi whole will be ud. I ■.« »» . «. s % .■«!»«.» ■ ■. • . ^ oxi ft siiHo lr*'* m«__ I n *_■_ aPfim iii.rafmi l n,«•«%la. ii,a ap ii>a «tn«i
to my excite
felt reckless
as ^K I ba i could not conceive'.' "Land stewards I ptaf'with'^toraientorsr'I Mill, how^ I tike mysolf, bleeding profusely. I sand to five hundred Nightcap does not
SgJLfS!?* “t of DimidofFs, perhaps, though tho name ever, bad all my wits about me. “Well, young fellow, you’ve had a nar- dome In first or second ” Evan mouoy
t I did not seem familiar to my companion.! «You have been to Birmingham?” ask-1 row escape,” said a hearty voice in my I hero on Girofle.” These and kindred
ana wiientl night l stepped out ana stole i o owever -5 jj e appeared to shun any | e d the man with the beard. I ear. cries fill the air, but over and above them
-i*-rvF*r *m* nn P I *J a ^j c ®^ f I business questions at present, I gave in to “Many times,” said I. I I looked and recognized my black eyed ail can bo hoard the voice of Cat'icart
X hishumor, and we conversed on social I “Then you have ol course seen tho pri- I acquaintance of the railway carriage. from the auction pool box.
,ifr^ r w^ P cV? d life in England—a subject In wliich be J va te workshop and arsenal.” I “Stand np,” ho continued; “you’re only Oathcart is Hie successor of old Doc
iVunih.i dUplayed considerable knowledge and! “I have been over them both more than a bit stunned; no bones broken. It’s no Underwood, as lie was called, now dead
mwS&.rirJ 1 *T fe /5r^°ry’fc “JI"|acm«MSS. His remarks, too, on Malthus Lnce.” wonder I mistook yon for tho Nihilist and gove, and whose rich Celtic brogue
J n and the laws of population were wonder- «It is still, I suppose, entirely unsus- agent, when the very lodge Itseff was will never be forgotten by those who nave
evir irm. !.r^wl fully good, though savoring somewhat of pected by the police?” continued my in- taken in. „ Well, you’re tlio only stranger heard him in tho role of auctioneer.
L ,yl ^ peth &radicalism. terrogator. who ever camo out of this den alive. “There is a thousand and sixty in the
tentIon^S«^2 d /? “Bv the wav” he remarked, as we “Entirely,” I replied. Come down stairs with me. I know who pool, and Girofle and Duke of Montrose
mAr^i •’. e » s j n0 ? 0ru ! jmn’-Aii i cen-Jover our wi’ic “we shoold I “Can you tell ns how R Is that so large I you are and what you are after now; I’ll j sold; how much for third choice? One
mteh C tV nTre^have^now^yoi^but for th^English a conrem is kepP?o completely se^>t?”“ take you to Mr. Dimidoff. Nay, don’t hundred and fifty I’m bid; do I hear any
1 eTn ^ 1 I tatela mvow Itunm It itutihe lntflttt I Here was a poser, but my native Im- go in there,” he cried, as I walked toward more ? ” But it is not necessary for
cot mv 'to the tl,i"~ in the woridtoat Alexander noticed pudence and the brandy seemed to come the door of tlio cell into which I had been Catlicart to hear. He knows every man
got my ticket, I ensconced myself in the tnmg J ^ my a i d . originally ushered. Keepontofthatjyou’ve wlio frequents race tracks,: and knows
ofermy aS extfSrffiaa n r^c^d CrtMe I Uon of you; indcedfwe prepared to) “That is information,” I replied “which | seer. ev» sights enough for one day. | their betting capacity, too,.and a nod
fiiammn^nnnC^ra'n'whiSIn^uativ ltud»’’ ands!lre,k<luts3 ***" I office atMoscow'hefore entering into sncli I unfrequented a place, ^coupled with my air I of P Icces of pssteboard sold, and the mo-
unk^n?^A to™ al “Your remark is true, sir,” returned details.” of secrecy and the English labels on that notonons tones of the salesmen as they
'uad I known mv newly made friend; “but l am sur-I “Exactly so,’I replied, only too happy I confounded portmanteau of Gregmy’s, had J® 1 * oat » “Thoraone, “Ferida one,” all
