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FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
FIGHTING REPORTED ON THE SER
VIAN BORDER.
>f a Cieneral European Congrenn on
Balkan Question-Labor Troubles
In Bug land — Ravage* of Small-
pox in Caiiaria~-Xotei.
"Berlin, November 2.—The North Ger
man Gazette, in an article to-day sharply
varus Servia against provoking the Bul
garians.
London, November 2.—A Turkish offer
of 5,0(0 irregular troops to combat the Ser
vians i' b( ing considered by the Bulgarians.
Niks A, November 2.—This city has been
denuded of troops, all bnving been ordered
to the front. The new Ottoman minister
has had a long conference with King Milan.
It is reported thnt the principal grievance
of Serna is that she lias expended her re-
couroes on railways which are useless until
Bulgaria builds her lines of railways.
Vienna, November 2.—The Tagblatt,
commenting on the speech of II. Kalnoky,
minister of foreign affairs, on Saturday, to
the delegations, says: “Count Kalnokv, it
is reported, referred to a congress to follow
the abortive conference at Constantinople
on the Ilonmelian imbroglio. The delega
tion sits with closed doors, and the officials
report of its proceedings does not mention
such a remark.”
Belgrade, November 2.—King Milan
and the general staff have arrived at l’irout.
It is rumored that tho Bulgarians attacked
the Servians at Tzaribroil, and that tho Ser
vians retreated, but afterward erossed the
Bulgarian frontier.
Cum. November 2.—The Bulgarian gov
ernment denies tho statement that Ser
vians are being imprisoned in Bulgaria, and
invites a Servian agent to inquire into and
refute these grave charge against Bulgaria.
ItEiti.iN, November The A'eue Freie
Prtsse says: At n preliminary conference
of the powers, England nnd France declined
to sanction the appointment of Prince
Alexander ns Governor of Bonmelin,
as it wonld be nn infringement of the Berlin
treaty. They pleaded earnestly for such a
settlement as would satisfy nnd quiet the
people of Ronmelia and Bulgarin.
Vienna, November 2.—The report that
Countklialnoky hinted at a second Balkan
congrWs is confirmed.
London, November 2.—Tho Balkan con
ference meets in Constantinople to-day.
The attitude of Greece is causing much un
easiness in diplomatic circles.
THE S.M ALL-POX EPIDEMIC.
growing in severity. The velocity of the
wind at the signal station at tho citadel to
night is nearly 40 miles an hour and con
tinues to increase,
Nn More October Elections In Ohio.
Columbus, 0., November 2.—The offi
cial vote on tho constitutional amendments
at the election held October 13th was can
vassed today. The total vote was 743,453.
The amendment to abolish October elec
tions was carried by an average of 637.000
and the amendment to change the terms
of township officers from one to three
years received 469.000 vote. Tho Governor
has issued a proclamation declaring the
amendments curried.
8inall-Pox In St. Paul.
St. Paul, Minn., Fovembor 2.—The con-
tinued existence of small-pox in the city-
causes the health department and physic
ians grave alarm. The cases are isolated,
hut the medical authorities agree that there
is great danger of the disease becoming epi
demic during tho winter. The health offi
cers say they are doing their best, nnd that
vaccination is going on every day, bnt at a
rate thnt will require several years to insure
the city against the disease.
A DUNKER LOVE-FEAST.
GATHERED BY CORRESPONDENTS
AND FROM EXCHANGES.
Mortuary Report For the Liwt Month—
Progress of Compulsory Vaccination.
Montreal, November 2.—The returns at
tho hoalth office to-day show that there
were 33 deaths from small-pox in this city
yesterdny.
M6NTitEAL,Novembcr2.—The vaccination
committee rcjiort that last week 6,187
houses were visited and 1,139 peraons vac
cinated or re-vaccinated. There are four
teen cases of smaUqiox at Chateau Quay
Basin. Seven cases are in one honse. The
Protestant cemetery reports six bnrinls
thcro tho past week. Tho returns for the
month of October shows the total number of
deaths to have been 1,030. Of these 31 were
Protestants. Tile Catholics were divided
os follows: City 1,256, St. Jean Baotiste 83,
St. Cnnegonde 101, Cote St. Louis 107, St.
Henri Hi, St. Gabriel 12.
The board of harbor ’commissioners has
issued a circular to stevedores, pilots nnd
mastera of vosscls to the effect that they
and all their men must be vnccinntcd. All
boats and barges will be subjected to medi
cal inspection before pussing westward
through the canals after to-day.
A Fraud cn tbo Revenue.
Montreal, November 2.—The customs
officers have unearthed another commercial
fraud upon tho revenues of the country.
Four or five leading wholesale liquor and
wine firms nre alleged to have been guilty
of Hurrcptiously withdrawing liqnor from
casks in bonded warehouses, and this for
some years past One firm, it is said, bus
swindled the government by this means out
of duties amounting to $50,000, and tho
total amount of tho swindle is 1150,060.
There is much excitement in business cir
cles over coming disclosures, as the firms
involved havo always been looked upon os
doing nn honest and legitimate business.
Ferdinand Wanl'!» Sentence.
London, November 3.—The Daily News
this morning publishes an article on Eenli-
nand Ward, in which it calls AVord the evil
E nins of Gen. Grrfnt, and points out that
t sentence was quite inadequate, as when
his term shall have been stored he will he
at liberty to enjoy bis millions of dollars.