tl whfeh awiitid me a? toe wCd to hwyon 0.11 otm glorious asso- to get a lift ou. of mydificuUy. completed the business. help to swell the din until the bell for the
end of mv toSiTev ft would^hardly^ have elation a trade! Such a term Is gross in- “We have heard,” said Alexis, “toat I have little more to tell. My socialistic bo » e8t o come to the starting post is
TiRCPahlJ* I deed to apply to a body of men banded I you were sent to inspect the Livadia. I acquaintances were all either transported I ficjrd from the judges stand,
lawok^ with an unesv fealin" that tegother to supply the world with that Can you give us any particulars about to Siberia or executed. My mission was Just hef 01 ® the start the betting ln-
uie^newM watching* me ctose”y, “r whlchlt is yearning for, but which, with- it?” performed to the satisfaction of my em- c°mr« becomes deserted and the grand
»Tl mftta“en A tall dark man had out our exertions, It can never hope to at- “Anything vou ask I wiH endeavor to ployers. My conduct during tbo whole «t“d ranidly tills up. It Is here that the
m x misiaKen. a I - - —• —*—j « I » t -nniin.i <•. .imrnraiim. I tanoois has won me promotion, anil my | Indies do most of their betting, and the
• • ■ - 1 novices are more apt to bet on a “cunning
looking” jockey or too bright colors of his
some
taken up his position on the scat opposite I tain. A spiritual brotherhood would be I answer.” I replied in desyeration.
and his black sinister eyes seemed to I a more fitting term.” I “Have any orders been made in Bir-
look through me and beyoud me, as if he “By Jove!’ ? thought I, “how pleased mingham concwnlngJtf” - ()
wished ia read nivverv soul. Then I saw I the boss would be to Lear him! Ho must I “None when IleftEngland.
him glance down'at my little trunk. j have been in the business himself, who- “Well, well, there’s plenlyoftime yet,”
“Good heavens’” thought I. “here’s I ever ho Is.” I said the man with the beard— many
Simpkins’ agent, I suppose! It was care- I “Now, sir,” said Mr. Petrokine, “the I months. Will the bottom be ol wood or |
lea ol Gregory to leave those confounded clock points to 8, and the council must be iron?”
labels on the valise ” 1 already sitting. Let ns go np together and | “Of wood, I answered at random,
I closed mj'eyetffor a time, bnt on re- Iwdll introduce yon. I need hardly say “Tis well!” said another voice. “And
• .a * a « .« . a .1 ,1 & - — - * —* aaaaam* X m Alvaam'A/l on/) 11 - n t I
prospects for life have been improved since
that horriblo night, the remembrance ol
which still makes me skiver.
A Lour Felt Want,
Xete York Times.
There is an external remedy whicli is
I said to ho a sure care tor headache. This
.^.ravr-Hiuramucuu uu lu . x ......m .... . . _ j U tllO eleCtrtC brush. To Oil IMlinMI
opening tliem I a^ain caught toe stranger’s the greatest secrecy is observed, and toat what is the breadth of the Clyde below it is like any ordinary brush, but in its
earnest gaze. ° I your ippeararco is anxiously awaited.” I Greenock?” I hmtiM is stored nn an hmtemflM* sim.
'•’Klrim UmIahJ T 99 Is A aal/1 in I T tfimAfl ftYAT in TOV mill(l &S I followed I “It varies much,” I
Greenock?” I bristles is stored up an inexhaustible sup-
From England, I see,” be said in Bus- I I turned over in my mind'as I followed j “It varies modi,” I replied; “on an ply of electricity. How this electricity is
sian showings rAnr n? whita teeth in I him how I mlcht best fulfill mv mission I average about SO yards.” I put into tho bristles Is not known. Per-, , . , - liT
was melnt to be L 'amiable smile. | ?nd Sure toe most advantagJus terms. | _ IS*?- Hi?
suit than gnided by the record or breeding
of tbe horse he rides. There is a hum of
suppressed excitement until with one ac
cord the shout goes up, “They’re oil!”
and necks are craued and glasses brought
Into requisition to follow too fortunes of
tbe racers. If too finish is at all close toe
excitement becomes intense.
“Down in iront!” is tho cry of those
whose view is blocked, while tho standing
attendants strive in vain to enforce the
ways travel for pleasure, don’t they?
^.nothing else.”
grand i
winning horse is hung out.
The human
sslfto i'reom larger and even more gor- | Petrokine. _ I tors have hitherto administered electricity
“Vtarouluct wL mysterious, to say the I haddinedf^A U fon?“abte,° : cowred'‘with I need hardly's ay I had not the ^raallMt birtlto 15So ha“viS*pSSet^i^*oT«* thtft
SShSS S X ““An P d Jow, »«t honoredl sir,” said I foalu - - di9g uise cither joy or disap-
upin to“same a f^d m mysel^and “e- e^-nMtly^Tho whole” sc"ene ““minded Bauer,’the^Ge^nansoctalist, to BavSJky’s Fche all yon hive to do^yo toduM some
termined toshol^e thltho guessed my me forcibly of a gambling hell I had vlsl- proclamation.” j one to brush your hair with an
^StSLOJa toe company
tol my eompMiiil !0 «S»Sed1» attMtloo, I for Providence hurriodme from 0110° dl-1 bralir^ftt instantiy cause toe‘l^d«5e’to I SSSS’uSSJfloYBlariSSo git cwh^d
sssStars:fe&grmirtifre i r e a d urp u ra
to °pen otl and who*e commerce I was almost servile respect. A man at too footsteps were heard approaching. Then electricity, which dellcato stomaclia are ** investment or$30.
todirep, I t,A»d of the table wlio was remarkable came a loud tap outside, followed by two 1 often unable to retain. There' Is abun- 1 _ _ , . . ...
“SJS for the extreme pallor of T.“ faTL con- smaller ones. 1 dant testimony to prove that tlio electric ^he Earl of Shaftesbury, now in his
‘ upped out to tlie platform. ' trasted with his Sine-black hair and mas- “The sign of the society!" said Fctro- hairbrush * as beneficial and infallible in . eightieth year, preached his first sermon in from ^able sources.
I V..I- L b- evrec'ed at the end of mv I tasebe, waved his baud to a seat beside him, kinc; “and yet wo are all present; who its etiects as are the liver, stomach, lung, the open au last month tn London at Fair-
Journey, so Mr. ^Dickson had informed 1 and I sat down. * can ft be?” kidney, spine, shin and back-teeth pads 1 lop Fair.
iisguise cither joy or disap-
I polntment. The race ovor, tho men drift
back to the pool selling and the women
gossip or spend the time collecting or
counting up their gains or losses. I saw
one elegant looking blonde to-day, who
| had evidently got a “tip” from tbe right
loads of all classes leave the docks every the Sabbath to the welfare and happiness apptitantthin^ h^'teThe o^v^lw 1
few minutes for the. adjacent beaches. I of [man—even after leaving out -its spirit- alas! there are thousands of impecunious
Long Branch, Rockaway Beach, Coney J ual advantages.. It is needed for rest. Man souls who are jnst as eager for relief. Do,
Island, and many parks on the Hudson, are I could not live and thrive without it. Even i nJ.^tl rs l?, < F to i?*? top , tbl8 Letthe
crowded day and night by those who only I in New York, where it is violated by multi- Conduct ^^desefv^therop^obation °of U ati
have a day or night to spend in recreation, j tndes4t constitutes a powerful factor in the I good people. I write these lines in simple
A - ii the3eplaoes are absolutely necessary I prosperity of the city. With Mr. Emory Win- justice to a generous man, who hah shown
to the health of these over-active, restless, ship, of your city, and Mr. E. Saulsbury, so i>e Spf e f at to” 6 North, but toouFPWPle tin
busy people. It would be impossible for I well known to yon, I attended Dr. Howard toe South. His heart is full of noble im-
them to stand the strain on nerve andmtis- j Crosby’s church, on Fourth Avenue, in the j pulses, but for that yery reason we ought to
de without some such arrangements for re-1 forenoon, where,we heard a charming and 1 chen5 “ and bonor bi m ‘ W. 0. B.