GREAT STORM IN NEW ENGLAND
Many Vessels W
wcked, tmt N'n
Re parted.
Boston, November 2.—A great storm
swept the England coast to-tlsy. Many
light craft xv. ro driven a-ltore. No loss of
life Ls thus far reported. At Portsmouth,
N. H., font vessels went ashore. Port
land, Sic., reports two vessels ashore.
Dover, N. H., reports a seventy mile
gale. Provlncotown, Mass., telegraphs
that 150 vessels ran in there
for harbor, and that collisions were numer
ous. The United States revenue cutter Gal
latin did great service hauling boats off
shore and placing others in good anchorage
ground. New London says the storm
was the severest in many years, and
the schooner Adeliza was beached and
broken to pieces. In Boston the storm was
the severest of any tliat can be remembered.
At 3 o'clock this morning the wind has in
creased to almost a hurricane, and through
out the forenoon the gale lashed the waters
of tho harbor into a mass of foaming bil
lows. Vessels lying at the ends of piers
were particularly exported, and all that could
bo worked into docks were brought in. At
the Lewis wharf the largo ship Magellan
parted one of her chains and moved 20 feet,
bring stopped by hawsers when within ten
feet of the pier. Tbo schooner Carrie Easter
parted her lines and was driven by the wind
into an adjoining pier, carrying away her
own davita, crushing her boats and at the
same time breaking the spanker boom of
the bark Adilio Carver, and finally jam
ming between the bark E. L. Mayberry
and the slip of tho sonth ferry. Here
she lay pitching and rolling and badly chaf
ing the side p< the Mayberry. The tog
Elise finally got a lino to her nnd towed her
clear She was finally anchored in mid
stream a complete wreck. Early in the
morning an unknown British schooner got
adrift, came in collision with another venae!
and carried away her main boom.
u 11 o'clock the tug Sturm King arrived
bd.iw with Hu- bark It. A. Alien in
Cap! in MeD.m.R She reported
t,.ndon • si a rnnnhi g below, lluwheavy
it was may bo judged from the fact that the
.bit wmifd notallow his man to run the
ri-kof regaining the pilot boat, and tho
ho. bronzdit both man and boat to ths city
ted at Jeffries Point that many
living washed aw
Lancaster Intelligencer.
About one mile northeast of the little
town of Ephrata, where the lane fron Fah
nestock's mill crosses the old Reading road,
stands the new Dunker meeting house.
The old Dunker settlement, around which
to-day clusters so many memories of the
revolutionary epoch of our nation’s history,
is some distance away. The people of the
town like to toll you about the letter place
—they call it the cloister here—speak of it
with the greatest veneration and will take
you a few steps out of the way to show
a picture of the Seal, the brothers' bouse
or the monastery, Way, way back, when
the jjnited States was lying uneasily in
the cradle imbibing the nourishing milk of
patriotic enthusiasm, the Dunkers had
erected their buildings for religious wor
ship here.
To the every-day religionist they seem
like a peculiar people, with their broad-
brimmed black hats, odd cut of coats and
with hair long and parted in the middle.
Dunker or Tunker comes from German
ftmfcer, which means to dip. It is that part
of their ritual which has given them the
name of the German. Baptists.
There was a time when the Danker
Church was small, and bad bnt one bishop
in this section, bnt the church at Ephrata
was set off from the main congregation, or
the Conestogn Church, as it was called, in
1861. It had then only 200 members, nnd
Israel Myers, who was the resident minis
ter at that time, but has gone to his long
rest. llev. Samuel Harley, soon after the
establishment of the church, was chosen
Bishop nnd still presides. The church has
n membership to-day of over 350, perhaps
over 400.
At noon last Thursday Dunkers from ev
cry near section put on their newest heavers
and their wives and daughters their caps
of snowy whiteness nnd rolled over the
dnsty highwnys to tho mother meeting
honse—the new Dunker meeting house one
mile from Ephrata. The annual love-feast
was to tukc place. All afternoon the preach
er exhorted nnd the people prayed and sang
nnd when evening come and those who lived
far away had partaken of the pious evening
meal in the basement of the church people
began to flock into the roomy edifice nnd
crowded it to overflowing.
The meeting honse is the largest one in
the county, nnd is one story high, but
under its entire length there is a roomy
basement, divided into several rooms. En
ter at the main door, and nt the other end
is the platform. Along either / side are at
least ten long benches, each one being a
foot higher than the other, or one in front,
and running from two feet above tho lower
floor up to twelve feet. They remind one
of parquet circles, and the lower floor tho
‘•pit." On the inclined scats the immense
crowd of worldly people sat and watched
the crowd. <
In the centre are two rows of benches of
at least twenty feet in length. They have
high backs anil on the usual meeting days
are used as such. To-day every fourth one
turned around and on the backs of
these a wide hoard was placed and that made
a first-rate table, and so it was all over the
church.