lief. Of coarse they become aocastomed I strong sermon by tbe excellent pastor....
to it, bnt it is all unnatural and against the j There is no sensationalism abont him. He i OlEltDost OP XOUPHISE.
laws of healthy life. They live too fast— I is direct, earnest, logical, and his pulpit is
are too active—don’t rest enough. The I a power in this city. In the evening we at-
excitement of mind and heart and body, it | tended the Church of the Strangers and
seems to me, is unfavorable to the best de- I heard the now famous Dr. Deems. Ho
velopments of health and happiness. I gaid many good and striking things, and
jss^ssa ss I *»«—■»»<-».
Era. B E. Ja Btotoa Arrives la Atlan
ta an Insensible Condition amt
Mm soon alter.
Special to Telegraph and Messenger.
Atlanta, Ga., August 1C.—The wife of
mo uiau, “v.. •*““• «*« ww-h. i.t, . . T , , Rev. M. B. I,. Binion, of Webster county,
and West. They usually seek quiet board- largest congregation I have yet seen in /ormor i y pa3tor of ’ the jj aptiat chnrch ll
ing-plaoes, away from toe luxurious hotels, I New York. I have heard preachers whose si .? a rchat
not perhaps that they prefer these quiet Ljyle of preohing I admire a great deal , °°! a . mv ^ her f on .^ e B00n train
boarding-houses, bnt because the hotels I » . w n , I from Cincinnati under influence of an
are infested with drummers, who give them | more * bn * Dr. D. pleases the multitude and 9 01 aQ
no rest day or night. If a merchant wants I ranks deservedly amongst the greatest
any time to be qmet and to think for him-1 preachers of the day. He has dons and is
the toteS^ro^eroM anWe'^nt, ^nd d f m * a f e f t 1 w0 ?’ BBCceM HEi f*
kept on both the American and European | ply wonderful. He started, a stranger, fif-
plans. The latter aro by far toe more ex- | teen years ago with seven members in t
pensive,nnlMs yon live to a x*ry ^*«rly j small hired hall—he now has a member
way at cheap eating house*. In the best I .. , , , , , ,
cafes a single meal will oost from one dol- I sbl P over six hnndred, and wor-
lar to three dollars, if yon call for the ar- I ships in a spacious and neat chnrch edifice
tides which constitute a decent meal at I presented to him by the late Commodore
as 3s. “tar srs
which I am stopping. It is pleasantly I lars. Such success shows tbe power and
located near Union Square and Irving I merit of the man. He and Dr. Crosby do
Place, just opposite Mosio Hall. It is ad-
orerdoso of morphine, and died at half
past ton. Drs. Bedwine and Olmstead
used every means to revive her and save
her life, bnt in vain.
Senator Porks of Dawson, Representa
tives Beatty of Webster, andNorthen of
Hancock, Col. Hardeman, Mayor Corpat
and ex-Mayor Hoff, interested themselves
in the nnfortnnate lady, and Mr. and Mrs.
Elam Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. W. A Rich,
Rev. J. G. M. Medlock, Mrs. A W. Starke,
and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Toon were devoted
in their attention to the sufferer till she
riace, jusi opposite luusio nan. «is aa- no t take the usual vacation indulged in by
vertised in your paper by its excellent pro- I , . . , ,, . “ . I died, and prepared her body for the grave,
prietor, Mr. Wood, and is known as the th® great preachers of the city. Their A coroner’s tannest revealed the tact
firightwood House. Mr. Wood and his churches are always open, and too stranger .. . ? 7?“* "TT® t act
wife are Southern people, came to New wi u a i wa ya find a welcome in their congre- Mr8 ’ B “f K a a confirmed opmm
York after the war, aud have succeeded I gations. | eater, anc had been to Ohio for treatment
wati ta business. They are now absent at a I Bnt I promised to say something about for six weeks; that she had given way to
watering place, but their gentlemanly son j my visit to Mr. Seney’s summer home. It the habit again on the cars and last nioh‘
manages the house with meat success, and j 8 located in Bernard’s township, Somerset ®last nigh,
gives the utmost satisfaction to his guests. I oounty, ta the State of New Jersey. Taking * n “ ta<lay “ >oJt 400 There was no
Here I find domiciled the inimitable | a S eat with him ta a cab, we soon entered evidence of any intent at snlcide. The de-
“Jack” Siappey and ins lovely wife, one of I the ferry boat for Hoboken, and ta a little ceased iar a middle-aged, stoat bnilt wo-
the ^Mlej an s fairest daughters. It is I while were on the cars of the Delaware aud i eaveg «*veral childrAn Tho
their chosen home while North, after try- I Lackawanna railroad, which extends from man ’ leaT es several cmldren. The
tag many others. Among the guests, I see Hoboken to Easton Pennsylvania. His £ oea home to-night ta care of Repre-
th 0 familiar faces of several Macon people, 11 wo sons, Robert, the oldest, and George seatative Beatty,
with quite a number from other portions 11. Jr., toe youngest, accompanied us.
of Georgia. Dr. Landrum, Mer- Both these sons are active
cer’s honored financial secretary, is business men ta New York. The
here ta the interest of that cb ®^* I summer home is beautifully located ta a
uhed institution, uh, that he migh- j valley, handsome lawns and drives sur-
find another Seney, with _ large purse and | rounding it on every side. It is a lovely
’ it more
_ —- — ,1, w hi—ii,,t am comfort
is engaged in an nneqnal contest ta the I and so constructed as to collect all the
work of education. J.110 otato can coin- I breezes from the surrounding high lands,
maud money at trill to maintain its Uni- | It a privilege to be the guest of such a
family. Here f met a cordial reception.
find another Seney, with large purse and I r0 undtag it on every side. It is a
larger hoaitito aid him m his great work of gpo t naturally, bnt art has made it
advancing Christian education. The church j beautiful. The house is built for co
‘ “ ~ II thA I
attending surgeons
„ .., -, . „ , „ ,, , — pating Drs. Hamilton and Agnew from
versity with thesubordmate colleges which | family. Here I met a cordial reception, any connection with the alleged raalprac-
tice ’ Dr ‘ Hammond arraigns the surgeons
Dr. Hammond Aruawd—A Hrdlcal
Bomb. bell.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Ex-Surgeon-General William A. Ham
mond, of New York, has written a letter
in which he takes strong ground against
the course pursued ly President Gariieid’s
After entirely excul-
the public purse, to keop np their own col- I dren—three sons and six daughters. His j tte tirst , 2ft boBr8 > * bo Principal
leges. No college can be what it ought to two oldest sons aud three oldest daughters among which are, he maintains: Neglect
be without money and a plenty of it. In I axe married and have homes of their own t0 mak ® a thorough exploration ot the
these days of free education by the State, j j regret that I coaid not see Mrs. Seney. track of the wound and to locate the po-
it is impossible for our denominations I She had been taken suddenly ill, and was sition of the bullet; neglect to remove
schools to live without endowment. It is I then trader tbe care of a physician. Miss the fragments of clothing and of bone
fortMa thMtttwy am now u.a > glmg. I Mary, an accomplished and genial young which afterwards caused such great snf-
Iho day after my arrival, I called at the I iady,his oldest unmarried daughter,presid- faring; neglect to extract the ball while
Metropolitan Bank to shake the hand of edta her mother’s stead.and provedhowfit toe strencth of the patieLt was at its max-
onr noble New York benefactor. I found she is to take charge of her own home as a i muul aud before toe track had been Dar-
Mr. Seney seated in a very plain office,not bride, which I ascertained sho would soon d the swrlih.^ of tf.o S
as fine as theoffioes of our Macon bankers, do. The Wesleyan girls have often said to me 222i!iwI.!ww^rf?ii2?«S2?