At 9:30 o'clock Minister Ensminger, of
Annville; Zook, Georgo and Christ Bucher,
of Lebanon; Keller, Myers, Newcomer, of
White Oak, and others arose in the audi
ence unil soon the service began with ex-
hortationa nnd ringing. The four hundred
Dunkers took an active interest in the ser
vices. On the one side were seated
the men, cm the opposite side the
women, and in comparison they were ns
five is to three in tho latter’s favor. Then
there was a loll in the services and the little
tabs were brought out and the feet-wash-
ing began. This occupied at most an hour,
and after it hail been finished the tables
were surrounded and soap was handed
around. It was served in httle bowls nnd
one feature was seeing fonr eat out of the
same bowl. It reminded one of tho story
of the boy who had only a dime and want
ed to treat his girl to ice cream and ordered
“one cream with two spoons,"
bnt this hod fonr spoons. The soap
is made of Iamb flesh—typical of the
poaaover. Then the sacrament of the
Lord’s supper, administered similnr to that
of other cnarenes, and after it the kiss of
charity was given. A minister came to a
bench where sat twenty men and he kissed
the one nearest him. He in tom kissed the
next and so it was given from one to the
other until all had given each other that
benediction. On tne othor ride of the
honse the wives of the ministers—deacon
esses, as they are colled—were doing the
same for the women.
It was midnight and the interesting ser
vices had not ended, and it was at least 2
o'clock when it was finally finished and the
people dispersed.
Montezuma's steamboat will soon ho
ready for the machinery.
There were twenty deaths in Savannah
lost week, nine white, eleven colored.
Tho ordinary of Chatham county issued
fifty-four marriage licenses in October.
Waller B. Hill, Esq., of Macon is to de
livers prohibition speech in Washington
this week.
A coal mine bos been discovered in Lee
county. Specimens token from the arte
sian well bum finely.
The material of the Woycross Reporter
boH been seized to satisfy a claim of $7,000
held by a Now York man.
In Henry county last week Mr. Thomas
EUis had his hand caught in a gin. One
finger was token off at the first joint.
Iu Henry county, the other day, n little
son of Captain Pope found what is sup
posed to be$a valuable diamond. It whs
sent to an Atlanta expert.
In Augusta Saturday morning, while Mrs.
Elizabeth Reese was cooking dinner, Bhe
fainted, and, fnlling in the fire, was so badly
burned that she died Saturday evening.
Carrollton has a young man who gives
his name sometimes os John Ivey, and
sometimes os John Jose. He is an idiot,
and it is thought escaped from the asylum.
Not long ago a thirteen-year-old negro
hoy named George Hurt, was given
fifty lashes for o theft in Villa Rica. His
last exploit was stealing a horse in Carroll
ton. He is now in jail.
We extend our congratulations to the
honesty which prompted some of oar sub
scribers to pay up.—Ac worth News.
The angels have been said to weep. If
they ever laugh it must be when they Bee
what is called a road-working in Sonth
Georgia.—Camilla Clarion.
After all, men Bhow their true character
oftenest in bar-rooms. Many little acts
come under the notice of the barkeeper in
men in whom you would not expect to ob
serve each littleness.—Madisonian.
Macon wonts the school of technology,
nnd as that city is centrally located we see
no reason why it should not be located
there. Her people will do as much for it
as any others, and we hope she Mill get it.—
Calhoun Times.
Macon is the most central nnd hence the
proper place for the school of technology,
No one but Hon. N. E. Harris could have
passed the hill, and we would like to see
his town get it for this reason if for no
other.—Valdosta Times.
Foreign mission work is running wild in
this county., Our people ought to call a
halt in their recklessness, and divert some
of the contributions into the channel of
home missions. We are speaking words of
gerioqsness nnd truth.—Entonton Messen
ger.
While the aroma of orange blossoms have
lerfamod the air this week, and weddin;
jells hare been ringing, ill-raatei.
eonples to the numbex of half a dozen
have beon relieved by the Superior
Court of the gallingchoins of jredlock. Cu
rious world tliis.-^Thomnsville Times.
In the name of the yonng people of Sum
mervillo we protest against any more private
marriages. We noticed last Sunday a de
cided disinclination on the part of the
young men to visit the young ladies. W
suppose it must have been because they
feared that, if they went, they might find
ont afterwards that they had been wasting
nil their sweetness on n marriod woman.—
Summerville Gazette.
of tho two litigants rail together, and that |
the defendant, not being able to distinguish i f
them apart, found them nnd pnt them in
his own mark. He afterwards sold a part
of them to Mr. Mitchell nnd Mr. Mitchell
sold one, which happened to be the one in
litigation at this term of conrt, to Colonel
J. H. Weaver. At tho end of the trial the
lawyer got the hog.—Dallas Era.
Northeast Georgia Fair.
Athens is making the greatest prepara
tions for tho Northeast Georgia fair, to open
in that city on November 3rd. The fair
promises to he a brilliant success. An at
tractive premium list has been prepared, in
which the most liberal inducements are
offered to the farmers of Georgia to bring
together for exhibition the varied products
of their industry. The fair will greatly aid
in developing the wonderful resources of the
favored northern and eastern portions of the
State. Indeed, tho whole State is interested
in its success. We hope it will he liberally
jatronized by all classes of citizens and
;liat Georgia will thus Bhow to the world
her vast treasures and her illimitable capa
bilities.
[WBITTEX FOB THE UACON TZLZUBAPB.]
"Do possum am er mighty man,
‘K irabel In de da'k.