The building, of course, wras grand and I *q wonder if Mr. Seney has any unmarried I Patt~> treattag tne case from toe first from
spacious, but the presidents office, tike the boys?” Icannowanswer,“Ye3;"hehas ono, tUe standpoint of guess work, instead of
Fresident himself, was plain and simple, j who bears hia father’s name, and is as mnch from actual facts gained by thorough and
The greeting was cordial and friendly. 11 ifij® his father ta featare and expression intelligent exploration; neglect to give
was at home at once. Ths man’s soul | as it is possible for a man of twenty-one | exit to the pus that had collected ana to
pieces of fracti
knowtoat yon heard^before tearing home | Georma girls, and I will jnst say toat he is j An w~YowwTnT
a handsome, modest, moral, busraess-tike did what was nrooer. heimr from
beamsontof his soft, black eyes. I had not I years old to be like a man of fifty-five. I pieces of fractured ribs, till toe consult-
teken my seat before ha said, I don 11 George would be ta great demand among mg surgeons bad arrived from Phila-
know that yon heard before leaving home I Georgia girls, and I w, :, “ * 1 s K
that I had helped Emory College some I a handsome, modest,
“oro- B yon heard it, I reckon yon all I young man. So go to work,'girls, and see
feel badly becaaso 1 have not done as much [ who can capture him.
for yon, but I now give yon thirty thousand Nellie and Katies
dollars more, which will make yon even I aired resnoctivelv foor
are nice young girls,
... _ „ —e yon even I aged respectively fourteen and twelve; so
with Emory, lhat was the whole of it. 11 that Georgia boys, who are “worthy and
hardly had toe power of speech left me, so well qualified,” might add to their happi-
overjoyed was 1 by the grandeur of toe I ness and-fortunes by visiting Bernarus-
man’s generosity. Macon ought to hold a J town. There is an air of freedom and con-
mass meeting to thank him, ana Methodists I fidence in this Christian home of wealth
ta Georgia ought to appoint a day of jnbi-1 which cannot fail to win the admiration
la®- ___ 1 of toe stranger. Love and gentleness are
am _
male uwuegc, wm luaiu j. uu it to nonor me | companions
memory ot my mother. My mother was I household. Wealth has made it a palace,
the noblest and best woman God ever I bat love is tho rich jewel which makes it an
made. I can t do enough to show my grat-1 earthly paradise.
itadi to kac. _I boitereHiqt thoro are pos- Mr. S. is a model farmer. He has con-
mbinties for Christian women of education I verted a very barren waste into fruitful
and refinement which have never yet been J fields. He prepares his own fertilizers and
reached. I want to do all I can for the I uses them freely. He says he would like
achievement otThis grand end- There is I to own a farm ta the South, and I reoom-
nothing X admire go mucha# an intelligent, j mendcxl several nice places on his now
refined, Christian woman, such as I trader- I road near to our city. He is fond of horses,
stand you educate at Macon. I don’t mean I especially flne ones*, and has in his eaten-
merely edacated. fashionable women, bnt I give stable 3 one hundred and fllty horses
Stood, pious, whole-hearted women, who I and colts f many of them blooded animals,
are nt for every station in life.” These are I He drove me to Morristown behind a very
noble sentiments—-such only as are bom in I last pair of blacks, whose speed was en-
a good heart All honor to the man who I tirely too grdat for my comfort. Though
honors the memory of his mother and the I the road was by no means level, we made
which she belongs, ttuch a man is I the distance of eight miles in forty min-
obliged to be a good and true man. I utes* Taking the train at Morristown, we
. J***Ef?*** w - a J 1 J rlsdom ®<iaal to his traveled fifty miles to iXackets-
li be rail ty, recogn izes the wonts-of our peo- I town, where is located an elo-
ple. He thinks the true way to fraternity gant female college of modem
is by kind acta to the South. He reads no J architecture, and which I wish I had time
partisan newspapers, because, he says, he I and space to describe. We spent a delight-
cannot find out the truth in them. He j ful day with Dr. Georgo H. Whitney, the
talks to true men, who will not misrepre- I accomplished end courteous president, and