An' nut'n' nersh disturb 'o min'
But to 'eah my bnlldog tm'k I
Ob. come erlong, ole Randy boy—
Come erlong, oh, do 1
An' w’at did yo' Uncle Oab'rel any.
But Kitty can't vo' come eriong too."
A 1’ltlful Sight.
A Rome man was arrested a few weeks
ngo and carried to Atlanta to be pnt in jail.
Last Monday his wife left her two small
children in charge of a neighbor anil went
to visit her husband. The children accom-
janied her to the depot, and, having found
he way, they went every day by themselves
to look for their mother. Thursday the
babes were found nt tho depot locked in
ench other’s arms, lying between two bales
of cotton. The wind was cold nnd biting,
and the little fellows were almost frozen.
When found they begun to cry piteously for
their mother. She returned home that
night, nnd her meeting avith the children
was a sight thnt brought tears from the
hardest-hearted.
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Our School of Technology.
If left to our vote the ackool of technology wonld
> to Macon. It to the Tklkoaxpu'm child.—8p»rU
ihwaelite.
THE PET OF THE LABATORY.
A Rabbit That woe Remarkably Foml of a
VlvUectloniat.
Pall Mall Gazette.
According to M. Labor tie, a writer in the
Rente Sclenti/t/ae. a rabbit, one of the or
dinary tame species, was brought for par-
poses of experiment at the physiological
laboratory in I’ari*, nnd after a portion of
It rep.
nber 2.
ist pre
A h
i t in before dark and h;i
IU 1 MIB) «»*»»* IU1W i» ui
the facial nerve hail been removed it was
left to run about the labomtoiy. It very
soon recovered from the effect of the oper
ation, and was for fonr years M. Lahonlc's
affectionate companion. It wonld await
at the top of the stairs for his arrival in the
morning, and wonld sometimes run to
meet him. Whenever it had the oppor
tunity the rabbit wonld jump upon his
knee, and was os fond of caresses as a cat.
During tbs progress of an experiment it
wonld sit on the operating table watching
the proceedings with every appearance of
interest. Bunny's chief delight, however,
was a microscopical examination. As soon
as JL Laborde put his eye to the microaeope
the rabbit would perch on hia .boulders
and endeavor to take a peep. Tills wonder-
ful animal lived on terms of the most af-
from their ! factional* Trial,bihip with two dog* belong-
ing t-.’the laboratory; but wbena atanga
dog arrived he invariably turned it ont, and
sometimes chased it along the street. Nor
did he show him.elf very friendly to un
bent [ familiar hip-d visitors.
A Narrow Gauge Out or Americas.
While we are talking about a big road to
Savannah a few clear-headed, energetic
men will be building a.narrow gauge east
ward. It may be slowly, but surely.
Americus Recorder.
A Little lilac). Rascal.
About a week ago an eight-year-old negro
boy living on Mr. J. B. Neundorfer's place,
in East Dougherty, lit a torch nnd deliber
ately let on fire an outbnilding in which
was stored over 12,000 pounds of well-cared
crabgrass hay.—Albany Metlinm.
Til© Rottle Was Shivered to Atoms.
One night this week Bugg Chapman broke
a bottle over a negroe’s head in his saloon.
Tho negro was drunk and noisy, and wonld
not be quiet. The bottle was shivered to
atoms, but the negro never flinched and
coolly walked out—Americus Recorder.
This Wicked World.
At a church in Georgetown, not long ago,
tbo congregation sang the hymn commenc
ing “Mast Jesni bear the cross alone?”
Borne of the wicked people in the congrega
tion paraphrased the line "The consecrated
cross I'll bear" in the second verse, and
sang ont “the consecrated cross-eyed bear."
On the Farm. *
Mr. I. J. Brinson, of Lee, stated to tlio
Albany Medium man thafhe would kill 12,-
000 pounds of pork this winter. He ex
pects to treble this amount next year. Said
lie: “The raising of this 12,000 pounds of
pork has not cost Col. Jordan one pound of
cotton. It is clearly extra.”
Heavy Damages.
In 1883 Mrs. W. H. Powell, of Augnsta,
was thrown from a street car in Augnsta
and badly hurt. She sued the street rail
road company and was awarded $3,300.
The railroad company obtained a new trial,
and on Friday the jury brought in a verdict
of $7,50111
A Ksv-IUh Ten Feet Long.
Sidney Johnson, a sixteen-year-old negro
boy living on the Village tract, caught a
saw-fish on Little St. Simona beach last
Tuesday. The fish proper was seven feet
long, and the saw was three feet additional
from its hose to the tip, and on tho saw
were forty teeth. In the aggregate the fish
waa ten feet in length.
Saved by a Snipe inter Ruckle.
Wm. Bishop, while sawing lumber at the
Dawson Manufacturing Company's shop*,
nt Dawson, waa struck in the breast near
the heart with an edge of the plank that
canght on the saw, and it would have
proved fatal hail it not been for a sus
pender buckle that resisted the force 61 the
blow to some extent.
Drowned In tlieOciuulgec.
A negro man named Mbrri* Bweetwine waa
drowned in the Ocnmlgee river on Wedneeedajr
afternoon of lent week, lie and another negro
went on tho river In host from the Houston side of
the river U> attend to their fl*h baeketa. In acme
way the boat capsized and Sweetwlue waa drowned.
Tbo other negro succeeded in reachtdg the shore.—
Ferry Journal
A Libel on Cochrnn Barkeepers.
Hon. Teshcrry Newberry ssye that the Cochran
barkeepers have been running eighteen ealoons for
tuber of yeara and have never yet bought bu'
three barreU of whlaky. He aaya all tho barkcemn
wanted waa a little of the original atuff to get On
right smell and they could manage the balance.—
Irwin ton Appeal.
A Child Saved by Its Mother.
Dr. C. T. Stovall's baby, shoot twenty mot
-id, while out In the yard playing around a .
K t which ha.1 fire under It, yesterday morning.
d Ita clothing caught on fire and waa badly burn
ed. llut for the timely arrival of Ita mother, it
would likely have burned to death In a few min
utes.—Vieuna Vindicator.
A Curious Accident.
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of Its feet and lodgo It in hie car. It remained In
there several daya before any one knew of it and
his parents only found It ont last Sunday. Ho far
all attempts to remove the foot from hie ear have
been unsuccessful and Dr. Calhoun, of Atlanta, has
tecu sent for in order to co-operate with Dr. Perdue
tn extricating It—Harneavltle Gazette,
A Defective Cap Save* a Life.
Last Saturday, whtlo Mr. W. T. WeaveT, of thla
county, waa settling with Charley Gaddy, a negro,
for picking cotton during the week, he (the negro)
insulted Mr. Weaver, who picked up a stick to re-
aeut it Before Mr. Weaver could strike, the uegro
jumped beck, picked up a gun, pointed it at Mr.
Weaver and pulled the trigger. Fortunately the cap
failed to explode and Mr. weaver's life was saved.
The negro at once took to hla heels and nothing has
yet been learned of hit whereabouts.—Dawaon
Journal.
Robbing nn Agecl Couple.
Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Kelley are an aged and highly
esteemed couple living about two utllee from the
city. Tu.-oley, while Mr. Kelley was looking after
some farm work, a negro stole from the house a
trunk containing about $3U» In greenbacks and |30
In allver. The trunk waa taken some distance from
the home, opened and the *30 In ellver taken and
then returned and placed on the front porch of Mr.
Kelley's residence with the $3uo in greenbacks un
touched. Ik la supposed that the thief failed to
End this money, aa it waa placed away between
some counterpanes that wen la the trank,—Dawson
Journal.
Tlio new moon hung its silver crescent
amid tlio tolds of those flowing enrtains be
hind which tlio October sun had hid his
fact , and in the center of the purple arch
of advancing night thnt rested upon tho
eastern ridges there twinkled a star. A
faint breath from the distant river bottoms
stirred the fnzzy heads of the gray fennels
thnt formed a hedge on either side of tho
road that led to the quarter.
“Grandpa, lemme go huntin',” I said, as
the old gentleman laid aside the “Georgia
Jonmnl’ and removed his spectacles.
“Go where!" said he, although he knew
full well, already.
“Long with Uncle Mentor an’ Jake,
'possum huntin’." Yon see wo boys took to
plantation dialect as naturally as a duck
takes to water.
“Pooh! tut, tut. You know you’ve no
business in the woods after dark. Boys of
your size do best in bed after dark.”
I dropped my head, hut just then I heard
n familiar “a-hcni!” and Uncle Mentor stood
nt the edge of tho piazza,
fit “Hello, Mentor; wknt about your getting
this young scapegrace off hunting with you?
I tear I shall have to draw a tight line on
some of you."
He was always “drawing chalk lines,” or
making somebody “toe the mark,” or some
thing of the sort.
“Well, boss, I specs we better ’gin to
toughen dat chile, else 'e git so tender 'n
finnikin lack twcl 'e he mos' good fo'
nutin'. 'Sides dat, better to let 'im go w'en
hit snfto fo’ ’ini, an' den 'e sho’ not to he
jjeckin' 'long wid de rag-tag'n-bobtail
mt de plantation.”
‘Well, take him along; but mind yon, I
shall make you nil toe the mark if I find
any fresh cane tops in the morning," nnd
then he went inside os I executed a doable
summerset in the white, sandy lane, out
side the big gate.
“Toot, toot,” sonnded Uncle Mentor'i
horn, and the answering cry cnuie back
from many throats, nnd old Bringer leaped
up and down in an ecstasy of delight. Joke
drew out a piece of rich resinous pine from
under his cabin and began to split it into
long splinters to be used in making torches.
“Alius lies’ ter take erlong plenty
er splinters, 'case yer might git inter de
swamp w’ey de lightrd sense, and den you
be in er terrible fix. O'wuy, Bringer, yo'
fit yo' foot chop off trcckly, den yo’ can'
jlame nobody cep’n yo'se'f."
At length we were off nnd away across
the fields, Uncle Mentor with his flnming
torch in the lead, closely followed by Jake
with an axe, nnd myself and n little negro
lad called Abe in the renr. We had gone
about a hundred yards when Uncle Mentor
stopped suddenly and exclaimed: “Dere
now! Ef I hnint done fo'git an' leave my
knife on de stump dere by de wood-pile.