sent the condition of things, and he be- I learned much, which I hope may prove
lieyes firmly that the most harmonious re- I valuable in tne remodeling of our own
lations may be established betweon the I Wesleyan. «
North and bouth, if we would just under- j Professor Harriaou has been my travel-
stand each other. _He ia a Methodist, but j ing companion most of the time, though
not a sectarian. He is too large-hearted I he has been chiefly occupied in the par
lor sectarianism. He heard of the needs of I chase of philosophical ana chemical apna-
Emoiy CoUege in a casual interview ratus. He has made some fine selections
with Dr. Haygo<|n f whose famous thanks- I and will be prepared to give the fullest il-
giving sermon, published in a New York I lustrations in physical scienoe. The girls
paper and read by Mr. Beney, caused him [ may expect brilliant experiments and large
to seek the mterview. That interview led I benefit in this interesting department. So
to all his Other gifts to Emory. j female college in the South will possess the
In regard to the Wesleyan and what he facilities of tho Wesleyan for imparting a
has done for it, I would just say that it had j complete education.
bMU Mr. Seney’s intention to do some- We have visited Wellesley and Vasear
thing for a bouthem he male college and met n most oordial reception at each,
before his interview with Dr. Hay- I Wellesley impresses me most favorably. It
good. But his gift to our women | is a grand establishment—too grand to be
would probably have gone to another State described in this harried and brief letter,
but for information which he received j Girls do not enter there until they are six-
?S? reliable sources. j teen years old. and the course ot study is
" ha* Mr. Seney does is dono upon his I more advanced than ta most of oar Soath-
own individual judgment after the facta are ‘ em male miivereities. How many ladies
did what was proper, being from the first
overweighted with a sense of responsibil-
ty, owing to the fact that the patient was
toe President of toe United States.
The Doctor then ventures toe opinion
that a truckman similarly wounded aud
treated at a first class hospital by Dr. J.
R. Wood, L. A. Sayre, or any one of the
several surgeon* named, would receive
more energetic-aud successful treatment
than has been given to the head of tho na
tion. He concludes as follows: “Tho il
lustrious sufferer, after thirty-five days,
still lies on his back, and each day, with
almost tbe regularity of clockwork, his
fever appears, and yet the bulletins toll
us tbat tbe surgeons are satisfied 1 Is it
possible they do not know the import of
his daily disturbance of pulse and tem-
perat ure? If it is not arrested there can be
but one termination; and yet I do not see
how anything they do now can arrest it.
We can only trust to the indomitable
courage, toe robust constitution aud the
iron will of the patient, and to toe prayers
of the millions of loyal sympathizing
hearts in all parts ot toe world.”
How H. Hated Cards, Whisky and
Tobacco
Xetc York Tribune.
A singular will was left by Charles El
liott, a wealthy farmer of Knox, Maine,
who died there on July 15. Among toe leg
atees are two grandsons who share equally
with the children, but who are hampered
by the following provision: “I farther be
queath and say that if Charles or George
B. Elliott, legatees above named, or either
of them or any one of my grandchildren
(though yet unborn) or their children,
shall use tobacco ta any form, either to
smoke or chew, or drink any ardent spir
its or alooholie liquors in any way unlees
prescribed by a physician under oath that
it is necessary (and that not to last but 30
days) after this my wiii is approved by the
court, and for each offence of using tobac
co or alcoholic drinks as aforesaid, to be
cut off from their dower ta my property for
six months for the first oftenoe, and one
year for each subsequent offence, and for
one year of total abstinence of its use, hia
or tbeir dower to be restored aa before pro
vided. Their said share or shares in out off
to be disposed of and divided the same aa
provided ta case of tbeir decease.” A
codicil provides tbat gambling or betting
money or other valuable consideration
shall carry tbe same penalty as the use off
tobacco and ardent spirits.