Ape can’t yo' run back 'n git it for yo’ Uncle
Mentor?" Abe knew better than to refnse,
so he made a cross mark in the sand with
his toe, spit in the center of
it and then scampered away in tho dark
ness. “What makes you all do that, Uncle
Mentor?" I asked.
“Do which?"
“Why, make cross marks and spit in
'em.”
“Wy, dat's to kinder 'wilder de evil
sperits w’at mought tek 'vantage uv yo’
w’en de’ fin’ out w'ich way yo' gwine, and
pnt some conju’ments in yo patf. Dat's er
mity good scheme ter keep 'em off, sho's
yo' bo’n; but you talks too much, boy; yo’
Dey des tin' out t
gwine, an’ i-valt let ’em cross
den dey dea keep worrvin’ yo'
Dat ole rabbit know aes es wi
w'ich way we gwine, an’ ’e des
to torment ole Bringah.”
Again the dog wus called off, and wo
rambled oil iu silence until the open sky
above us indicated a clearing, and'. . knew
thnt we were approaching nn old o->t-
lying field. Again Bringer g.. . vent
to that peculiar possum hark, and wo
hustled along till we passed a grove .«<
ycnngpersimmon trees, and in the thicket
beyond we found the dog baying at tbo root
of n sapling. “Hoi’on t-vel 1 Rhine V tye. "
’n’ see ef ’e up dere.” After circling around
a few times, he stopped nnd said, "Como
’eah, now, an’ I show yo’ w’at er possum
eye look lack w’en yo’ shine ’em wid er
light.” .Abo and I went close up to the old
nmn, and sure enough as be held the light
behind him nnd threw his own shadow u:
Tlicj Gave lllm a Thrashing.
Omm Home, who waa lynched for killing Mrs.
Dollaa hut Marrti. haa a cousin who haa been going
through the county for the just week or ao with a
razor la hla pocket and Inquiring of dif
ferent colored persona relative to the
different white ladles of the com
munity and at what time their hnabenda were at
Ionic, etc. The colored people became auiptchms
of thte strange negro and told aevaral white gentle,
men about It. woo at once formed a mob and re-
solved to eerkmaly impreoa tha scamp before he
killed eome of their good women, aa George Borne
did, and after giving him a thorough drubbing told
him that the community had been scourged with
enough auch ImpoaUora aa he waa.—Vienna Vindi
cator.
-night
Wanted a Hoard of Physlrtans-
Aa several case* were cal let in conrt last
week first one lawyer an.l then another
wonld aak for a continuance on account of
sickness. An old fanner waa sitting on one
of the front benches and had heard two or
three excuses of this kind offered, when he
appeared to lose pstience and remarked:
••weU.it strikes me we ned a board of
physicians to go along* with the conrt to
wait on sick lawyers, or we never will get
through."—Henry County Weekly.
A Funimiw Hog Cue.
As moat of the people of the county know,
Messrs. G. H. Spinks and E. M.Carter have
been at law over a lot of hogs for two or
three years. A port of the ease was dis
posed of at the lost term of the conrt, but
there was one bog to litigate over at this
term. The evidence showed that the hogs
} U UU u, UUIJUU MUM tuvi uuu-u, uw; y
nevah will mek er god hnntah so long es
yo* let's yo' tongue git de bee' uv yo' dat
way." Just then Abe came running down
the path with all hla might, puffing and
blowing.
“Hello, dere; w'at’ade mattah, Abe?"
“Oh! Uncle Mcntab, 1 sed imnp'n down
yanner in do co'ner uv de fence; 'e black
ns 'e kin be, on’ 'e ycahs stun' right sqnait
np."
“Chiih! boy, gimme dat knife. Yo' know
des es well es jro’ bo’n dat nut’n bnt Nig,
dat little ole flate; ilumed ole rip, ‘e toiler
Joke er die.”
Away we went again, the torch nbdding
a flood of light nronnd as, while outside
its magic circle stood, clear and distinct the
solid walla ofniglit, and over head the stars
Death of Col. Ileete.
MznantLLYiLLn. October S3.—Col. IV. R. Beeae
died thla morning. l!a has been quite sick for sev
eral weeks, bnt waa thought to be convalescing, un
til thlamomlnawhenahortly after a he breathed
bis last. Col. Beeae was a valuable eltiaan. ha
heartily supported every new and laudable enter-
prise. A special friend to the young people, a
member of the church, teacher in the Sunday,
school and a Christian man. Hie two daughters
Mieses Annie and Jessie attend college at LaGrange
and hla brother Dr. Joseph Beeee, of Newnau.
hare been summoned by telegram, lie wiU be
buried to-morrow with Masonic honors. Our town
' a a sad, depressed appearance, and the entire
ruiuui.il> deeply sympathize with the stricken
mily la thalr aad bereavement.
CASTING A BUST.
How the Operation la Comlucted-SIraple
and Interesting.
Art Journal.
The operation of casting a boat in plaster
is simple and interesting. A basin of plas
ter is mixed of the consistency of cream,
and usually colored with ochre to dUtin-
guish it from the ultimate cast. It is then
thrown by buna over the whole model,
excepting a portion in the crown of
the head marked off Ijy a broad
rim of clay, and intended aa a “hand-
hole” for the extrication of the clay com
posing the model The plaster being net,
the operation is repeated nntil the mold is
sufficiently strong. The clay rim is then
removed and the plaster edge having been
well charged with day-water to prevent ad
hesion, tne “band hole” is filled np with
piaster like the rest As soon as
it is hard the piece is easily re
moved and the clay extracted either
through the “hand hole" or at the bottom
of the model. The mould is then washed
and saturated with water, the piece in
the head replaced and secured, and the cast
made with white plaster run round and
shaken into cavities. The "waste" mould,
which, being tinted, is easily distinguished
from the cast, is then chipped off bit bT
bit with a chisel and mallet, anil
and the counterpart of the model
revealed. If copies of the bust are
required, a “piece-mold" has to be made
upon the original cast in sections ao ar
ranged that, while supporting and being
supported by the ndjoinmg pieces they can
be removed from the cast withoqt Injury
and need again and again. There are num
berless contrivances and “dodges" employ
ed by the moulder in the various branches
of his craft which it is unnecessary
rite here, but considerable importance at
taches In this artisan, who if not hkill.-.l
and careful, can easily mar tin.- work . n-
trusted to him.
conraging his dog with nn occasional,
“Whi-a-t, soo, boy! Hnnt 'em up, ole
man; sick 'em. sahr
At last a faint yelp from across the ridge
caused ns to atop, nnd Uncle Mentor in
clined hia bead .‘n that direction, nnd
all of na stood in hreuthless
silence, while a succession of
short barks disturbed the quiet stillness of
the night. “Dat's er rabbit, fo' de Lo'd—
no. hit's er 'possum—eh?" bending his head
■till lower. “Yea, it's er rabbit, a good fo'
nntin' ole rabbit, des foolin' 'long wid
Bringah. Toot, to-ot, come heah to me.
Hal n't yo' got no senes? Now yo' ten' to
yo' bus ness, V let dem cussed ole rabbits
lone. Now go long, ash?" After crossini
another field we halted at the fence, anc
there came from the depths of the nine
woods beyond a deep baying. “I-yi, dat’s
de mnsio. ‘Possum dere," and in a twink
ling we were over the fenee and scrambling
along through the long wire grass, Jake
stamping ont the sparks that dropjicd from
Uncle Mcntor'ii torch, while the latter cried
ont,“Who-op! Hoi 'im, fellah! Stay wid 'im
ole man! Dat's de way to do btu’ness;" and
soon we canght night of Bringer, who waa
baying at the month of a small cavern un
der a clay root. “Oh, yea! We done cotch
up wid yo’ now. Go to’ 'em, Bringah,"
and the old dog began grabbling fiercely,
ripping np the earth with hia strong teeth,
and blowing the fresh earth from his nos
trils. Suddenly we heard a fainter yell
sway under the root, and Uncle Mentor ex
claimed; “Well, I’d swar. Do you heah
dot’Joker “Dat's dat Nig,” said Jake, in
a confidential way. “Well, I declar’ ef dat
don’ des best all! Dat little wretch 'way
'head uv us, an’ ton’ won nndsh de clay-
Tl “" the yelping grew more
root!” Then
furious, and
hear
deep
smothered growl, and Abe and I moved
aside, trembling with fear. “Yah, yah, yah!
Des look at dem chi lien. Toasum growl V
dey ready ter run er way,” laughed Jake,
he observed onr retreat
Then old Bringer made a mighty effort,
and ont came Nig, poosum and Bringer,
growling, biting, yelping and snarling in a
heterogeneous mass. Abe and I fairly
screamed with excitement, nntil Jake
scolded the dogs off, and there by the old
possum, as I thought dead, bnt* Jake said,
“'Eden playin' possum*. Ain’ no mo'
dead dan I is.” And so it tnmed ont when
Jake ha.1 ent a short pole, and splitting one
end of it inserted the 'pa-.iun's tail in the
left, anil, swinging the pole on liis shout
among the boughs, there appeared two yel
low sparks, very close together, up there
among the branches. “Gut 'im doWn
Jake," and with n few strokes of tho axe,
tho tree came down and Nig was among tho
fallen boughs by the time it fell, Avorrying
the possum.
Now, yo' see, de 'possum 'e have sev'al
ways of bein' treed. Fust 'e git undah de
clayroot or in de gopher hole, dero wey 'o
mos’ly mek 'e den. Den, some times, 'e
crawl in er holler log, or in er ole stump,
but ef 'e bleeged to clam, 'o alius tek er
saplin', case 'e can’t clam less'n 'e kin ranch
erronn’ de tree. Yo’ may be hIio' uv dat fack,
an’ wen de dog ba’k np’ n big tree yo’ may
know dnt hits no 'possum. Some yudder
varmint sho'.”
And thus we rambled nntil the star which
shone in the East at twilight had ascended
to a point near the zenith, and the grey fog
began tn gather above tho flats and low
; rlaces. Each new accession was fastened to
he pole nntil Jake had about as many of
tho wriggling, clawing creatures as he care
carry. Then we turned our footsteps
homeward, and the smouldering light from -
the cabins was a welcome sight. “Bow,
wow, wow! sqaeok, squeak!" Away went
Bringer and Nig iu full cry through the cot
ton patch. “My gracious! Dat ole rabbit
ergin. Des es ‘I tole yo’ w’ilo ergo. 'E
know our route des os well es wo do, an' 'e
bouu' tre debilhack us des es loug es we
stay in de woods. Now ain't yo’ 'shamed
uv yo’sef ?” as Bringer came back looking
very Bhecpish. “Dat ole rabbit down yon-
ncr in de bottom now des er rollin’ an*
tmnblin' and Inffin’ fit to kill ese'f how '»
fooled yo' bo slick.”
Americas, Gn., 1885.
HIS SON IN TI1E HEARSE.
'rlsoner James D. Fish saw the Funeral
ProceMlon from tlio Hhlownlk.
New York Sun.
When James D. Fish, who is here front
Aubnra prison as a A-itness against Ferdi
nand Ward, had been taken back to tho
Murray Hill Hotel on Thursday afternoon,
nnd was about entering a hotel, a hearse,
followed by a single carriage, passed. Tho
hearse contained the remains of Mr. Fish's
youngest son, his favorite child, who died
in New Orleans on Saturday. The hearse
waa bearing tho remains to a train in the
Grand Central Depot, which was to convey
them to Woodlawn Cemetery. Mr. Finn
saw his daughter in doep mourning in tho
carriage.
“Thoy are buryingmy boy,"he said “and
I cannot follow them." Detective Sergeant
Cosgrove, one of his custodians looked at
Detective Hurd and Major Boyle of Auburn
prison, and said:
“Hurd and I, Major, have boon act to
watch Mr. Fish. I for one am willing to
take the chance of letting him see his boy
buried. What do you aay, Major?"
Well,"-responded Mqor Boylo, “I am
willing. But I am personally responsible
to the District Attorney for Mr. FiahV safe
keeping, and I do not uke to da . anything
officially, whatever my feeling* may prompt
mo to do, without tbo consent of Mr.
Pnrdy.”
! nave no doubt Mr. Marline would con
sent if I could communicate with him in
time,” said Mr. I’urdy. “I havo no power,
of coarse, exoept what I receive from him.”
“XoU arc alj vary kind, gentlemen,” i, t .
torposed Mr. Fish, "btlt I uriil not embar
rass yon. Mr. Purdy, yon > are a young
man, and a tingle misstep might mar your
life. I will not penult yon to embarrass
yourself for me. I will go up stairs with
you."
He looked after tho hearse tor a moment
and led the way into the hotel.
Accident on tlio Atlanta ami Wot Point.
[special telegram. ]
Nr.ws.vs, Oa., November^—The South
bound passenger train or the Atlanta and
West Point rood, diKTlicro at 2:49 p. tn.,
waa delayed three bdhra in Atlanta wailing
on the Air-Cine. Tn-ing to mako np time,
the piston rod broko fonr miles north of
Newnan. The conductor sent a man from
the train and telegraphed to Opelika for an
engine, which wiU be here nt midnight. No
serious damage waa done, ao far as can bo
learned.
Georgia Patents.
Mr. H, N. Jenkins, solicitor of patents,
Washington, D. O., officially reports to the
Teleobaph the following complete list of
patents granted Georgia inventors for tho
week ending October 27, 1885: William
0. Collins, JacVron, fertilizer distributer;
John Util, Columbus, automatic fire extin
guisher: W. B. Thomas, Athens, freight
checking device; Jos. A. Esco, Crawiznl
and E. G. Boone, Athens, seed planter and
fertilizer distributer.
How the Toad Got In.
‘I don't see how it could hove got in,"
■aid Mrs. Seaaonby.
“How what ooold have got in?” said
Mr. 8.
‘Why, here's the story of a man who
found a toad in the middle of a solid tree
Hdw do yon suppose the toad in?"
“Ob, he got in easy enough.”
“But how?"
“Why, he aimply looked around found a
good liar to pnt him in."
Tile bml ot involution*
A correspondent of the Lynchburg Vir
ginian state* that daring the late war a dis
cussion took place around a camp fire about
Darwinism, when a genial bnt rough Con
federate soldier remarked: “Boy*, we
poor, ilirty, common soldiers m*y be kin to
* monkey or * baboon, bnt IU bet higher
than I wonld on fonr ace* that Mora Bob
Lee ain't”
The I»lne of Propriety.
From the Chictfo New*.
The line between propriety and too great
familiarity might be drawn at thrCe kisses
—one to make the yonng man appreciate
what he is leaving one to enoourag* to
take another, and the third to carry away
with him to be returned at their next meet-
tog-
(..,1.1 VV „ ■1,. . A,, i.v .
d..p, the varmint became endued with lif<-1 ta- irMecnia
Ln.l l.-u-v Dales' Southern K*.i.- H ui-. ot
Nall. Ua. vrr a-GiAlIjr Kmn.- iw.y baud-
their lector*
Gold WetrUee * $
again, and tried in vain to obtain a *ha!d <
every twig or branch in r« neb.
Before we croi"**d tL« riil K “
to rt- : startled by the rapid veiling of
ce at- 1 and Undo Mentor fxduini.d. •
, the kryo«t i
the 17 c it.*. I
! lanitiothw I
at New Triispla of Mneic. which U
’ occupied by any Mu«ic doojm* in
.t-.w. ih -i-i their wurthnf a
ubbit <
t» r h.
vm. 1 kn.i
it.l.- Will tit*
- t. Uv ail '
rabbit* L» tic
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